Dressing Up For Me

Hallooooo! Here´s a very casual look for you today. I didn´t know that nude goes well with black and navy and yes, this is my version of dressing up an outfit, wearing heels. Right? right. ;) Here´s another shot with one of my fave tote bags: top(old) - Lefties, skinny jeans - Primark, bag - Misako That´s it for now, I have no stories to tell because I had  a terrible Sunday yesterday. Don´t wanna tell you why coz it won´t cheer you up and I don´t want you to feel down at the start of the week. ;) Lots of  luck and kisses! Che PS: I´m linking up with Peacoats and Plaid´s The Collective Social Blog Hop and My Greatest Hits´  My Style Monday  and Style Elixr´s Style Sessions .

Hello, Friday! Portugal is a country replete with holy sanctuaries built on top of  mountains and hills. Today, I´m bringing you to one on a mountain top in Monte da Penha( Rock Mountain) called Santúario da Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) or simply called us Santúario do Penha. To get to the top, we rode a cable car which was so enjoyable by the way (unless you´re claustrophobic and afraid of heights) because you get to see a bird´s eye view of the city skyline as you go up. I think there´s a small road which leads you to the top if you want to drive but it´s quite a steep climb. Have it whatever you like! ;) Here´s what I wore on that another fiery day, something light, breezy and colorful:   shirt dress - Promod, sandals - Celine( Filipino brand), bag - Massimo Dutti The sanctuary is not a huge church. It´s quite simple and has a modern architecture but the view around it is spectacular ansd so peaceful. I could stay for a day in here f...

Hello, world! top - Massimo Dutti, skirt - Zara, blazer - Formula Joven, clutch - Blanco I´m making the most of the still summery weather in here by wearing nude and mint green. Okay, maybe this is more of a spring outift and maybe this combination may not go well with my very dark hair color but I dared wearing it with a smile. We need to experiment with what we have to know what works and what does not. ;) One thing that clicked though was this leopard necklace with my lacey top. My MIL(mother-in-law) couldn´t stop commenting on how great I look wearing the necklace with the whole ensemble. Something wild over lace is not something my classic wearing MIL sees all the time and so that´s a generous compliment coming from her. :) So how´s the weather out there? Would you still wear something light even if autumn´s in your town? Linking up with Style Elixir´s Style Sessions , Kiwi Women Style´s Wardrobe Wednesday and The Pleated Poppy´s What I Wore Wednesday , Vodk...

Happy Monday, all!  First, my photo of the day, wearing subdued colors because fall´s finally here although the weather´s still summery. top - Zara, jeans - Pimkie, bag - Blanco Second, I´m starting the week with another Liebster Award from Kendra Genevieve Rose. Thanks, Kendra although I can´t find the link to your blog! 1. What is your guilty pleasure favourite TV show? HOMELAND. I love Carrie and Nicholas´ trust and distrust kind of relationship. It must be really hard sleeping with your so called ¨enemy¨ and yep, I don´t care if  I´m watching it in Spanish and not hearing Damian and Claire´s actual voices when they speak. ;) 2. If you could only wear one colour for the rest of your life, what would the colour be? Black - it´s slimming and because I´m bloated most of the time, lol! 3. What is one song on your iPod your friends would be surprised you have? I don´t have an iPod (surprise, surprise!) but in my phone I have  Vivaldi´s fo...

Hi, there! This would be the second to the last post of my Galician travel adventures. I can´t believe that I´ve seen quite a lot of things in just five days of stay in there! We´ve seen almost all of the principal cities of the Galician region and so this time, the hubz booked a bus tour in the tourism office of Santiago de Compostela to see the other parts of the region. First stop was Cambados , also famous for it´s Albariño wine, Galicia´s most famous white wine. Interesting to see was the ¨horreo¨, mounted rectangular structures where grains and other types of cereal were stored in the old times until they are ground. These can be seen in any town in Galicia. Vineyards in this region are also supported with sticks made of cement which can stand tall to protect the grape vines from the high humidity of the soil, quite different from the dry La Rioja Region where I live near. Second stop was at La Toja, a famous hot spring island with spas and hotels. I took a snap of...

Hello,  dahlings!   ;) How´s your week so far? Mine´s okay although I´m waking up to foggy mornings everyday and it´s getting colder by the day too. Anyway, here´s a classic print that becomes ubiquitous once fall arrives, plaids. My skirt is very old ( 3 years in today´s standards is very old, no?) but since I only get to air it out during fall, it still looks new. No need to shop although the color trend right now for plaids is red, just so you know ! ;) The truth is, I´ve shopped this look from my closet. I only need the basic staples that I can match all year long like this colored necklace, the studded clutch and the nude lightly knitted sweater to finish my look and that´s it! So are you okay with plaids? ;) And just after we took this last photo, I fell down on my knees and kissed the hubby´s shoes, literally ! It´s a good thing that there weren´t a lot of people in the park. While I hastily stood up and laughed at the same time ( this is usually what I...

Good morning from Spain! :) I thought I´m done wearing sweatshirts*    but when I saw this cute 3/4 sleeved and cropped sweatshirt in my local Zara store, I gave in. This would be the perfect piece for layering over button downs and tops without creating a jumbled mess on my lower hipline especially when my button down/top is short. I chose the dull red shade: over the mustard though I´d have to say that the mustard photographs really well. Now, I´m having second thoughts whether I´ve made the right choice. I´ve already cut the tag off from the red one. hehe! Moving on, my usually anti-retail  hub z invited me to an impromptu shoe shopping at the shoe outlet stores in Arnedo, La Rioja after visiting la suegra** at the nursing home last weekened. He finally gave in after the one and only leather shoe that he´s been wearing for the last three years died on him on the way home last week and  it´s a good thing that he´s wearing socks, hahaha! Anyway, what I ...

No exotic city or place to discover today, instead just door photos of my previous summer travels. Doors are the perfect background for photographs. They´re huge, sturdy and  interesting especially if they´re more than a hundred years old and intricately made! ;) A Coruña, Spain somewhere in Portugal ( spring 2012) Estibaliz, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain(summer 20212) Estibaliz, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain(summer 2013) Roncesvalles, Navarra, Spain( late summer 2012) Toledo, Spain(2012) somewhere in Pais Vasco, Spain( late summer 2012) monastery door in Viruela, Zaragoza, Spain (summer 2012) Here´s the latest, I had this photo taken in front of the Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa in Estella, Navarra here in Spain. shirt dress- Massimo Dutti Linking up with Style Elixr´s Friday´s Fab Favorites , Lena B and Rachel´s Passion for Fashion and Penniless Socialite´s Favorite Fashion Friday . Have a lovely weekend, luv s! xoxo, Che PS : Yep, I´m a Longc...