Ombre Saturday

How was my fellow Canadian's long weekends? Hope it was safe and full of fun. 

This past Saturday Lance and I had a casual day down at 17th Ave just walking around for a bit before we had dinner with my family. We actually had nothing planned for the weekend because Lance worked overnight on Friday and Saturday. It was really easy going as I was suffering from pretty bad migraines over the last few days.

We had the pleasure in checking out the donuts at Modern Jelly. They have quite interesting flavors and I liked the fruity ones. They were ridiculously HUGE. It was an interesting experience even though donuts aren't my thing. If you live in Calgary you guys should try it out at least once. The pretty fuchsia pink accents are what drew me in to the place. Has anyone else tried it? What are your thoughts? I believe they have a store in Toronto as well. 

I recently bought this skirt in a sale at Forever 21 and I love the purple ombre look. The flowy top layer totally sealed the deal for me because it reminded me of the flowy dance skirts and the movement of this skirt is beautiful. I paired it with a simple loose white tee with a gold scallop necklace.

 

My shoes are Tell Me by Kenneth Cole Reaction. SUUUUPER comfy wedges. I love the faux snake skin detailing at the back and the ankle straps are convenient for me because the shoes doesn't fall off my feet. The rubber soles grip the floor so I don't feel like I'm tripping. Here's another picture of them.

 

 Hope everyone has a lovely week ahead!

L'oreal Paris Precious Oils

I won! I won!! Look at what I won. LOL.

I never win anything... But back in April or the beginning of May, L'oreal Paris Canada had a contest where you'd go online and click a button and it would instantly tell you if you were a winner or not (you could enter again the next day if you didn't win). I thought sure why not and I clicked it and instantly won! Insane! 

A month later they sent me a bubbled package to my door with my full size bottle of L'oreal Nutri Sleek Precious Oils. Mmm it smells heavenly on my hair. You apply a pump or 2 in your hands and rub it in to your hair (I would go for the tips as that's where our hair is most damage) for nourishment while it softens your hair and gives it a nice shine. The oil surprisingly gets soaked up in your hair really quickly so it doesn't feel oily. You could even do a strand test with an oil blotting sheet. Run the sheet through the ends and it won't leave a oily mark the way our face does. Crazy!

I honestly didn't think they would send me a bottle of it, but maybe just a coupon to bring into stores. Really happy that they sent out the bottles this way. Thank you L'oreal!

Cravings: Pandan Waffles!!

Mmm, craving this little treat at the moment!!! If only they were made available over here in Canada. It would be such a sweet treat! I got this little bad boy from Bugis Street in Singapore when I was there back in November. My sisters and I tried to get it as often as we could when we were there because it is so delicious. During this trip I was pretty shocked in how hard it was to find pandan waffles because when we visited Singapore in 2004, they were everywhere. Nonetheless I enjoyed it, especially with strawberry ice cream. Yum!

Now you're probably wondering what pandan waffle is right? Well it is simply just a waffle made with pandan flavouring and coconut milk. I'm honestly dreaming of the taste right now. It's awesome. Maybe if I can find some pandan extract here I'll attempt to make it, but for now I will keep on searching!

Banff Day 1

On February 20, Lance and I headed to Banff for a mini getaway during reading week. Unfortunately for me the day that we went I woke up with a slight cold. We got to Banff via Greyhound. Oh my gosh... I've never ever had problems with Greyhound but this trip they were super super delayed. Our bus was late by two hours leaving Calgary and another two hours when we came back from Banff. It was terrible! It was delayed in Calgary because our driver happened to be sick and they had to call in another driver. I guess the good thing that came out of it was being able to check into our room right on time.

Traveling with cute suitcases!

It's so easy to take for granted how beautiful this country really is. 
Thank god, escaping from the city to the mountains is just an hour away.

When we finally got there I was very happy because getting away from the city and just being in the mountains is so relaxing! The air is so different as it's much fresher and definitely a bit colder than Calgary. I was wear a skirt with a layer of tights underneath and I wanted to tough it out and walk to the hotel but when I stood outside I was like uhhh nope!!! So we had to call the cab.

Outfit of the day.

We stayed at the Mount Royal Hotel located in the heart of Banff downtown. The check in was a breeze and the front desk girl was pretty pleasant, but checking out with her was a whole different story! We stayed on the third floor and our room was all the way in the back. Thank god for that because I didn't want to face the streets with all the sound. Our room was quite small and quaint but comfortable. We had a nice little view of the mountains. 

Lol, paparazzi shots from the lovely boyfriend.

Views from the room.

Check out how old one of their elevators is. Crazy!

We unpacked, freshened up and drank a bit before heading out to town. I had to put on a second pair of tights before we left. Luckily it was a pair of fleece tights for extra warmth. We walked around the town and visited a few stores here and there because I was searching for a hat as my head was freezing! We ended up going to Second Cup for some coffee where we sat down and looked up some restaurants for dinner. We searched up so many different options for food in Banff that we basically planned almost every meal we were going to have there except breakfast! We had to walk around town to find that. While searching for restaurants, I was so surprised that couples of restaurants served exotic meats such as ostrich, rattle snakes, alligators, etc. I wasn't that adventurous but maybe another time.

The lovely town of Banff just before sundown.
I wanted to go to the park but Lance wouldn't allow it until I got a toque. =(

Treats from Second cup, I only ate that much because I wasn't feeling well that day. =(

For dinner that night, Lance and I went to Giorgios Trattoria. The beef carpaccio here is to die for. We both agreed that this was one of the best, we've ever eaten. I order the lamb with extra veggies instead of potatoes and Lance had the pappardelle. Mine wasn't fantastic at all. I was so disappointed. Lance's dish was pretty good though. I was slightly jealous... Note to self, next time we go there, I'm getting pasta! 

Some bread. Couldn't have any that night.

Beef Carpaccio. I want more. D< 

Pappardelle.

Lamb chops.

The outside of the restaurant.

We called it an early night and headed back to the hotel. We watched Dexter while drinking wine and eating our mini Charcuterie board we made from cheese and meats we bought at Safeway. *Warning* We ate so much this trip and it was all meat...  I blame Lance because he always wants to eat. D:< 

Some of the make up I got on this trip.

Ciao!