blazing

Alexander McQueen tailored jacket, $3,425, Balmain jacket, €2.350, Miu Miu velvet jacket, $1,195, Vivienne Westwood Anglomania tartan jacket, $685, Lot 78 knit jacket, £615, J Crew crew jacket, $230

if i had a million dollars i would invest in one of these. but for the sake of being realistic...i may be only able to fantasize about the j.crew one. happy fancie friday's!

don't forget to go over to long distance loving to check out more blazer outfit ideas!

let's go shopping

H M knit sweater, Tibi high waisted leather shorts, Falke socks, Nu + Nan black booties, Leather clutch, Yves Saint Laurent gold plated jewelry, Uniqlo wool hat

this weekend is canadian thanksgiving. woot woot. beside having a holiday monday and lots and lots of turkey, i am also looking forward to plenty of fall shopping with my beloved sister! i have been pretend window shopping online all week to look for things that i want to fill my wardrobe and the time is just about here to go and blow some cash on what i consider to be real essentials for any young lady in the fall season.

here is a little idea of what i think i may be purchasing....knowing me though and my easily swayed mind....all this could change!

downton abbey

oh my how i have an obsession with anything period. ever since i can remember i have been completely enamoured with the "olden days" as my mother would refer to them. and currently i have been craving all films and shows period including jane eyre, sense and sensibility, the duchess, wuthering heights and more than any of them downton abbey. i started watching this british series last year and was anxiously awaiting its airing this fall and i have not been let down by one episode yet! you must see it if you like me fantasize about a time when women drank tea, played the harp and wore fabulous outfits for just a jaunt to the shops. ahhhhh what a dream.

the classics

Cable knit cardigan, Goldsign mid rise skinny jeans, Repetto leather ballet flat, Michael kors wallet, Bottega Veneta leather bag, JCPenney stud earrings, Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupté Perle Silky Sensual Radiant Lipstick

i know that for me sometimes i am more interested in purchasing the trendy (soon to be out of style) items. things like funky prints, obnoxious jewellery, trendy heels etc...but sometimes i find myself turning to more classic items. ones that will last me a long time and in the end they will be more like investment pieces rather than frivolous purchases. if i wanted to dress like a classy girl today...this is what i would wear.

ps. that watch is my dream investment watch...yummy

gluten and dairy free diet week three

im not sure how much longer we can be friends....

so yesterday marked my third week into this dairy and gluten free diet...however i may have had a slip...it is just a possibility that at the gallery cafe on saturday, i may have had a sandwich due to pure starvation (and lack of enticing gluten free menu options). however it was sort of a blessing in disguise because after i ate it....i felt fine. great actually. so i thought to myself hmmmmmm how about i call this week experimentation week....meaning that i will slowly and carefully monitor how my body reacts to small doses of gluten and dairy. so that is what this week is called. i will be experimenting with gluten and dairy to see how my body reacts because let's be serious, i don't really want to be without either delicious ingredient forever. so my intolerant body and i had to make a compromise. for this week i bought goat cheese (sometimes it is generally just cows milk products people react to so this may be a good substitute), some pretzels and rye bread. its a slow start i am not going to dive into a bowl of mac n cheese or anything just yet but i will keep you informed and on that note here are some of my reactions thus far.

• cafe blt sandwich went down well with no reactions to report
• sunday bagel with lite cream cheese went down badly....heartburn for hours after....not cool 
• a starbucks lactose free hot mocha seemed to agree with moi.....but 7 dollars spent at starbucks for one of those fall beverages did not agree with my wallet

let's see how this week goes shall we??

to fall days

sweater vintage, scarf h&m, leggings lululemon, shirt h&m, boots hunters, watch michael kors

to fall days, cool breeze and lots of opportunities to wear chunky knits!

across the border to the albright-knox

welcome to the albright-knox 

a canoe eh?

enthusiast of the "dark" arts

renoir....my absolute favourite painting for the day

degas

lautrec 

danseuse 

derain 

monet

van gogh

seurat

magritte 

kandinsky

modigliani 

modrian

rauschenberg 

another favourite

lichtenstein 

cinema installation

warhol

pollock

rothko

arp

polished bronze

taking the tour very seriously

my souvenir 

i had the most incredible time in buffalo on saturday! the museum was gorgeous and i was so immensely impressed by everything i saw (including the video installation exhibition which i didn't post pictures of because i posted so many but it was pretty amazing). i highly recommend this little gallery as it is filled to the brim with really outstanding permanent pieces. for me it was the first time even viewing works by some of the world's most renowned artists and it was an overwhelming and emotional experience standing in front of the works ( i may have got a little choked up in front of the renoir but seriously...renoir...that was a huge deal!!!). so all in all a great day trip with great friends from art history that i don't get to see enough.

never made it to the niagara falls casino or outlet malls but i think we did ok for ourselves!