Like a kid on parent/teacher night....

Last night I met my man's parents...for the first time! I was super nervous! I am never normally nervous meeting someone's parents, they generally like me. This time however I was. So imagine me trying to get ready. I must of tried on 20 different outfits. I still wanted to look like myself but not go over the fashion top. Especially for dinner at their house. I finally settle on a simple classic look and then promptly forgot to get a picture of it...I said I was nervous.

Mad Hatter

Sometimes after buying something fabulous it take me a bit to figure out how to wear it or more importantly where to wear it. This was not the case yesterday. I wanted to wear my new fedora so bad that I looked for an outfit to wear it with to run errands around town in. I found it on "My Style Pill". 

This is one of my favourite things about all the amazing style bloggers out there. When stuck for what to wear, how to wear or how to remix you take a quick spin through your favourite blogs and bam, inspiration! I saw this picture and thought I have these pieces and I love this look, that is what I am going to wear today!

Hat: Le Chateau

Jacket: H&M

Sweatshirt: Urban Planet

Jeans: Small Town, Dutil Denim

Boots: Le Chateau

Scarf: Roxy

Bag: Le Chateau

I really loved this outfit. It was totally my style and great for running around while still looking stylish. Thanks Christine for the inspiration. Tell me who is your inspiration?

Frock Swap 6.0

It is that time again people! It is time to swap! If you haven't been to a swap yet you are missing out. If you have been I hope you are as excited as I am. I have a bag of stuff that has been waiting for this moment. Now I just need you great people to swap some amazing finds with me. You know what they say "One man's junk is another man's treasure". Let's swap some treasures.

Check out all the details here!

Snow White and the 5 things.....

Today I felt a little bit like a modern day Snow White. It was probably because I am extra pale right now from the lack of sunshine in my rainy city. Don't get me wrong, I love Vancouver but sometimes the lack of sun really gets to me. On top of being pale, I was rocking the red lipstick and have dark brown locks. You can always disagree with me but its how I felt.

Shirt: Borrowed from Lexie, a girl I work with.

Skirt: American Apparel

Tights: Hue, from The Bay

Boots: Le Chateau

Earrings: Claire's

Bracelet: Value Village

As it was a long day at work I decided to focus on 5 things that made me very happy today.


1) Red Lipstick: Always makes me smile and as you can see I wear it a lot. This is the only color of red I wear and I doubt I will ever change. MAC Russian Red.



2) A pint of ice cold beer in my favourite pint glass that I bought on a wicked girl's weekend to Seattle with one of my best girls, Ali. What a great trip and such a great glass.







3) New magazines arriving in the mail. Grab ice cold beer, new magazine, seat and relax. Best to not disturb.





4) The new hat I got today from my work for $4.00! How can you go wrong!? You can't.



5) The amazing Valentine's Day card I got yesterday from my man. He wrote something very awesome and fairly romantic inside and that is what every girl want!

Now I am off to Trivia with my friends, which I guess is number 6 of things that made me happy today!

Till next time,

xoxo Girl

Valentine's Day: Part 1

I LOVE VALENTINE'S DAY! I know, I know, you think of course you do, you are a girl. Honestly I love all little holidays, St Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, all of them! Now back to why I love Valentine's Day. I am a hopeless romantic. I love the flowers, the cards, the candy hearts, the cinnamon hearts, wearing pink or wearing red, ALL OF IT. So here is the first of my red outfits for the day: 

Jacket: Zara
Top: Joe Fresh
Skirt: so old can not remember
Tights: The Bay
Boot: Hunter

Went to lunch with my friend Brittany after making banana muffins at her place. Nothing like Valentine's Day chicken strips. Next up dinner with the new man. I have no idea where we are going as he will not tell me. If you think this outfit has a lot of red wait till you see my dinner look.

Till later: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

xo Girl

Carrie Inspired

I finally got my camera back from my parents and I found this photo on there. I hadn't yet posted this out and I will admit, I love this outfit. One morning I was watching some sex and the city reruns and Carrie was wearing a very similar outfit. This happens to me quite often where I seem an outfit that consist of pieces I own but have never put together that way. So here is it:

Jacket: Gift

T-shirt: American Apparel

Jeans: Moto, DIY by Me.

Shoes: Aldo

Earrings: Hong Kong night market

Necklace: Sears

LRD

I know that I have been saying that this is the year to fill in the "holes" in my closet but with Valentine's Day just around the corner and the prospect of a new love interest, my mind has turn to all things red. Yes, I am addicted to red. It is my favourite colour, I'm wearing it right now as I write this post. I wear Russian Red lipstick by MAC at least twice a week.

I just bought the most fabulous red shoes from Aldo. They scream pinup girl all the way. I can wait to wear them. But to where? And with what?

I have always want is a little red dress. Now I want one for Valentine's Day. And I think my friend Jen may have found me the perfect one.

I would wear this dress all the time. I love the longer sleeves and the cute doll waist line. It would totally flattering on my body type and I could wear it day or night, depending on how I styled it. It is from Zara, made of Viscose and Wool and only $115 bucks. Not bad at all for a dress I know I would wear at least once a week. Now I just have to go in and try it on.

Then after that it'll be back to filling those "holes". Right?

Eyebrows

Ok ladies, let talk facial hair. No, not the super crazy kind that dudes have, but the kind we have. Eyebrows! I just got back from having mine threaded and I am telling you its the best way to go. For a couple reasons:

1) It is cheap. Seriously if you are paying more than roughly $10 bucks to get your eyebrows done, your paying too much. I get my done at Maximus Salon on Davie St at Bute St. Mostly because it is 2 blocks from my apartment, but also she is good!

2) It hurts WAAAYY less than waxing. I am serious here, I almost fell asleep while she was doing. There is no way that is happening with waxing.

3) It is less aging on your skin than waxing. With waxing there is a lot of pulling and tugging at the delicate skin on your face. That is not good for aging. Threading doesn't pull at your skin so your saving your face from a lot of premature aging. Bonus!

4) Now this is less talked about but if you have a few upper lip hairs, dark or light, peach fuzz or more, they can thread that off too. Same bonuses apply, less pain, cheap, and no tugging.

5) There is still a little redness after like with waxing, but it is very light, so minimal and no swelling. So you can get it done and be out in public no problem.

If you have never tried it I say give it a go, you won't be upset. Any questions? Feel free to ask in the comments. I've got of beauty advice stored up in this brain of mine.

XO Girl.

Resolutions

Still being cameraless I thought I would share with you my resolutions. I asked around at my work and almost none of the other girls made any. Did you? I thought I had made quite a few till I realized they could all be made into one. "Put me first" not a bad resolution I think. But let me break it down for you.

1) Go on a vacation: I haven't been on a real vacation in roughly 7 years. I think its time. So far I am thinking Vegas for my birthday in March.

2) Take care of my body better: Eat healthier, get some exercise, don't stress out(brain health). I know everyone says these ones at the start of a new year but I am thinking less drastically. Eat healthier simply means less processed junk. I am a bit of a workaholic these days so it means less eating junk on the run. Get some exercise simply means moving my body. I sign up for a dance class that starts tomorrow. I'm very excited for that. Stress less simply means let go of the little things. Like feeling guilty for something that you need not.

3) Fill the holes in my wardrobe: I think I will have less buyers remorse and more outfits it I fill the holes I have in the basic I have in my wardrobe. Simple as that.

4) Do the things I love and don't do the things I don't: Now that doesn't mean that if your best friend is having a melt down and wants to go see a movie you would rather never see that you don't go. You go but it means that if it come down to a decision you can simple say no thanks. How easy is that?

5) Keep my money in check: Now this one is to help with all the above. No random spending of randomness. I want to go on a trip so that means I will have to say so keep my money in check. I think that one is fairly straight forward.

And last but not least,
6)Finish what you start or wrap up loose ends: Sometimes I am a procrastinator. I don't like it, it just happens. But then I feel stressed or guilty. So this year I am wrapping up all old loose ends and finishing whatever I start so there will be no new loose ends to wrap up.

All in all I think a good set of goals.

Now we'll see if I can actually make them happen......

2011

Happy New Year everyone! Hope its been a good year for everyone so far. I want to say sorry for not updating in a while, one the holidays took over my life and second I have left my camera at my parents house on Vancouver Island! I am lost without it. I will do my best to post something, not outfit posts, until I have it back.

Now this post has nothing to do with fashion. Does anyone out there own a crock pot? I am trying to eat at home more, not just because it is a new year but because you can save a lot of money. I'm thinking of getting a crock pot, being a single person means I don't really want to create big elaborate meals for one. I think coming home to already cooked food, and a great smelling apartment sounds great. Plus I am super busy so sometimes I need to eat and go. No time to cook a full meal. I am doing some looking around and it seems that the small ones will work for a family of one. Plus my kitchen is the same size as my closet so smaller is always better. So does anyone have a small one they love? Or a recipe that I should try? I love food and I need to get better at producing it for myself and not always eating out.

I really want a red one since most of my kitchen stuff is red...its my kitchen theme. Maybe even this one, if I can find it anywhere.

The other kitchen appliance I have been lacking is a blender. Lucky for me my friend Alex never uses his so now it has found a new home at my place. Its black but you can't be picky when its free and a good brand. First thing I did was go out and buy frozen berries and yogurt. In fact tomorrow morning I'm making smoothies! Yum!