Sunday, August 28, 2011

Sunday Best: Yellow, black & purple

Happy Sunday everyone! First of all I wanted to thank you for the always encouraging comments, since I started this blog I have never received but kind comments I feel so blessed, thank you all.

Last night I was thinking about what to wear to church, this outfit came to mind because I've had this skirt for months and I had not worn it yet. I bought it before I left to Mexico, it used to be a bit tight on the waist but for the last 3 weeks I've been training to run 10 K and I've lost some body fat the scale is still on the same number but now my skirt fits just perfect and I feel a lot stronger. This is what I wore to church today.
My friend who retired gave me this mechanical watch, it belonged to her granny. It didn't work but when I went to Mexico I took it with me and got it repaired for $23 dollars. It's beautiful, the stones are deep emerald but the flash made them faint green.
Top: vintage/ dyed my me
Belt: vintage /thrifted
Skirt: ModCloth
Shoes: Vintage/ thrifted
Necklace: garage sale
Mechanical watch: vintage/ gift from my friend

Saturday, August 27, 2011

A week in outfits

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, my first week of school is over and I'm in love with my new students, it was a great week, this year I only have 18 students, that's the smallest class I've had in years so I'm pretty excited about that. The best thing about the week was watching my little ones stick out their tongue as they colored, I could watch them do that all day! Since it's been very hot outside we haven't been able to go outside for recess, for now we are only taking little naps and most do really well, Friday I had a lot of them go to sleep. I'm so excited about my little ones and about having a reason to get dressed in the mornings. This is my week in outfits.
Monday
Shirt: Vintage/ sleeves shortened by me
Necklace: vintage / flea market
Skirt: Anthropologie
Belt: Old Navy/ thrifted
Shoes: Cole Haan / thrifted

Tuesday
Tank top: Gap
Cardigan: Ann Taylor/ thrifted
Belt: vintage/ thrifted
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: TJ Maxi
Necklace: F21

Wednesday
Crochet Cardigan: vintage/ flea market
Dress: Thrifted and refashioned by me
Belt: thrifted
Necklaces: vintage/ thrifted
Flower pin: vintage / thrifted
Shoes: Modcloth

Thursday
Shirt: Old Navy
Belt: F21
Skirt: Made by me
Shoes: Vintage/ thrifted
Necklace: vintage/ thrifted

Friday
Cardigan: Gap/ thrifted
Dress: Calvin Klein / thrifted
Shoes: DSW /old
Necklace: Refashioned by me from a thrifted dress
Close up of the necklace

Saturday
And this is what I'm wearing today, I thought twice about posting this outfit because it's probably not very modest under some standards, I also thought a lot when I bought this skirt being that it is the shortest hem I've worn but I don't think the outfit is sexual at all, hopefully no one will be offended.
Top: Gap
Belt: Vintage/ thrifted
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: DSW/ old
Necklace: Vintage/ thrifted

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sunday Best: Three shades of blue

Hello everyone, well this is it, my last day of vacation has arrived and I'm very nervous and excited about it, so excited I must go to bed and take my last afternoon nap in a while. This is what I wore to church today, never thought about trying three shades of the same color, it's fun to experiment. I hope all the teachers and students who are going back to school tomorrow have a great start of the week!
Top: Old/ Ross
Belt: thrifted
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: Cole Haan /thrifted
Necklaces: thrifted

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Refashion: Mango Yellow

Hi lovely ladies, I'm two days away from starting school, I don't think I'm ready but ready or not here I come. Today's refashion waited patiently in my closet to be worn, I wasn't happy with the very yellow outcome but after seeing Mrs. J rock her yellow shirt I changed my mind and even more so when I wore it to Anthropologie today and I got compliments on it, so I've decided I'm going to leave it as it is (I was planning to fade the color a bit). Today the pool at my friend's house awaits. Have a great weekend!
Before 
Not bad but it was rather boring...
After
Top: Vintage/ dyed by me
Belt: thrifted
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: Cole Haan thrifted

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Vanilla & flower bloom

Hi everyone! I haven't been posting as much because well...life is taking over, between my son, work and a a new relationship it's kind of hard to find time to blog so I'm taking it easy. This is what I wore Saturday to my brother-in-law's birthday dinner, I've been finding it pretty hard to get dressed during these very hot Summer days, I can't wait for the Fall. I hope everyone is having a good week!
Top: Vintage
Belt: F21
Necklace: thrifted
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: Target

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Sunday Best: Coral & Nude

Hope everyone is enjoying this Sunday, it was good to go back to our church, I've really missed it. Yesterday was a movie night at my friends house, we took pizza and had a delightful time at her place. Today I plan to get some rest and get ready for the week, although we don't officially go back to work until the week after, I am going to stop by my school tomorrow and get started on my classroom. This is what I wore to church today, oh and I've been playing around with eyeliner and eye-shadow that's why my eyes look weird. ^_^
Top: thrifted
Belt: thrifted
Skirt: thrifted and dyed by me
Shoes: TJ Maxx
Necklace: thrifted
Another shot from Puebla, Mexico.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Blue and checks

Using an SLR camera is a bit challenging for a tech-impaired girl like me, even more so when at the same time I'm trying to learn how to use the Macbook Pro, I had never owned a Mac before. I have not been able to use my camera for self shots yet, they all come out blurry and dark, in the meanwhile I'll stick to my old camera. Using the SLR also proved to be a bit challenging for my friends, all the pictures they took of me came out blurry. It will take me some time to learn how to use the camera indeed.
Shirt: Vintage
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: Dillards
Necklace: Vintage
This was one of my first shots, I must say I was pretty impressed when I zoomed in and was able to see the butterfly's eye. Cool!
The waterfall In Apulco, Puebla. If you stand close to it you can feel the breeze, it's beautiful.
Apulco, Puebla. This place reminds me of Heidi in the Mountains.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Puebla, Mexico

Hi Ladies I'm back, today I wanted to share some of the pictures I took during my vacation. These pictures show why my heart belongs to Puebla, Mexico. It is an amazing place among the mountains where magic happens for me every time I visit. Before I left on vacation I bought me a SLR camera, I didn't read the instructions I just charged the battery and started shooting, hopefully I'll make time to read through my manual so I can take better pictures.
This first picture is of my granny's house, she passed away many years ago but her house brings me fond memories of my childhood and of her. I remember she was always after us for cutting out the flowers in her garden, my cousins and I would make-believe that flowers were our dolls and the garden was their home in the jungle. I love those memories.
This was the view from my room, I could spend hours just looking at the beautiful view, specially when it rained, rain is very calming to me. July in Zacapoaxtla, Puebla (where I stayed) is the rainy season.
My sweet niece, I love the innocence of small town children.
My son who loved this street-dog, street dogs are very common in Zacapoaxtla.
My dad and I at a seafood restaurant, one of the things I noticed is how cheap food is in Mexico. That day I had eaten so much I was not able to order anything, I wish I had though, now I'm hungry for some mexican seafood.
This man was playing an aztec tune on his flute in Puebla, I don't know who the lady is she just got in the way before I could snap the picture.
The architecture is Puebla is just breathtaking. It was a rainy but that didn't stop me from snapping some pictures.
My cousin and her daughter, we visited Puebla together, she's my best friend. We stopped by a restaurant hidden in this old building, the place looked more like a museum than a restaurant and the food (mole poblano) was delicious.
Some guys playing the marimba (kind of looks like a xylophone). This was also in downtown Puebla.
I love the bright-colored buildings in Puebla, Mexico.
My cousin and her daughters, we made a little safari trip.
This little alley had about 150 steps, we had top go up the steps everyday to go...anywhere! No wonder I stayed in shape. Again this is in Zacapoaxtla, Puebla.
After the steps there was this beautiful orange-red building, my favorite color. It's the small town's main auditorium where some of the big events take place.
This is Zacapoaxtla's main park, when I was in high school my friends and I would walk around it every night after school, the park has changed though, many years ago it had huge trees which were later cut down.
This view, I.love.it. It's the small town of Zacapoaxtla.
My cousin on an early morning on our way to the gym, we were late for our class and it was full so I took the time to take some more pictures, she made a joke that this picture should be called "the girl thinking about getting a beer" because of the beer sign next to her hehehe, she doesn't drink.
Another shot of Zacapoaxtla, that blue church is actually located in a cemetary.

I have more pictures to show you but I haven't figured out how to resize them, I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed sharing the pictures with you all. Have a great day ladies!

Monday, August 01, 2011

Blue and hot

Well hello there pretty ladies, I'm back home again...not very excited about that. I will definitely miss the cool weather, beautiful mountains and amazing people. This morning I could not get dressed, this heat is too much. Summer is my least favorite season. In the end I did manage to get dressed to run some errands, I have so much stuff to catch up on, including my favorite reads. These three weeks without thinking about outfits or shopping were amazing. I will post pictures of my trip a soon as I figure out my new camera.
Shirt: thrifted
Skirt: Anthropologie
Shoes: TJ Maxx
Necklace: thrifted