Dressing Up For Me

Holaaa! I´m wearing different shades of brown in the blog today. This is called monochromatic dressing and I think I´m becoming an expert at mixing and matching different shades/hues in the same color range. ;) When you´re vertically challenged (like yours trully) , this one color dressing styling tip can elongate the body and also for someone who likes to shop/dress in color phases ( like yours trully, again ), it´s the perfect way to maximize what you have in your closet. It´s like a ¨bring it all out and show them what you have¨ mantra without feeling overdresssed, know what I mean? I know a lot of women who do this with bling but I prefer to do this with clothes, hahaha! Anyway, the only thing that I should´ve have never included in this outfit is the floral necklace. Pardon the fashion faux pas  (yep, that´s French which really means ¨ you missed  this one, girl!  ¨ , lol), I´ve forgotten that my top´s colored neckline doesn´t need much decora...

Hello, hello! top(old) - Massimo Dutti, shorts(on sale) - Pimkie, sandals(old) - Aldo, bag(old) - Bimba&Lola My outfit choices seem to be getting more casual everyday. I always blame it on the heat but it´s actually the laziness on my part to dress up, hahaha! Anyway, you´ve never seen me wearing distressed denim on the blog because this is one of those ¨I wouldn´t be caught dead wearing this¨  trend but like they always they say, you´ll never know if it´s good unless you try it. So I tried it and I can´t seem to stop wearing it, it´s liberating and breezy especially on a very hot day! ;) This was what I wore last weekend while having an impromptu lunch at one of our favorite bakeshop/restaurants. While thinking about whether to get an ice-cream  or not, I sat down on this bench. Did you remember this guy from last winter ? Actually we´re really close now but still, he wouldn´t talk to me and he´s still feeling smug about about it. hihi. :) As for the line...

Hello from one of the Spanish basque mountains! These are almost two month old pics, oops!  I know, I know. I´m a procrastinator, am I ?  One Saturday afternoon, the hubz asked me to hop in the car with him to one of those ¨don´t ask me til we get there¨ trips until we ended up on one of the mountains. As usual, I was in my tattered ´jammies¨ and so I grabbed the first thing that I saw when I opened my closet door and this was it: Anyway, as we drove from one valley to another, we found  this vantage point/overlooking by the roadside called Mirador Aspirotz. We stopped, got down a little bit and... wow! The view was so green, alive and so serene, it completely took my breath away. Down there below lies a small town nestled between the verdant valleys. It must be nice to live in there, to be one with nature and to breathe fresh unpolluted air everyday! :) Later, we stopped by Leitza, one of the typical basque villages in the heart of the Spanish basque co...

Halloooo! I´m on minimalist mode today. Don´t get me wrong, I love a colorful printed outfit but there must be something wrong with me these days to not stop wearing neutrals. Must be the heat or must be because I´ve become lazy( because of the heat... again) to wear prints that I can´t be bothered all ---- BUT at least I accessorize with a bold color, just look at my clutch! ;) Anyway, I think I´m warming up to this crop top trend.Whenever I try this trend in the dressing room, I look weird because I really don´t have a flat tummy to flaunt speak of  and I always wear pants when trying it. But then one day, I tried it with a high waisted circle skirt, et voila , I think this top has found it´s calling. I bought white because it matches with everything and paired it first with gray because I´m a safe dresser like that, hehe. So hey, a skater skirt + crop top combination? Looks good to me. Why don´t you try it! ;) top(on sale) - Zara, skirt(on sale) - Stradivar...

Good morning my darling blogger friends and readers! How was your weekend? Mine was busy and rowdy. It´s fiesta season here in my side of the world and over the weekend, it was our barrio´s turn. Unfortunately, they also placed the concert stage and everything else on the street near our place and so you can just imagine the noise  fun that my neighbors and I went through for two whole nights until the early morning. ;) It´s okay though, this only happens one weekend every year and we can we live with that. The important thing is our sleepy barrio is alive and all the kids in our place are happy. :) Anyway, I´m back to my uniform of just a top, jeans and flat sandals. To add a little pizazz to the look, I chose a snakeskin printed top over a solid gray one and wore a red tote bag for color. Gray and red is another surefire color palette for me, agree? I wore this one afternoon for an ice-cream date with one of my girlfriends. I could have worn shorts or a skirt with...

Before my weekend trip in Bordeaux gets very stale, here´s part one of  my visit, but first, an OOTD of our first day: Bordeaux is the capital city of the Aquitaine region of France. It´s the major wine industry capital of the world and not only that, the city´s old historic quarters is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Because it´s the biggest wine supplier of France, it´s also famous for it´s Fete le Vin ( Wine Festival) which is held every two years(bi-annually) on the last week of June. Here´s the major artwork that they showcased for this year, a gigantic cork made of  what else but normal sized corks that you find in your wine bottle. Isn´t it neat? :) It was a sunny Saturday the first time we visited this place and there was this boat with a French flag gliding along the river and some people were on board waving at us. After seeing and experiencing the fun and tasting different kinds of wines and cheeses from the different regions of France, we vowed to come...

Hola, holaaa! Don´t underestimate the power of floral prints, they can dress up or down an outfit and even make or break it. In my case, I chose to dress up this floral print number in black with cage heels and a metallic clutch. I hope I´m not breaking the whole look! ;) Eversince I saw this pleated and poufy floral skirt hanging on one of the store racks while window shopping, I couldn´t forget about it. Buying it right away wasn´t an option because it´s regular price wasn´t compatible with my limited shopping budget. So I waited and waited until the sales season began praying that my size won´t sell out. Et voila, I got lucky because the day I went back it was still there, the last one hanging and in my size! :) This is a casual  spring/summer skirt, I can´t wait to wear this with flats soon. :) top - Zara, skirt(on sale) - Stradivarius, clutch(old )- Pimkie, shoes(old) - local store So what have you grabbed from the sales lately? ;) Hugs, Che PS: L...

Lovely Monday, everyone! I thought that I´ve finally gotten over with my neutral color dressing phase but what can I do, old habits die hard. I´m back again with nude and black, oops ! You see, I wanted to take out a three year old pair of two-tone flats for a walk but got tired of thinking what other colors to pair it with so I took the lazy route, exactly matching it with what I saw when I opened my closet and that is nude and black, hahaha! But hey, at least my necklace was in a beautiful cerulean blue color. I don´t usually buy necklaces with the same color but I don´t have anything in floral design and it was on sale (50% off, great deal!) and so I bit the bullet and bought this even if I already have a blue starfish necklace . As for my two-tone flats, it´s got double bows which have a life of their own, the black ones wouldn´t stay put! You´ve already seen this caramel colored bag which I debuted last Monday wearing a dotted button down. This is my favorite...