personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
This may have been my busiest December ever. In university I always assumed that after uni December would be a nice relaxing month, because you wouldn't have exams anymore that you needed to be studying for on top of Christmas prep. That was an incorrect assumption. I was home for 6 days this month between … Continue reading December in Review
I sincerely hope that none of you have anything that you need to be distracted from in this week between Christmas and New Years when time is even more of an illusion than usual. But I understand that some of you may be at work, or may not celebrate Christmas or New Years or neither! … Continue reading Mid-Week Procrastination: Vol. 18
This year I wanted to try and fill in some of the gaps on my tree and make a garland for my kitchen window. I would like to make a garland with greenery and the dried oranges at some point, but it won't be this year as I am quickly running out of time! So … Continue reading Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments
It is so interesting to make this post this month, because despite it being December, famously one of the spendiest months of the year. I'm not planning on buying that much? Of course, I didn't put the Christmas presents I'm buying in the collage (I know my sister sometimes reads this, I don't think anyone … Continue reading What I’m Buying in December
This is the only real gift guide I'm doing this season, I'm not really that kind of blogger, but it felt important to highlight some of the Canadian brands and companies that I love and encourage other Canadians to shop locally as well. There are a mix of small brands and big brands, with suggestions … Continue reading Shop Canadian Gift Guide
This is kind of a follow-up post to Thursday's Realistic Christmas List post. I belong to a very normal income family, growing up Christmas presents like cell phones, laptops, concert tickets, mp3 players or iPods, or clothes from places like Lululemon or Aritzia or anything like that (that most of my classmates in high school … Continue reading Dream Christmas List
I will also be doing a much more fun dream Christmas list post, but this is the list that I will be sending to my family. A couple disclaimers, this is silly and fun, I obviously do not need anything for Christmas, I am happy to just be going home for the holidays and I … Continue reading Realistic Christmas List
Thoughtful Millennial 