Dressing Up For Me

source Hi, everyone! Sorry for not updating sooner. We´re in the process of moving things from one flat to another and it´s quite time consuming and energy draining but it´s okay because I´m losing weight or so I thought. hehe!  Moreover,we don´t have internet access yet on the new flat so I can´t update as much as I´d like to. Anyway, I found this photo of Keira Knightley about 2 weeks ago during the photocall of her movie  Never Let Me Go in London and I fell in love with the silky handkerchief skirt that she wore. The not so nice thing about this skirt though is that it looks like it´s haphazardly cut. Well, maybe because the designer wanted to make the skirt raw and edgy because the cloth has a pretty print and color. I do find the whole look adorable. She paired it with a lacey camel top and brown Louboutin heels. I find her outfit classy and prim although the critics did say that it´s boring and unfin...

Saturday lunch was chinese buffet with the hubz. Sunday lunch was the same but this time with a visiting friend. And I´m wondering why I´m so bloated? Sunday was rainy, a bit windy and cold. I decided to wear black ( turtleneck, suede boots and tights) plus a thicker scarf for extra warmth and color.   Whew, it was really cold! We haven´t totally moved in to the new flat yet but we´ve been sleeping there for 2 weekends now. The house is growing on me and I kinda like the feeling. The thing is, I´m still uncomfortable using a new pillow   (because it´s flat ) and lying on a new bed and .. new bed sheets. I missed my old high pillow and ratty sheets, might as well bring them in soon too. Old habits really die hard. So there goes my weekend . How about yours? ;)  xoxo, Che

Wearing: teal top - Blanco necklace - Stradivarius (summer sale 2010) ring - local fair in Bilbao There´s no doubt that the cold days are already here on this side of the world and will be staying for quite a long, long time. Oh summer, why have you gone so fast? You´ll be seeing me mostly in sweaters and cardigans from this time on.Out on the street, you´ll never see my neck fully exposed like this, I´d surely have sore throat in 10 minutes. Exagge! hahaha! No really, everything needs to be covered from the neck to toe because the north wind could be so harsh and sooo cold! But it´s nice to know that  after the scarf and coat are taken off , something pretty still hangs on your neck. It´s my way of dressing up an otherwise drab, solid colored top. So how do you dress up a plain top? ;) Yours trully, Che PS : The top´s real color is teal, I don´t know how it happened but it turned out blue in the pictures.

Holaaa! It seems like the title of my posts are getting colorful these days. hahaha! Yup, I´m still talking about colors. That´s better than talk about the weather, no? ;) While I was packing for the Portugal trip, I was thinking of my gold flats and planned most of my outfits around it. I don´t usually bring a lot of shoes because I don´t want my traveling bag to be bulky. Moreover, my  travelling buddy  aka the hubz keeps on complaining that my traveling bag is always heavy even if we´re just traveling for a few days so the lighter it is, the better for both of us because he´s my designated ¨porter¨most of the time. lol! ;)  It´s a good thing that brown compliments well with gold. The silk scarf was a bonus because it matches with my shoes too! It´s  THRIFTED by the way. :) Craving for chocolate cake during the whole trip and so I gorged on the yummiest chocolate cakes, almost forgetting to take photos o...

I´m interrupting my Porto posts to tell you that I´m in a purple mode today. Hey, purple is still trendy this season. Ask InStyle . :) And cobalt blue, metallic gold, red, etc. etc but I´m sticking with purple for now with a pair of  well worn (very old)  Levi´s and a silver skull necklace. :) What about you? Which fall color trend are you wearing right now? ;) Curious, Che

Wearing yellow and florals on my first day at Porto in Portugal. Metallics especially gold are IN this season and so this is my little tribute to something that glitters.  At least through my shoes. lol! top and skirt - Zara ballerina flats - H&M My shoes didn´t fail me though I admit that the size was a bit bigger and it comes off once in a while. hahaha! Since there´s a cold breeze in the early morning, a colorful scarf  makes up for the chill factor. Later after lunch, we went port wine tasting inside one of the wine cellars dotting along the banks of the River Duero. Now I know what tawny and ruby means for port wines. It´s loaded with 20% alcohol, almost double that of a normal wine. Uh-oh , this thing is not for heavy duty drinking unless you plan on taking a taxi  for a ride home. ;) Leaving you with a candid shot taken by the hubz. He likes taking candid shots of me including my big butt! Good thing this was a side photo. So...

Warning : Picture Heavy! left - Rotundinha de Viseu , right - Viriato After having breakfast with these delicious and large breads with eggs and almonds filling  (especially the left one) which we bought in Viseu for brace yourself , only 3 euros plus a 1.5 liter of mineral water , we started the trek up on the hills where all the ancient things stood. When I say rocky road and steep streets, I really mean it! See that photo above? Most of the streets are like that here. First stop was the old cathedral. The hubz was reading the guide pamphlet while I was busy clicking away. We´re like that.hehehe! This huge shell was used to store holy water at the main door entrance. It´s dry. Later, we heard mass at the new cathedral and much, much later we visited this: The University of Coimbra, one of  Europe´s the oldest universities. I heard the chapel was beautiful but there was a wedding going on and so no pictures. Boo! Coimbra´s skyline from the ...