I've had the same jeans on for four days now

... actually it's only been two days, and they aren't actually jeans, but disco pants. I just really wanted that song to be my title...
I wore this on Sunday to go see Harry Potter AGAIN. It's so sad, during the movie I was just thinking "I can't wait to see this again!!"... I think I just have an addiction to going to the cinema.
Now that I look at the pictures of this outfit, I'm not sure if I actually like it that much... whatevs, too late now! I do love this purple blazer though, thrifted over a month ago. It was like 4 dollars or some ridiculously cheap price at Goodwill, and then at the counter I found out it was on discount and was like $2.80. Cray cray! It's such a cool piece, I took a picture without flash to get a better idea of the colour... it's still a bit more purpley in real life, but you get the idea.

Next day I wore the disco pants again, this time with a thrifted acid wash tee and denim Uniqlo mini dress over top.
Took the dress off later and tucked in the t-shirt. Jeez now that I have a tripod set up in my room it's just way too easy to take outfit pictures, I'm doing multiple per day! I hope I don't overdo it though... I know a white wall can lose it's touch after a while... in my opinion, anyways.
After getting a little Christmas shopping done I decided to reward my hard work (HA!) by buying myself a lipstick. This Revlon colour was nice purple-y, berry stained kind of shade. Not sure if I like it on yet... defo looked better in the tube.

In boredom, I also bought this clip-in bangs thing off ebay.... has anyone tried these things before (and have it actually look good)? I got it in the mail today and the colour doesn't match my brown perfectly, but I was thinking it might be okay if I wear it at night. If anyone has tried these before let me know any tips, then MAYBE I'll show you mine, haha!

No regrets, just love

Well looky here, an outfit post? What do you know, I'm not dead after all.



Haven't got much to say, other than to show you what I wore to go to the midnight show of Harry Potter last night. A few friends had started lining up at 7:30, then the rest of us got there at around 8 so there was a wee bit of a wait. Everyone was sitting on the floor at first, but then they made us stand up, packed against eachother like sardines for the last 2 hours of waiting.... so that was fun! I love strangers breathing down my neck! Some guy near us in line randomly started doing magic tricks, which was cute but also slightly awkward in the squishy-ness of it all. I spent a week convincing my friends that dressing up was a GOOD IDEA, then once we all agreed on costumes one girl texted me on Tuesdays saying she wasn't feeling it anymore. There will be no avoiding it next year though: last movie means the last chance to let all the nerdiness out of our systems!
Quick outfit recap: H&M leopard print dress, vintage flannel from a shop in Camden, Andrew's thrifted creeepers, and my NEW thrifted jean jacket that I found in the kid's section at Goodwill. I was pretty happy I found it, I think it's the perfect length and is just begging to be customized. Might need to add a part II to my ongoing denim customization project... which, unsurprisingly, hasn't really gone anywhere since that post.

Oh, and incase you're wondering what I thought of Deathly Hallows: I loved it! Don't want to go into specifics for those who haven't seen it, (which will be most of you. It hasn't even been out for 24 hours yet!) but it followed so close to the book that none of you diehards will be dissapointed. Oh, and Rupert kicked ass in the acting department... Weasley is our King!!

I'm a bad ass chick, yo my black magic

Before I dive into my Google Reader for all the Halloween posts I'm about to read, I thought I should quickly post mine... if I didn't I probably would never get around to it, tbh...
First off: my Goth Tea Party! I had a little shindig at my house on October 16th, telling all my friends on the invitation (which I made, and looked like this fyi) to "dress in your Gothic best.. no excuses!". I was glad to see everyone show up in proper attire. Even if that meant just throwing on an all-black outfit, then hey, I'm happy.
If there's one thing you should know about me is that when I do something, I go ALL THE WAY. Exhibit A: The setting

Complete with dozens of lit candles, a pentagram below our feet, roses with their heads cut-off (À la The Adamms Family), and plenty of lace on every surface.

Exhibit B: The food

Everything had to be black, white, or red. This included voodoo doll and black cross cookies, homemade rasberry chocolate macarons, white chocolate dipped strawberries, and of course red velvet cupcakes (via THE GODESS that is Paula Deen).

Exhitit C: My outfit, y'all!




Okay okay, so I swear this didn't all start out as just another excuse to dress as Gaga. In my mind the concept was "Queen of the Goths", which I just happened to think of Gaga in the Alejandro video. Under the cloak I was pretty much just wearing underwear with lace tight overtop, and finally get a chance to wear my thrifted stripper boots! I made both the crown and the special made black version of this Alexander McQueen cloak, which she wears in the video.

So this costume was special not only as I dressed as my favourite woman of all time, but as I got to do my own kind of tribute McQueen, who also stands as one of the most influential people to me, as well as an incredible artist who will never be forgotten.

The coat was so special that I just HAD to wear it again on Halloween. It wasn't actually finished at the time of the party, as I didn't have enough time to do the gathering at the train. I did get it done though, unsurprisingly ON the day I needed it again.

I had a last minute change of heart before going out on Saturday. I was planning on wearing the same Alejandro Gaga outfit I wore to my tea party, but then changed my mind THAT DAY and decided to do something a bit different. Still Gaga, just something a bit more comfortable than hauling around a 5 pound headpiece the whole night.

Graphic from Pull Teeth

As you can see, I skipped the wig and just used my own hair for this look. Again, I pretty much just wore underwear under the cloak, haha! Whatevs, in my defense I kept the cloak on the whole night and the most anyone would have see of me was a flash of granny panties... scandalous. The stripper boots got cut off because, well, I just really wanted ankle booties. And the eyepatches? I feel like I want to rock them on the regs.

Won't go without my fix tonight

It might be kind of self-evident at this point, but I've been taking a break from computers for a while and it feels pretty good.... that's why I haven't been forcing myself to post and my twitter account has been pretty dead as well. Nevertheless, I've got a few pictures to share today, and more importantly a few from my Goth Tea Party this past Saturday. I'll post those soon. The party went well, but my costume wasn't quite complete at the time, and being the perfectionist that I am I might need to just take all new pictures of myself once it is done (as I'll be wearing it to a few Halloween things I have lined up).
If you're curious as to what I've been wearing the past few weeks, these pictures pretty well represent my current outfit moodboard: lazy, dark, and simple (although I've kind of been like this for a while, hey?).

I dried this tank maxi dress on a hanger, so when I put it on the straps stretched out the tiniest bit and to my (somewhat pathetic?) delight the dress now grazed the floor on me WITH wearing heels. I'm happy, you're happy, we're all happy.
(um, what up with my face/hair in these? Whatevs, horrible pictures is what I get for taking pictures with my phone, balancing against the t.v. remote)
This jacket I thrifted before I went to England but didn't pack it on my trip because of the questionable bat wing-esque shape of the sleeves. Seeing these pictures confirms that I really do need to take the sleeves in, but other than that it's a pretty rad jacket, no? The mesh leggings are from Aritzia, and the lace booties are from Topshop.
Unfortunately that's all I've got for you today... wish I could come up with a more creative post. How about I avoid waiting 2 weeks between posts, and we'll call it even ;)

Hot damn make me scream like summer jam

I wasn't really going for some "autum themed" pictures, but when I look at these I can't help but think of FALL. All the leaves, the cozy knitted sweater, etc. I thrifted this sweater the other day, and like most things I buy it looks cuter in my head than it does in real life. It's still kind of cute in a "my Gramma madez it" kind of way. What I was really on the hunt for was the perfect cable knit, oatmeal coloured sweater (I keep being tempted to say "jumper", but then remind myself "you're not in England anymore, gurl!") and bought this cream one cos I hate leaving a store empty handed... how's that for a shopping philosophy! Maybe that's why I'm broke all the time....
Today I quickly popped into Value Village, although another price hike means I feel like I'm being robbed every time I leave that store. Seriously, the prices are ridic. I'm going to really try and stick to Goodwill and Salvation Army from now on. Anyways, I bought this long-sleeved wrap dress and plan to wear it open like a long cardigan type deal. I think it looks pretty ferosh.

A perfect example of VV's ginormous price increase: these boots. I was browsing through the shoes section when I saw possibly the most interesting pair of shoes I've ever come across at Value Village: a pair of thigh-high, black patent leather stripper boots. Ooooooh yes my friends, I went there.

Immediately I went to the price tag and my heart sank. 40 DOLLARS FOR A PAIR OF SECONDHAND BOOTS!! I'm not lying, 39.99! I slipped one and almost started crying as the boot perfectly molded to my foot. I looked over the boots again, and realized the back of them were all torn up. I miracle in disguise! I figured I'd try to get a price discount as these were clearly very damaged and the price was ridiculous enough even if they were in good shape. At first the girl at the till said 10% off was the best she could do, so I said I wouldn't take them. Then as she was ringing me up for the wrap dress, she looked over them again and offered 20% off. I didn't want to push my luck, and couldn't stand to leave them there so I bought them. Still horribly overpriced, but you guys JUST LOOK HOW AMAZING

I didn't just buy them to prance around my house in, I actually plan to wear them to my Goth Tea Party that I'm having two Saturdays from now. Such a good idea, right? I've wanted to have one for ages, and even made a design on photoshop for the invitations months ago. I figured Halloween is as good a time as any to dress up in all black and eat massive amounts of cupcakes and sweets.

This is my heart and I won't allow the disrespect

Why hello there. Have you met my middle part?


Haven't done a center part in my hair since fourth grade. FOURTH GRADE, GUYS. And now it's every day. When you have long, straight hair like mine, and kind of change is pretty darn exciting. Oh, and also I fully realize these pictures are almost identical to the last post. What can I say, when I find a white wall I get a little too excited.


This is pretty much what I've been wearing every day: leggings, t-shirts, a flannel or jacket, and these shoes which I ALMOST PUT DOWN but thank goodness I came to my senses and bought them immediately. They're faux leather platforms from H&M, which unfortunately my mom has taken a shine to so it looks like we're going to have to go splitsies with them. They actually have them on the H&M online shop so my mom could have a pair of her own, but of course they don't ship to Canada so that suxxx. To any of my UK blogging friends reading this, you may be getting a desperate "help me can you ship these to me please??!" email real soon.

She had her hair done, nails right

Today a friend helped me colour the blonde bits in my hair to get the some of the yellowness out... I kind of want it to be as white/grey as possible. You can see some parts look really white while other parts are a bit bronze. This is because of the streaky bleach job I have, so if I want it snow white I'd have to bleach it again. Not sure what I want yet, but I think it looks fine for now.

Yesterday I bought these horribly ugly (yet amazing?) stick on nails with, that's right, cobras on them. I think fake nails are going to be my new thing. Don't have the patience to grow mine, plus if I want to do some crazy designs then painting them on fake nails would be way easier.

I haven't forgotten about the blog completely, I really will get back to regular posting asap. Love u.