{My Secret Dream Revealed}

What to say?  June is a crazy month for us teachers.  Track and field day, field trips, report cards, oh yeah, and kids that are not neccesarily on their best behaviour...at all.  Needless to say, I've been enjoying going to bed earlier and earlier this month.  Which is slightly awkward since the sun stays up later and later.  Hmm.  Well, only 9 more school days with kids, and then it's summer break for this teacher, yay!

Today was the last day of class for the seniors at our school.  In true 18 year old style, they had to go out with a bang:

I full approve of this for the record, teacher or not!

Speaking of summer, note to self (slash, the entire world) my seester and I have come up with a "summer bucket list" that I should post before we actually start tackling it. (Pictures to follow as we check each item off, of course!)

Part of my summer bucket list involves being incredibly lame.  My dear friend Kaeleigh and I got together last night to come up with a game plan for our challenge.  We want to *drumroll please* do a lot of canning and preserving this summer.  (I told you we're lame!  It's kind of what our friendship is based on.) 

So after cruising the farmers market website, and using this awesome Simple Bites article for inspiration, we have our top four recipies chosen: salsa, pickles, bolognese sauce, jam, and vanilla spiced pears.  (Anybody have a fantastic dill pickle or bolognese sauce recipe?)  In addition to tons of frozen and canned in season fruits and veggies.  I'm ridiculously excited for this.  (I think it might have something to do with my secret dream of being of 1950s housewife.)

What do you always can/freeze in the summer?

Stay cute!

PS - I bought the blue floral dress in my previous post, and I think I'm in LOVE!

{Temptation}

Even though Seester and I are going shopping tomorrow, I couldn't help but browse through Forever 21's summer dresses online while enjoying my morning coffee.  I have realized that I may or may not have a problem.  Or two. 

1. My love of shopping and clothes has been renewed.  I was in a slump for a while, trying to be content with what I had.  But apparently all it took was a season change, and a little weight loss to jump start my relationship with clothes.  Textures, patterns, colour, mixing, matching, accessorizing *swoon*
2. I clearly have a passion for flowers this season.  In my hair, on my dresses, on blouses, on my purses, on my headbands... I just love how much they can vary - looking anywhere form sweet to funky.  My closet is starting to look like a garden with all the floral print! (My secret?  I have no intention of stopping!)

My four favorite dresses (thus far...)



Happy Weekend all!

Stay cute!

{The Poutinerie}

A little backstory for those of you who have not experience the life altering experience called poutine.  Us Canadians (eh?) love us a little treat of fries, smothered in gravy, and melted mozza cheese curds.  There's a Canadian restaurant called The Poutinerie that puts a twist on poutine, adding different ingredients to switch things up.  Winnipeg just got one, so the gang ventured downtown to try it out.  After doing a couple laps in downtown Winnipeg trying to find the restaurant...and then parking, we enjoyed some deliciousness in the sunshine!

Left to Right: Peppercorn Steak Poutine, Philly Cheeseteak Poutine, Bacon Cheeseburger Poutine, and Nachos Grande Poutine.  Yum! 

Paige is in love.

Joel's look of complete domination, and contentment.

Leftovers!

The plans for tomorrow?  Enjoy a personal day off of work to kick off a long weekend!  (At least it's a long weekend to me!)  Ahh, looking forward to sleeping in, coffee in the sunshine, a shopping trip to Forever 21 with the seester for some summer cuteness, and then a birthday party Saturday night.  Oh, and did I mention game 5 of the playoffs?  Go Bruins!

Stay cute! 

{May Long 2011}

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this weekend was worth a million.

Why is this update so delayed?  Let's just say it involved a "slight" misplacing of my camera.  In a restaurant.  Two weeks ago.  860 pictures safely returned.  Happy girl.

More frequent updates to come.

Stay cute!

{Wishlist Wednesday}

Inspired by the sunshine that decided to make an appearance this week, I'm loving Dyanmite's summer line. 

I love the look of pairing almost exclusively neutrals with one bold pop of colour.  I see brown and red getting together in my closet's future!

Such cute prints and colours with sweet details around the neckline, and breezy fabric.

 

Having so many weddings to attend this summer means lots of new dresses!  I'm so in love with the variety of styles, cuts, colours, fabrics, everything!  A dress for every wedding, for casual days at home, and even one for school.  Can you tell I'm a girlie girl?

And one bold pop of colour to switch things up!

Is Dynamite a mainstream store with "simply" designed clothes? Absolutely. Am I loving it anyway? Totally.  Just my style.

See the rest of Dyanmite's summer line here.

{Music Monday}

Well, in honour of the members only event this weekend, I couldn't help but listen to a lot of Hanson and wish that I was there.  I'm going to save you the schpiel about how they're not 11 and singing MMMBop, and assume since you're reading my blog that you've gotten over that. 

The new album "Shout It Out" came out last summer, and even though I wouldn't say it's my favorite album of theirs (sorry boys, that title still goes to Underneath) but it's so catchy and fun, it's perfect for summertime.

My favorite summer song:

My favorite song from the album:

My favorite new artist that I recently discovered is Ellie Goulding.  Is she not the cutest little thing ever?  Her voice is so pure and haunting.  And she covers Elton John...how is she not absolutely fantastic?  I think her album Lights is going to be my next purchase.

What are you currently loving?

{Weekend Recap}

What a long overdue laid back weekend.  Most weekends lately have revolved around sleeping in, drinking and recovering the next day, but for whatever reason, this weekend was different.  In a complete coincidence, it was way more productive than most other weekends too!

Friday night was spent going for birthday drinks to celebrate the lovely Miss Kristin's birthday.  The tiki huts at the bar we frequent were finally open for the spring, and we definitely took advantage!  Although it was still a little chilly, it wasn't anything a cardi couldn't fix.  There's nothing like a ceasar after a long week of work!

Saturday morning included a phenomenal amount of sleeping in, and then nursing my poor sister Paige back to health.  In true Holly and Paige style though, it wasn't anything Taco Bell can't fix.  Diet be damned, I will never give up my undying love of Taco Bell!  Satuday night was the most low key of all - sitting around with a group of friends playing cards.  Since when were we 80?  Since when did I enjoy that??


Today is a me day!  Cleaned the apartment top to bottom, organized my jewellry, worked out, made a yum-o supper of chicken parmesean, snow peas and pasta, and am planning to settle in for the rest of the night with a cup of coffee and Celebrity Apprentice.  Did I mention I stayed in my pj's all day today?  Bliss.


Next weeks goal?  Take pictures!


Holls ©

{Hanson - Minneapolis (08/10/11)}