Falling Leaves

Red nail polish, Cherry Red by Sally Hansen
Rhinestone snake ring, H&M
Brown oxfords with gold detailing, via Winners

I don't want fall to leave (hehe, pun intended)!

Winter is on it's way, but I took the opportunity last week to snap some photos using the fresh fall leaves and beautiful fall colours as my background. I felt that my outfit matched the scene as well - a burnt orange suede mini dress paired with black opaque tights, a black boyfriend blazer, fun jewelry & brown oxfords. Of course, the red nails were a great touch as well! I'd have to say that the snake ring is one of my favourites. However, I just bought a cute bow ring from Forever 21, so we'll come back to my "favourites" in the winter and see how they've changed!

I hope you all have had a great weeked and start to your week! I had my first day at Holt Renfrew yesterday. There's lots of things to memorize, but I am excited to learn more. Also, school is almost finished! I'm on the home stretch of homework and assignments - BUT! That means exams again! Eek.

Have a happy Tuesday everyone!

Summer Inspired

 

The other day I decided to update the collage frames in my room. I usually focus them around fashion & fun pictures I find in magazines, so naturally, I did the same this time around. However, I wanted to look for pictures that would continue to inspire me - ergo Chanel, Coco Rocha, stripes (a favourite of mine), Marilyn Monroe, etc. Making collages is a fun way to document your inspiration and hold it in one place. It's easy to write things down that inspire you, but it's so much more fun & pretty to take scissors to paper and make a picture of everything you love!

I wore this dress on my last day at the spa. It's comfortable and perfect for summer! I found it at Winners in Nanaimo a while ago, but it was my first time actually wearing it out. Hallelujah for nicer weather (at that time, anyway. It's ugly and cold now)!

What are you inspired by, and what's your favourite summer outfit?

True Blue

I found this dress while shopping in Nanaimo with Brandon & his little brother. As usual, Holly ventured off on her own while Brandon & Ryan made some new BFFS at EB Games. What is it with boys and video games (and girls and shopping)? Nevertheless, I found this dress and a couple other finds I will be sharing with you all soon!

The dress has tiny little bows all over it. Oopsies, I guess I should've documented that for you instead of a million + pictures of myself. However, you did luck out. Those who are Facebook friends were blessed with ALL of the pictures! Anyway, I wore this dress for a shopping date with my friend Lauren. We were off to Victoria (two times in one week. My poor car & my poor wallet, shelling out gas money. Ugh) to lunch and browse the shops. We went to a cute little eatery called Cafe Bliss. It specializes in raw & natural foods, and wow is it ever good! I will definitely be going back. Oh, and showing you what I bought ;)

Not-so Manic Monday

My mom spotted this while we were perusing the aisles of Winners and thought it was quite fitting considering what I eat. Funny - I had oatmeal just this morning! Gotta love it :)

I offered to buy my mama some Starbucks today. We had been sniffing out the fun flavours of coffee in Winners, and I suggested that we cruise on over to Starbucks - my treat! Grande chai tea latte and a venti non-fat sugar free vanilla iced coffee, easy on the ice (how smooth does that sound?)

We had been grocery shopping earlier & didn't exactly do so on a full belly, ergo the banana bread. We split a slice from Starbucks & also snacked on some fresh fruit that we bought earlier. Works for me!

As a thank you for my aunt, I bought her a Starbucks gift card. She paid for my registration for the run yesterday, ran alongside me & was great company. She deserves a caramel machiatto (or five!)

At an intersection: "Hey, take a picture of me and my cup!" Okay mom.

Stockin' up on some gum.

I know I said that I would post the watch that I bought yesterday, but every time I try to upload the picture it says, "server rejected." I'll get it up eventually - I know you're all holding your breaths until the moment it's revealed (ha, ha) - promise! All in all, my Monday was pretty good. I woke up a little too early for my liking (after thinking I had slept in - nope, 6:43 AM), curled up in bed & read Elle magazine, then watched Serendipity, browsed around on my laptop for a couple hours, ate some fruit before we went & ran some errands, then came home and went for a quick 5K run, voted, and I just devoured a big ol' salad! Phewf! Back to the grind tomorrow!

Hope you all had a great Monday!

Sun & Sequins

Monday included a 10K run, lots of flowers during my walk (I had to walk down to the highschool and pick up my mom's car, as her & my sister have gone to Alberta for a school trip), and plenty of sunshine. Oh, it was also a day off and that meant throwing my wet hair into a top knot, no make up & then running into people I wasn't expecting to see looking the way I did (if you know what I mean). Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of that look, but honestly friends, I'm saving your eyes!

Yesterday was one of those mornings where I didn't know what to wear. Everything looked funny with the bra I was wearing, was see through, didn't fall right, etc. etc. So, I grabbed the nearest thing that caught my eye. I found this "Ginger G" shirt (I think that's what the label said when I was doing laundry yesterday) at Winners, and it's the type of item that just makes you feel GOOD. Nothing wrong with that!

Brandon and I are doing the Holland Creek Trail in Ladysmith today - it's a 6.4K loop that we haven't done yet - and then going out for lunch at a cute little cafe called In the Beantime. My mom suggested it as it apparently has some healthy eats - oh mama, you know me so well!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Look forward to a post with our hiking & lunching adventures!

Sequin City

Okay, I'm pretty much caught up on all the outfits now. I'm not even dressed for work, so I figured I wouldn't share that outfit. It's boring anyway considering I'm at the restaurant today. Anyway, in the last few pictures I was trying to decide how to do my hair. I ended up forgoing the pulled back style - does it look like I have pig tails or what? Not exactly into that look on myself!

I'm wearing: Sequin top from H&M, Pashu skinny jeans via Winners, black moccasin flats (not pictured) from Old Navy, wet hair c/o moi!

Note: I threw in a couple of yesterday's eats as well. I haven't had eggs in FOREVER. Usually I stick to oatmeal with whatever fixings I'm feeling + peanut butter (mmm I love me some PB!), but I felt like a change after yesterday morning's run. SO! I came up with this. One egg on whole wheat toast with spinach and ketchup. Oh yeah, and I squeezed some more ketchup into my life when I munched on some homemade sweet potato fries for dinner. Haven't had those in forever (before yesterday) too!

I hope you all are enjoying your Saturday so far! I have two more days of work to get through (today + tomorrow) before I have a day off. This working two jobs thing is a bit tough, but it better pay off (really, I hope I get paid from job #2 today).

St. Patty's Stripes

I started off St. Patty's Day with a green monster smoothie! For any of you who read food/fitness blogs, you've probably seen the smoothie + spinach mix before. Well, it's one of my favourites (I had one this morning as well), and it seemed fitting for the occasion! My mom also reminded me that I needed to wear green. I felt a little silly in this shirt, mainly because I've lost weight and it's baggy and just looks weird from the front. Anyway, it did the trick.

I'm wearing: Striped shirt from Old Navy, Pashu skinny jeans, Forever 21 flower bobby pin, Dollhouse via Winners oxford shoes, Gap necklace.

Have a fabulous Friday everyone! I know I'm a bit behind on outfit posts STILL. I'm debating whether I should post today's outfit TODAY or wait until tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, more work. Woooh. On the up side, I'm seeing my best friend Lauren as she's home for the weekend from school. I can't wait until I move to Vancouver & we can hang out more often!

Ciao for now!

Webcam Outtakes

As if you guys weren't sick of me yet... Surprise! Here are some recent (silly) pictures I have taken on webcam. Can you tell that I like to play with the different settings? Ha!

My boss called from work today & it turns out that I have the day off! Score! My potential ideas for my day off: do an ab work out, either go to Duncan and check out Winners (which apparently closes at 6 on Sundays... Too bad I didn't know that when I arrived at 6:17 last night!) or go to the mall in Nanaimo & try to find some of those shoes in my Currently Craving post.

What are you all up to today?

Dance, dance, dance

1. Brandon and I taking a break from the party and lounging in a giant Lay-Z boy recliner and snapping pictures!

2. My friend Lily took the ferry over from Vancouver yesterday morning to join the party. She stayed the night tonight & we are currently eating Caesar salad and awaiting our homemade mini pizzas to be finished in the oven!

3. My shoes for the evening! They're a pair of patent black peep toe pumps from Le Chateau. I always feel funny wearing them, because they are shorter than the other heels I wear and the height difference feels strange. Plus, they don't have a platform in the front & I've gotten a little used to that.

4. Me, Lily, and Jenna taking pictures before the night began. I'm wearing Lily's shirt, one by Kismet, my usual Pashu jeans and the Le Chateau shoes. Lily is wearing a shirt from Old Navy, skirt by Joe Fresh, belt from H&M and tights from Winners. Jenna's dress is from Zara and she wore a pair of black tights, and she borrowed a pair of my boots.

Did you guys do anything exciting last night? It's a little strange to have a party on Thursdays, but that's the good thing about being graduated. You can party and have fun all the time!

Holly xoxo