An old friend contacted me as she'd seen the chiffon ruffle top I made and she wanted to get something similar.  I ended up embellishing a black tank top she already had with a huge ruffled flower.  It turned out so nice I'm debating what colour I'm going to do for myself!
 H&M dress (last seen here), Ardene top, Aldo wedges (last seen here), 
Suzy belt, Jacob necklace, Givenchy fishnets & H&M headband

I was saving this dress for a special occasion, some exciting holiday party, a wedding, something ... other than work.  Then I remembered my before-New-Years-resolution and decided to make it work for work.  I put a black tee underneath, which I think 90% of the people who saw me thought it was part of the dress, including hubs.  Mainly though, the dress got tons of love from coworkers, friends and strangers and I didn't feel so bad about wearing it on an ordinary day.


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We finished decorating our tree and living room a few nights ago, and I'm so excited to share the photos with you!  I'm not really one to do a different colour scheme each year, but I love adding to the collection we already have and enjoy collecting trees and reindeer.   The accent colour in our house, on the main floor at least, is orange (sound familiar?), so I like to keep things flowing with that.  We don't do a 'theme' tree, and while this surprises most people (thinking I of all people would have a matchy-matchy tree) we love the mish-mash of our tree with all our unique, sentimental ornaments we've collected over the years.  Take a look.


{ I used a large jar from our wedding candy buffet and filled it with extra Christmas balls }

{ our living room }

 { favourite ornaments & silver glittery trees in our front foyer }
Festive Flare

Red Hot

Silver & Gold


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  One of my favourite bloggers, Lena, gave me the 'Stylish Blogger Award' a few days ago and I couldn't be more flattered.  The fact that she picked me (and six others) is super sweet and so appreciated, I'm pretty excited.  So, the rules go something like this, list seven things about yourself and spread the love.  Here we go:

1.  When I like a song, I really like it.  And by really like it, I mean I play it over and over and over again until I'm sick of it.  My hubby tells me I'm, 'killing the track'.  Oops.

2.  I don't mind cooking, but hubs isn't a huge fan of my cooking.  We have completely different cooking styles.  He uses a lot of oil and cream (which tastes delicious but...) and often forgets to cook vegetables with meat and I'm all about whole grains, the more veggies the merrier, etc.  However, don't get me wrong, I love dessert.

3.  Every year I do a Christmas craft with my mother-in-law.  We've done this for six years now.

4.  I'm the clean freak here, but my side of our bedroom is always the messiest.  Coming home to a mess frustrates the hell out of me, but I can't seem to get my act together and dress in the mornings in an organized, neat fashion (aka I throw clothes all over the place).

5.  My favourite treat is pie.  I love it so much that sometimes, even if it's 10pm at night, I will drive to the grocery store to feed my craving.  Strawberry-rhubarb, pumpkin, blueberry, coconut cream and bumbleberry crumble.

6.  I prefer to shower at night.

7.  I'm really into cars and take great pride in taking care of mine.  My Dad is a mechanic and has taught me a lot and cars are just something that sticks.  I could stand on the street and name off every passing car because I know my cars like that.


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