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When It’s Over


Excuse me. I haven’t blogged in a while.

It’s been an odd two weeks of sorts.

It feels like we waded through a haze of awesomeness, and then it’s all over.

It’ll probably take me years (or a very dedicated weekend) to sort through amazing photos and videos.

The weather has been odd too; with intermittent rain and sunshine.

Maybe it rains just to make us fall in love with the city all over again when the sun returns.

Fri 15 Jan - 13 Fri 15 Jan - 9

I write about the weather too much sometimes, almost as much as I’ve taken to wearing these rain boots.

I think I’m going to have to get a another pair of rain boots just to change things up.

Fri 15 Jan - 6 Fri 15 Jan - 5

Wearing:
Hooded Dress: Uniqlo
Shirt: Tommy Hilfiger
Tights: Target
Leg Warmers: H&M
Rain Boots: United Colors of Benetton
Faux Pearls: Forth & Towne
Rain Resistant Jacket: Avia

Fri 15 Jan - 1 Fri 15 Jan - 9

Anywhere else, it wouldn’t make sense to get another pair of rain boots, but in a place where it can easily rain continuously for a week; getting a second pair of rain boots doesn’t seem so gratuitous.

A couple of weeks ago, it rained so much I wore these three days in a row.

Sad, but I had to wean myself from the comfort and ease of my rain boots.

Sideways Fri 15 Jan - 3

After years of trying to decide how I’d wear legwarmers, I finally got a pair this winter.

Unfortunately, it didn’t get cold enough to wear but I did get some decent wear out of it.

What I Wore: Black Girl


Wed 6 Jan - 4 Wed 6 Jan - 1

I wasn’t allowed to wear black as a child.

My mom outright forbade it!

She’d get melodramatic whenever I protested and say things like;

“Are you going to a funeral?” “Did someone die?”

I’d say no and her response always was… “Then why do you want to wear black? It’s bad luck for children to wear black”

Recently, I read Amanda Brook’s I Your Style, and in it she mentions that she too wasn’t allowed to wear black as a child.

I guess it’s a universal thing.

After my grandmother died, my mom mourned for a year wearing only black clothes.

I stopped arguing with her about wearing black after that and never really wore black again.

Years later as a young adult on the cusp of discovering my own personal style, I still couldn’t bring myself to wear black.

That was until I tried on a little black dress.

I went into a fancy store looking for a dress for a fancy dinner.

After I’d tried on several dresses I’d picked out, the cheery and very patient guy who was helping me had me try on a black shift dress.

It was simple, clean and gorgeous, it was beautiful and I loved it.

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With that, I slowly introduced black clothes into my wardrobe.

And now maybe I have too many black clothes.

I may have gone a little overboard – my mom complains that I have too many dark coloured clothes.

I try to lighten my black outfits up with a dash of colour here and there, like these pattern tights and brown suede boots.

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Wearing:
Black Dress: The Gap
Long Sleeves T-Shirt: Joe Fresh Style
Belt: Danier
Pattern Tights: Hue
Boots: Browns Couture


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