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Happy November darlings!

I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween! I've been plagued with early essay due dates this year, and unfortunately spent most of my weekend in the library. However, I did make it out to some gatherings (and the ever same Church Street Halloween night party) donning a Twitter-inspired costume.

One thing I learned this weekend: I have a newfound love for wigs. Seriously, not having to worry about doing your hair before heading out is awesome. All night it looks perfect and I didn't have to use one once of hairspray. I'm having a little bit of withdraw today from my little blue bob...

What did you go as for Halloween? I would love to hear/see costumes! Tweet a picture to me at @PortiaLoretta...I'll post my favourites here.

Hope you enjoy the Day of the Dead, and you're still living on okay. We're almost to the end of the semester, which means Christmas and New Years parties galore. I still think it's too early to bring in the Starbucks red Christmas cups (I still have American Thanksgiving to worry about!) but am looking forward to being in a Santa-themed show in December. Being home this year has also allowed me a lot of opportunities to choreograph, which I'm looking forward to!

Now for this snow business...well, maybe we'll get lucky this year and it won't come until Christmas Eve!

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Over this last week and this past weekend, my life has felt like it was in overdrive and I was running a thousand miles per hour.

After changing our topic of our television documentary (long story, will explain later) and having someone steal my phone on Monday, it's been stressful to say the least. Mix that in with dancing for a group of people you don't know (and want to impress for auditions) and one is men ally and physically exhausted.

I keep telling myself that things could be so, so, so much worse. In the grand scheme, this is all cupcakes...none of my friends or family are sick, I don't have cancer or any bad illness, I have a roof over my head and food to eat.

Breathe Portia, just breathe.

The past 24 hours have been the most calm in relation to the rest of the week and really made me reflect on what I have and have experienced lately. Maybe when we have so much good in our lives, the hit of bad is really that much harder. However, we can't control everything.

I think I have finally learned how to let go and not let things get to me. I'm at a really happy place in my life where things are together and it's a well-oiled machine of routine and challenges. True, I didn't expect (or want) someone to steal my phone, but in the grand scheme, it's just a thing. I'm happy with the important stuff - being able to dance, work on an important journalism assignment, be with my girlfriends - those are the most valuable things to value above all.

After this nightcap I'm off to sweet dreams, this whirlwind weekend ended with my team and I hanging out at Canada's Wonderland shooting background footage for our documentary. Details and sneak peeks to come!

Happy Halloween and hope you get a chance to sport a costume tomorrow!

PS are you following McClung's Magazine on Twitter yet? (Psst we also have a new Facebook page...don't worry, I'm just doing my job!)

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It's the most wonderful time of the year, Halloween! Enjoy dressing up and spending it with people you care about. It's always fun to challenge yourself to get out there and be creative - however, I am expecting lots of Lady Gaga's, William and Kate's and perhaps a Michael Jackson or two...

Hope you all have costumes and plans to celebrate hallow's eve! Take a risk and dress up as something crazy, it's the one time of year you can get away with it because guess what? We're all dressed up too.

Happy Halloween!