Outfit deets:
* Sirens sweater which I purchased in the fall and didn't end up wearing it nearly as much as I thought I would over the winter.
* La Senza trapeze top which I wore out to the movies a couple years ago with cropped jeans and also with a pair of my favourite skinny pants and chunky cardigan.
* Stitches skirt - this is stretchy, double-thick cotton and I have it in several colours. It's also the base I used to make my feather skirt.
* Aldo wedge booties which are one of my favourite pairs of boots I have, so much so I asked for them in black for Christmas (and got 'em!) and wore 'em with a leopard dress. These ones have been worn with pink pants and with a skirt in the fall without tights.
* Accessories: F21 tights (which got a hole in them on my first wear, here, in the toes -cheap-), Guess bangle, PharmaPlus beaded bracelet, Pandora bracelet, Swarovski bangle & gifted square bangle.
I totally forgot about this pictures and they have come in real handy as I was kind of grasping at straws as to what to blog about today. Always nice to have outfit shots that haven't been used... mind you, I'm long not wearing tights anymore and this outfit is from February.
Here's a fun fact though, this is the outfit I was wearing when we sold our house/the night we signed the papers.
It's hard to believe that house has been someone else's home now for over two months. I thought I was going to have a super hard time letting it go, walking away from the first house I've ever owned, the first house I really made my own. I went back and forth in my mind as to whether I should keep it (buy Mike out) or start fresh. Every thought ran through my head: would I regret selling it? Would I lose money if I sold it and then bought something else? And if I kept it, could I handle the memories that house held?
Ultimately I decided I did not want to stay there (and neither did he) and we sold it. The day before we closed officially I was there alone packing up the last few items that remained and it was certainly emotional. As I filled up my car and locked the door for the last time I turned around to the house that used to be mine. Ours. With tears in my eyes I said my silent good bye and drove off forever.
And you know what? To this day, I haven't experienced much sadness over it at all. It's as if owning that house ran it's course and I think because we had it on the market for so long (eight months) it was just a relief to no longer pay a mortgage and rent. The first month after we sold and I only had to pay rent was like, 'Wow! I have some spending money!' (and not like I'm rich or rolling in it or anything like that, but it sure is nice to not be tight every month anymore). I think it also helps that we sold the house to this beautiful, sweet couple who were so happy and grateful. That's just the icing on the cake.
Have you ever sold your house? Did you find it hard to move? Did you miss the house?
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After weeks of silent anticipation, I finally received my J.Crew Bubble Necklace in the mail! Dance of joy and hoots 'n hollers arise!
I have been coveting this necklace from afar for many months only to be completely thwacked across the head when I looked up the price: one-hundred and seventy-four dollars?
'That can't be right,' I thought to myself.
And then, 'But so many bloggers have this necklace...'
'...how can they afford this necklace? ....and in multiple colours?!'
Well my friends, enter eBay. A great tip shared to me by Mara and I was on my way to not one, but two J.Crew Bubble Necklaces. I used seller Bisource who are based out of China. The shipping took forever (about five weeks to Canada) but the customer service was great, speedy and they provided a tracking number, which was nice. The only problem was trying to decide which colours to get! I might have to purchase one or two more (pink/peach and white perhaps? Or maybe black...) in the future.
Happy shopping!
Outfit deets:
* F21 jacket that I bought super on sale a couple years ago and am so glad I did because it's turned out to be the perfect coat. I've worn it before in autumn and also in one of my first outfit posts (eep).
* Mexx dress that I've worn for Halloween as a sailor (and everyone thought I was a nurse) and once at the park where something embarassing happened.
* Diva Lounge wedges that are becoming a quick favourite. Seen with denim shorts for my birthday, an Easter outfit and another white dress.
* Accessories: Bijoux Terner beaded necklace, Aldo gold necklace & Baby Phat glasses
Everytime I wear this dress, without fail, someone tells me I look like a nurse.
With. Out. Fail.
Keep on keepin' on.
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