If you've been following this blog for any amount of time, you will know that I have a bit of an affinity for statement jewelry. So when my friends at Harriet Grey agreed to send something over for me to host a giveaway, I was super excited to see what it would be. When I opened the package yesterday, I laid my eyes on the most vibrant, gorgeous and beautifully handcrafted necklace I've seen in a long time!Needless to say, I wanted to keep it! It took my boyfriend's reminding that it was for my …
Archives for July 2010
Kind of Blue
I couldn't resist the Miles Davis reference that I thought of when I was going through these photos with the blue wall... even though it has nothing to do with my outfit. The colours that do have to do with my outfit, are black and yellow with some tan thrown in for good measure. I haven't been able to get enough of this colour combination recently. Yellow is so unexpected and I feel that it adds a burst of cheerfulness into an otherwise monochromatic outfit. I will be hosting my first giveaway …
Girl Time
Sometimes it takes a relaxed and easy night with girlfriends to remember how necessary it is to put time aside from significant others to interact with other people that you care about. As much as I love my boyfriend, nothing quite compares to a nice dinner with the girls to chat about anything and everything that comes to mind-- especially when your friends are as fabulous and caring as the ones that I have been so blessed by.This Friday, Joanne and I, along with another friend, did nothing …
Happy 7-11!
Being completely out of the loop, I never knew that 7-11 did a free Slurpee thing on July the 11th of every year. So after finding that out today, of course we had to go check it out, after a morning of church and catching the last of the World Cup!It so happened that the closest store was the one that I frequented almost every day after school in grades 6 and 7 of elementary school for a candy and Slurpee fix. Therefore it seemed most fitting that I went back there for the photos today. …
Easy Does It
After my wisdom tooth removal on Monday, I moped around the house for 2 days. Even though the recovery went remarkably well (thank God for that), I did absolutely nothing and basically ate one big, continuous, non-stop meal for 48 hours consisting of mashed potatoes with gravy, congee and frozen yogurt (whoever said getting wisdom teeth extracted causes weight loss obviously didn't know what they were talking about).Yesterday was my first day outside and in spite of lethargic feelings and …