{ the day I received the box I snapped these photos with my iPhone as I opened it up }
When one of my closest blogger friends Sharon told me she wanted to send me something in the mail, I was intrigued and excited. Well, the package has arrived and let me tell you, girl spoiled me something good! First off, she spent $27 in shipping costs alone, isn't that wild?! Isn't that so generous?! I know! Secondly, she sent me a whole box full of goodies. Not just one or two things, a whole box full. She decorated the inside of the box with magazine models (you can see in the pic above) and wrapped everything up in her signature print: Hello Kitty. I can't believe everything she sent me. It's ridiculously generous. We've never met in person (hopefully someday we will), I've 'known' her for just under a year, but we've become great friends. She lives in Hawaii, me in Canada, it's like worlds apart, yet, I feel so lucky to have made such a great friend through this amazing place we call the blogosphere.
Sharon, thank you so much for these gifts, I love them all so much!
{ Maui cookies - they are so good }
{ Hawaiian lotion, chocolates & chips, some cute sticky notes & black ankle socks (not pictured) }
{ cute vest she sent with great crochet-like detail at the back }
{ la piece de resistance: Jeffrey Campbell sandals!!
My first pair ever! Isn't Sharon the best?! }
Now that you've drooled over the amazing Hawaiian goodies and been saying to yourself, 'Wow, Amanda is so lucky to have such a great Hawaiian friend', head over to Sharon's blog and show her some love (and tell her to get better because she's been under the weather the past couple days).
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Chelsea, the girl behind the blog Maritime Shopaholic, contacted me after she'd caught a glimpse of my shoe collection and asked if she could feature me on her blog. I was obviously very flattered and honoured, so head on over and check it out.
Jacob oxford, Smart Set one-sleeved sweater, Urban Behaviour skirt (thrifted & last seen here), unknown tights,
Aldo shoes (last seen here), Joe Fresh necklace, Bay bangle & Mexican bracelet
Can you believe I purchased this oxford and one-sleeved sweater both over eight years ago? It's true, and I'm still wearing them (rare!). I recently had this sweater taken in so it would be more fitted (something it never was and always bothered me) and I am now getting more use of it than ever before. I do tend to hold onto clothing for quite some time, but usually not this long and this is actually a combination I wore so many years ago and here we are, all together again.
Givenchy tights, Le Chateau bangle & Lia Sophia ring
It's rare for me to not incorporate colour into my outfit, but I felt like doing something monochromatic on this day and really love how it turned out (new fave personal trend? We shall see... ). I was also pretty much a poster board for Mexx on this day, which is rare as I tend to mix as much as I can. However, I just purchased this top on Boxing Day and have had this skirt for two years (as if I'm trying to say, 'It's not like I saw it on the mannequin and made it mine' - ha).
Happy 1.11.11 !
{ all the now-free hangers }
Something I dread doing is laundry. It's not the simple task of washing the clothes and hanging them to dry (I don't mind this so much, it's certainly rewarding to see all your favourite clothes clean and yes, I must hang almost everything due to my height - one small shrinkage for some could be a very large shrinkage for me), it's the daunting task of finding a place to put the clothes once they are clean. It's no secret I love to shop and have accumulated tons over the years, it's the storing of all these clothes. Currently, I use half of the walk-in closet, 9 (out of 16) drawers in our bedroom furniture, the office closet (sweaters, hoodies & jackets) and 3/4 of the spare bedroom closet (dresses). Wow, writing it out makes it seem like even more (ha).
On Saturday, I was folding massive piles of laundry, dreading the part where I'd have to find a place for it all, when I started to clean out one of my dressers. Just out of nowhere, I started to purge. I went through all those drawers and made a huge pile of stuff. I didn't stop there. I marched into our walk-in closet and went to town. I was ruthless - and it was shocking. I made two piles: donate & consign. I ended up with two massive garbage bags full of clothing (donate) and a spare bed piled with clothes (consign). - over 200 items. I literally spent all day and night purging and cleaning - exhausting but well worth the end result.
I invited a girlfriend over to paw through everything and she took 32 items and it barely made a dent. The best part? I still have closets full of clothing (that I love) and have made space. Yes, it's still full, but I can actually push hangers to the side and slide the clean clothes in without using my bicep muscles. Score.
{ spare bed full of clothes - this picture was taken after my friend took home her share }
{ more clothes & one of the two garbage bags }
{ I reorganized my drawers and pulled out the bottom one to
find missing undies and tops I thought I'd lost forever - woohoo! }
{ AFTER: walk-in closet}
{ AFTER: dress closet }
As far as organization goes, I keep like-items together and colour coordinate in my closets (I find this helps for getting dressed). In the picture of my walk-in, I have two clothing bars. On the top bar I keep sleeveless tops that are colour coordinated which run into button-downs/oxfords. On the bottom bar I put tops with sleeves and cardigans, also colour coordinated. Above the top bar is a shelf where I keep all my 'in-rotation' purses and clutches. I didn't get a chance to tidy this up so I didn't photograph it.
The dress closet is colour coordinated and for each colour and I go from sleeveless to sleeved and if there is anything with a pattern, it goes at the end of the colour block.
What you didn't see:
* Sweater & jacket closet (I didn't go through this closet as I'd cleaned it out not too long ago)
* Drawer organization (I'll save this for another post)
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