Blue Belle

Today my girlfriend and I celebrated our first anniversary. It's not until the 14th, but Ill be back in Camrose by then so we chose to celebrate before the winter term begins. We saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (at the movie theatre that sells frozen yogurt!) and then went out for a lovely Italian dinner. I had a great day, and I can't believe we've already been together for a year!

Here's what I wore for our date. More pictures than usual because I felt cuter than usual! That's fair, right? :)






Dress - Ricki's size 18 (I bought it for $10 & this is the first time I've worn it properly)
Cardigan - Walmart size 2XL
Tights - Penningtons size 4X
Necklace - Reitmans (free with the purchase of another necklace)
Flats - Payless

Pay It Forward 2011

The lovely Carla of MessyCarla has reinvigerated this meme and I am so happy to be involved. Isn't this such a cute idea? I look forward working on the handmade gifts! Like the image (credit to Rai) states, the rules are really simple, so join the fun!

Please also include your e-mail adress and/or blog link in the comment. Thanks!


My first five commenters:
1. Emily - http://curvaceous.tumblr.com/
2. Jacquie - http://sequinsandscrubs.blogspot.com/
3. Lauren - http://ohlauren.com/
4. Kel - http://lifeaskelknowsit.wordpress.com/
5. Christina - http://lachanga1.blogspot.com/

Spots are full, but be sure to check out the blogs above if you wish to participate.

For those that've asked, I don't mind if you're outside of Canada. I won't be making anything too heavy so shipping won't be a problem. :)

Casual striped dress

Today is a really casual nothing sort of day. I slept in, washed a tonne of dishes, and tried to trim my bangs. Tried and failed, but I just parted them to the other side and thankfully you can't tell. Right now I'm making an omelette for dinner and tonight I'll go out for coffee and run a few errands with my dad. I've also been spending an enormous amount of time reading Never Let Me Go, which my sister got me for Christmas.

Striped dress - Old Navy size XXL
Leggings - Walmart size 2X
Belt - Northern Reflection size XL
Boots - Walmart size 10W
Scarf - thrifted
Bangles - Ten Thousand Villages
Socks - Sears

Falling snow & polka dots

Thank you for the kind and supportive comments on my last post! It's great to have such wonderful readers. Thanks!

I had a lovely day today. I went with my friend and her younger sister to see Tangled, and afterwards we met up with a few other friends for dinner - a delicious Indian buffet.









Polka dot top - Old Navy size XL
Floral cardigan - Ricki's size XXL
Skirt - thrifted (a nice sweater material)
Grey leggings - Old Navy size XL
Wide calf boots - Naturalizer size 11W
Houndstooth coat - Walmart size 3X

I've been yearning for more polka dots in my wardrobe for ages, and I finally fulfilled my desire by buying this top at Old Navy during the boxing week sales. It was only $11, so I got the white and blue dotted one as well!

Wigs

I have a small truth to share: I wear wigs. Every single day.

This is something that I once thought would be impossible to share. But, I've grown a lot in the past year and in doing so I've been able to be braver than before. Previously the thought of someone finding out I wear a wig was fear-inducing, but now I'm comfortable enough to share this fact with many friends, acquaintances & dorm-mates and now even with you, my blog readers. I've been wearing a wig since spring of 2009, so I've been a wearing a wig the entire time I've been blogging. If you've asked me a question regarding my hair and I ignored it, this would be why. Sorry!

When I first decided to begin wearing wigs, I found a wig specialist in Edmonton and bought my wig through her. She's a really wonderful, knowledgeable woman and if it weren't for her I'd probably still be clueless about wigs. I bought my first two wigs through her, and while they're perfectly lovely wigs they are pricey! We're talking hundreds of dollars for synthetic hair wigs. I never thought of buying wigs online, it seemed absurd to me and I worried I'd be sorely disappointed with the quality. This was until I saw Kaelah's video review of Miss Violet Lace on her blog Little Chief Honeybee. Seeing the wigs up close in her video and the 100% positive feedback on the Miss Violet Lace Etsy shop (not too mention the beautiful, trendy hair styles) made me decide to finally bite the bullet and order the wigs online. It was hardly an impulse purchase, as I first needed to create PayPal and Etsy accounts, but it was still a step outside of my comfort zone because I don't usually shop online.

I bought two wigs from Miss Violet Lace, both ready to ship as I couldn't wait to try them out. The first is this long brown curly one for $75 CAD.





This wig is all kinds of gorgeous. I've always wanted long, curly hair & I can finally have it now. I received a compliment on my hair the first time I wore this wig out. The quality is on par (if not better) than those wigs that cost me hundreds of dollars. It's a bit thinner/less voluminous than my other wigs, but this is something I prefer and Miss Violet Lace does offer thicker wigs.

The second wig I purchased is this platinum blonde beaut. Although it is called silver I find it to be a true white-blonde. I really love this wig too. I've always wanted white hair but even before I began wearing wigs I was never able to achieve such a lovely colour. The wigs' scalp cap fits nice & snug, and they're not itchy in the least.





What I love about the wigs from Miss Violet Lace is that they're of such good quality that you can wear yours everyday, but they're affordable enough that even if you only wear wigs occasionally it's still a bargain. I never ever thought I'd be able to buy a wig for less than a $100 that was anything other than cheap and costume-y, but Miss Violet Lace has definitely changed my mind about that. As someone who wears wigs daily, I am so happy to find a shop that offers affordable, funky, good quality wigs. I'll definitely be ordering from Miss Violet Lace. Next on my list? Purple, red, and lavender wigs!

If you have any questions about wigs feel free to ask me in comments or on Formspring.
While I'm happy to talk about wigs, please don't ask me why I wear a wig. Being real, honest and genuine on my blog is important to me, but so is a certain sense of privacy. Thank you for being respectful of this fact.

I'm also really stoked because it's only the first day of 2011 and I'm already being brave!