A happy girl and a ring...

Well I'm back from Cuba and have oh so many pictures and fun times to share with you.
Since getting back into the swing of things has taken a little bit longer than I was excepting, I shall share my favorite item I brought home with me. (well other than my guy)

I'm such a lucky girl! Stay tunned for the engagement story and pictures!

Alright winter, can we please part ways..

You were fun for awhile, you allowed me to go skating and I did enjoy watching the snow fall.. but when I walk to the store and my legs become legicles by the time I get back, well.. then we have a problem.
Luckily for me, in less than a week I will be in a warmer place, so you have until I return to pack up your things and move over for my new love.. early spring.

 

warm and cozy thoughts.
♡ Karen. 

time flies..

It's absolutely crazy how fast time goes, one minute we are in the midst of the Holidays, visiting as many family members as you can, the next I realize it's been a month since we've seen the people we love.
It was time to head back to my home town and have a little family time.

During my visit back a certain baby showed off his apparent musical talents.
My nephew can jam, like father like son. Maybe the  next Partridge family?
Of course they would have to let me drive around on the bus.

 Hopefully I will see them again soon! xo

Go sports team..

My friend loves football, so for one night I liked it too. 

To be honest it was my first ever Super bowl party, we came for the game but stayed for the wonderful food. She even baked a Steelers cake, but sadly was too disappointed to eat it. By the end of the night the conversation switched from sports to girl chat. (a topic I'm much better at) I can't say that this will convert me into a football fan or even a sports fan, but I could handle watching a game once a year.

See you later February!

We booked our first tropical vacation! In a little over a week we will be headed to Cuba. My guy and I have been battling the winter blah's, I thought the best thing to do is escape this freezing country if only for a week. I will try to speak Spanish and fail, I will probably come back a red Karen lobster, but who cares I will be lounging by the beach...

    and not you Toronto beach! 

Now to google the chance of jelly fish encounters (the bees of the sea) they freak me out.
Rummage through my summer clothes
Purchase a waterproof camera
Find more vintage inspired swimwear
Excited!!

My sister visits!

I've been slacking with the blog lately, but not by choice. My laptop's battery and charger is toast so I'm weighing out the options of replacements or new laptop all together? (I'm dreaming of you Mac)

Anywho, this past weekend my sister came up for a visit. It was so nice to spend some quality girl time!

We went thrift shopping, complained about the inflation of Value Village's prices, worked on crafts, learned my sister is a much better wii bowler than myself... now to convince her to move back to Toronto. 

We went to the Big Apple!

Literally!

Okay so I'm kind of a dork for ridiculous tourist attractions, many times we drove by this place on road-trips, however, we never took the time to stop.  After a crazy couple of weeks of working and holiday functions we decided to take a day off and go for a drive to the cheesiest place we could think of. 

The Big apple is 35 feet high, the attraction has a mini put (sadly closed) an observation deck (also closed) and a gift shop (you betcha it was closed!) Okay, next time we will go in the summer. We did purchase some apple bread..yum!

We took the long way home and did some major small town thrift store shopping (they have the best stuff),

 it was great day. 

If you know of any cheesy tourist attractions let me know! ♡