JUST A LITTLE UPDATE

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WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? Saturday marked my first month living in Toronto (well 5 weeks if you count the holiday beforehand). All in all I have been away from Scotland for 2 months now and I can't quite believe it! I am sitting here writing this post as I am trying to procrastinate away my time rather than getting on with my first assignment. Hopefully getting out everything that is in my mind will free some motivational space for getting on with it...writing a 3 page report on a Mistral Fan does not scream EXCITING to me!

the view from my bedroom window

'Downtown'

Now where can I start? Classes began 3 weeks ago now and I cannot believe that it's getting to the stage where assignments are due! I am thoroughly enjoying the modules I picked (which will come in more detail in another post). Some of them I have already done back home but it is actually so refreshing to get a new perspective on things. Teaching is slightly different over here but I seem to be getting into the swing of things. The lecturers really are experts in their fields and have taught me a lot about how to focus on my academic life as well as my career, even to the point that I may have changed the angle that I want to proceed into. One day I WILL own my vintage business which will be located on a hippy bus so that I can travel the world at the same time BUT until I have worked and saved up that money I feel that the path I want to take is down the route of fashion history and trend forecasting. This angle seems to incorporate everything I love from researching fashion history to photographing street style and predicting what the future has in stall for fashion (aka trend forecasting). After learning about WGSN I have fallen in love with the company and hopefully one day I will be able to say that I work for them (fingers crossed!)

Socially, I have met some lovely people so far who I think will be friends for life. Nina, my roommate is Austrian and I just love her to bits, she's taught me all the words I need to know for coming to Austria (to explicit to share) and some epic new dance moves to come back to Scotland with (friends you have been warned)! Julia, Stefanie, Markus, Niko and Henrietta have also been great friends recently and I can't wait to get to know them a bit better over the next few months. A couple of us enjoyed a trip to Washington DC last weekend which was AMAZING! We went with TNT Tours and I could not recommend them enough (stay tuned for a more in depth post).

Julia, Nina, Stefanie, Markus & Me in Washington DC

drinking Canadian style with our red cups but we partied like the Austrian/Scots don't worry!

So far I have been to see the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team play at the Rogers Arena which wasn't too exciting but none the less a free night out during 'Orientation Week'. I have explored the vintage and independent boutiques of Queen Street West - I literally do not know how I am going to go back to not having this street to shop on! I had the best night of my life at the Maple Leafs hockey game, who knew a game could get so intense? And I have enjoyed nights out with new friends and some good girly gossiping. I can't wait for a girly sleepover on Friday night. - I'm sure most of these experiences will make it into a post of there own at some point.

GO MAPLE LEAFS! (at the Air Canada Center)

In the coming weeks I have so much coursework to get through it is unreal but as I have been reminded by my mum, that I am "here to study" I suppose I should get on with working towards them! I sometimes forget that this is the reason I am actually here but maybe that is a good thing and shows that I have settled in? In saying that having some cocktails or wine usually helps the thought of coursework! 

I have so much to look forward to in the next 2 months such as; a trip to Ottawa and Montreal, Halloween and a night time trip to Canada's Wonderland where they set up scare walks and you can go on the rides (and we're obviously dressing up) AND I am hoping to go to Algonquin Park and explore even more of Toronto and the surrounding area.

Soooo, that was a bit of a long post but it's nice to update everyone. Stay tuned for some more in depth posts with an abundance of photos over the next week or so and you can now subscribe by email. All you have to do is pop in your email address and your good to go. I'll leave you all with a picture I captured on a night out of Toronto by night. 

Love Sally xxx