for the love of... mint

sparrow earrings: birthday gift from melissa nail polish: joe rosebud hair clip: rosebudlips rosebud necklace: lovestitched clothing: top right to bottom: ruffle sweater: gap, zip up: bench, cardigan: costa blanca, tunic: vera moda, dress: ruche , tank tops: pseudio and aritzia, camera: gift from melissa bow: new product at ruche

so, first off, i'm starting a "for the love of" topic... which i'll try to do once a week. i'm thinking since i really, as in seriously this time, would like to blog EVERY DAY, i need some themes to keep me going (feel free to help me with ideas).

today is for the love of mint. as in the colour. i cannot possibly make you understand my love for mint. no matter what i see, if it's mint, I MUST OWN IT!!! for months, i was obsessed with finding a mint cardigan. guess what i found three weeks ago?? a mint cardigan! i cannot begin to tell you how stoked i was over this. and now i really need to find mint shoes. i actually found a pair i love, but i'm pretty sure the heels are too high even for me. they're, like, 4" +... umm.... me + 4" heels + NOT sitting the entire time = injury. for certain.

i was also obsessed with mint green nail polish, which melissa found for me and i sported over the holidays. and chipped the first day i had it on. i reapplied it after 3 days, and still 2 days later i was completely ashamed to go to my esthetician with it still on my nails. i probably turned seven shades of red. but today's topic isn't red! it's MINT!!!

"those girls"

"those girls"... you know the type... the ones you see having a major melt down and you say to your friend "looks like she just broke a nail," and have a chuckle. the kind that when they do break a nail, it really is a crisis, because alas, you just cannot hide it. it's on your hand, always visible, always out there. you call, text, facebook, and/or email your esthetician explaining your dilemma, and please, oh pretty please, can't you just squeeze me in to fix this gawd-awful sight??

yes readers, i'm refering to "that girl"... or as i like to refer to her, ME. after turning 29 in october, it dawned on me that i'm turning 30. and i mean literally after turning 29, as in the next day. i decided there's some things a girl really should do before turning the big 3-0. like learn to pamper herself regularly... get her nails done. and so i did. and my first time was pretty nerve wracking. i had french tips in a soft mauve colour, with a little line of silver sparkles underneath. boy did i feel rebelious. i chose a "subtle" colour for my first time, which matched a lot of my vintage-inspired clothes that i love so much. well i was hooked. you think driving and texting is bad?? please. driving and looking at your newly polished fingernails is way worst. i now try to book my appointments at night, to be a safer driver.

i just had my nails done for the 4th time, and i'm just in love. it was as stressful as always, which colour to pick, what style to do. i decided to be a bit more daring, with some new years blitz... and if one of them break before my next appointment, you may hear me scream from wherever it is you are. because yes, it would be tragic.

2010 in a nutshell

still single. zumba instructor, although i no longer have time to teach classes. still doing some photography, although less, since i also have less time for this. havent blogged once until today (really, where is all my free time???).

i have discovered the joys of:
-ruche... seriously, i'm addicted.
-chocolate t'z... tarin's homemade chocolates, i'm addicted to the skor ones, which i like to refer to as the janaz, as they're my fave and wrapped in my fave colour.
-percy jackson series... seriously, addictive.
-bath and body works... seriously smooth skin.

that's it for now... more posts to follow. i promise.