Live Colorfully

on't you love checking things off your wish lists?

If you guys follow my blog you'll know that I've been eyeing this Kate Spade watch for a while now. Well, I was absolutely shocked when I got my belated birthday present from my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. The reason why it took so long for it to get to me (my birthday was on August 12) was because this particular style was out-of-stock. I'm just in shock at their generosity and for getting the best gift ever!

Here is the beautiful watch. It's a too big so I have to get some links removed.
Isn't it gorge? If you guys want to know the style it is the Gramercy Grand in gold.

Here is the box it came in.

Look at the beautiful tissue it was wrapped in. I'm going to keep it. 

It was bound by a beautiful, gold Kate Spade sticker.

The watch came with a cute card. It's printed in a card stock. I think I'm going to
frame it and display it somewhere.

And here she is.

So classic and beautiful.

I love their packaging. The inside of the box has gold polka dots and the bottom of
the box says 'Live Colorfully.'

Even the back of the watch face says 'Live Colorfully.'

Close-up of the card.

Bubble bauble

Image via VIVALUXURY

Image via Pink Peonies

ou know all those bubble necklaces that's been all over the fashion blogs? Well, I'm obsessed with them. The original is from J Crew, but it's ridiculously priced at well over $150 in Canada. I then saw them on eBay for under $15 each. It's not quite the same as the J Crew necklace as the screws at the bottom of each bauble is different, but it's pretty darn close. I ordered 3 colours- green, turquoise and white. I got them yesterday and I absolutely love them. If you are interested in getting one for yourself please check out my eBay seller. The reason I bought it from them is because they had the true white colour that I wanted. Some sellers sell the white in a clear-ish/gray colour, not the opaque white. Plus, my seller had lots of different colours. All these necklaces had free shipping and they all came with a J Crew tag by the lobster chain. However, I know this isn't authentic as I had gone in the J Crew store and examined the real one carefully while I tried it on.

The turquoise one is coming out a little green against my green top, but it is
the turquoise one. This one is not as blue as I had expected. It's more of on the
greenish-turquoise side.

I love the white as I think it will be easy to pair this with a lot of clothes in my
closet. I love how the chains in all of these necklaces have an extension so that
you can wear it in different lengths.

I love this one too as the green is quite striking. Which one is your favourite?

I love a good sale

f you guys know me, you know I love a good sale. Who doesn't, right? Almost all the designer items in my closet were purchased on sale.

Last Tuesday I went to the mall and I spotted a huge sale on designer items at Holt Renfrew Last Call. Almost all their denim were 80% off on top of their already marked down price! I guess they were trying to get rid of their summer stock in preparation for the fall season. Then their other clothing items were 30-80% off. Initially I was going to get a pair of J Brand jeans in neon pink. I think they were $129 (already marked down from $239) + another 80% off. However, the checkout line was huge and my daughter started crying like crazy so I had to leave the store to feed her. By the time I went back those jeans were gone. I'm glad they were too because I got myself a pair of polka dot Paige denims. Yes, they are pretty trendy, but I think they will be easier-to-match than the neon pink pairs and I think I can still wear these going into the fall/winter season. Plus, I'm not sure if the whole colourful denim trend will be in fashion next summer.
I'm still trying to shed the extra 10lbs that I have (I already lost 20lbs of my pregnancy weight), but you can see how I look wearing them in the photos above. I also found this photo (see below) that I found online of a model wearing these jeans. I don't like how this outfit was styled (too flashy), but you get the idea how it will look. I think it'll look really great with my black motorcycle boots.
BTW, I got the jeans for just under $30!

I also got myself a beautiful silk Equipment top for 40% off. Initially I think they were $230, but it was marked down to $139 + I got an extra 40% off. I got this teal-coloured top for about $94 with taxes. I know that's still quite expensive, but I've always wanted an Equipment top. It feels amazing on and it looks great with cut-off denim shorts.

Prada Baroque

hese have been on my wishlist for a while now. When I saw these on Stephanie and Rachel I decided I must have them. I know it's a little out there, but that's what I love about them. My husband thinks I look ridiculous in them, but I don't care. I like it and that's what matters, right? He thinks I should have gone with another pair of sunglasses that I was eyeing- the Chanel 5183, but I'm glad I settled on these Pradas.

Prada Baroques on Stephanie from Stephanie Sterjovski. I think hers are the tortoise shell ones.

Prada Baroques on Rachel from Pink Peonies. Hers is the black, which I got.

And here I am sporting my own pair of black Prada Baroques. I heart them!

I love the oversized, round frames.

New shadow box & hair pins

esterday I went to the mall with baby K (my newborn 2nd child for those of you who didn't know. She was born on July 21) because I needed to get out of the house. I've been cooped up inside because a) the weather's been crappy lately and b) I've been so tired during the day because baby K is a night owl! I wanted to check out Indigo because it's one of my favourite places to get home décor stuff for a reasonable price. Plus, one of my favourite bloggers lately- Stephanie Sterjovski had a shadow box that I've been going gaga over. She had used it to store her jewelry and I just loved the look of it. She mentioned that you could get similar ones at Indigo and West Elm. I checked out Indigo's website and I noticed they had them. They didn't look exactly like hers, but I needed to have it. I got the more rectangular-shaped one for $39.50CAD. I then stopped by J Crew and saw these cute hair pins on sale for $3.99. I thought it would look so good inside the shadow box so I picked up 2. As soon as I got home I displayed my new Oia Jules bracelets that I got from a previous haul and I also put my June/July/August ring in there. The box is now sitting in one of my bookshelf compartments in my office and I just love it!

Close-up of the hair pins.

Stephanie is holding an Oia Jules giveaway right now so go check it out!