Back to Blogging..Yes...No...Maybe

Hello strangers! I know and no I'm not going to make any excuses for why I have not been blogging. I will tell you it became too much of a chore and when I do not find blogging fun, I can't make myself write something or even come up with a good idea for something to write. Yes, that is kind of an excuse but whatever it is what it is.

I have been planning my comeback for awhile now actually, which means I have scheduled posts ready to go! Heck if you want to know the truth this is a scheduled post I wrote up back in early August! By the time you're reading this I will probably be working on Christmas posts (which you know are my favorites)! Actually, this is coming beginning of September so I will probably be working on some DIY Fall/Halloween stuff. But none the less I'm planning and working on it so you should at least have posts to read until November!

Also, I'm looking for someone to help me with my layout! I'm crap at all that stuff but I would like a bit of a spruce up here, if you or someone you know if willing to help me out for a reasonable price let me know.

And now just to get back into the swing of things I found this About Me questionnaire over at A Little Bit of Emily so check her out after you finish here :) Onto the questions...

1. Are you named after anyone? Yup, my mother loves Rod Stewart and once he was married to a woman named Britt Eklund and so the story goes my name came from there. I'm happy they went with Brittany too because the other name in the running was Chantal and I just don't think I'm a Chantal.


2. When was the last time you cried? Since, this is a scheduled posted I can't really answer this with good accuracy, but I cry a lot because I watch dog rescue videos and they ALWAYS make me cry. Yes, I know I should stop watching them but I just can't help it.


3. Do you have kids? No


4. Will you ever bungee-jump? I can say with almost 100% certainty this will never happen!


5. What's your favorite cereal? I don't eat cereal that much but I enjoy Honey nut Cheerios and Fruit Loops ;)


6. What's the first thing you notice about people? Their hair, I'm a hairstylist I will always notice hair first. Also, even if you have nice hair I will be thinking about what else we could do with your hair in my head.

7. What is your eye color? Green most days but sometimes they look blue.


8. Scary movie or happy endings? I don't like scary movies but I do not need a movie to have a happy ending to like it.


9. Favorite scents? Oh lord so many, anything that smells like Christmas, lavender, lilacs, fresh cut grass, lemon and tea etc etc


10. Summer or winter? Both for different reasons! Summer because I LOVE the weather, sun, swimming, being outside and the long sunny days. Winter because you can be cozy and snuggly, wear layers and slippers, drink hot drinks and CHRISTMAS!

11. What's the furthest you've ever been from home? London, England

12. Do you have any special talents? Nope!

13. Where were you born? Nova Scotia

14. What are you hobbies? blogging (duh), crafting, baking/cooking, watching youTube videos, make up, spending time with family and friends.

15. Do you have any pets? Yup! 2 dogs Gus and Jagger, they make my heart happy :)

16. Favorite movie? Dirty Dancing

Back to planning more posts!
Happy Living!

Britt

PS Posts will be coming to you on Mondays and Wednesdays!

Coming Soon

 

September 1st, 2016

Critics Choice Awards Fashion Round Up

Another Sunday goes by another award weekend we had! Last night the Critics Choice Awards were given out but really we know we watched to see if the fashions got better from the Golden Globes which were so underwhelming I have to say I did like more of the dresses this time and there was three that stood out to me. In no order here are my choices for Best Dressed at the Critics Choice Awards

 Alicia Vikander

This heavily beaded custom Mary Katrantzou looked amazing on her. I normally do not go for the heavily beaded looks but this was beautiful. I love how she kept everything else soft, there was no need for heavy jewelry, make up and hair. The ease of the messy up do and the tan of her skin just perfectly when with her dress.

 Rachel McAdams

She is stunning in this burgundy Elie Saab! This dress was made for her! This dress was made for a small breasted woman! It would not have been half as perfect if it was trying to contain larger breasts! I love everything about this dress, her hair and make up! Hands down this was actually my winner of the night!

Saoirse Ronan

I love the simplicity of this dress. She is young she does not need an over the top dress. The pale blue of the this Antonio Berardi is such a beautiful color on her. I also love the chevron detail on the shoulders. I may have done her hair differently but all in all I did love this look.

Did you watch the awards? Who did you think was best dressed or worst dressed? Let me know :)

A little reading material....A Book Review

Surprised to see me again aren't you? Thought I was going to post once and run away for months again! Well, I'm at least giving you two posts before running away again. This one is a little different for me because I do not believe I have done a book review on here but this books begs for a review and to be read. The book I'm talking about it is Unflinching The Making of a Canadian Sniper by Jody Mitic.

For Christmas my dad got this book from my sister. I had remembered seeing Jody on Canadian AM talking about it and I remembered him from Amazing Race Canada because I had thought how crazy and amazing it was that he was on the show when he was working with prosthetic legs (came in second by the way! Nothing stops him!). I thought it would be an interesting read and actually I wanted to read it once my sister bought it for my dad but I figured I should not read it before it was given as the gift it was meant to be. Dad always gets a number of books for Christmas so I ended up 'borrowing' it before he could get to it anyways. I spent the whole day reading it, which takes a lot for me because as much as I can enjoy reading it is not something I do as often as I may like to. 

This book is well written and very easy to read, the flow of it works well. Autobiographies/memories are some of my favorite genres to read even though they can be hard to get through sometimes. Jody has a pretty amazing story, his determination is inspirational. If you put your mind to something you can accomplish it and Jody shows that a number of times during his memoir. I do not want to give too much away because I do not want to make anyone feel they have read the book by reading this review. Jody will forever be a soldier at heart and has never let his injury hold him back. This is a story about courage, bravery and overcoming adversities most of us will never even imagine. Don Cherry's quote is so true "Makes you proud that Jody is Canadian". Jody wrote a book that sheds light on a number of issues both good and bad. I love how he tells his story, he seems like one hell of a good guy. Son, husband, father, friend, soldier etc he is doing it well. If you enjoy a memoir I truly recommend this book, even if memoirs are not your thing maybe try this one you might just like it!


Chapters: Unflinching

Golden Globes Round Up: Strictly Fashion Talk

And Happy 2016 to you lovely folks as well! I know I said I would be doing Christmas posts and all that jazz but you want to know what...I was in a blogging rut, I hated everything I wrote and it was feeling like something I had to do instead of something that I wanted to do! When blogging feels more like work I can't do it! I also was very sick right before Christmas and lets be honest Christmas is not the best time to get back into blogging because it is an insane time anyways!

I figured I would ease myself back into blogging with a fashion round up of my favorite dresses at the Golden Globes. I have to say I was not overly in love with the fashions of the Globes this year. I hoping the Oscars will be something since the Globes though nice were not great. But alas I picked my favorites and here in no order are my choices for Best Dressed....

 Jamie Alexander

Perfect color for her, love the plunging neckline because she can pull it off! Simple with everything else, just loving this dress on her!

Amy Adams

This color is just amazing on her. I love how everything just looks effortless with this look for her. Everything is easy and just soft but still has that fitted look, this girl has a good stylist or really knows how to dress herself well.

Jennifer Lopez

This woman can basically do no wrong in my eyes so no real shocker here that she made my best dressed list. Her coloring is perfect for this marigold yellow. I love her soft make up and bold lip. And just hot damn look at that leg! Perfection!

Kate Winslet

This blue looks so great with her skin tone and honestly she is normally a contender for best dress. Kate knows to rock a red carpet. Nothing is over done with this look which I love. 

There you have it...my top 4 picks for best dressed. Who are your top picks? Were you as underwhelmed as I was with the fashions this year? Let me know your thoughts!

I did some blog brainstorming today so hopefully this will be my real come back to blogging!

Happy Monday!

Pray for the World....

Getting back into this blogging thing is proving tougher then expected but we are going to power through and hope for the best! I really enjoy blogging but sometimes I just feel like I don't have anything to say or I just do not feel like sitting down in front of the computer and actually writing out a post. So I want to say thanks to those who are still reading my blog and hello to some of the new readers! Please bear with me with me while I get my blogging mojo back! I feel it is coming back but it isn't quite here yet!

I have some ideas for some holiday posts so stay tuned for those and if you have anything you might want me to post about let me know because I love getting ideas! 

And just to end this remember to be nice to each other.