The Mask and Me

Jacket – F21  //  Cardi – hand me down  //  Scarf – Street Stand //  Cords – Le Chateau  //  Boots – Feet First
I picked up this amazing piece of artwork from a friend.  She makes them from hand crafted and painted leather.  Let me tell you they are amazing and so beautiful!  They remind me of something from a Venetian masquerade. I’m excited to have this framed piece standing over my desk right now. 
Slowly, ever so slowly I’m starting to amass artwork in my house that has meaning to me.  That’s the most important thing to me, that it says something and reminds me of something.  It’s exciting to see these things displayed around my home and know that each one has a fun story.

Worst Mother Of The Year

It’s warm and sunny, so of course she just has to wear her mitts to go outside and wait for the bus.  The clincher was also that she insisted on carrying her own bag, no matter what I did or how many times I offered.  This of course, made me look like worst mother of the year to all the passengers and passersby.  They all gave me the look that said, “I can’t believe you’re making her carry that big bag.”  If they only knew.  *sigh*

Two Pairs of Shoes

Dress – English Rose *from Ruche, I think*  //  Clutch – H&M  //  Shoes – Call It Spring

I went to the launch party of a historic event in Canada – the Independent Web Series Creator’s of Canada.  It was an absolutely great time, and if you’re in Canada you want to be a part of this organization.  So here I am all dressed up for the night.  I love how easy and loose this dress is.  Plus, I’m really loving mint green right now.

But here’s the real story I want to share with you.  In that clutch you see right at this very moment hides a pair of flats.  See I plan ahead.  After hours and hours in these gorgeous pink heels my feet were killing me.  I wasn’t about to spend time traveling home in pain.

As I rode the metro, I was accompanied by three teenagers who were out for the night too.  The young woman was leaning on her boyfriend because her feet hurt from her shoes.  He turned to her, just as I was passing them on the stairs, and said, “Why don’t you girls bring two pairs of shoes when you go out?”  Then as I passed I knew he pointed at me, and so I turned around and gave them a knowing smile while I gestured to the heels hanging off my fingers.

Yup, it’s  all about the two pairs of shoes. 

Animal Instincts Come Alive

Dress- Mink Pink  //  Jacket – Old Navy  //  Necklace – H&M  //  Shoes – Rocketdog
The warmth is here in full force.  As the sun comes out and the layers are shed I always think that somehow we shed our inhibitions as well and return to more primal roots.  We become more animal, shall we say, more in tune with our instincts.  Clearly that’s on my mind as I reach for animal print and faux suede fringe detail. 
Plus,  whenever I wear animal print, the song, “Wild Women Do” from the Pretty Woman soundtrack plays in my head throughout the day.  We could all use a little Julia Roberts delusion now and then.

Just Darn Annoying

Jeans – Gap  //  Sweater & Sunnies – F21  //  Scarf – Trove  //  Necklace – Ardene  //  Bag – Ruche  //  Shoes – Threadsence

This is pretty much my sick outfit.  And not sick, as in super awesome and cool, but sick as in I’m fighting off a horrible cold that makes me feel like hacking out my own lungs.  I resort to comfy and cozy things when I feel crappy.

I find being sick really annoying.  I don’t feel well.  I have low energy.  But the responsibilities and tasks don’t diminish.  So I just find it darn inconvenient to have to be ill during these moments.  It’s not like there’s anything seriously wrong with me, so I know I’m fine, I just can’t get through my daily tasks like before.  So yeah, it’s just annoying.  I could really do without it.  Maybe I’ll start a petition that’s anti-cold.  Would you sign?

Hair Tutorial: Four Braided Buns

I kind of really love this look.  There’s just a great symmetry about it that’s still a bit unkempt.  That’s just me though.

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Random Sundays: Planting Dandelions

Garden visits in your PJs to plant dandelions.  That’s how we roll over here at the Haughton house.  Can’t wait to see how she reacts to the growing plants this year. 

CoffeeTalk Vlog: Taking Fashion Pictures In Public

Chelsea asks, How do you take fashion post pictures in public? Well, the short answer is you just kind of go ahead and do it.  The long answer is, you just go ahead and do it, with these things in mind.

Here are the posts I reference in this vlog:

On Self-Portraits – thoughts on taking self-portraits
No Shame – it helps a lot to just not care.
These Are My Peeps? – everyone in my neighborhood is nuts, so what’s one lady taking pictures of herself?

Raw Kale and Toddlers

Top – Winners //  Skirt – F21 dress that I converted to a skirt  //  Belt – swapped  //  Hat & Sunnies – F21
Our friends call us the Hippie parents.  And I always wonder why exactly.  Sure we grow veggies in our garden, eat organic, gluten and dairy free as well.  And no we don’t stress over her eating dirt or kissing the dog; germs are good for her immunity.  But here’s what explained things for me. 
I was busy juicing veggie juice for all of us.  I turned around to see Baby Girl standing and munching on the raw kale from the bowl of veggies prepped for juicing.  She was happily eating away and smiling at me.  I smiled back and started juicing.  Then she got upset because I juiced her ‘snack’ *that’s what she called it*  Juicing veggies, and a girl who gets upset when you take away her raw kale?  Yup, we’re hippie parents all right.  If by ‘hippie’ you mean kick ass awesome! Come on, a toddler who eats raw kale and likes it?!  That’s got to be some kind of achievement.

I’ll Let You In On The Lie

Top – Zara  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Shoes – Rocketdog from Winners  //  Necklace – Ruche  //  
Sunnies – F21  //  Bag – patches scoured from the internet

I didn’t wear this today or yesterday.  Today I’m sick, as I was yesterday, so really I’m not fit for human consumption.  This I wore a few days ago and the photos have been sitting on my computer.  The lie is this, I post daily outfits here, but sometimes they’re no on the exact day I wore them.  I try to be as recent as possible.  I also try to show you the reality, to the best of my ability, but today I’m sick and that’s when these pictures come to save the day.

They give me a chance to interact with you.  Give you a chance to see an outfit that I did in fact wear.  And they give me a chance to wallow in my PJs with a pot of tea.

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