Daily, Fashion, OOTD, Photos

California has not changed me

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As you read this, I’m either on an airplane or stuck in Chicago airport for 7 hours while I wait for another leg of my flight back to California.

I thought it was only appropriate to show an outfit of the day where I hung out with my new blogger bud Megan. She was also living in California but moved back to Toronto just a few short days ago. So sad I won’t be seeing her pretty face on the regular anymore. But I remember this day back in late April, one of our last few visits with each other.

You’ll notice an iced coffee in my hands for some of the photos – which I might add was the blandest wateriest iced coffee I’ve spent my money on. I’ll be talking about that spot on the blog at another point and time. Anyhoodle. Back to the blog post, it’s supposed to be all fashiony and such. I think this was somewhere in the Mission district of San Francisco. Either way, it was hot, it was fun, and I was awkward. You’ll see after the mirror selfies in this bathroom in San Francisco which has terrific selfie lighting. Just sayin.

Outfit details will be listed at the bottom of the post. Hint, everything is under $20.

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Do yo like the shirt I’m wearing? I call it my zoo-keeper shirt. I kinda feel like one, wearing it. All rustic and worn-in looking, and it has that general feel to it with the green. AM I RIGHT?

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Awkward-dances-in-SFDon’t worry, California hasn’t changed me. I’m still doing the awkward dances in the street trying to shake my wiggles out and decide on how to post for the next picture. As soon as I saw this picture, I laughed so much I had to ask Megan if my mascara was running. I also may have let out a snort-laugh while I was at it. You know I’m laughing hard then. I immediately sent the picture to my husband and he wrote back “are you sitting on an invisible bench?” Cracked me right up.

Laughing-in-SFThen I started laughing again. Not knowing what to do with my body. I can be so awkward. :) But it’s all in good fun. We had a fantastic time laughing and carrying on trying to take some of the photos.

And to finish off the set, a few serious ones and a blooper of me putting my sunnies back on my shirt.

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Outfit details:
Ardene sunglasss, Etsy necklace, H&M shirt, Zara purse
Forever 21 jeans, American Eagle belt, Target knock-off vans

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Daily, Fashion, How I Style

San Francisco Style – Outfit of the day

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I’ve been spending the majority of my time in San Francisco lately, to get as much girl-time in with my new friend, Megan. We met in person about a month ago, by finding each other on Instagram, not realizing we were both Canadian. So we HAD to meet up.

Unfortunately, Megan is moving back to Toronto within the next few weeks. Each time we’re together, the hours simply fly by — it’s like we’ve known each other for years! I just love the ease of friendship we have and how easy it is to just chat with her. We click SO well, and it’s too bad we didn’t meet sooner. But I’m glad we bonded, and I’ll cherish our time together. Doesn’t mean we’ll never see each other again, right?

I feel like I rarely do outfit of the day blog posts anymore, so here is what I wore last week while spending the day with her in San Francisco. :)

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Outfit-of-the-Day-SF-editioOutfit details:
Ardene sunglasss, Etsy necklace, Joe Fresh tee, H&M hoody
Suzy Shier faux leather jacket, Zara purse, Zara jeans, Target knock-off vans

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Fashion, OOTD, Photos

What I Wore to BlogHer’14: The Blue Dress

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BlogHer14-Blue-DressI saved this batch of photos for last, because they weren’t taken on anything fancy. These are straight from my BlackBerry Z10, hence the difference in quality from Jessica‘s photos. I still wanted to feature them because this dress received so much attention from people at the blogging conference, and on the blog as soon as I featured it on my BlogHer recap.

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anthropologie dress
smart set cardigan, banana republic belt
old navy gold ring, charlotte russe flip flops

Oh this blue dress. I recently purchased it at Anthropologie for the cost of a couple of limbs. Anthro is my favourite store to shop at, but I try not to go inside too often because I want everything I see, and I cannot afford 90% of the things for sale there, except for things on major clearance. Regardless of that, I picked up this dress and immediately had buyers remorse. I left the tags on until the day I wore it, on the final day of BlogHer’14. My oh my, I have to be honest, I have never received so many compliments on an article of clothing I’ve worn. Ever. It made me feel like a million bucks. Women were asking where I got it, some were complimenting my legs (ooo, thanks!), and a man or two stared which boosted the ol’ ego.

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