Friday, March 30, 2012

South Island Nov. 2011 (part eight)

After three lovely days in Queenstown it was time for us to leave.
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We drove through cute small town New Zealand on the way to Dunedin.
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Before going to the Dunedin airport, we stopped at Baldwin Street and burned hundreds of calories walking up! It's known as "the steepest street in the world"
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Two people ran up and then ran down. I could barely make it up! We saw a postwoman heavily panting while delivering the mail :)
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from the top!

It was a wonderful trip and a wonderful birthday present to myself :) I'm glad I finally got to see the South Island.

South Island Nov. 2011 (part seven)

Hello my lovelies! Our big move is going all right, and we've made a pretty good run today, so I'll take a few moments here and there to post some photos. (before they fall into the lost and forgotten pile)

Here's some photos from our short trip to quaint little Arrowtown (approx. 20 minutes outside of Queenstown) It was a beautiful day of relaxing, snacking, drinking and wandering. The usual.

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Thanks for reading this.

xo
jv

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Swap Love

Hello! Well, it's crunch time, and our days are numbered here in Auckland. We're furiously cleaning out our flat and hoping this moving-around-the-world-with-three-pieces-of-luggages-thing all works out.

On Friday I held a clothing swap/dinner party at our place! It was so much fun! There were 13 girls who attended which was incredible. I have wanted fun girly nights for so long, and here it finally is.

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Hayley, Vera, Christina, Tiff and Melissa

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I served Sangria, vege tomato eggplant casserole and pesto alfredo pasta. Kel made that white sangria in the middle :) I also had chips, veges and all kinds of dips! I even made a 7 hour playlist which I timed for this whole thing. I listened to it all the way to the end. Yep, I'm extremely organised *ahem, obessive compulsive* when it comes to a few things.

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Kel, Mike & Gabby
Our living room isn't that big, so it didn't take long for it to be crowded with pretty women and lots of clothes. Mike also came along because he rules like that!

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Sophie & Nancy

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Kel offering her clothes

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I basically wanted to and tried get rid of mostly EVERYTHING I own, BUT I couldn't resist a few meant-for-me items! Like this beautiful cardigan that goes perfectly with all my vintage dresses. I wore the cardi to a wedding the next day.

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showing off some clothes


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I gave Vera this vintage blazer, and it went perfectly with her dress!

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at first I was like...


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and then I was like... :P

I scored the cardigan above, two pairs of jeans, a "Be a tidy Kiwi" shirt, a mod inspired skirt, and a beautiful vintage-inspired dress. HAHA, Hayley tried to monitor me from gaining too many items.

Chris came home to a hurricane of clothing. But seriously, it was so fun and such a great time catching up with everyone before we move across the Pacific! I hope to have another party like this in Seattle one day.

The next day I went to SUCH a beautiful wedding. I'll write about that later!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Red, White & Blue Patriot

Hello my friends! I apologise for the lack of outfit posts/style blogging around these parts. I don't have much to share since we're cleaning out for our big move. BUT that'll change soon. Since my life has been in a constant state of transition and limbo for the past few years, I haven't really maintained by wardrobe. In fact, I've been downsizing for the last year! I'm hosting a clothing swap party with my girl friends next week, and that'll be my chance to get rid of all the clothes I don't wear/don't fit me anymore. Everything else will be donated. AHHH, it's going to be FUN! Cocktails and living room fashion shows.
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Fashion is fun AND frivolous! I can't wait to reconstruct the wardrobe and get a little bit more creative again, within reason of course. It'll be nice starting over. :)

In *ahem* January, Chris and I took a nice stroll into the city and stopped at Myers Park for a few photos. I'm wearing a 60s/70s inspired shift dress. The dress is a size too big for me, but I couldn't not have it. I've always been a dress girl. Simple and comfortable + the time spent to get ready is cut in half = happy husband.
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Cotton On dress | H&M bag | Warehouse shoes | F21 headband

This is on one of the rare summery days that Auckland experienced this summer.
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Chris and I are just taking it all in and enjoying our last few weeks here in Auckland. It is rainy, rainy outside, but it's nice to be cozy inside with a cup of tea listening to the rain. These next few weeks are going to fly by, and I just want to enjoy the best of what Auckland has to offer. AMERICA HERE WE COME!

xo
jv


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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The rest of December 2011 in photos...

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Ryler was our flatmate! We celebrated the completion of Jeff's post-grad studies! We read upside down books at Library Bar (a ritual Hayley intro'd to me) :)

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We danced to Robyn at DOC.


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We adored cute houses in Devonport


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drank coffee and talked about coffee, NYC and bikes


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Yes, I'm wearing shorts under that. I always do :)
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This is at a cute vintage/antique shop in the ferry terminal.

xo
jv


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South Island Nov. 2011 (part six)

Thanks for reading along!!! I have a backlog of pictures, and they seem less relevant now that my memory is fading. This is why I need to blog in the moment and NOT when life becomes an after thought. HAH!

November 2011
Day 2 in Queenstown, New Zealand...

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We went on the cable cars! Spectacular views even though it was drizzling!

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We went on the "Million Dollar Cruise." We got a $9,999,950 discount, totally worth it!


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Soy capitán!

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The Queenstown Hilton, super flash

to be continued...


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