Windy winter weather and wide-legged jeans

I've concluded that the high-waisted and wide-legged J Brands I purchased during my weekend spending binge are the most perfect pair of pants in the world, and moreover they're seriously making me re-consider my bias towards dresses and tights in the colder months. Could this be a first in the realm of trousers for me? Only time will tell...
Speaking of this weekend, I also attended a Toronto Blogger's Brunch set up by the lovely Anthea of Clothes Line Finds. It was definitely one of the coolest events that blogging has brought me to thus far, and I thoroughly enjoyed conversing in 'real-time' with Anthea, Ashleigh, Danielle and Marta. I very much hope to have similar events set up in the future to continue the informative and interesting discussions we had!
G and I have quite a bit to get accomplished today, though I will admit that I am feeling ever-so-slightly under the weather and am currently daydreaming of laying in bed surrounded by a pile of magazines with a cup of chai tea in hand. Nonetheless, I'm going to pull myself up by my figurative boot straps (as I'm not actually wearing boots right now) and get on with what should be a properly productive day. Plus I'm pretty pleased that I get to wear all of my furry little parkas and long-sleeved 1960's blouses again, which cheers me up enough to get out the door and do what needs to be done.

Wearing
Blouse, shoes, bag: vintage
Jeans: J Brand
Parka: Aritzia

Immediate Undertaking

Hello again! So I'm getting really bad at this Monday thing apparently...and, while I don't believe in excuses, I attribute the blogging-Mondayitis I'm experiencing to the following factors:

a) the sun is going down early again...like, 6:00 p.m. early, and it's not even Daylight Savings yet. Je suis desole!

b) Work-work has been busy like whoa. And, at this point in time, they still pay my bills, so I kind of have to do what they say to a certain extent.

c) G and I are working on a number of other projects at the moment, including the Great Apartment Fix-Up 08, which are surprisingly time consuming.
Alright, alright, enough excuses, even I dislike listening to myself make them...in which case I'm not going to even to begin with, so I'll just go back to being properly consistent! Ah, it all makes sense now. Okay. Onwards and upwards...

Le Smoking tagged me in a short but sweet little questionnaire thingamabob and, since I completely adore her glamorous smoking photo compilations on a daily basis, I am going to complete it to the best of my ability.

Clothes Shop: thrift and vintage shops first and foremost, Holt Renfrew for my big purchases (which are occuring less and less since real 'adulthood' kicked in and I have actual expenses that need to be met), and Urban Planet, H&M, Zara, blah blah blah for everything else.

Furniture Shop: Good question, that's precisely what I'm attempting to figure out right now! Ikea is unavoidable and occasionally good, I adore Umbra and a little vintage Art Deco shop downtown, and craigslist probably trumps any furniture store out there considering the amazing deals and often great finds I've stumbled upon on there! You've got to love the internet.

Sweets: I'm honestly not a fan in general, but I don't mind a chocolate covered macadamia nut here or there I suppose.

City: Toronto, obviously. Vancouver is also wonderful. I definitely wouldn't say no to London (rather, the UK in general), Paris, Belgrade, or anywhere in California though.

Drink: If I'm out it's gin and soda water with two limes, the rest of the time I'm good with a nice glass (or a few) of red wine.

Music: this is a veritable Pandora's Box of a question, so for today I'm just going to leave it at proper rock n' roll.

TV Series: The Riches, How Not To Live Your Life, Gossip Girl, Footballer's Wives, LOST. Pretty standard stuff all in all.

Film: Difficult question, and one that I definitely cannot conclusively answer today.

Workout: I don't in the summer because I find it boring and redundant considering I walk eveywhere, but in the winter I'm quite partial to running.

Pastries: I don't like them. Except for cheese croissants, which when properly made are delicious.

Coffee: Venti Bold with a touch of soy milk.

I tag whoever feels up to completing this! I really do love you all which makes it impossible for me to deem some 'tagged' and others not.

Oh, and one last thing - because of my absenteeism in the blogosphere yesterday I will be posting yet another diatribe later in the afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Wearing (my monochromatic standard)

High-waisted button jeans: Urban Planet

Tank: The Gap

Cardigan: Club Monaco

Shoes: F21

All I want to do is live by the sea.

The stresses of life are catching up with me, making my outfit today pretty standard work-wear by all accounts. Fashion and clothing are obviously huge priorities in my life, hence the very existence of this site, but sometimes they must take a backseat to other, less-fun things like one's finances, job, education and the various, endless etceteras that being 20-something consists of.

I've never really been one for beauty products, but I will concede to the fact that a cheer-myself-up trip to the wonderful Bloor Street Sephora ended up potentially changing my life or, more likely and less melodramatically, the way my skin looks on a daily basis. My helpful salesperson introduced me to a wonderful, magical product called Smashbox Primer and, after no more than 24 hours of using this beacon of shining light in a tube, I am officially and properly hooked.
All of you beauty junkies out there are probably laughing yourselves silly at me right now, but seriously, who knew this stuff existed and why did no one tell me before now? To be quite honest I'd rather no one answer that question because I'm too pleased to even care right now.
Speaking of superficial excitement, it was not until seeing today's photos that I realized how nautical I look. I've always had a thing for nautical-chic. Mind you I've yet to determine whether or not this H&M dress is navy or black (and I've owned it for two years) because I'm pretty sure that it changes colour depending on what it is paired with. In consideration of this fact I suppose this outfit is potentially nought nautical (a really lame pun, I'm aware) but it makes no difference to me.
Lastly, gorgeous dearest readers, I require your guidance in the very important matter of my hair: to go back to the straight-across, blunt bang or to not? A good deal of the comments I receive make some mention of my hair and I geniunely trust all of your opinions, plus I'm having a difficult time deciding which cut I prefer.

Wearing:

Coat: Target

Dress: H&M

Shoes: vintage

Bag: Chanel, vintage

Tights: The Bay