Honey, I'm home!

Or, I should say, "Honeys, I'm home!", as I've sincerely missed each and every one of you while we were off gallivanting, sightseeing, antique & vintage shopping, and having a merry old time on Vancouver Island during the past couple of weeks.

Aside from the fact that it rained so much I almost started to worry that the Island might sink (I joke, but it was pretty darn wet there!), our trip was sublime and even the rain had its charm, beauty and perks, such as ensuring we spent a lot of time seeing indoor sights.

At the moment, as traveling tends to do to folks (especially those like me who are chronically ill), I'm rather knackered and will need a bit of time to recoup from our awesome trip. While I’m getting back into the swing of things,  I'll be packing up and shipping out all the Etsy shop orders that arrived in the last two weeks, unpacking our bags, getting ready for October's many celebrations at our house (including Canadian Thanksgiving, our 10th wedding anniversary, and three family birthdays all next week), and hopping happily back into my usual blogging (and online in general) routine right away
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{We're back and that means it's time to jump head first into gearing up for all the many fabulous events and holidays that October houses, very much including my favourite holiday of the year: Halloween! Look for lots of exiting new posts pertaining to October 31st, as well as a product review guest post from Tony, highlights from our trips, outfit posts, vintage recipes, and lots more fall time fun here in the coming weeks. Image source.}



Though the damp weather did significantly cut down on the number of outfit shoots were were able to do, thankfully, on those rare sunny - or at least not completely soaking wet - days, we got in a few and I'll be sharing the snaps from them in the coming weeks, along with a post or two highlighting some of my very favourite elements (including the Victoria Vintage Fair and getting a chance to hand feed a group of endlessly adorable harbor seals) of our amazingly fun two week trip to Vancouver Island in the very near future.

I sincerely want to thank each and every one of the fantastic vintage loving ladies who guest posted for me while I was away. If you haven't had a chance to do so yet, I highly encourage you take a few minutes and read through all of the guest posts - on topics ranging from vintage knits to bead mid-century handbags, stylish old school fall fashions to the joys of collecting vintage books – today, as there is no shortage of great ideas, inspiration and informative alike to be gleaned from them.

Likewise, thank you deeply to all those who left comments on various posts and for me on social media throughout our travels. I always adore hearing from, and connecting with you, and really look forward to continuing to do so as we work our way through the last three months of 2014 and (of course) beyond.

Though our trip was very action packed, it was also delightfully relaxing by sheer virtue of the fact that I got a massively needed breather from the heavy stress and work load I've been under the year, as well as a break from my day-to-day routine at home as well.

As a result, I can honestly say that I've returned far more relaxed, with my energy levels somewhat recharged and a fresh, much needed outlook on how to balance work, life, and downtime from here on out. Thus happily proving, as I always find, that travelling is without a doubt one of the most rewarding and important things a person can ever do.