June baby bloggers; jumpsuit then & now

My name is Kelly, and I've hit my wall ("K" painted on a brick wall in St Annes, spied in an alley way on one of my last days in the town). Wall of exhaustion, endless packing and administrative minutia of moving country, and now wall of hacking coughs and sore throats, oozing green stuff and endless sneezes and sinus headache pains. But we're en route to our lovely new home in France, and the excitement is building.A year ago in my B-day suit: a...

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I want: striped shooties, but for now I'll settle for less

I don't often lust after NEW things, preferring to dig up even my foortwear in thrift and charity shops. But I saw these multi-colour striped shooties by United Nude in a Toronto shop a few years ago while doing my shopping column, and oh, how I wanted them. Then, just a few weeks ago while in Annecy, France scoping out an apartment with my hubby, I saw a young lady wearing a pair very similar to these (hubby even commented how neat they were)...

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Pink pants, dressed up with thrifty finds

In my last post I showed you my newly thrifted pink linen pants by Planet, which I love (and which also look crooked here - I really hope it's the way I'm standing!). I dressed them up a little bit for today's post and Patti's Visible Monday. I love the pink and black combo in this entirely thrifted outfit. The knit Tristan sweater was thrifted in Canada (an exact replica, in a different colour, of the turquoise sweater that a nasty ex boyfriend...

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Mon French Look

I may not be posting much in the next week or two as packing and moving are currently overwhelming my life! But I had to show you my French-inspired outfit a la charity shops.In a word: linen.Crisp linen blouse: found at a local charity shop. Designer linen scarf, found at Oxfam in Beaconsfield. Pink linen-blend pants by Planet - they`re my latest charity shop acquisition that I`m thrilled about, and only 5 pounds! (No, they are not lopsided, it`s...

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Me, when I wasn't packing & stressed out

I may be showing you old style pics of moi for the next few weeks as I am in packing hell at the mo and far from dress-up mode. I wish I felt as carefree as I look in this pic, snapped a couple summers ago in Toronto!I'm wearing a thrifted French dress, a vintage belt, splurge item 1970s sunglasses, a designer necklace made of vintage goodies, and new sandals (note bandage on foot? That was when I broke my toes for the 50th time). I call this my...

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My new look, thanks to the Queen

I look like I have balloons growing out my head, but I had to show you the wig I donned (along with every one else in the bar) while celebrating the Queen's Jubilee last night (note: red, white and blue pendant from previous post not pictured here as I left it at home!).The pointy hat isn't growing from my head, either. But the point is, all my new pals and my hubby were so amazed over how good this wig looked good on me that they were snapping pictures...

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God Save the Queen - or Wonder Woman?

Let me start with a disclaimer: First, I'm bagged so I look like a bag. Second, this hack-around outfit is in no way as fabulous as Shelley's Superhero Inspiration, but it was an attempt to both recreate the feel of Wonder Woman (my fave superhero of all time and one I dressed up like for a grade two costume pageant - why didn't I win?) AND also pay tribute to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee being celebrated this weekend, of course (Canada is a...

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