First, some words that pretty much sum up my one-week break: AGO, bicycles, air, Warhol, floral, sunlight, rest, nail-polish, Elvis, family, Nestlé drumsticks, Picasso, downtown, train route, exploring, Dad’s stories, walking walking walking, Häagen-Dazs, Interview Magazine, art, bubble tea, and most definitely: UNPRODUCTIVE.

Oddly enough, I’m quite fine with that.

I’ve decided to increase the size of my blog photos, which means—quite obviously—bigger pictures! And a slower computer on your end! And lots of scrolling!

The AGO

Photos I took at one of the few areas we were actually allowed to hold our cameras, let alone use them:

Believe it or not, that block of wood my sister is standing in front of is actually a piece of artwork, and that scary gallery guard supervisor lady kept snapping at people who mistook it for a bench and children who climbed on it.

The whole building itself is just a wonderful mishmash of modern and classic architecture

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Sorry about my unplanned hiatus! I was hoping to blog weeks ago, but I was stuck in a rut. It’s been difficult trying to push myself do anything lately; blogging, doing schoolwork, returning comments, going outside, doing anything remotely productive—meh!

The great weather is making it all better though. I’m finally getting back into the groove of things and on the road to being ultra productive…I hope!

Stuff that happened while I wasn’t blogging

I watched The September Issue a while ago and my first thoughts after finishing it were: “Man! I had no idea making a magazine was so much hard work!” and “Those editorials are so pretty!!11!1! squeeeee!” and let’s not forget, “Grace Coddington! What a talented woman! I WANT TO BE HERRRRRR”

So Imagine my surprise when I found the 840-page issue that was featured in the film under our coffee table I decided to carefully extract my faves from the huge volume and hang it up on my bedroom wall to create an “inspiration wall” of sorts.

The first four from the left is from Vogue and the last three is from H&M magazine. I’m thinking of replacing that painting below with another row of prints.

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Remember that Fred Flare gift certificate I won? Last month I decided to use it to purchase some accessories that would go well with my semi-formals dress. But unfortunately, it didn’t get delivered in time for the dance.
Instead, it was delivered last Wednesday. That would mean I waited 4 weeks for my package to get delivered! I found that absolutely absurd because all the purchases my friends made from Fred Flare arrived in less than a week, whereas mine took a month!
I don’t blame Fred Flare though—I think it was Canada Post’s fault + the snowstorms in the states.

But what a bad first-time-online-shopping experience that was! Makes me feel reluctant to buy merch online the next time…

Actually, not really. I want to buy too many things online to care how long it takes to arrive. I JUST WANT THE STUFF, OK?
Soooo, I guess I should just be glad my package arrived safe, right? RIGHT. *PHEW*

And now, on to the feature presentation: the picspam!!!

What I ended up getting: Inés Sunglasses ($11), Singing Sparrow Necklace ($14), Cat’s Meow Cocktail Ring ($3), aaaaand of course, the Grey UrbanEars Classic Cool Headphones ($68):

I must say, wearing the sunglasses + headphones combo is perfect for winter It keeps my ears warm and prevents snow from flicking into my eyes, so now I don’t have to squint

For the sake of being random, here is a photo of the little key-chain my older sister bought me during her trip to Cancun, Mexico (she’s the one I stole this DSLR from ):