Hey Wanderers!
Now that the holiday season is over, I’m totally exhausted, full on cake and would love nothing more than to go pass out but for today’s post, I wanted to share with you guys what I did for my birthday!
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Celebrating My 22nd Birthday!
Having a birthday during a Canadian winter can reeeally pose a challenge when it comes to trying to plan something fun and different and to tell you the truth, I can’t remember the last time I had decent weather on my birthday. But, being Canadian…you learn that if you dropped everything every-time the weather was crap, you’d be resigning yourself to live as a hermit. Today happened to be day 1 of a massive blizzard storm rolling into Montreal.
My boyfriend, Robert, had been planning for months to take me for archery lessons because when he asked what I wanted this year, I admitted there wasn’t much I needed – howeveer, archery has been something I’ve wanted to try since I was 10.
Robert found this great little place called Sports Des Combats and booked us a beginner lesson for an affordable price and the instructor we had was so nice! He did a great job of showing us the ropes and explaining how to fix our errors without hovering. We had the lane to ourselves for the most part while he shot his own spiffy looking bow next to us in case we had questions. He had super intimidating skills – but it was also encouraging because I totally want to get there one day!! The instructor even gave us an entire extra hour for free since they happened to not be busy today. Maaaybe braving the storm like crazy people worked in our favor in that case xD
We’re really eager to go back and probably sign up for a membership – maybe make it something we do once a week or every other week! It was such a fun experience, I can’t even tell you!! I like to think I did pretty good for my first time – and I’m even looking into getting my own bow so I can really throw myself into this sport! It was so frustrating / so hilarious at one point because our instructor blew up small balloons and pinned them to our bullseyes to help us practice our accuracy. I got like 4 bullseyes in a row which was great, but kept getting ‘thiiis’ close to the balloon without actually popping it xD
Sports Des Combats has some other actives too like nerf war, knife/axe throwing and a couple other interesting things so it would be fun try one of those!
And overall, that was my birthday celebration!!
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While the day might of had a rocky start thanks to the weather, today turned out to be such an awesome day!! I seriously can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’m officially 22 – it feels unreal. I’m so excited to see what the next years have in store – bring it on 2018, I’m ready!
Be ready for a book haul and a What I Got For My Birthday coming up soon! My girl friends are taking me out for Korean food on Sunday so by Monday I’ll be able to get that up 😀
What are your plans for the weekend? And has your weather been as crazy as mine? Let me know in the comments down below!! Happy weekend <3
-Mel xx
Happy birthday! That looks so fun! I haven’t done archery in a long time, but it’s something I’ve been wanting to try out again.
So cool that you’ve tried it before though! Thanks 😀
Happy birthday Melissa! Rough weather or not, you seem to have turned your birthday into an extra special day. Well done xx
It really was – thank you! 🙂
Happy birthday Mel! That sounds like such a fun way to celebrate your birthday! I’ve always been keen to try archery, but I feel like I would mess up, and wouldn’t be able to shoot the arrow very far XD
Knife or axe throwing also sounds pretty damn fun 😀
I was worried about that tooo but it ended up being easier than I thought! The hardest part is definitely making the arrow go where you want xD Thanks so much!
Happy birthday Melissa!!! I remember being 22 and I feel the next 5 years you will love! I know I did! Stay warm!
It’s exciting! 🙂 I will, thanks a lot!
Happy birthday Melissa!!! It looks like you’ve had such a fun day and that cake looks amazing! I wish you all the best and I hope you’re experiencing a lot of joy and happiness this year! <3
Aww thank you Jackie!!
Happy birthday! Looks like you had a fab time x
Such a fun time! Thanks 🙂
Happy birthday! 🎉😊
Thank you 😀
Happy birthday 😘
Thanks!!
We also only end festivities on January 5th in my family – it’s my little cousin’s birthday! I can relate to being full of cake xD It seems you had an awesome day! That place looks so cool! Happy belated birthday <3
Aww hope they had a good birthday!! xD It was really cool! Thanks a lot!
Happy Birthday, Melissa! The archery looks so fun! What a unique thing to do for your birthday!
It was a lot of fun! Thank you 🙂
Happy Birthday!
Thanks! 😄
Ahh, Happy Birthday!! It sounds like you had a great time- and that archery sounds so fun! It’s something I have wanted to do for a while too, but the one where you are sounds epic 🙂
Totally try it out! 😀 thanks a lot!
Happy birthday!!! I always wanted to try archery too so I actually got a bow, some arrows, and a cube foam target and set up a makeshift range in the basement. 😂 It’s so fun!!!
Whaaa!!?? That is so cool! I’ve been looking into getting my own bow but not entirely sure where to start xD that is so cool! Thanks!!
Happy birthday!! 22 is such a weird year because your just kinda waiting until your thirty haha! but i hope you had the most wonderful day 💕
Hehe kinda like being 16-19, you just want to be 20 xD thanks!
HAAAAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MELISSA!!!
I am so glad you had a wonderful birthday and I think it’s amazing that you got to try your hand at archery. I used to do that with my grandpa and I loved it so much (but we weren’t in an official center, we just tried it with his own bow and arrow on private woodland of some neighbors/friends).
That is so cool though!! I’m eager to try it with a bow I actually own next!! 😀 Thanks a ton Kat!
Happy Birthday! All the best for 2018 & Beyond ! 🎉
Thanks 😄
Happy (belated) birthday! That’s great that you didn’t let the weather hermitize you! Archery is definitely 1) fun and 2) hard. When Lord of the Rings hit theaters, I wanted nothing more than to learn to be a master archer. That desire has calmed down a bit, but I still have fun with it. 🙂
Thanks! It’s funny how much tv/books/shows inspire us to try new things!
Very true!
A very happy belated birthday hun ❤️
Thank youu 🙂 <3