Ninja in Colour

Strawberry Fields

2008-08-17T16:15:00.004-06:00

So After my last post I had a friend commit suicide, when it rains it pours so to speak. But the last week has been quite enjoyable, lovely weather as well.
Spent most of today outside, picked some strawberries in my yard and just walked through a park with some friends. I thought it would be unbearably warm, but there's a nice breeze that keeps everything almost perfect. Sad to think that in two months we'll be getting snow when it's over thirty today. Brutal reality of living in Alberta.

Grey silk dress - Wilfred. Shoes - Kenneth Cole. Clutch - Matt and Nat.

Rise again?

2008-07-27T20:05:00.000-06:00

Sorry for the lack of, well, everything for the past month (alright, closer to two). It's been quite the roller coaster but things have started to pan out, I've settled into my job/working on starting my apprenticeship, and dealt with some deaths and other emotional crap.
But if anyone still reads this I'll hopefully be back to posting in the next week. :)

Flowy, Floral and Paisley

2008-06-13T12:58:00.003-06:00

My friend needed an anti boy excursion last weekend so we went shopping, I usually don't use clutches so I'm not sure why I bought one, I just loved the colour. It also has a chain strap that you can detatch. If nothing else it fits nicely in my larger bags to keep things organized.

I have formal training for my job on Tuesday, yay. But I have to go find some new bottoms this weekend since I can only wear denim on Fridays. It also states not to wear sweatshirts, which I'm not sure what that includes. Obviously pullover hoodies are out but are chunky knit zip ups really considered a sweatshirt? Not that it matters quite yet since it's summer, but I do get cold easily.

Babies and Mini Skirts

2008-06-07T13:09:00.003-06:00

Ahh sorry for the lack of posts and commenting, it's been a crazy week and I've just been lazy as well. But as of June 6th, 1:33 am I am the quasi aunt to a beautiful baby girl whom I can't wait to meet, I saw pictures last night and all three of them are hoping to come down and visit soon.

I'm also in the middle of figuring out my next AA order, trying to fill in some basic gaps and am torn between whether or not to get the Shiny Late Night Mini Skirt. When I first saw it I thought it would prove to be unwearable for much more then clubs but now that I've seen a few people wearing it, and pulling it off quite well i might add, it seems to have grown on me a fair bit.

Images from Chictopia and Fashiontoast.

Always a kid at heart.

2008-05-29T15:49:00.004-06:00

Shirt - Joe. Shorts - Kit for Cloth. Shoes - Blink. Bracelets - Vintage/Coombs Market.

I love these shoes, I rarely wear them though for some reason and my best friend and I have aways argued about whether it was supposed to be a bear or a hamster, but they make me happy.
And I made a cornbread cake yesterday afternoon, we all thought it sounded a bit strange but it's amazing. And since no one ever uses our huge amount of fresh rhubarb from our garden I made a Blueberry Rhubarb sauce to go with it. Too bad the cake got stuck in the pan and became cake mush, but still tasty.

Go Green.

2008-05-27T18:13:00.002-06:00

Vneck - Gap. Jeans - Levi. Shoes - Modern Vintage. Jacket - Vintage. Bracelets - Vintage and Flea Market.

I love this corner of my yard during the summer, closest thing I can get to the huge parks/forests I used to play in while growing up on Vancouver Island. Also reminds me of the secret garden.
I'm supposed to go to my friends grad on Saturday now, long story, boyfriend issues on her side. Not too excited for the actual ceremony but the dinner/dance/pictures are always fun, atleast they were at my grad, plus I get to dress up and most likely wear one of the two pairs of shoes I just bought.

Both pairs - Aldo.

Deck the Halls

2008-05-24T16:02:00.002-06:00

Jeans - Buffalo. Tshirt - Joe. Jacket - Oui Moments. Shoes - Betsey Johnston. Bracelets - Vintage.

There was a Christmas movie on tv this morning which I found sort of strange, I've seen TV shows have Christmas episodes in the middle of the year while going through previous seasons but never an actual full length movie.

Bohemian Rhapsody

2008-05-21T17:18:00.004-06:00

Dress - Thrift. Necklace - Vintage. Boots - Gift from Italy. Bag - Buffalo.

My friend and I were talking about recognizable classic rock songs last night which ended up in an argument with our other friend who claimed Queens Bohemian Rhapsody wouldn't fall into that cataroy. I've have had an interesting few days though. I wore this a couple days ago, now the weather has turned to a cool, rainy, rather dreary sky, which I actually love. Reminds me of Februarys' back home.

Light and airy

2008-05-15T21:44:00.002-06:00

Lace cami - H&M. Sheer blouse - Say What?. Shorts - Talula. Shoes - Bandolino.

Everything it turning green but my legs are still pale enough to blind people. I actually like being pale though, tanning has never been my thing. I'm excited to dress for this summer though, usually I give up and live in tanks and shorts for the warmer months but I hopefully see lots of flowy blouses and dresses in my future.
And my television just informed me of organic cotton candy that is sold in grocery stores, I'll have to investigate this next time I'm out, I love cotton candy as well at Food TV.

Puppy Love

2008-05-14T18:11:00.003-06:00

Dress - AA. Tshirt - Unknown. Tights - Rampage. Shoes - Aldo. Jacket - Oui Moments.

Some older man walking past my house leaned over my fence and started talking to me about my dog while I was outside with my camera, It was a slightly awkward moment. But overall it was a fairly decent day, although I can't find Lychee nuts or Creme Fraiche anywhere in my town, which is frustrating, guess I have to make a trip into this city this weekend.

Bubble Tea.

2008-05-09T11:54:00.002-06:00

As a pleasant surprise one of my good guy friends stopped at the bubble tea shop off Whyte yesterday on his way home from summer classes at the U and brought me some. I was just saying to him the other night how I hadn't had it in awhile and I also hadn't seen him in a long time so it was nice.
The trees are also finally starting to bud out and I can't wait till everything turns green and pretty.

Tshirt - Joe Fresh. Jeans - Buffalo. Blazer - Ralph Lauren. Shoes - Modern Vintage. Purse - MBMJ.

Cutouts

2008-05-07T00:58:00.001-06:00

I saw these at the mall the other day and wasn't sure what to think about them but I haven't been able to get them out of my mind since. I'm not sure if I'm crazy or not but I'm so tempted to go snatch them up.

2008-05-03T15:33:00.002-06:00

It's hard to grasp my mind around the fact that my parents are away skiing this weekend when it's been reasonably nice weather here, a bit windy today but I won't complain. I walked to the store to get things for supper earlier and tried out the Aldo heels, they're actually really comfortable.

V-neck - Gap. Skirt - Homemade. Tights - Unknown. Shoes - Aldo. Coat - Oui Moments. Bag - UO.

Button me up

2008-05-01T21:42:00.006-06:00

My dad recently cleaned out his closet of two bags of XL button up shirts. He was just going to donate them all but I rummaged through them and stole any with fabric or prints I liked, thinking I'd do something with them eventually. So this morning I got bored and after staring at one of these shirts for about five minutes decided it could be a skirt. I actually really liked how it turned out and will probably make another one.
I also picked up these shoes a few days ago, which I haven't been able to wear yet since we've been having constant rain, but just noticed could go nicely with above skirt.

Octopie

2008-05-01T01:37:00.002-06:00

Lately I've been obsessed with all things octopus inspired. I grew up right next to the ocean in both BC and New Zealand and have always had a love for it. Mostly my love of sea creatures over the years have been directed at whales but I find myself being more and more drawn to octopus, something about the tentacles I think.

2008-04-29T10:53:00.002-06:00

Yesterday was a lazy day, it finally warmed up and almost all of the snow has melted so I spend most of the day outside. My brother and I pulled out all the deck furniture from the shed and ate our lunch out there.

If I ran the Circus t-shirt - UO. Grey Skinny Jeans - Shank Jeans. Vest - Guess. Blue Heels - Winners. Bracelets - Vintage from grandparents.

Pretty little trinkets

2008-04-22T15:38:00.002-06:00

Life has been crazy busy the last few days. But not the good kind, the stressful kind where at the end of the day all you want to do is curl up in a warm bed and sleep. And the two feet of snow that's fallen in the last few days doesn't help.
But I found this belt in a box of my Grandmas stuff. My mom isn't a fan of it but I sort of like it.

Also found this pocket watch. It doesn't work anymore but I might get it looked at, it's one of the ones you have to wind so I'm not sure how easily that can be fixed.

2008-04-16T13:50:00.003-06:00

My dad left for Montreal this morning to meet with some social workers and nursing homes for my Grandma who, as he finally decided to inform me last night, has progressing dementia and may not even remember who his is when he gets out there. But I picked her up a Willow Tree figurine anyways, in case she's has a good day while he's out there.

Last nights outfit; Still can't find my camera. I have todays outfit to post as well but for some reason blogger is doing something weird with the coding when I try to import it from my photobucket, so it will have to wait.

Black cami - H&M
White crocheted cardi - Wilfred
Jeans - Levi
Peacoat hoody - T&A
Flat ankle boots (not shown) - Steve Madden

Deconstruction

2008-04-12T17:47:00.002-06:00

I was digging around in my closet this morning and came across a peach linen blazer way in the back with all the tags still on it. It's a few sizes too big and had huge shoulder pads in it, but I thought it may look cute for summer.

So I spent about fifteen minutes, snipping and pinning and stitching till I had a still over sized but shoulderpadless blazer. Now hopefully I'll find some ways to wear it.

Look, No pants

2008-04-10T18:14:00.005-06:00

I've been feeling like poo the last couple days, which is bringing down the whole vibe of it warming up again. But I got a job, sort of. It's just a part time thing starting in a few weeks for my hairdresser but it could turn into full time over the summer if I want. Either way it's sort of exciting, I dislike the whole being poor, living off rebate cheques thing.
And everyone seems to want to play with my hair, one of my friends brought up the possibility of hair modeling for him and my hair dresser wants me to do a demo thing for a new line of hair dyes they're stocking.

But here's what I threw on this morning to run over to the post office in.

Black v-neck - Talula Babton
Skirt - Homemade
Tights - Revolve
Cardi - Wilfred
Shoes - Nine West

Lust of the Week

2008-04-09T16:59:00.004-06:00

Banfi Zambrelli shoes. There's just something about the colours and shapes with the patent leather, Like really pretty wearable easter eggs.

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2008-04-07T22:09:00.004-06:00

Gah, Sweeney Todd is freaking amazing. I should have seen this months ago seeing as how I counted out the days till it released in theaters, then no one would go with me and I didn't want to ruin the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp magic by watching a poorly streamed video of it online. So I waited, and waited, and went to three stores where it was sold out but now i am in complete movie lust.

Brighten the Day

2008-04-07T17:35:00.003-06:00

I felt like countering the gross weather yesterday with my clothes. Tyler said I looked like I came out of a kids story book, I should have been dancing around in the rain with some little ducks or something.
And I left my camera at his house again so webcam pics for now, and poorly photoshoped bunny heads.

Black long-sleeved turtle neck - Too The Maxx? I don't remember for sure
Blue jeans - Buffalo
Yellow trench - Unknown brand from Winners
Black boots - Unknown

Titleless

2008-04-05T16:29:00.008-06:00

I can't come up with a title and I think mother nature is smiting me. Yesterday was lovely, up until about eight o'clock when I stepped outside on my way to meet up for coffee with a friend and noticed random white specks fluttering around. By the time we had walked the ten minutes to the coffee shop the wind and snow had picked up greatly and we all woke up to almost a foot of snow and an expected four more inches before nightfall.

But hours before this I had managed to find some cute lightweight tops, which is one thing I've always had problems with. I tend to resort to tanks and camis a lot in warmer weather, hopefully that will change this year.

Button up ruffled tshirt - Joe Fresh, Tied waist button up - Levi, Sheer blouse - Say What.

Brown sandals - Modern Vintage, Yellow wedges - Shoes for Lovely People

All for less them 200$, which I don't think is bad considering the brown shoes retail for over that.
And I also dropped my resume off at a local spa so we'll see how that goes.

Walk with me

2008-03-31T16:27:00.004-06:00

After having a craptastic morning I decided to take advantage of the almost warm weather and go for a walk with my dog. I got stopped three different times by people asking how I managed to walk a dog in heels, honestly i don't even notice the difference between heels and flats when i walk anymore, unless i end up on grass or sand. Which is probably where my hatred of beach and most outdoor weddings comes from, walking back and fourth across a golf course in four inch heels all day isn't my idea of fun, it's also a day I hope not to have to repeat.

White V-neck - GAP
Black skinny jeans - JBrand
Yellow coat - Winners
Black patent heels - Winners
Sunglasses - Chanel