Last night, Marco and I hosted the second annual Secret Santa friends party at our place with a group of 15. What a hoot! Everyone brought a dish for the potluck and let me just say, some of our friends have a passion for cooking (we even call one friend the Cullionaire, he's that good). From gourmet deviled eggs, to spicy shrimp, fancy cheese plates to take-out egg rolls from the best Chinese spot in town, and more--the food table was bumpin'.
We drew names over a month ago and set a $30-no-gag-gift limit. I think everyone was pretty happy with their gifts from cool printed screen tees (like mine below!), amazing hot sauces, a board game, fancy liquor, a customized blanket, jewelry and more. We chatted, drank and ate our way into the night while Christmas music streamed from the speakers. A real festive and fun night leading up to the holidays.
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This year I have decided to partake in Vlogmas or Vlogcember which is essentially vlogging everyday until Christmas. I tried last year but gave up after a couple days because it is a bit of a commitment filming your day and editing it altogether at night. However, it's been a fun process so far and I love watching others so here we are. Additionally I can imagine it will be nice to look back watch in a year or two from now, just as it is re-reading older blog posts.
I have been consistent with my uploads and you can see all the videos here under my 'Vlogmas' playlist. If you'd like to check out my other fashion, hair, make-up and lifestyle videos you can do so on my YouTube channel (I'm acoest1984).
Thanks for watching! xo
Outfit deets: Dynamite scarf (new!), TNA 'Aspen' parka (old), Urban Planet leggings, Rampage boots, Aldo bag & headband, Michael Kors sunnies & hand-made mitts (by my Grammy)
On Friday morning, after a party for Marco's birthday with our friends, we headed to Toronto for a long (birthday) weekend. After a short flight we arrived and decided to walk the 3.5kms to our hotel.
I snapped this pic of the CN Tower in the distance on our way to our hotel while crossing a bridge.
I love doing these recaps because although I put my life 'out there', the day-to-day feels and is mostly ordinary but looking back each month makes me appreciate more-so the things I did and what happened. I have had friends say that my weekends look so thrilling but I think it's just a pretty photo that makes take-out and a movie look much more fancy than it actually is (as I sit in my pajamas and binge on ginger snaps). For me, these recaps are like counting your blessings and help remind me that things could always be worse and to appreciate what you have.
Enough mush, onto the recap!
In November a group of us went to the Wine & Food Show and also tried out The Albion Rooms for a friend's birthday. We saw our first snow fall (yuck!) and I shared how I went from never running to running 5km.
I got some new shoes, saw progress on my condo and went to a late-Canadian-Thanksgiving with the Barbados crew (which turned into a onesie party). Marco surprised me with a new iPad--best boyfriend award, I swear, that guy--I checked out The Scone Witch with a friend and did some damage at Marshalls. I washed my car, bought a couple new headbands and we put up our tree!
I shared a huge bikini haul video, my trip to Barbados part 1, part 2 and part 3. Lastly, I filmed my holiday lookbook and got some new bindings for snowboarding season.
Happy December!
Related posts:
* A Look Back at October
* A Look Back at November 2013
* All my monthly recaps
Saturday morning post-gym #acolookdowns.
We went to lunch at Chuck's (I won a coin flip for this one!) and had their amazing Panini's. I always get the chicken/bacon on multi with added fresh veggies and the lentil salad is second to none.
More photos after the jump...
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