Some Awesome WV Grads in Fashion!

I am always proud and happy to see some local girlies making it big! There are a few lovely ladies who graduated from my high school in West Vancouver that have started to break into the fashion industry!

Kym and Alexis McClay are twins who graduated a year ahead of me and moved down to Los Angeles. They just recently launched their first clothing line called Naven in Cali. Apparently, these two helped design the Lauren Conrad Collection behind the scenes! Pretty cool! They not only design their clothes, but model for them too! I love the gorgeous colours and fabrics they use in their line.

You can check out their latest collection at www.naven.net

Mellinda-Mae Harlingten is a new desinger who grew up in my little town just north on Van. She has launched her own collection MMH and has been pretty successful across Vancouver so far.

You can take a look at Mellinda's line here at www.mellinda-mae.com

Here are a couple of samples from her line at British Columbia Fashion Week:

That's Mellinda on the right.
I love this coat!

My newest tasty obsessions!

So lately I have really been trying to cut out all of the bad crap I so love to eat! I feel like it is about time I start to take better care of myself and treat my body better! I am a cheese-aholic, if that is possible! I've had La Vache Quirit cheese forever, but only recently have I discovered a recipe for low-fat alfredo sauce on www.hungrygirl.com I've modified the recipe and made a really yummy vegetarian version with Laughing Cow cheese, tomatoes, basil and garlic on top of whole wheat noodles! Yum!!

Hungry Girl also raves over these low-carb, low-calorie noodles made out of tofu. Being a tofu-lover, I am soo curious to try these, but unfortunately I can't find the stinkin things anywhere! You'd think living in Vancouver, with it's huge Asian influence, I'd be able to find the bloody things, but alas, nope. I think I am going to have to venture to downtown Vancouver and hit up some of the crazy specialty Asian markets, (the place where I found the turtle in the freezer! Ahhhh!) I also found these delicious lovelies in my freezer aisle today. Vitamuffin Deep Chocolate! I have officially died and gone to heaven with this tasty little devil! Sweet, dark chocolate, with a soft gooey inside and only 100 calories and lots of fibre!!! I can officially give up all chocolate bars for these! If you haven't tried these life-changing muffins.....do so soon! I am such a nerd, but they really are sooo yummy! :)

Some Green Purchases

So here are a few Green purchases I've made in the last few weeks:

This one was pretty minor, but I love it! There automotive/houseware store here called Canadian Tire. I had to go and pick up a few things for Cael and instead of getting a dreaded plastic bag, I bought one of these babies to add to my collection for $0.89! I am quite the collector of these reusable bags. I seem to get a new one every week! In my defence, I do give them away to people so they can stop using plastic too! I've also decided that instead of wrapping birthday gifts in piles of paper, I am going to use these! It is so easy to go out and find a really cute reusable bag and voila instant gift wrap!
I also bought a cork yoga block b/c I am so new at yoga, I need that extra boost to hit all the poses! I bought it from a company called Gaiam. They are a wonderful Earth-friendly/fitness/Green Living company! Check out their webpage here:

http://www.gaiam.com/
Finally, I jumped on the aluminium bottle bandwagon! I cannot believe I haven't bought one sooner! I never use plastic bottles anymore, but my HUGE glass Voss bottle just wasn't cutting it anymore! I resisted buying a Sigg bottle b/c here they run up to $30! I stumbled across this Gaiam bottle at a chain book store for less than $10! It was the buy of the week!

Am I crazy!?

So I posted a while ago about two new fitness obsessions of mine. I am head over heels for a yoga program called Namaste Yoga by Kate Potter and Shimmy, a belly dance program. I love the fact that both shows are filmed in HD in gorgeous settings, are challenging for me (b/c I am a totally out of shape beginner) and they are so much fun. I decided I wanted to buy both sets instead of using the episodes I downloaded on my laptop. I figure if I really like a music artist or movie, I should buy it b/c of all the hard work and time that goes into making it. There is only one distributor of these videos in North America so I had no choice but to pay $50 per season! That's over $200 in the last week spent on these 4 seasons....Is that completely crazy? Are all fitness DVD's that expensive? I hope I'm not wacko b/c they are so much fun! Lol! Namaste!

Zoom Zoom Zoom!!!

So last weekend there was a huge Hot Rod exhibition/drag race in Sechelt. On Friday night all of the awesome vintage hot rods cruised down the highway past our place, so Cael and I sat in some comfy chairs and watched all the old-timers go by!

Sunday was the drag race event where people could enter their personal vehicles and race at the Sechelt airport. This cute little bug kicked some serious butt on the track!

There was an alcohol dragster there that put on a huge smoke show! It was so loud it actually hurt in your chest when it raced!
Some awesome hot rods at the Show and Shine!

This one won a prize! Look how slammed it is!

This one was my fave! The paint was unreal when it drove by! Depending on the angle, the tricolour paint was blue, goldish and pink! It amazes me how much time, effort, and money these guys (and girls) spend on their cars! They are definitely a lifelong passion and commitment! I don't know much about cars, but these are amazing!

Shimmy?

Recently I came across Namaste Yoga on tv and fell in love. I do an episode or two a day and am lovin love it! I was surfing their website the other day when I came across a sort of "sister" show called Shimmy, a bellydancing show shot in Vancouver in the same hi-def film as Namaste. The instructors, costumes, music, and locations are absolutely gorgeous! I am downloading (shhh don't tell) Season 1 and I cannot WAIT for it to finish! I am so excited to get out there like a complete nerd and shake it! Lol!!! Of course, no one on God's green Earth will witness this until I don't look like a tool (I only seem to have rhythm after a few glasses of wine)!

Check out their website:

http://www.shimmy.tv/index.html and check out some of the videos on Youtube! They are hypnotizing! I sound totally crazy, but it is beautifully shot!