Dressing Up For Me

Just before the year ends today, I´m thanking you dear readers for visiting and leaving heart warming comments and sending those sweet e-mails. Thank you so much, I appreciate them all. Anyway, here are some what-I-wore photos which I´ve collated this year  for you. I´m not proud to say that I didn´t evolve much in my dressing style but at least I wore the year with flying colors, literally! Color blocking from spring to summer I had fun wearing this trend especially that I´m a jeans and top kind of gal . This is the best go to mix for those days when you feel like experimenting with different color combinations. Leather Here are the newest addition to my faux leather family, the metallic skirt which I wore on my yearly Christmas dinner with my close friends, a red leather number which has become a favorite of mine and the jacket which I have only worn once in the blog. I need to remix the jacket! The black mini with side panels is an old one but I decided to p...

My yearly Christmas dinner with the girlfriends is a very laid back affair. No fancy dressing just something casual and elegant. So I covered myself in black, put on a metallic skirt and hang a colored bling on  my neck and finished up with a sequin clutch to make the look more festive. top- Zara, skirt -Promod, clutch and necklace -Blanco, leather boots -thrifted This year we didn´t have any Secret Santa because everyone´s so busy to meet up before the Xmas dinner but we did exchange some gifts. Guess what I got? A pretty nude colored bag for spring, yey! :) We had so much fun laughing and bar hopping that I lost my voice the day after, bwahahaha! Later, Mr. Colds came and decided to stay with me for God knows how long. So while I´m typing this post between sneezes, runny nose and burning eyes, I hope that you had a marvelous Christmas day wherever you are! Hugs! Che PS: Pardon the kabuki face. ;)

Haloooo! First thing first, for you green lovers out there, here´s your time to shine. Pantone´s color of 2013 is Emerald Green! source Now you know why I changed my header to this. ;) Second, it´s a tradition in Spain to eat turrón and mazapán during Christmas. The turrones come in a variety of flavors and textures and can be found in all of the the supermarkets and local  pastelerias in the neighborhood. My sweet tooth hub z  loves them so much that he has them all year round. You can´t just imagine how many packs we have in the flat right now while I stick to my ever crunchy Ferrero Rocher. ;) Third, here´s what I´m wearing right now while I´m about to prepare for the noche buena . This year  I plan to keep it simple, just chicken and Filipino stir fried noodles but with a very tasty dessert later on. top - Blanco, necklace -H&M, jeans - Primark So from our humble home to yours, here´s wishing a JOYOUS and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! Have...

Hello, all! After all the doomsday hulabaloo, we survived and the the sun was shining bright as ever on my side of the world. Whew! Did you really believe that the world will end on this day? ;) Anyway, this was what I wore when I visited Calahorra(Spain), one of the oldest towns of La Rioja. It was a sunny day but windy and cold and so I dug my old puffer jacket to survive the chill. If you´re wondering who are those two figures beside me on the first photo, that´s the legendary Don Quixote and his loyal squire Sancho Panza . :) Here´s how the town looks like from the roadside, amazing isn´t it? And here I am posing in front of the town´s cathedral, one of the most important churches of the La Rioja region: jacket(old) - Sfera, sweater - Mango, pants- Zara, bag - Longchamp le Pliage Por fin , I´m done with my Christmas shopping. Tomorrow, we´re going to celebrate our Christmas party and I´m so excited to meet my friends, laugh and eat my way through the night. E...

I´m still on the ¨red mania¨ , darlings ! :) As I´ve been telling you in my last post, I didn´t know that red and gray work, but it does! I added a polka dotted scarf to make it more festive. Now who says that the holidays is only about glitters and sparkles? ;) top -Zara, skirt -Promod This is my version of ¨just throw it all on together¨ look while crossing my fingers that it´ll work, hahaha! bag (old)-Zara, coat (old)-Mango And here goes the blooper shot: All of the photos that we took on this day were all bloopers and I´ve selected the best one for y´all . ;) I hope you´ll like it, lol! Today´s a Wednesday, I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy´s What I Wore Wednesday , Rolled Up Pretty´s Whatever Whenever Wednesday and  Ma Nouvelle Mode´s Closet Copy Cat Challenge . Click and join us! :) Hugs! Che

Hello, darlings! :) Next week is going to be Christmas, time really flies so fast! Are you done with your Xmas shopping? ;) Although this season is all about sparkles and glitters, I always go back to the basics which is green and red. Red and green for me will always be my Christmas colors which is why I´ve been incorporating a lot of reds in my outfits lately. For the trendy gals out there, there´s always burgundy/oxblood as an alternative to bright cherry red. I´m surprised that this color also blends well with gray just like this pleated skirt and sweater combo: top -Zara, skirt - Promod As for accessorizing, a silver and granate earring will also do. To finish the whole look, throw in a polka dotted gray and red scarf  to keep your neck warm against the cold harsh wind and we´re done. :) So what´s your favorite Christmas shade of red? Will you go trendy or traditional? ;) Have fun Christmas shopping! :) Che PS : No food post yesterday, been busy with o...

Haloooo! It´s Flyday Friday once again and as promised, here´s part 2 of my Zaragoza trip two weeks ago. Please be warned that I´m gonna drown you with architecture and design photos. ;) This is the Aljafería Palace , a fortified medieval Islamic palace built on the second half of the 11 century by the Arab conquerors which later on became the residence of the Christian kings of the Kingdom of Aragon  just before Spain was unified as one country. Wow, that´s quite a lot of information in one sentence. ;) Entrance door leading to the patio: The palace reminded of the Alhambra in Granada which is another magnificent sight to see. As much as I love the simplicity of modern design, the mudejar style never fails to impress with it´s intricate and well scuptured design, vibrant colors and very high historic value. It really is an awespiring art which I don´t mind seeing over and over again. What I Wore: Another comfortable outfit for non-stop walking and climbing...

Lovely,Wednesday, everyone! :) I wanted to try the winter white trend but can´t find the right white sweater to wear. So I settled for these white pants instead. White is another classic color which can be worn all year long from spring to winter. It looks fresh and clean. The only problem is maintaining it stain-free which is a hard feat for me because I do get careless with anything colored white. ;) I paired the pants with a marbled (it looks frayed in the photo, hehe!)  black and white sweater as a top, a fuschia colored clutch(another  lost and found  treasure in my closet) and to finish the whole look, a set of silver chain necklaces. Et voila , ready to go! Instead of a necklace, a scarf can also be added as neck accessory. It keeps the neck warm and complements an outfit well too. sweater - Mango, pants - Pimkie, clutch - Custo Barcelona Today´s What I Wore Wednesday. Linking up with The Pleated Poppy´s What I Wore Wednesday ,...

Hi, all! It´s been a while since I showed you my recent buys, here´s one, a lapiz lazuli silver bracelet which is beginning to be a fave of mine: Just for ¨shocks¨ , would you allow your guy to wear these pants? My conservative dressing husband would cringe at the thought but I actually like it especially if you´re going to the disco, to a rock concert or if your guy can pull it off. ;) They are called `meggings´ by the way. Read complete story here . And if you´re wondering what I was wearing inside my purple coat l ast Monday, here it is: I´m staunch supporter of monochromatic dressing. For a vertically challenge gal like me, this is the best combination to add in some `height´  aside from a pair of high heels. ;) coat, tights- Zara, skirt - Blanco, shoes - Xti, clutch and top - local store We actually had a long weekend here in Spain but since we´ve already travelled a lot of times these past weeks, we only did day trips in the neighboring ...

Hi, everyone! This week we had plenty of  bananas in the house and so I decided to bake a banana walnut loaf. IMHO, it´s best to use very ripe bananas than the ones we normally have as a snack or dessert because they´re a lot sweeter and more juicy. Basic recipe, here . I wanted my banana loaf moist and fiber packed and so I tweaked the recipe a little by adding walnuts on top. Instead of using all purpose flour, I used cake flour and olive oil instead of  regular cooking oil. Since the bananas were very ripe, I only used 3/4 cup of sugar instead of one cup. You can use three to four medium sized bananas or three large ones to pack in more fiber. As for the baking time, it depends on your oven and the temperature of your eggs. It´s best to take out the eggs from the refrigerator an hour before you start to normalize it´s temperature. I love pancakes! I could eat them everyday if they´re not so ¨calorrific¨. Since the apples are fresher and cheaper to buy this time of...