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March 16, 2018Sara 2 Comments

I threw in some Saint Patrick’s day (green shoes) and Ides of March pieces today for some fun, although I really want that pencil holder. I think Roo might have successfully finished cleaning her room this week. It only took how long? Now I am going to get to making that Star Wars Duvet for her from the Pottery Barn sheets I was able to score from Ebay on discount. I just need to iron them, but the problem is that I don’t have an ironing board. How does one iron a gigantic sheet without an ironing board? Any ideas?

I had another Zara return today :/ Not one item from the last four online purchases have worked out for me and it’s getting ridiculous. I truly thought that this dress was going to be a winner but it just didn’t look right on me, so I am a little disappointed. I’ll keep looking because I really want a few more dresses for the summer time. Have you found any good ones lately?

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March 9, 2018Sara 2 Comments

I was pretty proud of myself this week for eating well and not getting take out then BAM Friday night comes. I was returning some really bad jeans (I am striking out left right and centre in the jean department at the moment) and it was around half past 4. I had no idea what to make for dinner and then BAM again, I walked past Taco Bell. Now I feel guilty and have probably had a years worth of sodium in that one meal. I could have bought a bunch of groceries for the cost of dinner :/ All I can do is to try again next week I guess.

How did I not know that there was a Broadchurch season 3? I’m fairly certain that I said that about season 2 as well, but at least I have something to watch over the next few days. Next week is “March Break” and I put that in quotations because I homeschool the kids and don’t usually follow the same holiday patterns as the public school system but we need a little break. Some time to get refreshed and prepared for spring. I always laugh when I see this meme though because it is so true in my house.

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March 2, 2018Sara Leave a Comment

I little weekly update of how my working-out is doing. I had three days of exercising and three days of walking over 10,000 steps which I am surprised I achieved. As of today I actually have felt pretty good this week. I don’t know if it is because I have kicked that cold that was hovering around or if the new “fitness regime” is starting to show some positive effects. I would like to think it is the latter.

H&M released their new Studio Line this week and there were some really fantastic pieces in it. As per usual when they release a new line, many of the pieces sold out quickly but there are still many to be had. If I had an extra $200 kicking around this week, this is the piece I would have bought. I love it, and it’s reversible which doubles its greatness.

The final book in one of my favourite series (by one of my favourite authors) comes out on Tuesday. I will be sitting on my device at midnight on Monday night to waiting for it to come out on iBooks (I’d wait for Kindle but their new releases don’t come out until 2 or 3am in my time zone). Then I am cancelling Tuesday so I can spend the day reading 😉 I really do wish I could cancel the day. My game plan is to read it through once really quickly, and then read it again immediately but in a slower pace so I can savour it. The speed read is because I really have to know what happens. I have waited over a year and it’s driving me nuts.

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February 23, 2018Sara Leave a Comment

I’ve felt under the weather for the past two weeks. One day I have a bit of a sore throat with a slight cough the next it’s gone but I still feel off. Then it comes back again. I wish it would go one way or the other just to get it over with, but I guess it’s just the time of year.

Madewell is having a sale with and extra 30% off sale items with the code META30 so half of today’s clothing picks are from there. There are some nice dresses and jumpsuits listed that would be great for spring. All the snow melted this week so I am keeping my fingers crossed that spring hits early this year. I’m not holding my breath but I am sure as hell looking forward to seeing a little bit of green poking through the ground.

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February 16, 2018Sara Leave a Comment

My two new shirts came in the mail today and I am thrilled with them. I was little concerned with not being able to try them on since H&M can have weird sizing. These shirts ran in 2, 4, 6, 8…. number sizes vs the s, m, l, so I was debating the size. Since I 99.9% of the time take a small in their tops I checked their size chart and opted for the 6 instead of the 4 I was leaning towards because they listed 2-4 as xs, and 6-8 as small, and I am glad that I did. While I probably could have got away with a smaller size in the wrap shirt, the black lace top has no give the to the fabric and a 6 fits perfect. I can’t wait to integrate them in to my wardrobe.

This week I was feeling animal/jungle inspired for my picks. I always think that I would love to have a very Scandinavian decor inspired house and then I see these bold prints, colours, and patterns and think that I would love to have them everywhere. Maybe I can find a nice balance between the two, but I just really have a thing for jungle cat prints. Speaking of, have you seen this Gucci wallpaper? I would LOVE to have a wall of this (or maybe this one or this one from Anthropologie). I haven’t wallpapered anything since my mom let me do a room makeover when I was 12 or so. I think I am due for a wallpaper fest 😉

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February 9, 2018Sara 6 Comments

First off, I am not a Valentine’s Day fan. I actually quite dislike it, but I know many people do enjoy it and one of my kids really loves it, so I thought I would pull some Valentine’s themed pieces this week. I’m usually a pretty basic Valentine gift giver. Each kid and hubby gets a card, and this year I am buying them each a bag of their favourite gummies from the gourmet gummy store. That’s it 😉

Second, tonight while Roo was at a class I went and did a try-on of some clothes to give myself some spring inspiration. I found some good pieces and others that I thought would be good from online photos which turned out not so good on me :/ It was a little disappointing but I have some new things to add to my spring wish list.

If you have an aversion to pink my above picks might not be for you 😉

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