London, Ontario

One of my best friends Andrea got married to the love of her life a couple weekends back so I did what any good friend would do! Took a little mini vacation to London, Ontario to see her tie the knot!!!
But what kind of mini vacation would it be if John and I didn't make an actual vacation out of it?
We stayed for 3 nights and seriously had an absolute blast!! We ate at the cutest little restaurants and drank at fun pubs (and one seedy bar..oops), we had an amazing brunch at our hotel restaurant (best brunch in London! Holla), went on a Labatt Beer Brewery tour.. I swear John was like a kid in a candy store! We even got to have samplings after the tour there which was neat!
I think it's really important to do stuff like this with your significant other.. you don't have to go anywhere far, but it helps to keep the relationship fun. :)

Florida

Long time, no talk!
*crickets*
haha.
I went to Florida with my family for 10 days and I've never seen a more beautiful state. We stayed in Kissimmee, spent a LOT of time in Orlando, drove through Tampa and went to Clearwater Beach!
It really was perfect and I can't wait to go back but next time, with my hunny!
Here's a few of my favorite photos from the trip!

I'm getting really nostalgic while looking at these! Especially the Hogwarts pictures. Man, these parks really are the definition of magic.

Sunny Florida

I don't think I'll be posting any recipes anytime soon (not that I really was anyway. Life is BUSY over here), but that's because Saturday morning at 5 AM I'll be heading off to the Sunshine State, Florida!!
Hopefully when I come back I'll have lots of fun drink recipes and restaurant reviews to share!
I'm so excited and am already in full blown vacation mood that I can't seem to focus on anything else!
At least tomorrow is a holiday!

 Disney World!

Clearwater Beach!!!

Spongebob Rollercoaster!

How have I not posted this picture?
So hilarious!!!! Those little boys in the front were so funny. They were maybe 6 and were just so confident about this 90 degree angle chute the rollercoaster had. So funny!
Check out our faces:

Twin Cities/Taylor Swift Trip

Sorry for the delay on these pics!
Nothing seems to be working right with this album! Ha!
Anyway...my adventures

1.Delicious Food Items from Rainforest Cafe.
2. Me and John at the Rainforest Cafe. Nice Scenery!
3. Jellyfish in Sea Life in the Mall of America! So cool!
4. Sharks! Awesome!
5. Me and My sister before the concert.
6. Me and My sister waiting really, really anxiously.
7+: TAYLOR SWIFT!!!! SO AMAZING

For details about the trip...go to THIS POST to read about it!

Twin Cities/Taylor Swift Trip!

Okay,
I'm having some serious issues with my photo album from this trip.
I can't upload the pics on facebook. And apparently, I can't upload them now on Blogger.
Today is just NOT my day.

So I'll just tell you about the trip and then try posting some pictures later.

So the first night we got there, we went to the Rainforest Cafe which was obviously delicious and SO cool. John and Jill had never been there before so they were so excited about it. The food was SO good from there, too.
And then we went to Sea Life which is in the Mall of America. At first we though it wasn't really worth 20 dollars but then we got into the big overhead tube aquarium with the massive sharks and sea turtles and it was so awesome! So naturally, we changed our minds about it being worth our money. I was like a little kid in a candy store...or on Christmas morning.

The next day we shopped till we dropped! I spent WAY too much money. And then that evening was Taylor Swift. I was SO excited for this concert, it wasn't even funny. I got so anxious and couldn't even enjoy the opening bands. Before she came on stage, everything was hidden behind a big curtain and she started talking to us and I just got so excited I started to cry. Yes, tease away. I'm embarrasing. It's fine.

T. Swift was so amazing, though. Like, she blew my mind and was just oh so beautiful! So much power and passion in all of her songs. I just love her.

The next day we did MORE shopping (oh, goodness.) and then did Nickelodeon Universe in the mall. It was so much fun, but I can't really do spinny rides so John and Jill bonded lots by going on some pretty crazy rides together. Although, I did go on a really nutty roller coaster where you go up on a 90 degree angle and then go down a really steep drop. It was hilarious and OH SO scary.

And then on our final day, we got lost in the Twin Cities and pretty much did a whole tour of that whole area and ended up in like 4 different places that we shouldn't have been in, all because I accidentally told John to turn on the wrong ramp. We ended up figuring it out (after lots of stress, you can imagine.) but then John was going the wrong way (towards Illinois) so we had to turn around. We got caught in terrible construction too. We didn't get home til midnight and we hit the road at about 1 in the afternoon. So embarrasing.

But that was my trip. Hopefully the pictures will work soon so I can post some.

Passport Twist.

So the stupidest thing happened to me this morning.

Just a little pre-note, it took John forever to get his passport. I'm not joking. He literaly got it yesterday. So you can imagine how much stress that caused me and how I kept thinking we weren't going to be able to go.

Anyway, here's the story:

I went to the border about a week ago to go and pick up some packages (it's cheaper to ship to the states when you're from Canada and ORDERING from the States). Anyway, I left my passport in my step mom's car that I took. It wasn't until last night that I realized this (and as all of you know, I'm going to Minneapolis to see Taylor Swift in... let me count... 4 days!!!! oh my god) but the car wasn't there. So then this morning like at the very time I had to leave for work and I was already running late I went into the car to see if it was there and it wasn't. So there's me turning my house upside down trying to find it and my step mom was like "Did you look in the car's glove box?" and I'm like It's not in there!! By the way, at this point, I'm in tears. So I go into the car, look in the glove box, and yep there it was. So I being, well, me, come into the house and yell at the top of my lungs "THANK GOD!! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD" and she's like "you found it?" pretending to be all innocent. She then proceeds to tell me that her and my Dad went into the car the other day and saw my passport sitting on the floor and my Dad is like "throw it in the glove box to teach her not to leave her passport lying around" SO THEY TRICKED ME !!

So I would have been the one who couldn't go to the states because I didn't have a passport. What a twist.

Looking Ahead: Places I Want To Go

Being at the young age of 21, I often think about the things that I want in my future. These include getting married, having a family and a career, a nice house to call home. But I can't turn my back on something I really really want...and that is to travel. I feel like before I can do all those other things, I want to see the world. But if life happens and my plan is changed and my list becomes out of order, I will have to accept that.

But for now, I can still dream.

Here are some of the places I would love to see:

New York City

Hawaii

 Australia

 Lake Tahoe

 Los Angeles

 New Zealand

Paris

And last but not least...

Disney World!

This one is special because I'm actually going next year with my family! In April or May. Please don't tell me either of these months are hurricane season though.. that would be just a little bit of a damper!

I'm curious... where do you all want to go?!