Knotted Influence

In the past months Instagram has become a big part of my life. I use it daily and probably a little too much. Still, gotta love this picture platform. Facebook has definitely lost in this game. I have always been a fan of nice pictures and that's what I get from Instagram. These past months it has also definitely changed my shopping habits. There are even hashtags called "instagram made me buy it" and this knotted necklace is definitely one of those things. Mr.B told me to make it myself, but seriously, I just can't start all the DIY projects out there! Sometimes it's just easier to buy it than make it yourself. This beautiful piece has been an instant love and I have been wearing it quite often these past weeks. It is sold on a German site for handmade products comparable with etsy. For the interested ones - the link to Goldmeise. Otherwise etsy probably has similar products for the international market!

This was my easter outfit to have coffee with my family. Wore the same look to work recently and got a lot of compliments. The necklace seems to be made for this skirt!!

What I wore

Shirt & Skirt: H&M

Cardigan: C&A

Tights: Esda

Shoes: Deichmann

Watch: Skagen

Bracelets: Ernsting's Family

Bag: Primark

Necklace: Goldmeise

Ring: Kaufhof

Rain Rain Rain

The weather has been aweful these days! First it is sunny, then snowy, then rainy and windy. I had to check the calendar as it felt so much like April weather for a moment. This year really has started with some weird incidences and it is time to share those with you! It's Thursday and finally the rounds of Awkward and Awesome are back. 

Extreme Awesomeness

Today is my first day off of work this week, meaning my first full day for my thesis. 

I still needed to run some errands and wore this cute little combo for that. Finally managed to wear heels again and for the first time used my new thrifted basket bag that has handmade fashionistas stitched on!

linked up to Thursdays are for Thrifters!

What I wore


Shirt & Ring: H&M
Skirt, Necklace & Bag: Thrifted
Shoes: Deichmann
Pearl Bracelet: Handmade
Blue Bracelet: South Africa

Another week and finally another round of Awkward and Awesome Thursday!

Awkward

• when your hairdryer explodes with fire coming out at the end that connects the machine and the cable - luckily nothing got burned, especially not my hair! but what do you do with the smell and rhe hot broken machine when you need to go to work?!
• Mr.B. moved into town, but we see each other less now than we did when he lived 40km away. Now he is going back to school and needs to study hard
• figuring out that you need to hand in your thesis four days earlier than thought - luckily found it out prior to the date (seven weeks left! pheeew!)
• The weather changes in the last week - 20, 30, 35, 12, 18, 20, 25 - one week in temperatures. No wonder I had constant headaches for several days :(

Awesome

• scoring a part-time job that will work my budget issues and already getting your first paycheck after two weeks!
• my new cape that I found online - it arrived today and I am in love. Fall, here I come! Now the only issue is the temperature out there!
• the cute red bike that I borrowed from my mom - can't wait to go on bike rides with Mr.B. on the weekends
• my sister starting her vocational training and loving it - Congrats little J., you will be the best nurse out there!!
• my flatmate S. moving back into our apartment tomorrow after she did an internship in another city - welcome back, girl!!

Another week - another Thursday!

Another week has run by like nothing! So much has been going on and I really feel like nothing got done, but actually I was a very busy bee and got lots off of my ToDo List. Do you ever feel like you worked so hard, but don't get rid of the feeling that you did nothing?

Today was such a wonderful day with a lot of sunshine. I went for a morning walk, running some errands and enjoying the day! This outfit made me feel comfortable, but still pretty. It always happens for me when I wear red :) 

What I wore

Blouse, Top, Pants: H&M

Bag & Necklace: Vintage; Thrifted

Shoes: Deichmann

Nail Polish: Catrice "From Dusk to Dawn"

Earrings: Bijou Brigitte

Awkward

• coming home, trying to open the door and the lock doesn't work - Luckily my flatmate was home and opened the door for me. We called the janitor as the bracing of the lock was loose. I actually was afraid somebody had tried to break in. Apparently one screw was just not bolted the right way. The janitor looked at me like a was a total girl not able to screw in a simple screw. Well dude, screw you!!! How should we know that it was this problem?!

Awesome

• My flatmate S. (she's away on an internship for 6 months) coming for a surprise visit and spending the whole day with her
• Rockabilly photo shoot with K. - she is so adorable and looks just awesome in that outfit! I kind of went overboard with taking pictures, it was hard to choose one!

• sending a job application via email and 15 minutes later getting a call to confirm an interview and a trial day at work - keep your fingers crossed for the position!!
• my best friend J. meeting Mr.B. - that day was just so much fun, full of laughter and I am so glad both got along so well!
• working on a project for 7 months and finally launching it this week!
• visiting my little goddaughter and seeing how much she has grown in 4 weeks!

Finnish Thursday

I spend day five of my time in Helsinki enjoying the extremely nice weather (almost 30 degrees, that's huge for Finland) and stayed outdoors all day, meeting up with several of my old friends from my study and work times here in Finland. I even got a little sunburn despite putting on lotion several times! 

This little snack bar is first of all sooo cute, but also has amazing coffee and crépes!

My friend K. and I went to the Helsinki promenade and listened to a free Jazz concert (part of the current Jazz festival that is still going on for quite some time in July) while eating strawberries and extremely delicous pulla (sweet desert bread filled with vanilla cream and raspberries).

Later, I met with my two best friends here in Finland, M. (who's wedding I will attend on Saturday) and H., and together we went for a picnic to Suomen Linna, the fortress island in the Helsinki harbor. While relaxing and eating delicious food, we did some catching up on each others lifes and the plans for the near future, checked on the temperature of the feet of Mr.M (we don't want him bailing from the wedding three days in advance, right!?) and watched the beautiful sunset! It was quite hard to limit the photos, but hope you like the selection no less.

My outfit during the day was casual and needed to be comfortable for a day of walking in the heat. I went with some shorts, my favorite polka dotted top and super comfortable sandals!

PS: Mr. B calls those sandals the Jesus sandals and said I should try walking on water in those - I guess that was a joke :)

PPS: The statue on top of the fountain is "Havis Amanda", a mermaid rising from the sea - she stands for the rebirth of Helsinki and is one of the most famous attractions in the city.

What I wore

Top, Shorts & Bag: H&M

"Jesus" Sandals: Deichmann

Ring: Accessorize

Bracelet: Gina Tricot

Shades: C&A

Hair: See the Messy Beehive Tutorial of Carrie

 

And here is my Helsinki Awkward and Awesome edition!!

Awkward

• waiting for your flight for 4 extra hours after it got delayed - thankfully I hadn't checked in yet and could still enjoy Starbucks!
• little worms in the seedmix for your breakfast müsli - just urg!

Awesome

• meeting the Basist of your favorite Band in a café in Helsinki!
• variety at the milk and jogurth counter - something I have been missing soooo much due to lactose intolerance and not a lot of products available in Germany
• my friends have a sauna in their appartment - so relaxing in the evening after a day of sightseeing!
• picnic on an island (Suomen Linna), watching the sunset and enjoying the time with your best friends - so romantic, would be good for a date night as well (need to remember to take Mr.B there once as well when we visit Helsinki together!)
• meeting an old friend in Helsinki that is on a trip around the world and stopped in Finland - what a coincidence!

New Edge

This week has been gone in a blurr and I will be going on my trip to Finland in only two days. I have lived there for so long that every time when I fly over to Helsinki, it is more like coming home than going on a vacation. Still, I will enjoy those days to the fullest and of course will show you all a bit of my second home through posts and picures. The most important event will be the wedding of my two friends H. and M. I am so happy for those two and very excited for the big day. 

What I wore

Pants: Long Fashion

Shirt: Vero Moda

Top: H&M

Shoes: Deichmann

Bracelet: Vintage

Awkward

• going to my parents' place to pick up some things for my vacation, reminding myself over and over what I need to pack and then leaving the place without the bag - where did I leave my brain?
• I was ready with all my packing and wanted to spend my last days before the trip with some last minute writing for my thesis, but oh no. I need to travel to Dresden once again to show my rented books at the library. I guess, the people there think I would steal them otherwise. It's a bit weird that you need to do this every 10 weeks. In my university library, you can keep the books up to one year, if nobody else wants to rent it. That difference is quite weird!
• getting up at 5am and feeling so refreshed, maybe that's my new wake up time?! Would mean that I will get so much more stuff done during the day :) 

Awesome

• going to the beach and enjoying the sunny weather
• falling in love and being loved back!
• going out with my best friend, drinking raspberry-flavored Lemonade and taking a stroll downtown in the city centre - lots of things changed, new buildings and reconstructions have changed our city centre quite a bit, only those drunk teenagers should be gone for good!
• My little Goddaughter - isn't she adorable!? 
• I was able to give her the bottle and spend some time with her this week!

A&A - It's Thursday again!

I wore this outfit to run some errands and it had to be not only comfortable, but also work well with the changing weather - sunny and hot in the morning and rain showers in the afternoon.

What I wore

Shirt, Top & Pants: H&M

Bag: gift from a friend

Necklace: Thrifted

Ring: Pieces

Shoes: Deichmann

Another Thursday A&A round!

Awkward

• Trying to find those 5min in between rain showers to take some nice outfit pictures
• going to the library and doing two hours of research. Finally when I wanted to loan the books at the counter, nobody was there anymore. Apparently  had managed to enter the "Read only" time. People can still rent books, but only at the "self check out counter". The computer didn't want to rent those books to me though as I had to hand books back in, but I couldn't hand them in, because the counter was not occupied. How is that for logic!? sll of this was explained to me by a security guy. Maybe they should just pay a librarian instead and all would be well.
• catching a rain shower 200m before reaching my house - i was soaked, all my clothes were clinging to my body and I guess the passers-by had a good view

Awesome

• my little goddaughter was born Tuesday, at 7:16pm - What a cutie, I am in love!!
• rainbows after a hailstorm
• Finding the perfect dress for the wedding I am invited to in three weeks - now I only need the accessories and a hair styling idea. Any suggestions?
• new hair color - those roots were not tolerable anymore
• Falling in love with the man of your dreams :)

Is it June or is it April?

This week, the weather has been killing me. In the mornings, it  was hot, sunny and really stuffy. Sleeping late was out of the question, as the room felt more like a sauna than anything else. Every afternoon, a cloudburst managed to bring me extreme headaches and made studying difficult. It feels more like April weather than June. Sometimes the temperatures dropped more than 10 degrees from morning till evening and called for layered outfits. A dress and some ballerina flats were the best choice. I later added some leggings, a scarf and a long cardigan.

What I wore

Dress, Scarf & Top: H&M

Leggings: Esda

Necklace: Thrifted

Cardigan: Ernsting's Family

Shoes: Deichmann

Umbrella: Borrowed from my sister

Another week and another round of Awkward and Awesomeness!!

Awkward

• wanting to go for a swim and no open air pool was opened due to rain showers in the evening - we just went for a shut down pool/lake close to the city - I don't think that counts as trespassing
• Ordering some dresses in hope for the perfect summer dress (finally) - 9 ordered, 7 arrived, 7 fit - what now? After a lot of trying on, I finally decided on one, packed up the others and was about to send them away, when another part of the order arrived and the game started again. Did you ever have that issue when you ordered something and desperately hoped for all of the pieces not to fit you?
• connecting with friends from Kindergarten via facebook

Awesome

• The rain has helped all those wonderful plants grow in my mother's garden and now we have our own salad, tomatoes, onions, potatoes etc. - no more EHEC talk in my family!
• iced tea "Peach & Mango" - super yummy and very refreshing
• 2 more weeks until my vacation - can't wait to see my friends in Finland! Will be going for the wedding of M.&H. as well!
• selling your things online (KleiderKreisel) and making space in your closet - money for the trip to Finland!
• my godchild will be born in the next week or so! Can't wait to get to know that little one!!
• When you walk into the store you used to work in and your co-worker asks you, if you have lost some weight. It's music in my ears, baby!!

Summer Butterflies

I love Summer, if there wouldn't be the heat! I can't stand more than 80 degrees. I sometimes think, I am a poikilothermal or reptile. You know those animals that get slower the colder it gets? Well, I think my body works the other way around. I get slower the hotter it gets :)

So today was perfect for me. Not too warm and I actually managed to do some things: swimming, some thrift shopping, reading for my thesis! Really went well! And you won't have to worry about sweating and make difficult outfit choices - pretty or appropriate for the weather. Today, both worked together!

What I wore

Shirt: H&M

Skirt: Zero; Thrifted

Necklace & Bag: Thrifted

Ring: Bijou Brigitte

Shoes: Deichmann

Tights: Esda

Another round of my A&A moments of this week!!

Awkward

• Going for a swim – afterwards, dropping the bag with those wet clothes on my bed – super wet stain on my sheets and the mattress – I did NOT pee in it!! I had to dry the content of my wallet on the radiator!
• Stepped into the tram today – a girl behind me really kicked me in the shin with her high heels to stop me from sitting down in a seat she had her eye on – What is wrong with those people out there!?
• The crust of the Birthday cake (Walnuts & Vanilla cake) I made for my flatmate M. – so hard, it almost hurt, but soooo yummy!!

Awesome

• Wearing my newest thrifting find – this super cute skirt
• A long weekend awaiting me – full of sunshine and happiness
• Free travels with the train in my region – I have been traveling so much in the last weeks to close-by cities –doing research, shopping and some sightseeing
• Going to a free concert of Jennifer Rostock tomorrow! – maybe the last evening with my friend H. before she gives birth to my little godchild cookie!!!
• Watching “Germany’s Topmodel” with my flatmate J. My favorite, Jana, won!!