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What I'm Loving Now

I feel like what I'm loving now are such typical Summer things - iced coffee and blonde hair!

Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew

Starbucks released this drink a couple months ago and I'm officially addicted. I've had it regular and blended with ice. It's delicious, smooth, and just the right amount of sweet. It's my new favourite drink for the Summer. I'm now sold on cold brew coffee and I might have to pick up a cold coffee brewer for home. Also, the vanilla sweet cream is delicious. I'll have to find a copycat recipe for it.


Back to Blonde

In the past year I've contemplated on going back to my natural hair colour, blonde, numerous times. And I've finally made my decision and booked my appointment to start the process. It won't be a one-step thing since I've been box dying my hair red for 7 years. I need to get the orange out and allow some of my natural colour to grow in. But after searching online and looking at tons of pictures, I have an idea of what I'd like my end result to be. Natural blonde up top, light blonde on the bottom. Finding these end result pictures has me absolutely itching to get the process going. 

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What are you loving now?
xo Jen



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Hair Inspiration: Seeing Red

I have spent a good chunk of my life struggling with my hair and I have shared this often on here. I play a game of where I let my hair grow as long as I can stand it and then cut it all off to a long bob. When I did this last Spring, I had a love-hate relationship with the hair cut. But one thing I realized, long hair is actually easier for me. Because on days that I struggle with frizz, I can throw it in a ponytail. And long hair weighs down my frizzy, wavy hair. And bedhead hair days look better on long hair than shoulder length. 

Now all I have do is find a way to not get the urge to cut my hair off again. When my hair is long, heavy, and annoying me, I need to remember that I do prefer it long to short. I NEED to remember this. Remind me when I start posting cute shoulder length hair photos. 

I've also been playing around with different shades of red in my hair. I steadily dyed it an orange-red for a couple of years and then I started trying different shades. I like the orange-red better. I actually adore the colour in comparison to the deep reds. Another thing I need to remember. I'm slowly switching back to the previous hair dye I used. 

I really should make a Pinterest board for long red hair. And I will go to it every time I need hair inspiration. 






My hair is slowly growing. Lately I've been noticing the longer length and it makes me happy. What is your ideal hair colour and style?
xo Jen
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What I'm Loving Now

Well we had our first 'snow storm' yesterday. I put it in quotations because we didn't get much accumulation but the roads were hell! There were so many car accidents and it just snowed for like 8 hours straight. Today, the sun is out but the winds are strong and we're sitting at -22 degrees Celsius. To say it's cold in my place is an understatement. You can feel a draft coming from every window. I'm wearing layers and the cats are snuggled in blankets, together, on the couch.

Anyways, onto my current obsessions...

Pusheen

 With the weather turning freezing and snowy this week, Pusheen's newest cartoon is one of my favourite things right now!

Insurgent

I finished the second book in the Divergent trilogy earlier this week. I listened to the audio book version of Insurgent and I can't express how perfect Emma Galvin's voice is as 'Tris'. But the book... oh man. I was hooked pretty quickly when I started the second book. The story picks up right where Divergent ends and the action just starts quickly. And how Insurgent ends... damn. I cannot wait to start on Allegiant! And my excitement to see Divergent in theatres next Spring keeps getting stronger as I grow more and more attached to the characters. 


Short Bangs
Surprised? I'm guessing not. My side bangs from late summer have grown into awkward layers. My hair colour has faded to a gross orange. I'm so not loving my hair. But I want to grow it out. I'm itching to try really short bangs though... something to frame my face when I put my hair in a pony. But I can't decide if they'd be more or less work than side bangs. Ugh!



I hope your weekend has been lovely so far! I've spent mine Christmas shopping, watching Christmas movies, and organizing the Holiday Card Swap over at IGGPPC. Oh and I'm listening to Christmas music right now. Can you tell I love this season?

xo Jen

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What I'm Loving Now

I just finished watching the third season of Pretty Little Liars. This show is such a guilty pleasure for me. I honestly don't really know anyone else who watches it. It's just so addicting and this season was no different. As usual, I was hooked within a few episodes. It's the whole not trusting all the characters' innocence that gets to me. I have to keep watching episode after episode to know what's going to happen!


Me and Adam are also re-watching the first season of Archer since he got it on blu-ray. That show is so hilarious and if you haven't watched it, do it! When I initially started the show, I was iffy on it but after a few episodes and getting to know the characters, I loved it. It's such a funny show and I'm picking up even more hilarious lines watching it a second time.

Ok, I know you're all probably so annoyed with my hair talk because I feel like every two months I'm itching for a change. I'm back on a bangs kick. I blame Veronica Mars... damn her sassy side bangs in season two! I think I've finally decided that I'm going to get them at the end of August. I figure I can handle them for a few weeks during the end of summer. And then I'll be able to enjoy them in the Fall without a sweaty forehead.


Since moving, we've been shopping at a different grocery store because apparently moving 5 hours up North means we don't have the same grocery stores up here... a few of them are the same and then there are a couple I've never heard of. But the store we ALWAYS shopped at, isn't up here. Anyways, the store we've been shopping at carries these Japanese Buns. When I found them in the bakery the first time I was so excited. I've tried two different types now and they are delicious! They're cheap too at only 99 cents a piece. It's a yummy treat that's not overly sweet.
Coconut Bun
The most delicious treat I found at the grocery store today. It had a creamy coconut filling! 

Custard Bun
  Today's treat: custard bun!! #nomnomnom #utanebread #japanesebun

I came across this song on the weekend and it's basically been on repeat all week... it's so upbeat and dancey and catchy. I love it and it will be on my iPod for my next drive down to Hamilton so I can do some car dancing!

Abandon - Feel It In Your Heart



What have you been loving lately?
xo Jen
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What I'm Loving Now

While scanning Facebook this week I came across the new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Pop! Vinyl figures. I did a little happy dance in my desk chair but I had no one around to share my news with so here I am posting them because look at how cute they are!!


This week I also got completely sucked into cuteness while browsing the net. I favourited or pinned about half of the photos in Jerrod Maruyama's flickr stream. Seriously, cuteness overload!


Now that we're moved in and more than half unpacked, I'm excited to go on some movie dates over the summer because there are so many good movies coming out. I actually did a post over at IGGPPC about all the summer movies that are coming out this year. I think me and Adam are the most excited for The Wolverine.



After straightening my hair last weekend and having it go frizzy because of the humidity, this is my plan for the rest of the summer:



What are you loving right now?

xo Jen
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What I'm Loving Now

Life has been crazy busy the last couple of weeks and Adam has barely been home. It's been... weird. I've been making extra effort to be super productive and also take in everything around me. I'm trying to look on the bright side of things and just finding happiness everywhere I can.

Some things I've been loving...

Everything on the Kate Spade website... I really want one of her purses.


All the graphic tank tops at Hot Topic.


Bangs... I can't officially decide what to do with my hair though...


This recipe <3


Daily Inspiration


xo Jen
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Changing Seasons means changing my hair?

It's that time of year where we can have a really warm, sunny day where you can get away with shorts or a dress without tights. But we also have days that can have a cool breeze and unless you stand in direct sunlight, you definitely need a sweater.

This is also the time of year where I question my hair (yes, every single year). I have difficult hair in my opinion... it's not straight, but not curly. It's insanely thick so blow drying it can take forever (hair stylists comment on this fact every time I get a haircut) and it likes to frizz out when it's raining or when it's too warm. This tends to be the time of year I cut my hair because having hair below my shoulders is like wrapping a blanket around my neck and shoulders on a hot day. On the other hand, I also hate having my hair up in a ponytail every day. With the weight of my hair, I usually have to use 2 elastics to keep the ponytail from slowly falling 'down' the back of my head. 

This is definitely one of my silly, girl posts, but this is something that nags at me for a couple of months every year until I make a decision to let my hair grow or cut it off. I need to rant!

I adore long, wavy hair, and thick bangs. I would love to have hair like any of these gorgeous ladies.



Source: google.com via Jen on Pinterest


But, the reality is, I don't have a hair stylist to style my hair whenever I want, I'm exposed to the weather daily and don't just sit around in air conditioning on warm days, and I have minimal time to get ready most mornings.

Ugh.

I'm always tempted to do this:

But, it took 2 years of growing my hair to get the length I'm at today.

Sorry for the silly rant... I will eventually make up my mind. We'll see how much I hate my hair on the warm days to come.

Have a great weekend!

xo Jen
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To cut my hair or not...

I blame Pan Am... I've been going through a love-hate relationship over the past month with my hair. I've been letting it grow long forever. Some days I love it loose and wavy and some days I'm happy to have it long so I can through it up in a ponytail. But shoulder-length bobs are so cute! I've had similar haircuts before and I always end up growing my hair out. But the amount of hair I have right now kills me on bad hair days. I'm so torn... I love these:



Source: bing.com via Jen on Pinterest



Source: google.com via Jen on Pinterest


My problem with hair is I need something low maintenance that works with thick, wavy hair. Gah, I don't know what to do... Help?

xo
Jen
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Inspiration

I haven't done a craft show in months now because of being preoccupied with the wedding planning. My last show was Wizard Comic Con in March. Fan Expo Canada is next month though. So I've been crazy busy sewing and getting projects ready for my first show in 5 months. It's the biggest show of the year that I do and it's 4 days this year so I have to have a lot of stock ready.

Tonight we're having a craft night to get some prep work done for Fan Expo. It should be a great, creative night. Hanging out with these great ladies, Needlings and Lisa, is always inspiring.

I've been finding inspiration in everything around me lately. Our hot, summer days have been pretty hard to get through, but the sunshine in the evenings is beautiful. And my hair faded so much on our honeymoon that I'm excited to dye it a brand new shade of red. I think I've finally decided on which shade. It's exciting changing up the colour.



Craft night should be starting soon...
xo
Jen
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