Resolutions

Hey guys, 

I have never been very good at following through with New years resolutions. On New Year´s Eve I get very motivated and inspired but nothing really ever happens after that. Then I spent a considerably large amount of time feeling guilty, when I realize I wont be able to cross everything off my list before the year ends. I read a blog post over at one of my favorite blogs, Cupcakes and cashmere that touches on this subject. There Emily writes about her own resolutions and how New Year´s resolutions don´t have to be huge, seemingly inachievable ones. Sometimes   it´s better to focus on the little things that count and lead you along the path to reaching the big goals. After all isn´t  beauty in the details? I think that those who truly enjoy life, are those that find happiness in the little things of everyday life. Therefore my New Year´s resolution is to enjoy the little things, be more positive and to make an effort to be truly happy.

 Here are some the things I plan on doing to enrich my life before the year´s end:

• Go to the theater more often. 
• Fill a jar with with written notes, about one good thing that happens each day of this year. 
• Read more books 
• Spend more time with my mom 
• Spend quality time with my friends and family
• Take salsa dancing lessons 
• Visit friends that live abroad
• Exercise more frequently 
• Get better at speaking french 
• Talk more often with my family in France 
• Skype with friends that live abroad
• Bake more(need to try all those recipe books I have at some point) 
• Take more photos 
• Have friends over more often
• Plan dinner parties

.....And then I will add more little things that make me happy as time goes along. I have some big resolutions as well but I will let this be a start and share them with you later. Baby steps. 

Have a great day!

X

-A

P.S. Please do check out Emily´s blog cupcakes and cashmere. You won´t be disappointed!

Music on a monday - Yael Naim

Hey guys,
So school finally started again today. Although I had a lot of fun during the holidays, I am more than thrilled to get back into my routine and to face new challenges (being on holiday for a month, kind of wrecks havoc on any kind of structure in my life). I found this beautiful rendition of the Britney Spears song Toxic the other day. In my opinion it´s even better than the original. Such a soulful performance. 

Happy Monday

X

-A

Must have

Hi guys,

I really love icelandic design. There are so many talented designers here doing amazing things. One of my favorites is the designer Eyglo. I already have one item by her, this dress from the summer collection. I really love what she does but I especially like the AW12 collection, there are so many wonderful items and original patterns. If you want to check out the collection, you can see it here

Right now I have a massive crush on this dress!

So lovely and I absolutely love the wave pattern and the net panels on the side. Better start saving up for this one!

Have a great weekend guys!

X
-A

Trendy or tacky : Cat ear headband

So what do you guys say?
Trendy or tacky?
Personally I love this quirky accessory on Dakota Fanning, but   I´m not sure if I could pull it off myself.

This one is from ASOS - a cute pearl studded cat ear headband.

Have a good one!

X

-A

Happy new year !

Hi you guys, 
Happy new year! 
I hope 2013 will be amazing and that all your dreams may come true. I have a good feeling about the coming year.  Here are some wise words to take along into the new year.

Until next time 

X

-A

New Years outfit

Hey guys, 
I had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you did too! Delicious food, Christmas movies and tons of chocolate. Now the fun is not over yet since New Years Eve is less than a week away! I´m so excited since New Years Eve is my all time favorite holiday.Now of course I have found the perfect party outfit to ring in the new year, but just for fun I put together my dream outfit for next weeks festivities.

These three items would make a great New years eve outfit - paired with bright fuschia pink lipstick and some fancy hair accessories!

you can find the pants here, the jacket here and the shoes here

Have a great day

X
-A

Christmas time

Hey guys 
I can´t believe it´s already Christmas today. 
The whole month of December just seems to have flown by me in the blink of an eye and I don´t feel that I have been able to do all the things I normally do before Christmas.Those little things that have been like a ritual to me since childhood in the weeks leading up to Christmas.  I guess that is a part of growing up, as we get older we have more responsibilities and therefore less time for those things. Still I feel that it is so important to try and hold on to these little habits and traditions, traditions that remind us of Christmas as a child, like watching exactly the same Christmas movies (with a few new additions of course!) that I did 10 years ago, drinking hot chocolate ( with the addition of coffee) and walking around town taking in the atmosphere the night before Christmas Eve (this time being allowed to stay up late). I think the best Christmas traditions are when you are able to fuse together childhood memories and grown up reality. Although I may not love Christmas with the same childish wonderment as I did before it is still my favorite time of year. Getting to spend time with family and friends, eat good food together and commemorate those dear to us that are no longer here.
 I stubbornly stayed up until 4 am last night baking, just so that  I could bake something before Christmas rolled around, to uphold my Christmas traditions. I have such great memories of Christmases past and I can´t wait to make some more with my beautiful family. 

Happy Christmas everyone!!!

and thank so much for reading the blog 

-Andrea