A Little Inspiration

Bonjour,

While I'm still working on the final touches of my room, here is some closet inspiration:

CLICK HERE for celebrity closet inspiration! Have a sneak peak inside Mariah Carey's, Eva Longoria and Anna Sui closets! Sigh!

Coming up next: A guide on closet organization according to moi and after that I will reveal my room AND I'm also debating on freshing up the bathroom (maybe during reading week?)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Love,
Ada

The cupcakes have arrived!!

Bonjour,

Just a quick to make a big announcement: STARBUCKS CUPCAKES ARE BACK!!!!
Their chocolate bloom cupcakes are one of my favourites and I can't wait to stuff my face.
I don't know about you, but this is the best thing that has happened so far this year :)

And speaking of Starbucks, they will be updating their logo!

I personally like the logo they have now but what do you guys think?

Be back soon with my closet post. (Dressing table almost assembled!)

Have a lovely day

Ada

New Year New You

Bonjour!

My sincerest apologies for being away so long but sometimes life takes over and it's hard to find time to do anything. With a New Year comes many resolutions and this blog is one of mine! I'm moving rooms and redecorating so I will definatly share the progress with you. I've already picked out a paint colour and have made most of my purchases so now it's a matter of just putting everything together.

I'm super excited because this past year has been very difficult for me so it's time to turn over a new leaf. Every new year, every new year I feel recharged and ready for new beginnings! That make-up post is still coming up, as promised, I'm just waiting until my room is done to show you guys as I just purchased a dressing table that I'll putting all my make-up on!

See you soon and wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year. May all your wishes come true!

Love Ada

Give me a sign

Bonjour,

Sorry for the delay in posting but I'm in the middle of studying for exams so expect a lag in posting until December 10 (my last exam :) ). I do have a make-up post coming up as promised but before that I need to do a little venting. Any student will tell you that post-secondary education is not easy. Sleepless nights, cram sessions, giving up your social life and barely seeing your family are just some of the many things that a student has to go through in order to do a decent job on their studies and even that is not enough sometimes. My fourth year of university has been by far the toughest and I'm having such a hard time motivating myself to study.

This is not because I don't like what I'm studying. As hard as accounting is, I actually do like studying it, as weird as it may seem. With the way things are in the economy, job prospects are slim to none. While things are starting to improve, why I am wasting at least 4 years of my life and a whole ton of money to get a piece of paper that has become so insignificant?

A while ago, having a university degree pretty much guaranteed you a job, but nowadays, everyone has a university degree and its become a little obsolete. With all of this in mind, you can see why I've become so discouraged.

Despite all of this, I am trying my best to get through this semester. I think it's important for people to accept their failures, learn from them and move on. If you beat yourself up, it will only make you do worse and worse and worse. It's a vicious cycle! So what if you don't graduate on time and so what if you happen to have a bad class or a bad semester or a bad year. SO WHAT! It's no big deal. There is always next year!

Looking at yourself in the mirror and telling yourself that it's okay to make mistakes is actually quite liberating and will actually make you want to do better and become a better person. I try to instil  this in my sister. If there is anything I want her to learn is to have self confidence! It's so important in life, especially for young teenage girls.

Thanks for letting me rant. I feel so much better already and I only hope that I've inspired at least one person.

Love Ada

Foggy Days

Bonjour,

If you're living in Toronto, you'll know that we've had some serious fog. Although, fog may be a little creepy to some people, to me it is beautiful and mysterious. While I was unable to quite capture the beauty of the fog with my dinky camera, I got a few pictures in and spend the entire day cooking.

I'm wearing:

H&M Faux-Fur Collar

Grey Cashmere Sweater from Club Monaco

Wool shorts with suspenders from Club Monaco (my 'winter' shorts)

Black Opaque Tights from mytights.com

Bloch Patent Leather Flats from Locale Sherway

I had purchased a Tart pan and a Madeleines pan the other day from Williams Sonoma and I couldn't wait to test them out. I first heard of Madeleines on the movie the Transporter and had purchased them before but I couldn't be bothered to buy the pan to avoid clutter. But, since I can't find any Madeleines for sale anymore, I must make them myself. 

I found the recipe on Joy of Baking and it is super easy! I also made a Goat Cheese, Tomato and Arugula Tart which was also super easy! I just baked up a standard pastry crust, added arugula, tomatoes and goat cheese and presto!

A make-up post is coming up soon, as promised, so check back soon!

Ada

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Bonjour,

Christmas is by far my most favourite holiday! I love it not because of all the gifts but because you get to spend time with your most loved ones and it is the only thing I look forward to during the long and cold winter season. With that said, I'm almost done my Christmas shopping! This was completely unintentional as I didn't go shopping with buying Christmas gifts in mind... it just kinda happened. Random shopping trips led to finding the perfect items for my family and friends. PLUS, Holt Renfrew was having a promotion so I couldn't resist. You got 25% back on a gift card on anything you spent and 15% on cosmetics.

I was running low on my YSL foundation so I decided to pop in and boy did I get some goodies :)

I kind of ended up with a lot of gifts for myself (whoops!) but that's what Christmas shopping is for! I picked up my YSL foundation which is silky smooth, has SPF and looks like I'm wearing nothing. I also picked up a limited edition face highlighter which is the best thing in THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD! It was so good that I went back and picked up two more (as they are limited edition). It just wakes up your face without being overtly sparkly and I got compliments on my skin and makeup all day long. I also finally picked up the Shu Eumura Eyelash curler in a little kit but enough ranting, I will have a makeup post coming up soon. 

The best gift that I found were these little Truffles in the most adorable packaging. I'm not sure who the lucky recipients are going to be, but they were so cute I couldn't resist. They are great stocking stuffers and the best part is that they were very inexpensive. If I got one of these I would certainly feel very special!

I will be back very soon to share with you some of my cooking and a makeup post will follow that.

Have a great week :)

Ada

Beautiful Fall Days

Bonjour!

I just love Fall. All the beautiful colours and the fact that it's not too cold just yet. I especially love walking around in the Fall and just taking in the scenery. This is what I did last week after I enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at Creme de la Creme with my sister.

As I mentioned before, my sister accidentally dropped my phone in a pond :( but I managed to fish it out. While it's still not working, I managed to retrieve the pictures that she took of me :) (Mini photographer in the making)

So here they are... ENJOY!

I'm wearing:

Black Cashmere V-Neck from Femme

Club Monaco Skirt

Black Tights from tights.com

Browns Black Riding Boots

Have a great week and Happy Monday :) 

P. S. I have a Christmas post coming up... that's right CHRISTMAS!