I think I’m getting better, that’s what I keep mumbling to myself.

I’m trying the “fake it till you make it” technique.

My mom asked me this morning if I’d consider cancelling my trip, she’s such a kidder!

Seriously, it’s not like I’m dying, I have a cold!

The sneezing fits, the groans and moans, that’s more for effect – it’ll pass.

I feel better already.

Besides, I have a spa appointment, lunch at Chelsea Market and a date strolling the High Line –

I can’t do all that lying in bed at home, being sick.

Wearing:
Brown Jacket: Joe Fresh Style
Brown Blouse: The Gap
Black Shirt: The Gap
Pants: The Gap
Shoes: Clarks
Bead Necklace: Gift

I’m sick!

I have a cold; runny nose, sneezing and an inexplicable swollen face… I’m not a pretty site.

For a while now I thought I’d become immune to colds – save for seasonal allergy symptoms, I haven’t had a good proper cold in years.

I slept in the morning and rolled into work around noon, I could barely stay upright so I left after a few hours.

I went for a long leisurely walk afterwards, which was nice.

I stopped by the Gap to check out the Stella McCartney Gap Kids collection, the pieces are sweet, adorable and lovely.

I can’t wait to see cute kids running around in these clothes.

Anyway, I’m giving myself up to tomorrow to feel better; I’m leaving for New York on Friday and I need my time there to be free of the common cold.

Besides do they still let people with fever on planes?

Now on to clothes…

This is one of my favourite dresses, I like the tweed look.

Wearing it with the shirt pinafore-like reminds me of a dress I wore when I was little.

Wearing:
Tweed Dress: Kimchi Blue
Blue Shirt: Jacob
Tights: The Bay
Shoes: Nine West
Coat: Identify

I’m laid up tonight with allergies feeling sorry for myself.

How can something so beautiful cause me so much misery in its creation?

Today is the first time in days that I’ve been able to sit upright without feeling woozy, keeling over from a splitting headache or coughing my lungs out.

The past couple of days have been horrible; I seriously thought I was going to die!

I’ve been very sick. It all started with a small harmless cough on Saturday – and then things started falling apart.

I spent Sunday flat on my back, the cough progressed to worse, I was extremely tired and weak with a bizarre headache – I guess it’s tension headache or some such.

My appetite is completely gone; I secretly hope I lose tons of weight from this, at least get something for my worries.

The most annoying thing about being sick these days is that everyone thinks it’s swine flu, or if you live in my household, it’s cancer or some sort of auto-immune disease.

I went to work on Monday in some lame attempt to work off the sickness, it didn’t really work.

I came back home and went to sleep, I slept in today. I feel much better; I’ll be sleeping in again tomorrow.

I’ll get back to world domination some other day.

Until then here are some pictures, hope you’re feeling better wherever you are.

Umbrellas and beads at the entryway.

That old blue car at Place de la Concorde.

Inukshuk at English Bay.

Rembrandt at the Art Gallery.

Blog window display at Holt Renfrew.

Footbridge at Canary Wharf.

I didn’t go to work today, I stayed in bed instead and watched sci-fi movies; Contact, Sphere and The Abyss.

I heard the rain this morning as I slept in, I wanted to go walk the seawall later on in the day and take pictures of fall foliage.

Somehow I never managed to get out of bed.

I never enjoyed my sick days when I was younger; I’d stay in bed for few hours and spend the rest of the day running around with my mom.

She didn’t think anyone got better by staying in bed.

I did enjoy my day off, although I thought about days spent outside, in the sunshine, active and feeling healthy.

Days like this:

I can’t wait till I can jump like this again, maybe tomorrow.