Cozy Comfort

First outfit post in a while! The snow's finally gone.. although I never got my snow day or sledding day, but at least I don't have to wear Hunters every day!

Today I dressed very casually and warmly since it was still very windy. I'm just glad it wasn't raining, gave me a chance to wear my Uggs to complete my "cozy comfort" look. I generally don't wear Uggs anymore unless I'm feeling uber lazy and driving to the grocery store or wherever to grab something, but today was an exception ;)

Wool Sweater || H&M

Top || Talula Babaton

Grey Leggings || J. Crew

Boots || Ugg

I'm in the process of helping my boyfriend clean his room up so we took a trip to Home Depot storage and organization aisle. Sometimes I wish I had an empty room so I could get brand new furnishings, especially for a high-tech closet, but that won't be until I get my own place! We didn't want to buy too much stuff in one go and are planning to slowly organize each area one at a time so we got one thing. A cube shelf. I love these (see here for my cube shelf) as they're a great alternative to the Ikea Expedit shelf if you're on a tighter budget. 

I arranged his cube shelf to make a little wardrobe/dressing area. I quite like it and wish I had my own area to do that. I like making makeshift walls out of bookcases and screens so this played out nicely.

White 9 Cube Organizer

This shelf also comes in Expresso (a dark brown) and Alder (a wood color). I was reading reviews for this shelf and despite low ratings (on the Expresso version) this shelf is great. I was kinda surprised people said this was hard to put together and had unclear instructions considering I put my 6 cube together by myself at 3AM when I wasn't exactly the sharpest lol. 

Yeah, that mirror is girly lol. We'll get a new one when we take a trip to Ikea but for now it'll do.

Boyfriend being Mr. Organized, strategically putting things together.

From Top to Bottom, Left to Right:

Solid Colored V-Necks

Shirts with Screen Prints/Designs

Sweaters

Belts/Sunglasses

Plaid Shirts

Track Pants

& A Bunch of Jeans

To continue the clean up/reorganization of my room I also bought something

24 Inch Walnut Floating Shelf

I really like that it doesn't have brackets although Home Depot did have some cute brackets available. I haven't installed them yet (will probably have to get my Dad to do it!) but when I do I think I'll put photo frames on top. I'm excited for these to go up so I don't have to see a bare grey wall any more.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Sorry about my absense. I've been really busy with my family and cleaning my house and haven't been on my computer very much. I hope all of you had a safe and fun New Years Eve and spent it with the people you love the most.

Resolutions for the year?
1. Spend more time with my family and visit my grandparents more often.
2. Keep my close friends close and stay away from those who I'm not as fond of. If I used to talk to you a lot and we were close friends but we don't speak a word to each other any more, there's obviously a reason why. As I'm getting older, I'm finding myself less outgoing and more quiet. I have a small group of friends and don't really connect with new people as easily as I used to. I'm not the type of person who parties with or meets people once and adds them on Facebook to increase my friend count.
3. Maintain and improve my grades in upper division courses. I want to be way above the minimum average for entrance into Grad School at UBC and SFU. So far so good, but I don't like to speak too soon!
4. Go clubbing less.
5. Spend less and only buy things I need.
6. Be more dedicated to this blog and publish a larger variety of postings.

To celebrate New Years Even I went to a friend's house party. I arrived late since I went to a different house party first and both had a different attire theme. The first was casual, everyday wear and the second was more polished and formal. I tried to find an in-between outfit but didn't really like what I ended up wearing. Oh well, here it is anyway:

Top || Fluo

Skirt || Upson & Downes by William Anzevino

I really love this sequin skirt.. if sequin is the appropriate word lol. It was only $15 at Urban Outfitters!

The following day I had a New Year's Day dinner with my family and more sequins. Here's what I wore:

Top || happening in the present

Cardigan || Forever 21

Jeans || Forever 21

Besides celebrating New Years and what not, I've been in the process of cleaning my room. I said I would take before and after photos but I'm kind of embarrassed to post them haha. My entire room had clothes everywhere and my closet was filled with shoeboxes full of crap. I threw away a lot of stuff, including all the show boxes and replaced that space with the shelf from Zellers that I previously posted about.  

Perfect size for my closet. They also had an 8-cube shelf but that would only fit in my closet if I didn't want room for anything else like a laundry basket.

I also cleaned the top shelf of my closet which also contained loads of shoe boxes. I even found a box of empty shoe boxes -.- Not sure what I was planning to do with those.. After the clean out:

Jeans, jeans, jeans and some random stuff. 

Also added some wall decorations above my closet and above my door: