Dressing Up For Me

Today I´m showing you 4 things: First my scar, er, I mean my blue batwing top. The top´s color is really a darker shade of blue. The camera´s flash sort of mutated it. As for the scar, I got it while pressing one of the hubby´s shirts. Tricky hot iron, klutzy me. And please don´t mind what´s my left hand doing in this photo, it has a life of it´s own especially when the timer stops and the camera starts clicking away.  Second, my all blue outfit. Oh wait, didn´t the title say it all? Third, these blue painted sheep which we saw while traveling along the French countryside. They´re so cute, the hubz just had to stop the car at the roadside ( up there in the mountains) to ask me to take a photo of them. They have bells on their neck too and every time they walk, I can hear them tinkling away. :)  And lastly, my new snakeskin loafers which I got on sale. Woohoo! I´m going  gaga with snakeskin prints nowadays. But not a...

Dahlings , meet the star of this post:  I wanted this scarf to be the center of attention so I wore black ( except for the gray bag). Actually, I also wanted to channel Parisian chic because we´re about to crossover to France even if it´s just only one afternoon in one of those French mountain towns . So how do I look? ;) ( ring (old)- Sfera) Anyway, just before crossing the French border, we stopped by this quaint Spanish town to have lunch. Food was typically Spanish, I ordered menestra ( mixed vegetables) and grilled lamb chops while the hubz had red beans cooked to perfection and stuffed pimiento with hake in creamy sauce.What I love most about these small Spanish countryside towns are the windows decorated with flowers/plants like this one: Cute, no? The color combination made me remember this color blocking post which I did here . ( top and bag - Zara, scarf - Bershka, jeans and ballerinas - H&M ) So I´ve just shown you the st...

Hello, hello! Was planning on doing my bi-annual closet cleaning but it looks like I´m gonna postpone it for now because the hot days are back with a vengeance! Yup, summer´s decided to extend it´s stay, my darlings . At least on this side of the world. On another news, today ends the 3-day Medieval Fair in my city. Sorry, no fair photos nor outfit photos outside because  it was jampacked with lots of things but I did took some them indoor photos right before we went out. Will these do? ;)  This light jersey top can be styled in multiple ways: as an off-shouldered top, pulled down a la shirt dress or just a normal top shirred at the waist . I opted for the latter because I´m wearing a skirt and it´s too hot to go off-shoulder. Wouldn´t want to burn just one side of my shoulder blade, ya know. ;) Since it was quite chilly in the early morning, I put on an ancient denim jacket ( say10 years old?) to keep me warm. Yep, ...

Leaving you my  second to the last  summer photos taken at  Baiona, Pontevedra during my summer trip in Galicia last month. A fitting despedida to summer which officially ended at 11:05 am today. ;)  It´s been a well spent summer for me showered with lots of luck and new blessings. Can´t wait to embrace fall, my favorite season of the year! :) xoxo, Che

Making use of the good weather that we´re still having in here before summer finally bids adieu . By that, I mean wearing this open neck, 3 euro ( yeah, seriously!), long back shirt, black bandage skirt and sheer tights just before we went for an afternoon walk which unexpectedly ended in a bar hopping dinner date. At night, the temperature drops 5 to 7 degrees. No worries, I can still handle the cold with a light jacket on and five glasses of  La Rioja wine. hehehe! No seriously, the temperature was a slightly breezy 18 ºC and I just limit myself to drinking one or two glasses of wine unless I want to crawl home, scraped knees and all. Do you know that a long, long time ago (while still enjoying my single blessedness), I ¨ literally crawled up on the stairs¨ in one rare drunken stupor? It was a helluva experience with an equally unforgettable hangover the next day. The culprit? Tequila! I swore I´m not gonna get drunk again and yup, tequila wa defi...

Fall is just around the corner. It´s that time of the year when the leaves slowly turn from green --> to   yellow --> to orange / reddish brown and finally --> to brown as they begin to fall and litter the streets in heaps. It´s my favorite season, more than spring. For me, fall colors are earthy tones, subdued and pleasing to the eyes. Just to give you an idea, I scoured the internet for some color palette inspiration for earthy tones and found this: photo source So basically, this will be my color palette for fall. Ooops! For those who know me, I´m usually unpredictable and so expect to see jewel tones and overly bright colors popping up once in a while in my posts. ;) As for the current fall  fashion trends, I got lucky that I already have a pair of velvet pants which I first wore here . So I only need some tops to update my wardrobe just like this Missoni inspired chevron printed top which I discovered at a local store in ...

A few weeks ago, a very good friend of mine forwarded to me this hilariously illustrated e-mail which had me laughing for days. I´m sharing it with you because it has a ring of truth to it. Really. Just scroll down  and discover for yourself! ;) THE 5 STAGES OF A FEMALE'S ¨BOD¨ LIFE : 1. To Grow Up  2. To Fill Out 3. To Slim Down 4. To Hold It On 5. To Hell With It! I´m between stages 3 and 4 and wouldn´t mind a bit if I stop eternally at number 2. So what stage are you in right now? ;) On another note, here´s a month old photo of mine which I intentionally  forgot   to post here because I looked so puffy. Since this blog is for real and I´m a normal gal after all, so here it is : ( maxi dress - thrifted, short knitted cardigan - local store) A maxi dress is great for hiding those multiple curves aside from being comfy. So on my really, really fat days, this is my go-to piece. This and a splash of red lipstick to ...

Cerulean .That´s the first thing that came to my mind when first I saw these pants. It´s a color by the way defined by Wiki as:  a range of colors from deep blue , sky-blue, bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors. It´s also Pantone´s color of the millenium. Wow, that does mean we can wear this color until  the year 3,000!? ;) When I go shopping, I usually look at the colors first and later the style. Good thing I have a variety of tops and bottoms and so the possibility of  mixing my clothes is endless unlike with dresses where mixing is a bit limited. Now you see why I hardly buy or wear dresses. hahaha! Anyways, cereulean matches well with raspberry, red , yellow, purple (why not?), green ( have to try that)  fuschia ( hmmm, let´s see) and..  brown too! Too bad, these shoes look comfy but they are so NOT or maybe it just needs getting used to. ( floral top - Promod,  jeans - local store, clogs - Blanco) G...

Warning : Photo heavy post Had an impromptou visit to Biarritz yesterday. I wore my girlie floral dress ( I bought this at the girl´s section, true!) which hadn´t seen the light in a year, my mettalic moss green sandals, my silver, a little leather and some pearls and then off  I went to the French coast!  This small leather structured bag is a summer staple of mine but it rarely makes it´s appearance here in the blog. So here it is finally! ( dress, hat - Zara girls, short knitted cardigan - Pimkie, sunglasses- H&M, sandals - Zendra(local brand) ) First order of the day was lunch at this small restaurant which serve sumptuous seafood paella and pizza. I find it cute that my table napkin´s color matches with the color of my dress so I took a photo of it. hahaha! We didn´t order pizza  but we had paella and mussels with fries. Then came the shock of my life. The mussels are ah... petite like me . We´re so used to eating large mussels ...

We´ve started buying furniture for the spare bedroom in the new flat. First was this sofa bed which was love at first sight. So funky even the non-fashionista  hubz agrees!  It´s my new fave piece in the house (aside from the lap top) so I decided that we should have our first photo op together. Me, the couch and the camera timer. You see, beautiful things should be photographed together. Joke! :) Now excuse me while I lay my huge bum all over it before the hubz invades this tangerine space for his book reading sessions. ( top - Pimkie, jeans - Zara, ring - local store) So do you have a fave piece of furniture in your house? Enjoy your weekend, dears ! :) xoxo, Che