Wanderlust & Whimsy: Date Day

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On Saturday Greg and I made a trip up to the Pickering Markets to check out their newest Roadshow Antiques market. I have such fond memories of this place because my parents would take my sisters and I antique shopping there all the time. Never would you find 3 kids more excited to be dragged around to look at old junk. But what our good behaviour really meant was: if we were good kids then our parents would buy us old-school Betty & Veronica comics! So naturally we were 3 little angels. (Or at least I hope we were).

Unfortunately the older and more interested in antiques I became, the more the 'antique' portion of the market dwindled and all that was left was a booth that sold antique replicas. It became quite the bummer. So you can imagine how delighted I was to hear they added an Antique Market again! Let me tell you, I was like a kid in a candy shop!

I kid you not, I was beaming from ear to ear while running up and down the isles. I think I said to Greg at least a half dozen times that being there made me the happiest girl on the planet! And of course he would just laugh at me until some cool gadget caught his eye.

I think we've found a new tradition to add to our list of date days! I seriously can't wait to get back there and do some shopping!

Buy ALL the things!

♥ Megan

Antique Market

by Megan on Wednesday, June 05, 2013

On Saturday Greg and I made a trip up to the Pickering Markets to check out their newest Roadshow Antiques market. I have such fond memori...

Is anyone else shocked that it's already June? I can't believe it! It feels like we skipped over spring and went straight into summer. But hey, I'm not complaining! I say good riddance to snow, and hello to cute dress weather! June also means The Brooklin Spring Fair rolls into town, which is one of mine and Greg's date night traditions!

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If you don't already know, have a serious love of all things circus related. So when a traveling carnival like this comes to town it makes me giddy (even if they don't include death-defying feats and a good 'ol fashion sideshow). That being said, it's still fun to see all the rides lit up and watch the local demolition derby. It also means Greg and I get to indulge on lots of delicious but artery clogging fair food. Of course our usual tradition is poutine for dinner and then we'll grab some deep fried butter for dessert. (I know, deep fried butter sounds gross but they are tiny balls of butter fried in funnel cake batter and topped with icing sugar and caramael/ chocolate/ strawberry/ vanilla sauce so it tastes like a pancake with butter). Trust me, it's not as gross as it sounds.

Of course no evening would complete without a super loud and tacky dress that matches exactly what you're doing. So my favourite Modcloth dress was the perfect choice. Nothing screams carnival like a brightly coloured dress with carnival food all over it!

What did you guys do this weekend?

♥ Megan

The Brooklin Spring Fair

by Megan on Monday, June 03, 2013

Is anyone else shocked that it's already June? I can't believe it! It feels like we skipped over spring and went straight into summe...

Not to toot my own horn, but I was totally right when I said that Sunday would be the perfect day. Apple picking, antique shopping, and baking. It couldn't get any better than that!

I was definitely surprised when we got to the farm though. Normally Greg and I go strawberry picking at Pingle's in the summer and it's always been dead. So you can imagine our surprise when we pulled up and there was almost no parking. I can't blame everyone for going though, the weather was gorgeous and they have a ton of fall activities to experience. We even picked 20lbs of apples! Yup, that's right, 20lbs!

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They had a fun farm for kids to play with animals, a puppet show, a corn maze, pick your own apples and a wagon ride that takes you straight to the pumpkin patch!

Walking through the orchard we soon realized apple picking would be harder than we thought because all the good apples were at the tops of the trees. This meant that Greg had to do most of the picking since I'm a shorty. I didn't mind though, we had some good teamwork going since he would climb the trees and hand me the apples to put in our bag.

Would you believe I didn't alter this photo?! The apples were just that bright and gorgeous!

I finally found a tree that had apples I could reach and then I took a picture of Greg holding our bag o' apples in case you were curious as to what 20lbs of apples looks like! Note: It's a LOT! Look how it's almost the size of his torso!

When we were done we watched the wagon ride coming back from the pumpkin patch and then we caught the tail end of a fun show where they fire pumpkins out of a canon! Yay for blowing stuff up! I even took a short video of it so you all could see :)

On our way home from the farm we stopped by an antique shop which was actually 4 barns filled with gorgeous antique furniture, and we found a super cool WW2 Parachute bag. Unfortunately everything there was overpriced so we headed back to Greg's place and baked multiple apple crisps for his family all night.

Today is going to be another fun day too! I'm meeting with Greg and he's going to help me with my first ever video tutorial which you will get to see later this week! Yay! Then we're off to a restaurant called The Burbs which his sister raves about on a weekly basis.

Oh, and don't forget my October blog party starts this weekend! I'm SOOO STOKED and I can't wait to start this party! I've already got the first 2 posts lined up and they are good ones! Trust me!

Cheers!
♥ Megan

Apple Picking at the Farm

by Megan on Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Not to toot my own horn, but I was totally right when I said that Sunday would be the perfect day. Apple picking, antique shopping, and baki...

Don't you love days when you wake up and you're so overwhelmingly happy that nothing could get you down? Well today is definitely one of those days. I know I may be jinxing it by saying that but I highly doubt it. It's just too good a day. :D This morning has consisted of listening to music by some of these wonderful artists while everyone else is sleeping. It's nice to have some relaxation time before the hustle and bustle of the day, but that won't last much longer since I hear everyone stirring.

Then later today I'm going apple picking for the first time ever with Greg at one of our local farms. I'm excited to pick my own apples then bake apple crisp and pies afterwards. There's just something so rewarding about the whole experience. A lot more than if you were to just go to the store and pick up a few apples.

I really love baking too, and I've been baking up a storm these past few weeks. Yesterday I made cookies and 3 loaves of pumpkin bread, and I still have to bake another 2 loaves tomorrow. Sometimes I think I should open up a bakery because I bake so much and everyone I know always tells me I should because of my cake decorating skills. But for me the most enjoyable part is the baking. I love when the house fills completely with the scent of cinnamon or vanilla. Or when you bite into a nice warm loaf of bread. Nothing could be better.

Sorry if I'm rambling about silly stuff. I'm just in one of those overly happy moods.

What are some of the little things in life that make you happy?
♥ Megan

A Perfect Autumn Day

by Megan on Sunday, September 25, 2011

Don't you love days when you wake up and you're so overwhelmingly happy that nothing could get you down? Well today is definitely on...

Just thought I'd share a few pictures from my picnic yesterday. While there Greg and I saw lots of cool things like baby Canadian Geese, baby swans, a deer and adorable chipmunks that crawl right into your hands if you have snacks for them (which we did).

We also took some pictures for The Wardrobe Project which I'll post later this week.