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
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
I am so excited to veg on my couch, watch Derry Girls, and rest this weekend. I also have my first week where I'm not traveling for work in over a month and I am so excited to just be here. I also have to do some Christmas shopping this weekend, I did finally order … Continue reading Friday Favorites: 11/24/22
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
The prettiest snowfall on the 1st of December Such an opportunity to lean in to it and just call them BieberBalls like the rest of the nation did. My favourite Christmas decorations, re-creating it next year should be interesting but the greens are very dead now and I'll take them off before I put it … Continue reading December in Review
This is going to be a weird one, not following my normal format of Favorite Instagram, TV/Movie, Podcast, etc. because I haven't been consuming nearly as much digital media this week. I read 5 books, hung out with my family, threw up watching the new Spiderman movie (sorry to everyone in the 2:40 showing at … Continue reading Friday Favorites: A Week to Rest
When this goes live, I will hopefully be well on the road on the way home. Editing Laura: I was on the road, that's why this isn't going up until Sunday evening. I didn't finish this because I got busy packing Friday night, drove all day Saturday, and just arrived at my parents like an … Continue reading Saturday Scroll: 12/18/2021
I am so excited to be heading home and to bop around Southern Ontario for 17 days (well four of those will be driving to and from Southern Ontario). I am a bit worried that Ms. Omicron will ruin this for me, but I am keeping my vaccinated fingers and toes crossed in hope. I … Continue reading Northern Diaries: Plans for Christmas and New Years in Southern Ontario
I love Christmas, I love how people decorate for it, I love the parties that are planned, the opportunities to dress up, the food, the thought put into gifts that people get, the music. Heck, I even like the Christmas Eve service with the candlelight singing of Silent Night, and I don't go to church. … Continue reading Simple, Hand-Me-Down Decorating for Christmas
Thoughtful Millennial 