Sunday Social with Ashley and Neely!

And another weekend is gone! I really think a three day weekend should happen every weekend or at least every other weekend. It was a beautiful weekend weather wise! Felt more like summer than fall. Loved it! Yesterday I was in Halifax so I could have dinner with my lovely friends and send off our little Tiana because she is leaving for Toronto on Tuesday. I can't believe  I won't be able to see her again until Christmas! But like I was saying that will be here in a blink of an eye! 

Today, was just homework and errands! Totally boring I know! So lets do a link up with Ashley and Neely again since I don't want to leave you with the most boring post ever! PS I already have posts planned for this week so you will see me more then once this week I promise :) 

Have a great week everyone!

1. What is your favorite magazine to read?

Hmmm I haven't been reading magazines lately but I would have still have to say Vogue or People because of love the fashion of Vogue and the celebrity content of People.

2. What is the best thing you’ve seen online lately?

This 'fight' between these little kids just makes me laugh and he just melts my heart....You poked my heart

3. What is your favorite celebrity to follow on Instagram or Twitter?

I know they might not be celebrity celebrities but my favorite people on Twitter at Nolan Thiessen and Ben Hebert. They are Canadian Curlers and I love them! They are funny, smart and entertaining!

4. Is there one article of clothing no matter what the season you can’t help but love?

Tank tops! I have so many! Easy for summer with some shorts and great for wearing under sweaters and cardigans in the winter.

5. Do you prefer email or snail mail?

I like both! I love the quickness of an email but I love the surprise of getting a nice letter in the mail.

Sunday Funday!

Sunday Funday! Or Sunday do laundry and homework all day! Either way I hope you're all having a great Sunday! It is lovely here today. The sun is shining and the breeze is delightfully warm. So doing this fall themed link up seems weird but I haven't linked up with Ashley and Neely in a VERY LONG time so I figured why not do it today!

1. What is your favorite part of fall?
My favorite part of fall is the crisp weather, changing colors, sweaters, boots and all that fun stuff. I'm going getting back into crafting in the fall too because I hardly take the time to do it in the summer since I would rather be outside.

2. Do you have anything special planned for fall?
Not yet anyways! Baby Leigh is coming in October/November so I'm excited for that but that has nothing to do with me planning anything haha

3. What is fall like in your area?
Fall is just fall here, crisp weather, farmer's markets and such.

4. What is your favorite football team to cheer for (college or professional)?
I'm not a football fan so I have no answer for this.

5. Do you decorate for fall? Show us pics!

I do decorate for fall but I don't have of it out yet nor do I have pictures of it from other years so you will just have to take my word for it :)

Hope you're all ready for another week! Have a relaxing Sunday evening folks!

xo

Sunday Social

Another Sunday so another Sunday Social Link Up With Neely and Ashley! I have to say I thought about not doing the questions this week because they are all Valentine's related and I don't really Valentines so yeah but here are some answers anyways!

      1. What is the best Valentine's Day you've ever had?

-honestly no one Valentine's Day is really standing out in my head!

2. What is the worst Valentine's Day you've ever had?

- Valentine's Day 1992, my Nanny (mom's mother) passed away, I was 8 and she was one of the most important people in my life. Very happy I got 8 years with her.

3. What did you do for Valentine's this year?

-went to dinner with my lovely sister and made heart shaped sugar cookies.

4. What is your best Valentine's idea if you're single?

-hang out with people you love, just because you're not a in couple doesn't mean Valentine's day isn't for you

5. What is your favorite Valentine's candy?

-chocolates! 

6. Favorite Valentine's memory from your childhood?

-school parties! Also so fun to make your little mailbox and get lots of little cards :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Also hope you're having a lovely Sunday :)

xoxo

Sunday Social

It is Sunday so we all know what that means! Another Sunday Social Link Up with Ashley and Neely!

1. What is your ideal way to relax?

-have a nice bubble bath! Lush bath bombs please!

2. Where is your favorite place to be?

I love New York City so there but also whenever my loved ones are :) Yup went cheesy with that one!

3. Who do you consider your biggest role model?

My parents, they are amazing people who have bought me and my siblings up the right way and they still love each other very much after 34 years

4. What does your life look like in 3 years?

I have no idea! I hope it is amazing though

5. If you could go back and change one decision, what would it be?

I don't live with regrets so I wouldn't change anything. Everything happens for a reason.

6. What is your biggest accomplishment in life so far?

Making the decision that England wasn't right for me and coming home knowing it was going to be okay even though I felt like it was the end of world at the time because it had been such a big decision to go. I know that is a little different but it was a huge deal for me in so many ways.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

xoxo

Sunday Social

Linking up again with the lovely Ashley and Neely! For Sunday Social :)

1. Top 3 favorite kinds of food

- Seafood, honestly love almost anything from under the ocean.

Pasta, I make a great seafood pasta actually ;)

Chocolate! Because come on we all love it!

2. First 3 things you do in the morning

check my phone

use the bathroom

wash my face

3. Last 3 things you do at night

wash my face

use the bathroom

check my phone LOL

4. 3 TV shows you NEVER miss

Criminal Minds

Property Brothers

Buying and Selling with the Property Brothers

5. 3 places you want to visit

Ireland, Scotland, Australia

6. 3 people you can always count on

My mom (and dad)

Erica (and Chase)

Danielle

Hope everyone had a great weekend and you're ready for another week :)

xoxo

Sunday Social

1. What is the name of your blog? How long have you been blogging? 

-As you can read my the name of my blog is A Coffee Break with Brittany, I picked this name because I wanted my blog to be a cozy, nice place to just have fun with. I have been more seriously blogging for a year but have been blogging for like 10, started back at LiveJournal haha!

2. Why do you blog?

I blog because I like to blog honestly. I like to write, I like to make new friends, I like how you can share your life as much or as little as you want and people will do the same with you. I love the fun of blogging. When it comes feeling like a job I will be done with the blogging.

3. What is the first blog you ever followed?

Oh my I think the first blog I really started to follow was Dear Lizzy, her creativity is just amazing and I love views on life! She is very inspirational.

4. What is your favorite post you wrote in 2012?

-I don't think I have one certain post that I liked more than others but I do really love the ones I did with food, because I pushed myself in the kitchen to try new things and actually show myself I can cook!

5. What are your blogging goals for 2013?

My blogging goals for 2013: Hit 100 followers, Blog more, have a few more awesome guest bloggers and just have fun with it.

6. Name your top 3 favorite blogs.

PinkLouLou

Living In Yellow

Dear Lizzy

Everyone have a great Sunday!

xoxo

Sunday Social

1. Do you plan to change any of your eating habits in the new year?
-I do! I think most people do because of how we eat during the holidays! LOL

2. Any workout tips to get us back in shape after the Holidays?

-I don't have too many, mainly just try to get in whatever you when you can because we all know we are all busy but gotta make the time!

3. What is your favorite thing you did over the Holidays?

-My favorite thing is just spending quality time with my family and friends! I love the days where we all just lay around as a family and watch TV and really just be totally lazy! This is normally Boxing Day and the 27th! Best days!

4. What is something you hope that you accomplish in 2013 that you did not in 2012?

-Oh gosh I don't even know where to start with this question so I think I'm just gonna leave it alone!

5. Name 3 things happening this year you are excited about and why.

1. Deena and Gavin are moving back to Nova Scotia! Why am I excited about this because it will be awesome to have them in the same province and not across an ocean!

2. I'm turning 30....wait I'm not sure I'm excited about that! 

3. Hopefully going to see some curling at the end of the month! Super excited to hopefully see Team Koe and Team Martin! 

Happy Sunday Everyone! xo

Sunday Social

Since I'm not on my own computer right now I won't be doing a Christmas post yet because I don't have any of my pictures to show ya! So lets get on with Sunday Social because it isn't a Sunday without it :)

What is the best New Years Eve's you've had?

I can't pinpoint just one but when I was little it was always nice because we always did stuff as a family, went to the movies, had dinner, played games etc. I love having chill New Years Eve!

Are you doing anything for NYE and if so what?

I'm sure yet! I have a couple things I could do but haven't picked one yet!

Name a book we should all read come January

I haven't finished it yet but I'm loving Christmas At Tiffany's by Karen Swan. It looks like it will be a fluffy chick book but it is quite good and more serious then it looks.

What are you New Year's Resolutions?

I don't make resolutions because I find when you make them you make them! So I just don't make any because who wants to feel like a quitter!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Almost 2013 Can't believe it!! 

Sunday Social

Another Sunday means another Sunday Social! 
1. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Strawberry! I know it is kinda boring but I LOVE it!
2. What is your favorite smell? Pine trees! Freshly cut grass, pavement after it rains when it was been really hot
3. What is your favorite TV commercial? (Past or present) Hmmm I'm really not a commercial girl but I love the one right now where the kid Sam has moved to a new house and he is trying to make sure Santa knows where he lives now, it is a Canadian Tire commercial I think
4. What is your favorite day of the week? I love Friday, it is last work day and then you have your weekend to do what you want to do and you can just relax come Friday night!
5. What is your favorite way to waste time? Probably going on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram
6. What is your favorite article of clothing? Hmmm that is a good question I'm not sure I can arrow it down! I love all my Michael Kors and I have a lace shirt from Forever 21 that I LOVE so we will go with that! haha
I hope everyone is ready for Christmas now and if not that you dont' have much left! I plan on trying to post something tomorrow but I'm not sure yet! If I have gotten something ready in advance I will so we will see and of course I will probably take a few days after Christmas for a break! So MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
xoxo

Sunday Social!

Hey Everyone! Sorry I wasn't around the last couple of days but I was feeling rather under the weather so spending most of the day resting was on the top of my list because really who has time at this time of year to be sick! Now it is time for another Sunday Social with Ashley and Neely! Also, Welcome to my new followers! Thank You!

Favorite Holiday TV Specials/Movies?

I like the musical specials that get shown like Blake Shelton's, Michael Buble's etc

Do you do any volunteering during the holidays if so what? If not what would you do?

I haven't done much this year, I made some crafts and cookies for the church but I always try to do a little something

Favorite toy received as a child for the holidays?

Barbies! And the year I got my Barbie Doll house with the elevator!

What was your must have item in high school for the holidays?

Hmmmm probably CDs, I always had a long list of music I wanted

Item you begged for the most and never got?

I can't think of anything, Santa was always good to me

What do you do on Christmas Eve? If you are Jewish what does your family do for Hanukkah?

On Christmas Eve, my mom's side of the family all comes to our house for a Potluck before everyone heads to church or their next holiday stop, then we go for a drive to see all the lights, then it is time to open one present and then relax for the rest of the evening :)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend :)

Sunday Social!

This week I'm once again linking up with Ashley and Neely! This week they start their holiday themed questions! So on with the show!

What is your favorite holiday season tradition?

I love all of our holiday traditions. The traditions we have are what makes Christmas for me. From our lights drives to the whole family coming over for Christmas Eve! I love everything about Christmas.

Do you have a certain holiday movie you watch more then others? If so which one?

I watch the Santa Clause more that is for sure. It is my favorite Christmas movie! I could watch it everyday for the month of December!

What is your favorite holiday song?
I have too many to name I think! Everything Elvis sings is at the top though!

Show us your favorite decoration or pintest ones you wished you had.

My little tree! This is an awful blurry picture from last year but it is my favorite little Charlie Brown tree!

What is your favorite holiday dessert?

My mother's scotch cookies! Oh and her peanut butter balls!

What's on your list this year?

iPhone 5, books, clothes, Erin Condren planner

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Also welcome to my new followers!

xo

Sunday Social

1. Favorite Childhood Book? I don't remember just one but I loved the Berenstain Bears and My Little Critter books! When I got a little older I loved the Babysitter Club books :)

2. Favorite Book Lately? I enjoyed finally reading the Hunger Games (still reading the 3rd one) I also really like Portia deRossi's book Unbearable Lightness

3. Book You Wish You Could Live In? For sure When In Rome by Gemma Townley

4. If you could be any character from a book who would it be and why? Probably Georgie Beauchamp from When in Rome or Becky Bloomwood from Confessions of a Shopaholic! Crazy lives but fun!

5. Favorite Book Turned into a Movie? The Devil Wears Prada mainly because I love Anne Hathway and Meryl Streep!

6. Favorite Magazine? Vogue, InStyle and People 

xoxo

Sunday Social

This week's Sunday Social is all about Fall Favorites! I feel like it is really fall here now because the weather is cooler and it is Thanksgiving here in Canada so I'm feeling very fall-ish making me all about this link up this week! So here are some of my favorite things about fall...

I love the leaves changing colors

I LOVE fall fashions

I love fall baking! (click for recipe)

I love carving pumpkins!

I love having coffee all year round but a fall coffee on a cool morning is often the best one :)

What are your fall favorites? Let me know! Do we have any in common I think we probably do :)

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1. What do you miss most about being a kid? Just how simple life was, the biggest decision in your day was what toy to play with, what friend did you want to have over to play.

2. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it? My friends called me Britt but my little sister could not say Brittany when she started to talk so she called me Bicky and that stuck for a very long time to this day really for some people.

3. What was your favorite thing to do at recess? Sitting around chatting with my friends is what I remember doing, or playing on the playground.

4. What did you want to be when you grew up? For awhile I wanted to be Connie Chung and then I just wanted to be a novelist/journalist

5. What was your favorite toy? Barbies!! I loved Barbies and my Nanny got me a new one every time she went to the mall. I honestly had over 100 Barbies!

6. What is the funniest thing you did as a kid, that your parents still remind you about? Lots of things! When I would sing Every time you go away....I would sing Every time you go away you take a piece of meat with you instead of Me haha

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1. What is something you wanted to do but are afraid of?

- I have always wanted to ride a horse but scares me! I know people who have been thrown from their horse so yeah that just freaks me out a little too much!

2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

-Honestly I haven't planned that far in advance, I would just love to be living a happy and loving life.

3. What are you looking forward to before the end of 2012?

-I'm looking forward to my birthday in October, the birth of my cousin's baby and Christmas with my family!

4. What are your hopes for your blog?

- My hopes for my blog are that keeps growing and that I keep being able to do it and loving it :)

5. Do you always see yourself living in your current city/town?

- I'm totally sure right now, I do love my town but who knows where life could take me.

6. What is your morning routine?

- Wake up, shower, brush teeth, have breakfast, check facebook and twitter

xoxo

Sunday Social!

Yes, it is another Sunday so that means another great link up with Neely and Ashley!

1. What are the 3 items you can't live without on a daily basis? (water, shelter, food and clothing don't count) 

-my iPhone for sure! I would probably lose my mind without it, my planner I need to write things down! and probably my debit card! ;)

2. What is your favorite book of all time? Why?

-The Diary of Anne Frank because I'm a WWII buff and I'm just in awe of this sweet little girl living through since an awful time in history.

3. What is something you would like to accomplish before the end of 2012?

-I would really like to sell a few of my craft projects and finally finish the last Hunger Games book! 

4. If you could go back and relive any year of your life which year would it be?

-That is a good question, I think it would be last year because I had a great year of travel, family and friends. My friends getting married in Mexico, Toronto trip with my girls and Boston with my brother and sister. Yes I loved last year 2011!

5. What do you wish people knew about you without having to tell them?

- Sorry I have nothing for this one! I'm sure there is something but I can't think of it right now!

Next couple of blogs are probably going to be food related because I cooked a lot last week :)

xo 

Getting to know you....

It is once again time for Sunday Social! This week Neely and Ashley have a set of questions about getting to know your blog better! So lets go....

What is your blog name and how did you come up with it? As you can see my blog name is A Coffee Break with Brittany and I came up with it because I was actually have a coffee break when I was trying to figure out my blog name and it is came together for me.

What do you love most about blogging? I love the friends that you make with blogging and just being able to say whatever you need to say and know you're gonna get support when you need it, a kick in the pants when you need it etc. Bloggers friends are awesome.

What are two favorite posts you have written? I have to say I don't know with this one. I love all my baking/cooking posts because those are the ones I'm most proud because of what I had accomplished in the kitchen.

What is something you would want to tell someone just starting out in the blog world? Just keep doing your thing! Post what you want post and don't let anyone else change you because you think you should doing something else on your blog because everyone else is doing it. If you want moan and complain do it! If you want to just post pictures do it! It is your blog!

Biggest blogging learning experience you've had? I think it would be figuring out what I wanted my blog to be. I wanted something fun and easy not something that felt like work because I have done that before and my blog lasted maybe a week and I didn't want that to happen again!

Three Blog that we need to follow that you love!

Thanks for visiting! xo

Sunday Social

And I'm back linking up with Neely and Ashley for Sunday Social today! I missed doing this! This week's questions are all about the end of summer.

What was your favorite trip/vacation/activity about this summer?

-I would have to my favorite vacation this summer was going to PEI with my sister and brother. We always have so much fun together and I don't think I laugh more with anyone else. 

Favorite outfit look of summer/clothing item?

-Summer dresses! Short and maxis! Also my mint green skinny jeans!

What is one thing you wish you had of gotten to do this summer?

-Gone to the beach more! Only got down once in the evening to walk the dogs! But I laid by the pool lots so can't complain too much ;)

Favorite song of the summer?

-Brokenhearted by Karmin....It was my summer jam I love that song! 

Favorite Movie/TV show of the summer?

-Dark Knight Rises hands down my favorite movie of the summer it was amazing!

Sunday Social!

Linking up again this week with Ashley and Neely for Sunday Social!

1. If you could only ear one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

-I think it would have to be lobster, could eat it all day everyday! Oh and it would have to be Atlantic lobster! So Yummy!

2. What's your guilty pleasure/comfort food?

Chocolate for sure! 

3. What's the weirdest/craziest thing you have ever eaten?

-Snails, escargot and I love them! So delish!

4. What foods do you avoid at all costs?

donairs, poutine, cauliflower 

5. What meal remind you of your childhood?

Oh gosh I don't know if I could pick just one because my momma is an amazing cook! 

6. One of your favorite recipes and the story behind it.

Okay this might seem a  little weird but I'm picking a recipe I won't even eat! This is the first real success I had in the kitchen and made me realize I can actually bake/cook. I tried Sarah Richardon's (HGTV's Sarah Richardson) pecan puffs, they are a great cookie for gifting too as a hostess gift or something. I had total success with these cookies but I hated them! They have a shortcake'ish consistency and that I just really don't like but everyone else loved them! 

Click picture for recipe!

sunday social

Linking Up again with Neely and Ashley for Sunday Social!

1. What is your favorite Fall activity?

Probably going for drives to see the colors change and carving pumpkins! Going to miss seeing the colors change this year in Nova Scotia.

2. Do you follow a football team? if so which one and why?

I don't follow football at all! Honestly pretty sure I couldn't name more than 5 teams in the NFL

3. What is something fun about Fall in your area?

The holiday craft fairs start after Thanksgiving and those are my favorite! I'm hoping there are great ones in England for me!

4. Fav Fall outfit staples?

Sweaters, nice jeans, boots, cute flats

5. Thing you are looking forward to most about this coming Fall season?

Having my mom and her friend Debbie visit me and my sister in England, figuring out all the holiday fun we can have in Rochester :)

6. Favorite Fall holiday? Traditions?

Me and my siblings carving pumpkins, thanksgiving dinner with the family (which this year will be the first thanksgiving I won't be spending with my family)

Hope everyone had a great weekend! xo