buttons and stripes

What I wore:

Loafers: Walking on a cloud

Dress: Vintage, Chez Thrift

Jewellery: Hattitude Jewellery

Headscarf: vintage

It's been up and down, up and down for the weather here in London. Some days I go out in wool socks and end up sweating buckets, and other days I go out in a skirt and am freezing, needing my wool knee high socks back! It's a tricky business this fall stuff, but today I got it right. It was a lovely warm day today. I love love the buttons on this dress and the stripes. I am getting excited for the layering of autumn and the beautiful leaves changing. 

My cousin has been visiting so we've been doing up London, Ontario taking her to the local vintage stores, the cool little cafes, and the beautiful parks! How was your weekend?

Summer is all wrapped up, so that means Book Club is back in action. Up next for our book club is The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox. Has anyone read it? Also on my book shelf to read is the Game of Thrones series. I'm a huge mythical fantasy reader and have been holding off from watching the show so I can read the books first. In our new apartment we have a little reading nook, (rocking slider chair and all) where I've been spending the better part of my weekends. A total book worm comes to mind. 

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Sweater: Boot legger

Skirt: Thrifted, Bolton, Chez Thrift

Belt: H&M

Shirt: Urban Outfitters

Necklace: Hattitude Jewellery

How this outfit came to be Hattified: I started with the blue skirt, paired with the blue top was boring all as one matchy poo outfit. I threw on the skinny mustard belt, because a skirt without a belt is no outfit t'all. The sweater happened to match perfectly to the belt. Thus you have two matchy poo outfits blue and mustards becoming one Hattified outfit. The necklace just tied the whole outfit together and is the beginning of my new summer line :) 

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Why this outfit works: I think blue and mustard goes famously together. The skinny belt is not over powering and ties in the sweater. The white bows make this outfit springy. 

Another version: Wear a plain white t-shirt and a navy braid belt. Don't forget your Hattitude necklace. 

It was a warm breeze in Vancouver today. I bought the book Half Blood Blues for book club next month. Has anyone read the book? It's set in the 1940's about a black, german, jazz, musician from Paris. 

We seem to be having a theme at book club lately, of Paris during the war years. Last month it was The Paris Wife. Did anyone read that? It was a little slow in the middle, but the beginning and ending were quite good. 

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a book that is shut is but a block...

Shirt: India

blouse: Chez thrift

crop sweater: winners

pants: american apparel

boots: Shoepper

belt: thrifted

bracelets: thrifted, flea markets

rings: flea markets, barbados

watch: chez thrift

book club month

Book club this month was totally groovy. I love chit chattin' with these fine lovely ladies and spillin' our guts on the discussions. This book One Day I would definitely recommend. We're a hard group to crack and this one ranked a 4 out of 5 in our books.

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"a book that is shut is but a block"

I'm in a very elite FUN book club. We meet once a month...well more likely every six weeks by the time we actually finish the book. The 'club' is compromised of only a selective few girls who get in come to the meetings.

These are the only photos I could find of us a year ago

We've been doing it for one year now. It kind of all started after me and my boyfriend who had been together for a few years broke up (tragically in my opinion, but then again I have been known to be a bit of a dramatic).

I was trying to fill the void that he seemed to have left upon his departure....So naturally I started a book club. Lame? No. This 'club' saved me from going into severe depression (heart break is THE worst).

The book club gave me something to do and let me escape through my imagination and reading to a world full of no heart breaks and where knights in shining armour DO exist! They do, they really do...and the best part; they're cute, never hurt your feelings and are always smiling and deathly handsome (insert swoon here ha)

these photos au'naturel.

This month we are reading The memory keepers daughter, before one of our members jets off to Europe for 7 weeks! 


Has anyone else read this book? Are you part of a book club? 


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