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!
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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 }
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.
Your turn...
Seduction jacket (last seen here), Joe Fresh cardigan, La Senza top,
Zara jeans (thrifted), Aldo wedges (last seen here) & unknown bangle
Hubs and I decorated our Christmas tree last night, and while I can't wait to show you all the tree and festive decor, it will have to wait because by the time we were done I was exhausted and in no state to take photos, edit said photos and post them. Soon, very soon, so for now you get an outfit post.
So being unable to rely on hubs to take my outfit photos is getting a little bit frustrating. My sister is good, but she's hit or miss and bailed on me the last two days in a row. Last night, hubs wasn't in the most festive of moods for taking photos, and ultimately, not owning a tripod is becoming an issue. Why an issue now and now month ago? Well my lovely readers, I'll tell you why. Why, because the weather is turning cold, hell-o, it's December (can't believe it!) and while I can always find something to prop the camera on outside, indoors is much different. A good chunk of our place is carpet, and I refuse to walk on it with my shoes (clean freak coming through) and there are only so many places that warrant an 'acceptable' background. However, like my sister said, she doesn't want to get me a tripod if I'm just going to purchase a SLR in the very soon future (fingers crossed) and then need a new tripod to fit the new camera. Le sigh. What's the solution? Complaining a bit more might help...
BTW, we've had about two inches of rainfall (or at least that's what's expected by this morning) and it's melted all the snow! YES! Love it. While I obviously love snow at Christmas, it can hold off till a few days before ... but, in all honesty, that's not going to happen (it's suppose to snow tonight - ugh). Which reminds me, the last time I wore this jacket, it was so warm, and the photos turned out so good too. Damn gloomy winter weather.
Costa Blanca coat, unknown fur stole, Gap dress (thrifted & last seen here), Smart Set turtleneck,
unknown tights, Promise heels, Urban Og belt (last seen here)
I bought this dress in the early summer, from a thrift store, and was ecstatic to find it. I remember when Gap was selling this dress, several years ago, and while back then I passed it up, I didn't make that mistake twice (mind you, had I not passed it up then, I wouldn't have scored it many months ago for $7!). I absolutely love this dress and was itching to winterize it, but really wanted some navy tights to pair with it. Enter my new navy tights (from Winners), purrrfect.
So less than funny story: when I went to shoot these photos my necklace was being temperamental, and by temperamental, I mean it kept falling off (it's this necklace, which is long, but I double it up and hook it together with a similar sized silver hoop earring - genius, right? Not so much...). I knew I'd get some shots in my jacket first, so I put the necklace in my pocket for when I got down to the main attraction, I mean outfit. Sure enough, I completely forgot the necklace in my pocket and didn't realize until I was editing these photos. Clearly that necklace was the one element that made this outfit, sheesh.
My mom always told me, 'Blue and green shouldn't be seen unless there's
something in between (or in the washing machine)' - do you agree?
{ a vintage blue suede coat I recently picked up }
With November coming to a close, and the cold weather rolling in, I've decided to make the best of it and capture a few of my favourite things.
{ decorating for Christmas and burning my favourite spicy candles }
{ cinnamon & sugar chips, tastes just like a BeaverTail }
{ a re-discovered studded bra top, still yet to be worn, holiday season here I come }
{ festive decor involving feathers = my fave }
Old Navy coat, Unknown jacket (thrifted & last seen here), H&M dress (last seen here),
Garage skirt, Aldo wedges, Givenchy tights & H&M cuff
Garage skirt, Aldo wedges, Givenchy tights & H&M cuff
Confession: I bought these shoes in black, as you can see. I initially tried to get them in black, during my trip to Toronto but they didn't have the black in my size. I ended up loving the brown equally as much as soon as I slid them on. However, I still wanted the black... especially after how much I was rocking the brown. I checked online and sure enough they still had my size (rare).
So this dress is one of the items I purchased in Toronto and I'd been dying to wear it. It's a little on the short side in the front so I was unsure about wearing it to work, especially with a nude coloured tight. However, using my skirt-under-a-dress-trick it worked out perfectly. And good thing too as when I left on my lunch break it was quite windy and my dress was gusted up, up and away a la Marilyn and had I not been wearing the skirt I would have flashed several middle-aged men out for their smoke break. Close call.
Saw this skirt about a month ago and immediately sent it to my sister as a Christmas gift hint. I don't think she's getting it for me. Regardless, I love it. I'm a sucker for pencil skirts and this one provides such a unique look.
Le Chateau booties, Bijoux Terner necklace & Aldo bangle
The other day I went Christmas shopping on my lunch break, and by Christmas shopping I mean I went shopping for myself. Not intentionally, it just happened. It didn't mean anything. Well, it sort of did, because hello, I got these amazing boots out of the deal.
Back to what I was saying: Christmas shopping on my lunch hour the other day. It started out well, with my full plan of being to purchase for other, even with some ideas in mind. Well, that all changed when I saw these boots. You see, these are no ordinary boots, no, these are boots I saw last year and totally coveted. However, since the snow had already flown and it was icky out, I talked myself out of spending the $130 on a pair of suede (aka I-cannot-wear-these-until-the-spring-and-in-that-case-who-wants-to-wear-boots-when-it's-finally-spring-and-you-can-wear-sandals) boots. Almost a year has passed and I found myself actually reminiscing about these boots about three weeks ago, kicking myself for not pulling the trigger. So you can imagine my surprise when I walked into Le Chateau the other day and they still had them (irony or a sign?). That in itself is amazing. The next amazing thing that happened (because I had to check) was that they were now on sale, and had been marked down twice, to a cool $59.99. My eyes quickly darted over all the various types of boot boxes until landing on the stack that contained these boots. Only four pairs remained, surely there would be no size 10... and then there it was, the second box from the top, a big, shiny '10' on the side of it (okay, so it wasn't shiny, just go with it). I could have jumped and squealed at that very moment if it wasn't for the woman I practically climbed over to get to the stack of boxes. I grabbed the box, descended it from it's pile and briskly walked over to the bench. Whipped off my heels and slid my feet into the boots I'd coveted for a year. They fit! There were no second guessing, no questions, just a quick lap around the store and I knew I had to have them. And I did, and here they are a mere two days later in all their glory. True story.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers!
Want more? Check out the photos that didn't make the cut here.
Old Navy jacket, American Apparel vest, A.Co Designs top, Forever 21 skirt, unknown tights,
Aldo wedges (last seen here), Joe Fresh necklace & Dynamite belt
I wasn't kidding when I said these wedges might take precedent over my current faves - they've been getting a ton of play lately. I've only had them for a week and a half and already worn them four times. If you've seen my shoe room, that's playing favourites for sure. This was the first time wearing them with the ankle strap and I have to say, quite impressive. I could run all over the office, up and down stairs, all day long without any slippage. Perfect!
In other news, this might just be the world's tiniest umbrella that-actually-covers-a-full-grown-working-woman. I love the look of it, it's adorable with it's lace trim and the sunny yellow colour is peppy... however, I never understood people's comments when I'd be using this umbrella. Asking me if I got it in the child's department, or if my umbrella was, 'big enough?' After seeing these photos, I might just have to get rid of this thing stat. I look like some sort of wanna-be-child freak. Look how small the shaft (shaft? stick? handle?) is! I guess I'm channeling my inner-child. Yes, that's it, my inner-child. From now on I need to start using this umbrella instead... which I DIY'ed myself.
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