"We love till the end of the day"

Repeat after me: sugar crash!

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Plans for the winter holiday:

♥ Sleep until I literally evolve into a very close relative of the jungle sloth.

♥ Watch all seasons of the following shows: Gilmore Girls, The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Misfits and Life on Mars.

♥ Watch the following Christmas movies: Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Love Actually and Nightmare Before Christmas, all of which are holiday staples in this house.

♥ Bake reindeer shaped cookies and many, many muffins and gain at least a few pounds by the new year.

♥ Finally read Doctor Faustus, re-read Everything is Illuminated and get my hands on any books by Jonathan Franzen or Phillip Roth.

♥ Debate of the week: is wearing my lovely dresses worth freezing my tush off? My heart says yes, but my running nose and cold, clammy hands say no.

♥ Sing the Chipmunks Christmas song at least 6 times a day. Annoying high squealed voice not an option.

♥ Learn how to make Darth Vader paper snowflakes.

♥ Buy glittery things. Lots and lots of glittery things. An annoying, pathological amount of glittery things.

♥ Re- learn to brave the snowy streets in heels. Yell "This is Spartaaaaaa!" when successful.

Happy holidays everyone :-)

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The Christmas lights in the city can only be described by the word kitsch. I personally love their craptastic qualities but others do not share my view. At least we can agree the park fairs are cute...ish, right?

Santa was M.I.A. Lots of last minute business at the North Pole.

Fun fact no. 237 about me: I have a slight obsession with sheep and plan on building the biggest collection of sheep toys this side of the Carpathian mountains.

Need to buy fluffy winter hat complete with fuzzy ears and dangling pom-poms. Preferably bright pink.

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Outfit post! Can't remember where I wore it or why I wore it, just that I did and that the redheaded doll and I had a very important bonding moment. We are now bffs.

She's like my sister from another mother.

dress & sweater: Kotton, boots: Nine West, bracelet: Asos, watch: Tissot.

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New month, new internship. A lot of new moments spent pretending to read books of importance when actually we just search Youtube for funny videos and sleep standing up. Can I get a woop-woop?

Nothing cuter that scrubs matching shoes of choice :-D

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Trip to Ikea equals buying too many cheap pie trays and that equals learning how to make not-cheap pies.

Apple-peach-blueberry pie. Recipe adapted from here. Oh yum!

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Song of the Day: Blue Foundation - End of the Day

"We’re coming with you. That was decided months ago — years, really"

Some people collect stamps or coins. The boy and I collect Kinder toys and action figures. Birds of a feather and so on.

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Three points for this weekend:

1.

I am one very big Harry Potter fan.

The first time I read the first book I could not let it go until the wee hours of the night. When the last book came out I was in the middle of my exam craze and couldn't read it. Then I finally bought it in London and promptly lost it in the airport. When I finally sat down to read it, it was during a family dinner and all my relatives could get out of me when they interrupted me were glares and low growls.

So of course I got as excited as a tiny teacup human on dextroamphetamines when the 7th movie came out. And of course I dragged the poor unsuspecting Boy to the cinema. And you know what? I loved every minute of this movie. I wish I could come up with a good review but I really am a fan and I really am this in love with the magical, imaginary world that the only thing I could come up with would be some uncontrollable keyboard smashing and excited, high pitched squeals.

Harry Potter, I really really like you :)

2.

I enjoy theater a lot. There was a time when I would see a play at least twice a week. I got to feel the joy of watching a new play last night. Arta at Bulandra Theater and I am glad the Boy and I braved the rain because I don't think I've laughed this hard in a long time. I recommend this to anyone in Bucharest, all the actors are splendid in their roles and it will definitely make anyone walk out of there with a huge smile on their face.

3.

A long walk in the rain. Sleeping in. Chasing mother around IKEA with a giant plush shark. Christmas plans. Sleeping in. Finally cleaning out my closet. Arcade Fire and My Chemical Romance on repeat. And, of course, sleeping in.

All weekends should be like this.

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My favorite house is Slytherin so I felt the need to show this through my outfit. Because really, they're not evil, they just need a hug!
(P.S: Dork alert.)

Post-movie happy dance, now complete with ridiculous expression.





Still in the middle of an excited happy dance, albeit a weird one.





But in the I felt bad for Harry, so I decided to try out the Gold&Red Gryffindor colors and pretend for a second I'm a fluffy-haired lion.

(And distract you with the pretty bows and gold leaves from my terrible, terrible hair. Is it working? I think it's working.)


Grrr :)





Not even Eggbert, the friendly T-Rex, could choose between the two.

Wearing: Zara dress, Mango cardigan, Accessorize socks, Musette booties, Accessorize bow headband, Asos gold headband.

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Song of the Day: Clare Maguire - Ain't Nobody

"I want to annoy and I'm going to enjoy it"

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Time passes way too fast. I am almost at the end of my surgery internship and exams are approaching fast with a speed usually only achieved by light and bad news. I am letting myself start the panic dance come tomorrow. I would have started earlier but this weekend brought me and The Boy to a dear friend's mountain house where all the worry that should have been got buried under delicious food, early mornings with home-made waffles and karaoke to bad 80s songs.

My Zen-ness can be bought with food and music. Eh, I can start worrying tomorrow when I see all my books glaring at me as I glare back even if I do know they always win in the end. Until then, anyone else care for another glass of wine?

PS: Thank you Ioana for keeping the panic away for a few more days. Happy birthday ♥

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The Boy has been working all week on a housing/office project so I helped by bringing him coffee and newspapers, keeping him busy and making him take my outfit photos. Not my fault the view was amazing.

blazer & skirt: Zara, silk shirt: Mango, boots: Musette.

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Some other reasons why my Exams Are So Close I Can Taste Them Panic hasn't settled in yet:

1. Cosmopolitans with my Florina and the always delightful Ina. This is the kind of life I can get used to.

2. Speaking of Ina, she also surprised me with an invitation to the Nouvelle Vague concert which was mighty fun. I was happy to find out that she was just as clueless as I was when it came to their music but at least that way we could high-five each other when one of the 3 songs we actually knew was sung. Can I get a woop-woop? :))

3. I was invited to the 1 year anniversary of LaChatterie which was held at the Pixie Shoes Showroom. Unfortunately I couldn't stay too long but at least I got to take some photos and throw some quick hugs around the room. The only thing I regret is the fact that I left too early and didn't get to meet Ioana from Fashezine who modeled their newest collection. Sigh, I guess I'll have to save my fangirling for next time.

One small shop bursting with dazzling clothes and splendid shoes. I think this is what they call Heaven.

Lovely flower decorations made by the even lovelier Adina @ EnRose.

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Now, where are my books, pens, post-its and ton of coffee?

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Song of the Day: I Blame Coco feat. Robyn - Caesar

"If we shadows have offended think but this and all is mended: that you have but slumber'd here while these visions did appear."

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One of my philosophies on life is pretty simple and straightforward: I love beautiful things. Be it a superb pair of shoes, a breathtaking photograph or a person so amazing they just shine beauty from their eyes, I really do love beautiful things. This has helped me meet some really great people in my life and also acquire a rather impressive wardrobe so I think this isn't that bad of a personality trait to have.

So when I got an email from the sweet girls at Choronette asking me if I would like one of their fabulous dresses, I am amazed I still had the self control to write a proper response and not just hit the keyboard while caps-locking uncontrollably. I did shimmy around the room for a while, and might even have burst into a choreographed dance routine à la Joseph Gordon Levitt but anyone who knows me knows that's pretty normal around my neck of the woods.

If you don't know Chotronette by now, you should. They make these beautiful graceful dresses that look like they should belong in a Baz Luhrmann adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. And I am convinced that if fairies wore dresses they'd all be lining up to have one because they're superbly made and simply a delight to wear.

And did I mention the girls are two absolute darlings? So how in the world could I have said no in the end? I always did want to be a princess with Lara Croft ass-kicking powers so this dress might just be bringing me closer to my dream in the end ♥

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The Boy + one camera + gorgeous dresses + two girls (because I finally managed to get my sweetheart Florina in front of the camera!) =
backyard photoshoot yet again.


My favorite photo of Florina and I.


Felt like a fairy princess. All I needed more were an unicorn and pixie dust because I was already this close to reciting Shakespearean lines (a.n: I need this post to thank my English teachers for my love for ol' Billy. I was a tiny teacup human, I could not speak my own language correctly, to the horror of my mother, but at least I knew Shakespeare. And I think that still applies today. Eh, you win some, you lose some).










Yes, my friends are gorgeous. You can go an be jealous right now ;-)








I wore the dress for the first time to a party and this was the only make-up that could ever do it justice. As I'm writing this I am already imagining a million more other way I could wear it and how every time I will always have a moment of pause before spinning around in it like the little girl that I am.

Thank you Chotronette :-)

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Song of the Day: Arcade Fire - Month of May