Flashback Friday!

Back in August (9 months ago now!!!) I landed in Toronto to start a brand new adventure in Oakville. With a little over 20 days to go until our Corporate Communications course is finished, and I head back home to Saskatoon, I thought I would share my first impressions of those first couple of days.

My cousin picked me up from the airport and we out for supper at a place near his house...somewhere between Little Italy and Little Korea if I remember right. It was just a little bistro but the food was fantastic! The next day, he dropped me off at Union Station and I had to figure out how to get to Oakville for Sheridan's Orientation! That was an experience!!! Luckily this really nice girl saw me looking confused and helped me out. She was going on the same train so we got to talking and she took the Corporate Communications course at Humber the year before, so it was really cool talking to her.

Fast forward back to Toronto where my cousin and his girlfriend left to go "the cottage" and left me to explore on my own with my friend Meghan from Kingston. I remember feeling really overwhelmed (I still kind of do!) with all these buildings and skyscrapers looming over me!




Then it was time to make the move to Oakville. My cousin and his girlfriend drove me, my two suitcases, and 2 boxes to Sheridan. I remember thinking it was really weird that there were no grocery stores open on Labour Day (there would be in Saskatoon) so my cousin took to the Rabba across the street to get some things until I could get to a real grocery store!


Enter Ashleigh, my roommate!
Honestly, I'm not sure if I could have done all this without such an easy going roommate. I had never lived with anyone other than my family before, and the first time I went grocery shopping was so overwhelming! But she waited it out and was really patient with me....especially since she is WAY neater than me!!!

This is us, discovering downtown Oakville and the waterfront together!

Kids were building inukshuks along the waterfront.

Some tasty treats from The Black Forest Bakery, one of my favourite stops!

More waterfront, the Bronte part, I believe!

Ash is also the one who first took me to Pusateri's! A Carmel Latte and a chocolate crossiant is a decadent, delicious treat! When my friends from Saskatoon came to visit me in October, I took them here too!

Truth be told, I'm going to miss my "roomie". We've had some great nights where we've stayed up chatting and drinking wine. There's been some marathon walks, (she's hard to keep up with!) watching karoke on Sundays at Monaghan's, discovering new food places (Whole Foods - ohmygoodness! and the Oakville Monastery Bakery - wowzers!) and lots and lots of laughs! Thanks for it all Ash! =)