The drive to Wasaga Beach (rainy the whole way) | Photo upon arrival (check out the photo-bombing sister in the background)
Outfit deets: Gap cardigan, Costa Blanca dress, Sirens leggings, MK watch & Pandora bracelet
Sleepy dog in transit | First night's dinner
Sister morning run | Old school dryer that was in the guest bathroom (tee hee)
Outfit deets: Garage tank, La Senza sports bra, Walmart leggings & Nike shoes
Pretty flower pots at my grandparent's place | Their backyard
Snacks for the afternoon party | Cousins
Grandpa & me | Dinner on the second night (I forgoed the buns)
Outfit deets: Dynamite faux leather blazer, Zellers top, Bongo pants & Suzy necklace
Grandpa's famous breakfasts | New Joe Fresh pants (on super sale for $20, reg. $50!)
Homeward bound road trip lunch | Wasaga Beach
This weekend, my family and I, took a trip up to Wasaga Beach to celebrate my Grandpa's 80th birthday. We left on Friday around 9:30am and arrived at their place around 5pm (long drive!). The following day there was a party at their place with about 40 people to celebrate such an exciting birthday with coffee, cake and snacks.
In between partying and socializing with family, we ate a ton, visited and relaxed. Unfortunately, the weather was terrible and it rained all weekend except for three hours on Saturday morning where my sister and I hit the roads for a quickie run and did some shopping at the grocery store shortly after (where I scored those awesome gold pants up there).
We got back into town around 6pm on Sunday night and I spent the evening relaxing, giving myself a pedicure and winding down after a fun, family-filled, eventful weekend. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
* Sorry for the lack of blog post on Friday; Thursday night ended up being hectic with trying to pack and whatnot so I figured I would blog on the trip down and brought my laptop with me. Low and behold, of course, I was unable to connect into my Internet connection (via tethering with my iPhone) and thus could not blog. I thought maybe I would get a chance over the weekend but didn't want to be a hermit on my laptop blogging when I could be visiting with my family. xo
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I have been doing the spray tan thing for almost two years. The biggest struggle is getting my tan to last longer. Usually after three or four days, it starts to fade out and you're in that weird in-between phase where you're not ready to exfoliate it off already but would like a bit more colour.
The other day I remembered seeing something on tv saying how there is alcohol in shaving cream. Alcohol of course is drying, and in turn doesn't help prevent your tan from fading.
We all know that shaving removes a thin thin thin layer of skin, aka the spray-tanned layer. So, while in the shower the next time, I decided to try something out:
Replace my shaving cream with body lotion instead.
And guess what?
My tan lasted two to three days longer on my legs (the part that seems to fade the fastest, other than my face, of course) than before! Success!
Now, before you start thinking I used some special lotion or fancy-smanchey razor, I didn't. I used the Equate 'Total Moisture' lotion (above) that is sold at Walmart (found this one in Florida) and a regular Bic 'Pastels' two-blade razor.
Once in the shower, legs wet, I slathered the lotion on one leg (about a pump and a half), and shaved it and repeated with the other leg. Bonus: extra soft and smooth skin!
Will you try out this tip?
* Don't forget, the best way to prolong your spray tan is to moisturize on a daily basis, especially after you get out of the shower, which zaps a lot of moisture from your skin. Water-based moisturizers are best.
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Formspring is an online platform where you can ask me anything, anonymously.
Completely anonymously, and no, I cannot magically see who wrote what they did (but yes I will delete your question if it's rude or mean).
Formspring is a great social media tool that I have been using for a while to answer questions you lovely readers might have. I know other bloggers who have it and I have used it to ask them questions myself.
The hardest part about connecting through my blog with you is that I'm not sure if you'll come back and read a response comment with regards to your question, or sometimes certain people don't have blogs so when I check your profile, there is nowhere for me to 'respond'. Twitter works but not everyone has twitter. You don't need to have Formspring to ask questions, which is the beauty.
So, ask away.
So as I mentioned on Friday, I was going to a huge annual neighbour hood garage sale in a ritzy part of town last Saturday. The 'event' starts at 8am but often times people put stuff out earlier. I was up super early and out of my apartment by 7:30am. I went to the bank to grab some cash (I told myself I would spend no more than $40), hit up Tim Hortons for a bagel BELT (bacon-egg-lettuce-tomato, holla!) and I was on my way. I got there around 8am and it was jammed. I found free parking about six blocks away from the action and was off.
It was a warm, sunny, beautiful day and it was busy. Thousands upon thousands of people ev-ery-where. I spent about three hours shopping before deciding to call it a day. I was pretty disappointed that I only bought three items, but after battling the crowds for that long and barely turning up with anything (and sore feet), I felt like just heading home for a nap and some down time with my book.
I picked up three pieces of jewelery, as you can see in the above photo:
The necklace is from Suzy Shier, a Canadian store that sells cheap clothes and accessories. It was being sold by some women who had boxes and boxes of brand-new packaged costume jewelery (as if they purchased stuff from stores that never sold). It was a dig-through-and-scrounge kind of system and I was happy to find this gem of a necklace as it was one of two they had. I remember seeing this necklace last year at the store, wanting it, but not wanting to fork out the $9, so I passed. I picked up this baby for $1.
The 'charm' bracelet was another item being sold by the 'ladies with a million boxes' and it was the only one I came across (mind you, when you're digging through hundreds of pieces of jewelery, you certainly don't see everything!). It's so pretty and I love the toggle clasp and it was also $1.
The last item is this funky broach that I picked up from a woman selling stuff on her front lawn. She said it was her mothers' and it was at least 10 years old. I was torn when she said $2 and I (ha!) negotiated her down to $1.
And that is everything. Yes. In three hours I spent $3 which was a little good and a little disappointing I didn't find more but considering the tickets I have now incurred, probably for the best!
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