They say you can't buy style, but I sure do try

Yesterday I did my regular fleamarket/vintagemarket/secondhand store rounds with a good friend I haven't seen in a while and we had the best time! I found quite a few things I've wanted for a while, including a knitted vest and a bright red blazer (yum!). I'm sure you'll be seeing some of them one the weather cools down again. Later we had a nice long pizza lunch filled with gossip and other girly things.

A beige tunic from Part Two, MONKI boots, H&M cardigan and the H&M sunnies I bought last thursday.

After trying this colour I don't think that there's going back :)

Today's bag, vintage. My boyfriend thinks that it resembles an old sofa.I love it.

In the evening my boyfriend and I went out for a walk and then had a bit of a BBQ party on the rooftop with  his dog.

Sometimes in the winter I forget how much I love this city. But in the summer it's almost perfection. 

A view from the rooftop

The doggy!

My new (very) retro jumper :) 

An owl pendant sent to me from my Belgian godmother. She's got serious style!

One of my favourite feather-earrings

A nice steak dinner

Today's simple outfit. I apologize for the lack of pictures of it, but  I couldn't get a good one today (my boyfriend thinks it's because my forehead looks big today. Haha!).  Another one of my quirky thrifted dress shirts and my Topshop shorts.

New espadrilles (2euros thirfted, never worn. Great bargain!)

I have to mention the fact that I have the BEST best friend ever. I came home today to find a package waiting for me. In it a USB chord for and iPod and an iPod charger. I lost mine a while back and have been living without my iPod for too long(so very hard for me). That sweetheart had taken time out of her bus schedule (she's flying to the UK today) to drop them off. Awwww!

The rest of the day will be spent reading blogs (my not-so-guilty pleasure) watching Britain's next top model online (my guilty pleasure) and eating brown sugar and cinnamon pop-tarts (the guiltiest pleasure of them all!). I just finished drinking an ice cold Seattle latte. Perfect way to end a perfect weekend.

Wish you guys all the best!

xxx

Toss the shopping list and improvise!

Ahhhh! I couldn't be more excited about my finds so I have to show them off here. Nothing that I really "need", but things I wanted oh-so-much! 

A nice group picture!

 

A beige and black sort of Zebra-striped beach towel from H&M (we got matching ones, cute huh?).

I've been checking these sunglasses out all summer and now I got them for a mere 2e! I can't wait to wear them.

This is not taken by me because my camera/skills suck. The point is that this is tea tree oil and I SWEAR by it to keep my skin clear and healthy. I'm all about natural solutions to problems so I find this a lot better than synthetic spot-treatment products. It's a natural antiseptic so it helps with all sorts of skin problems (like infections, bug bites etc) so I never go a day without it. Plus it smells great! :)

I left the best for last. This is a bar of henna- TO DYE MY HAIR RED! Yes, I'm finally doing it. The shade is "caca marron", so it's not going to be BAM! red, but more of a subtle maroon like I hoped (or that's what they promised me at LUSH). It takes quite a while to dye with henna, and since I haven't done it before it should be fairly interesting. The same friend (let us call her J to make life easier) is coming over tomorrow and I will hopefully remember to document the process  and tell you lot all about it.

I actually found the henna cake by accident while looking for a hair mask at LUSH. I was talking to the shop assistant and I mentioned that I wanted to get my hair into good condition before dying it red so I wouldn't have to cut it. She recommended henna to me since it apparently works as a hair mask while dying your hair (said she uses it in her shade so it doesn't dye just to get the moisturizing effect) . Needless to say I was sold. Luckily the cake (or slab) of henna cost 15 euros (I expected more for a natural product, the tend to be expensive here) and there's enough for two treatments. More about henna and the entire dying-shebang tomorrow. I can't wait!

I want to take this time to thank all of the lovely people who've been commenting and reading my blog. Though I do this for myself, it's always so nice to get good feedback. Also a big thanks to my followers!

All the best xxx