Shoe Challenge #145: Simple & Fun.

 What: Bershka wedges

Where: dinner with the boy & his parents

Wearing: Mango dress, Bershka sweater, Stradivarius bag, Topshop box

As most fashion-forward gals, I love me some strips and bows (and polka dot print, but that's a whole nother isssue..) and so this past Friday while having dinner wit the boy and his mum and dad, I sported this little jersey dress via Mango, the summer sale did me good, that's for sure. I wanted to have a simple outfit so I match the dress to a nifty little tote bag which has this wonderful design on it: it's like a letter from a girl to her mum saying she's having a lovely holiday but is her mum could send her some money. Yeah, this bag spoke to me alright!:) The rest was a piece of cake: sweater to go with bag, bow (which I got recently at the Topshop sale) that goes with bag and sweater, shoes that go with bag and dress. Simple & Fun.

Shoe Challenge #144: Raining Cats and Dogs

 What: New Look heeled leather broques (bought in Paris)

Where: work

Wearing: Mango mini skirt, H&M tee, plus a bunch of layers not shown cause this is the coldest summer uggh.

 It's been raining non-stop for a couple of days and it frightens me to think how long this will continue (I need to be saving some shoes!) and given that most of my still-waiting-to-be-saved shoes are either open toes or suede, it's gonna be quite a challenge! Now these shoes, on the other hand, are not suede nor open toed so it was a rather easy decision to pick them (actually, I've been wearing them for a couple of days now but just never got to photographing them, cause besides my flat there really isn't any place to take photos when it's so horrible out.)

Anyways, New Look does some simple and nice shoes (occasionally) and though these weren't the cheapest (at something like 55 euro?, to be honest I can't remember) but I just had to have them. I'd buy more New Look shoes but was so dissapointed by their shipping prices and that t took them SO LONG to ship my order I think I'll only be buying in-store from now on. Given that there's no New Look stores in Prague it won't be that often (so only whilest on holiday, like these sweeties).

Anyways, now I gotta be off, umbrella and rain coat and all, xoxo.

Recently purchased items

 My love for Asos.com is nothing new. They have some amazing shoes (even from their own line) and stock brands such as Kurt Geiger and Irregular Choice. Further more, they have FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. Which equals to The Best Thing Ever.

 I couldn't resist buying these shoes. It was my birthday. I had been lusting after: block heeled shoes (check), polka dotted heels (check), red heels (check), pvc heeled shoes (check) and some crazy wedges (check check).

 I'm still lusting after a pair of wedges with multi strap buckles. Such as the Bertie Superstar wedges. But no such luck in that area. Seems that everytime I find I shoe like that it is already hopelessly sold-out. Big time bummer.

I'm also craving some leopard print wedged booties (preferrably ope toed, such as the legendary Topshop ones), found a sweet pair over at Amazon.co.uk but their shipping is just ridiculous. Ugh.

Shoe Challenge #143: Grebovka

 What: Destroy leather wegdes

Where: Grebovka

Wearing: H&M leopard print coat, Zara dress, H&M tights

 Bought these wedges ages ago and used to wear them loads more than I do now (first time this year, ehm). I like the simple detailing that sort of toughens them up a bit. But truth be told they are sort of too plain for me now so I tend to reach for different pairs and were it not for the shoe challenge I probably wouldn't have worn them.

Shoe Challenge #142: Jinxed

 What: Stradivarius "sweater" wedges

Where: off to work

Wearing: H&M wolf tee, Zara jersey skirt, Promod bow belt, Topshop tights

 I wore these wedges a couple of days ago as well and had on a pair of smart trousers and my favorite tee and I just couldn't get a good picture?! (On every one I either was missing a head or the pig would stand in the way of my shoes). Thus I decided to wear them again today since it's kinda cool out (and them being made from a sweater material upper, they aren't for the warmest weather).

I love pairing simple tees and simple skirts for summer. As for the tights well, today it's rather coldish out but I have to wear tights to work all the time anyways (no tattooes allowed). Paired this off with a sweater and off I went. Still think these wedges are a bit jinxed though:))

Shoe Challenge #141: Runaway Train

 What: Stephan jelly flats

Where: after lunch with the boy's parents, at the train station by our flat

Wearing: H&M pencil skirt (that I have had for AGES), Zara tee, Stradivarius v-neck sweater, H&M tights, Stradivarius bag, Six earrings

What a beautiful day Sunday was. Absolute perfection. I am such a summer gal, though days like these definitely do make me miss the beach. Or at least a nice (clean!) outdoor poor, perferably close to my place. (Growing up in Maryland with a pool right by the house was divine, I basically would spend the summer there, playing with my friends and my bro and sis.) Well, Prague is waaay different than Bethesda, Maryland was. Here one learns to be happy with JUST the sun (cause summer days like these are scarce.) I probably didn't have to wear the tighst but I love that they are the EXACT same color and shade as the shoes. Which remind me of slippers (in a good way). Yeah..

xoxo

Shoe Challenge #140: Braides, bows and polka dots

 What: Promod bowed flats

Where: work + shopping

Wearing: Bershka polka dotted dress, Promod bow belt, H&M sweater, Stradivarius bag

 Was in a matchy-miss-matchy mood Thursday and though I managed to pair things off quite well (the chrochet on both sweater and shoes, bows everywhere, browns and whites) the over all effect was meant to look a bit miss matched (with the polka dots and the braid etc.)

 I went shopping and got these really nice business pants at Zara and a shirt and a scarf. I love the summer sales at Zara, you can really get some bargains there! As for these shoes, they came via the Promod sale this summer and were a wonderful 70% off. The photo below is true to color.

Truth be told I am planning to get rid of some shoes that are either used-up or just blahh. Next weekend.. Hopefully!

Shoe Challenge #139: Walk Through the Park and Someone Else's Nightmare

 What: H&M wedges

Where: work & way home through the park

 Wearing: Stradivarius dress, Gate tights, Stradivarius bag, Bershka sweater

 My camera picks times when it works and when it doesn't, luckily for me I have this blog just for kicks cause otherwise it would be a major problem, since I can't really show you the outfit here. Shame cause this dress has really pretty detailing. You'll have to take my word for it!

 There's many routes I can take to get home from the lab, one of my favorites is via this tiny park that has this ridiculous hand rail for midgets (srsly, it's like at my knees..) but it's cute and all. Anyways, this dress captured my attention due to its lace detailing, as I've already mentioned. Here's a close-up of the colar.

I then took the tram and saw a girl WITHOUT SHOES!!! This would be my worst nightmare!!! (I've actually really have had nightmares about being out on the town with out shoes, yikes!) However, this lady had no shoes via choice. Strange.. Hope this won't become a trend!

Shoe Challenge #138: Hello Yellow

 What: Zara leather strapy mini-wedge sandals

Where: Paris :)

Wearing: Stradivarius cropped trousers, vintage belt, H&M scarf, Mango sweater, Stradivarius studded bag

 Back from my holiday I must admit I miss Paris loads, I even miss the Paris metro.

 This was on our last day and even though it was rather windy I decided to wear my new Zara sandals. The tiny wedge and additional padding of teh shoe make them an uber comfy pair:)) Perfect for touristing about town!

 Obligatory bridge photo

xoxo MsVeve

Shoe Challenge #136: Back home but still Paris chic

What: Eden platformed creepers (bought in Paris:)

 Where: on the way to the boy's parents' flat for lunch

Wearing: skirt via french boutique, which sadly I forgot the name of, something like Doly Doll (?), H&M knitted tee, H&M sweater, Stradivarius bag

Thses shoes are absolutely amazing, except for one little fact and that is: they are a size too small. Ouch. But I wanted them so bad that I bought them and honestly, I shouldn't have done so.// Still, I'm hoping there will be some way to stretch them out so as to be able to wear them again without the horrid pain. Here's hoping!

Shoe Challenge #135: Paris casual 2

What: H&M casual lace-up flats in light yellow

Where: Paris :)

Wearing: Stradivarius trousers, vintage belt, Stradivarius bag, Zara tee, Topshop earrings

I had so so so much fun on my recent holiday it was just unbelievable. The places to see, the food to see, the shoes to buy PERFECTION! These shoes were bought in Paris as well (I ended up with 10 new pairs of shoes, yeay, major thanks to the Boy for getting me 9 out of the 10 pairs, one of which are a very special pair of Chloe flats:))

 

Shoe Challenge #134: Paris casual

What: Gate quilted flats

Where: Paris :))

Wearing: Stradivarius cropped trousers, H&M sweater, Samsonite bag

These flats survived a lot of wear already and I had wanted to photograph them already a bunch of times but never got to it.. Alas they finally got their 15 minuts of fame in Paris, we (the boy & I) were on a 5 day holiday and oh gosh, it was amazing. But I'm still glad to be back home.. (My closet, my family, my piggie!, relaxing etc.) The food though I will miss intensely. And probably forever..

Shoe Challenge #133: Irregular choice

 What: Irregular choice flats

Where: the boy\s nephew's bday dinner

Wearing: Zara green skirt, Mango sweater, Zara polka dotted tee, Zara leather bag, chocolate bar earrings:)

 Irregular choice: a brand you can either love or hate but you ahve to hand it to them for making unique shoes.)) I totally love Irregular choice, but sadly there are no stores here in Prague, got these via an auction and was such good luck I couldn't believe:))

I was aiming for fun and childish with this outfit, since Hugo (the Boy's nephew) was celebrating his 3rd bday:) This skirt was one of my many pre-holiday sale steals via Zara, definitely one of my all-time favorite places to shop:) Anyways, I'm a color green fanatic:) so this skirt is just perfect!

Gone on Vacation

Back after my bday:))

Shoe Challenge #132: Huh

What: Bershka mid-high court heels in a midnight blue shade

Where: out & about

Wearing: Stradivarius cropped trousers, Bershka tee, Bershka cardigan, Zara scarf, plus also a new leather + studded cross body bag via Zara that I never seem to be able to get on any picture, drrrr

 I swear, these shoes look better in real life thanthey came out in these pictures. They're comfy and cute. And blue, which is a color I come to love every summer, God knows why.. Just to explain smth from the prior post: the DIY-ness of the last pair of shoes: well they were annoyingly too big and so I like almost never wore them and thus I decided to chop off a bit and ta da! Wearble. (Or at least more so than before..)

I know it's summer but it's been quite cold around here. Ugggh.

Shoe Challenge #131: DIY - my favorite passtime

 What: Atmosphere DIYed gladiator sandals

Where: uni, shopping (which, given the buckles, was not a good idea..), out with Mr. Pig

Wearing: Bershka skirt and belt, H&M tee, H&M leggings, Pull&Bear piggy charm necklace, Ray Ban seeing-eye glasses

 First I wasn't sure if I wanted to wear leggings or not, but it's been quite chilly lately so I was quite glad that I did decided to put them on.

 This skirt? a definite favorite of this summer's sale purchase. I was eyeing way back in April was it?, anyways, but I thought I wouldn't get enough wear out of it to justify the price, which albeit wasn't that much , but still. Anyways, being nearly half off convinced me:)

As far as hair goes, I'm still not decided on what to do. I'm kinda bored with the colour to be honest, but then I'm not. So I'm just letting things be. Otherwise, Mr. Piggy is back to his naughty self again, to our relief and happiness:) The wheather is shit but alas that's the beauty of going on vacation, it HAS TO BE nicer in Paris, it just has to.. Anyways, my last exam was yesterday so I'm stress free (well, still have two exams in September..). My poetry writing course is over. My birthday is lurking behind the corner. It's all good.