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Pre-wedding included a whole lot of working out, watching what I ate and prioritizing my health. Post-wedding has been the happiest three months of my life, but I took a month off workouts and have been eating and drinking whatever I want. Three months later, it's caught up to me. It's resulted in weight gain and not feeling too great about myself.  When friends recently told us about Whole 30 , an eating program they had been following, we agreed it was something both D and I needed to do for ourselves. We purchased the guide book, the cookbook and prepared ourselves over the weekend to get started this morning. One of our faults, in our normal daily lives, is laziness and not preparing ourselves to succeed in eating healthy - so we're making it a priority for the next 30 days.  The breakdown: The Whole 30 Program Length : 30 days (but the goal is to break bad habits and form a new relationship with food, which would obviously continue past 30 days) Restrictions : No Dairy

{ braided tote with pompoms } If you follow any fashion bloggers, you'll know the above bag (more commonly in natural of white) is the bag of the summer. I like the look, but I tend to stray away from styles that are so popular.  Here are a few other options, still on trend but with a uniqueness that is sure to get noticed. Best part, they're all under $70 from Zara. { braided bucket bag } { crossbody bag with pompoms } { split suede tote bag } { raffia bucket bag } Oh, and while we're on the topic of summer bags - this is the bag on the top of my wishlist... (if only I had a birthday at the beginning of summer) { Gaia's Ark, $170-185 }

We celebrated a good friends birthday recently with lazer tag and a pizza party. It was totally reminiscent of younger days, (admission: I had actually never played lazer tag), and while we might have been the oldest kids at lazer quest, we totally had a blast. D and I went in on a gift with another friend and we came up with the idea of putting together a basket of treats, given the birthday boy is a total 'foodie'. The finished product was filled with a mix of savory, sweet and spicy goods - from different Toronto hot spots and a Roncy specialty grocer. Here's what went in the basket: - a Bellwoods Brewery beer ($6) - Terroni pepperocini ($9) - Cumbrae's original spice rub ($6) - fancy sea salt ($6) - handmade caramels ($1.50) - whiskey barbeque sauce ($8) - root beer syrup (that you mix with tonic) ($11) - bacon chocolate bar ($5) - a Toronto key chain holder ($12) - bakset ($7) Total Cost (with tax): $80 I wrapped it all up with cellophane and a big bow and it turne

{ hand loomed wool rug } Simple concept, elevated execution. The texture of this wool rug is so luxurious, I could only imagine stepping out of bed on a cold winter morning.