Summer Inspiration

Here is some summer fashion inspirations:
I’m loving the deep white V that I found at American Apparel, throw some bling with it and a high-waisted jean shorts and head to the beach.

I am also looking forward to lounging in tanks and shorts, nice a simple but still flattering. I grabbed a sweet RVCA tank in Tofino which is super comfortable.

Pattern mixing is great too and I’m loving the floral and stripes together. I’m still looking around for some floral pants but I have my eye on some from H&M. Shorts are obviously a must and a primary colour palette is something fun to play around with.

Here is a summer inspirational playlist: click here to listen to it on Grooveshark!

1. Animals- Baths
2. West Coast- Coconut Records
3. Dull Life- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4. Home- Daughter
5. Bloom- Paper Kites
6. Lost in the Light- Bahamas
7. Featherstone- Paper kites
8. Boy With a Coin- Iron and Wine
9. I’ve Got This Friend- The Civil Wars
10. Landfill- Daughter
11. Set Fire to the Third Bar- Snow Patrol Feat. Martha Wainwright
12. You in a Song- Jason Reeves
13. Stick With Me Baby- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
14. Youth- Daughter
15. Pumped Up Kicks (cover)- Jayme Dee
16. Ask Me Not, Astronaut (Teen Daze Remix)- Jordan Klassen

Now it’s time to drool over summer food:

When the Parents Come Marching In

My parents arrived on Trinity campus on the 26th of April for my Grad and coincidentally my birthday. They stayed until the 12th of May which allowed us some time to travel to places in B.C. that they or I haven’t seen.

First stop was Gabriola Island. We then moved on to Tofino (which was my favourite stop) then we went to Victoria, which my Dad loved. We then went to Vancouver and Seattle and ended back up in Langley, with a few stops in Whiterock as well.

Here are my photos from these adventures. Please Enjoy, and again, thank you so much for stopping by and looking at my blog, I really do appreciate it so much and feel free to leave comments, I love looking at those as well.

God Bless
- Meredith

Double Jean

Yesterday evening I got my haircut at a Salon called Lure in downtown Vancouver. My hair was done by Vu Nguyen during a creative cutting class so I acted as a model for him. It was super fun and I completely trusted him to literally do anything with my hair, and that he did! My dear friend and housemate Sarah took these photos for me and I love her for it!
P.S. these photos are taken at my new home!

Crazy hair right?!
- Meredith

Moving on, Moving up

This post will not begin on a good note, and I apologize for that. I have lied to you, yes all of you. I previously stated that I wouldn’t go on another spree of vanity, but I have failed you. Below these words there are several photos of me in a row. However, the day holds meaning, as it was a celebration of my four years of school coming to a close. We had a great dinner at a great hotel and then danced a lot. Things got weird on the dance floor, I’m not going to lie.
Keep scrolling to check out my photos. Thanks to Arby for taking the shots of me and for Andrew who took some of the group shots.

Oh What the Sun Brings

I was able to spend some time with some wonderful friends yesterday which was a much welcomed break from studying… oh ya studying, I should get back to that, but you deserve photos. Here are some shots from our day, thanks to Chelsea and Melodie who got some great ones too!

Adios my peeps.
- Meredith

No Apologies

Is it not utterly thrilling and completely terrifying to be done school and have the freedom to go anywhere and do anything? Why am I asking, yes, that is exactly how I feel. I mean, of course, there are always things that hold me, hold us back. Money, or lack thereof would be the one thing that keeps me back from just packing up and moving to Greece. I have a place and a job for the summer but I still feel as though I live in semesters, so come September, I will once again be switching gears. I wonder where I will be and how I will feel six months out of University. Will I take more courses? Will I move somewhere warm? Will I become a vegetarian and own a pet? The first two could happen, the third will definitely not.

I am thinking of doing things I never thought of before, like being a fashion consultant (it it scary committing that to print) and dreaming of places I could live, like San Francisco or Seattle (it was a bit scary writing that too.) What is it about graduating that throws our brains into high gear and all we can think about is what’s next? Maybe I shouldn’t be generalizing, perhaps this is only something that I am dealing with… but I highly doubt that.

I am looking for more excitement, for more adventure and as a result, more money. I need to, however, live in the moment (something I struggle with daily) and not always looking to the next day, next month or next year. I challenge you to do this as well. It is incredibly easy to always look for the next exciting thing that is coming up, or wishing for tomorrow to come but before you know it, a bunch of tomorrows have passed us by and what have we done? We have sat there and wished for the next day. Shall we relish today? Even if there is a 12 page paper to do in 24 hours, bills to pay and nothing overly thrilling planned. Be excited for the tomorrows but don’t push today away.

This has been your daily dose of positive thinking, brought to you by Meredith Leyenhorst.
I’m just in one of those moods, and you know what? I don’t apologize for that.

I hope it is sunny where you are
- Meredith

All the Bells and Whistles

I sit in the library with my back to the window, seeing the reflection of geese taking flight in the screen of my computer. This is merely a reminder that life does not live inside a portable device. There is a world out there, a world outside of school, outside of papers and exams. A world that, despite how I feel presently, I am already a part of. I feel however, that graduation will be a turning point in my life. A point where fireworks will go off, bells will sound and colours will become brighter and I will finally feel accepted into the real world… that’s not going to happen is it? I will not become a world traveler or a obtain the career of my dreams right away, things take time, and that, I have lots of. Honestly, I’m not ready or in any hurry to jump start my career. I want to spend time out of school and enjoy this beautiful province in a season I have yet to experience. I am excited to be reminded of the life that exists outside of campus and to explore things I have not been able to…which may be the back of my eyelids for the first few weeks. Needless to say, all of this work and studying will end, in a month exactly, with or without fireworks.

Here are some photos that took me a very long time to get to. May they be a reminder to you that winter is getting farther and farther away… or is it closer and closer? Either way, enjoy :)

A little study session at the WatershedThis is my homeA little excursion to Ottawa with my gorgeous friendswho doesn’t love a hockey fight?

Have just the greatest of days
- Meredith