Valentine's Day...

A little belated, but here is my outfit from my Valentine's date with B two weeks ago. (I also cannot believe how fast February flew by..and that we kick off the month of March tomorrow.) Essentially, I just wore the same outfit I wore to work that day; it seemed appropriate for a dinner date at Church Street. To tell you the truth, this wasn't exactly the outfit I started my day out in... I was actually wearing my Eve Gravel skirt that morning, rushing around to get out the door and in a manner that only a really clumsy person can achieve I managed to catch one of my skirt pockets on a door knob and practically tear the pocket off! (I know, sounds ridiculous!) Thankfully the skirt has since been to Asha's Alterations (my usual choice for tailoring, fixes, alterations) and looks good as new!

   

The Outfit

• Black long sleeve tee- H&M (Toronto, Sept '10)
• Beige skirt- Kensie Girl (Liquidation World, March '10)
• Black leggings: C'est Moi- Je Suis Prest Boutique (SJ, Dec '10)
• Beige knit socks: American Apparel (Halifax, Feb '11)
• Boots: Town Shoes (Halifax, Oct '07)
• Feather earring: Little Burgundy (Montreal, June '10)
• Animal print coat: Joe Fresh Style (SJ, Oct '10)
• Black Snood: C'est Moi- Je Suis Prest Boutique (SJ, Jan '11)

This week is shaping up to be a busy one! I'm looking forward to events such as the Fashion Social at the Canterbury Lounge (I had an awesome Saturday evening of dancing there this weekend with lovelies that include Kate, Kiera, Chantale, Nadine, Barb, & Candice!) and then the See Me gallery hop that was rescheduled for this Friday! Will I be seeing you at either of these events? Hope so!

new beginnings

This past week has been a very busy one- tying up loose ends at one job to leave and start another one! I'm going to miss my awesome and amazing co-workers but I'm excited for a change in my career! (Tomorrow is my first day!)  At work on Friday, we had cake at break and my co-workers gave me such pretty flowers and a card!

Later that evening, Ben & I had a double date planned with Brent & Chamila at Churchstreet. But to my shock, when we walked upstairs, I ran into a whole table of my friends who I've worked with- including Chamila! Turns out they had planned a surprise good-bye dinner for me! No one has ever planned any surprise event in my honour so I was pretty touched. We all had a great night...I think we were at the restaurant for almost 4 hours! And I was so pumped about the gift they gave me...it was a necklace I had been watching:

Necklace: "Queen for a Day" by Dogeared (from Je Suis Prest Boutique)

And another card...this one sings!

(Thank you so much guys)

Although I'm excited for the next step and a new job, I am going to miss seeing these people every day! But I always believe in staying in touch and keeping up with friendships. I'm not going that far away anyways :)

Here's the outfit I wore to dinner Friday night...the top is actually my first purchase from Envy! There were just so many great pieces there, I had to put a few on hold last weekend, and come back the next day to make the purchase!

The Look:

Brown ostrish print purse- Guess- Walsh Luggage (Spring '09)

Polka dot coat- Kensie Girl- Liquidation World (March '10)

Mint green top- Mustard Seed- Envy (a week ago)

Skinny jeans- Nissi Jeans- Pseudio (April '10)

Teal heels- Nine West- Winners (Dartmouth, 3 yrs ago)

Pearl bracelets- Le Chateau (Dec '09)

i scream, you scream, we all scream for...

One bonus of writing a personal style blog: others get to know your tastes. And that can be a perk when I get a message about a piece that would be a "Chelsea dress"- how can I not help but want to go look immediately?! New DEPT pieces came in at Je Suis Prest this week, and Kiera and Joy found a dress that they thought would be perfect for me. I went into the store the next day and they were right. I loved it! Soft and comfortable fabrics, versatile (dress it up or down), bright colours, and a cut that was very suiting to my body type.

The Look:

Multicolour dress- DEPT- Je Suis Prest Boutique (Friday)

Short purple trench- Kensie Girl (Liquidation World find for $20!- March '10)

Brown wedges- Aldo (ordered online about 2 months ago)

Gold leaf necklace- Gift from Ben

Ben and I went to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday for ice cream! He had his on a cone and for reasons related to my clumsiness, I always have mine in a dish! Later I added a long gold rope-like necklace as an anklet and gold eyeliner to complete the look for a night uptown- predrinks at Kate's apartment with some lovely ladies and then we were off to the usual watering hole- O'Learys!