Family Day Long Weekend

For our family day weekend and my husbands birthday weekend we spent a night at Niagara Falls.

We booked a beautiful suite with an amazing view! It was so nice to wake up to.
I crack up at this pic. I was so excited because I was winning! I won $200 bucks! I wanted to play for longer but I was falling asleep! Not a good gambler haha! But winning some money back felt great.
Today we decided to shop in the USA. I went to DSW (my favorite shoe store) and bought these.
Very comfortable. Love them.

We had soo much fun. Especially getting lost twice in Buffalo. I told my husband to follow Ontario license plates Ha! they were not going where we thought they were. But we had so much fun driving around. (and he has learned not to take directions from me haha!)

Happy Family Day long weekend!!!

Some great buys at HomeSense

Both yesterday and today I left work late :(... As drive home I always think"I really rather eat out!" Yesterday we almost ate out, but I repeated in my head that I only need to cook 3 days this week Mon-Wed. So far I have Monday and Tuesday down ahah! Yesterday was shrimp stirfry and today I made chicken with tomato sauce and chickpeas with mushrooms and peppers, yum! One more day to go ha!

When I plan my meals I do really well with staying within the calories I want for the day. It's when I eat out I lose track! So planning meals is key!

After dinner I went to Homesense to buy picture frames to put pictures of my adorable nieces!

But there was so many great deals going on! I couldn't resist!
I bought this cute ceramic Santa House that lights up to add to my Christmas Decor, it's so cute! And Christmas Cards too.
I also bought a new tea mug with a lid, a new wine opener and a spoon for the stove to hold cooking utensils. I was always meaning to get one of these! So finallyyy I have one!

I also bought some gifts for my Kris Kringle's :) couldn't post those here but let me assure you they are cute!!!

A Friends Wedding.

A good friend of mine got married yesterday!
(I bought my dress at H & M and it was soo comfy! I didn't end up wearing the shoes, they were killing just standing there)

My friend and I worked together years ago and when we met we just clicked! She is such a nice fun girl and I'm soo happy for her.

Her wedding was beautiful and so much fun.


It was a Portuguese wedding and the food was sooo good! Lets just say there was NO watching what you eat because they had dish after dish and then a midnight seafood and dessert table that was to die for!
And I won the beautiful center piece!!
Today is a errand running, home cleaning, Christmas decorating and working on the side biz kinda Sunday ahah! It's cold and snowy today!

Hope you all are enjoying your Sunday!

Ate too much! and shopped a lot!

Tonight my sister and I went to the mall. A much needed shopping night to de-stress! I bought a couple fall shirts, a vest, a floral belt and new yoga pants for my workouts! (the workouts I need to increase on) Work is totally draining me! My weeks have been soo busy and flying by! This week I left work later than usual and that means I did not cook all week! Not once! Yesterday we went to a Indian/Chinese Hakka Restaurant and ordered way too much food for 2 people hA!
I do not want to get on that scale! My rings are already feeling snug! I can't believe how stress really does a number on our bodies and lifestyle. Stress sucks!

The good thing is that I have been bringing my lunches and having fruits and veggies for snacks.

So this weekend I must must get myself back on track!!

With God All Things Are Possible

First let me talk a little about the past 2 days, the rescue of the MINERS! Let me say WOW! what an emotional and amazing rescue! I'm so happy for the miners and their family's! One of my favorite stories I heard was the one where 2 miners stopped their truck that day 70 days ago because they saw a white butterfly and were fascinated with it flying around in the mine. They stopped to look at it, and that's when the collapse happened just further ahead. The butterfly saved their lives! God was there!

Tonight I went to visit my sister and we spent some time shopping around. I bought these cute little vanilla scented candles and these little mini bible verses . Love them! You know I love having my house full of word art so these are perfect little finds. I placed one near my front door and one in my dining room :)

And of course I bought Zoe a gift for her litter room.
FRIDAY!!!! the best day of the week is near! Sooo I'm happy!

Happy FRIDAY!!!!

Weekend of Fun and Shopping

Last night we went out for a friends birthday. My sister and little cousin came out too. We went to The Drake Hotel on Queen Street (in Toronto) And boy was it a fun night! I honestly can't remember when I had that much fun!! Partying with my sister and 19 year old cousin was exactly what I needed this weekend. The 3 of us had such a blast!!!

This weekend I also started my Fall shopping. I found some great deals on these boots! Can't wait to put together some outfits for the cooler weather.
Running around all weekend meant eating out all weekend too! I did try and choose healthier choices but still eating fast food is never a good choice.

So tonight I made sure to cook at home. I made baked spicy chicken with wedges and brussel sprouts!
Last weeks goal of working out 3 times a week will be achieved today ahah! Cause I'm off to go workout for an hour while I watch the VMA awards!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Second Workout of the Week

Lots of pictures going on here today :) Tonight my sister and I went for a jog. The air is cooler and its much more comfortable. We jogged/walked through a park for an hour. The one thing I like about the parks are the hills, you really feel it in the Butt! haha!


Since the weather is changing, it's getting darker a littler earlier. So during our run through the park it was a little dark. We were hearing all different types of noises and we know there are coyotes in this park too. So we pretty much freaked each other out and starting running for our lives out of the wooded area. At one point I spotted a dog far away and said to my sister COYOTE! She jumped and almost fell to the floor (haha) then noticed it was a dog. She wasn't impressed by that.
I love the summer, but I also loveeee the FALL!
And anything pumpkin pie!

Since Fall is just around the corner, it means Fall shopping must begin! I have my eye on these items.

I'm finally going to get myself a pair of UGGS . I have a gift certificate to SoftMoc so I'm excited to use it this weekend! Whoohoo!

Have you begun Fall shopping???

Niagara Falls shopping!

Today I spent the day with my lovely baby sister! We decided to take a little road trip 1 1/2 hours to Niagara Falls. We both love Niagara Falls...it's always so much fun!

We shopped in the outlet stores, walked by the falls and in the gardens..


We also went to Ihop for Breakfast. It was my first time there. AND YUMMY it was good! I had banana and strawberry pancakes with my BF. mmm mmm

Before we left the falls we made our usual last stop at the Hershey factory! This little guy was dancing around in front of the Hershey store....


Our day was so fun and relaxing, I had a great time with my sister. We always do and we are always good company for shopping!

My purchase today... A nice big Coach purse! The Coach outlet store had amazing deals, my purse was an extra 70% off ticket price!

Sad the weekend is over :(

Great deals!

Today was one of those rainy yucky days. So what better to do than to go shop!

I went to Winners and found some great deals in their clearance section. I love shopping the clearance section, I always find unique items for great prices.

I got this for $5.00 "Live Laugh Love"

And this basket for $8.00, which Zoe immediately claimed as her own ahah!
I also bought a few candles and a new pair of yoga pants :)

On another note a friend of mine suggested I use this organic fruits and veggie wash so I went out to buy that today as well. Can't wait to use it!

How do you ensure your fruits and veggies are clean?

Fun weekend cross border shopping!

My weekend was a fun success! It started with a Grande Latte and a BLT English muffin ;) To get us going!

On Saturday we went for a little road trip to Buffalo (1.5 hour drive) to do some shopping. We went to Walden Galleria and The fashion outlet mall. While there we saw a Target! I keep reading about Target on other blogs so I had to go in!

My first trip to target was so fun. How cute are the summer clothes there! With Great prices too. Wish we had a target in Canada. I bought a cute summer dress and husband bought swimming shorts :)

While in the mall we asked one of the cashiers if Buffalo had a Sonic aahahh (not like I'm watching my weight or anything ha!) She said there isn't one in Buffalo but to go try a restaurant across the street called Smokey Bones. MMM and it was sooo good. Husband and I shared the below. The mini burgers were so good! Yum!!
It was a fun road trip and I came home with plenty of new items ;)

Today my sister hosted a small fundraiser for the Canadian liver foundation. We had a fun day mingling and enjoying her home made cookies :)

My sister, Mom and me :)

Sooo, After a weekend of eating out and not with the best choices, I made a new lunch item for tomorrow. A chickpea Salad, with cilantro and cucumbers. I'm looking forward to that!

Hope you all had a great weekend. Tomorrow I will blog about my diet goals for the week. I'm making sure I get enough fruits and veggies in my diet :)

Gazelle work out

This morning I went for my B12 shot and my funny doctor said "Do ppl say, wow that girl has energy" hahh! I said NOPE! she said "OK then it's not working yet". ahahah She makes me laugh. Just as she was asking me I was thinking in my head how what a horrible schedule I have. I get to bed late, wake up late, arrive everywhere late. Yesterday I was so tired that I fell asleep at 6pm when I got home from work! Now that's not a girl with energy. NOPE!

So part of my new exercise goals I'm mixing the Shred DVD and my Gazelle workouts. I like changing it up. That way when I don't feel like doing one, I'll do the other.
Tonight there are some shows on Tv that I like. Modern Family and Cougar town. hilarious! My TV snack was carrots and dip :) (well the dip part is not too good, but good thing I didn't like it to much so left a lot :)

On the way home from work tonight we stopped by Winners and Homesense. I only walked out with a button shirt and also this piece of art. I love word art. Especially when it was only $10.00 :)

Today my lower back was hurting alot. I'm glad it doesn't hurt everyday but it's been hurting about twice a week. When will this cyst bursttttt already! I can't take it anymoreee!.... that's my little bit of drama, I'll just leave it at that.

I'm hoping to get to bed sorta early tonight. :) Good night!!

Weekend Fun

What a fun weekend! and not over yet :)

My husband went on a trip for the weekend so my sister stayed with me and we had a blast.
Friday after work we went to visit my brother and sister in law. She made us a delicious Chicken Caesar salad and it was so good!

Above is my brother and sister in law.
My sister in law is 3 months pregnant. We are all soo excited to have a little baby in the family :)
Starbucks fix was totally needed on Saturday morning. Sunday night my sister and I ended up getting home at about 2am and decided we would wake up at 8am to hit the town shopping!

I bought some dress clothes and casual clothes and a new pair of very comfy yoga pants for working out :) We were out for 10 hours!!

Saturday evening some of my cousins dropped by. We had some goodies out, Zoe ended up licking the pink cupcake and surprisingly we did not touch not one of the sweets. Carrots and dip and tostitos and salsa were the snack of choice.

Tomorrow is my husbands 31st birthday! He is coming back from his trip tonight and can't wait to see him!

Hope you all had a great weekend!