Ice Storm

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holidays filled with family, friends and joy!  I was forced to take a break from blogging for a few days since the ice storm took out our power and internet. I was planning on working on posts during the day Sunday for the week but mother nature had other plans. We finally got our power back on Christmas Day ( a Christmas miracle) and then with the craziness of the season I didn't get a chance to update the blog. It was a nice unexpected vacation. I thought I would share with you some pictures of the ice storm. While it sucked not having power, everything covered in ice was quite beautiful.

Jaclyn

Remembrance Day

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

- John McCrae

Niagara Falls Getaway

This past weekend we escaped to Niagara Falls for a mini getaway to enjoy the Grape and Wine Festival.

We purchased a Discovery Pass that allowed us to go to eight different wineries and sample their wine paired with a food item of their choice. Since we didn't know a ton about wine we decided to choose the wineries based on what food they were serving. We had everything from sausage's on buns to butternut squash soup.  The Discovery Pass was well worth the money and we even found a couple of new wines that we really loved.

Unfortunately we didn't get the best weather on Saturday when we were actually doing our wine tastings. We choose most of the wineries in Niagara On The Lake and many people were biking from winery to winery. I would love to go back for another weekend and do a bike tour. It looked like it would have been a lot of fun if it wasn't raining. We were lucky enough to have a friend DD for us, so we weren't caught in the rain too much. 

Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day. Our Bed and Breakfast, where we stayed, was a short walk away from the Falls. 

Outfit: Coat: Forever 21 (old). Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs. Jeans: AE. Boots: Century 21.

Since we were only going for the weekend I packed light, only bringing one pair of shoes ( shocking I know!). A good trench coat was a must since it was raining and cool most of the weekend. 

Jaclyn

Long Weekend Snapshots

 Dinner by the harbour

 One of many rabbits running around the neighbourhood

 Argos home opener (My first professional football game)

 First Green Smoothie of the challenge (I will be posting more about this Friday!)

 Largest Canadian Flag I've ever seen! 

 Canada Day Jays Game. We won! (Also my first baseball game... it was a sporty weekend for me)

The CN Tower all lit up for Canada Day. 

What where the highlights of your weekend? 

Jaclyn

Canada Day

Happy Canada Day everyone! I am spending the day at the ball game and will hopefully be enjoying a hot dog while you are reading this! 

Target Canada

Its FINALLY here! It has arrived. The doors are open! To say I was excited for the opening of Target in Canada is an understatement. Every time I would go to the mall I would glance over to what once was Zellers and hope Target was FINALLY open. Well now it is and I am sad to say I was underwhelmed.  It was tiny. Which shouldn't have come as a shock. I knew all along how big the Zellers was but seriously it was small. They tried to fit all their departments in which meant that each department didn't get the full range of products. They should have focused on their best selling departments allowing them to be larger and leave the other stuff for things like Canadian Tire etc. I also felt that it was poorly laid out. It was a maze. Things weren't where you thought they would be. And the prices... not spectacular. I wasn't wowed or floored or jumping up and down. They also didn't have any designer clothes collection to kick off the opening, which I thought was just plain silly.

What I did like however was the selection of accessories (shoes, scarves, purses etc) and the home decor selection. Their grocery selection is decent but I wouldn't forgo the grocery store all together. I liked how eco friendly it was. The lights in the fridge/freezers only turned on when someone walked into the isle. Which was super cool. They also had a great selection of Essie Nail Polish and their beauty section was well organized which I liked. Overall I am not going to stop going to Target but I don't think I will be purchasing as much there as I had thought I would be.

What did you think of Targets opening in Canada?
Jaclyn