Black & White

 oh yea, hi! It's been awhile. No excuses, just pure laziness. And busyness I guess.

My favorite part of the year is coming to an end. Oh, how I will miss summer.  And wearing dresses and not having to deal with wearing tights and heavy winter jackets. No matter how hard I try, I can not for the life of me find a happy medium between stylish and warm winter clothing. I much rather wear dresses, but as the temperatures get cooler I find the need to cave in and wear pants and tops. Of course, I always find I don't have enough items in this department so I did an little bit of online window shopping this morning at F21 Canada. Apparently, I am liking black and white this season.

xo,

melissa

living my dreams to the max!!!

 you guys...i won the lottery!! YEP!! Since May, seven girls and I at work have been playing the weekly lotto.  We play the same lotto (lotto max) every Friday and by our tickets from the same store each week.  We got lucky with the draw on September 14th, getting six numbers plus the bonus in the draw! Missing the 20 million dollar jack pot by just one number, but snagging us a sweet second prize of $367,896.30$ split between the eight of us.  Super rad.  I was in a daze for a few days trying to wrap my mind around cashing a cheque for almost $46,000.  That's a big deal for this single mama I've gotta say.  It's a nice big security blanket for Avery and I.  We haven't quite decided what we will do with our winnings, but for now they are tucked safely away.  Every now and then we look at our bank balance and smile. :)  Here are a few pictures from our trip to ALC headquarters to pick up our winnings....

xo,

melissa

outfit of the day...

I've been such a blogger outfit slacker...maybe a quick outfit snap like this each day can bring me back to blogging?

Lets try it out!

cardi: Ruche; tank: Eclipse (local store); red skinnies: F21; shoes: Spring

xo,

melissa

honey do....

it's 8:24 am, thursday...i sat down to write this blog post yesterday afternoon, but i couldn't think of anything to write.  every time i sit to think, all that comes across my mind is a list of things i need to do this month! with Christmas, Avery's 2nd birthday and my surgery next week, i have a million things to do! but that list is so daunting that i'm trying to sweep it under the rug and forget about it.  

i need to quit burying my head and face this list head on! mainly, i need to get all of the decorations together for avery's birthday party and start wrapping presents so that when i'm feeling better after surgery i won't have a ton of things to do in the short period of time before christmas!

eeeeek! i better get started.....

dress & shoes//asos

tights//ruche

xo,

melissa

hello my ppl's!!!!

flying high

 i'm back yo! arrived on my doorstep yesterday at seven am. a whopping seven hours after i had originally thought i'd get home.  a very sleepy mama indeed, but i had to haul ass and get ready for work at eight. zonk.

sorry for the lack of blogging while i was away, i couldn't figure out how to get pics from my ipad into blog and well, a blog post without pictures just isn't right.  i had a fantabulous time and i will provide some shopping, wedding and my first flight experience shortly!!!!!!!!

miss the blog big time.

somewhere over lake michigan

xo, melissa

happy birthday and how i've had the most random week...

above: birthday present from my friend martina...i love owls!

so, my 30th birthday flew right by, celebrations were at a minimum because we had plans to do dinner on saturday. jamie picked up an ice cream cake (my fav!) and the three of us enjoyed that.

jamie and i had also planned a little mini getaway to the city for a night. an impending storm changed our plans again so we left on thursday night instead of friday

just as my luck would have it (i'm telling you there year is starting out great...not!), on friday i wasn't feeling well and on saturday i was full fledge sick. which meant we had to drive home while i was sick (it wasn't pretty)

avery was at my parents place so i went there to get him, but ended up staying there so they could take care of avery while i rested.

i had to cancel my birthday plans (huge boo!!)

and then, to top off my horrible week/end avery snapped my glasses in two.

a great start to my thirties, no?

xo, melissa

on keeping a record...

this being one of the most personally stressful weeks i've had in a long time,

my head is spinning and spinning.

most of it focused on just life right now, on the brink of my 30th year

and what that means to me.

some of focused on things that just run loops in my head....

i'm having a hard time slowing down and concentrating.

really focusing and zeroing in on what matters now, who am i and who i want to be.

i feel like i want to write it all down, yet my blog isn't the right place for it all.

today's post from elise was just what i needed.

a place for my thoughts.

like a twelve year old with a diary again.

on today's post about her custom book design, elise posted a link to her custom birthday books she started making a few years ago.

perfect.

a birthday book for my biggest birthday yet.

i could use it to write down 30 goals for my 30th year, or just my whole decade of 30's in general.

something that i want to accomplish, or something that i am proud of right now.

am i crazy? i have just being doing so much reflection lately, it's almost scary.

And having it all jumbled in my head is even more so.

am i happy with life right now? if yes, why?

am i unhappy with life right now? if no, why?

this is the year for me, guys and gals.

as much as i'm scared to tuesday to come: i can't freaking wait.

i hope it brings good things.

and it will all be recorded in my book....

xo, melissa