A Year in Review (and some Blogger Resolutions)

New Years Eve Day along the side of the highway to Ottawa
Coat: Dear Creatures via ModCloth
tights: HUE
shoes: Thrifted
Glasses: Brooks Brothers
Scarf: H&M

True to tradition, I'm doing this post a week behind all the other fashion blogger ladies, but here is my "2009-a-year-in-review" blogpost, a few days late, but better late than never!
I think I'll devote this review-and-resolutions-post mostly to my blogging year, since my personal year was mediocre at best. As far as this blog is concerned though, the past 12 months have taken me all kinds of places I never thought I'd go (both literally and figuratively)!
Honestly, this blog has introduced me to some of the friendliest most positive people I've ever encountered, and meeting a select few of them in person this Summer only solidified the friendships I've made online and made me all the more attached to this wonderful little world we've all created.

From Top Left to Bottom Right:
1. My newest friend and obsession Hank, the Ukulele; 2. Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville, TN had to be one of the prettiest spots to take blog photos that I've ever been!; 3. Mike and I have never taken much time to explore Montreal, but my blog lead us to different places we read about for blog taking photos and in the process we fell in love with certain areas, in this case Old Montreal. ; 4. This is from the Fall when I went through a phase where I only wore white dresses with black tights. I'm still working on getting out of that phase....it's just so easy!; 5. Last Spring, Mike and I visited the Felix House where his step dad raised his two boys. Unfortunately it became a historical home and was taken over by the local government and Mike's family wasn't allowed to live there anymore, but it was the prettiest place to sneak around taking pictures at!; 6. Another favourite spot I discovered because of wanting blog photos was Angringon Park, I already know once the weather gets warmer that I'll be spending lots of time there.

So since my year was consumed with massive amounts of school work and job hunts and moving twice and falling outs with sort-of-friends, I'd like to dedicate my New Years post to all of you who really are the some of the most positive influences in my life! So here are some pictures of my favourite blogging moments from these past 12 months.

BLOGGER MEETUPS!

From Top Left to Bottom Right
1. Rhiannon from LiebeMarlene in Atlanta, GA; 2. Lauren from Blooming Leopold in Nashville, TN; 3. Aya from Strawberry Koi in Chicago, IL; 4. Quincy from Q's Daydream in Baltimore, MD

My meetups this Summer were the highlight of my year by far. I was equally nervous every time I showed up to the meeting points, but each and every one of the girls I met was as unique and wonderful and quirky and fun as they come across to be in their blogs and they put me right at ease every time! It's such a strange feeling to be meeting someone you feel like you're friends with already, but you've never heard their voice, or how seen their mannerisms...it definitely made me appreciate these new friends of mine as more than just faces on a screen! And to be honest I think meeting such creative spirits sort of got me motivated to work on my blog and I can honestly say it's grown in leaps and bounds since the Summer!

So on that note, I'd like to welcome the new year with open arms and share with you a few online resolutions I've made for the brand new decade we're entering! I can only hope this year will bring even more wonderful new friendships, and strengthen others!

MY 2010 NEW YEARS BLOGGER RESOLUTIONS

• Post weekly items to my Etsy Shop
• Read up on and visit lots of historical spots within driving distance (and remember to take blog photos!)
  
• Come up with original topics to write about both here and for my monthly WORN contribution.
• Meet even more blogger girls!
• Try to stay up to date in responding to all your wonderful comments!