I'VE GOT THE BLUES

Supposed to sleep right after work today but I remembered I have to be a responsible blogger and post a new blog entry. I am exhausted beyond words which is the price you pay when you go out on a Monday night. Spontaneously picked up by Swiss Army who was so excited to have his new GPS (and not get lost around Calgary) and drove by Peter's Drive-In for some good ol' famous milkshake that I have no idea whatsoever until last night. After almost 8 months in this city, all I've memorized are the shopping places. I seriously need a Calgarian who can show me around. Any takers? :)

Moving on, please do not take my title seriously...I do not have the blues. In fact, I am feeling totally the opposite of that. I'm all giddy, happy and excited lately. Look at the outfit and take it literally though.

The house was left to me the whole weekend since everyone went to Banff. I've decided a while back that I'm gonna have ME time all weekend but instead I went shopping at Southcentre with Dee last Friday and got myself these new wedge booties from Spring (last pair + my size = SOLEMATE), oxfords from Steve Madden and a loot from Ardene composed of a new ring and 2 OTK socks as a reward for myself cos im just 5 pounds away from my original weight. WOOT WOOT!!!

I was in my sweats, nibbling on popcorn and watching Mean Girls on TV when my phone rang...It was Dee saying she's coming over and bringing some wine. I thought, "Screw ME time, I always have fun with Dee anyway." A few minutes later, Dee was knocking at my door with a bottle of Astii Martini champagne instead of wine...This calls for a celebration! I changed into this outfit and we took turns taking outfit photos. I know you guys always see the 1st floor of the house but now it's time that you see what is upstairs. Not that this house is mine...I live here, yes but I don't own it (I wish!). I popped the champagne after taking photos, prepared some salami, cheese, pita, challah, guacamole, humus and we sat in front of the TV watching The Devil Wears Prada. When the mouse is away and the weather is shitty...staying in with your BFF is your best bet. 

What did you do last weekend? ;)

beso ?

KD

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top: Vireo

shorts: Value Village

wedge booties: Spring

rings: Aldo and Ardene

photos by Dee

FLOPPY HAWWWWWT!

Woke up from a nap today feeling all grumpy, hungry and exhausted. It was seriously bad timing for those people who sent me a text. I became this brutally blunt bitch which I would never ever really do in real life. Thinking now if I should take back what I've said or stand by it since it's what I wanted to say all along (just didn't have the guts to). I seriously think that it is loooong overdue and my friends think I am wasting my time but it's hard when it suddenly becomes a routine/bad habit. So lets see how things would go after I take a long warm shower and dinner. I will definitely keep you guys posted.

Moving on, this is what I wore last last weekend when Dee and I went to Chinook for some sushi and shopping (got myself this hat and runners because it is 50% off plus I've been using the same ol' runners for the past 5 years!). This is as casual I can get. I didn't know I wore too much skirt lately but I do believe that jeans (when styled right) are as sexy as hell. Agree? :)

I've been looking for the perfect floppy hat for months and finally found the one! I got this hat at Chapel hats for $35 which is a little pricier than the ones I've seen in Aldo, etc. but I've always known how floppy I wanted the floppy hat to be and this is just perfectly right on! I am thinking of getting another one in khaki with prolly a different "flop"...Chapel hats is amaziiiiiiiiiing if you are looking for those hats that you never ever thought you would find. I think hats can make any outfit look stylish and interesting when it was just supposed to be bland. They say shoes should be the exclamation point of any outfit but I think a hat could do that too ;)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, lovelies~ 

P.S.
I am supporting Bellisima Fashion's advocacy. For every "LIKE", they would donate $1 to the Japanese disaster relief. Help us reach $3000 by liking their facebook page. Because compassion is always in fashion~

beso ?

KD

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top: Joe

faux fur vest: Vireo

jeans and skull scarf: People are People

boots: Value Village 

floppy hat: Chapel

belt: Ardene 

bag: Aldo 

photos by Dee

BANDAGE-d: TUCKED IN (PART 1)

Hello, second day of spring! Instead of flowers blooming, birds chirping and the warmth of the sun, we are experiencing a less than warm weather and a massive snowfall yesterday on the official first day of spring. 

 Last week was a different story, it felt more like spring thus these amazing sunny photos and a bandage skirt. My friend Grace gave me this bandage skirt for Christmas (although she gave it to me like 2 weeks ago when I went to Cochrane over the weekend) and thing is, I've never really been a big fan of bandage skirts. I just think that it is not my style and it is unforgiving. For anyone to wear a bandage skirt with a top tucked in, you need to have a perfectly flat tummy, curvy hips and Kim Kardashian's perfect ass. Not that I have any of those but I just thought there's no harm in trying. With that being said, I challenged myself to wear the exact same top, skirt and shoes--style it differently (1) accept the fact that a bandage skirt really looks good with a shirt tucked in but the challenge is not to make it look hoochie (2) do it as I've imagined, with a flimsy top (I've always imagined a bandage skirt with a cropped top too) but untucked to give it a more relaxed effortless feel.

So this is how I decided to style it with a flimsy top tucked in but I threw in a fur vest to give it a hint of masculinity. I think the key too in wearing bandage skirts with tops tucked in is to balance the whole outfit by giving it a hint of androgyny like a vest or a blazer. Do you think I lived up to the first style challenge? I hope so!!!! Part 2 would be coming up on the next post :)

P.S.

I wanna hear all about your weekend! 

Mine was spent catching up with an old friend from BC and some impulsive shopping. EEP!!! 
Will tell you all about it in the upcoming posts ;)

beso ?

KD

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top: vintage

faux fur vest: Vireo

skirt: Forever 21

booties: Chinese Laundry

ring: Aldo 

necklace: SM

I ? MY STYLE

Pretty sure that everyone is still sleepy after waking up one hour before their usually waking up time. Hellowwww, spring forward! It would've been less brutal if I slept much this weekend but I unfortunately didn't. I slept 4 am Friday (or should I say, Saturday?) after watching Beastly with Gosling and talking nonsense/sense till the wee hours. I had to wake up 10ish the next day to go to work then I had a few hours to just relax before meeting up the girls for some drinks at Hudson's before heading to the Parkshow. The Parkshow didn't turn out as I expected, I was a bit disappointed with some aspects but that would be for a whole different entry. While everyone else went to Hifi after the show, Ash and I decided to stick around, drink a couple more, danced a bit until her hubby picked us up. I was home at midnight before the car turns into a pumpkin but Cinderella was up till 2 editing photos from the show ;)

Sunday was supposedly for Breakfast Club but I was too tired from Friday and Saturday that I decided to just stay in and watch "How Do You Know" only to remember that I owe Gary some meal. Since it was amazing 8C degrees on Sunday, I decided to just text him and go out for sushi. We had happy hour lovers boat sushi deluxe at Sakana Grill, talked, laughed and went home at 4 pm. By 5 pm, I was asleep like a baby.

That's my weekend for ya. How was your weekend, lovelies?

P.S.

This cropped shirt was one of those shirts I got for $10 from Vireo's sale. I've been wearing it all weekend. I am in loooooooove ???

beso ?

KD

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cropped top: Vireo

leather shorts: thrited from the Philippines

socks: Joe

wedge booties and connector ring: F21

fedorea: Ardene