So the other day I mentioned that my life was the same ‘ole thing a lot. While this is true, there are still lots of things I love about my day-to-day life. While I love having trips and big events to work towards and look forward to I also think it’s important to love EVERY day life.

Tying in with a Friday Favourites post here are a few of the small things that make me happy on a daily basis!

<3 Coffee! I love coffee. I love the smell when I’m grinding the beans in the morning, the smell when it’s brewing, the lovely light brown colour it turns when I add cream, the feeling I get when I close my eyes and take a little sniff before having my first sip, the heat of it going down my throat and into my belly. Yes, I clearly have a bit of a love affair with coffee

<3 The Pets! I know I gush about them a lot on the blog and you guys are probably going to start thinking I’m a crazy animal lady but our pets really do bring me so much day-to-day joy. I laugh out loud within 15 – 20 minutes of getting out of bed almost every morning because of some crazy antic they are getting up to with one another!

<3 My Short Commute! I am so glad I live in a smaller city where my commute to work is only about 10 minutes of driving time. Last night there was an accident and it took me almost 40 minutes to get home (gasp) and I was going crazy! I don’t know what I would do if I had a long commute.

<3 Walks with Chloe! Even though some days I really don’t want to I always get out with Chloe for 30 – 60 minutes for a walk or game of fetch right after work. The trails by our house are beautiful and usually within a few minutes of starting our walk I feel relaxed. It’s nice to get some fresh air and movement right when I get home from work and Chloe LOVES it.

<3 Running & Yoga! I guess I obviously wouldn’t spend so much time doing something I don’t like! I adore my weekly runs and yoga classes and always look forward to them. I feel the most relaxed after a yoga class and the most happy after a hard run. My perfect day starts with a run and ends with a yoga class!

<3 Yoga Pants! Even though my work clothes will feel fine all day the second I walk through my door I have to get them off immediately because they suddenly feel unbearable. I love pulling on a comfy pair of yoga pants and a hoodie when I come home in the evenings!

<3 My Life Planner! I love scheduling out my weeks in my life planner. It’s so colourful and fun that even looking at the super busy weeks makes me feel happy. It’s also helped me be about 100 X more organized!

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What kinds of day-to-day things make you happy?

I really do not have that much content lately. My life is the same ‘ole thing every day. Wake-up, get ready for work, work all day (occasionally meet various friends for lunch or coffee in there), come home and walk Chloe or take her to the park to play fetch, make dinner, go to running or yoga, come home and eat dinner, watch TV or read, bed.

Sleep, rinse, repeat.

I have a few posts rolling around in my head about running and training. but I need to spend some dedicated time on my computer to write them. Hopefully this Saturday morning this will get done!

In the meantime, I’m still regularly taking many, many pictures on my iPhone using instagram so I thought I’d share a few more that I’ve collected over the last couple weeks! Photos are always fun to look at and a photo is worth 1,000 words, right? Right?

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Webster has just recently started really camping out in this little house he’s had for over a year. I find it painfully cute and also hilarious when he reaches a little paw out to whack Chloe as she walks by!

I’m in love with my new, super colourful, scarf that I bought off etsy a couple weeks ago! It really brightens up some of my more “boring” outfits!

My new favourite picture of Eric and I. Taken while snowboarding this past weekend!

Here’s Chloe trying to intrude on my bath the other night. She kept sticking her head in the door and then whining when I told her to get out! Lol

I try to make coffee at home as much as possible but I do end up going to Tim Hortons about once a week. Mostly because it’s cheaper and on my way to work. I always get an XL coffee with two cream. Well I went the other day and apparently there XL coffees have practically doubled in size! I took a picture of it next to my 1L water bottle so you could get an idea of how huge this coffee is. Wish they’d told me  before I ordered so I could have got a L! I was definitely a little jittery from the extra caffeine that day.

A fun package the BMO Vancouver Marathon sent me for being a Run Van Blogger. A new running hat, gloves, t-shirt and keychain! Plus some rack cards that I dropped off at the yoga studio. If you’re interested in running the BMO Vancouver Marathon sign up quick, I saw on Twitter they only have about 100 spots left!

And last but not least, the gorgeous flowers Eric sent me at work yesterday for Valentines Day. They also had a really sweet card that made me tear up a little. What a great hubby-to-be

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Do you use your phone to take lots of photos? If so, what kinds of pictures do you have on your phone as of late?

My last OOTD (outfit of the day) post was pretty popular so I’ve been compiling photos again over the last couple weeks to do another one! Enjoy

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Another semi-casual Friday outfit with jeans! I love that top I’m wearing under my cardigan. When I was in university and frequented the bars regularly I would wear it all. the. time.

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Shirt: Ricki’s. Jeans: Warehouse One. Cardigan: Walmart.

The only super professional outfit I own. I actually don’t own a single full business suit but I think this two piece one works nicely for when I need to be dressy or more professional than normal. No head in this shot since I took it outside of instagram and then when I instagrammed it I had to cut my head out to get the whole outfit in there! That blazer was also one of the most expensive pieces of clothing I own ($100 for just the blazer!) but I think it’s one of those classic pieces that I’ll have forever so I guess it was a good investment!

Blouse: Walmart. Blazer: Zara. Slacks: Ricki’s. Boots (that you can’t really see): Walmart.

My first day back to work after being sick a couple weeks ago was ALL about comfort. Hence, leggings as pants were on deck. I did wear a shirt that covered my butt, don’t worry

Top: Ricki’s. Leggings: Lululemon wunder unders. Boots: Steve Madden.

This outfit was inspired by this outfit that I pinned on Pinterest! At first I didn’t like it as much but now looking at this photo again I am pretty happy how it turned out.

Blouse: Joe Fresh. Top: can’t remember! Slacks: Ricki’s. Boots: Steve Madden. Necklace: Stella & Dot.

Really not a fan of this outfit. I found it way too dark. I love that turtleneck top that I have but I wish it was a brighter colour since all my pants are dark and I hate wearing dark clothes head to toe. You can also really tell how DIRTY my mirror is in this photo. Ha! Please ignore that

Top: Target. Slacks: Ricki’s. Boots: Steve Madden. Necklace: Stella & Dot.

My favourite sweater dress and my favourite boots. LOVE this outfit. I had put off wearing this sweater dress and boots together for weeks since I didn’t think the colours would go together at all but I tried them on last Friday and LOVE how it looks. I think this will be a new go-to outfit for me.

Dress: Calvin Klein (from Winners). Tights: London Drugs. Boots: Steve Madden.

And of course I’ve saved the best for last. I mean, obviously this is by far my most stylish outfit from the last few weeks…

Ha. I threw this on when I came home from my run last Wednesday night and then realized how ridiculous I looked. I was EXTREMELY comfortable though

Thoughts: OK, this post has showed me I need to branch out from my beloved Steve Madden boots and wear some other boots or shoes more often. I currently wear my Steve Madden boots three or four times a week. I also desperately need more flattering sweater dresses as the sweater dress + boots combo is by far my favourite outfit but I spent WEEKS looking for a sweater dress that fit me that well!

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Questions of the day: What’s your favourite outfit from the past couple of weeks? Anyone else where totally random, and bright coloured, outfits when at home?