home is wherever i'm with you

After six weeks of summer clinical condensed into four weekends and 160 hours of free labour from yours truly, I am finally free (until September that is) and watch out August, you're mine. Yes, maternity was fantastic, surgery was.. well it was surgery, but working at my laid back real job, making real money and frolicking in the sunshine all day is way cooler than all of the above.

had a little firework action downtown vancouver last night. grand finale by China watched from this generous, beautiful, and hilarious blogger's Vancouver apartment ROOFTOP! The views of the ocean and the mountains were stunning. If I lived there you'd have to pry me off the roof. I'd just sit and scream that I'm not leaving. Unless of course it snows. Then I'm gone. Complete with her very funny and super nice friends, I had such a good night. thank you sooo much to wanderlust.. your Finnish alcohol was like a kick in the face (there are some fantastic photos of my post-shot disgust floating around, perhaps they'll see the light of day) and it still makes me shudder when I think of the taste. I also ate a chip that tasted like a junior whopper. no joke. this girl makes the magic happen.



Old news I'm sure, but lately I've really taken a notice of the blogs with all the c/o's littered throughout their outfit breakdown. Right on. I'm pretty ambivalent towards it all. I care. I don't care. Mostly I just want your life as it seems way more intriguing than mine. You know how it is.

Step aside for the new kid on the block. I just joined the 'courtesy of' club.

Courtesy of your mom that is.

no. that's a terrible joke. It's courtesy of MY mom.



Ya, this beauty has been a part of my life at least since the early 90's. Baggy, blue and infused with jet black sparkles it has graced us with it's presence through Phil Collins songs, paired with acid wash a time or eleven and of course plenty photo ops of my mom in this gem and me with my late 80's neon phase.. which still hasn't ended. A little warm for summer, but pain and sacrifice (and hot flashes?) are my gifts to you.

My mom's apparently retired the sparkles for a bit (says me when I stole borrowed it from her closet), but guess who came in for the clean sweep?! this guy.

Now if only I could get her to sponsor me and my wardrobe...



{sweater C/O my MOM!}{skirt-roxy}{necklace-gift}

I have this new obsession with wanting to pair light and bright fitted skirts with dark and oversized tops/sweaters. The hunt is on.

I can't wait for Fall when I can pair it with everything. No I take that back, I can wait. I am not finished with summer yet.



happy Pride week, happy August long weekend and Happy BC day to my fellow British Columbians today! you know how passionate I am about my home and how i never shut up about it so I'll spare you, but i hope it's sunny and filled with plenty of oceany/mountainy goodness