Thursday 28 January 2016

Bad day :(

I think most people that know me, or read this blog know that I am quite unorganized when it comes to important things. Important, adult related things, like making sure the bills are paid on time....or even opening the bills in the first place.

I have gotten better over the years, I even check to make sure my truck has fuel in it before I drive (no more side of the road break downs for me!). Old habits do die hard though and one thing I totally forget to do recently is get my license renewed :(

Well that came back to bite me in the bottom today when I was pulled over for speeding. The officer was SO MEANNNNNN and slapped me with three additional tickets on top of the speeding one that totalled almost $1000. Yes, ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, think of how many Laura Ashley duvet covers I could have bought with that.

Needless to say, I was quite upset. Ryan is always calm and comforting when I get irrational {imagine me pulling up to his work site with crazy hair, mascara running down my face and waving tickets in the air} and he thinks I can get out of a couple of them. So I have been responsible and already contacted a man who does that kind of thing.

In the meantime I am using this as yet another lesson to slow down {in life and in vehicle} and get reorganized. One of these days I will be free and clear of instances like this! xxx

P.S. The one good thing to come out of this is that I found my passport while looking for my insurance slip! {god know's why it was in the truck haha}.


Friday 22 January 2016

Laura Ashley

There are so many things I should be doing right now, my children are literally running around like wild holligans in diapers. The thing is that I just happened to log into my email this morning and guess what?! Laura Ashley has a sale people. I REPEAT, LAURA ASHLEY HAS A SALE.

Just in case you didn't know, Laura Ashley is my favorite shop in England. It just so happens that we are going to England in May, so I am thinking I might order a few little bits and have them sent to my Mum for when I arrive. It's clever really, I will be going to go to Laura Ashley regardless this visit, so I might as well have preshopped some of the sales, right?

I bet when I tell Ryan he will be so pleased. A Laura Ashley shop that actually saved us money. I'm sure he will be thinking how happy he is to have married me. He'll probably even tell me to do it more often!

Anyways, enough of me bragging about my shopping abilities, here's a few reasons why I love Laura Ashley so much.
  • Literally everything in LA is pretty. I love the feeling I first get when I step into it....a mixture of bliss and a feeling of wanting to buy everything in sight :)

Sadly this is probably not far off from how I look when I go Laura Ashley. 

  • The floral prints produced from LA are down right splendid. I am already a sucker for anything floral but they {along with Cath Kidston} produce some of the loveliest prints I have ever seen.
  • My Mum used to own some dresses from Laura Ashley that I grew up looking at in her closet. I think the dress she got married in could have also been Laura Ashley. So really this is all my Mum's fault, I was drip fed Laura Ashley from a young age :) Princess Diana was also known to sport Laura Ashley from time to time. Here she is wearing one of their skirts! 
                                            
  • They sell wallpaper! Most people hate wallpaper but I LOOOOOVE it! I think there is a lack of it in this city of mine. It's just sooooo English and full of character. I purchased some last year for our bedroom and have been trying to convince Ryan to put it up ever since.
  • Lastly, they sell children's bedroom accessories!!!!!! I know some people will read this and think, so what? But after becoming a Mum, I slowly realized there is a shortage for quality bedroom stuff when it comes to kids. So naturally, I frequently scour the web for Laura Ashley kids bedroom inspiration. 
I only have ONE criticism for Laura Ashley and that is that they don't sell it here in Canada. Actually they don't even deliver to Canada :( Good thing I have my connections in England! Now off to do some online shopping, wish me luck! xxx

Thursday 14 January 2016

Christmas 2015


I did my posts a little backwards this month and did my New Years post before my Christmas one. Either way, Christmas 2015 has come and gone...wahhhhh. I LOVE CHRISTMAS and I quite honestly never feel ready for it to be finished. Oh well...I will just have to look forward to the next holiday {heart decorations will slowly start taking over my house haha}.

This year was so much fun, Ryan took the entire two weeks off and my family also joined us from England again. We spent Christmas Eve with my inlaws and Christmas dinner was at my sisters house.

The days leading up to Christmas were so Christmassy {apparently that's not a word but I think it should be}. It was all snowy and cozy and we ended up doing some festive things like the Spruce Meadows lights, watching movies and eating.
The blob babes were absolutely spoiled again this year and are both having fun playing with all of their toys. I am putting off taking down the tree because I have not found anything quite as twinkly or magical to take its place yet {OK, ok and its also so much work haha}.

Anyways, here are some pictures of our holiday! I hope everyone had a lovely day with their family and friends! xxx

Monday 4 January 2016

New Years 2016

It's officially 2016!! We rang in the new year like two old people  responsible parents by staying home with our babies and watching a movie.

In all fairness, we did intend to go over to our friends house but I was sad {having just said goodbye to my family at the airport} and still getting over a cold. So home sounded like the best option for us.

We watched The Martian, Matt Damons new movie {who I am now officially in love with} but paused it at midnight so we could count down and give the babies a kiss.

So to stick with my tradition of making resolution's that I don't keep, here are my 2016 resolutions :)

1. WAIT FOR IT.....Get healthy. I know....super original.

2. Be more frugal. Ok this one is a legitimate goal that I intend to keep. I am pretty good at not spending too much but I also LOVE to shop. A strange buzz fills my body when I enter a mall. I LOVE getting excited over a purchase that I have wanted for a while or is on sale. I also love shopping for cute clothes for my children. It's all too fun. This year, however, we have two holidays planned and I also want to get a good bit of savings behind us. Soooooo the mall may have to be an activity I do on special occasions ;)

3. Keep a journal {offline}. What I think is usually recorded on this little blog of mine, which I like to have to look back on. This probably sounds weird but I don't even remember writing half of what I write. So it's funny to read an old post and see what was going on in my mind at that moment. Plus I love all the pictures of my babies. This year though, I am also hoping to jot down thoughts and my weight tracking {which is DEFO not going online for the world to see haha} in a more old fashioned way. I bought this really cute Kate Spade journal {don't worry peeps...it was before my second resolution} and I have been using it quite well so far!

4. Complete my Florist course. I don't know if I have ever told you this but I have always wanted to be a florist. I imagine owning a shop one day {called The English Roses} and having all my family working with me. That will be a few years from now but the first step is starting to work in the industry as a florist. In order to do that, you have to complete a three part certification through Mt. Royal. So the first segment starts either next month or in the late spring.

5. Read more. 

6. Have a better work schedule. I do bookkeeping for Ryan's company and SUCK AT IT! When I was young {and struggling in Math} I would have laughed at the person that said I would be a Bookkeeper one day. I went and did the course BUUUUT I still don't like it. Math/office work is booooooring! Either way, I do like to support Ryan {especially as he works so hard to make sure I can be home with our babes}....so I am hoping to commit to being more organized with my company work.

Anyways, that is them all. Let's hope I stick to them!!!!! Happy New Year!! xxx