Morden Corn and Apple Festival

Today The Boy, his parents and I went to the Morden Corn and Apple Festival. Here is a little blurb about the festival I borrowed from the website:

In 1925 Morden, Manitoba was designated as the Corn and Apple Belt. The long, warm growing season made this area of the prairies unique for the growing of corn and apple crops. The first Morden Corn and Apple Festival was held in 1967 to commemorate Canada's Centennial celebrations.

There is free corn and apple cider all afternoon. In fact all of the events in the festival are free. There was a car show today (unfortunatly it was raining while we were at the car show), tractor pulls, mud bogging races and tons of other stuff!
We had a great time!

Here are a few of my favorite cars from the car show.

I can't remember what this one is. It's a 1940 Ford something. This is it's original condition. No restoration!

I can't remember what this one is either! haha! I just think it's pretty.

This one is a '58 Edsel. This was by far my favorite car at the show. That colour is amazing!

Morden also happened to have my dream house! If you own this house please contact me. I would like to buy it!

 

    

This house was built in 1899! There was an old gravestone in the front garden from the 1800's! It was so cool!

See the stone with the date on it? 1899. Neat.

 
We also saw this tree almost in the middle of the road on a side street. It was like a little island of grass surrounded by pavement.

 

Here is some more of the festival.

 

Free corn is delicious!!

I bought a new purse at one of the vendors: U.S.E.D. It's made of recycled seatbelts. I also forgot to take a picture. I'll show you tomorrow. Check out their website! They're stuff is AMAZING!!

The Boy's Mom's family is from that area, so after we left Morden we headed West to the VERY small town of Darlingford. There is a beautiful old school house there that has been converted into a museum. It was closed when we got there, but we did get to check out it's cool fire escape. Wouldn't it be awesome if all fire escapes were this cool? I would wish for more fires! haha! Imagine how fun thier fire drills were!!

 

I couldn't resist pretending I was coming down the tube! haha!

Some prairie sky from the car window for you. Manitoba is so beautiful!

We had a really great day. Hopefully you all had a great weekend too.

 
Lisa.xo

Outfits: A Little Bit Nautical

This is one of my "Go To" casual outfits! I wear it a lot! I'm actually surprised I haven't photographed it yet.

Wednesdays we get stock at work which means I sometimes end up on a ladder in the backroom or opening dirty boxes. So it's always best to wear something a little more sensible to work on Wednesdays. (This is usually as sensible and casual as I get for going out)

I love nautical inspired clothes and this outfit, I feel, just hints at nautical without being cheezy.

Earrings: Ricki's 

White Cotton Pointelle Cardigan: Kenar (Winners)

Blue and White Striped Ruffle Front Cami: Ricki's

 Denim Capris: Ricki's

Red Peep Toe Wedges: George

Red Straw Clutch: Thrifted

Lisa.xo

Outfits: Late Sunday Dinner

So by Sunday night I was feeling human again (despite a slightly sore throat from too many coughing fits this weekend). The Boy was desperate to go out so we decided to go to our favorite sushi place for a late Sunday night dinner.

So I had a shower and got ready to go out. I know you've seen this dress before, but here it is accessorized.

Dress: BIZZ

Earrings: Ricki's

Crinoline: Vintage Glory

Silver Bangles: Gift from The Boy's Mom (from Mexico)

Red Peep Toes: Le Chateau

Red Straw Clutch: Thrifted

Lisa.xo

Outfits: Mixing Pattern and Layering

So yesterday and the day before I was dressed for fall. Today will be a high of +24. Which is not really hot I know, but it's still warm. Mornings have that fall chill now though, so a jacket is in order.

Getting dressed properly is actually really tricky this time of year. In the middle of winter and the middle of summer I don't usually check the forcast daily, but in spring and fall it's a must if you want to be dressed properly. Tomorrow for example will be a high of 27 and a chance of thundershowers. The weather is all over the place! This is a great outfit to show how I layer when the weather is uncertain.

Anyway, this is what I'm wearing to work today. This skirt is not vintage. It's from a company called Geek Boutique and I bought it second hand. I do love it though!

 Close up of the prints for you!

White headband: Ricki's

Gold Locket: Thrifted

Denim Jacket: Zani Di Jeans

Green Cropped Cardigan: Le Chateau

Pink Heart Print Blouse: Urban Planet

Retro Print Wrap Skirt: Thrifted

Camel Strappy Wedges: George (Walmart!)

50's Bamboo Purse: Value Village

Off to work now! Have a great day!

Lisa.xo

Inspiration: Keiko Lynn White Dress/Camel Shoes!

I love Keiko Lynn's blog! Her style is so cute! Head on over and have a peek! She also has her own online shop Postlapsaria.

I especially love this outfit! It's so fresh and summery!

Now I feel the need to find a white vintage summer dress. It just occured to me that I don't own one! The hunt is on!!

It occured to me the other day that up until recently I avoided buying brown shoes of any kind or shade. I felt that "I didn't wear brown". I'm starting to change my mind about this. My feeling now is that just because I don't buy brown clothing doesn't mean I can't accessorize a non brown oufit with brown shoes or a brown purse or belt.

Check out more photos of this outfit on Keiko's blog here!

Is there a particular colour you avoid in your own wardrobe?

Happy Monday!

Lisa.xo

Matt's Birthday

Last night I ventured out to The Kings Head pub for my brother Matt's (I know you all know him by now!)27th birthday. 

Like the good sister I am, I brought him a little vintage! Although it's hard to actually see this shirt in the picture. It kinda looks like he's excited to get a tablecloth of some sorts. I assure you the shirt is loud and wonderful! Not loud and tacky.

We took this photo because we have a picture of Matt doing this exact same pose in front of his birthday cake as a kid at my Mom's. I wish I had it so I could scan it and show you. Very cute and funny!

Well here's the closest thing I got to an outfit shot for the night. The night wasn't really about me so I let it go! ;)

A few more brother-sister arms length shots.

I don't know what we're doing in this next one! Zoolander perhaps? 

A few more random party shots.

And last but not least! HAHA!!

Have a great weekend everyone! Thanks for the nice words on my return!

Lisa.xo