Black Friday Finds & Favorites

Happy Black Friday shopping day all of my American peeps! I hope you all nab some amazing deals and get your reved up hands on some fantastic finds! I for one will be staying home, and shopping quietly. Have fun!


I came across this great photo of my mom when she was only 21, she just arrived in Canada on this exact day. My mom always said "You know you look like me when I was your age!" and I would always say "oohhh yeahhh okay mom".... BUT I REALLY DID! Granted I'm 3 years older in this photo but you see the similarities.


Last Sunday the girls and I got together for a cupcake baking, wine drinking, Sex & The City watching type of night. We made holiday cupcakes (kind of a fail), drank wine that went bad (fail) and I forgot the Sex & The City dvd (fail.) LOL but we still managed to put together a fantastic night thanks to Rogers On Demand!


My swag bag and yummy treats from the Style Spy x The Gap holiday event!

Also, since it's Black Friday in the U.S of A and we can't get those really sweet deals that all of you Americans will get I've created a textured and printed shopping list for everything I would want to look for if I went shopping in the states! Click on the item to purchase it - maybe it's a really great deal today!



1. ASOS Belted Dress with Star Print $80.86
2. Kate Spade New York - Fanfare Lacey (Leopard)$195
3. ACTIVATE Platform Ankle Boots $190
4. MuchTooMuchGoldstone Throne Necklace $16.99
5. Threadsence Fresh Air Bangle $15
6. Jeffrey Campbell Elegant St Flats $170
7. Red Valentino Embellished tulle dress $750.00

Have you entered in my latest giveaway yet?? Be sure you check it out there's only 3 days left!!!

Vanilla Birthday Cupcakes

As posted yesterday, Eric asked me to bake cupcakes for our friend's son's 3rd birthday party. I'm not a baker. I'm not a cook. I'm not even allowed in the kitchen. So...I said sure! I wasn't about to make them from a box either so I found THIS recipe and headed off to the store and bought all the ingredients for vanilla cupcakes with a cream cheese icing. Which by the way, why are they so effing expensive?! $60 cupcakes? Is this real life? Well I created quite the mess in the kitchen and on myself and my phone was covered in flour - needless to say I really enjoyed it and can't wait to bake again!


Step 1: In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.


Step 2: In another bow, beat butter and sugar until pale, light, and fluffy. This would work best with an electric mixer - but I had to use a wooden spoon.

Step 3: Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat until combined.


Step 4: Add pure vanilla extract.

Step 5: Add 1 cup of the flour mixture until combined then add 1/2 cup buttermilk. Repeat until flour mixture is all used up.

Step 6: Use this mixture to plop into trays.


Note: You can create an icing pipe by filling a zip lock bag with icing and trimming the corner.

Here's to the weekend

Happy Weekend y'all!

I hope your weekends are jam packed with fun times and explosive shopping sprees! I'll be spending my weekend with family, Eric and attending our friend's son's 3rd birthday party today - here's the kicker... Eric wants me to bake cupcakes for the birthday!! Ya, cause I'm quite the baker. I'm attempting to make vanilla cupcakes with a cream cheese icing and fresh fruit to top, as seen HERE. WISH ME LUCK! I'll post photos of them to prove that I can indeed make a mess out of cupcakes. I apologize in advance to anyone at the birthday who will be eating these cakes.

On another note here are few things I like that will be on my mind this weekend -



1. Christina Ricci / Pan Am
2. Fashion Illustration by Lena Ker
3. Eric's mom's homemade cookies and cream
4. My Halloween Costume!
5. Club Monaco's new fall collection
6. Joe Fresh chambray and Club Monaco mens mohair sweater
7. Eric's mom's homemade cheesecake with chocolate chip cookie crust
8. Denim on denim
9. Daytime sparkle