the ways I miss Canada......

coming up to one year overseas and eight months since I was last in Canada and I'm pining away for many-a-thing. Some material, some people and some scenery.

1. the one time i love ontario is the fall. i could definitely leave all the other seasons but the gatineaus in the fall are stunning. i miss red, orange and yellow.
2. the mountains of bc. need I say more.
3. sun. it's been grey since I returned from Switzerland. Even four days of grey (but no rain) and no change gets me down.
4. joe fresh. club monaco. banana republic sales and affordable matt and nat. paying £100 for a $100 bag is not the right decision. (see below for coveted bag and coveted joe fresh outfit)
5. family and friends. ones that have known me for years. not just months. it is good here, it's just not the network that you build up after living in a place for years. and i had no school to immediately introduce to tons of people my age from all backgrounds. i miss that.
6. hershey chocolate sauce. don't ask - it's like my canadian peanut butter.
7. access to lululemon and other sports/hiking attire at my fingertips
8. a house perfectly decorated and feels like a home. I hate not having things on a wall. it's so bland and empty. and I desperately miss colour. and affordable rent.
9. going outside in baggy jeans and a tee and apparently being well dressed.
10. a relatively absent class system. don't knock canada till you've come here.... i've never met judgers that really go above and beyond any reasonable thought.