i just got pampered at the spa...doing that made me realize that i need more 'me' time...not time where i'm alone but time that i actually spend on me. it was sooo relaxing to spend a bit of cash and do something i wouldn't normally do. i deserve to treat myself and i think it definitely helps out with stress. my stress level is at O right now...maybe that's because i all i have to worry about for the next week is what bathing suit i will wear today but either way, i am stress free right now and feeling GREAT!!

( etsy faves )

this embroidered wall hanging

(we need to start decorating the walls...)

this headband/ear warmer

(not really a huge fan of the whole big bow craze but i do love this)

this fisher price camera print for above my desk

these navy clogs. i kind of really love clogs right now...

this beautiful mini dress

oh my gosh. how much do i love this little fella?

this gorgeous wristlet

this expensive but very pretty handmade dress

this pretty spool necklace

this strawberry trinket cone

i have my giant mug of tea, am about to make some breakfast and then it's off to the spa for me. i will finish up packing this afternoon and then mikey & i are headed home (by home i mean to my parents house) isn't it strange when you realize that you'll never live there again...but it's still your home cause it was your home for longer then the home you're at now has been... anyway...what a lovely saturday!

hope everyone has a great weekend ♥

never have i ever ever ever been so thankful that it's friday!!! eight hours of work and then i am on vacatiooooon ♥ literally. i'm so excited i could burst. i haven't been away somewhere since i was about 13 when my family and i went to las vegas. that was the last time i had been on a place too and i actually love flying! there is something so exciting about being in a plane (not the part where you could literally crash to your death at any given time [can't think about that]...the OTHER part, the part where you are flying...in the sky...with the birds & the care bears and that is pretty neat if you ask me.

i can't wait to wake up tomorrow and go to the spa...i've never been so a relaxing massage and pedicure are going to be oh-so-great then mikey & i are going home to my parents house as they are driving us to the toronto airport monday morning (way early...flights @ 6:20am but i probably won't sleep/will be too excited to notice) anyway! this may or may not be my last post before we go, so i will see you all when we return

x♥

fancy a brew?

new favourite etsy shop

Mr.PS

super cute, super affordable...i ♥ the prints

window shopping at this etsy shop actually made my mouth water for a cuppa tea...and yes, i put the kettle on!

[side note: what is online window shopping called? screen shopping?? i mean, really...what do you guys call it?]

beach in t-minus 4 days...

(i'm sorry, it's all i can think about!!!)

packing. packing. packing.

i ♥ packing,

i hate unpacking

i have to keep in mind that most of the time i will be in a bathing suit and that i do not need 15 dresses, 5 pairs of shorts, 10 tee shirts, 7 skirts & 6 pairs of shoes...but i know it will be hard to keep it to a minimum...

i'm starting tonight so i don't forget anything,

no last minute packing for this gal.

cherry apple art

for affordable, gorgeous necklaces, hair pieces & the most recent addition, tees...please visit rebeccas etsy shop; cherry apple art named after her adorable little girl, these pieces are handmade with love and care...and oh-so beautiful!

i will definitely be wearing one of these hair pieces on my wedding day...whenever that day comes ♥

( this is a photo of our actual resort )

white sandy beaches, bright blue skies and even brighter blue water...this time next week mikey & i will BE here; eeeee!!

i am beyond excited.

we bought some last minute stuff today, ya know...spf 60 sunscreen (i'm not getting burnt and ruining my trip) & 2 disposable cameras today. we'll be taking our digis as well but i wanted real film photos too...they are so much more fun! i hate how with digis there is never a bad photo...it's a good thing and a bad thing. i mean, sometimes those bad ones are the best ones but now with the option to delete, they get forgotten so having disposables will be fun! i wanted waterproof ones but they were all out, i'm still going to try and get some before we leave cause that would be so much fun!

( everybody's doing it )

since everyone else in the blogging universe seems to be posting the typical 'how we met' stories in lieu of valentines day, i thought i would as well. however, i thought i'd tell ours because tomorrow is our

two year anniversary ♥

sooo...everyone's heard of myspace i'm sure...of course, this is the time of networking. you guys have probably all had a myspace account or maybe still do (?) anyway, i started using myspace when i was sixteen years old. i liked going to shows for bands like taking back sunday, boys night out, dashboard confessionals, brand new, warped tours, etc etc (you get the idea) i also had my labret pierced, wore black framed glasses & wore band tees. therefore, i loved boys who looked pretty much the same (but in boy form) ...being on myspace, i would add said cute boys to my 'friends list'. usually i would add them just so i could creep their photos & get a lot of friends on my list (after all, that's what myspace was all about) that being said, i added "MiKeY!!!!!!!" to my list one day and of course thought he was totally cute. i never added these boys with thoughts of dating them one day, as i said...i added them cause were "sooo hot, oh my god!" haha, and i was boy crazy. mikey & i would talk occasionally. we had similar tastes and he was super easy to talk to. he had a girlfriend at the time and as i said, i didn't have any intentions of meeting up with/dating someone from online. my parents warned me...and i knew better.

however!
about 3 (maybe 4?) years later, i had deleted my myspace by this time and hadn't thought about mikey or any of the 'cuuute boys' i had on my friends list in forever, i came to visit peterborough with my friend bree. we had been visiting friends in st.catharines the night before (partying all night!) and remembered that our friend trisha was having a party at her place in peterborough, why not make it a weekend-long excursion of road tripping?! now, it wasn't easy getting there...her car broke down just as we were about to hit peterborough and (long story short) a cop saw us, drove us to trishas and we would go back for the car in the morning (looong story really short: the next morning we went back to find the car NOT there, found out it was hit by two guys speed racing and that was the end of darla [her car] luckily we were not in it when it was hit, thank god!)

(omg i know. SCARY! incredibly scary thinking we could have been sitting in there, wondering what to do when the car was hit...)

anyway, back to the story...so that night we went out to a bar here in town called the trash, more drinking, lots of dancing, bathroom time...as i am walking to the bathroom, who do i see? MiKeY!!!! haha...he's sitting in one of the booths with his big glasses (pretty hard to miss) & a big smile on his face, he was there with his staff for their christmas party. we both kind of do a double take and then "carly?"..."mikey?"..."oh my god!!"

we sat and chatted the rest of the night, mainly saying things like "holy crap, you're a real person" & "i can't believe i just ran into you here"...after spending the rest of the night hanging with him, we exchanged phone numbers and started texting each other often. a few weekends later, i came up to visit him. he met me at the bus stop (we were both really nervous) went back to his place and chatted non-stop for like five hours. later that night his friends came over (& i fell in love with them) and we shared our first kiss. i went to visit him pretty much every weekend after that (if not every other) 3 months later, in april, i moved in with him...and the rest is history! we've been together two years & they have been my happiest thus far...here's to many many more to come ♥

mikey one of the first weekends i came to stay...

how he told me he loved me...wrote it on a message board, hoping i would see it on my lunch break, i totally didn't see it until much later!

ps: so, mum...that's the real story! haha, most of the time we tell people we just met through friends unless they know what myspace is and then people usually find it to be a pretty cute story. which it is...

hi hi! did everyone have a pretty valentines day? i sure did! i recieved 2 packages in the mail last week; one from julie (not pictured as i couldn't find my camera at the time) & this one from rosie...both with lots&lots of goodies in them! i have the best friends ♥

lots of hk love!

saturday i went to go see 'valentines day' with meg & it was super cute. i wasn't sure what to expect as the trailer didn't give away too much (which is good as i find sooo many trailers show you the whole movie which is so silly, why even bother paying to go see the movie at that point?) anyway, it had a fantastic cast; lots of beautiful guys & gals to look at, that's for sure! anyway, when i came home there was some gorgeous roses waiting on the kitchen table for me...

yesterday (♥s day) was spent antiquing with jess, mikeys mum & mikeys mums boyfriend. it was a lovely day, we went to three different antique shops around here and then out for lunch! we all had some great finds.

mikeys antlers...he has been searching for some forever & he got these for $20...amazing! i had been searching for the rainbow polaroid land camera that it seems like everyone but me already has but i think they are so cute & i always wanted one. i got it for $5!

it was a loooovely weekend! saturday night we had some drinks here & then went to the rainbow dance at the gordon best, it was a lot of fun! today i got up, showered & headed to work (the streets are SO dead) when i got there, i was asked if i wanted to be here (haha...no!) and then asked if i wanted vto (voluntary time off...guess no one was calling in) so of course i did! i had been regretting saying i'd work the holiday all weekend cause it would be so nice to have a 3 day weekend and then a 4 day work week and then go on vacation & now i get it; yay!! sooo...happy family day? i think it's the silliest excuse for a holiday but i'm getting paid to sit at home today so it's a-okay with me!

f21 canada

i need some new lounge pants...they look super soft & comfy

i want it. i want it. i need it.

these are cute...

in both colours!

love love love this!

need these. minus the shoes...

i'm obsessed with jumpers...

we all know this by now!

cutest! i wish i had of seen this more then a week before we went away, it would have been mine!

so pretty! thank gawd everyone is putting pockets in everything now; so good.

very pretty & pink!