Wannabe A Wildcat?!

{cat eye sunnies fr f21}

My unwashed hair and messy room are so not blogworthy right now, I apologize... but I figured with the rainbow it is. You'll be happy to know that I recently won my very first (of probably many) Ebay bid consisting of a battle between me and some other dude which I thought was quite exhilarating. I am so competitive! Thankfully I prevailed... the new app combined with my madd skills make for a winning team so now I have a $6 wireless camera remote coming my way. Oh the opportunities that will come about without having to run back and forth to press the shutter! Inside, outside, whatever (as long as I'm in direct line-of-sight and only 16ft away, supposedly haha). I love how Calgary weather is just so unpredictable: this morning the trees were frosted with white stuff then by the time I got out of lectures Mr. Sunshine had made it all go away. Time to pull out the sunnies! I've decided to give my Ray Ban's a longer spring break before I use the shit out of them again this summer, so these cat-eyes substitute for the classic wayfarer silhouette perfectly (purrfectly?). To be honest I never thought I'd be able to rock such frames but I'm in love and apparently all of Alexander Wang and Linda Farrow's wannabe friends are too this season... so I bought 2 pairs. One for me and one for... you?

My Favorite Striped Shirt

{striped shirt fr wilfred; twisted knot & roped headpiece fr f21}

...i wore it ALL weekend.

Hipstamatic Aka The Best App Ever

{all images unedited & courtesy of miPhone}

A couple things I love right now (from L-R clockwise):
1. BF's baseball raglan and my mandatory ear chain / 2. Study sessions in the sunroom with Timmy's / 3. Free VIP parking in the Art Parkade
4. Daylight savings: longer days and later sunsets / 5. Pretty chandeliers / 6. Marc by Marc Jacobs Percy & Zara booties

I Suck/Rock At Doing My Laundry

{silk button-up tank fr Wilfred}

Have I ever told you guys that I still don't do my own laundry? Well it's partly true, but mostly embarrassing. Anyways, my mom has been gone in the Philippines for almost 2 weeks now and so I decided I would hand-wash some of my shit myself... you know, just to be safe with the ones that are a little bit more on the delicate side which happen to be most of my Wilfred tops. Like, for example: this light blue silk button-up. I washed it along with this other hot pink pocket tank... and they soaked together in the sink for a good hour before I checked back on them. Funny because I should know better, especially since I tell people all the time that our test colors bleed, blah, blah. My initial reaction was to tell myself you're an idiot, but now that I look at it a little more... with the light shining thru it... I find it rather dreamy. I like to laugh at my mistakes and I'm totally still gunna wear it.

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My New Jacket That Happens To Be The Right Color

{jacket fr community, silk tank & ring fr f21, black jeggings, wilfred scarf, unseen shoes fr h&m divided, coach purse}

Muted outfit pics to go w/ how I feel about St. Patrick's Day coming up:
...imma Grinch.
All because of what happened last year, remember?

So Happy Together

The only thing keeping me sane right now.

Where The Magic Happens

I'm Really Not Your...

"designed by herbert mayer, the graphic design master at the bauhauns, this is a typeface with fixed width of lines, softened by an elegant but modernistic curvature with no uppercase to shout with. if you are at peace with all things modern, and get irritable when confronted with anything old, sloppy and random, then universal is your type."

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LOVE THIS, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SECRET THING FOR TYPOGRAPHY.

Captain Hook Would Hate Me

{lot of vintage watches, $20}

Boyfriend and I went thrift shopping a couple of weeks ago and for once we both came out with some dope, new but previously loved stuff. He gripped a denim jacket for under $10, while I left the place with a much-needed necklace stand (I'm sick of untangling shit), an oversized sweater and to top it all off: these time pieces. They were all squished into the tiniest little Ziploc bag as a set and locked up in the glass display case right by the cashiers, which to me seemed kind of unnecessary at first because they're definitely all broken and and no longer ticking anyways. But then I thought, another persons junk is another persons treasure remember? And besides they all technically got it right at most two times a day and that's good enough for me.

Let's Make It Last

are you sick of the olympics yet? I hope not...
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM
02.25.10

Off With Her Head

{white t-shirt by wilfred; cashmere scarf by wilfred; rings by forever 21}

This is what I wore the other day with my new pair of light gray, silk, high-waisted trousers that can double up and go undercover as pajama pants... the transition from work to play (er, sleep) has never been easier. At 50% off, I don't mind taking them to the drycleaners every once in a while after waking up in them wrinkled, haha. We actually just finished moving a pile of 10+ garbage bags full of old clothes that we're either sending to the Philippines or donating here locally - which ultimately makes me feel good - but also now gives me a blank wall to take full photos in front of. Should make use of it soon... or maybe not. For now I hope you're satisfied with a third of me and only a description of said pants. Moving on, tonight I have the worst migraine ever which seems to be a 2-day permanent thing even despite taking the maximum amount of Advil's allowed within these 48hrs, so I'm staying in and cuddling with myself. If that's not going to cure it then I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

Bf: What kind of pain is it?
Me: It feels like I've been staring at the computer for way too long.
...I should log out now.

The Silly & The Serious

{last summer}

Sometimes all you need to get yourself through the week is a little bit of laughter... and then there are other times when you should really just sit down and get serious; I am especially thankful that I have him for when both of those are necessary. Had a really good conversation tonight, and feel a million times better now!

Not All Who Wander

{atsuii}

I feel a little lost.
A LOT OF BIG DECISIONS ARE COMING MY WAY...
can somebody please tell me where to go?

All Black Everything

My bangs are growing out already?
Spring launch is in 3 days?
I have my first midterm next week?

...how nutty, Winter is going by just as quick as it came. Perhaps because I've been keeping myself steadily busy so far this semester, with a full load of 5 courses (which I had yet to do in my post-secondary career)... I'm really cracking down on myself. I need to. I need this. I've been finding great pride & satisfaction in making to-do lists in my moleskine and checking off each and every little box at the end of the night. It's a dope feeling and in all honesty, I do get to sleep with my chest feeling a little lighter. Then I wake up to do it all over again.

As a result, blogging is being taken to a minimum and I'm trying to stick to this whole one-post-a-day approach to it... which unsurprisingly opens up a whole new window of time in my life to focus on other things like geology, business law, statistics, accounting and evolutionary anthropology... awesome. It's just so crazy how obsessed I was before, and now that I've finally found an overall look and feel that reflects what I want this blog to be... I'm happy with where this is slowly but successfully going. So holla to my new followers, those who have been commenting, and of course the girls at work who have all just found out about this thing. Speaking of which! Watch out for a sick collaboration between yours truly and my homegirl Hayley, which will make its debut on here shortly.

So what else is in an update? Recent purchases above.
I think that'll do for today. See you tomorrow!

Once In A Lifetime

The 2010 Winter games
are taking place right next door to us, and we should all
be proud, show support and get excited
about this amazing opportunity! I know I am...
Details of my mini-getaway coming soon

Our Dog Sled Adventure

As some of you may know, my boyfriend and I celebrated our 4yrs together recently and we did something a little different this year. It's true that after each year that passes, celebrations like this require a little bit more thought and to be honest, I really didn't think anything could top last years anniversary. But I was wrong, and we continue to amaze me every day. Exactly one month ago from today, we decided to take advantage of the beautiful country that we live in and witnessed in all it's glory, the breathtaking sights found only about an hour away from us.

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Barbarella

I was never really one to wear anything on my lips, unless it was that red gunk that we all had to buy in the exact same shade, and in which I was forcibly told to pout for during dance competitions as a kid... other than that though, I have been perfectly fine with having nothing on them. I always found it unnecessarily annoying having your hair blow in the wind only to have a strand or two get stuck on your just-applied glossied lips. But anyways, nothing is ever set in stone and I am a growing, mature twenty-nothing so once I found NARS' Barbarella (which is the perfect combination of a matte, Princess Peach-y, pink color) I've since rekindled my love/hate relationship with the stuff, but with a little bit more love this time. Muuuuaaaaaah! xoxo.

Rvvvvvvvvvvvvcccaaa

{angora beanie fr h&m; striped pocket tee fr rvca; leggings fr aa; jemma riding boots fr forever21 }

End Of The Weak

{before & after}
01.08.10

I know I'm not alone when I confess that I absolutely love no, NEED TO have my Sundays off. Was a lucky ducky this week and landed the whole weekend off, but that happens once in a blue Aritzia moon. Sundays are necessary to either a) post-wrap up the week by sleeping in, actually making breakfast for once, catching up on tv shows, etc. or to b) prepare for the week ahead and be productive. Every week it's a vicious cycle. Today I did the first option, and that's okay. I remember someone once asked why it is that Friday always seem so far from Monday, but Friday so close to Monday and although this is a riddle that we can literally answer, we can't ignore the reality of it whether your life consists of school, work or play. Speaking of which, I along with thousands of other University students head back to school tomorrow to begin our Winter 2010 semester. At least I'll look cute for the first day of classes; pictures of this weekend's new hurr are from the Boyfriend's laptop which I am a little embarrassed at how vainly obsessed I am with it. Though now it's due time for bed, and I should really log off everything (Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Photobucket, Blogger... in that order) I'm just really in no rush to head upstairs to an empty one.