kreature of the night

When love is not madness it is not love.

On Friday Cyrus and I spontaneously decided to hop on the boat to Vancouver. I was still feeling quite sick but we hadn't gone since my 23rd birthday in September and were both feeling the need to escape this city. We left on the 7pm boat and returned the next day on the 7pm boat. 24 hour vacation. On Saturday morning we went to Sophie's Diner with Cyrus' amazing momma, Catherine. The whole place is full of kitschy nicknacks and bright colours- I feel at home here. The majority (8) of the photos are from Sophie's and we even came out on top with a bottle of their in house hot sauce for only $6! If you live in Vancouver and you enjoy or collect hot sauce's like we do, I'd suggest picking yourself up a bottle. 

I was touching his face to make him do a genuine happy smile and Catherine caught this photo in the process. I think its pretty cute- we hardly ever have photos taken together and certainly aren't that couple who sits on the couch and takes photos posing together. I do love him more then words can say which appears to be quite apparent by the huge smile on my face. 

♡

I will quickly mention here that I do not own a scale nor do I wish to have one in my house because as a woman I feel like I might become obsessed with the numbers it shows me. I don't want to live by the scale I want to live by how I feel each day and by being as healthy as I can without denying myself the tasty pleasures of life. I'm going to admit that I got exceptionally heavy (for me) a couple of years ago. I had no purpose and no love and was horribly unhappy. My boyfriends mom at the time had a scale and I, no word of a lie, weighed 173 pounds. At that point I decided that I needed to make a life change. I applied myself by just cutting down on portions and not eating unhealthy snacks. I am happy to say that since then I have lost a healthy 34 pounds. I am now 139 pounds and standing at 5'9 I feel much better about myself. I haven't been under 140 since I was fifteen years old.

This is Leo. He is the biggest, cutest, fluffiest, softest and nicest kitty cat. Enough said. 

Back when I used to help manage Retro Rock Vintage in Vancouver I would frequent the Wildlife Thrift Shop downtown. Most of the time is was a flop but on occasion it delivered, like this trip for example. I found these amazing cork and suede sandal platforms from the 70's!! If they fit me I would keep them all to myself but I figured they'd make a great addition to my Etsy shop. They are available here. 

I had a great trip aside from being sick and it was great to spend some alone time with Cyrus. I'm also very fond of his mother and brothers so I was pleased that I got to have a visit with them. I love family. 

Kali