The Silver Lining

Shoe Addict

2007-07-17T10:23:00.000-06:00

[music: smily by Lily Allen]

I bought these 2 pairs of shoes at the mall yesterday. The first is pair of teal peep toe slingbacks from Urban Behaviour on sale for $9.99 USD. Don't you just love the gold!?

These metallic silver flats were $25.50 USD from Costa Blanca.

I bought two tops as well, but, I was having trouble getting flattering pictures of the tops.

Bon Voyage!

2007-07-15T10:23:00.001-06:00

Hey, bloggers!

In a few weeks I'm going to France, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Czech Republic. Some of the cities I know we're going to for sure are Paris and Berlin. If any of you have been to these places or know good areas, cities or stores for shopping, please fill me in!

Concert for Diana

2007-07-02T15:37:00.000-06:00

[music: Missing You by P. Diddy]

I'm not sure how many of you were watching Concert for Diana yesterday but, it was quite amazing! It was a six hour event filled with music, dancing and, of course fashion!

The two handsome Princes. Will's dance moves during 'Maneater' were so adorable.

Nelly Furtado (left) and Lily Allen (right) paired vibrant dresses with great shoes and minimal gold accessories. Lily Allen sang especially well at the Concert.

Joss Stone performed in both a super short minidress and a gorgeous floor length gown. I just love how she performs barefooted!

Minidresses were everywhere last night. The color of Fergie's dress, left, looked great against her skin tone but the ruffles at the hem look a bit like a cloud and the black and white accessories were a bit harsh. Natasha Bedingfield, right, looked great in a white, sequined mini dress.

I couldn't find a good picture, but the Princesses , Beatrice and Eugenie, seems to be quite fashionable!

If you haven't already read my last post, keep scrolling down! I'm gonna try to post more this summer so if anyone has some ideas for what to post, please share!

7 Little Secrets

2007-06-22T10:11:00.000-06:00

[music: Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie]

After being tagged by The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Genuine Inspiration and Pearls and Purses I have decided to finally get down to business. Slow, I know. I meant to do this over a week ago but then I got shoved off the computer and haven't gotten around to it since! So, here goes:

1. I have an obsession with Elton John. I was just listening to him, in fact!

2. I love aloe vera lotion. Sometimes, I hope that I'll get burnt just so that I can put on aloe!

3. I don't use normal toothpaste. Currently I'm using Dr. Burt's 'Cinna Mint' which is made with parsley and chlorophyll (yuck, I know) and before that I was using Kiss My Face Aloe Toothpaste. What's next on my list? One of the many flavours from Breath Palette - if only I could decide what kind!

4. I enjoy making funny faces. It's sort of a hobby, actually. Smiles just get so dull after a while and funny faces are just so much funner!

5. I love to dress up. I try to make everything much dressier than it actually is and I would wear dresses and heels everywhere but I think I'd end up looking a little overdressed.

6. I can't swim. At all. If you put me in the water I would probably drown! So, if anyone's looking to get rid of me I suggest you throw me in the ocean! Actually, a pool would do just fine.

7. I love Jesus Christ with everything in me - he's the reason I'm alive and he's blessed me so much!

And who do I tag? Uh. I have no idea. Anyone who comes across theis blog and hasn't done this little activity yet has been tagged!

Tomorrow, I might possibly post so come check! I make no promises, though.

Summer Toile

2007-06-10T13:50:00.000-06:00

[music: Chicago by Sufjan Stevens]

I have an obsession: toile. I always loved toile (it's gorgeous, how can you not!) but I finally found out what it was called and now I can't get enough! I don't own a lot of toile - only one pair of black toile flats - but these are some wonderful toile pieces I found!

These two strapless dresses (left, $69.95 USD at Anthropologie; right, $69.99 USD at Ann Taylor) are very fresh and great for dressy summer events. The black and white toile is a bit more formal while the red is playful but still dressed-up.

These two pieces combine a casual style with black toile. The dress (left, $112 USD by Torn from ShopBop) incorporates a bubble hem but I don't like the way it's all put together. The sweater ($134 USD by Torn from ShopBop) is very cute - toile is definitely not a pattern you often see on hoodies!

Old Navy's jumped on the toile bandwagon, as well! The shorts (left, $26.50 USD from Old Navy) use a khaki toile which is a much more natural color. The flats (right, $19.50 USD from Old Navy) come in a few colors and both of these options are easy to wear and inexpensive.

I am absolutely in love with these flats ($237.00 USD by Dior from eLuxury)! The bows, the charms, the toile - it's all so perfect!

I apologize for the template - it's a bit of a wreck right now as I'm 'remodeling'. This is my last week of school and exams finish the week after that so hopefully I'll be able to find much more time to blog!

03297310

2007-04-28T10:52:00.000-06:00

[music: Outside Looking In by Jordan Pruitt]

This is a dress I bought a little while ago at Urban Planet. Right now, I'm wearing it with a yellow t-shirt and black leggings underneath and a navy blue necklace. I love the bold pattern and summer colors. If you have any more suggestions of what to pair it with, I'd love to hear, because, I'm actually quite awful at putting together outfits.

By the way, those crazy numbers in the 'Title' space have no meaning. I just hate to leave the 'Title' blank.

Revamp

2007-04-21T11:51:00.000-06:00

[music: Spies by Coldplay]

So that hiatus lasted a lot longer than I expected. Quebec was amazing - and the shopping was fabulous! So something I've been considering for a while is a total revamp of this here blog - new name, new URL, new header, new everything. I started this blog as more of a journal but it's morphed into a fashion blog and now I'm looking for new ideas so that the look of the site fits the content. If you have any ideas for a name or a layout theme or anything at all, let me know! My creative juices haven't quite started flowing yet...

Hiatus

2007-03-29T11:20:00.000-06:00

[music: Grace Kelly by Mika]

I've gone to Quebec for Spring Break so I won't be updating for at least another week (not that I was updating much in the first place). Au revoir, mes amis!

Picture Perfect: Yanick Dery

2007-03-19T10:47:00.000-06:00

[music: What Goes Around by Justin Timberlake]

I do love photographs and I do love fashion so it would make sense that I adore fashion photography, no? So I've started a new section, Picture Perfect, to highlight different photographers of the fashion world and some of my favourite photos. Instead of commentating on what I think of each photo, I'll let you look and interpret yourself because this just seems like the proper way to look at photos. Click on his name (below) to view his website.

Yanick Dery

Paris Fashion Week: Chanel and Celine

2007-03-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

[music: Cowboy Take Me Away by the Dixie Chicks]

Chanel

"Karl Lagerfeld picked up on the idea of cold-weather college-girl styling that's emerging as a Parisian sub-theme." - Sarah Mower

Pretty trenches, very young and fresh.

Classic Chanel. Those boots, right, are splendid! And left, the more formal side of layering.

Celine

The only reason I decided to take a look at the Celine show is because my friend's name happens to be Celine. I was pleased with what I saw!

Left, the return of the sweater dress. Right, I'm loving the knotted waist. And those gorgeous black bags!

They make those high-waisted trousers look so good! Right, the cut of the leather jacket gives it a great feminine look.

The O.C.: The End's Not Near, It's Here

2007-02-23T20:44:00.000-07:00

[music: The Hand That Holds the World by Starfield]

The O.C. took it's final bow last night and I, for one, am gonna miss it. After they killed off Marissa I really thought they had butchered the show but I was pleasantly surprised with this last season. As for the finale, I was pleased - they seem to like killing off characters so I must say I was ecstatic when no one died. There were just so many parts of this episode I loved - Seth's baby hand prints, Kirsten's baby. The characters have sort of become real people over the years - slightly psychotic, I know.

Such pretty tops. Rachel Bilson (Summer) and Autumn Reeser (Taylor) are so gorgeous - actually, everyone on this show is gorgeous.

Such nice bride's maid's dresses. And again, they both look so lovely!

I'm not quite sure why I like this outfit of Summer's. Or maybe I just like the hot guys she's standing next too. And how cute is it that Ryan named his bunny Flapjacks?!

Not the greatest picture but Summer looks so gorgeous - the hair, the dress, it's all so pretty!

Now, I wanted some pictures of Willa Holland (Kaitlyn) because I do love her style, both on screen and off, but couldn't find any. Man, I'm gonna miss The O.C. so much.

In case you were wondering, New York was amazing! I might try to post pictures of my purchases soon.

Hiatus

2007-02-15T20:38:00.000-07:00

So, here's the thing - life is busy, homework is plentiful and I'm going to New York for a few days. I'm also going on a bit of a hiatus, it could last for 2 days, it could last for 2 weeks, it could even last for 2 months - I don't know, so I'm just calling it temporary. I had a few posts on the go (well, most of them haven't made it into drafts yet, but still) but those, I suppose, will just have to wait. I will try to leave you all comments, my lovelies, and if you have and random urges to read 5 month old posts on this dear blog, it will be here waiting for you.

NY Fashion Week: Anna Sui, Proenza Schouler and Michael Kors

2007-02-08T20:08:00.000-07:00

[music: Take It All by Hillsong United]

Did I miss a whole day of posting NY Fashion Week? Yes. But, I'm invigorated and ready to post!

Anna Sui

I have to say, I was disappointed. In the past, I've been a fan of Anna Sui but this collection was just not appealing.

All I see here is winter wear gone wrong.

I did enjoy the use of prints and the dress, right, I actually really do like.

Proenza Schouler

"...and rediscovered the interest in surface decoration that informed some of their best collections." -Nicole Phelps

Maybe it's the odd caps or the men's style trousers but there is something about this collection I love.

Left, it seems to have the puffiness of a snowsuit but I do love the fabric.

Michael Kors

"Working in a palette of soft, flattering (read: salable) neutrals, with shots of safety orange and caution yellow, he laid the cashmere on thick." -Nicole Phelps

Kors put a spin on casual men's looks with muted greys and a splash of color, right.

The most beautiful, not to mention flattering, jersey dresses of all time.

NY Fashion Week: Adam + Eve, Naeem Khan and Marchesa

2007-02-06T18:31:00.000-07:00

[music: My Glasses by Maria Mena]

Another day, another batch of amazing shows. Is it just me or do they keep getting better and better? Do enjoy!

Adam + Eve

"...embraced the sporty collegiate life—a theme familiar to those who've been following his line." - Joanna Rodger

2 very different dresses, I love the coziness of the first and the flower pattern of the second.

Formal looks meet cozy fabrics. This would be my ideal winter wardrobe!

Naeem Khan

"...he sent out a series of sheaths and gowns covered in jewel-tone palettes." -Laird Borrelli

There were a few absolutely gorgeous dresses in this show. These, would be 2 of them.

And another 2. The dazzling number, right, might look tacky in real life but it's so beautiful on the runway!

Marchesa

I, personally, love Marchesa. Everything is so gorgeous and, well, see for yourself!

Gorgeous! I love how the long hems brings back a bit of old Hollywood glam.

Pretty, pretty, pretty! I cannot get over the fuchsia color, left - it's marvelous! I just wanna eat it all up. He. He.

NY Fashion Week: Tuleh, DVF and Luella

2007-02-05T18:06:00.000-07:00

[music: none, sadly]

I love New York Fashion Week. Have I ever mentioned that? In keeping with my routine, I have picked 3 of yesterday's shows to post on but let me tell you, it wasn't easy! With shows like DKNY and 3.1 Phillip Lim, I was sad to only have time for 3. But check it all out, there's some gorgeous shows!

Tuleh

"Not every look was a winner, and we didn't totally lose our heads. But love was definitely in the air." -Laird Borrelli

Left, a very pretty color - I'm not sure what it reminds me of but I love it! Right, I also love the subtle hints of gold in this dress.

There's something about the prints and the smooth silkiness of the fabric that looks so good when it all comes together!

Diane von Furstenberg

"As for her collection, it was singular in its focus on dresses." -Nicole Phelps

2 very elegant black dresses. I imagine one would feel absolutely lovely wearing one of these!

Color and print done the DVF way. The dress, left, has such a pretty color!

Luella

"Horses, coming-out parties, Sgt. Pepper military gear—Luella's girls have fallen head over heels for all things proper and British this season." -Laird Borrelli

Rich colors and fabrics played a big part over at Luella.

This gorgeous fabric was common at Luella. Right, what a pretty dress!

NY Fashion Week: Maticevski, Abaete and Lacoste

2007-02-04T15:07:00.000-07:00

[music: Inside Your Heaven by Carrie Underwood]

Maticevski

"I have been working on pretty, floaty, feminine for so long, I felt I needed to add a bit more severity and grit." -Toni Maticevski

Grey was in no shortage as models came down the runway with hands clenching hips.

Left, a gorgeous pant suit - gloomy colors and all. Right, this is what we call a splash of color. Or a hot air balloon ready for take off.

Abaete

I cannot even express how much I love Abaete, definitely one of my favourite designers! And this collection didn't disappoint me!

Gorgeous dresses, the gloves are something you don't see very often but I love the old-fashioned vibe they give off.

The navy dress, left, is such an amazing color and fabric. Right, white boots and hat make a very mod look.

Lacoste

"...good youthful options (knit minis and crepe-heeled granny boots) as well as a few grown-up looks that Schneider might have loved (the knit kimono coats and voluminous capes)." -Laird Borrelli

Possibly the most wonderful skinny jeans I have ever seen! And I am falling more and more in love with the boots, right, every second!

While I'm not so sure about the mish-mash of patterns, right, I love the striped turtleneck and adorable mini green belt, left.

NY Fashion Week: Yigal Azrouël

2007-02-03T11:31:00.000-07:00

"...all-American collegiate looks and the studied casualness of the loose, layered jersey pieces..." -Laird Borrelli

2 examples of Yigal's casual-chic, effortless layering. For me, the chunky sweaters and striped scarves are what really pull the outfits together.

I have no idea what I love about this outfit (left) so much - maybe the monotone colors or the big and beautiful bag. Right, another effortless (but so cute!) outfit.

NY Fashion Week: Rag & Bone

2007-02-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

"...they cannily mixed equestrian and military references in with their unstudied-cool signature looks." -Nicole Phelps

Tailored skinny pants gorgeously paired and layered with a cardigan (left) and a suit jacket (right). Ah, the versatility of skinnies!

Gorgeous coats! The oversized white buttons on the hunter green (left) create a bit of a mod look while the black pea coat (right) is classic and pretty.

NY Fashion Week: BCBG Max Azria

2007-02-03T11:05:00.000-07:00

Touches of metallic (left) and crocheted lace (right) add flair to these classic dress designs. Right, a beautiful take on the classic LBD.

Flowing, floor-length dresses - what's not to love? With a muted color palette, details up by the necklines really set off these dresses.

Proenza Schouler for Target and Target Couture

2007-01-28T13:47:00.000-07:00

[music: Everytime We Touch by Cascada]

As you may have heard, Proenza Schouler is the newest 'GO' designer. With bold colors and patterns and a wonderful carefree-summer chic look, I am pretty excited.

This is what layering is all about. Nothing too put-together or formal but still really fun! I am absolutely in love with that purple.

The first outfit is something I would never be able to pull off - I would never think of putting those colors together but they actually play off each other quite well.

Target Couture. 2 words I never really thought I would hear in the same sentence. Well, it's happened. Frankly, I'm not too fond of it. Throw a couple red bull's eyes on a blank canvas and you have couture? Not in my books!

Swarovski crystals everywhere. So much for subtle. It looks tacky to me. $220 each at Shop Intuition.

The clothes. I suppose the polo (left, $110) is sort of cute and the cashmere hoodie (right, $330) looks quite comfy. But, I don't think I'll be buying either of these very soon.

Also, I am probably going to New York in a few weeks and I'm wondering if any of you can make shopping suggestions? Where to shop, good stores - that kinda stuff. But nothing expensive, I'm cheap. Embarrassingly cheap.

Cardigans and Trampolines

2007-01-26T15:17:00.000-07:00

[Must Have Done Something Right by Relient K]

From the moment I saw my friend's gorgeous cropped sweater, I have been slightly obsessed. It was just so versatile - she looked great wearing it over a plain black shirt and it would have been absolutely adorable over a bright, summertime dress.

But before I forget, here's a somewhat (but not really) interesting story for you: today, I made a hole in our trampoline. How? Well, that's the slightly glamorous part. My friend and I (this is the friend with the amazing sweater) decided to take some pictures that looked slightly like some designer ads. I was going for the Lacoste look - the whole jumping up thing. Of course I had to go on the trampoline so I could actually get off the ground (for some reason, I am an absolutely horrid jumper) and of course I had to wear a pair of heels (it's boring otherwise, right?) and of course my heel managed to puncture the trampoline. I am totally guilt-ridden but, I got at least 1 great picture (well, not really great but, you know).

Well, back to the cropped sweaters:

I like the grey. There's something about grey sweaters that I find very appealing, they just look so cozy! $147.50 by Ya-Ya.

What a lovely color! It reminds me of lemons. I'm not too fond of the neckline, it's just... weird. $78.00 from Free People.

Such a classic color, it looks pretty but simple with a white tank top. The dark, neutral color will go with anything - how handy! $49.50 from Gap.

And while I realize there are many more gorgeous cropped cardigans out there, I am just too lazy to find them. Hopefully I'll be able to post more, exams are finished and I have an extra long weekend.

New York Fashion Week: 7 days!

The Secret World of Me

2007-01-22T20:12:00.000-07:00

[Black Roses Red by Alana Grace]

I've been tagged by The Perks of Being a Wallflower to reveal 5 things you might not know about me, here goes:

1. I had to wear the ugliest face mask known to man for about a year to fix my totally unattractive under bite (thank goodness this was years ago - how embarrassing!).

2. I've always wanted to run away (for dramatic purposes only, I don't really hate my life or anything) but have always been to scared.

3. In grade 1, I would cry so much (homesickness etc.) at school that I always got to leave about halfway through the day - I was quite a wise child, I must've missed at least a quarter of the school year.

4. My favourite TV channel would have to be The Food Network. As well as Family Channel - I am the biggest sucker for those oh-so-cheesy Disney movies and shows.

5. My dream job is to be a fashion designer. Or a baker. Or a weather man - er, lady. Or a race car driver. Or a missionary/teacher in Africa. Or a journalist... I'm slightly undecided at this point.

And who do I tag? Glad you asked! If you've already been tagged, oops. Push Door, Not Pull; Coutureholic; Just Me and My Thoughts and Diamond Crowns.

What Was She Thinking?

2007-01-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

I hate exams. They stink. I'm so lazy after studying that I never post. Well, by next week I will be finished with exams and semester 1 and I still wanna do a post on The Golden Globes even though they're over and I wanna leave you all comments but, for now, what was Gwen Stefani thinking?

People's Choice Awards: Hayden Panettiere

2007-01-14T20:20:00.000-07:00

[music: I Am in Love With You by Imogen Heap]

Hayden Panettiere has definitely grown up since the days of Racing Stripes and Ice Princess. She now plays a lead role on Heroes, which took home a People's Choice Award for Favourite New TV Drama. I've never actually watched Heroes, but, the dress Hayden wore to the People's Choice Awards is so gorgeous!

The coral and ivory colors are absolutely beautiful and look so amazing on her! And I really love the fabric. And her smile, she has such a pretty smile!

[pictures: http://www.hayden-panettiere.com]

Golden Gowns

2007-01-13T14:35:00.000-07:00

[What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts]

I was just browsing around Style.com a few days ago and I came across the Elie Saab Spring 2007 Ready-to-Wear Collection. It's great and it's gold. Very gold. From the gold dresses to the gold runway. I'm usually not all that fond of gold but I really like these designs!

I really love this style of strapless dress, it's very elegant but still interesting.

Who wouldn't love a gorgeous, gold coat? I really love this shade of gold, it looks so soft and beautiful! I love Heather Marks, too, she's one of my favourite models.

I just love this style of sleeves! I have no idea what you would call them, but, they're brilliant.

The bottom of the dress reminds me of shiny mirrors or shards of metallic glass. I don't like the shade of gold on the belt, though, it doesn't really go well with the colors on the dress.

These fabrics look so pretty with each other!

This dress looks so luscious, it's gorgeous!

I like this fabric, I love the way it looks. The shades of the bag and the dress/skirt sort of clash, though.
More of my new favourite fabric! I like this dress much better than the last, especially the bodice or whatever the top would be called.

Change is in the Air (Or At Least in the Blog)

2007-01-07T19:57:00.000-07:00

Oh. My. Goodness. This new Blogger is amazing. I'll probably play around with it a bit, until I find something I love. Tell me what you think of the current look!

I don't know when y'all go back to school, but, if it's tomorrow (like me) I hope all goes well! And if it's not tomorrow, well, I still hope all goes well!

Just Add Sugar!

2007-01-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

[music: 'Put Your Records On' by Corinne Bailey Rae]

I've adored Just Add Sugar photographs for a long, long, long time. Especially the fashion shots - they are just so gorgeous! I've been thinking of using one for the header of my blog but they are all so brilliant and I am so indecisive so, I haven't really gotten very far. Here are some of my favourite shots, though:

I love how vintage-y this looks - with the green visor, mini TV, baby doll dress and artificial grass. And the Chanel flats are to die for!

It takes a whole lot of talent to make grocery carts look this good! I love how the simplicity makes it looks so fabulous.

To me, this shot looks sort of 'Alice in Wonderland'-ish. Even though I can barely remember the story of 'Alice in Wonderland'... Isn't she bigger than everything? Or smaller than everything? Either way, very cool shot - and Alice was in a garden, right? Where the Queen of Hearts lives. I was gonna be in the play 'Alice in Wonderland' and I was the Queen of Hearts. But then they had to stop rehearsals for the play because everyone started dropping out. Just thought you should know that, hehe.

This is probably one of the first shots that made me love Just Add Sugar. The clouds are so pretty. And I love that she's holding an old-fashioned lamp post! And her clothes are gorgeous - love that scarf!

Who Wore it Better

2007-01-01T14:53:00.000-07:00

[musique: The Beauty of Grace by Krystal Meyers]

1 Marchesa dress. 2 celebs. You decide, who wore it better?

Mischa Barton during New York Fashion Week. Nina Garcia a month later at a fashion event.

Happy New Year, everbody!

[If anyone else is interested in trading links, let me know!]

The Wonderful World of Disney!

2006-12-30T10:44:00.000-07:00

[musique: Good Go Bad by Cheyenne Kimball]

I haven't been having too much luck with pictures and Blogger so, we'll see if this works. And if it doesn't, I'll try to fix it as quickly as possible.

I was on the Fashion18 site when I found these pictures from a recent fashion editorial. Very cute and very Disney. I posted some of my favourite pictures:

Suspenders. Who doesn't love suspenders? And Goofy's pretty cute, too.

I love how nautical they look. And I really love her red flats!

I think in reality this dress might look tacky or little-kiddish but, I must say, it photographs very well!

Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! I was wondering if anyone would possibly want to trade links with me? I am not exactly sure how to go about this, but, let me know if you're interested!

The Devil Wears Prada

2006-12-22T15:40:00.000-07:00

[musique: Beautiful Love by The Afters]

So I finally watched The Devil Wears Prada and I absolutely loved it! Such a great movie about the fashion world, above is a picture of probably my very favourite outfit from the entire movie - gotta love it!

All I Want for Christmas

2006-12-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

Christmas is coming which is way exciting. And I know presents aren't really the point of Christmas, but, who can help but get caught up in the glitz and glamour of brand new stuff! Especially if that stuff happens to be clothing. Here are some of my Christmas wishes...

This great dress is by Foley for Foley + Corinna and a grand total of $180.00. The ruching makes it look so cool and it could be easily dressed up or dressed down. I'd probably wear it over leggings with some flats.

I've been through the graphic tee stage, but, it's sure nice to have some lying around. You'd probably look a little weird wearing this in, say, the middle of July, but, it's just too adorable not too want! $28.00 from Urban Outfitters.

I have a serious shortage of sweaters (unless you count my navy blue uniform sweaters - I have a plethora of those) and I love how casual it looks. Great to throw on during fall or spring or to wear under a jacket when it gets super cold (which it tends to do a lot here in Canada). $78.00 from Free People.

I saw someone wearing this shirt (or one similar to it) at a Christmas banquet and immediately fell in love. It wouldn't look as great on me since I have an extraordinarily pale skin tone but, so cute. Definitely not something I would give a lot of thought to at first, but, seeing how great it looks on someone else, I can't take my eyes off of it! $25.50 from Urban Behavior.

There's definitely more I want for Christmas (such as a gold sequin clutch, a black beret, a solid colored cardigan and black suspenders), but, I am lazy and I've got places to go so I'll have to end this now. Merry Christmas (well, pre-Christmas)!

Paul Hardy: FW06

2006-12-03T16:27:00.000-07:00

I was in class the other day when my teacher starts talking about some designer named Paul Hardy. Now, normally I don't take my fashion cues from my teachers, but, after all her raving I had to check out who, exactly, Paul Hardy was. And, I was not disappointed - once I saw the first picture (shown below) I immediately remembered a segment I had watched on TV about Paul Hardy a few months earlier.

These are 2 of my favourite looks, the sweater dress and tights is probably my very favourite! I love that his show took place in an old church - it is so beautiful!

Rebirth

2006-11-26T20:31:00.000-07:00

This is sort of the 'rebirth' of The World According to Rory. A blog created to let me release my feelings to the world and see who responds. But now things are changing and this blog might take on a brand new form. The unexpected awaits as The World According to Rory takes up its flight into a brand new world, full of brand new discoveries.

With someone as random as me, you never know exactly what to expect but stay tuned - its bound to be interesting.

I love hearing what you, the bloggers of the world, have to say. If you come across my humble haven, leave a comment. Let your voice be known.

Me. Back... I Hope

2006-08-28T09:24:00.000-06:00

Hey there. I'm so not into blog updating lately and I don't know why. I went to England and Wales for a week and a bit and I got back yesterday. I really love it there, amazing fashion in England and Wales in unbelievably gorgeous! So I think I accidently did something and changed my template. Arghhh, I'm currently too lazy to fix it though. I love the template you made me though, Lizzie!

I'm baaack!

2006-07-15T18:19:00.000-06:00

It has been sooo unbelievably long since I updated and I feel pretty rotten about that. but it's my computer's fault for being uber-slow. A lot has happened since I updated, except not really. But here's a quick recap of the past weeks: my news favourite words are stellar, brilliant and morbid; I went to my teacher's open house today, it was weird; there's a slight chance we'll go to London in August and my exam marks are 78% (reading comp.), 81% (science), 86% (social) and 96% (math) - not that you cared.

My dilemma at the moment is that me and 2 of my friends are to go to the amusement park on Monday and since my one friend has no computer to check her e-mail I have to phone her and I really hate phones and phoning people and answering phones. So I phoned her at about 2:00 this afternoon and she wasn't home but her dad said he'd tell her to call me back and that she was just gonna be gone for a few minutes and it is now 6:30 and she hasn't called me back and I don't know if I should call her house but what if her dad picks up again and she hasn't been home at all and then I'll feel stupid. Of course, I could always disguise my voice and if she wasn't home say I would call back later and then he wouldn't think it was me. Jolly good plan!

I'm Feeling a Bit Faint

2006-05-31T18:21:00.000-06:00

I fainted today. It was my first faint of ever in the 14 years I have lived. I have to say it was a good faint though. Let me explain. We were at the Party Program which is this thing at thet hospital where they tell you/show y ou all types of car accidents and for this one part we went into the ICE or Trauma Section or one of those places and we went into a room with a dummy. It had fake wounds and all but it actually looked sorta real. So anyways, I have never been to good with injuries and blood and all that stuff so about 10 minutes into the presentation I started to feel a little bit dizzy and everything started going black and that's the last thing I remember before I regained consciousness. But apparently I went extremely pale and white and had a graceful and slow fall. When I was conscious again I was sitting on the floor and all my classmates were also sitting (apparently after I fainted my best friend started crying and one of my other friends almost started crying and a bunch of people thought they were gonna faint so they all just sat down) and I was sitting in an akward position and this lady was telling me to breath and my teacher was rubbing my back and then I got some McCain (however you write that) apple juice and that's my story!

LIZZIE IS MY FAVOURITEST!!!

2006-05-25T22:13:00.000-06:00

As you can tell, I am quite excited about my new templete that the one and only most wonderfulest Lizzie made for me!!! IT'S SO FABULOUS!!! Thank-you, thank-you, THANK-YOU LIZZIE!!! You can tell I'm rpetty excited because of the amount I am typing in capitals, but please know these are happy-thankful capitals rather than angry-bad capitals. I don't usually type in capitals at all. Except for at the beginning of every sentance because I like my spelling and grammer to be correct which THANK-YOU AGAIN TO LIZZIE WHO DID EVERYTHING ON MY TEMPLATE IN SUCH NICE GRAMMER AND WORDING!!! I would like to continue thanking you but you might become slightly annoyed by that. Anyways, I will be gone to Edmonton for the weekend until Sunday night - I will miss you Lizzie!!! But now I have a tummy ache and must go lie down. I wish I could make something cool for you in return for your website or something but I am not exactly good with computers. I will ponder this dilemma I am faced with.

Undercover Agent

2006-05-23T21:46:00.000-06:00

She's my best friend at all, but sometime's she really, really gets on my nerves. And I don't know why because it never used to be this way, I think our closeness is coming to an end, but both of us are too afraid of what might happen and what might change if we start too drift away. So we're hanging together by a thread. But then again, maybe it's all just in my head. But, today when she wasted an entire class to do homework by counting the math questions instead of doing them, well, that bugged me. She counted 62 questions. I finished 52 of those questions in class. And it also bothers me how I got the awards for personal best in humanities and computers. I mean, computers the teacher just likes me because he liked my brother who now happens to be a graduate, or so I think. But humanities? I hate humanities. The teacher doesn't teach us and I don't like her and I just don't try in humanities. So, here I go again with my theories: the teacher is trying to make some sort of truce with me. I haven't figured out the details but she wants me to like her. I feel just like Nancy Drew. Minus the cool vintage clothes. But speaking of cool vintage and thrift clothes, I hear about a good thrift store called Lollipop right in my city and I am quite excited to check it out. Apparently they sell Roxy and stuff there.

And I want a knee-length, zebra-print coat. Just like the one in Just My Luck. And, although Lindsay Lohan isn't one of my role models, I like the movie. Especially Lindsay's movie friends housing facility. It rocked, they should've done every scene there.

Yay For the Hippies!

2006-05-18T18:30:00.000-06:00

This is why I'm mad at my teacher. We had our exam today so my teacher (this was yesterday) tells us we have to go to bed at a reasonable time and should tape The Amazing Race instead of watching it (since the majority of our class watches that show). So, I watch a little more than half of it and tape the rest. Today she tells us who won The Amazing Race. She tells us, expecting us to know already, when she wouldn't even let us watch it. Heer exact line was, "Yay for the hippies," and seeing as there's only one team of hippies I sorta figured it out. Screw her!

Muffins in the Morning

2006-05-18T07:53:00.000-06:00

It's exam time!!! Aaahhhhh, well, actually, it's not exactly exam time until like 3 weeks but we have an LA exam today. It doesn't even go on our report card yet we have to waste 2.5 hours of our fabulous lives writing a stupid story and a stupid letter. At least I get an extra casual day. I have to leave to go to school in like, 5 minutes cause we have to be at the school at 8:20 even though exams start at 9:00. And why do we have to be there 40 mintues early? Well so we can eat muffins and walk around the school, of course. Doesn't everybody do that? You can probably tell I'm a little annoyed about having to wake up 15 minutes earlier than usual. To eat muffins. I don't even enjoy muffins in the morning. Grrrr, wel, now I really do have to leave. So sorry Lizzie for abandoning my blog as well as you! How would I survive without you?

It's Go Time!

2006-04-30T15:11:00.000-06:00

Wow, I haven't been on my blog for almost a month! I guess I've just been too lazy. Anyways, it's the playoffs right now and I'm pretty excited because I LOOOVE the playoffs. Go Calgary wooooot. So, I don't have anything else to say. I guess that's what happens when you sorta start abandonding something. I'm glad you're back though, Lizzie! Where were you on vacation to?

Shoe Shopping

2006-04-02T22:19:00.000-06:00

I absolutely love these shoes. They are from Vintage Laundry (the 80s) and are $39.99. Called 'Top Secret'. They come in black (as shown), blue denim, beige and army green. I, personally like the denim and black the best. Anyways, I definately want these shoes. They're sneakers with class, and the heel is comfortably low. The same style also comes backless ('Turn On') and with a lower ankle ('Tickle'), all for the same price. Definately on my wishlist... I'll just have to see if my parents will buy them for me since I'm practically broke! Check out Vintange Laundry if you love 'em as much as me.

Milan, Here I Come!

2006-03-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

You Belong in Milan

Stylish and sophisticated, you want to enjoy a truly European life - away from tourists!Milan fits you perfectly. Great shopping, high quality food, lots of culture... with very little hype.

So, I took a lovely quiz about what European city I belong in and I have to agree with the result. Milan is such a great city for of fashion, food and culture. Too bad my parents didn't take me to Milan when we were in Italy like I begged them too. Anyways, I'm feeling pretty down so I'm gonna go watch a movie.

An Update... Finally

2006-03-30T18:21:00.000-07:00

Well now, it's been an awful long time since I've updated. Crazy amounts of homework. 1 short story and 1 timeline (Animal Farm and Russian history parallels) in less than 1 week. We also have an essay that we could finish by tomorrow for 4 extra percents but I just cannot force myself to finish that. So anyways, I found out why the teacher who gave us all that homework is so grumpy, she's pregnant! I'm not supposed to know but my teacher told my best friend's dad (my science teacher) and my best friend told me even though she wasn't supposed to know. I think she'll make a good mommy as long as she doesn't get moody because if she's moody she's just plain mean and no one likes her.

So, today was fun because we had a whole humanities class where me and my friend had nothing to do and most people were in the computer lab so we went crazy with paper making some awesome hats. My friend was the Pope of Kindness and I was the Pope's Chef. We even knighted each other with a paper towl roll. Oh yes, are we cool or what? anyways, during break quite a few people were staring at us but it was fun and quite enjoyable.

Tomorrow is the last day of school before 17 days or something like that of spring break!!! How exciting, and since we're not going anywhere I've decided to recreate Paris (the France one, not Ms. Hilton as my dad though... strange guy my dad is) in my bedroom. And, I will take a 'plane' to get there (plane = sitting in one room for the entire day as I read and have people serve me cute little meals). I am so excited. I told people I was going to Paris today... and they believed me.

And Lizzie, I'm so glad you're back to give me random comments and be the one and only to read my blog.

Oh yes, tomorrow is also casual day. Woot, woot! I'm wearing this cute brownish-tope top from Off The Wall and either my jeans or black gauchos. And I might wear my mocassin-like shoes with the cool beads unless it's snowing or something.

Not sure if I said this, but I'm on the badminton team!!! I seem to be playing really badly lately but me and my best friend (doing doubles) made it to the team. We have a tournament on the 19th or something and then badminton season is au finie! So fun.

Now, I must leave and do other random things. But not before I say how much I loved High School Musical!!! Did I say that on another post? Who knows, but I really do love it and Zac Efron is a total hottie. Love him and love the movie!!! And today I was looking at pictures from the Disney Channel Meet the Press thing even though that has nothing to do with anything.

Sayonara folks (folks = Lizzie)

Lizzie, where art though?

2006-03-20T21:24:00.000-07:00

Lizzie, I have not heard from you since, it seems like, the 1920s. I dearly miss you and I wrote you this poem to express my feelings:

Lizzie, my dear Lizzie,
You've got me in a tizzy.
I guess you've been busy,
But please come back and vis't me.

The little vis't word is supposed to mean visit but visit just doesn't sound right so I changed it to vis't. One of my better poems if I do say so myself.

Mad As A Mailbox (except that mailboxes aren't mad)

2006-03-18T09:13:00.001-07:00

So, I am mad. And, if I was in a cartoon right now, my face would be bright red and there would be steam coming out of my ears. Serious. So here's the story. Last night, me and 2 of my friends were going to go see She's The Man. We planned to meet at the movie theatre at 7:00 because the movie started at 7:20 and we wanted to make sure we got tickets because it was a new release and a Friday night. So, I get there at 7:00 and my friends get there at, like, 7:10 or 7:15, around that time. Well, by then the movie is, of course, sold out and we would've missed it by the time we got snacks and everything. And one of the first things those 2 do is ask me why I didn't buy tickets because I should've and how it was my fault we're not getting to see the movie. Well, (a) both of those 2 still owe me money and I'm not about to pay $30 some to be not paid back, (b) how was I supposed to know they were going to show up so late that the movie would already be sold out and (c) by the time they go there we wouldn't have been able to find seats together anyways. So, my mom had stayed there waiting with me for them to come and she waited for us to decide what we were going to do even though she was sick. So, my friends are making all these plans for my mom to drive them around to a different movie theatre or to see a later showing. My mom wasn't letting me stay for a later showing, which, I totally agree with yet we had to drive my friends all the way back to her house. But, I guess it's all my fault. Somehow, the way I see it, it is my friends fault for not coming on time when we agreed to meet rather than my fault for not buying them tickets.

But, I'll just try to ignore that and think of the happier parts of life. Such as my (plus my family) trip to Emerald Lake next weekend!!! 2 or 3 days of skating, snowshoeing, dog sledding, tobboganing... I'm so excited. And after that I get to go to some figure skating gala. And another good thing, last night I had fencing again (I missed it last week cause I was so sore from skiing) and it was great, we got to use the actual equipment and it was so fun. We actually did a bit of real fencing. And the instructor told me that there was a girl my age in the classes, but she hasn't been there either of the times I went, I think she went last week. I'm really excited to meet her though and I hope we get along and I hope we can both take fencing lessons somewhere else in the city once we get good. Ahhh, my dreams... which rarely come true. But I'm gonna work harder than I ever have to get good at fencing because I know I'm starting late but this is something I truly love.

Skiing, Fencing and Regrets

2006-03-10T17:46:00.000-07:00

So, basically I am doing everything in my power to not do homework. The ski trip yesterday was fun, one of my friends kept on bragging about how good she was (she wasn't very good, fast, but not good and she was even in a level below me for our mandatory lesson) but that's OK cause she took me up the silver chair and we went on a blue run. Before I was hanging out with my best friend who likes to stick to the bronze chair and do easy green runs but then her skis got stolen and I could go up the silver chair except we only had half an hour left. Oh well. I'm really sore now and I missed fencing because I have a cold and I'm really stiff and sore and I really wish I could go cause I'm gonna miss a lot of the stuff he teaches. I'm REALLY regreting that I couldn't go. REALLY, REALLY regretting it. Plus my parents payed bunches of money for those classes. Ooooh boy, I feel a guilt trip coming on.

But High School Musical's on tonight!! Woooot!! And I'm leaving in the morning to spend about 3 days in Montana to shop!! I seriously love, love, LOVE American shopping. But anyways, I must really go work on my fabulous Russia study notes (and the only reason I have to make them is because my social teacher doesn't teach us social, it's quite horrible, actually).

Choking on Mucus

2006-03-08T16:22:00.000-07:00

I am in an unusually happy mood today. but 'unusually' I mean that I only get into this happy mood after I eat cold cheese enchiladas. Which isn't a very common thing. So I think this is actually my first time being in this particular mood. Whoa.

In other news, I've always wanted to be a news anchor man. Actually no, just had to say that (I told you I was in a psychotic mood today). Lemme start again. In other news, today is New Phrase Day. Yes, yes, that is right. New Phrase Day is finally here. So I have to say my favourite phrase of today is either 'affirmative' or 'button'. Both of which are words not phrases. And inc ase you didn't already catch on, I just made up New Phrase Day and it's not a real thing. But shhhh, that's a secret.

Tomorrow is the Junior High Ski Trip. And I am psyched to say the least. Partly because it is also so much fun but also because I spelt the wort psyched right for once in my life. I think it's right, at elast. But I'm mainly excited cause it always so much fun!

Well, ciao all my favourite buttons!

Harry Potter Contest

2006-03-03T14:50:00.000-07:00

So, I have never seen Harry Potter and it is not really something that interests me. But, my best friend is in love with Rupert Grint and so there's this contest thing. And if my friend gets enough votes she will win the contest and her and 3 people - I am one of those lucky people she has told me - will get to go to London and meet the cast. Sooo, she probably won't win or anything but if enough people vote for her she will. And, I want y'all to vote for her. So please do. It would mean a lot to her but also to me cause I really wanna go to London and I wanna meet the girl who play Hermoine. This is how you vote:

1. Go to http://www.harrypotter.com/goblet
2. Register, and more importantly, remember your little username thingee so you can vote every single day of your life
3. Vote for KeriW187

And I know that I sound so commercial but come on. It's not gonna hurt a single soul. So please, please do this. And you know what, when you sign up you also have the chane to win 1 of 250 prize packs. How would you like a portable digital media player? I have no clue what that is but it's shiny and technologyish and you know you want it!

Get All Excited...

2006-03-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

Get all excited because...

I start fencing today
Today is Friday which means the weekend
My half birthday's on March 22

And now I have to go because I should be going to school in about O.39 seconds.

High School Musical (uh-huh, uh-huh)

2006-03-01T16:17:00.000-07:00

I seriously have absolutely nothing to write about!!! I am so totally hyper. I am also so totally drinking a Timmy's Rrrroll Up The Rim To Win thing. It's a hazelnut warm smoothie. YUM to the extreme. I didn't win anything and that makes me sad. Now, if you were cool like me you would be taking the High School Musical (comes out on Family Chanel on March 10, why I am so excited, I'm not sure but me and my best friend are totally watching it!!!) quiz and see which dude you're most like, I'm most like Sharpay, the actress who plays her is on The Suite Life (yes, I do watch that show sometimes. I am cool). Y'all should watch High School Musical too cause there's a hot guy in it. I'd get you his picture but I'm just too darn lazy.

Junior High is seriously quite confusing. I'm not sure I'd be making a musical about it, but, I'm just above all that weirdness... KIDDING! Well, I'm gonna leave now.

Oh wait, NO I'M NOT LEAVING!!! Did you people watch Gilmore Girls last night? Uh-huh, well, I did. Laine is getting MARRIED!!! Awww, I'm so excited for her. And Gigi is really cute but such an obnoxious kid. I would NOT want to be parenting her.

OK, well, hugs!

Forro de Prata

2006-02-27T16:25:00.000-07:00

I desperately hope that you have noticed the name change of my 'oh-so-fabulous' blog. Instead of World-of-Lauren, it is now Forro de Prata. Forro de Prata is Portuguese (however invented the spelling of the name of that language, I hate you) for Silver Lining. I would have liked to do Silver Lining as my blog name but that was taken, I would've also liked to do Silver Lining written in Italian as my blog name but that was too hard to remember. But Anyways, I like the way Forro de Prata sounds. I even made a little 'logo' thing if you want to call it that. It's nothing fancy but can't you just see it on T-shirts looking lovely. Of course, that will be when my blog gets famous which is pretty much a joke. But anyways, it should be linked to my blog so if you wanna put it on your site and be a sweetheart and advertise for me, by all means go ahead. No, I'm kidding. Of course, you can if you want. I seriously don't care.

Now on to new things, aren't you sad the Olympics are over? I wil be 18 the next time Winter Olympics are on, 18! Am I the only one who finds that altogether crazy? I think the Torino games were great though, it's quite a tragedy they're over. The Opening and Closing Cermonies were certainly... 'unique' but, they were cool in this weird sorta way. I'm quite excited for Vancouver 2010, it's really weird that they'll be in Canada where I live. My grandma lives right near Vancouver, I could like... go to the games! That would be really cool. Well, Ciao Bella's! It's a new week... full of homework and I must go conquer it! Not by choice though, cause I truly do hate homework. OK, enough procrastinating. I'm out, hugs!

My Favourite Trend...

2006-02-20T09:00:00.000-07:00

I am in love with gaucho pants right now. Actually, any style of short pants - whether it be classic short pants, puddle-jumpers, pedal-pushers, culottes or gauchos I love them all! Some of my favourites include. So for those of you who don't know the difference between these fabulous styles - this is for you:

short pants
n : trousers that end at or above the knee [syn: shorts, trunks]

pedal pushers
n : calf-length slacks worn by women and girls

cu·lotte
n : a woman's full trousers cut to resemble a skirt

gau·cho
1. a cowboy of the South American pampas
2. gauchos Calf-length pants with flared legs

And since my dad is forcing me to get ready to go to my cousins (whom I am not very fond of) house, I will not be able to show you my favourite styles or get you the definition for puddle-jumpers. Sigh, what a way to end my long weekend.

Le Chocolat Spa

2006-02-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Would you not loooove to go to a chocolate spa? Especially a chocolate spa loocated in the one and only Hershey Hotel? Of course, it's in Hershey, Pennsylvania (how could it not be?). Here, Whipped Cocoa Bath, Cocoa Butter Scrub, and Chocolate Fondue Wrap are necessities! Now I'm sure the only thing keeping you from rushing right now to The Hershey chocolate Spa is the prices. So here are the deets - prices range from $45 to$105. But, you could be paying for anything from a Whipped Cocoa Bath to a Cocoa Massage. Now, that definately sounds good to me. But, if you're more of an 'order-in' type chick - try the Hershey Spa Online Store. You could buy anything from Bath Bars (try Milk and Honey or Strawberry Parfait) to Body Scrub (tempting in Chocolate Sugar and Noche Azul). And a bonus to the 'order-in' idea is a much lower price range, $16 - $24. So what are you waiting for? Check out the Hershey Chocolate Spa - either online or in person! And 1 last thing, happy late VDay to all! Hugs!

Falling In Love With... The Teahouse Wrap

2006-02-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

Saturday Morning. Grumbling Stomach. Mall-Ward Bound. Pajama Clad. Achin' Toe. And if that doesn't give you an inside look to my world, this will...

I pretty much love this top! It's called the Teahouse Wrap and it's $138.00 American from anthrolpolgie.com. The only thing I'm not totally loving about this gorgeous shirt is that horrid price. Well, I do have those 400 bucks from dear old Ralphie and I think this shirt might jsut be in the budget. Well, I'll finish eating my fabulous MckyD hotcakes and drink up all my orange drink and then it's time to hit the mall... but first, hit the shower! Peace out to all you chick-a-dees and chick-a-dudes reading this!

Curious George In Theatres Today!!! Must See, Must See!

2006-02-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

I am, like SO bored. It is Friday night and, I could do homework and get it all out of the way but I'm like, "NO!" Cause, I have an essay due Monday which I have not started off and I sooo don't want to do it because I hate essays, especially persuasive. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I near flunked on my essay last year... or maybe that I'm just MUCH happier sitting here in my pajamas listening to Jack Johnson's song Upside Down - the music video is SO cute! I love Curious George, and, I wanna see his movie debut. And, I don't really care that it got 2.5 stars because movie reviewers are just so close-minded and ugh! But anyways, I'm going to the mall tomorrow. And this is very good, except, I was there like - Tuesday. And I love to shop, but I'd love to shop even more if I had money! Speaking of clothes, we watched some old Russia, Rasputin, Tsar Nicholas movie (that is old, as I mentioned) and the tsaritsa - well, the lady who played the tsaritsa - had the cutest clothes!! She wore lots of pale pinks and purple and white lace, she had a soft look but then she had these huge and shiny brooches and ruby necklaces which looked OK sometimes. And she had this gorgeous pearl necklace, actually 2 pearl necklaces. They were a little much but, for a tsaritsa, I guess that's OK. But she could actually pull off some of her outfits quite well, I was surprise. Well, I'm out. My parting words for you - go see Curious George, in theatres today! Oh ya, just want to say thanks to lizzie!! who signed my blog on my last entry cause that is my first real comment and I'm so happy (as you can tell, I'm easy to please).

Turkish Delight

2006-01-07T01:14:00.000-07:00

So, I always feel like updating my blog in the morning but then I tell myself no because, it's better to write in the evening cause I have more to say but I'm too lazy!! I have to do homework today and I wanna get it done even though I only have 5 hours cause yesterday my friend was over from after school and I had a sleep over till this morning and then I'm babysitting.

My new favourite song is 'Turkish Delight' by David Crowder Band from that Inspired by Narnia CD which I pretty much want to get it. I've listened to clips of that song so much but now I'm getting the full version of it and I'm happy!!

I wanted to relax today and sleep in tomorrow but I can't because today I'm doing homework and tomorrow morning is church. Oh well, I can't really complain! I at least hope we have a good lunch today, though.

Just Relax... Who Knows When Else You'll Get The Chance

2006-01-03T11:20:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is really, really the start of school which is totally sad because, who wants to go to school in all honesty? Learning would be ace... that is, if it wasn't so totally monotonous. So today, I'm just gonna breathe easy - stay in my pajamas till 4 o'clock and cuddle with my puppy - that's what I'm all about! I am totally ecstatic to see my friends again but, why can't we do that at the mall instead of school thank-you very much!

So anyways, watched that Felecity movie this morning - ya know the one on the WB that aired like, 3 weeks ago tehe! It was good and the youngest sister is soooo cute! Her name in the real world is Eulala Grace Scheel. Actually, most of the girls in that movie - Shailene Woodley, Katie Henney, Juliet Holland-Rose - are quite gorgeous.

Not to mention Kevin Zegers, who happens to be just a little bit of a hottie! If you don't believe me, see for yourself...

Welcome Back to Yours Truly!

2006-01-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

After 2 weeks of visiting historic monuments, shopping till my daddy's back account is dry and stuffing my face with absolutely tantalizing food - I'm back! So, did ya miss me?

So, I guess it's the 2nd of January - weird! I spent New Years Eve on a 12 hour trains and ate at Pizza Hut (sehr deutsch, translation: very german - or maybe not so much) surrounded by exploding fire crackers (and being as half-witted as I am, I believed my dad when he told me Germany was being bombed - oh wow). New Years Day wasn't much better, 14 hours of flights, breaking my back lugging my 'bloated' and over packed suitcase (although it is embellished with white hawaiin flowers on a pink background which makes the agony a little better) and total exhaustian on my part. But, I guess it's worth it because now I can spend as much time as I want sleeping, watching English TV and stuffing my face with the remains of my desolate advent calender (how I absolutely adore those things) in the comfort of my home. Anyways, now I am completely langourous but headed for the mall which can give any day a sprinkle of hullabaloo!

That's it for me because, honestly, how much time can you waste writing something no one will ever read?

bonjour! je m'appelle bonom! JUST JOKES

2005-12-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

K, so hi there. Today was a relatively good day. I got 100% on my math test and my mom said that this person said that i was next to get some award thing which is not true but i am very thankful for her niceness anyways. and I LOOOOOOOOVE shopping. Sorry, that was uncalled for. Ummm, my secret santa gave me chocolat yesterday. Nobody e-mails me!!!!!! I've sent bunches of people e-mails and they don't e-mail me back. Like, HELLO!!!!!!!!! Meanness, sometimes when I type hello I forget to add the last o so then i sounds like I'm being mean but I'm not. I might get a cell phone woooooot woooooot. That is exciting, I really want a camera phone but I dunno if my pops will let me. He probably won't if I continue to call him pops haha. Life is a roller coaster and I never though that I'd be saying that. I really hate it when you answer a sheet of questions for school but then students mark it and some get bad on it and some get good because it depends on how hard the marker is. Like that happened today and one of my friends basically copied my answers and she got 30 out of 30 and I only got 28.5 out of 30. Well not 'only' because if I thought that was a bad mark then I'd be turning into one of those people that I make fun of and hate. It's just annoying to know that I should've gotten 100% but didn't because of the person marking it. Sigh.

Moi... Back From My 'Busy' Life!

2005-12-03T21:21:00.000-07:00

It's not that I have a busy life, just a lazy life. But I must say, I pride myself in my laziness - it's a true talent. I must give you an update though, I can't quite fathom I could remember all that has happened.

Well last night my life group had this mall scavenger hunt and then we went to a movie - Yours, Mine and Ours - cute but cheesy and the 2 eldest girls had the most GORGEOUS clothes and the two eldest boys are major hotties! Today I went shopping with my mom, they had the absolute cutest shirt, it just happened to be $50 and I happen to be $50 short on money! It is on my Christmas list though, so I'm really hoping for it. Tonight me and my mom went to Pride and Prejiduce (however you spell that funny word) and it was SUCH a great movie, I really loved it!

Between November 10 and now, I absolutely cannot remember what happened so I'll move on to my latest 'annoyance'.

Here goes: there's this girl in my class, and she's nice and everything - she's a friend, not a close one, but a friend all the same. Last year she bought a jacket almost the same as mine and I hate that because I adore this jacket and I am proud of my clothing collection, including outerwear, and I don't appreciate being copied. So, my plan was to wear this jacket before she did this year so people would know that the fabulous orange jacket was truly my 'domain' but she wore it first so now I'm just SOOOO steamng mad at her. I will freeze this winter, I am sure.

On Monday we are having a new girl join grade 9, I'm excited because I love to meet people but also a little dissapointed that she's coming. I have finally gotten to a point in my life where I am a friend with all the girls in grade 9. Just lately I became a friend with a girl that I have hated for over a year. If someone new comes that could stir things up, even if she is a very sweet girl.

Well now, I must go. Farewell to all who have the time and patience to read this!

life is GOOD!

2005-11-04T18:05:00.000-07:00

OK, last weekend I went shopping and I got 3 shirts (woohoo), and then the whole week was boring tests and quizzes and homework which I should do now to get it out of the way for the weekend but who cares cause I'm not! Tonight I'm going to the mall and then my life group thingee (woohoo again) and then the whole next week will be tests and quizzes and homework and the dreaded report cards. So weekends are good weeks are bad! Very simple! Anyways, I'm out of my 'depression stage' or whatever you'd like to call that!

You know that nexopia site that I think is oh so stupid? Well, I made one for WHO KNOWS WHAT REASON!!! And then I actually started writing on it - I am totally going against my beliefs. Well, I don't intend to write on it anymore. The only interesting part is reading people's comments which is what I do and oh ya, looking at pictures. My best friend made a nex today and she put 5 pictures on and not 1 was of me! She had 1 picture and it was all our friends except me and then under it she wrote 'my friends' and since I'm a female I'm feeling just a little bit hurt about that. But not hurt enough to care!

In gym we are playing volleyball which I suck at and therefore don't really like but today I got to ref instead of play which rocked cause I got to stand on this tall thing and blow the whistle real loud.

I love life!

bitter envy and depression

2005-10-26T19:15:00.000-06:00

I hate life. There's absolutely no purpose. I wish I could fall into a deep sleep like Sleeping Beauty and wake up only when my prince charming is there to whisk me away to a world of joy and happiness.

I don't even know what's wrong with me. Every little thing just piles up and makes life stink. Bitter envy and depression is my life right now. I hate how I can't take control of my life, it just goes on and I feel like a stranger watching my life as a horror film. Helpless. I mean there's nothing I can do about it.

There's no one I can talk to and I hate that. I want to be filled with joy once again but it seems to fake. Is everyone really as happy as they seem? Or is it just me living this screwed up life. Am I the only one with these kinds of problems?

So Glad It's The Weekend Again!

2005-10-14T17:11:00.000-06:00

I hate school so much. Last year the subject I understand and enjoyed the most was math and now I can't understand a thing about it and I detest it with all of my being. My option (drama) is pretty fun but I don't like some of the people in the class so it's sorta annoying. Next half-of-the-year (not sure the professional name) I'll be taking Clowning and Puppeting if I can get into it and I'm so excited for that!

For LA we get to write stories and this was my idea: A fantasy about a world that lives upon the clouds full of marshmallow men (and ladies but marshmallow people doesn't sound as good as marshmallow men) and fairies. The most common source of transportation is something along the lines of a dump truck, which I haven't quite designed yet, but it will be so cool! I'm going to make up a bunch of cute animals too! So, do you like it? I wanted to do something really abnormal cause I'm so sick of writing stories and I wanna write somthing where I get to create it. I'm really excited about it! I just really hope I don't get marks off for it being sorta lame and stupid. Well, I don't think it's lame and stupid but she might (she being the teacher).

You know what bugs me? When people describe things as 'gay'. Wait, it's not that I'm offended by it or anything I just think it's so pointless. People are like, "That test was so gay!" What I wanna know is how is a test is gay?! I know there's some strange descriptive words (like 'da bomb' - which I am proud to say I do not say) but gay? Who comes up with these things!

It's The Long Weekend!

2005-10-11T01:03:00.000-06:00

4 days of doing nothing except watching TV and eating food. K, well a little more than that but ya know what I mean. I have gotten so much clothes lately it's craziness, I feel pretty mean cause I get all this nice stuff and there's some poeple in the world who can't even afford an old, ugly t-shirt cause they live in such poverty. But anyways, I got the cutest coat at Jacob Conexion, it's blue plaid and it's down to the knees and I also got a cord jacket and it looks like there's a sweater underneat and I got a cream vest with fur around the neck, fur boots (mind you I did have to pay for some of this) and some other littler things.

Today I'm going to Blessings to get a Bible - I'm getting the Message cause I totally understand it which pretty much rocks. I have to buy it with my own money though.

Oh, guess what else! Our school sells mag subscriptions and since my mom works at the school we get half price! I'm getting LouLou, Shine Brightly, Fashion18 and ElleGirl!

I'm so starved right now. My dad is supposed to be coming home sometime in the next half hour to feed me but if he doesn't come home soon I'll have to take matters into my own hands.

For supper last night I made Bowtie Alfredo, it was my best yet! We also had salad with a oil vinegar type dressing and some buns - sooooooo good!

Nothing To Say... So Far Away... Talking To You...

2005-10-06T19:06:00.000-06:00

Haha, that's a song! So I'm in school and I have a lot of homework. But I made a new friend (yes, I realize that sounds lame and only kindergarteners say that). But I did! We were laughing so hard cause we do the stupidest things. It's halarious. We do things that would get us in trouble and we set everything up for our grand plan and then we totally freak out about how we're gonna get in trouble - do fun!

I made a sorta friend too. She's so nice and she goes to my church so we might go to youth together (my youth has finally gotten good!!! I actually learned something and almost started crying (ahhhh, how embarassing)). She's so sweet though!

I have to do a devo for my class tomorrow, I'm reading from my Precious Moments book (awwww) it's about Thanksgiving and it's gonna be so cute!

Don't Worry - I've Not Abandoned You

2005-09-25T16:20:00.000-06:00

I'm not one of those people who starts a blog and then completely forgets it (well, at least not yet) so rest assured that I'm here - just verrrry busy. I should be doing homework right now, (had a lot of it this weekend - read 4 chapters of the Hobbit (90 pages), do a story map for the first 10 chapters and do summaries for the first 10 chapters and that's only the beginning) but I'm not. My birthday was swell - got lots of great presents which I will tell you about when I have the time - I haven't even had the time to open 2 of my birthday present CDs. My big news for the day is that I'm adopting a manatee - y'all should too, they're endangered you know. His name's Howie and his favourite activity is tipping the researcher's canoe - how cute! Gotta run - have to start on my Hobbit story map which would be fabulous except for the fact that I can't draw. Y'all should check out my Science teacher's homework blog, it rocks - not. Anyways, go to it and see all my Science homework (check the grade 9 homework) - http://mrwerthshomework.blogspot.com.

I HATE MY LIFE!!!!!

2005-09-18T22:01:00.000-06:00

It's true - I hate it. Nobody knew that when I went to the washroom it was cause I couldn't hold in my tears anymore or that I put on make up to cover my tear stained face. Nobody knows that tonight I'll probably cry myself to sleep and tell myself that I am a waste of breathe. There are 2 songs that represent my life right now. 'Welcome to My Life' by Simple Plan and 'Breakaway' by Kelly Clarkson. But the people singing those songs don't really mean it - they're famous, they can have whatever they want. Me, I mean what those songs say.

I'm trying to be happy because my birthday's coming up and at least my friends love me but it's so hard. I wanna run away - I can't take this anymore.

Extra, Extra: Hottie Turned Seriously Ugly!

2005-09-15T19:50:00.000-06:00

Nice title, hey?

I should really be doing my homework but instead I am taking time to update my seriously lacking blog!

Days Till My Birthday: 7 (aka 1 WEEK!!!)

The phone just rang. I hate answering the phone so much. I hate talking on the phone too. Phones are terrible things.

I'm listening to Kelly Clarkson right now. I'm really into her music right now!

We have a very serious matter at out hands. Kalan Porter is no longer hot. For those of you who watched Canadian Idol you also witnessed the sad and schocking truth. He used to be so totally hot last night and know, well, he's not very hot. Go to www.idol.ctv.ca and then to pictures to see the once very hot hottie turned ugly and then go to www.kalanporter.com to see how hot he once was. It's really sad.

Been So Long!

2005-09-11T10:46:00.000-06:00

Haven't written in here for almost a week. And then this morning I was trying to log on to my account but I forgot my username and password but I am finally on!

Days Till My Birthday: 11

I started school last Tuesday. I don't really like it but hey, what can I do. It's really weird going to school without my brother. It's just me in the school, I can't really explain it but it's weird.

I also went on the Jr. High Campout Thursday till Friday. It was OK, I've never really liked the campout so I guess it was better than I expected.

Wonderful Last Day of Summer Vaca

2005-09-05T18:33:00.000-06:00

It's really quite sad that summer vacation is almost practically over. I start school TOMORROW! But, today was quite a good day because I went to my friends (who are twins) birthday party and it was so fun and most of my friends were there so it was a good time. I'm glad I didn't have to spend all day moping around. It was kind of sad though because the twins are going to a different school (public school - yikes, very scary. i never wanna go to public school) so it was our last day with them before their new school. We had tons of fun anyways though. We went to a lake and went on paddle boats and made water ballon families (actually that was just me and 2 of myfriends, everyone else had a water fight with the ballons) and ate yummy ice cream and pizza. It was so fun. And tomorrow's school - that's really sad.

Days Till My Birthday: 17 (woohoo, it's getting closer!)

#1 Dealmaker

2005-09-04T11:16:00.000-06:00

I hearby give myself a new name, the Master Dealmaker. Well, that doesn't really make sense because I didn't actually do any dealmaking I just bought cheap stuff! Haha, oh well - shhh it's a secret. To the point, I went shopping yesterday and I got a skirt and matching shirt and 2 pairs of ballet flats and a pair of shoe slippery things, all very nice, for guess how much money!?!? 33 bucks, I figured it out and if everything was at regular price it would've costed me 117 bucks. I got everything for 3 times less, it was a good day. The skirt was 10 (bucks), the shirt was 10 (bucks), shoes were 8 (bucks), 4 (bucks) and 2 (bucks) (how cheap is that!!!).

Days Till My Birthday: 18 (I need to go back to math class, I had to count on my fingers just to figure that out).

Before I go, thanks to 'littlejoe' who left a comment for me!!! You are the first one to ever leave a comment in my blog, you deserve a prize. Go out and buy yourself a bottle of Sparkling Cranberry Juice! Oh ya, I checked out your site. Not my thing but you put a lot of effort into it I can tell and I'm sure someone will enjoy it immensley.

And guess what, I'm almost done my book! It's the 3rd book in that Love Comes Softly series I think I might've talked about before. Soooo good. When I'm done book 3 I will move on to book 4 and then I will read my library books and then a Nancy Drew book that I never got around to reading and then I will read random stuff until my birthday and hopefully I will get some good books for my birthday!

Dreading School

2005-09-03T10:57:00.000-06:00

Don't really have much to write about today, life's pretty dull for me.

Days Till My Birthday: 19

I start school on Tuesday which I am soooo not looking forward to. I absolutely hate school. Teachers give so much homework which would be OK if I was smart. I mean, I'm not stupid but I'm not that smart either!!! Oh well, I got really awesome binders and school supplies. I need to figure out what I'm gonna put in my locker, I need to find some good pictures!! I ususally don't put stuff on my locker door cause the girl who's always above me always drops stuff on my locker and makes everything fall off. Last year the guy who liked me gave me a mini poster of Kalan Porter (I'm still trying to figure out why a guy who wants me to like him would give me a picture of a hot guy to look at, sorta screwed) and I typed it up there. I'm hoping to get the top edge locker this year, I always get the bottom edge locker which isn't that bad but I really want a top locker.

I might be going to the mall today, probably not though. And even if I do I probably can't buy anything - sob!

That's it for me, I'm out!

Oy Vai

2005-09-02T11:39:00.000-06:00

People, why do you never leave me any comments!!! Well, probably because no one reads this. Why don't you people read my blog??? Aren't the pretty colors attractive, come ON!!!

Days Till My Birthday: 20

I have my first piano lesson with my new teacher today and I'm soooo excited! I got a really cool bag to hold my piano books in a couple days ago. Since I want you to be able to admire it too, the link is... Oh sheesh, the site is temporarily closed so I can't even show you what the bag looks like!

I really want to go shopping. I want to go to Le Chateau and Fairweather cause I saw some cute clothes in Le Chateau but it was closed so I couldn't go in and last time I was in Fairweather they had some really nice stuff (as always). I also wanna buy this cute sweater from Old Navy (again, i can't show you the link, curse you oldnavy.com!), it's a cream color and it comes to just above my elbow (elbows are gross) and then on the front it has all these fake pearl-like things and the buttons are fake pearl-like things, it is majorly nice. I also saw some cute ballet flat/slippers at Xcetra (that is ballet flat and slipper HEAVEN, they have like a whole section of a wall deovted to them), they're slip on and metalic silver and have a littlbe bow - sooo cute! The lady who works there is gonna call my mom when they go on sale so I can buy them for 10 bucks (right now there 20 bucks). I want to get a long, flowy, teal skirt to go with 'em!

Last night I went to firworks. Pretty good except that I came to see the firworks, not people's butts. Also, I came to smell fireworks (they don't really smell, though...) and all I could smell was the person beside me smoking, it was SO gross! Then people came and sat beside me who I didn't know (EW) and I was squished. Then on the bus we went on to get back to the mall (which i wanted to shop at cause I really like that mall, it's near my best friend's house and we've gone there a couple of times) the people in front of us were kissing. Sick, I am never gonna kiss anybody - I'm not getting married either. A husband just will tie me down, cause if I want to do something I want to do it when I want and I don't want no stinkin' husband tying me down no matter how hot he is. Then at about age 40 I will marry the love of my life (who will probably be already married cause he's so hot so i'll have to break the happy couple up - just jokes!) and adopt kids from Africa. Yup, it will be wondrous.

Envy Green!

2005-08-31T19:02:00.000-06:00

If I was a color instead of a person I think I would be green, as in envy green (hint, hint - notice the font color). How terrible am I, but, if you ask me I have DEFINATE reason to be jealous. I'm not about to go bore you with all the details so I'll talk about something else. Except that, there's not really anything else to talk about. If you're reading my blog please leave a comment, K!? I don't care what it says, if you want you can say Lauren is stupid - kill her muah ha ha! just leave a comment though!!!

Hi-Ho!

2005-08-28T10:39:00.000-06:00

Haven't updated in a while, poor you - how shall you ever go on? Well, these are the main points of interest in my life right now:

Sleepover - Me and my best friend are having a sleepover Monday night!!! It's gonna be so fun cause obviously sleepovers and best friends are fun and when you combine them it's major fun. We always laugh so hard - it's halarious. We have our special little things to do too, like eat frozen canned peaches and play Name The Beard.

Grandparents' House - I'm going there today. It's always good to go to my granparents' house cause I mean, it just is! Seriously, who doesn't want to go to their grandparents' house. Unless maybe their dead, cause that could be a little weird.

Piano Teacher - I got a new piano teacher! I met her on Friday and my first lesson with her is on next Friday. She is soooo fun and she has like projects you can do and fake money you can earn to buy stuff. It is totally my style. I get a lot more input in what kind of music I want to play and I'm not taking an exam for grade 4 piano so I'll get a chance to play more than 5 songs throughout the entire year! I can't wait.

Drama Camp - It finished on Friday and it was SOOOOOO fun. I'm so going back next year. I almost cried cause I was so sad to be leaving. Yup, pathetic - I know.

Books - I'm reading a new series by Janette Oke. The first book was called Love Comes Softly and now I'm on the second book. I love them so much!!! Read them if you ever have the chance.

Dreams - I've been having some really weird ones lately. The one I had last night consisted of kayaking in flimsy rubber kayaks and someone burning someone else's eyeball in church. Another one was about North America being melted. I've just been having REALLY strange ones.

Well, that's about as interesting as my life is!

SaTuRdAy

2005-08-20T14:20:00.000-06:00

So happy it's finally the weekend! Even though I was at drama camp all of last week which I totally and completely adore it's nice to be able to sleep and wear your PJs while reading pointless books and wasting time on the internet. I have to memorize some lines though for our skit/play which is about...ANTS!!! Yes, it is sure to be exciting. I play a nervous intern...with no name...it's fascinating! Enough about that, I might be getting the Gaetz Ave CD!!! So excited, I was at a concert on Thursday that was mainly Casting Crowns but Gaetz Ave and Carried Away were also there. Gaetz Ave was soo good (so was Carried away - even though their mikes weren't working - and Casting Crowns). I always used to think Gaetz Ave was a bunch of old people in a group that had been around for 20 years but nobody liked. I was extremely wrong! I'm gonna go now but before I do, don't you love the pattern background thing for my blog!? I think it is so cool but I might change it because I'm getting bored of it, ya know? I just figured out you could change the color of the letters!! Woohoo - that's pretty funkified if I do say so myself and I just did so therefore it is funkified!

I'm Sick

2005-08-14T17:16:00.000-06:00

I hate being sick. Actually, some of the time it's kinda nice cause you get pampered and whatever you want but you feel gross so it isn't really the same as being pampered for no reason. I don't even know how I got sick. I was drinking Iced Tea in a movie theatre and then I realized I had a sore throught (how in the world do you spell that word???). This is the 2nd time this summer I've gotten sick. Grrrrr. Tomorrow I'm going to drama camp and I really wanna feel better for that cause how are you supposed to act when your head hurts when you move and your ear hurts whenever you swallow?

SHOPPING!

2005-08-12T12:12:00.000-06:00

What a wonderful word... SHOPPING! I think I might get new jeans and hopefully I can convince my mom to buy me more than just jeans. Hopefully they also have some good sales on. I really wanna buy a cute skirt hat I can wear to church but also to other places. At Sears they had some WAAAAY cute jeans except they were too small!!! They were only 15 bucks too so it was a little upsetting that they didn't fit. They also had cute skirts there for 15 bucks but I didn't buy one. Pants don't seem to fit me right. They're either too big or too small at the waist, I'm right in between!!! The only pants that properly fit me are my black jeans and a pair of navy pants that are part of my uniform. All my other pants are too big!! Well, at least I can look forward to the day when they finally fit me properly. But, by then I'll probably be sick of them anyways. What a terrible world we live in!

The Dullest Morning Of My Life

2005-08-10T14:54:00.000-06:00

Maybe it wasn't THE dullest morning of my life but it still sucked. I woke up at 10:00 about to my dad's stupid conference call blaring out through the whole house. I got up and went on the computer and then my dad left and went somewhere and then I watched boring little kid TV shows and watched weird music videos and then I had a breakfast of orange sorbet and strawberries and blueberries (that part was good except the strawberries stank). Then finally at like 1:00 my family picked me up to eat lunch. I had fettucini alfredo (mmmmm, delicious) but I'm still kinda hungry cause my breakfast wasn't that filling. I'm gonna go find some food now.

Me Again!

2005-08-08T12:29:00.000-06:00

It is only 11:23 in the morning and I am already having a terrible day. I woke up early (like at 10:00 or 10:15) and then I had a shower which turned into a MAJOR disaster. I really don't want to put you through the pain of having to read how horrible it was so I'll just give you the main details. I have no t-shirts to wear because the one I was going to wear is sopping wet so I ended up wearing what I wore for yesterday night. I wasted 4 towels (1 is sopping wet) and it was just a terrible experience I hope to never relive.

I saw 'Sky High' last night. It was the most bizarre yet entertaining movie I have ever seen (except for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). But it's one of those movies that is so outrageously different from a normal world that you can watch it and forget completely about your own problems (which is my case is quite a few). It's sort of a comforting movie even though I will probably pretend I hated it so I don't make a fool of myself.

Ummm hi...

2005-08-07T17:26:00.000-06:00

I think people with blogs (don't you just love that word?!?!?! i could say it all day! blog. blog. blog. ok i'll shut up. except that you can't really shut up on a blog...) are supposed to have lives, right? Well, I'm seriously lacking a life so this blog is going to be heavy on the bla-ness (i made up a word! how fun!).

In this book I read (i should make you aware to the fact that i read stupid books) this girl's family at the dinner table said their highs and lows of the day. I'm not about to go do that with my family but it's kind of a cool idea, ya know? I'm gonna be a copy cat and copy that (hey, it rhymes!!! maybe i should be a poet instead of 'blogger').

My High (wow, it rhymes again): I honestly have sat here for like 5 minutes trying to think of a high. Good things happen to me but nothing is extremely good. I guess my high for today will be eating food. Speaking of highs, I was watching this pretty funky movie called the Cross and the Switchblade (it was in school) and some guy said this thing about getting high on God except that He never lets you down. Thought that was sort of interesting.

My Low: Waking up super early to go to church!!! I wanted to go to the late service cause then I could sleep in and I don't even like our church cause the people my age are all freaks and you wouldn't even guess that most of them are Christians cause they're like TOTALLY the opposite of what you think a Christian would be. Or maybe it's just that I'm a loser living in my own little word. Yup, that's probably what it is.