The make over and the awkward angles...

I finally got off my couch and worked on getting my apartment together.  By that, I meant, I assisted my friend while he was doing it. I'm just not very good at interior decoration so I got some much needed help from the expert.







Remember the bared wall from all the previous posts, gone baby gone. My husband is not home so I'm actually quite nervous to see how he would react to the Audrey Hepburn's picture. ^_^

I'm still looking and testing different places and angles to put my camera for pictures going forward. This picture might have resulted from placing the camera at the top of my bookshelf. I'm not quite happy with it but I was too quickly changing out of my dress so I'll just have to post the "best" of what I have. Lesson learned!





Please excuse the bags in the background too :) Hope your week is going well!

Wear what makes you happy - Ellen DeGeneres

With my commute being relatively short, I try to get home in time when I can to catch the Ellen DeGeneres show for some LOL time. I'm cracking myself up watching her latest invention.. the Ellen DeGeneres soup spoon. It's just what you need if you are ever sick of moving your spoon up and down when having soup, here comes your rescue, the turning spoon...Ha..Ha.. HA! She also happened to talk about fashion today and I 100% wholeheartedly agree with her fashion motto: "Wear what makes you happy!". Simple, but so true. I've worn this dress quite a few times on or off this blog and I definitely feel happy every single time having it on. One thing I'm not quite satisfied with myself though, is that I always end up styling it the same exact way...happy, but boring? Ehhh. How would you wear it differently?

FNO recap.

FNO was the perfect opportunity to be part of the vibrant scene of San Francisco fashion and bloggers. I had so much fun seeing so many wonderful fashion lovers in one place. Any night that requires party hopping from Macy's to Saks and then to Neiman Marcus is a OK in my book. I was too busy taking mental pictures of every single outfit that I couldn't talk to a lot of fellow party attendants. OK, not quite, I was shy. I'll work on getting over it next year. But I was really taking mental picture of everyone on the street of SF that night. So many inspirational outfits! The incredibly stylish, Ms. Blair of Atlantic-Pacific and some of the looks that she put together. Such a fan of her! I have to recreate this look for one of my upcoming casual Friday! The sweet and effortlessly chic, Ms. Anh of 9to5Chic. Ah, I. Want. Her. Zara. Dress. Please. Yeah, I wore black to FNO. My creative level was -2 on a Thursday night. Here are some of my favorite looks that the talented bloggers put together at Saks. When your bff gave you a grey dress, you add an orange cardigan and some flowers...

Oh Happy Day!

I feel like it was either my birthday or first day back to school today. New shoes and dress bring you that good feeling. I actually bought this Zara dress on the first day of the mid-year Zara sale but waited almost two months to wear it out. Thinking about returning it a couple of times but somehow didn't manage to and I'm very glad I kept it. These comfortable Nine West heels were waiting for me at the clearance rack at Nordstrom yesterday. Because they knew I was coming. What is my definition of comfy? Just a small requirement: leaving no blister or mark after a day in the office. Double points for being the perfect nude shade that I was looking for.

Happy Labor Day!

My husband, being such a responsible lad that he is, is making a quick stop at his office. Your truly, bored and somehow had an outfit together whille waiting for him to come back, decided that I should take some pictures. I hope y'all are having a relaxed and beautiful weekend. I just picked up this cardigan from H&M on Friday along with a couple of other items that I can' wait to show you. It was so hard to pick and choose of what I should / can buy versus what I'd like to take home with me. I finally narrowed down to THREE items from probably the TWENTY things that I laid my eyes on and the SIX things that I tried on. Shopping with a selective eye(s) is a hard thing to do. Being not very crafty, I'm very proud of myself for re-purposing this too-big bracelet into a necklace. In my rule book, now that IS my accomplishment for Labor Day.

The J.Crew effect.

It's a bit on the cold side today in San Francisco. But I won't complain because supposedly this long weekend will be gorgeous! Just like J.Crew catalog. Let's just say I pulled all my J.Crew stops with this outfit. Head to toe, sweater to boots, J.Crew all the way, except for my scarf. Now only if I can get a part-time job there to help pay the clothes bills.



I got these boots on final sales at J.Crew probably 4 years ago and still love them to pieces.



I've been playing around with mixing my nail polishes and this was what I came up with last week out of boredom.

Change of plan

I checked the weather report last night. It gave me an impression that today will be a normal SF summer day, sunny, cool. It turned out to be warm and my tight was too much. Problem: my dress suddenly became two inch short for my office comfort level. Did that ever happen to you?

Sale, you have me at Hello.

I buy stuff because they are on sale more often than I'd like to admit. I paid either 14.99 or 19.99 for this silk J.Crew dress a couple of years ago. I couldn't walk away. Dress. Silk. Under 20 bucks. J.Crew. You just don't see all of the above in one sentence too often. Sold. Spent another 15 bucks to get it shortened recently because over-the-knee-too-busy-print dress would make me look like a walking curtain.



What do you think, wearable now?



How about those Hugo Boss sandals that I got from Filenes's Basement in Boston for 39.99? I think a trip to a consignment store this weekend sounds like a reasonable thing to do?!?

Safari trip

I'm not going on a safari anytime soon. I don't get to travel too often so going on a safari will not be at the top of my must-see list. I'm hoping that I can make it to Europe soon, as well as seeing more of Asia, next wishful stop would be Australia / New Zealand. Do you have a wish list for travelling?





Until any of my trips become reality, I'm going to LIVE San Francisco as the city has so much to offer and I'm lucky to have a chance to come along for the ride.

Going Green!

I have recently ventured out to add some Green to my closet and was so happy to find this Zara dress on sale.



The back of this dress, however, reminds me of a trend that Carrie of Sex in the City seemed to master: the exposed bra style. Something like this...



This look is a big Don't in my rule book so I will not try that. I might wear it with a shorter cardigan next time to show off the puffy skirt that I really love though!



Please disregard my temporary hair style, I'm way over due for a hair cut at Revamp Salon!

Swap me some pleats

I've been meaning to show off the skirt that I got from the Swap event a while back and finally did it this week. The skirt was actually c/o Lulu*s and I think it was just there waiting for me. Seriously, I wanted a pleated skirt for so long and couldn't believe no one took it before I got to the rack.



White lace could be tricky to wear because I often feel like it's too bridal-ish looking for everyday wear. Of course the statement is incorrect because I see bloggers are rocking this look so well. One of my favorite has to be this outfit by Khatu.



And to say that I didn't copy the sweater from Kathleen is a semi lie. :)

P.S.: A big thank to my sister for sending me some lace blouses :)

Wait a little waist.

This dress gave me the illusion of a waist that I don't possess. I got this little number from Calypso St. Barth a couple of years ago for a mere $29.99. I can't recall the original price but with the average tag of Calypso in the three-digit range, I think that was some deal that I got.

For the love of lace...

Last time I checked, it was still July. I forgot to breathe and now it's August 1.

I drafted something last week and meant to come back and finished the post last week, aka July. I was talking about my love for lace...If there is one material / look that I could choose to wear forever (I know, a little stretching the fact here), I would go with lace. What else could be so delicate, elegant yet so fun and easy to wear at the same time? One can really dress lace up and down to fit her liking. I recently added a couple of lace pieces to my closet and slowly introduce them to the world without overdosing my colleagues at work. Daily lace could be a bit much, don't you think?



I actually got this FCUK dress for a wedding in the fall but couldn't bring myself to hold on to it for that long so I wore it the very next day I got it in the mail. Kate Middleton recycled all her dresses for events, I think I can do the same thing.

I got my Morse code necklace from COATT a while back and can't seem to take it off




Hope you are having a great start for August!

Because we all love summer...

When I first moved to San Francisco, I wasn't aware that summer days would come as often as my paychecks in this city. Obviously, my paycheck did not come every day this week but we are blessed with very pleasant summer-like weather while the rest of the country is boiling.

It has gone from this last week...



...to beautiful blue sky for the past two days



Notice the Target truck? That's right weather pal, you are right on target, well, minus the huge cloud part. Since my summer includes bright sundresses as well as my reliable bottle of Advil, I sure put them out for good use in the past couple of days.

Coral is definitely one of my most favorite colors. That goes back to my belief that I don't have the most favorite color, I just happen to like them all.


When I bought this below dress from H&M 5 years ago, I never thought I still love it as much years later. What can I say? Love(s) at first sight(s)... It does happen to me on multiple of occasions. Again, nothing is wrong with that right?



I walked about 2 miles in these Jeffrey Campbell sandal today. That's rare because I normally don't walk that much, let alone in heels but these are super comfortable and I love to wear them with all my dress. And the bag, I went through my friend's rejected clothing pile last weekend and rescue it because I'm a hoarder at heart.



Hope your week is coming along and have something brilliant planned for the weekend!

Three for the price of one.

BOGO is good. I'm not selling anything but since I'm combining three days worth of outfits into one short post, my sale sounds much better than most places: BOTEFE, aka Buy one, three free. Obviously my slogan is such a tongue-twister and does not much make a whole lot of sense, it would have been nice if there was such an event.

My outfits were from last Wednesday, Friday and today, respectively.








Do you notice the same pose? I think it sticks out like a sore thumb. Happy Monday!

Wedges. Tuck. Red Rayban

I'm totally watching the live coverage of Williams and Catherine's Arrival in America. Now that they have arrived at the Beverly Hills Hilton, I can get back to blogging.

This is what I do when I'm out of my comfort zone. I don't tuck my shirt in, I have this weird body conscious thing about tucking that I won't bore you with the details.



I also don't wear wedges that often. And I don't know why I ended up with a pair of leopard print wedges. I'm rocking both looks now, wedges and tucking. So awesome.



And it's Friday so you get this shot for free...Red Ray-Ban. Girl, you are brave today. Happy weekend!