I Like To Drag It Out

Colds, that is. What is this, almost two weeks now!? Maybe if I actually took the time to rest and relax I might be able to get this bug out of me. Serves me right.

I was gross face today, so I had to stay cozy and warm and drugged.

Olympic Sweater
White T
Yoga Jeans
Faux Fryes

I opted for a Kleenex as my accessory de jour.

The Attack of Grey & Blue

The stripe trend carries on as it usually does. I thought I would mix prints and patterns today. I know, what a CRAZY concept.

Oddly enough, I have a T-shirt and a Sweater that is made of up almost the exact same colours. Only makes sense to wear them together, right?

I wore my Dex leopard print grey & blue T with my Kersh striped grey & blue sweater. They got along quite nicely, so I added a grey scarf to the mix to keep in my neck heat. I realize that when dressing for reality you aren’t always dressing fashionably. Well, this blog is about reality, so unfortunately I feel the need to wear a scarf every single day! Ha.

Down below I wore my Yoga Jeans and Black Boots. We went out to Burnaby Village Museum tonight, so I needed extra warmth in the leg area. My yoga jeans are thicker then my denim leggings so they were the perfect option.

The print/pattern together is quite f un, but again, I need to get some more printed Ts so I can explore this option some more!

The Friday Standard

I guess looks like this are becoming the Friday Standard. My hair was a fuzz ball disaster today, and not in a good way either.

Winter just makes me want to wear Black sweaters and these boots. I like to match the weather as best as I can.

Tonight’s plans got jack-knifed because Chad said it was raining. 2 drops of rain, people. Anyways, we ended up going to Surrey for some Mad Men & Hot Chocolate, so I guess it wasn’t THAT bad.

Ninja Sweater in BLACK
Basic T in WHITE
Yoga Jeans
Faux Fryes

Thats how I do it up!

Oh No You Didn’t

Today is a perfect example of those days where you looked good leaving the house, but don’t look so good coming home. Tip for anyone who ever decided to take on a project like this, take your photos in the morning right after you get ready and you will look your best! DO NOT wait until 6pm on a Friday and think you will look just as refreshed and glowing as you did in the morning.

Fridays have been a disaster at work the last little while. You would expect them to be relaxing, but no.

Also, my hair looks like a greasy rats nest in these photos. FAIL.

But anyways, lets talk about my outfit.

Boyfriend Blouse + Boyfriend Cardigan = New Favorite Layered Look. Chad actually thought I was wearing one of his shirts when I got dressed this morning. Priceless.

I layered this look with a long white T because that is my signature, and this outfit was looking a little too dark for my liking. Yoga Jeans and black boots covered my lower half, and a trinket filled necklace covered my neck scar. I was clearly a little too inspired by yesterdays jewellery selection and went over bored today. See, I am so all about less instead of more. I feel over done just because I wore a necklace with this outfit. Crazy, I know.

Prancing around in this was fun today.

SNOW!

You can kind of see outside on the deck the amount of snow we got. This morning was a disaster but it started to mist rain instead of snow by the afternoon, so the drive home was not a nightmare.

This is probably my quintessential SNOW outfit. The warmest thing I own.

I bought this sweater from Suzy Shier years ago and have kept it, basically because I love stripes. It is also the warmest thing I own. I was toasty at work, while everyone else was looking for space heaters! I layered it with a basic white shirt just to give me some length and extra coziness.

My yoga jeans are the ‘thickest’ jeans I own that I can wear boots with, so that was a give in.

My black boots died in a snow accident. I had to drive in my socks. OK, they aren’t dead, but they are soaking wet, on the inside.  Not good.

Now, I shall warm my frozen feet by the fire!

Remembrance Day and Birth Day

Today is the day we remember all those who fought in the war and died for our freedom. Remembrance day is an important day in our house hold. Must have something to do with all the war movies we watch. We’ve started a tradition of going down to Confederation Park with my Dad to watch the Remembrance Day Ceremony. It is hard to imagine what all those Men & Women had to face all those years ago.

Aside from it being Remembrance Day it is also Darios Birthday. This evening we partook in a tradition of eating Polenta & Salami with some Castagne (roasted chestnuts) for dessert.

Since part of today was spent out doors, and everything about today really was on the cold side of things, dressing warmly was key. I busted out my Olympic sweater, which I have not worn since the Olympics. It is the coziest thing on a cold day like today. A simple white T underneath and my yoa jeans helped keep me warm. Boots were also essential for today’s cold weather journey.

Pat stuck the Oilers hat on me.

Simple but warm!

Grey To Meet You

And so begins the week of weeks. Pat arrives tomorrow night and there will surely be adventures this week. Hopefully all will go as planned and we will all have a gay ol’time. It’s always fun when Pat is Back.

Though there is not much colour going on in todays outfit, I wanted to play on layers and prints. The detail and intricate crochet work on the scarf plays off of the small print on my Dish T. The greys are also not the same shade, so the scarf adds some dimension to it. I layered my Dish T with a white t-shirt just to break up all the darkness in my outfit.

The drapy-ness of my Plum sweater also plays off the drapy-ness of the scarf .

I then cuffed my yoga jeans and wore my new grey flats from Spring.

While everything is pretty monotone, I think all the different elements work together nicely!

A Case of the Mondays

I’m not ready to get back into the swing of things. The weather really doesn’t inspire fashion at all, it just inspires the  need to stay warm and dry.

We have a bunch of left over cheese from our Italian Dinner so I’ve been picking away at it. I love having good cheese in the house!

Todays outfit is clearly uninspiring. I layered a grey t-shirt from Plum with a black long sleeve knit top from American Apparel. I then stuck on a pair of Yoga Jeans and my black boots, perfect for puddle jumping!

Time to nom nom nom the cheese some more.

Just a Giant Green Box

How can you have a normal conversation with someone when you are wearing a giant green poncho? It is very difficult, let me tell you, and I was the one wearing the poncho.

I’m not really sure if it is a poncho. It’s kind of attached under the arm, but only by a little bit. I dunno, I’m going to call it a poncho.

I saw this in Italy while shopping at OVS. It was my first Italian purchase. I know it kind of looks goofy, especially in the 2nd picture where I made it look like a giant green box, but I was really attracted to the colour and the coziness of it. I am preparing for snow fall.

I saw it, I thought about it for 20 minutes, and I went back and bought it. It only really took up 1/4 of the suitcase, but it’s worth it, right?

I chose to wear a black 3/4 sleeve knit top underneath so that I wouldn’t be totally naked, cold, and awkward. I then paired it with my Yoga jeans and Fryes. I think it kind of works, if I was planning to go hunting in the Summer and I wanted to blend into the trees.

Sometimes, you just have to have fashion adventures.

Sweater Love

Yea, I friggin love this sweater. I have a huge obsession with stripes. Just ask Chad. I think every sweater I have ever bought him consists of stripes. DEEP SEEDED LOVE OF STRIPES. I know I own too many, but I can’t stop. Read – ADDICTION. Ok, enough with the caps lock.

Day 2 of work and I still have my head in the clouds. I plan on leaving it there as long as possible. (This is going to come back to haunt me, I just know it).

Today’s outfit is brought to you buy a long Plum T-shirt in Charcoal, an AMAZING Kersh cardigan in Charcoal & Purple stripes, and my Yoga Jeans. Oh, and we must not forget the Black Key necklace that Matt made me and my ever stylish Walmart flats! Bhaha.

Stripes, stripes, stripes.