Old Navy Finds

I hit up West Edmonton Mall this morning to meet up with a friend and her son, run some hubby requested errands and do a bit of shopping

The cargo's were the last in my size on clearance in the colour i liked the best but I'm not sure if they fit right...I was trying them over tights so that may have been the problem and when I get batteries for my camera I'll get photos of me wearing it all...:) 

There were a few more tops I would have like to have picked up but they can wait until next week. I do have a photo, a very bad one of me wearing one I'll be getting .

oh Hey ..me in the black shirtdress:) I forgot I snapped a photo in the dressing room heehee

Much Love & Happy Living!!

Quick Update

I worked today and ended up with another really bad sinus headache:( I left work an hour early and came home, took some meds and was cheered up immensely by my hubby and uber snuggly kitty. 
I had a great blog post planned as I recently got a "Inspiring Blog" award that I was going to pass along but I'll get that done in the next few days.

For now I wanted to share some recent purchases with you.  I belong to this great sales community on Live Journal and have been happily doing my version of thrifting 

I really needed a suit of some sort for work meetings and this one fit the bill and was a great deal. I also loved the print dress and top :) 

Much Love & Happy Living!!

Braces, Suspenders Sexy any way you say it

Ever since my hottie, Captain Jack Harkness was shown on Doctor Who & Torchwood wearing braces (or suspenders) I've been smitten

John Barrowman

And that how can I forget Mal from Firefly & Serenity fame

Local Boy Nathan Fillion

                                          
I'm so fascinated by braces and I even like calling them braces over Suspenders.

Arcade Fire

 

Matt Smith from Doctor Who

Wikipedia has a write-up on them here.  And I even found a blog devoted to them and the how and whys of wearing them.

Interesting fact: In the U.K they are called braces and in the U.K Suspenders are women garter belts.   Well I though it was interesting at least lol

Much Love & Happy Living!

I bought this? IN LOVE with BRACES (Suspenders)

I forgot I ordered this and was very surprised when it showed up in the mail today.  Bear in mind please that I've been home sick all week, no makeup and generally blah in my cozy socks lol

The skirt needs to be nipped in a bit and of course some heels like these from Aldo

and maybe even a crisp white shirt with french cuffs too

But I really love the braces (suspenders)  Now it makes me wish even more I had ordered the flannel trousers with braces from Asos last month.  Now they aren't on the site anymore that I can see.  
OMG I just found the trousers and they are ON SALE too...I may try and order them next week if they are still in stock

I think I may also just buy some Suspenders from Sock Dreams to wear with some skirt...So menswear 

Much Love & Happy Living!!

Sometimes It Pays to be a bit OCD

I admit that sometimes I'm a bit OCD in the way I do certain things. One thing I'm really bad at is colour matching, or in my case, once i fixate on a colour not only do I wear but I use that same colour around the house interior too.  It drives my husband nutty.

I have been lucky that my newest colour obsession, blue, has latest about two years and is going strong.

 I always have my base colours, black and shades of gray, and then my fixation colour which usually is a bright colour for pop.
Another OCD thing that I do which is kinda neat is that whever i see a article of clothing I want i save it in a special folder on my laptop and then sync it to my iTouch.  This way when I'm out shopping if I can't remember what I was looking for I have a visual reference.  Also I use it to find similar items if I'm unable to get the actual item I wanted due to out of stock or not shipping to Canada. 

How to you organize your wishlist? Do you just write it down on paper or do you have another tools that help you when you go shopping?

Much Love & Happy Living!!

Winter Wardrobe

Ive been trying to plan my winter wardrobe this week.  After finding a fabulous pair of knee high boots that fit my fat calves I've been inspired to try more items that I used to shy away from like coloured tights and some shorter cut skirts and maybe even a mini skirt (that would be brave territory indeed)

These are the the boots I bought from the U.S. store Target

I also had bought peacock blue tights from Addition-Elle and today I ordered teal and charcoal tights from We Love Colors.  I'll post up a review when I get the tights:) I'm also on the hunt for the perfect sweater dress and cowl neck sweater.   Oh and I LOVE the skinny jeans from Old Navy!!! HAWT:)

Oh yes I also ordered two wide belts that were on sale at torrid.com earlier this week.  I have a list of self acceptance books I'm ordering from the library and other than my migraines and being unemployed I'm feeling good about myself these days!!

Much Love & Healthy Living!