Casual Colour

It's been awhile since I did a Casual Friday outfit post and I had some adorable new loafers to show off.  These are the loafers I "won" in the silent auction at A Day in Her Shoes and they come from Manchester Shoe Salon.  They had another colour combo with red and it was hard to choose between the two.

Anyway, this is what I wore to take Trilly to the vet on Wednesday.  Which means it was covered in fur by the time I got home.  Little thing stresses out pretty badly at the vet but is very good when being examined, given her shots, etc.

Kitchen

Earlier this week I shared our little bathroom facelift using the faux adhesive tiles.  Compared the the kitchen the bathroom was a breeze.  I say this as an observer because Husband had a system for ensuring the tile pieces lined up properly in the kitchen and I was not to interfere with said system. 

So here is a couple of photos taken of our kitchen quite awhile ago but very little had changed since then.

And here's what it looks like with the new tiling.

Looking forward to the walls being easier to wipe clean as well as prettier now that the tiles are up!

Summer Bag

Mum and I went to an event last week called A Day in Her Shoes in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association.  It's put on in a shopping area uptown called Market Square.  The shops get together and put on a fashion show. The spa does hair and make up and the restaurants supply treats and drinks.  It's a well attended event which meant it was a challenge to get to those treats this year.  However, I "won" an adorable pair of loafers (future blog post) in the silent auction.  The stores also have great deals on post-event. 

Mum and I decided it was time to spring (pun intended) for some bright, new season handbags and wallets from Manchester Shoe Salon.  I'll be stealing hers at some point for an outfit I'm sure but today I'm showing off my oh-so-spring-summer fossil bag and Christopher Kon wallet.

The lining has this adorable bird pattern

They were meant for each other

This red/coral wallet is the exact same as my winter one except for the colour. That's because it's the best wallet ever.

Room for absolutely everything!

Always fun, but dangerous to visit our friends at Manchester Shoe Salon!

Mirror Makeover

We've been working on various parts of the house after three years of living here.  When we moved into our home it was new build which meant we didn't even have towel rails or anything to put the toilet paper on.  So at that point we were concerned about the fundamentals.  As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago we only just got furniture for our upstairs living area... which the cats are thrilled about. I'm fairly certain they think it's all cat bed.

Another area we decided to give a small but effective face lift was our upstairs bathroom.  No idea why but the plaster underneath the mirror started pitting which wasn't cool.  I didn't take immediate "before photos" but here's our bathroom as we were sorting things out when we moved in.

We decided it would be fun to use these adhesive faux tiles we'd seen to cover the pitting and add some interest.

We discovered the tiles were very reasonably priced online and required no grouting or special tools to speak of.  They may not last a lifetime but I figure that just gives me an excuse to get a new bathroom face lift in a few years.

Mother's Day

I wore my cute new black and white polka dot dress for Mother's Day with teal tights.  Needed a bit of colour since it was the greyest, rainiest day imaginable.  One of my Mum's favourite things to do for Mother's Day is go to brunch after church at Shadow Lawn Inn (where I had my Canadian wedding reception).  Since my brothers were out of the country it was just the four of us but that meant more insanely good chocolate cream stuff for me. 

I didn't take proper outfit photos with the weather but here's Mum and I at Shadow Lawn.

Hurray for Friday

This week was an incredibly busy one for our household. It involved work and meetings and events and even a bit of a bathroom makeover.  Oh and we found a buyer for my car, we exchange on it tomorrow. It also seemed like one of the longest weeks in the world, likely in part because I've taken (most of) next week off as a stay at home vacation. 

I have things to properly blog about from the week but somehow the week hasn't been conducive to writing about them.  At least that means I should have lots of inspiration for writing up blog posts this weekend. Or, seeing as it's shaping up to be a very busy weekend, during my stay-cation.

It was actually quite a good week but I'm pleased to see Friday arrive and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.  So welcome Friday. I'll be extra pleased to see 4:30 arrive today.

Our first daffodil of the season finally arrived at the start of the week.

Movie Materials

Sunday afternoon was gorgeous but I'd gotten a tiny bit burnt the day before and so was ready for an indoor activity.  We headed off to see Iron Man 3 which was highly entertaining.  While it was hot at home I knew that it would be cooler and windier at the cinema and also, I don't know about you but I always get cold at the movies if I don't wear layers.  So I threw on this comfy outfit.

I have been enjoying the fun colours and polka dotted-ness of my Artsy Anthropology infinity scarf this Spring. Linking up with The Pleated Poppy for What I Wore Wednesday.