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I was warned against all cleanses, but I thought this one would not be as bad because it you aren't starving yourself and was recommended by a naturopath. So, after the Christmas holidays I wanted to reset my body with the Wild Rose Herbal D-Tox Created by  a doctor from Calgary (thus the wild rose name), the program consists of take a bunch of  pills twice a day and these horrible tasting drops. For $45 you can grab this at basically any health food store, I got mine at Noah's. It is fairly easy and you are allowed to eat quite a bit. I may have found this easier than most because I eat a pretty plant based diet. I found a few good recipes on Pinterset that are wild rose approved. The first few days I spent some quality time with the bathroom, but after that I became fairly regular. Overall, I felt great during and after. Cravings weren't too too bad. There were a couple days my fellow detoxer had to slap my hand away from the chocolate.

I never win anything, so I was super stoked when the organization Downtown Calgary tweeted me to say I had won tickets to a charity event to raise money for Calgary Womens Foundation.  That charity event was Styling Your Life with special guest Clinton Kelly from TLC's What Not To Wear. I had grown up watching this show and at the risk of sound cliche, seriously have taken some life long lessons from it. I won't go over in detail what he talked about, because there are a few blogs that have already done that. Basically he reiterated the themes you see in What Not To Wear: Be the best version of yourself and make an investment in yourself. What I will talk about it how excited I am that Calgary is really trying to become a cultured, and in turn fashionable destination. While some nailed it on Saturday, others were meh and made me less self conscious about my outfit (I know I am terrible for comparing myself).  Our amateur status has definitely...