First and foremost, Happy Earth Day! In honor of this important day, I thought I'd throw together a few zero waste tips that we can use today and everyday to help keep the planet healthy. Now, I am no leading expert in zero waste...I wouldn't even get an honorable mention, but I do try to reduce the amount of waste that my family produces where I can. I give all of the credit to…
A new series highlighting the little things. The things we often overlook but the things that mean so very much at the end of the day. .................... Hugging my mom at the airport after being apart for 10 months. Watching my children hug my mom as they can barely contain their excitement that she's finally here. The fact that my mom is healthy and can travel to a different country to visit us. The…
Sooo, I completely missed last week's roundup but I thought that I'd just add it into a little "what I've been doing lately" life update post, in case you're interested. Don't get your hopes up though, I promise my life hasn't been that exciting. Kind of mundane stuff, really. You know, that stuff that you keep putting off because it's the most miserable thing that you could be doing. Yeah, you know ;) A…
Pull up a chair. Let's have a chat, shall we? Something has been weighing on my mind a little lately and I wanted to address it. Particularly, I want to address why I do this. Why I post a picture of myself on the internet nearly every day? Why I write all of these posts on how to style this or that item of clothing? The deep down answer is that I used to…
Well, it looks like it's that time again. Time for me to take another attempt at a 3 month shopping ban. I think enough time has passed for me to forget the failure of the last one. I kid. Kinda. But not really. If you read this post, you already know that I attempted to do a shopping ban on all clothing back in July. The ban was scheduled to start in July and…
I don't do resolutions. I used to, but I always gave up on them far too quickly. So, for the past few years, I've let the new year roll in with no set goals for the year. So this year, I'm doing things a little differently. Firstly, I've selected a word of the year. I had never done this before, or even heard about it, but after reading various Instagram posts of other people's…
A yearly review of what happened on the blog and also major life events from 2018.
If you read this post, you know that I had no intention of shopping on Black Friday. And I didn't. Instead, I relaxed and read for the majority of the day before enjoying Noodles takeout and a family movie in the evening. I hadn't even planned to shop for the rest of the weekend. But, sometimes even the best laid plans don't always work out. Let me explain... On Saturday, I became aware of…
I don't know about you, but the thought of venturing out to a mall today on "Black Friday" fills me with dread and anxiety. Dread because of all of the things that will be bought today and forgotten in a month's time. Anxiety because of all of the people, all vying for the latest and greatest thing. Sometimes with disregard for their fellow human. I think we've all seen enough evidence of this through…
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." Henry Ford I failed my 3 month shopping ban. There, I said it. Finally. I've been trying to avoid writing this post. And it's taken me 21 days to actually work up the courage. But I knew that it had to be done. If your remember from this post, I set out to complete a 3 month shopping ban, as well as…
I used to be a shopaholic. But slow fashion has helped me to curb my old shopping tendencies and to become more intentional in the things that I purchase.
There are a lot of wonderful people out there who write about living with intentionality. One of my favorite ways to get inspiration to live intentionally in my own life is to read articles about simple living that I come across online. What follows are the articles that really stood out to me this week - articles about zero-waste, frugality, phone addiction and the Joneses. So grab yourself a nice, warm cup of coffee…
