toronto for the night

hello friends! 

just a quick update as i try and sneak in a study break. my mom and i were lucky enough to get tickets for the toronto montreal game on saturday. i had forgotten how much i enjoy being at hockey games, but they're actually a lot of fun. i hope you all had a fantastic weekend, i know i sure did. 

love, liz 

winter break in an instant

been meaning to get these pictures up for a while xo 

plaid and sparkle and twilight

finally got around to seeing breaking dawn part two last. ahhh. it was SO good. {pardon my fangirl moment for a second} first of all, good job to the casting director. everyone was so attractive in that film. i was dying. my friend and i were those girls who were screaming when taylor lautner came on screen and were commenting all throughout the movie. it was fantastic. and then on our way back we stopped at mcdonalds, which hasn't been open for months. twilight and mcdonalds fries in one night? dreams really do come true. 

- E

perks of being a wallflower

started out the afternoon with a chai latte at the cutest cafe there is in this city. saw perks of being a wallflower with the sister. i can officially say i'm in love with that film. like seriously if you have not seen it yet, you definitely should! it might even be my favourite movei {sorry nicholas sparks}.

outfit details: {me} sweater: aerie, dress: H&M, tights: who knows where, boots: hunter {sister} dress, H&M, belt: H&M

a day spent with my best friend

thanksgiving weekend this year was jammed packed. with friends back from university, family to visit and homework to try and catch up on it seemed like i was busy every waking minute. but that was okay because i got to do a lot! 

one of my favourite memories of that weekend was driving up to my cottage with my little sister and spending an afternoon together. we got to visit my nana for a bit and i am so thankful that i was able to see her, even if it was only for a few minutes. we got to see our aunt and catch up. we made it up to the cottage just as the sun was setting and it was perfect. like honestly one of the most beautiful places on earth. we took tons of pictures. we drew pictures in the sand. we jumped in piles of leaves. we almost got stuck in the middle of nowhere with no gas and no cell reception. we sung along to one direction and michael buble all the way home. we had the most amazing time. 

also this sweater is the most comfortable thing alive. just sayin'.

back to school shopping

So on Tuesday my mom, sister and I went to the big city of Toronto to do some back to school shopping. Unfortunately the highway was under construction, which meant traffic was insane! {As captured by the photo above}

But after a long long long trip we finally reached our destination! I have never been so happy to see a mall before. Being stuck in traffic is not my thing. 

And then I tried on lots of clothes. {These pictures were taken in Urban Outfitters}. I ended up getting that sweater on the bottom left, which I absolutely love! 

After checking out a few stores we had lunch at Mr. Green Jeans. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had a gluten free pizza, which was pretty delicious. 

  We continued to shop and shop. One interesting thing I noticed about Toronto this time of year, they've got all this green space located right on Young Street which actually looks really fantastic. Even though you're right downtown you've got grass and picnic tables just a couple of feet away from you. 

Oh and then I feel in love with J.Crew. I have never been to a J.Crew store, although I stalk them constantly on the internet. Their store was my version of heaven. After seeing this picture again I kind of regret not buying that sweater. If anyone was wondering what I want for my birthday, this would be it. We also found a very fancy shoe store that sold Jimmy Choos and Louboutins. If I had copious amounts of money, I would spend it on such things. 

By the time we were ready to head out it was rush hour. So instead of sitting in traffic for an hour we got dinner at Milestones. So good. Funny thing. Sister is trying out this vegetarian thing, so she ordered a veggie burger. And when they brought it out to her it had bacon on top of it. And they couldn't figure out why she didn't want bacon on her veggie burger.... Crazy kids. 

And this is me being bored on the way home. The sunset was even more incredible in person. All in all it was a pretty good shopping trip, and it was even better spent with these two. 

a trip to starbucks

Did you know that if you go to Starbucks an hour before they close they will come up to you with a platter full of baked goods and let you take one or two just because? It's true. And my friends and I were fortunate enough to be there when this happened. Which lead to copious amounts of cookies and oatcake brownies. We also decided to take lots of pictures because we are those people. D also managed to balance two cups which we all thought was super impressive. And then we went driving around our quaint city blasting music that was definitely waaay too loud for twelve o'clock at night. And it was perfect. Going to miss having everyone together.