Weekend Recap

Well, our weekend didn’t turn out the way we expected with some heavy rain happening on Saturday. We were supposed to go to Dundas for Q’s first rep tournament of the summer, but the organizers made the call to reschedule it for Sunday.  

So instead of the ball field, we hit up the indoor golf sim with some friends. 

Then we spent the rest of the rainy day watching sports - the F1, Blue Jays, and Canadiens.

It was Dave’s and my anniversary that day so we got some steaks and some special desserts (but shared them with teh kids and E’s friends that were over).

On Sunday, Dave and Q headed to the Dundas tournament and E and I went to the Blue Jays game. I had special tickets given to me as a gift and I was supposed to take Dave with me for our anniversary but it didn’t turn out that way. Luckily E was a willing participant. I was sorry to miss Q’s games but these tickets were pretty much once in a lifetime.

I like to take the Spadina streetcar down to the game when we have lots of time. It’s always interesting to see what’s going on up there. 

Then we made our way to the Banner Club for our seats located behind the Jays dugout. It has free ballpark snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. E was super excited and couldn’t believe he could just help himself :)

They have some cool memorabilia displays including Barger’s jersey from when he hit the pinch hitter grand slam in Game 1 of the World Series (which We were at).

Our view.

The Clover Club also has a view of the Blue Jays inside batting cage. We saw George hitting a few balls before the game started. 

We had front row seats for Ace and Junior’s number dressed as Shrek and Donkey.

And then again for the 7th inning stretch.

Dave and Q had a good day at the tournament despite the field being quite soggy from the rain the day before, but they one a game, Q had some good plays, and they had fun as a team. 

Friday Favourites

 It's Friday again! And for the Americans, I think it's a long weekend, so enjoy that.

This is a photo from last Monday night that didn't get included in my weekend recap. We enjoyed the local fireworks.

When it comes to sparkling water, I am partial to the Blue Menu brand, and they have a new flavour - Passion Fruit Guava, and it's good!

Yesterday I posted about some new clothes I bought, but while I was placing my Amazon order, I included this 4x6 frame for this photo I have of my grandfather. On the back he had written "pick your own grapefruit", which I believe was in Florida in the '80s.

Q got his haircut on Wednesday and when I said let's get a photo by the lilacs, he insisted on doing a few poses.

I golfed on Thursday evening for Ladies' Night. It was a little chilly but at least the sun was out. I golfed pretty well and enjoyed my group and dinner afterwards.

Keeping our fingers crossed for good day tomorrow for Q's first baseball tournament. The forecast is calling for rain but as long as it's light and intermittent rain, then we should be able to get the games in.

Hope you have a good weekend!

Linking up with Andrea and Erika

New Things

Aritzia, Athleta, and Amazon - oh my!  I did a bit of shopping for myself last week and so far I am happy with my purchases. I am a blogger but I am not an influencer and honestly I get a little sick of the people who are buying buying buying (and then probably returning returning returning). I asked one of these influencers one time how they have the opportunity to wear all of these clothes they are showing us in their daily lives and she said she is "obligated" to buy more than a normal person because she is an influencer and needs to make sure she has content for her followers. What a burden that must be! To consume more so others may consume as well, it's a bit disgusting isn't it? 

Don't get me wrong, I am a consumer as well and I like to buy nice things, but I do feel like there is a limit to that. I just went through my clothes as I switched over from winter to summer. I got rid of a bunch of things that were well loved, but now worn, outdated or do not fit. It was time to refresh some of my wardrobe so I placed some orders. 

Revive Poplin Dress - I have this already in a light green and it fits well so I thought it was good to get in black as well.

Archive Linen Shirt - I ordered this first in a large, but it was huge, so I returned it and got a small, so it's a more suitable size.

Breezy Tank - I got this in pink and black and I think I'll be wearing these a lot. They are comfortable and light.

Golf Skort - self explantory.

Golf Skort - This is from Amazon, and I rarely order clothes from there, but I thought I'd take a chance. It's a bit longer than I thought it would be but I like it.

And I'll spare you the photos, I also got some new bras. I have seen ads for these two brands on my Instagram for awhile so I took a chance. 

Honeylove Crossover Bra

Shapermint Truekind Bra

I just measured myself and used their size guides. They fit well and I am happy with them, although I think I prefer the Shapermint ones better. 

Have you bought anything lately?

Weekend Recap

 I went to the office on Friday and it was finally nice enough to eat my lunch outside. I tried a new place Bready  and enjoyed my chicken salad (and chocolate brioche bun later in the afternoon).

That evening Q had his first rep team practice. 

On Saturday we got to sleep in and then go for brunch at Yolks.

It was a bit chilly when we were walking home and then it started raining. But it did clear up by the time we were going golfing later in the afternoon. I actually forgot my phone at home so I had to get E to take some photos.

We ate our dinner on the patio and when we got home we watched Remarkably Bright Creatures. I did not read the book so I don’t know how it compares but the movie was excellent. And bonus it was filmed in Canada :)

Q had another baseball practice on Sunday morning and after that we hopped on the subway to get to Christie Pitts to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball team. (E was busy doing something so he met us there.)

It was a beautiful day and so many people out enjoying the game. We even saw some other people from High Park including Q’s house league coach. 

We wandered home after the game, stopping to get a box of Timbits so we could try out the new World Cup flavours, and then had a simple dinner at home. I watched the Martin Short documentary on Netflix. How fun would it be to hang out at his cottage back in the day with the crowd! (The kids go to camp on that same lake.)

Meanwhile Dave was in Myrtle Beach on a golf trip.

He got back on Monday morning. We went to Home Depot to get some construction materials for the backyard BBQ/pizza oven project, and plants. We all worked hard in the afternoon outside. It was so nice to be in the warm weather finally!

I had an iced capp from Tim's and it's amazing how it can remind me of summer in Halifax.  

We finished up our long weekend at our local social club for some fireworks.