Tea of the Week-Sleigh Ride

I've decided to start a new weekly blog post segment. Tea of the week! Every week I will feature one of my favourite teas and tell you a little bit about it. I love tea. Something about it is so comforting. I have actually been wanting to do this for a while, so I hope you guys like it!

This weeks tea is part of David's Tea's Holiday Collection. It's a herbal tea called Sleigh Ride and has apple, hibiscus blossoms, candied pineapple, candied papaya, beetroot pieces, cinnamon stick pieces, raisins, coconut, roasted almonds, and popped rice. You can find it here.

This tea kind of tastes like apple cider, which I love! Unfortunately I'm almost out of this tea, so I may have to go buy more, but I definitely would buy it again!

Stress

This week is finals week for me. And I am quite stressed. I have four exams, and they all happen at night (7-9pm) and occur today, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. I'm so looking forward for this week to be over. As I was looking over my geography notes for tonights exam I found myself getting more and more stressed. I knew it was time to take a break. I made some tea, had some lunch, went for a walk, watched this Monday's Blimeycow video (which was amazing, I might add) and now I'm blogging. I think it's good to take breaks. It keeps you sane and helps you focus. For me this is a constant struggle. Lately I'm finding that I get extremely stressed over the littlest things. I'm trying to figure out a solution and what is causing the problem in the first place, but for now I've decided to make a conscious decision to take breaks, eat well, and get enough sleep. I think it's a good choice.

What do you do to de-stress? 

A Year Of Dates-November

November's date is the first of our year of dates that I gave Andrew for our three year anniversary. This date was simple, a coffee date at a new coffee shop...

Let's try out the Robin's Nest in Elmira! 

Inside the envelope you will find a gift card. 

Let's be adventurous! 

And super hipster.

I'm excited to try something new with you!

Love, Sarah

The Robins Nest is Elmira's one very hipster coffee shop that I think is pretty cute. We drove over there after dinner one Friday and ordered our drinks. Andrew got apple cider, I got a London Fog, which is like a tea latte. They were both very good. Andrew tried a sip of mine, it wasn't his "cup of tea" :P 

It was a lot of fun, and we have been really busy lately with school and weekend activities so it was nice to have a more low key date this month.

Want to read more?

A Year Of Dates:
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

A Year Of Dates!

Yes, you read the title correctly. This year for Andrew and my three year anniversary I made him a year of dates! The package contained 12 envelopes, one for every month of the year, starting with November! Each envelope has a pre-planned and pre-paid-for date inside. At the begining of each month Andrew will open the envelope and we will decided when to have our date!

I will be sharing stories about the dates we go on with you guys as this next year passes. I am super excited about all of this.

Here are the Dates:

November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September

Camp Banquet

Andrew and I recently went to a banquet celebrating the 60th anniversary of our camp! It was a super fun time and I would like to share some of the pictures we took before hand with you guys!

I absolutely love how they turned out!

Being Engaged

As you guys probably already know I recently got engaged! This is a super exciting time in my life and I thought I would share with you guys some of the things I have noticed.

I feel so much different from when we were just dating

But at the same time, I don't feel different at all. It's a weird feeling.

I am abnormally attached to my ring

It was actually so difficult for me to give my ring to a jeweler to get it resized. Those four days were much more emotional than I am proud of. I was actually so worried that my ring would be the one they would lose or accidentally switch with someone elses! How crazy and irrational is that?

I keep forgetting that Andrew is now my fiance, not my boyfriend

I'm getting better at this. I've just been calling him my boyfriend for so long that it's difficult to make the switch.

I have wedding brain

I am pretty much constantly thinking about weddings. I find myself day-dreaming in lectures, while driving and while I'm working on assignments. Basically, I have my head in the clouds... All the time.

AND

I'm loving it!

Life Update/Current Favourites

Hey Everyone! Life has been crazy for me these past few weeks. I'm having a great time but I've really been neglecting my blog, which is unfortunate. I thought I would share with you some of the things that have been going on recently and some of my current favourites!

Midterms

I've had several midterms and tests these past few weeks. Tomorrow is my last one and I'm so excited for this phase of the semester to be over. Other than that this semester is going very well. I am doing a lot better at managing my stress and I've made more friends in my program!

Wedding Planning

Oh yes, I've started planning. I'm so excited. But at the same time I find myself over stressing when I think of how much there is to do! Overall though I am one happy engaged lady.

Current Favourites

My Ring

Birthday Cake Tea from Davids Tea

Devotions for Real Life by Melody Carlson

My Brother's Football Games

Wedding Magazines

What are your current favourites?