Rrrrrrebajasssss, yes!

I've come to hate shopping for myself.. hooked on vintage shops, any kind of standard retail shopping has become a little too self indulgent for me. "But it is an exception." my Mom insists.. of course she is right. So under her encouragingly watchful eye, my sister and I proceeded to do a bit of damage during the post Christmas sales. First stop was H&M.. the rest was a blur. All I know is, I ended up with some pretty loose tanks, a hat & the perfect daytime leopard wedges from H&M, my new favorite pair of black chunky heels & studded bag from ZARA, maxi dresses & a wallet from TopShop, a warm scarf & gloves for next week's trip to chilly Sweden, a Tokidoki makeup bag and finally, an eyelash curler. (You must know that I have a lash-curl-phobia, since I chopped off my lashes with a shitty one, months ago) Sephora to the rescue? And those mini perfume sprays make for great gifts for my 1000 girlfriends.

More enjoyable that shopping for myself, is shopping for gifts.. its like the best thing in the world. My only problem is, I dont know how to stop.. leading me to spending almost half of what went out the window yesterday, on others.

Best purchase? Penguin socks from TopShop. Uh... I'll explain another time! hahha ♥

We've crushed everything I can see, in this morning selfishly

Vintage dress, random & DIY jewelry, Heirloom ring & salamander ring, gift from Amanda

I must admit, I was thinking of my Nana when I bought this dress.. maybe its a homage to her disapproval of my taste in fashion, either way, I had to have it. I'm still deciding on whether or not it is going to land on the chopping block for a sleeve removal or perhaps and extreme dress into romper makeover.. so I figured it deserved a post before its execution. Any ideas? How would you alter this dress?

Of course i couldn't help but photograph it unbuttoned.. Its kinda sexy, well of course In a granny kinda way if that's even possible. The shoulder pads are so much fun to play with and the pleats just make me feel extra girly. A nice change considering my current days are predominantly spent in board shorts and wife beaters.

Amidst all the procrastinating I did today, instead of just cleaning my makeup kit, I ended up mixing leftover blush powder with my favorite The Body Shop lip butter (almond & passionfruit ♥).. which makes for the perfect lip balm, cheek tint or highlighter. I love to recycle. What kind of makeup recycling do you do?

XoXo, dane