Posh & Paisley

Montreal Was First on the List

I was just in Montreal. Woo Wee!

I checked out the massive church up on the hill near Côte-Des-Neiges, known as St. Joseph's Oratory, did a bunch of shopping and dined out at my favourite restaurants.

My favourite purchase yet has been these gorgeous Carlos Santana Pounce heels by Carlos Santana Shoes in a lovely turquoise and bronze number.

I also bought an awesome gray purse, a pretty blue dress and some dress shirts for work.

I had lots of places to see and lot's of things to do as I visited Montreal, Quebec City, Rhode Island, New Port, Boston, Salem and Syracuse, but I'll have to tell you all about them at another time because as it stands at the moment, I don't even know where to start! Check back later, and I'll tell you all about Salem and the awesome witch trials, or about New Port and the crazy loafer wearing, hair bleaching, too-tanned, yacht dwellers that were running amok. What a zoo, I'll have to tell you more later.

But I'm On The Guestlist!

My feet are aching from all the stilettos and high heels I've been wearing the past few nights. I don't have a choice, I've been at the wedding all weekend and my other friends keep inviting me out. It's not like I can pair a cocktail dress with flats you know.

On Friday my girlfriends and I headed to Tryst for a chichi evening out. I am not a big fan of clubbing, because there's just so much pretentiousness that goes on. Everyone, from the bouncers, to the bartenders to even the girls standing in line, make me ill. The worse is that even after you've bypassed all that, there is still a lot of b.s. that goes on between all the guys and girls that are there to pick up.

This is why I'm pretty happy that I'm off to Quebec City for the rest of the week, and I won't have the opportunity to be dragged off to any more clubs. Of course that doesn't mean that I wont be wearing any more heels, and in fact I've already packed quite a few of 'em for my trip already. If I had these paisley Luichiny Duchess bow sandals, you know fully well that I'd take them along as well, no matter how much my feet hurt. Just check out the green pair, for these, I'd even be willing to endure a night out at the most pretentious of all the uber trendy clubs.

Aisle or Window?

My flight for Orlando leaves at 6am on Sunday Morning. Ouch right? Especially since I'll be out very late, attending a wedding the night before.

I think that comfortable is the only way to go and I'll be wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants on my flight. Even though I am usually one for dressing all chic while travelling (for this I've been bumped to first class many a times), I think that this 6am flight calls for something a little more low key. 

This paisley sweatshirt from Aeropostale would look sweet when paired with these green terry cloth sweatpants from Victoria's Secret. 

A tiny spritz of some light perfume (so as not to suffocate my fellow passengers) and these Prada ballet flats  would be just perfect.

The whole look, tied in with some bling like this large gold ring by Nancy Gonzalez from vivre.com. will surely set me apart from all the other sweatsuit wearing shlubs. 

Fit For A Queen

It's Victoria Day long weekend here in Canada... and I, for one, am ready to celebrate!

I say we forgo the whole backyard, woodsy, beer shenanigans and instead get all dressed up and do a nice dinner, followed by a fabulous night of champagne, mingling and dancing.

I have something like this Bebe (pronounced Bee-Bee, get it right please, if you need convincing check this out) Paisley Print Draped Knit Hem Dress in mind.

It's got exactly the right cut and amount of flashiness required to make you seem every bit like the socialite that you want to be.

Pair it with these suckers and your night is sure to be fit for even the likes of Queen Victoria herself. I'm sure if she were around today, she would have even ditched the tights to this look, since the word on the street is that she was a saucy little queen. Awesome.

Why I Love Flats

I had an amazing night of dinner, dancing and mingling planned for yesterday.

The dinner took place, and about 15 minutes of dancing, but all else was cut short when the heel of my brand new Aldo pumps snapped off.

I know, it was pretty bad that my night was cut short, but the worst part was that they were the most beautiful pair of shoes ever, and I'm heartbroken.

The picture on the right shows the pretty pair I was wearing before they snapped off in a sudden fit of rage. Perhaps the shoes were fed up with all the compliments and attention that they were garnering and decided to retaliate.

Whatever the case, I'm hoping that Aldo will be able to send me a new pair (they're from my recent trip to Montreal, and not carried by Toronto stores yet) and that I'll be able to enjoy many summer nights in my pretty pumps.  I'm also going to start carrying flats with me where ever I may go, and would love a pair like the Bronze Delman pair above.

I'll keep you posted on the status of the pumps. I'm hoping that the shoe gods will pull some strings for me.

Allergic To Ugly Shoes

Oooh, beautiful right?

I'd really like you to take note of the knot front detail and the gold mosaic border of this pretty handkerchief dress from Nordstrom.

I hate the shoes though. Really, what was Nordstrom's stylist thinking when they paired this dress with those horrid strappy sandals?

Especially when I found these beautiful Michael Kors heels from Nordstrom's own shoe department that they could have picked. Don't you love the Topaz and gold combination that echos the colours of the dress? 

I thought you would, just as I thought you'd like today's little tip for the day:

Don't try to attend a spin class at the same time that you are combating your allergies with Benadryl.

The results could be hazardous to your health. TKO is an understatement, and I think that the only reason Benadryl works, is because you're too zonked out to notice the itchy, watery eyes or in my case, hives.

There is a reason the box warns people not to operate heavy machinary while taking benadryl, and I strongly suggest that you consider stationary bikes to be heavy machinery...I'm just saying.

Honey, I'm home!

Wow, what a week it's been!  One of the best birth-weeks I've had in a long time.

I really missed you dear readers, and I also really missed my trusty laptop.  I'd decided that since I was only going to be away for a few days, that it would be okay if I gave myself a mini vacation and abstained from writing.  Except that a few days turned into a week, and now I have to figure out where to start with the tonnes of stories that I have to tell you.

First I'll begin by telling you that Montreal is the best place to shop. Hands down.  Seriously, pretty much all Canadian stores (like Aldo, Le Chateau, Limite, Urban Behaviour, etc...) are based out of Quebec, so there are all these liquidation and outlet stores that carry current stock at a fraction of the usual price that you would normally be seeing in Toronto stores. I was in shopping heaven, and I'm sure my french friends think that all Torontonians are crazy shopaholics.

I must say, I did go a little shoe crazy. I went there with 6 pairs, and came home with 12... and that's after I threw out a pair that I deemed unwearable. I also bought some summer dresses, a hat, a new laptop sleeve and a few pieces of jewellery to ring in the beautiful spring weather.

I probably would have done more shopping if I hadn't had a crazy allergic reaction that left me looking like Will Smith's twin in the movie Hitch. I will never laugh at that scene in the movie again, for as long as I live! I will also make an appointment with an allergist and try to figure out what the heck it was that did that to me.

I'll be sure to show up at the doctor's office in a pair of gorgeous shoes, and though I now have an outrageous amount to choose from, I also wish I had this lovely J. Marco pair that I've featured today. I really like how the crazy turquoise panther print is offset by the delicate Bourgeois brooch detail, and how the hint of fabulous paisley just pulls the whole look together. I Love it!   

I also love Montreal and the crazy french people that make up French Canada. The style, the flair and the utter disregard for anything with style and flair are inexplicably Montreal... By golly gee, I'm captivated by the whole je ne sais quoi of it all!

Tight Space

Remember my awesome tan that I was gloating about just a week ago? Well now it's doing this awful reptile skin thing that I hate.  Seriously, I'm peeling all over, and my legs seem to be especially worse.

I've found that organic unrefined Shae butter is the absolute best thing for moisturizing peeling skin, and have been drowning my epidermis in the stuff.

But since I still have a few unsightly patches left on my legs, I thought it a good idea to wear some tights under my dress when I went out last night. My tights were a boring black, but I thought it would have been much more fun and interesting if the tights had been patterned.

I found these paisley tights on SockShop and would love to pair them with a gorgeous trapeze style dress like the one pictured on the right.

Then throw on a pair of  Mary Jane pumps like these and you're good to go.

Not only will this outfit hide the reptile legs, but it will also make an artsy statement that's sure to turn some heads.

Paisley, I'm home....

I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to post.  I’ve been running around like a chicken without a head and have been a little tired.

I've decided to make it up to you by posting these adorable paisley rain boots.  I have seen them everywhere nowadays, and thought I would embrace them now that spring is just around the corner.  It's also because I saw a lovely pair on a girl at the airport and thought that I’d share.

I would probably find rainboots a bit uncomfortable to wear on  a long flight and I guess it’s only fair that I mention that she was only waiting at the arrivals gate and not actually wearing them on any airplanes.

And now that I'm back, I can hoestly say that I had a fantastic time.  I am a dark shade of honey brown, I feel super charged and had a great flight home.  Aside from the slight blip in my day (my executive class meal only came with the option of Salmon, I wanted the chicken) everything went smoothly and my only regret is that I didn’t get the chance to stop by Target along the way to pick up a pair of these rainboots.

I think that they would look great when paired with this outfit because the heavier top portion balances out the clunkiness of the boots.

Paisley Dazzlers

I can't walk today.  Seriously, I think I'm paralyzed from the waist down after that crazy cycle-fit class I did yesterday.  The good thing is that my legs look shapelier already after just one class and I'm now imagining long, toned legs in this killer pair of heels this summer. 

Mr. Manolo Blahnik himself designed this pretty pair and I would love them worn with this perfect little dress. 

I'm loving the navy of the dress playing with the blues of the shoe. Pair that with this Nancy Gonzalez turquoise clutch and you're good to go. 

The shoes could be worn to a summer get together or I would wear them out for dinner and drinks, but there is no way that those look comfortable for a night out dancing, no matter how many drinks you might have had.