It's Been A While MiMM!

Hey loveys,
It's been a while since I participated in a little MiMM action hosted by Katie over at Healthy Diva Life.... so I thought I'd make a point of making sure I participated today! Woohoo!
It's been probably like a month since I participated, and I'm sure I can find some things since my last post that have been Marvellous... Let me think... Oh!! I've been writing a lot on my other blog, Peace, Love & Vanity and I've been given the awesome opportunity to try and review some amazing skin care products that I'm excited to share with you guys! The product line is called Miracle10, you might have seen me blog or tweet about their stuff before, but honestly, the stuff is amazing. The products were developed and created here in Toronto so I'm so excited to be able to support such an amazing, LOCAL company. The man who created the line, Dr. Lista, created it originally for his patients (he's a plastic surgeon here in Toronto and in Mississauga) and because it worked so well he developed it into a skincare line!
They recently put together this really adorable video and I had to share it with you! However, it's uploaded on Vimeo and I can only put videos on here from YouTube, so if you CLICK HERE (and please do, it's so cute) you can watch it! Anyways, if you live in the Toronto area, they're boutiques are so friggen beautiful. They have 1 in Yorkville and they have 1 in Mississauga. If you're not in the area, you can visit their online boutique and check out all their products.

This is their Yorkville boutique. Gorgeous, right?

I get so excited when I find products that I love. I love sharing and spreading the word. Let me know if you're interested and if you try their products... J'adore :). MARVELLOUS! :)
Since my last MiMM post I found out that I very much enjoy running in the mornings. Like, waking up early and running before getting ready for work. I 100% never thought that I'd be the type of person to workout in the morning. I've never been a morning person. I enjoy sleeping too much, but I gave it a chance and I absolutely fell in love with it. It woke me up, got me pumped up for my day and I didn't have to worry about getting in a workout during the day or not. I will admit that I still did workout on my lunch, but it was perfect because I got in a good 20-30 minutes of running in the morning and I spent my lunch time doing weights! However..... I ended up getting some shin splints so I've only gone on a total of 2 morning runs. I tried using KT Tape, but unfortunately I think the only thing I can do to heal them is rest.

After one of my AM runs!

Once my leggies heal though, I'll be back out on the pavement at 6am! I might have to get up earlier if I ever want to do more than 3km in the morning. MARVELLOUS! :)
On some random day, I was going through some old photos of when I was in college... and I had NO IDEA how much I've changed since then. I posted a photo of my in 2007 and me now on Instagram and I was overwhelmed with all of the comments from people who follow me!

I started this blog because I wanted to help motivate people to live a healthier life... and I think this is the most feedback about being inspirational that I've gotten. This photo shows that losing weight and getting healthy isn't something that comes instantly. It took me almost 6 years to look how I do. I didn't rush anything, and in all honesty, I didn't set out to look the way I do. I just learned how to eat healthy and I enjoyed doing so. I started running because I enjoy doing so. I think the key to anybody's success is finding something you enjoy doing and keep a mental note on how it makes you feel. When something feels good, you're going to want to do it. My journey was definitely a long one, coming from my first year in college living off of ramen noodles and vodka with the weekend exercise of hitting up the dance floor at our local bar and ending up today where I still enjoy vodka, but eat A LOT of veggies and fruits and exercise almost every day in a gym :). MARVELLOUS! :)
This past weekend my bestest friend came to visit from Nova Scotia. We've been friends since our first year of college (we took the same program and lived in the same residence). Lauren (aka Lo) came for the weekend for our friend Rochelle's birthday party. We went to a club here in Toronto called Cake. I think the club is meant for birthday's because when you get a booth, you also get birthday stuff, like pins and crowns and cupcakes! Here's a picture of Lo and I that was taken that night..

Our friend Nick from college also joined us on the outing (C did too!) so Nick came over before we went out as well... and naturally I stole the glasses he was wearing because.. well... they were super cool and I loved them.

On Saturday Lo & C & I went out for brunch to this super cute place on Queen St called La Palette... it's very French and very vintage. I snapped a photo of my coffee because it was so friggen adorable.