When in Canada: West Edmonton Mall.

All right, so it's taken me a few weeks to sit down and write this post. In that time, my hubs and I switched hotels, and I've switched jobs.

So, without further ado and excuses, here is a collection of photos from West Edmonton Mall, North America's largest mall. Enjoy!

 John, trying to read our fashionable map.

 Arrr! We be shoppin', matey!

 Hands down, the fanciest cosmetics aisle in a grocery store. 

 I wanted to take this little lady bird home!

 Who knew pet products were so trendy?

 I love how Flare, Canada's fashion magazine, rips off Elle.

 Camera Flask.

 Outside Anthropologie.
Handbag: Mod Cloth. Shirt Dress: Silver. Jeans: Lucky.

 The mall was neatly landscaped, and also supported recycling.

 H&M Display.

 I loved how much natural light was in the mall!

 I like how you could see inside the entire store without having to go in. Talk about window shopping!

 You can totes tell that this side of the mall is the old section...a lot of local shops filled this wing!

 The idea of the "pin-up" was pushed in nearly every store.

 John and I didn't sport ice skates, but it was to watch others fall!

 As shown, many girls were wearing the nautical trend.

 Skeleton Dolls...is this a real thing now?

 At every turn, there was something new to see!

John and I didn't go to the water park, either, but it had many slides & a timed tidal wave!

 I loved how this window put their nail colors in the window. 

 Why look at a menu when there's a fashion map?

From Anchorage, With Love...

Hi, everyone! I deserve a slap on the hand for not keeping y'all informed with my adventures since leaving Austin, but to be honest...I haven't had too many. Well, too many that were fashionable, anyway.

Let me begin by telling you how I arrived to Anchorage:

The day after I resigned from my position at Liquidation Channel, John and I hit the road. The trip took us from the heart of Texas to the panhandle of Oklahoma, then through Colorado and up to Montana by way of Wyoming. From Montana, my home state, we passed through Alberta, where we stayed in Edmonton for two nights. 

Edmonton is home of the world's 5th largest shopping mall. It was the world's largest mall until 2004--having grown up in Montana, my family used to frequent it in the nineties. The West Edmonton Mall is still the largest in North America, and while I didn't shop at the WEM like one would expect me to, John and I did cover a lot of ground in our 8-hour visit (I smell a blog post dedicated to the WEM). 

From Edmonton, John and I made our way through British Columbia and into the Yukon Territory, and onward to our Alaskan destination of Anchorage. 

We've been in temporary housing on base for two weeks, and I am not sure when we will have a housing offer. But don't fret for me, as I am making friends and having fun, as well as applying for jobs. Wish me luck?

Actually, I don't need your luck--I saw a double rainbow on my FIRST ALASKAN HIKE EVER.

Taken on Labor Day, 2012, from Flattop Mountain Trail.

Double rainbows are lucky, right?

I digress. By the end of this week, I should have all of my photos edited. Perhaps a post will pop out from them. I wish you all a fab & fashionable weekend!

Just below the summit on Flattop Mountain.

P.S. What do ya think of the new look?!