I hope everyone had a good weekend. I worked on Saturday but then on Sunday, the boys and I headed to see Thomas in Squamish. Will post pictures tomorrow.

My husband told me that I should put a disclaimer under my outfit posts stating “if weather permits”. I had high hopes of wearing my black and white striped shorts on Friday but the weather had very different ideas. It rained all morning. Hence the reason for indoor pictures. So instead I went for the old stand-by: boyfriend jeans and my Tippi Sweater. I decided to bring a little juxtaposition to my outfit by adding a feminine pearl necklace to my masculine boyfriend jeans.

Sweater (J Crew). Jeans (Gap). Necklace & Purse (J Crew). Flats (Aldo). Arm Candy (Stella & Dot). Watch (Michael Kors).

This is what I am wearing today: my navy and white striped dress, belted it with my green cardigan. It’s one of my favorite ways to wear this dress.

Dress & Cardigan (H & M). Leggings (Jacob). Flats (Aldo). Necklace (Stella & Dot). Watch (Michael Kors). Purse (Fossil c/o The Bay). Bracelet (The Bay).

I am really excited to introduce a fabulous company called Dots & Dashes. This local business was started by Claire Lawrence, a fellow Nurse, and mother to 4 boys. The idea behind Dots & Dashes is to protect pedestrians and cyclists from getting hit; to make them visible. On average in British Columbia, 3,800 pedestrians and cyclists are hit and injured each year. 70 people will die from their injuries. (ICBC, Quick Statistics, April 2012). I know that this past Winter it seemed like every day the news was reporting another pedestrian getting hit. I have to say though that the owness is on both the driver and the pedestrian. This past Winter, my husband was driving in the pouring and we almost hit a pedestrian because they stepped off the curb without looking to see if there were any cars coming. Thankfully we spotted them in time, but they didn’t have any reflective gear on them.

Claire kindly sent over a starter package. It comes with instructions and reflectors of all sizes.

She asked me to get creative as to where to put them. For starters, I decided to put them on my son’s rain coat, my make up bag and our umbrella. The reason for my make up bag, is that we are going camping this Summer and I want to be able to find it quickly as it seconds as an emergency medical bag.

My son’s raincoat

My umbrella

My make up bag

Applying the reflectors was as easy as peeling the stickers off the back and sticking it on the objects I wanted to reflect. My son usually doesn’t go out at night wearing his rain coat, but I wanted to see how well it worked and stuck to his coat. It worked perfectly and we shined a light on the reflector and it worked like a charm.

Dots & Dashes have kits that start from $5.00 and go all the way up to $250 (this has 24 kits in it and is used for fundraisers). So if you have children or even walk a lot in the cold dark rain, or cycle, this is perfect for you. If you’re a teacher at a school, this would make a great fundraiser for your school or classroom.

You can contact Claire at 604-551-7799, or on Facebook at Dots and Dashes.

Claire has been kind enough to giveaway 5 Dots and Dashes starter kits to Vodka Infused Lemonade readers. Unfortunately this is only open to Canadian Residents. Please follow the Rafflecopter instructions below. Good luck.
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May this blog inspire you to check out Dots and Dashes and to purchase some reflectors to help yourself and your family be more visible at night and in the rain.

Happy Monday Everyone!!!!