Working the stripes

Working the stripes

One of the online boutiques I discovered through the Fatshonista livejournal community was eShakti and I must admit that when I found them I became a little bit obsessed for their dresses. They keep sending me coupons and I keep using them…so at least it makes the addiction a bit easier on the pocket book.

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Looking on the bright side 11/365

  1. Mpix has provided a wonderful background noise in the form of The Breakfast Club, Get Shorty, Sixteen Candles and Be Cool this weekend. It’s been great.
  2. I love my little MacBook Pro. It really is the perfect size laptop for me.
  3. Having sometime to work on fixing some broken pieces on my website (now the tabbed sections in the sidebar work.
  4. Starting a new “Wardrobe Diary” section of the website that I am pretty excited about.
  5. I have finally jumped on the Flickr bandwagon a few years late but now I finally get why so many people like it.
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Playing with layering

About four or five months ago I started following some fashion blogs, and have been participating in the fatshonista livejournal community. I think I always had a pretty good sense of style but watching how other fashionable women pair pieces with their wardrobe have introduced me to all different wardrobe possibilities. I started posting a few “outfits of the day” over in the fatshonista community and thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to resurrect the use of this domain and introduce a wardrobe diary section.

So, here it is my first Wardrobe Diary entry.

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Looking on the bright side 10/365

  1. Shows like Ghost Hunters and Destination Truth have become our evening soaps and they are so much fun to watch
  2. I bought two pieces of luggage today for a great price one for Gary and one for myself which makes me happy because it means we are planning to travel this year
  3. Pandora first thing this morning wanted nothing more than to lay on my chest and lick my nose when I was getting up
  4. My new flannel leopard pj bottoms that are like walking around in a blanket
  5. I would freeze to death without my Pashmina scarves and they are a wonderful way to cheaply add colour to my outfits
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Looking on the bright side 9/365

Well it’s a couple days late but I’ll get to 365 eventually! I am extremely happy to be married to a man as talented as my husband. He has taught me so much about colour theory, texture and composition that I am forever grateful. A lot of people had some very nice compliments about my [...]

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