She's Got Style!

I just adore the city I live in. One of my favourite things about Victoria is all of the fashionable people. With Victoria's cultural diversity and West Coast vibe at any given time you can find looks ranging from bohemian/hippie, rock and roll to European inspired.

I always find myself at a party or walking through the city streets noticing how many people have such amazing fashion sense. I often want to stop and ask them what they are wearing and where they got it from. This week I decided to do just that!

This stunning gal definitely has style! I absolutely love the look of a classy patent platform heel paired with casual skinny jeans. Her coat was so amazing, this picture really doesn't do the detailing justice.

Stay tuned for more 'She's Got Style'! Let me know what you think.

My Next Project

Over the years I have made so many wonderful changes to my condo. The two places that have remained untouched are my two bathrooms. I am now realizing that the bathrooms are the only two rooms that don't make me really happy :(

I am thinking that making over my bathrooms is going to be my next project. The above picture is my en suite. It is super tiny...and super boring! The lighting is so horrible in there and it is so small that I have to do my makeup and hair in my other bathroom.

Because of my obvious love for white, I am thinking white for the bathrooms. I would love to replace the vanity with a simple sink like the one in the picture above. Either that or I will be dusting off the rollers and painting my current vanity white. I also love the nautical/industrial lighting in the above picture. And because my amazing boyfriend is an electrician...I bet I could bribe him to put some more lighting in for me.

A crisp white bathroom really gives a bright clean feeling; and who doesn't want their bathroom feeling clean. The great thing with white is you can always add and change colours like they did with the towels above.

I love the hexagon shaped tiles in this bathroom. My boyfriend just so happens to love it too. Does that mean he will install it with me?! lol.

Stay tuned for my bathroom updates. I have a feeling this project will move along slowly but surely.

What's With Me and Stripes?

I have always had a soft spot for stripes. I don't know what it is but whenever I enter a store, I am immediately drawn to the stripes. It is like I have an internal stripe detector lol. Anyway, I was so delighted to stumble upon the Spring 2011 fashion trends page on Elle.com. It was here where I discovered that stripes are listed as the pattern of the season. Yay :)

These are some of my fashion icons in stripes. I love how sophisticated Olivia Palermo makes stripes look. While Kim Kardashian makes them look cozy and casual.

As most of you lovely and dedicated readers know, I recently went to Palm Springs where I managed to squeeze in a bit of shopping (Thrift shop heaven by the way). Once I got home, I realized there was a bit of a theme going on! Here are my most recent purchases from left to right: Old Navy striped sweater $25, Target striped tank $16, Wet Seal striped cardigan $25 and vintage striped Capris. $8. *Warning...do not attempt to wear all of these items together lol.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Yahoo...I'm Back!

Hello everyone...or anyone (wishful thinking that I still have some loyal followers out there). I know in my last post over a MONTH ago, I mentioned that I was headed to the Dominican Republic for a friends wedding. Well I'm back and as you can tell from the photo below, we had lots of fun :)



After I got back from the Dominican, I worked for four days and then headed for the airport again to spend Christmas and New Years with my family and boyfriend in Palm Springs. We had an amazing time there, it was SO hard to leave. Our main purpose for the trip was to furnish my parents new house so I will have some great before and after posts coming soon.

Because we were only home for approximately five days in December, there wasn't much point in putting up too many decorations. I know I missed the boat on posting holiday decorations but I took the pictures so I might as well post them. Feel free to scroll right through them lol.

I got the doilie idea from the one and only Martha Stewart. Add a little glue to the doilies and they stay stiff.

This centerpiece was from my Mom's house. I was amazed to find out that she made it...out of brillow pads of all things. My Mom is super creative!

On another note, thank you SO much to Amanda at Perfect Imperfections for the award :) You made my day!

I hope everyone had as happy of a Holiday and New Years as I did!

Hasta La Vista Babies

I am apologizing once again for being an absent blogger. This last week has been so crazy. I had an exam on Tuesday, I had a 'trial run' for my friends wedding hair on Wednesday and it was my Birthday on Thursday.

I am off to the Dominican for a week to watch my friend get hitched! She asked me to do her hair for the wedding so here is a pic of my trial run. (She is getting some love from my friend Lindsay).

I did a little holiday decorating and received a blog award last week so stay tuned for those posts :)

I will leave you with a picture of my latest obsession....picture above! I have mentioned my pregnant friend Lindsay before. I ambushed her and forced her to let me take pictures of her tummy. Just beautiful!

See all of you lovely readers in a week. Xo

Snow Balls and Cotton Balls

This week the city I live in has had record breaking, bone chilling temperatures. We have even had three days of snow; which for a city who usually only gets about 7 days of snow a year...this is HUGE! While most of the city is panicking and complaining, I am loving every minute of it. The city is a true winter wonderland.

Now lets move from snow balls to cotton balls lol. For as long as I can remember I have been storing my cotton balls, eye pads and Q-tips under my bathroom sink. Half of them end up getting spilled all over the place and the bags and boxes take up so much unnecessary room.


I recently decided to put them in my extra jars I had lying around. I bought these jars at a second hand shop for 50 cents. They worked out perfectly because now I can display them on my bathroom counter for easy access. If there is one thing I have learned, its that you can never have enough mason jars!

Bare with me as I fiddle with the functions on my new camera. The lighting was kind of off when I took these pictures but I am sure I will eventually get the hang of it.

On another (more sad) note...I had to go with my very brave Mom today to say goodbye to one of her beloved kitty cats. Minnie was such a beautiful, sweet little kitty who will be terribly missed. It is so amazing how pets can enter our lives and take such a huge piece of our hearts. It was definitely Minnies time to go but that never makes the good bye any easier. Enjoy your time with your little creatures while they are here and give yours an extra pet tonight from my Mom and me :) Xox

Camera...check!

For those who have been following me since the beginning, you may remember me posting about my wish list. The item on the top of that wish list was an SLR digital camera like my sisters. I have a basic point and shoot but I found it just wasn't doing the trick for my furniture and clothing posts. I have been drooling over the Canon Rebel T1i for sooo long.

Yesterday my boyfriend took me on a little outing to go pick one out! My birthday isn't for another 11 days but it snowed on Friday for the first time this year so he thought this would be the perfect weekend for my early Birthday present. I can now check it off my list :)

As you can tell from the picture above, I am super excited! I have read the manual front to back and watched some You Tube tutorials so I should have it figured out in no time. I am looking forward to the quality of the pictures in my blog posts getting so much better. If you have a Canon Rebel, I would love any tips or pointers.

Thank you so much to the most amazing boyfriend a girl could ask for. You are the man I used to close my eyes and day dream about finding one day. Who knew that reality could turn out even better than dreams.