smelling good

It's time to switch out my summer scents for deeper, woodsy and musky perfumes for the upcoming cooler months. So, I'm putting away my favourites that have been in constant rotation during the warmer months: Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue, which I bought this past summer and have used up half the bottle and Jo Malone's Blackberry & Bay cologne, a lighter sweeter scent .

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I have a lot of perfumes for fall/autumn. I feel like there are more options available because there are only so many summery, floral, fruity scents you can have before they start smelling very similar. I feel like designers and companies will provide more interesting combinations of notes and scents
during the fall/autumn season, hence the larger selection of deeper, muskier, woodsy scents in my perfume collection.

Left to right: Viktor&Rolf FlowerbombMarc Jacobs Dot and Vera Wang Look, which my friend gave me.

Bath and Body Works fragrance mist in Twilight Woods. An oldie but a goodie. I've had this for 2 years and I still love it.

Jo Malone in Assam & Grapefruit and Peony & Blush Suede colognes.

summer randomness

Lots of stuff happened in August:

I got a sample of the new Jo Malone perfume, peony & blush suede, in the mail and it smelled so wonderful that I ended up getting a (small) bottle.

"What's in the basket, ma'am?" Image on a barber shop window.

I made a mango peach smoothie and threw in some ice cubes in the shape of star fishes to jazz up my drink.

Watched N'SYNC perform at the MTV Music Awards and reverted back to my teenage years and I may have squealed just a little bit. I was disappointed that they didn't perform more songs though.

I happened to be downtown, doing errands, when the Victoria Secret opened their doors for their grand opening and the lineup went around the corner and down the block. It was insane. I'm glad I decided to wait two weeks before venturing into that store because by then, the excitement had died down and it was less crowded.

 

Breakfast of champions, made by moi: poached eggs with pesto, sautéed cherry tomatoes and spinach on toasted whole wheat English muffins, baked paprika potatoes, cubed watermelon, a bowl of peach yogurt and a glass of orange juice.

I found a Pikachu onesie at Topshop! Early Christmas present for that special someone?

Grilled cheese sandwich with chorizo sausages from Mom's Grilled Cheese food truck. There is always a lineup in front of this food truck, but I finally scored a sandwich! So much cheesy goodness!

Sputznik posing for me; he's my chubby boo :)

FNO

Fashion's Night Out in Vancouver debuted on September 6, with a free public fashion show at the CBC television studio and participating stores stayed opened later with in-store events, discounts, refreshments, and celebrations.

Started off the shopping extravaganza at Holt Renfrew to buy a few things on behalf of a friend (and maybe a little something for me :) The gift cards are good until the end of September, which means I'll be visiting Holts sometime in the near future.

My first purchases on Fashion's Night Out. 

My sister wanted to stop by J. Crew to see what they had in store. 

Big, colourful baubles, balloons and lots of colour on display at J. Crew. 

After walking up and down Robson, it was time for a quick bite to eat at Cafe Crepe. I ordered the proscuitto and brie crepe, which was absolutely delicious. 

A volunteer out on the street promoting Fashion's Night Out. 

Inside the balloon is a gift certificate of an unknown amount and you have to check socialshopper.com to find out how much the gift certificate is worth. My sister was too scared to pop her balloon, so I ended up taking it home with me.

All my purchases at the end of the day. Not too bad, since most of it was on sale, discounted or on clearance.
From left to right: Stella & Dot earrings, Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb perfume with lotion, J. Crew nude skinny belt, M0851 leather toiletry travel bag in midnight blue and Jo Malone perfume (Wild Bluebell / Nectarine, Blossom and Honey / Blackberry and Bay) and samples. Bottle of water courtesy of Blubird boutique.