Midnight Blues

Went out today to check out the vintage shop in Buer. Decided to do a quick snapping of photos in our backyard, even though the weather was quite unforgiving today; it dropped to -1 Celcius after grazing us with sunlight at a mild temperature of 6-10 Celcius for the past days.

But, we brazed the bitter cold anyhow.

Enough blabbing, so here's the pictures.

Baby blue long T-shirt worn as inner : ONLY

Lacey dark blue cropped top : H&M

Jeans : MNG

Scarf : Jalan TAR

Black boots : Deichman

Red boho bag : Vintage shop, somewhere in Brussels

With Tasha~

After some vanity moments in the garden, off we go to the vintage shop. Of course, I bought something. An authentic suede strap belt in red at a price I can't say no to.

I think it works well with the outfit I was wearing, thus requiring another quick photo snapping session once I got back home, before calling it a day and changing into my PJs.

Wishing you guys a great weekend!

Big Fat Head of Mine

I found out something today.

I normally wear Euro size 34, equivalent to size XS. Mind you, I'm not that tall and not petite or thin either, just average; with the tendency gain weight easily whenever I spend two months of summer holiday in Malaysia, thanks to heavenly easily available all-round-the-clock food.

But the sizes here are slightly bigger than what I am used to in Malaysia; it deceived me into thinking that I am smaller when in all actuality, I am not.

Whenever I shop here, I always gun for size 34 or XS (although maybe going for a size bigger won't be too bad ehem ehem in denial here). So it's only natural that when I found out this pretty red hat on sale, I instinctively reached for a size S, the smallest size available.

It didn't fit.

My head felt constricted. I would have passed out in a matter of hour due to insufficient oxygen to the brain if I stayed in that hat. Ok, maybe it was because I was wearing the layered selendang. So I searched for an M. Still too tight!

It wasn't as if I was wearing a thick pashmina shawl pon. Just a normal selendang. Layered twice. That's it. So yeah, it's official : I HAVE A BIG FAT HEAD. A size L head. It reasserted the suspicion that I had before that my head is actually not proportional to my body. My 'evil' good friend, Nani, was maybe right after all, that I have a big head. Deal with it.

Hat : H&M

I've been looking for a hat to wear on my first ever Euro Trip vacation next month and when I first laid eye on this striking red hat, I knew this is IT. Plus, it is on sale summore. Hehe. Wearing this puts me in the vacation mode already!

Bought a necklace with a cute little Eiffel Tower pendant at Primark. They have the cutest accessories at the most affordable prize ever, it's so hard hard to walk away without a single thing, like a 1.50 Euro necklace.

My entire collection of necklaces are collected from Primark over the course of the last two months. -.-''

Spring Teasing

Been delaying about starting an outfit blog. Not a fashion blog. Because I don't consider myself fashionable enough compared to the other fashion bloggers out there. Including those very chic hijabis who make playing dressing up with scarves and looking chic at the same time seem so effortless.

Then I came to my senses in which I see that there's absolutely no point in trying to keep of with other people's fashion senses. Or maybe, I found another reason to counteract my reasoning which stem from my fashion insecurity.

Reason numero uno : There's no fashion police waiting to judge what I wear everywhere I go even to run errands at the grocery store. I ain't Britney Spears y'all.

Reason number two : I love dressing up! The smell of my closet opening up before me, each individual pieces presenting the potential of a perfect new ensemble when combined with specific other items. Ahh... I love that part.

Reason number three : I've came to realize that as of late, I'm more confident to experiment with different styles and looks. Keeping an outfit blog will be a perfect way to sort of document the journey. It'll be fun to look through the blog next year and see what I've worn during the past year.

Reason number four : There's no better time to start something new than the new year, eh? It's not technically so new anymore but..it's only February.. So I'm a month late, big deal..

Reason number five : Eh why so many reasons? ust start already.

So here's the outfit that I wore on the day the sun first shine in this tiny place called Gelsenkirchen after what seem like an eternity of gloomy winter. I was going for the flowery spring look, but decided to tone it down with black and wait for when the spring is really here to go out full force with the prints and bright colors.

Pictures are taken with my humble digicam and some of them with my laptop.

Top : F.O.S

Skirt : Juliet's Closet

(Say whaaat? Really. Hehe. It's from the little business project I had last summer and has been on hiatus ever since I got back to Germany.)

Scarf : Westrags

Necklace : Primark

My gaze looks lost in these pictures because I keep looking at myself in the mirror or at the laptop screen.. I wanted to get the pose and the angle right but I ended up looking like a giant narcissist! I swear I'm not, just a part-time one. Note to self : Next time, look into the camera instead! Oh and my mirror definitely needs some polishing. -.-'