Month: August 2014

This occasion calls for a…skirt! Wait..what?

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Haha.. Me and my essay-ish titles! Well that’s that and now coming to the topic. Let me tell you guys something. In my country, India, people don’t show leg. No. Not many of them and not often. I don’t know why. That’s mainly why in all my post (well most of them at least) I’m in jeans or tights. But sometimes when you are going to some places you are quite confident you can pull off some leg showing without raising eyebrows and I was headed to one such place today and I thought why not? 😉
So…here I am…feeling skittish in a skirt. Wait now that would have made a better title wouldn’t it have? “Feeling skittish in skirt” Never mind. I’m going to let that be!

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I had a really old extremely comfortable cotton dark cocoa brown skirt which I decided to pair with a light brown sheer top. Its a long tunic and hence I decided to tuck it into my skirt to get some shape. 

I’m so excited about being able to incorporate a pop of pink throughout the look with my belt, my cross body bag and my shoes (the ones which featured for the first time in my previous post and was a smashing hit and made me feel like a boss and…never mind, I’ll brag some other time)

However, since my sister just didn’t agree with that pink popping in random places, I also tried another look. Mellowed the whole appearance down. Check it out.

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The nude pumps and belt just made the whole outfit look different right?
Guess which look I went for? Wicket!! The first one of course.! Duh who doesn’t want a random color popping in the oddest places throughout their otherwise sane pairing of light and dark brown? 😛 Right?

Anyway, I have saved the best for the last because that’s what I do best. My idea of suspense and all. Guess who recently grumbled about lusting for gold watches? Me! Guess who bought a stunning gold watch at-long-last? Ba-dum-tssss yeah baby I did!!

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Looks bloody brilliant don’t you think? That’s me admiring my watch. Hope you are doing just that too. 😀 Have a lovely Sunday!

All white everything! And then a PoP!

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Hi y’all!! Really excited about this post because of what is in store 🙂
So, my Monday would have been the usual uneventful one if not for a parcel which came on Sunday which I released on Monday. The suspense killing you? I would like to think so! They were new shoes people!!! Yayyy.

I ordered shoes online for the first time and boy am I a happy-puppy 😛 . I have been avoiding purchasing shoes online forever because I was so apprehensive about size and comfort. But a friend assured me that online stores are really cool with trial and error and exchange. Also, I’m off-late realizing that you just dont get the variety in terms of patterns, colors and brands in physical stores as you do online. So this time, I just went for it. B-) It is just a case of following the instructions about how to measure your feet correctly and decide your size. I found really useful instructions here .
The most important tip to keep in mind is to measure both your feet because I found my left foot to be significantly bigger than my right.
Anyway. Let me talk no more 😉 Leaving you with the image of muh killer pumps yo! 😛 LoL!!!

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I’m also attaching here the link to the site I made this buy from 🙂
I loved the way this neon polka dots on these pumps added that bright of pop of color to otherwise all-white attire.
I also wore a pair of the same shade of earrings to ensure that the color wasn’t totally irrelevant to what I wore. These are the same earrings I wore for this post !

So what do you think about my Monday OOTD. As usual I’m all ears. Do tell me ❤

P.S.: A shout out to my dear friend and colleague who so patiently puts up with all my antics and clicks my pictures. Thank you so much Preeti 🙂 without you half my posts wouldn't have been here and even so, they wouldn't have been half as good as they are now.

Golden Times Ahead!

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One segment I started enthusiastically, but is now dying a slow death is my wants-and-want nots segment. And I thought that was one sustainable segment because of all that million things I’ve wished I have. XD . So does that make me a content and happy person who doesn’t want much? Yes I would certainly like to think so 😉 But now the need to update this segment has really come because my desire to get this product has been there for too long, too strong. 😛 What are they? *Gold watches*

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Yes. I can’t but turn into that heart-eyed whatsapp smiley after seeing these watches. They are elegant, funky and versatile all at the same time. They have the capability of being the main piece of the look you are sporting. I simply adore them but I am just not finding the time to go to some store and buy them and a bit apprehensive about buying them online.
The watches I’m particularly having my eye on include this one , this one and this one !
Gosh I would have stalked these watches more than celebrities getting stalked and I dont know what is stopping me from actually buying one of these beauties. Soon my friends. Very soon. 🙂

Orange is the new black! ~3

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Welcome one, welcome all to part 3 of my 4 part post where I romance orange; which in my opinion is a weird color to fall so in love with. Well what can I say, weird people love such weird things. So here we are. 😀

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This was one of those days when no one was around at home to take a snap and I had to do it myself 😦 hence the bad selfies.
This is one blouse which is so versatile. I wear it to work where it passes as formals when teamed with my black trousers and it transforms pretty easily as a party wear because of those frills and its general cuteness. 😛 haha.

So, I was heading for a fancy lunch (so I would like to think) last weekend and to get a bit dramatic, I paired this dress with a pair of earrings I absolutely love. A fairly recent acquisition I would say.

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Its translucent, reflects light, very shimmery and looks good. 🙂 Thank god for the amazing stuff one can pick up street shopping in India. 😀
The shoes I wore is the same nude pumps I wore for my previous post. A photo for reference anyhow.

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Since this is an orange which almost edges on nude there is so much room to get creative with makeup. So I decided to do an elaborate cat-eyes with eyeliner. Came out pretty decently for a first try I must say. But no pictures because such close selfies look plain scary. :/

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I think this look is adorable gone awry by my poor photography skills. 😛 (Yes thats boasting covered by subtle insults..lol) Anyway what do you guys think? Do tell me 😉 ❤

Can’t stop gushing :D

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So, it is my close friend’s birthday so guess who smartly turned her new found hobby successfully into a personalized gifting idea? Yah thaaaats me! 😀
Sat twelve hours and made this piece of painting which I personally feel is the happiest most colorful and toughest paintings I’ve attempted so far. Say hey to awesomeness! 😀

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So, the basic idea I flicked as usual from pinterest and gave my personal touches to it. Used acrylic as always to paint on canvas. Love canvas and acrylic because they are the easiest things to work over if you make mistakes. So that works pretty well for clumsy people like me. :/ (dropped little paint on it once..and the paint brush full of wet paint once. So…er..ya. Clumsy..that’s me)
I hope my friend loves this painting as much as I loved doing it for her. Fingers crossed. X!