Botkier Fall 2013

VALENTINA mini

Botkier is one of my favourite designer bag brands. They're chic, and they don't break my bank account. Balenciaga, I'm looking at you. 

Blue&Blue

Went a bit spend heavy shopping all the summer sales... And I still want more. Damn you online shopping and Zara and Aritzia. This is too much for my bank account to handle. Okay, not really. Normally, I wouldn't be buying so much at once, but a few things happened this summer, and I won't be able to go on the trip I originally planned. At least I'll still be going to Vancouver and Seattle come August. One day I swear I'll leave Calgary and live somewhere.... warmer? More fashionable? Hopefully without major heat waves. *cough, cough, New York*

Easy Peasy

I think we can officially say summer is here! Look at all these flowers (and grass and weeds) outside my house. Perfect day for a super easy outfit, especially when I need to run errands around town. I finally bought a remote for my camera, so hopefully I'll figure it out and be able to take pictures a little quicker. Although running to and from the camera in ten seconds was probably good exercise.

Summer Weather

It's Stampede week and all I'm doing is working. I've been to the Calgary Stampede plenty of times, so it doesn't hold much of an allure for me anymore, except to spend time with friends and take in a concert or two. Unfortunately, I work all week, so I won't be able to make it, but these wedge sneakers would have been an adorable substitute for cowboy boots.

A Bit of Tea

Spent the day sipping blueberry tea with a good friend of mine and catching up on the past year. The Oolong Teahouse in Kensington is our favourite haunt as tea lovers. And who can beat the lovely riverside walk a block away, or downtown for shopping? Also, the Bay downtown is expanding to include one of my favourite purse designers, Botkier. They're so structured and the colours are gorgeous and easy to match with anything in your wardrobe. 

Sherlocked

Does anyone else watch "Elementary" and absolutely love Lucy Liu as Watson? As a character, I feel Watson doesn't do a ton, but then again, he never did in the books either. He was always a supporting character to provide support to Sherlock. However, I adore the new take on Watson - as a female - and absolutely adore the outfits Liu gets to wear! She's a master of layering and using a few accessories to pull off chic and easy looks. Perfect for fall when I go back to university. 

After the Rain

It's been really wet here in Calgary. Vancouver level wet. I don't mind, but Calgary really isn't build for all the rain, and my heart goes out to those who were affected by the floods all over Southern Alberta. I remember when I was a kid, I would always be so excited when it rained, because it did so very rarely. Often, we suffered from droughts. However, as time passed and global warming started to kick in, rain has been the predominant weather forecast for June.