I finally feel like a university graduate. I haven’t felt anything different until last night when it finally hit me that it’s all ending. And I am a little sad, but mostly excited. :) Last night was our college’s graduation dinner. It was nice, but small– for some reason half the graduates didn’t want to come to the dinner this year. However, this only made it more intimate and it was largely my group of friends there. We all came looking fabulous, and I spent the night with Dee. Even though she’s technically not graduating because she’s staying another year, I’m so glad she came because she’s one of us.The…

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The Hubs and I went to spend the weekend with his parents for Father’s Day, and while we were there we all went out on a trip to the GTA to see some of his extended family. Their family gatherings are considerably smaller and more low-key than mine are, and they also tend to cover a broader (and sometimes darker) range of topics. They each tend to have a pretty sarcastic sense of humour and whatnot. Anyway, while I was sitting on the couch listening to the various conversations going on around me, I began listening to my mother-in-law’s conversation with her father about arrangements he’s made for his funeral…

I am Shop Girl–a life (and shoe) loving 24 year old teacher fresh out of teacher’s college who has not eaten chocolate in nearly a year (CRAZY, right??). I am proudly Canadian and have lived in Ontario all my life. I grew up in a teeny tiny town in the Great White North until I moved south at 17, finally making my way to The City* at 19 where I began my first year of university. I had ambitious academic plans–studying English Literature and Political Science I planned to go to law school, and marriage was not even on my radar. I had a new boyfriend every week (I was…

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