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xo J.

Coco

I actually wore this outfit on Monday. I splurged on picked up the new Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipstick over the weekend, and I just love it! The mix between lipstick and gloss gives the perfect amount of shine and colour!  So, in the spirit of Chanel class, my outfit was inspired by the one and only Coco herself - trouser pants, Breton stripes and costume jewellery.

Striped Shirt: H&M
Trousers: Gap
Belt: Jacob
Shoes: Aldo
Necklace: Found at the Great Glebe Garage Sale (for $0.50!)
Charm Bracelet: Tiffany

"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.”

-Coco Chanel via

xo J.

Tuesday Tunes - Adele

I love everything about Adele - her classic yet edgy style, her amazing voice and her passionate lyrics. Despite the sadness of the song, I love this song and it's been on repeat on my 'pod for the last couple of days.




xo J.

Travel Monday - Havana

I love me some travel. Love love love. And so, I decided that as part of my little blog here, I would try to share some of my travels with you. And Monday mornings are so BLEH, I figured travel posts were perfect to escape to fun and exciting places!

This weekend was cold and wet, so today's Travel Monday is focussed on somewhere warm and sunny - Havana, Cuba. Now I know everyone and their mother goes to Cuba (well, at least every Canadian and their Canadian mothers), but I absolutely love this country.  D and I went 2 years ago as my first (and only so far) "beach" vacation. The beach in Veradero was amazing and laying in the sun all day was pretty much perfection. But being the restless ones we are, D and I decided to skip out on the resort-ness for two days and we hopped a bus (not a tour bus) to Havana where we walked around by ourselves for 2 days and stayed in the old part of the city for a night. I loved just wandering the streets, seeing the sights, and exploring places off the beaten path.  Havana is an amazingly beautiful and vibrant city. Cuban culture, food and music is so colourful and energetic and there's no better way to experience it than shunning the resort life for even just a couple of days in Havana.

Plaza de la Catedral

Malecón at sunset

Colourful Calles

Hotel Inglaterra, Paseo del Prado 

El Capitolio

Ministry of Internal Affairs

xo J.

Jeans Day

I work in an office where Friday is the conventional jeans day. This is what I wore this past Friday...not too exciting, but the grey sweater fit my blah mood...and the scarf was a small attempt for some comfy-ness at my desk.  D went back to Toronto Friday morning, so I wasn't in the best of moods.

Sweater: H&M
Scarf: Le Chateau (years ago)
White Tee: Smart Set
Straight Leg Jeans: Old Navy
Leopard Print Flats: H&M


I hope you lovely ladies have all had an amazing weekend - mine was full of naps, besties, junk food and nail painting :)


xo J.

The Dress

Dresses are one of my favourite things to buy/wear. To me (with a low budget for clothes), they're an inexpensive way of making an excellent outfit. Instead of requiring a bazillion pieces to make up an outfit, all you need is a dress, and some accessories. This also makes getting ready in the mornings much easier!

This is actually what I wore on Thursday...it was my first time wearing this dress, but I can see myself wearing it a LOT this spring. It's light and easy to wear, I love the shape, I love the pattern, and I got a lot of compliments on it :) It has now become The Dress in my closet.

Unfortunately, this close-eyed pic is not the best...

The Dress: H&M

Belt: From a Smart Set skirt

Red-Orange Bead necklace: The Bay

Shoes: Nine West

I need to take a moment to comment on my shoes here. These shoes are the classic Nine West Nuncio pump that have been around forever. I bought these for myself 4 years ago when I graduated from my undergrad and started working. I pretty much started in my job the day after graduation, and I was finally making a grown-up salary at a grown-up job and rewarded myself with some grown-up shoes. I've worn these shoes A LOT over the past four years...but after wearing them again on Thursday, I came to the sad realization that they have finally seen their last day (note the little bit of white material sticking out of the top of my left shoe - that's shoe innards...). So, here's to my first pair of office pumps...you've served me well!

Any ideas on what I can replace them with?!? :-p

xo J.

New Toy!

So I've discovered Polyvore. And it's amazing. I could spend a LOT of time on here!


In April I'm heading to England and Wales with two of my besties, so here's what I imagine I'd like to wear wandering around London. I bought this H&M jacket in Montreal this past weekend and can't wait to wear it!

New Toy by TheJMay on Polyvore.com

xo J.

Cheating

Friends, I have to fess up - these are not the shoes I wore today with my outfit. That's right, I'm a shoe faker today. The shoes in today's photo are the same ones I wore yesterday. And while I love love love them (yes, 3 love's worth!) they are a half size too small and I just couldn't bare (bear?) another day of sore feetsies. So I wore pointed flats at work (which I thought looked very Audrey Hepburn with my cropped cigarette pants!) and switched to the heels for my photos.

Sweater: H&M
Belt: La Maison Simon
Black Cropped Jeans: BDG (Urban Outfitters)
Shoes: Aldo
Ring: Urban Behaviour (??)
Silver Bangle: American Eagle


This sweater is one of my purchases from last week's trip to Montreal. I got lots of compliments on it which was nice...and I'm really excited to wear it this spring. I have all kinds of outfit ideas for it, like pairing it with my cropped white skinny jeans, or with a big brown leather belt and a pair of denim cut off shorts and a long necklace. Holy crap summer get here soon! I can't wait for you any longer!


With D home from school these past 2 weeks, we haven't really been eating very healthy, so tonight I decided I was 1- going to actually cook something, and 2- going to make it meatless and (somewhat) healthy. So tostadas was the result:

Doesn't look like much, but they were delicious (if I do say so myself!) There's a crunchy corn tostada as a base layer, a layer of canned refried beans (I usually try and avoid canned foods like this and make them myself for a healthier option, but sadly I've never been able to master the refried bean, so canned it is), homemade guacamole (with tomatoes, a whole whack of cilantro, lime juice, chopped and seeded tomatoes and a few splashes of hot sauce), chopped lettuce, chipotle salsa and a bit of cheddar on top (I usually eat these without cheese, but D is a bad food influence and I couldn't resist once I covered his with cheese!). Yummy!


xo J.

Photo Shoot

Today was a big day! Today was the first day I asked my bf, D, to take photos for me. This is a big step in our relationship for a newbie blogger like myself! 

Turns out D was pretty good about the whole thing. The first few photos were laughably awkward, but I was happy with the way a few turned out! Too bad he has to go back to school Friday...I'll miss having a personal photographer around :(

ANYhoo...onto the outfit. I absolutely LOVED wearing this dress / skirt. It was so ruffly and flowy. It's actually a v-neck dress with ribbon straps, but it's too low cut for work, so I folded it under and belted it, and was super happy with the result! 

T-shirt: Jacob

Tiered Dress (worn as a skirt): Old Navy

Belt: From an H&M dress

Tights: Hue maybe? 

Shoes: Aldo

And here's an outtake for your enjoyment...I asked D to take a photo with me and my cat Poika, but P was just being annoying. And so instead of a cute, cuddly photo with him, here is a pic of him biting me:

So much love.

About 3 minutes after taking these pics, I was already changed into leggings, a hand-me-down of one of D's shirts (is it still a hand-me-down when it's been forcibly passed over?) and some boots and we were off to the neighbourhood for a little Tuesday night dinner date. :)

xo J.

Tuesday Tunes

This is what helped me get to work this morning. Very loudly. So loudly, a lady pushed me out of the way to get off the bus because I couldn't hear her try to excuse herself. But I'm in too good a mood to care :)




xo J.