Mayhaps you desire to - SQUIRREL!

Every time I wear this cardigan I think of the movie UP! and the dog Dug and the other SQUIRREL scenes.

Hey, I know a joke! A squirrel walks up to a tree and says, "I forgot to store acorns for the winter and now I am dead." Ha! It is funny because the squirrel gets dead.

Good movie, you should see if if you haven't already.

Cardigan: anthropologie (last worn here. I notice I also linked to a scene from UP! in that post - I'm getting repetitive!)
Dress: from China (gift)
Leggings: Joe Fresh
Boots: Bought in Las Vegas (last worn here)

I've never worn this dress on the blog but I wear it quite often on casual days like today. I got up early (well, early for me on a Sunday) and took myself out for breakfast. Then I had to go to the drug store to buy CAT TREATS. ERMAGHERD we had run out!

Now I am lying prone on my couch blogging, watching TV on my DVR (Chicago Fire which isn't very good), and probably planning a nap.

Here's a shot of the back of the dress. You can tell that the sleeves are jersey and the rest is just regular cotton.

There's weird design elements on it like those buttons at the bottom. It does have pockets though so I love it.

I have no idea what those words on the back say since they are fuzzy and difficult to read.
























And today is Remembrance Day in Canada. I have friends who have military spouses so I am thinking of them today as well as those no longer with us.

Halloween

I'm sitting at home because I had to come home from work early to be here for a man coming to fix something. Luckily while he was here it stopped raining so I could get photos of my Halloween outfit!

I'm the only one in my office who even slightly dressed up. I'm a "skeleton" of sorts. I was going to wear all my clothes with skulls on it but that ended up being way too much stuff to I pared it down to this.

I broke my other glasses on the weekend. Luckily I have this other pair.

Cardigan: Betsey Johnson (last worn here)
Dress: from Crimson and Clover (last worn here)
Leggings: Black Milk (last worn here)
Booties: Fly London (last worn here)

I was kicking myself for not wearing my Steve Madden skull shoes though. Should have been a no brainer to pick them out.

The back is the best part of this cardigan. I <3 it so hard.

The dress isn't "skeletony" but it is kind of gothic looking.

My jewelry is also skully and Halloweenie.

The earrings and necklace with the charms on it are Missy Industries, the ring is a crow claw that I got on Etsy and the Lily Munster necklace was made by my friend.

Bonus outtake photo where my EYES ARE HUGE!

Off to get my glasses fixed!

Black....and a break

This is the final pair of shoes that I bought in Toronto.

Skull shoes from Steve Madden.

I just noticed that the one on the left looks meaner.

Sweater: Pretty Things Boutique (last worn here)
Dress: Elroy
Leggings: Mexx
Shoes: Steve Madden

Sadly, Pretty Things closed on Thursday. I'm sad that such a great independent store is gone but I understand why the owner did it. 

I'm probably taking a bit of a break from the blog to deal with some personal things. I appreciate all my virtual friends so much but sometimes real life just sucks and you have to deal. I'll be back.

Imperfections

On Wednesday I went for a pedicure complements of my friend S who gave me a gift certificate for my birthday way back in May.

Whenever I get a pedicure, I always get my nails painted red. What can I say, I like the classics.

As you can see, my feet are not symmetrical. Everyone has their imperfections. One of mine is that I have a rather large bunion on my right foot. I used to have one on the left foot but when I was 18 I had surgery to remove it.

Both of my grandmothers had them so since bunions are mostly genetic, I have them to thank for this particular irregularity. I also took ballet and jazz dancing lessons off and on when I was a kid, both of which require very form fitting, tight shoes. That may have exacerbated the problem to the point when it was so painful that I couldn't even stand to wear socks. In Canada, one cannot go barefoot very often.

The surgery itself wasn't that bad but the healing was terrible for an 18 year old girl in her last term of high school. (As an aside, in Ontario we used to have Grade 13 so I was actually 19 when I graduated.)

I had a cast on my foot that only covered from the ankle to the toes and I was on crutches for 4-6 weeks. It was a fiberglass cast so I hacked away at the sucker until I had unwrapped about half of it.

I mostly don't let the bunion get in the way of my shoe obsession. I can cram that sucker into just about anything but the shoes I wore yesterday are just now starting to give me difficulty. That makes me sad. I guess I'll have to start paying attention to Barking Dog Shoes' suggestions for bunions. I actually have one pair that Kirsten mentions  - the Fluevog Maholos.

I do have a cute freckle on my foot though.

Today I was wearing my Pucci shoes which gave me no trouble at all.

Scarf: Came with a ball of yarn I bought from Knitivity
Sweater: Club Monaco
Dress: Smoking Lily (last worn here)
Leggings: Red Boots Design
Shoes: Pucci from Crimson and Clover (last worn here)
Watch: From the Metropolitan Museum of Art via Value Village

These shoes are so comfortable - I can't believe someone gave them up. My gain though!

I got this dress in Vancouver and I like how the print sort of matches my tattoo.  It also has POCKETS so it really is a perfect dress.

These leggings have a secret - Lucky Cats on the back! They're gold screen print but they look nice with the yellow shoes. Very complementary.

Happy weekend everyone!

Breakfast and air drumming

Here's what I wore to breakfast today. We go to Cora's on the weekend and I figure that's as good a reason as any to dress up.

Dress: Desigual from Hautelook.com
Leggings: Mexx (same as I wore yesterday)
Shoes: Fluevog Wherever | Maholo
Purse: Roots Canada

I carry this purse every day. I'm not really a purse person. I find that when I change purses that I invariably forget something in the other purse that I need and it's easier to just stick with one. It doesn't always match with my outfit but I can live with that.

Instagram photo of my dress and shoes.














Yesterday when we went out for dinner, the restaurant played Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf. B. caught me on video demonstrating my air drumming skills. The first frame of this video is pretty priceless. And no, I wasn't drunk.  Oh, and my friends are talking about fish on the menu. My friend tells a joke and it almost looks like I'm giving him a rimshot.

I'm under Japanese influence And my honour's at stake

I spent most of the day in bed hopped up on pain killers and muscle relaxers. I have a bad back and about 2-3 times a year I pull a muscle in my upper back, between my shoulder blades, and end up immobilized. It can be very painful and a pain in the neck. HAHAHA! Yeah, it's not really funny.

I was feeling a bit better by late afternoon, either that or the pain killers made it so I didn't care anymore. We went out for a quick dinner and some ice cream. It was good to get out of the house after being cooped up all day.

Dress: Desigual
Leggings: Mexx
Shoes: Fluevog Prepares | Guide

I wore almost this exact same outfit here just different leggings.

These shoes and this dress seem like a natural fit. Both are fun and funky.

Turning Japanese

Today was a very strange day clothing wise. More on that later.

Necklace: gift from coworker from Sierra Leone
Pin: Pretty Chic
Dress: Desigual from Envy (local store)
Leggings: Hue
Shoes: Fluevog Prepares | Guide

Yesterday I went to the mall downtown to pick up some clothing from the tailor. I had a few things that need alteration and when I dropped them off they asked me to give them a week and a half. I gave them a little more than that but they weren't finished yesterday. I should have walked right back out to my car but nooooooo, I had to "window shop". And I found this Desigual dress, on sale.

It's not one of their better made pieces, probably from a less expensive line, but I love the Japanese imagery and designs.

(on the back it says "New and Good")


I started off the day without the leggings and wearing my Noa Noa tulle skirt underneath the dress. Have you ever worn tulle right next to your skin? So uncomfortable! I took it off but this dress is shorter than I prefer so I felt kind of naked so I went out at lunch and bought these leggings. I was also wearing crazy awful support underpants (TMI) that I'm throwing in the garbage! Who needs those kind of uncomfortable underthings in their life?

I also took off the necklace for most of the day because it's very heavy.

Here's a close-up of the design on the front. Pretty.





















BTW, the title of this post comes from the Vapors' song of the same name.