POINT NO POINT
For our two year anniversary, James and I headed west to Point no Point. Even though Point no Point is located just over an hour away from Victoria, you really feel like you're another world away. The resort is made up of private cabins and duplexes. Each building is right on the ocean and each unit has a private hot tub on the deck.
We spent A LOT of time sitting in that hot tub listening to the waves crash on the shore below...ahhhh. We also spent a lot of time eating. Our cabin came with a full kitchen so we brought a good supply of food up. We also spent a lot of time NOT ON OUR PHONES! Point no Point has no wifi or cell phone service...it's kinda surreal. It felt so good to detach and connect with James with no distractions.
We also spent some time filming for James' next song. Check out the sneak peek if you haven't already!
Ahhhh, take me back to Point no Point pleeeeaase!
Hope you have fantastic weekend! Mine will be spent running, studying and hanging with friends. I heard it's supposed to be pretty hot, so I'll definitely try to soak up some sun!!!
xoxo,
s.s.♥︎.
SNEAK PEEK OF LIIRA'S NEXT SINGLE
A couple weeks back we celebrated two years of marriage at Point no Point. It's an insanely beautiful place and I can't wait to show you pictures of it tomorrow. When we were there we spent one morning filming some scenes for James's music project, LIIRA. The footage turned out reaaaalllly sweet and I cannot wait to watch the whole video and hear the completed song but until then I have a sneak peek for you...
Pretty sweet hey? I'm so proud of James and I cannot wait to share the full song and video with you!
Happy Wednesday!!
xo,
s.s.♥︎.
AUGUST FAVOURITES
I'm in denial.
Summer can't be over...can it?
And I've been trying.
I've had three (YES, THREE) pumpkin spice lattes so far.
I even went into Artizia and stroked their cashmere sweaters.
No dice, friends. Summer is still on my heart.
August is over and September is here. I just have to accept it.
But oh, how August was a gooder.
I went away a bunch, had my anniversary and birthday AND RACHEL AND JASON GOT ENGAGED!!!!!!! (Yes, I will be blogging every single detail of their wedding, so get pumped!!)
Throughout the mayhem of August, I did manage to blog on a small scale...(Hopefully Fall will be more regular!)
Here were your favourite posts....
1. ON BIKINI BRIDGES & KICKING SELF LOATHING TO THE CURB
In Bikini Bridges & Kicking Self Loathing to the Curb I did something really scary. I opened up and told you all about my struggle with self loathing. And you guys were SO SUPPORTIVE. It was my most popular post EVER. Thank you for all your kind comments, messages and blog link ups. It made me cry...and realize how important it is to be vulnerable.
2. WARDROBE // 6
Wardrobe // 6 was your second favourite post. Mountain top fashion with my mountain top love.
3. PARKSVILLE
I went to Parksville with my besties and had way too much fun. We ate a lot of food, watched a lot of Veronica Mars and laughed A LOT.
4. TWO YEARS
James & I celebrated two years of marriage on August 24th. I got all sappy and showed you way too many wedding pictures.
5. WHISTLER FAMILY VAYCAY
I had the pleasure of going to Whistler with James' famjam. It was my first time to Whistler and it won't be my last. Stunning mountaintop adventures and great family times.
Well that was August round here. Hope you all had THE BEST SUMMER ever.
xo,
s.s.♥.
FRIDAY FAVES // SCHOOL SUPPLIES
It's that time again...the last weekend of summer. As a kid, this time was my favourite time of year because I loved getting to go back to school shopping! New clothes and shiny new supplies..yes please!
As an adult it hasn't changed much...except I now have to pay for my new fall clothes and office supplies myself...ha. But seriously, I still get a high walking through the school supply aisle. The smell of fresh binders...bins of erasers...boxes of crayons...
I'm not going back to school this fall, but I can still dream about the goods right?
1. Backpack
2. Agenda
3. IPad Sleeve
4. Travel Mug
5. Pencil Case
6. Lunch Kit
I own that Ban.do Ipad case and I love it especially now that I HAVE AN IPAD!! My husband is the best. I had the best birthday yesterday. I'm overwhelmed and thanking Jesus for the amount of love I received. Seriously, I have the greatest friends ever. My feeds were buzzing with birthday love. I read every one and every one made me smile. Love you.
Hope you have THE BEST LAST WEEKEND OF SUMMER! I'm having a few more birthday celebrations and I am stoked!
stay gold,
s.s.♥︎.
S'MORE COOKIES
Remember how I've been saying constantly "I want this summer to last forever????".....well, I kinda cheated on my massive love for a never-ending summer by DRINKING MY FIRST PSL. What on earth is a PSL, you ask. Let me help you out...Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Fall in a cup.
I wasn't planning on having one this early but Starbucks (those marketing geniuses!!) had this online scavenger hunt thing where if you solved the puzzle, you'd get the code to unlock the PSL at your nearest Starbucks. I got the code last night so of course I had to get one. I ventured to a store on my walk to work and guess what? I was the first to unlock the code...it was pretty awesome and I documented it on insta (obvs)!! And on a crazier note (don't worry I'll get to the cookies soon...) I had a dream two nights ago that I ordered a "PSL" (yes I actually said PSL in my dream) and the barista gave me one even though the drink hadn't officially launched yet. So of course I had to fulfill that prophecy.
But anyways on to cookies......!
I made these cookies because I didn't want summer to end.
When I imagine the perfect summer, s'mores are definitely in the picture.
Oooey, gooey, chocolatey goodness squished between two graham crackers. mmmhmmm, how can you beat that?
But you can. Because And someone had the genius idea to take s'more and throw them into a cookie...BRILLIANT. I did not come up with this concept. I merely followed a recipe (by Baked by Rachel). She uses a mix of cake flour and bread flour.
The next time I bake these, I think I will try regular flour, little chunks of graham crackers (instead of crumbs) and browning the butter because you can't go wrong with browned butter...ever. But they were incredibly delicious and we devoured them on our Parksville Girls' Weekend.
So go, bake these cookies and tell me what you think!
And enjoy these last few weeks of summer!
xo,
s.s.♥︎.