Hiatus

My apologies for my short hiatus! I have been so busy with school the last week, I can barely believe it myself. I haven't even had time to do more laundry! I finished a bunch today so I'm hoping to have a bit of a breather. Tonight I am going to the local Food & Drink Festival so I decided to celebrate with a braided headband. I've never done this before and basically just extrapolated my knowledge of how do to milkmaid braids and it worked out.

Dress, belt - Forever 21
Sweater - Urban Outfitters
Tights - McGregor

Sunshine

The warmth is among us! Despite there still being snow in my pictures, spring IS coming - it got up to 7C today. It was a throw-something-on-and-go kind of morning today, and I had a test, so today's outfit is fairly reflective of that. The sweater is both warm and comfortable and the skirt is probably my favourite in terms of colour, cut and comfort. How was your morning?

Skirt: American Apparel
Sweater: H&M
Tank: American Apparel
Socks: American Apparel

Good/Bad Day

Bad - Didn't know I had to be up for 5am this morning to go to a meeting until 11pm last night, after I got home from the bar
Good - Said meeting went really well and was very productive
Bad - Didn't get much cleaning done yesterday, so the place is a mess
Good - Did very well on a test with a fairly low average
Bad - Ripped a big hole in my socks on the way in from taking pictures
Good - Was given a stylish blogger award by GretchTM!!!

 

Skirt: Moon
Shirt: Joe Fresh
Socks: American Apparel
Shoes: Payless Shoe Source

Now about this award!
Thank you so much to GretchTM! I'm so very flattered to have been chosen.

The rules of this award: Thank and link back to who gave you this award, share 8 things about yourself, pass it along to 8 blogs that you recently discovered and enjoy, and leave those bloggers a message telling them about their reward.

8 Things About Myself:
1. I'm pretty tall - somewhere around 5'8.5"-5'9", which is why my skirts are so short.
2. I have a very large cat.
3. I enjoy hiking and am a nature enthusiast.
4. I'm very very clumsy.
5. There is a jug of beer fermenting in my closet.
6. I love both board and video games.
7. I'm currently a student, but with luck should land an environmental consulting job within the month.
8. I'm not a morning person.

8 Stylish Bloggers:
1. Fake Empire
2. Flying a Kite
3. Kitsune-kun
4. Like Spinning Plates
5. Tres Fly
6. elle VOX
7. Steffy's Pros and Cons
8. Anglamark

Quality Time

Lately I've been stretching myself a little thin with various commitments, mainly school and knitting. This semester I have a series of very long days and a lot of project work, so coupled with my desire to get this scarf business up and running, all I ever do lately is come home and do homework or sleep or knit. On top of all of this, I've also been spending an hour or so a day looking for/applying to jobs. Even though I live with Cale, these commitments of mine are taking up so much time that I rarely ever see him anymore. The times we do see each other are generally just spent having dinner and watching something until I fall asleep. Tonight I'm spending some quality time with him - we're going out for beer at our local watering hole. It should be quite nice.

Skirt: Forever 21
Sweater: H&M
Tights: McGregor
Tank Top: American Apparel
Shoes: Ardene (if I remember correctly)

Hello Sailor

As you can see, the snow is still here, though it is going away very slowly. All of this bad weather and the fact that it's almost April are making me nostalgic for days of past summers. For the last four summers I've had the most amazing job working on boats, predominantly taking water and sediment samples. Since this is my last year of school I am not eligible to go back this summer for another student work term. Lately I've been feeling so nostalgic for those days - typically you work 4 hour shifts twice a day and have the rest of your time as free time. The times that you are working generally aren't even a straight 4 hours of work - typically you're traveling for at least 1-2 hours of your shift. The only catches are that there is no internet (generally), the TV can cut out from time to time (lack of signal) and you're away from home for weeks at a time. I don't miss being away from home, but I do really miss my carefree days on the ship, knitting in between sampling stations and reading on the deck, basking in the sun. Today's outfit is sort of a throwback to those days. While I would have never been able to get away with wearing something like this on the boat (too many older men, too few women, too much dirty work), I still really enjoy this dress and it does remind me of summers past.

Dress: Thrifted (from LiveJournal)
Tights: McGregor
Sweater: H&M

Lazy Saturday

Today is a lazy Saturday for me - my plans consist of homework and errands. To liven things up, I decided to try milkmaid braids, courtesy of The Clothes Horse, and got a compliment on them! I was so surprised and flattered. It's amazing how something so simple can look so great. Clothes-wise today I wanted something very comfortable yet warm (still -4C here) so I mixed some of my favourite pieces - the gingham dress from last week and my first and only handknit sweater. The sweater is 100% bulky (really thick) wool, so I'd wager to say it's the warmest thing I own. What are you doing on this lazy cold Saturday?

 

Dress: H&M

Tights: American Apparel

Sweater: handknit Owls in Cascade Ecological Wool

Snowstorm

Thank you to everyone who commented on the last post!! It was invaluable to get such wonderful feedback from you all. I'm still working on some things before the shop can go up and I'm hoping to get them done before the weekend ends. In other news, I received my replacement camera so I can get back to doing outfit posts! It is still a point and shoot, but the quality seems slightly better. Also, you'll notice the snow in my pictures - on Tuesday night/Wednesday, southern Ontario and the Midwest of the USA (I believe) got a huge dump of snow. Unfortunately the snow doesn't seem to be going anywhere - it has been below zero ever since and doesn't look like it will be warming up any time soon. So much for spring!

Skirt: American Apparel
Shirt: Bluenotes

Tights: McGregor