this week (and by that I mean last week!)

Last weekend my parents came here for a little visit with Nat (who stayed with me a bit longer), so I have had some new additions to my closet where they either brought me things from home, or bought me a few birthday gifts in Annap! Before they came, my sister and I had a Skype date where she ran her hand along all of my dresses while I watched over video chat and told her to stop at the ones I wanted. Later that same week I sent her an email with about 8 more items that I wanted (complete with exact locations of where she would find them in my room, hahaha). It has been nice to have some new/old friends with me here, and I hope you enjoy!

Here was my week in clothes :)

Monday:dress: vintage store in Victoria, BC (recognize it Rachel?)

Tuesday:
shirt: forever 21//skirt: H & M

Wednesday:
skirt: gap// t-shirt: urban outfitters

Thursday:
Skirt: from bronwyn// wool wrap top: planet aide, kensington market (i remembered just now exactly where this came from!)

Friday:
Skirt: from Bronwyn// Skeleton t-shirt: Urban Outfitters//Shoes: Kenneth Cole

Saturday:
(Casual Saturday outfit to work at the Library)
Ring: Courage my Love, Kensington Market//Jeans: Uniqlo//apparently controversial flower/gun tanktop: Urban Outfitters//sweater: Primark, UK

catch up round 2

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This is the next round of outfits that I had documented without posting last week. This outfit is comprised of a grey sheer t-shirt (urban outfitters), black skirt (H & M), black shoes (old navy), and a sweet grey belt that I found in PEI (value village). I wore it to class and it was super comfy.

I'll take a break from talking about outfits to talk about class, because I pretty much love it here! I'm reading tons and tons (I figured out that I had read over 900 pages after the first 2 weeks of class, no big deal...!!...), but this place is so idyllic in the summer and it's lovely to just be outside reading. My classes are basically like slightly more formal reading groups, where people address each other by last name (mr. or ms. so and so), and a good portion of the people dress up for seminar days to "raise the level of importance" attached to the class. I quite like this practice. I am learning with such brilliant people and I can already tell that I'm going to benefit from the program. It's always good to have one's choices affirmed, so I'm feeling pretty sweet right now!

Now, back to outfits:

This was one of my seminar outfits. It was recently acquired from Bronwyn after about two years of my wanting it (no joke). I know that it was an Urban Outfitter's score for her. There is a student in my program here that I'd say is in her mid-fifties and she is a complete timeless beauty. She's so elegant and always looks amazing. I have tutorial with her everyday, and I always love seeing what she's going to wear. Anyhow, when I wore this dress she complimented me on the dress when I walked into class (the thought of her complimenting me again is what motivates my outfit choices every morning, haha).

catch up!

So I've been away a while! My parents were in town last weekend, and I didn't spend much time on the internet (or reading for class...) so now I'm here to catch up a little. Thanks to those of you who said you missed my posts, I'm putting these of for you!! These will probably be a little quick, but they are just to document :)

skirt, H & M everyday// shirt, Polo
(worn to work at the library)

t-shirt, joe fresh//skirt, from bron//belt, l.l.bean kids//sweet brown mug, toronto garage sale
(worn to class)


dress, honest eds ($3!!!!)
(worn to a party)

hair cut

I cut my hair a bit yesterday and I find it always looks best on days that I do this. I may become one of those eccentric people that get haircuts every week in her adult years.

Today I was just at work in this outfit, casual Saturday, one might call it. After 3 weeks of working at the Library, I was "in charge" there today and had to undo the alarm, and set it again when I left etc. I gelt a little nervous for not being nervous, but I think it all worked out.

Here my pants are from Bronwyn, from Club Monaco, the t-shirt is American Apparel, the shoes are Kenneth Cole, the belt was taken from father, and the hair is mostly me :)

ps, I can't figure out why all of this is underlined...I'm just hoping it will go away when I post it...don't you miss my laissez-faire approach to technology? Haha, ohhhh dear.

vest

On Friday I only had work at the library, as classes run from Monday-Thursday. After work I came home, wore tights as pants (yeah, that's right--I do what I want) and read until hot yoga later that night.

The vest is from gap, the shirt dress is from Banana Republic. I love the vest but find that I never know how to wear it/what to wear it with...Rachel, weigh in?

Show me your beautiful mug!

This was my outfit on Thursday, June 24:

The cardigan is from gap (I'm in love with it), and it's perfect for Annap. because it's flowy (sp?) and light, but covers so the sun doesn't hurt me. The tank top underneath is also from gap, and the skirt is from H & M. The mug is from this awesome store in North Conway, NH, and it was made in Mexico. I love it so hard, so I wanted to feature it here for you to enjoy as well :)

Can you tell?

Today I had no library duty, which was nice. I woke up, spent a good 5 hours with my buddy Aristotle, had a cute little Skype date with my sister, then went to class. I didn't change once (rare for me), so here is what I wore aaaaaaaaaallll day:

The dress is from T.J. Maxx, and the shoes are from Old Navy, and the belt, I think, comes from Value Village, Charlottetown. I love this dress because it's so simple, or at least it looks simple until.......bam!

I'm wearing the dress backwards, just because I thought it looked better this way...am I alone? Can you tell? Here is a shot of my gold leaf earrings, which I believe were also from Value Village, Charlottetown: