Halloween en francais

This year I flew to Montreal for Halloween weekend.  Montreal (and its lovely inhabitants) always seem to take my favorite holiday way more seriously than Winnipeg does, so I just couldn’t bear to miss it.  I had a hard time coming up with a costume idea – I eventually went with Gym Teacher – and [...]

Fun with makeup

I really enjoy makeup.  I don’t wear a lot of it anymore, but I love experimenting with it on a night out and I’ve got enough MAC eyeshadow to sink a ship.  I used to be a huge fan of wearing bright, crazy colours (during my younger days I was known to wear red MAC [...]

Acting the part

Perhaps it’s the general air of financial frugality as of late, or perhaps it’s just a new incarnation of my regular attempt at saving cash, but recently I’ve really enjoyed shopping at Value Village.
Matt and I went to VV this weekend to pick up the supplies we’d need to shoot our second annual Christmas Card [...]

Love and purses.

On Friday I had the pleasure of hanging out with Karen for a few hours, as she was in town on her way back to Montreal from a business trip up north. Karen and I became fast friends when we both moved from Winnipeg to Montreal in September 2006 – both having lived in [...]