Mishmash

Firstly, sorry for the lack of posts lately - what a busy week!! And although my week was busy, it wasn't very eventful or post worthy, so apologies.
Yesterday I spend the best part of the afternoon and night over at the PNE (fair) and wouldn't you know it - I had forgotten to charge my camera battery and I only had about 5 pictures worth of life in it. So sad as I love taking photos at fairs - so many fantastic shots just waiting to be snapped! Oh well! The first stop we made was at the petting farm - and since I can't resist adorable/all animals, this is where my 5 rounds were taken (not very fashion oriented, but too cute not to post).



I think I'm going to have to go back next weekend though - I didn't even eat the funnel cake or tiny donuts!

On antoher notes, I have designated today as my day to relax and get caught up on my fashion magazines - September issue Sunday if you will. Coffee in hand, this afternoon will be spent devouring fall fashion trends and drooling over the latest designer wardrobe must haves.

I still need to do stuff!!

Do you know what the date is? How did it get to be the middle of August already? Though it's been a great summer I feel like I haven't done half of the things I wanted to. Top 5 things I still need to do before summer's done?

1. Scuba lessons - I've wanted to learn forever (almost) and although I can technically do this year round, there no WAY I'm doing my first open water dive in any month that doesn't begin in 'Aug' and end in 'ust' - it takes the entire summer for the water to warm up even a bit and then it quickly plummets again.

2. Road trip down to San Fransisco - ok, well, this probably won't happen as my vacation time left for the summer = 1 day? But it was on my intended list. I've always wanted to check out the city and I heart roadtrips! I'll probably have to settle for some shopping in Seattle (not that that's a bad thing :)

3. Head to the Okanagan to drink some wine, errr..visit some wineries. I've been in BC for 2 years now and still haven't made the stop over to the interior - shameful. It only takes a weekend, so I'm thinking early September will still be nice.

4. Beach BBQ. I think I had all of about 50 last summer and this summer? None! What! I know. This will be accomplished tomorrow. Promise.

5. Head the PNE - Pacific National Exhibition (carnival). Ok, so I'm not behind on this one as it only starts this weekend but I'm really excited for it. Can't wait for the music (the Beach Boys!), to ride the old fashioned wooden roller coaster again, and eat all the food so characteristic of a carnival. The PNE is a great transition to fall..eeep.

Wandering around

The weather in town has been gorgeous the past couple of days (and so I've been out enjoying in), but here are a couple of pictures I took last night walking around English Bay.

Accessories please

I'm in a bit of an accessories mood. I love that even the simplest of outfits can become interesting with a beautiful and bold accessory. The ones below definitely fit the bill for me and will transition into the fall. I LOVE the colour of this Balenciaga - Murier. Sigh... I added in the shoes, well, because they tie everything together and...they're cute are they not?


Necklace and ring via ShopBop
Shoes via J.Crew
Bag - not yet available (but soon!)
Earrings via Favor

outfit post

Time for another episode of outfit posts. I should do this more often but just always forget to take a picture before leaving the house.

Colourful weekend

Sunday was the gay pride parade in Vancouver (although it seems like at least half the people in the parade and 3/4 of the people watching the parade were straight).  It was my first time heading down to see what all the talk was about and it was definitely worth checking out - how bad could partying on a Sunday afternoon be anyways??. Now, I don't think this was the most fashionable of events, but it certainly was colourful (and eventful)





Aren't those shoes incredible? I love how he's carrying regular heels instead of flats in case those become unbearable.