christmas long weekend

i know i've been gone.. i apologize.. but with the holidays here, i know a lot of us are spending time with our loved ones.. and that's precisely what i have been doing in the last few days. since im going back to work tomorrow and i need to go to sleep now, here are just a few photos to share with you.

happy holidays!

french macaroons love!

my christmas gift loot!

home for the holidays :)

hope everyone of you had a wonderful christmas weekend!

rough times..

things haven't been the best nowadays. my dad just lost his job again, the boyfriend broke his phone so we're not able to talk lately and im working overtime this week again so im pretty much super tired when i get home.

i am positive that things will pick up soon. but for now, i hope you understand if im not going to be blogging as much this week...

new trousers

in case you didn't know, the camera im using is new and until now, im still trying to figure out how to work the settings to make good outfit posts. aahhhh but alas, i think this set will do for today.

outfit: tminx cropped tee, suzy shier blazer, f21 trousers, nyds bow pin, aldo wedges

i had quite a rough day at work since i was so slow with handling the claims. plus, i kept on going to the bathroom so that took time and delayed me even more with processing. anyway, im glad today's over and hopefully, i can make up for it tomorrow.

i decided to wear one of my purchases from my last trip to forever 21 since the boy and i are celebrating our monthsary today! yay! i actually just got off the phone with him and he was telling me that he had a rough day at work too.. aawww...

anyway, that's that. im glad mid week is here! oh and btw, before i go, i just wanted to share with you that i was runner up again this month for DOTM in Suddenly Darling. in case you're interested to know, you can join in the fun HERE.

Comment of the Day: Adrienne

Which restaurant did you go to? The only mongolian I've had is at Mongo's and I don't think that's really authentic... lol.

I'm liking the layered legwear!

thanks dear! the restaurant we went to is kahan's (i think). it's near sugar mountain. the choice of ingredients is pretty much the same as mongo's grill, but you should definitely give it a try! :D

bittersweet last day..

i had one more free day in calgary since i was able to request it at work. unfortunately, the boy had to go back to his routine of working 8-4 so after preparing breakfast with him, i was left to do some last minute shopping before heading back to winnipeg.

my last day in calgary was spent in the newly renovated chinook centre by my bf's place for some major shopping. the good thing was the mall had the only zara store in the city, the unfortunate thing was that the other stores i was looking forward to weren't open yet! booh!

after shopping i headed back to the apartment by using the c-train and started fixing my luggage for my trip back. it was so bittersweet since i felt so happy with my new purchases (i spent all my shopping money in zara. hahaha!), but at the same time, it was my last day with the boy. it made me feel sad that the blissful weekend was over and my time with him was just cut short just like that. *sighs*

eeepp.. pardon me for being so cheesy in the last few posts. i guess, i really just miss the boy. but on a lighter note, now that i've gotten those stories in here, i can definitely go back to my regular postings. which reminds me... while i was away, my blog was featured in here in modlychic. feel free to check it out. i'll be bringing back food tripping thursdays tomorrow so watch out for it! :D

sights and shopping

for our last day in the mountains, we checked out early out of our inn to be able to get breakfast and catch the sunrise in the town.

it turned out to be a wonderful sunny day so our drive back to calgary went well. we went through a different route going back so that we can have a different perspective and view on the road.

we even passed by a dock/reservoir to stretch out legs and take pictures of the sailboats. beautiful!

i also decided to drop by the outlet mall before heading back to his apartment since it was on the way. it was the only time i had access to an h&m and forever21 while i was there so i knew i had to get something, hahaha!

ended up pretty happy with my purchases which im hoping to debut soon! since the boy had to go back to work the following day, we quickly grabbed a bite in the food court and went back to his place early.

thanksgiving day...

for our second day in the mountains we decided to hit the banff national park to spend the day there. after having our brunch, we walked around the town center to see the souvenir stores and check out other tourists walking around.

we had a map with us and we decided to go elsewhere to see the other areas that i haven't been to. we ended up in this hiking trail that leads to the bow falls but i backed out of it since i wasn't properly dressed for the activity.

fortunately, there was a way for us to get there using a vehicle so that's what we opted for. we got to a closer view of the bow falls and it was quite a wonderful site to see. we also got a view of the majestic fairmont hotel when we were there.

outfit: urban planet blazer, tna sweater, f21 shades & jeans, aldo wedges, matt & nat purse

it was too cloudy and windy that day that we had doubts of going for the gondola ride. at the end, i decided that since we were there already, we might as well go for it. although we really didn't have a great view on top, it was fine. we just got coffee and spend a good hour resting, talking and figuring out what else we can do for the rest of the day.

after going down the gondola ride, we saw that there's this lake nearby that we can hang out before heading back to canmore. we weren't hungry for dinner yet so we tried locating lake vermillion to catch the sunset.

before it got dark, we headed back to our lodging and went to a nearby restaurant for our thanksgiving dinner (which im saving for another post). all in all, another well spent day in banff. i apologize if the whole post is so image heavy, but it's really nice to look back at these photos, especially now that im back in 'normal' work mode. teehee!

blissful weekend..

i know i know i've been doing short mediocre posts nowadays but i promise, i'll be back on track with outfits and haul posts soon! for now, let me share with you some wonderful photos i took over the weekend when i was in canmore & banff.

our major destination for the trip was canmore since lodging was less expensive and there weren't a lot of tourists (more of locales). we decided that since banff is just a few minutes away, we can just always drive there during our stay.

outfit: holt renfrew shirt, vintage maxi skirt, matt&nat purse, aldo wedges, f21 shades

when we arrived in canmore, we decided to hit this park to eat our packed lunch ("our baon", filipino style). after lunch, we still had time to spare before checking in our lodge inn so we ended up walking this trail by the watershed.

we finally headed to our room to settle our stuff there and then went out again to check the rest of the town centre.

canmore is such a beautiful quaint little 'village/town'. the mountains make for a perfect backdrop to the cute and unique buildings they have. i was even telling the boy that someday, i'd want to own a rest house here, something to get away from when the city is stressing me out!