Hypocrite

eshakti dress, hue tights, zellers booties, h&m coat and earmuffs

I usually take a little pride in the fact that almost everything I wear was found in PEI. So many people lament about the lack of good shops here, but it just takes a bit of digging (and thrifting!) to find a unique style for yourself. As nice as that sentiment is I have to say... I'm not really living up to it today. Oops.

The dress was ordered online during eShakti's Black Friday sale. You need to check out this site! You can order standard sizes or input your measurements and get a custom piece, for only a couple bucks. I ordered a standard size but was able to input my height, so my dress hits my knees instead of coming up way too short like most dresses I find in stores these days.

And the coat and earmuffs... from a weekend trip to New Brunswick. It's run of the mill for lots of people but I can't help but get a little excited when I hit up an H&M.

I need to ask, if I have any readers in similarly rural regions, what do you do? Make do with what's available, shop online, make a few big shopping trips a year? A healthy mix? Let me know!

mix

New winter getup, thanks to a quick trip to H&M in Moncton


This plaid skirt feels like a big blanket!


Fish wall


Caught in a weather bomb


cat city

weather bomb

thrifted jumper dress, blouse, and belt; zellers boots

I was on my way home at lunch today to eat/take outfit photos when I got caught in a weather bomb. Needless to say I didn't make it home. As a result, these photos are dark and grainy, thanks to having to take them when I finally got home at 8 o'clock. I really wanted to share this outfit!





The jumper dress and bird blouse are from Repeats. The great thing about Repeats is that they have a huge costume room, and in Charlottetown thrift store talk "costume" = awesome vintage. I was there so long that the woman working let me check out the overflowing costume racks in the back room. Unfortunately it's a little out of the way for me, since I don't have a car and don't find myself uptown too often, but it's always worth the trip.

hands in my pockets

Yes, I still own and wear this American Apparel pocket skirt - big with fashion bloggers in 2008. And why not? It's not a fad anymore, in fact I don't think AA even sells it any more (ditched it for their new ~preppy Ralph Laren aesthetic~ I assume) but it remains a great basic.



american apparel skirt, old navy cardigan, thrifted shirt, doc martens and christian dior belt
I posted an outfit with a dark grey sister of this skirt to a fashion community a few years ago. A commenter told me to refrain from putting my hands in my pockets because it "changes the shape of the skirt." Into what shape? Into the shape of a skirt with hands in the pockets? It's still funny to me.



thrifted denim jacket, half-broken canon

meow

dynamite skirt, thrifted blouse, joe fresh cardigan, zellers shoes, hue tights, thrifted necklace and etienne aigner belt, essie "lollipop" nail colour
My collection of leopard print clothing is out of control, to the point where some days I have to keep track of what I'm wearing and make sure I don't wear two pieces at the same time. Mixing it with red nails and gaudy gold jewellery is really pushing the tacky factor but if being tacky is wrong I'm not too sure I want to be right.

p.s. - can you see where the inspiration for my blog header came from?

something new

A few things changed around since the last time I posted pictures of my made-over bedroom.

chai latte

I came across this recipe on Pinterest (where else?) for instant chai latte mix. This would make an easy Christmas gift for co-workers and acquaintances. It would look especially cute packaged in a mason jar with a square of fabric on top, and my custom tag (see below) tied on with twine.

Ingredients
1 cup Nonfat Dry Milk Powder
1 cup Powdered Non-dairy Creamer
1 cup French Vanilla Flavored Powdered Non-dairy Creamer
1-½ cup White Sugar
2-½ cups Unsweetened Instant Tea
2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
1 Tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Allspice
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Ground Cloves
1 Tablespoon Ground Cardamom
½ teaspoons White Pepper

Instructions
In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well.
In a blender or food processor, blend 1 cup at a time, until mixture is the consistency of fine powder.
Transfer the blended mix to a new bowl and continue processing the remainder of the ingredients until all of the mixture is finely ground.
Stir to recombine the processed ingredients.

To serve...

I uploaded a printable PDF here. It's 6 labels on an 8.5x11" sheet, with light grey lines for cut lines.