FJ Inspirational Quote of the Day...

Perspective : "All roads lead to truth, though some will take you there a whole heck of a lot quicker than others. Be honest with yourself." - The Universe

via Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

Summer splurging...

i'm not high maintenance, i just like nice things.


i wanted to share with you some of my favourite products i've acquired this summer. not that i define myself by designer brands but i'm not going to lie . . . it is nice once in a while :) and c'mon, i spent an entire month working at Bloomingdales . . .  it was bound to happen.

( Michael Kors watch, 'rose gold' )

( Ray Ban aviators, 'silver' )

( Laura Mercier face polish, use in AM 3 times/wk )

( Rachel Roy wedges, 'makena' )

( Lush Honey Trap, lip balm *THE BEST* )

( Tory Burch flip flop, 'lipstick pink spring' )

( Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess, shimmer body lotion )

( Shiseido lipstick, BE109 *best nude lip* )

i hope everyone is having a fun, relaxing summer! enjoy it while it lasts . . . XO.

FJ Inspirational Quote of the Day...

Attitude : "Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive." - Elbert Hubbard

via TinyBuddha

Home and here to stay!

now appearing in lower-case!

i love thunder. i can hear it faintly right now... as i type these words. i also love all lower-case.  i'm switching to all lower-case for fussyjussy's return to her blog. and apparently referring to myself in third person. how clever. not really, i'll just stick with the lower-case and leave the third person for another day. it has been officially one month since i last posted. for anyone still reading my blog . . . i am SO sorry. however, i do have one fantastic excuse - um, moving across the country. i have arrived safely into the arms of my mother country - Canada. she took me back with open arms and said "here little Canadian girl, have some Tim Hortons coffee... and maybe a little sour-cream glazed Timbit..." and i did, oh yes . . . i did. i was greeted by a magnificent lightning storm my first night back and was privileged enough to fall asleep listening to the rain and thunder. what a welcome home gift! 

my favourite part about getting off the plane (the joyous plane ride where i had to nurse Jimmy The Babe the entire 4 hours so that people wouldn't think i was an awful dog owner whose dog would cry out sounds of torture because he was in a crate) anyway, as i was saying, my favourite part about arriving at YYZ (why is this Toronto's code for our airport? why does LA get something cool like LAX and we get YYZ? we should at least have TOX or TOR or even TAX... yes, that one makes sense) again, my favourite part about arriving home was walking out of secondary-inspection and seeing the handsome devil i married. i always tear up. i must say i've had the best first week back ever. spending time with family and friends, in backyards eating meat i haven't eaten in years, drinking wine, watching my brother and husband attempt full front flips on nothing but the cushion of Mother Earth herself, catching up with my favourite french-Canadian skateboarder-turned-Rastafarian-turned-entrepreneur who has an eye-opening, awe-inspiring vibrant life company that you should absolutely check out here, and on top of that, knowing that i have the rest of my life to spend with the people most important to me in a country i now have a new found appreciation for. oh Canada!

i'm starting a new chapter in this life and i am making a determination to be more attentive to my long lost blog that i think could be really great one day. i want it to be filled with deepness, inspiration for you on your personal journey of (as my french-Canadian calls it... which i love and fully agree with) self-discovery. life is about discovering yourself at your core and living to the fullest of your potential and greatness. a special person will hopefully be doing that today as he goes on his first official audition, my brother and soon to be the next Leo Dicaprio, Jake Manley. until next time folks . . . from one enigma to another . . . never try to define the undefinable.

tata! xo.