Weekly Recap

Although, I said last week I would jump back into blogging, I didn't. Oops. I am going to try this week. 

The last week the only real exciting thing that happened was taking my dress in to get altered. I work with someone who runs her own sewing company on the side so it was really nice to have that connection since I bought the dress back in B.C. and definitely could not get it altered at that store. 

I was really unsure about having a bustle because I hate the look of them and I didn't want the skirt part of my dress to change in look but she was able to do it in a way that didn't change the skirt which really pleased me! 

Also... the dress still fit me! People kind of frowned at me (best way I can describe it) for buying my dress 2 years before the wedding. What if I didn't like it? I didn't need to buy it that early.... what if it doesn't fit me? Yea. It still fits me. And that... is called self control. I did not lose or gain - I maintained the same weight for 2 years. I believe maintaining is harder than losing or gaining so I applaud myself (without sounding full of myself lol)

I also have a sneak peak at some decorations - been slowly getting those together too! 

Yes, those are fake flowers. I am only having two pots like that in all of the reception so do not worry, guests will hardly notice it (except for the ones reading this lol). I figure it just makes more sense because then I can use it somewhere around the house. Going out and buying flowers the day of just seems like such a hassle and they will probably wilt by the end of the night so... I chose to go this way. By the way, isn't Gizmo just so handsome!

And here is a pretty picture I (well Brandyn) took of my bow from Aldo accessories. Love bows :)

And of course for my favourite song of the week:

Weekly Recap

I can't believe it is already April. Time is just flying by! I don't really have much of an update in terms of what we have been up to. I finished my Pinterest challenge so I will definitely be posting about that sometime soon. I'm actually really proud of this DIY because I started with this tutorial that I found but then I changed it after and made it something different. So yea, can't wait to share that.

I also finally finished the last Hunger Games book. I started it in November after I watched Catching Fire. I had read the first two books back before Mocking Jay was even released and then I just never got around to reading it but after watching the movie - I just had to find out what was going to happen next... yes I am one of those people that will read the last page and throughout this book, I had to fight with myself not to do so. I was actually thinking of starting a separate blog just for book reviews and all that. Will keep you posted if that happens.

So anyway, as I promised, I would be posting some of my favourite songs. If you watch the show Nashville, please skip forward but the show is basically about being in the country music business (fictional drama show). What is great about the show is that they release one or two tracks per episode. So they will do covers and I think some original songs but the cast will sing them - kind of like Glee but less high school musical. Here are some of my favourite songs from the show.

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This week, I worked every day so I didn't have time to do much but Saturday morning, Brandyn and I managed to squeeze a quick trip to see the Devil's Punchbowl in Hamilton. Here are a few pictures.

I figured out later that you can actually go down there but we didn't see the trail when we were there so we will go back in the Spring when the water isn't all frozen. Then we can see both views.

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This week was pretty standard. The weekend was the most exciting part. As some may know if you follow me on instagram, a few months ago, I won tickets to a Leafs game. Well Saturday was the game... and they won which makes it even better :) 

Monday I went and picked out all my accessories for the wedding. Problem was they ended up being way more than I want to spend. I bought the headpiece for my hair but for the earrings and bracelet, I am finding a cheaper alternative on Etsy.

Saturday was the game!

Sunday was my cousin's baby shower. She got a good haul! lol

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This week started off with me watching the Family Stone. I just had to share that random timbit. Do you ever have just a random urgency to watch an older movie. It is hilarious and I feel I can really relate ;)

I also discovered the tone it up girls. They are awesome. They create and entire schedule for you to follow for free. You can also pay extra for their nutrition plan but I am waiting until after the wedding to indulge myself in such things ;) I am now on week 2 of their workouts and here is a picture of me getting all silly.

If you want to workout but kind of feel overwhelmed with all the options and/or a little lost without structure (like myself), then check out their website because it is seriously awesome.

Not represented in pictures, I finished the invitations! They have all been sent so that is one more thing off the pesky wedding list :)

And now to end the post, I have put up this little gem of Kitty. She is such a character.

Weekly Recap

This week only one big thing really happened.

I started off the week by going to the Royal Ontario Museum with Brandyn and my brother. I posted about that in last weeks weekly update. 

Tuesday, I did a bit of work with my business, just getting some things prepared in advance. 

Wednesday was a slack day :)

Thursday morning I had my makeup and hair trial. Love the look, obviously not going to show you ;) It was quite comical though because I had to work and then went there all done up and fancy.

Friday, I ran a bit of errands and on Saturday and Sunday I worked! Due to the lack of excitement with this weekly update, I am providing you with some words of wisdom that I found this week :)

Weekly Recap

Yesterday was a holiday here in Ontario so the weekly recap is today instead!

Brandyn's birthday was on the 10th. We had a pretty low-key day because we decided to use the family day holiday that was yesterday to do something since that is when we both had the day off.

For Valentine's Day, Brandyn made me dinner and then we went to this cafe called Caffe Demetre which specializes in really elaborate desserts lol. Here are the pictures! 

Yesterday, for Family day, we went to the Royal Ontario Museum. Carter spent the night so I thought I would show this gem. He sleeps like an animal. 

Here are some pictures from the museum.

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This week started off with my Birthday on Monday. I turned 22! This picture is from my dinner on Sunday because unfortunately, I had to work on Monday but oh well. That is life! 

As for  the rest of the week, I just did a lot of chores and catching up. I finally called all the hair and makeup people I'm looking at for the wedding so I am just in the process of booking that as well! Brandyn and I also saw this new Monopoly game and just had to get it!

I was the Coke and Brandyn was the Xbox!

I won the first game! I never win Monopoly. This was a pretty fast version of the game too. As you can see I got the best brands in my tower ;) ... Brandyn won the second game though lol

I also thought I would give a shout out to this cereal. We found it in Walmart and decided to give it a try. So good! I ate two bowls .... hehe

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I'm not going to lie. I have no idea what I did this past week... uhh. It seems like a bit of a blur! 

I did go out for dinner at this burger joint here called The Works. Oh my god. If you have ever tried peanut butter on a burger, you know what I am talking about. I was a little apprehensive when I ordered it but the waitress said it was her favourite.

Before you think ... ew Lauren, what is wrong with you... I am a really picky eater so if I love it, that says something. They also put our beverages in these measuring cups. I thought it was a neat way to do things!

That is about all for this post. Short and sweet. I will leave you with these wise words of inspiration!

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I started off this week by going and doing some wedding stuff. I went into Kleinburg to look at the two places I wanted to get pictures done. When I went to the first place, it was extremely disappointing and not what I expected. so that was out. Then I went to this other place which was a historical train station (that was out of service) and it didn't need a permit. It was a beautiful place but problem was.... it was all fenced up and turned into a show house for a new condo development in the area. Great. So I went for my plan B. 

This is Bovaird House in Brampton. I still have to call them yet to see about the permit and I didn't get to see inside because it was closed for the season but I was definitely sold on the outside! Exactly what I wanted. Oh and excuse the tree branches everywhere. We had a big ice storm and a lot of trees fell over and broke because of the weight.

Here is just a cute picture of Gizmo and I that we took :)

My Uncle's 50th birthday was on the weekend so we went to that. Here is my brother and I digging into our favourite dessert. You know you are related when all the desserts (and by all I mean a LOT) get put out and you both beeline for the pasteis de natas. I wish I knew how to make them but then again... it is probably a good thing I don't. 

During the week I also started on the slideshow for the wedding and I went to go see some decorations to rent. Don't have them here so I can't take a picture but let's just say that it is vintage themed ;)

Lastly, it is also my Mom's birthday today so let's all wish her a Happy Birthday!!

Weekly Recap + an announcement!

**Read until the end because I have announcement!

This entire week I have been sick which is one of the main reasons I slacked on the blog and couldn't get a Youtube video up on Saturday. But besides sleeping until 5pm everyday, I did manage to power through and get some things done that I had previously been avoiding.

This obviously was not one of the tasks but I thought it was funny - Kitty and Gizmo love their new cat tree so much that they fight over it. This is not a permanent spot for it, I just put it there to make it easy to jump onto from the couch because it is quite tall. 

This is also what happened early on in the week and the week before - a crappy weather system. It was so cold but now when I see that it is 0 degrees, I'm like ... hey it is time to put my coat away! 

One of the tasks I started was addressing my invitations, I have them all printed and addressed now. I just need to wait for a special personal touch to come in the mail and I have to get the hotel room block sorted out which I am doing today.

Here are all the envelopes all addressed. Some people are going to be getting their invitations before others. I am sending anybody who lives out of province theirs the end of the month so that they have time to make arrangements. Anybody who lives far enough that they need a hotel will get theirs mid February and the rest I am sending out at the end of February.  Once they are all out, I will be doing a post on the invitations.

I also picked up the new Carrie Underwood collection of nail polish! I am wearing the pink one (Carnival Cotton Candy) and I love it!

And this is basically how I spent most of the week - watching Glee.

Not pictured here, but I did do it over the weekend was compile a list of makeup and hair professionals for the wedding. This was one thing I was seriously avoiding because it seemed like an overwhelming and hard task to me. Reasoning being that there is a lot of them, and they are not cheap. I decided upon a mobile service because we will be getting a hotel suite the night before the wedding. I would have had all my calls made by now but alas the illness won out and didn't get to the phoning part but I plan to do that this week!

And now for this big announcement! Over the past few months, I have hinted here and there of a new business venture. Well the website is up and I am ready to share now. I have started my own business as a Professional Organizer! I am not doing appointments just yet because I still have some administrative/legal stuff I want to get together but will let everyone know as soon as I am. In the meantime, my website is up and I will be doing all of my organizing posts on there! So head on over there and subscribe to my Facebook page to get all the organizing goodness that I am going to be sharing :) 

Website: www.laurenashleyorganizing.blogspot.ca

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Weekly Recap

With my weekly recap, I have a bit of a change that is happening to this blog. This has been widely requested so I will be starting a fashion type post on Fridays! I wouldn't say I have a crazy fashion sense, I just wear what I think looks nice, so if I may not have my own outfit to post everyday but on those days I will be posting some great looks and inspiration I come across! I kind of failed with it last week because I was really busy that day but I promise I will keep up with it in the next year!

That being said, last week a few things happened.

One major one is that I set up my Facebook page! I never set one up before because I didn't feel like I had enough readers to deserve one but I think my blog has gotten to that point now and for those of you who aren't friends with me on Facebook, if you like my page you now be notified when I do a posting. So! Here is the link to it: Click Me

Also, my business website is currently in the process of getting done so hopefully by the end of the week I should have that up and running and then I can make the big announcement of what I am doing! I am very excited for that. 

And as per usual, here is how the week went described through pictures!

I got this book which is basically 150 cities in the US and Canada and what to do when spending a weekend there. It tells you in detail, where to eat, what to see and what times you should be going there so you can make sure to fit everything in. What I love is that there is a strict itinerary and it is not any of the big attractions either - it is more local stuff. I love to immerse myself in a city when I travel so that is a huge bonus about this book for me. Obviously if you really want to visit a big box attraction, you can just swap something out for it but anyway I seriously recommend this book. Amaze!

We also brought Carter to secure his suit for the wedding. The jacket he is wearing is not the jacket with the suit. He put that one on for sizing purposes so sorry, but you can't see the whole look! lol but look how sharp he looks! What a handsome brother I have.

Here is Carter again, being a "cat" 

 

On Friday, the day I was supposed to do a fashion post, I was watching my brother's indoor Ontario cup tournament. The toque is from The Bay - it is part of the 2012 Olympic line.

Friday night we went to go see the new Paranormal Activity movie. I was quite tired from the long day so I just wore my slippers and pj's! I didn't put my slippers on until I got inside though because it is quite a slushy disaster outside! As for the movie, I am done with that movie series. (**This is a spoiler alert so stop reading now if you don't want to know). I was watching it fine until they started visibly torturing the dog. It is one thing to you know basically say that the dog died like they did in one of the earlier ones but to watch it happen... I got very upset and the movie lost me after that.

And for a funny picture, I tried a new mask from Lush! My eyes are looking like they are because the peppermint aroma was so strong it made my eyes water! lol I will probably do a review maybe next week on this mask so make sure to be subscribed to my YouTube channel!