Dressed in yellow, she said hello...

Just got home from having drinks with three people I used to work with at another government department. We all successfully escaped that place. We went to a bar that I used to frequent quite often but haven't been to in about 4 years. It hasn't changed much so it was quite familiar. And it was happy hour so I had 3 beers for $10.29!

The last time I wore this blouse and boots I ended up wrangling chickens in the country.

Blouse: Vintage Givenchy (last worn here)
Skirt: Reitmans (last worn here)
Boots: Fluevog Operetta | Mirella (last worn here)

After yesterday's snow, I wanted to wear something bright and sunny. I'm not sure this colour does much for me but it's nice to think "I'm wearing GIVENCHY!"  And with a Reitman's skirt that probably cost me $15.00.

I think these boots look a lot better on my feet than they do sitting in my closet. They really look kind of yucky when not being worn or combined in an outfit.

My Fluevog nemesis Rebecca (and I mean that in only be most good natured way), Winnipeg style, wears them awesomely in this outfit so I also paired mine with green tights.

I probably wouldn't have posted this outtake if I wasn't a tiny bit drunk.  Someone walked into the kitchen just before the timer went off. This will forever be known as my DERP face.

I'm now off work until the 28th. I'll be posting sporadically until then.

Burgundy Tones

 Shirt and Pants-Mr.Price/Pumps-Woolworths/Bag-Louis Vuitton/ Cuff-Cotton On

Burgundy might not be the first colour that springs to mind when you think of summer, but I think it looks lovely - especially when it's combined with floral prints and cute flats. This tee definitely seemed to make the pants (especially the print of the pants) stand out, the colour is so vibrant! 

I paired it with my brown bag to make the darker shades of brown 'pop' a little bit more in the outfit. 

Have a lovely day everyone!!

Indecisive

I tried on 5 or 6 outfits this morning before settling on this. I rarely wear this blouse - probably because hasn't fit me for a few years. Good thing I held onto it.

Scarf: Gift from my mother
Blouse: from a store in the Glebe in Ottawa
Blue Skirt: Trapper Jane (last worn here)
White Skirt: Smart Set (last worn here)
Tights: Peek Brooklyn (last worn here)
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik (last worn here)

My mother has finally admitted that I'm not going to outgrow the skulls so she bought me this scarf for Christmas.

Not sure what I'm doing in this picture but I appear to be having a good time. Action shot!

Again, the best things about this skirt are the pockets. I was able to store my office dog tags and a bunch of change in them so I was fully prepared to run outside 4-5 times to feed the parking meter. I don't normally drive to work but I did today because I had a doctor's appointment first thing.

Three days of this week behind me...one to go! Unfortunately, or fortunately, I have no meetings tomorrow. That usually means that the day just drags on forever. Let's hope I'm able to keep busy!

I know who a square is...

I'm a little late with the blog today because for the first time in 12-18 months I went out to my knitting group. I stayed an hour because I had to run a few errands afterwards but hopefully I'll get back into the grove of going to hangout with mah knitters.

Cardigan: Pretty Things Boutique
Dress: Bitter Root Vintage on etsy (last worn here)
Fishnets: Sock it to Me (local store)
Shoes: Fluevog Wonders | Ayers (last worn here)

My coworker told me that I shouldn't wear a cardigan with this dress. I would normally agree but 1) it was cold and 2) I usually keep my ink covered at the office.  It does kind of hide it's fabulousness.

Look! I'm standing in a different pose! Like Wendy Brandes! She smiles more nicely than I do though.

Another one of my coworkers went a little gaga over my tights though a woman on my bus gave me the stink eye after wrinkling her nose at them. Poor woman doesn't have much fun in her life I'm guessing.

Two days down, two days left and then I'm off for 9 days. YAY!

A Weekend In Cape Town

 Top And Shorts-Zara/Shoes-Mr.Price/Bag-Louis Vuitton/Bracelet-Mr.Price

There is nothing better than a relaxing weekend away, spent with the ones you love, especially when it's in one of the most beautiful cities! I absolutely love Cape Town, it's magical :) I wore something flowy and comfortable-perfect for the hot sunny weather. A simple striped, oversized 'man' style shirt, paired with my favourite Zara white shorts and flat ballet pumps. 

I definitely can't wait to visit again!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend too! 

Have a lovely day everyone!! 

Angles

Saw this on Facebook this morning. Seemed apt though today ended up being a very quiet day. Just how I like my Mondays. And this is a short week for me plus I'm taking next week off so let's hope that Tuesday-Thursday are equally calm. That probably jinxed it.

Dress: Bryn Walker (last worn here)
Belt: Megan Mae (last worn here)
Hosiery: Wolford (last worn here)
Shoes: Messeca (last worn here)

It was strangely warm today. It's unheard of here for it to be +10C in January. I didn't even bother wearing a hat or a scarf or winter boots today. It won't last though so I'll be back to bundling up tomorrow.

Wolford's pantyhose are amazing. I've worn these at least 6 times and there's zero damage to these. That makes them worth the money in my book. Stupid drugstore hose barely last one wearing.

I purposely paired up this dress with the XX's on these tights. I love it when a plan comes together.

Bye bye Monday. Thanks for being painless.

High saturation

Saturday has been pretty lovely so far, despite the fact that I haven't done much other than get a prescription renewed, return my refundables for money, reinflate my tires and take my friend out for breakfast because she's had a bad week. Oh, and I also went to Victoria's Secret to buy another bra in a style that I quite like.

Strangely I was the most dressed up person at the mall. Most people were wearing regular weekend jeans and sweaters but I also saw way to many sweatpants and uggs or flannel pajama bottoms and uggs. WHY?? WHY?

Cardigan: Pretty Things Boutique
Dress: Eshakti (last worn in my first post)
Tights: H&M
Boots: Fluevog Radios | ARD 
(last worn here)






New hair - or really back to my old hair. The red seems much more visible now on the left side. I think that's because my bangs are a little thicker.

Off to have a nap and then out for dinner at a friend's house. Going to play some games. Fun!