Victoria Day shenanigans

Today is Victoria day in Canada so I had the day off of work. The weather has been gorgeous here this weekend and today was no exception.

To celebrate we went downtown to Bistro Le Coq for lunch.

Dress: Modcloth
Shoes: Fluevog Faiths Low | Reumah
Drink: French Martini

Since I was wearing this dress I thought it was only appropriate to have a cocktail. Tell me I'm wrong, I dare you!

These are my birthday/Fluevog Day shoes. I love the colourful wood on the heels. I really need a pedicure.

After lunch we went to the Museum of Natural History to see the exhibit of superhero and sci-fi costumes.















Out of this world...and this is the only Canadian exhibit!

Adam West's Robin Costume from the TV series

Vest and Sash worn by Captain Kirk

George Clooney's Batman costume

Darth Vader!

Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail

Captain Picard's jumpsuit. It's actually dark purple in colour, not red.

The Riddler. Very cool Creepers.

Luke Skywalker's light saber and his hand

There were other costumes too like of Obi Wan Kenobi, Seven of Nine, T-Pal, and the Wicked Witch of the West's hat. A sci-fi/fantasy nerd's delight!  Highly recommended.

OOTD- New Coat

 Coat-Mr.Price/Shoes-Cotton On/Leggings- Country Road/Bracelets-Sass Diva

I chose to wear my new coat with simple black pieces so that the coat could stand out, the print is so stunning it would be a shame not to! I also adore the collar, I think it's what makes the whole outfit, and the wedges are so lovely to wear. I'm wearing my Steve Madden bag again, it's definitely one of my favourites, simply because it's so easy to use and looks great too! :) 

Have a lovely week everyone!!

No power suits here

I had my job interview today and since I don't own a "power suit" I had to make something up. That's more fun anyway!

Pin: "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."
Sweater: Smart Set
Dress: Tristan in NYC
Shoes: Poetic License from ModCloth

These shoes make me happy so I thought they would help with my confidence. And a basic shirt dress is classic and not too flashy.

This sweater is on its last legs. It's stretched out and pilly and probably not worth donating so I'm going to pitch it out soon or relegate it to weekend wear.

I had to wear the sweater to cover up the scandalous tattoos. The HORROR!

My interview wasn't great but it was my first one in 7 years so I'm not stressing about it too much. I'd be sad to leave my current job since I like the work I do and the people I work with but it would be nice to have a change as well. So I'm being a little laissez-faire about the whole thing.

At the end I did decide to throw in that "I have a wonderful sense of style" as a reason for why they should hire me. Think it will work? It would take a miracle.

The back of this dress is pretty interesting so it try to not keep it covered up all the time.

So glad that it's Friday! Happy Weekend!

In Grazia Magazine

 Hello everyone, I was so excited to be featured along with my mother in the launch issue of South African Grazia (the magazine is amazing) in their style hunter feature. It was such a lovely surprise to find our pictures in it! 

My lovely mom is the last picture-she looks great! (In the Burgundy top)

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!

Oh oh Sheila, let me love you til the morning comes

More Smoking Lily today, courtesy of my West Coast fashion blogger twin Sheila!

Sweater: Pretty Things Boutique
T-shirt: Joe Fresh
Belt: Smoking Lily (from Sheila)
Skirt: Smoking Lily (worn by Sheila here)
Shoes: Fluevog Wonders | Ayers

Sheila wasn't going to keep this skirt so she offered it to me and I was more than happy to take it off her hands.

It's Smoking Lily, it's red, it has pockets so it's right up my alley.

She threw in this belt too.  My belt is a Moose! So your argument is invalid!

Really, how Canadian is this belt?

Same outfit, sans cardigan.

Tomorrow I have a job interview. My coworker asked me if I was going to wear a black, pinstriped power suit. After I stopped laughing I said "No". I don't own such a thing and even if I did I couldn't wear something like that. It would make me very uncomfortable - just not me.

Funky pattern on the skirt. Kind looks like someone's cheat sheet for a final exam.

This is a long weekend in Canada since we celebrate Victoria Day on Monday. I found this explanation on the interwebz:

Victoria Day is a Canadian statutory holiday celebrated on the Monday preceding May 25. It honours Queen Victoria's birthday.

Victoria Day is also commonly called the May 2-4 weekend (as in May 24th) and it marks the unofficial start of the cottage season where cases of beer (as in 2-4 cases) are consumed by hard working Canadians.

Happy May 2-4!

Jumpers And Brogues

 Jumper And Brogues- Mr.Price/ Shorts- Woolworths

I Really adore this jumper, the print is so sweet and the colour is perfect for chilly winter days, it just warms you up looking at it :) I thought it would look lovely tucked in to my 'winter' shorts and paired with a more masculine shoe like these amazing patent burgundy brogues. In the end, this outfit is definitely one of my favourite looks! 

Have an amazing day everyone!!

Interview with KATEFP

In her closet: Fashionable passion

Hello everyone, The wonderful KATEFP invited me to do an interview on their blog called 'in her closet'. You can see the rest of the interview here 

Thank you so much again to KATEFP for the lovely feature:) 

Have a wonderful day everyone!!