A long wait at the hospital

This week was very eventful! My sister went into labour and had baby Claire. It was a big suprise since she was a bit early and we all thought it was going to be a boy! I guess a lot of people end up having their baby on a full moon and my sister was one of them. Claire is so beautiful and so tiny. I am so excited to be an aunt and take Claire on many adventures. We were at the hospital all day but she was worth the wait! Thankfully, I had the day off so I was able to go to Toronto. I can't wait to see her again and spend more time with her.

In less important news, exam season is coming up and I am quite dreading it but I guess who isn't? The only good thing about end of the semester exams is that you get time off. I am such a procrastinator though so I am interested to see how I do haha. This weekend was the last weekend that was study free. I did some shopping and Mike and I got lattes and walked around Victoria Park, where they had decorated it all up for christmas. It was so pretty to look at and it wasn't too cold of a night where I couldn't enjoy it which was great.I wish I had a profesisonal camera to take better photos of the lights and just for this blog in general. In the weeks to come, we are going to go ice skating. I am terrible, so there is going to be a lot of falling and blisters. Mike thinks he will be good because he is a good rollerblader. I told him it's not the same thing but he's convinced. I guess we shall see!

Said the whale!

This past thursday I skipped my night class and headed to a concert at school with Mike and met up with some friends there too! It was soo fun and Said the Whale was awesome! It was so worth not going to class ha. They played my favourite song and Mike's so needless to say we left like very happy campers. My favourite song is " Loveless" check out the video, it is quite hilarious and cute. How could you not like 2 young kids falling in love and growing old together yet still looking like kids? To make the night better, we got free beers when entering. I gave mine to Mike since I had to drive and not to much of a fan of beer anyways. There was one guy beside me at the concert who was on his phone the whole time and not even smiling, what's the point of going? I was singing and dancing like a weirdo but I didn't care and neither did anyone there which is great. I hate when there are people at concerts who just give dirty looks to people having fun.We got home at like 1:30 and I had to get up at 7 am for class.

 

In other news, I do not have to wake up at 5 am anymore to go to the hospital for my placement because it is now comepleted ! yay sleep:)

Also, I know my photos have not been the best quality but with little daylight and most of that daylight spent inside due to school, it is hard to get decent photos!
I hope everyone had a good weekend!

If you have not heard of Said the Whale I recommend you listen to them! Here is there site: www.saidthewhale.com and check out my favourite song -http://www.saidthewhale.com/videos/loveless      
 

Mary Poppins and Bert

This Halloween, Mike and I went as Marry Poppins and Bert ( me being mary poppins of course). It took us literally eight hours of driving all around town to find a vest for his costume and a blouse for mine. Who knew trying to find a plain white blouse was hard? I would find one but then it would be really expensive and even the one I got at Wal-mart was still more than what I wanted to pay! After finally finding the blouse and his vest ( right before the store closed and the store only took cash and we only had 6 bucks in cash, thankfully she took it!) we headed to my friend from nursing's party. It was really fun and casual and we met some new people. This all happened after my midterm so I was just happy to not study and be crammed in my room with books. The rest of the weekend was spent doing nothing much at all but that is what I wanted after such a hectic week!

This is the only good picture I got of us! The only thing is that is doesn't show my umbrella and purse! Well I hope everyone had a really great Halloween weekend!

Colours of Fall

It was a perfect day for a bike ride indeed. On saturday, I tested out my new bike rack for the car. While riding to the park , I frequently and anxiously kept checking the back window to make sure our bikes have't fallen off the car. Luckily, our bikes made it safely to the park. Mike and I rode our bikes, ate cheese curds, and looked at the expensive hidden houses behind the trees. The weather was perfect and just had a perfect amount of breeze to stop me from being overheated and gross feeling like in the summer. The trees looked beautiful in the park. Earlier in the day we were supposed to go apple picking and I had the whole day planned out. We would get up early, pick apples, and then go buy some ingredients at the store and make an apple pie. Unfortunately, my amazing plan got squashed as we drove all the way out to the farm and they said there are no apples to pick ! It really sucked but I am glad we got to go for a bike ride since it might be one of our lasts of the season. We finished our day off by eating popcorn and watching desperate housewives as well as planning a day to go to a haunted corn maze! I am super excited for that. It was a really great much deserved relaxing weekend, but no its back to the grind.I hope everyone was able to enjoy the great weather and had a great weekend!

Bad Cover Band

This weekend was a very good one! It started off with going to Cora's for breakfast. A delicious breakfast place with large portions and so much fruit! I had a raspberry crepe that was stuffed with raspberries and cream cheese. It was very good! Next, Mike and I went downtown and looked at some thrift shops and mike found some really nice shoes for 14 bucks! I was not so lucky but it was fun searching! We also stopped at Starbucks and had a pumpkin spice latte mmmmm.....now that I think of it I want one right now! After sipping lattes we decided to get ready and go out to the bars for the night. I had one to many ciders and we ended up dancing to a band with no members under the age 50 singing covers that were just so bad but so funny to dance too. All in all, such a fun weekend! The walk around downtown and the pumpkin spice lattes and the ciders got me thinking of how much I love fall ( besides the crazy amount of readings and notes I have to do). I love the leaves changing colour, I like walking around campus and not feeling all gross and sweaty, and I like wearing fall fashion and fall colours.

Shirt: Winners, Skirt: Forever 21, Purse: thrifted, Tights: Wal-mart

                                                                                                 

Well I hope everyone had a great monday! Below are some photos Mike took when he visited me on campus!

chalk festival!

 
 

 

Every year in London we have a chalk festival called Imadon. This is my first year being able to attend because previous years at this time I was at my cottage. I am really glad I got to go.The talent was just incredible and my friend Megan has been participating in it for quite a bit so it was nice to see her piece in person. So much time and effort was put into these pieces and I just could not believe the detail in them. These pictures are the ones that were my favorite.

Shirt: urban behaviour , Pants: Bluenotes, Shoes: Spring, Purse: Winners,  Umbrella: Dollarama 

This is the outfit I wore to the chalk festival. We took photos at the market,. It was kind of a muggy day but since it rained I though it would cool down. It didn't really cool down and I was quite hot in my pants! My bangs were being all funky too so don't mind me hair. I never would have thought that I would wear printed denim but these floral jeans won me over. Oh and you also can excuse the fact that my bra is showing but hey its black and I waaass in direct sunlight. When looking at these photos I wish I could re-live this past weekend. I am currently in bed with my face swollen like crazy and only drinking milk products and oatmeal.....fun! I really wish I did not have to get my wisdom teeth but I know it will be for the better. I cannot wait until my face is normal and I can show myself in public and perhaps eat something that doesn't contain oats or milk. I will now leave you with some photos of me at the beach that I forgot to post on the last post. 

Polka dot shorts...not the 90s kid tv show ;)

Shorts: Urban behaviour, Shoes: thrifted,
Shirt: Walmart, Necklace: gift, sunglasses: Forever 21


This outfit was quite cheap, which I love. There is nothing quite like getting a whole outfit for say under 30 dollars. The shirt was 14, shorts were 5, shoes were 6, necklace was a gift, and sunglasses were a 1.50. I wore this outfit to the home county folk festival. It is a festival with folk music, food and vendors selling very pretty ( and expensive!) art and jewelry. It was a fun time and for once I was able to listen to the performances ( lately when Mike and I go to festivals we don't stay too long because it has been so hot out and we don't want to waste money on drinks). This time we were smart and brought drinks with us :). The shoes that I wore are my most comfortable pair I own which makes them perfect for festivals. I call them my granny shoes :). Since summer is going very quickly I decided to make a list of things I wanted to do before it ends. It includes:
-have campfire with mike ( done once)
-rooftop screening of a movie at citiplaza
 ( roof top screening?! so excited. If you are in the london area check it out!)
-drive-in ( done 2X)
-blueberry picking
-beach (done 3X)
-ride bike more often!
-casino slots!
-beer festival
-paint pictures with mike and then swap them :)
-go out for breakfast

What is on your bucket list for summer?