Vintage Stars

What I Wore:

Shirt: Made by me (Simplicity 1692)

Skirt: Smart Set

Shoes: Payless 

Belt: Bealls

This shirt didn't turn out as awesomely as I wanted it to, but I love the print and the buttons on the shoulders so I am trying to make it work. It's also deliciously vintage in style and goes really well with my lovely saddle shoes. Yes I said deliciously vintage, it seemed right. I was just looking at the  pattern online to put the link on here and I noticed that my hair is kind of the same as the woman wearing the shirt I made on the cover, oops! That's kind of funny, what a weird coincidence. Please excuse the wrinkles, I wore this to work and it was a very busy day so I got a little disheveled. I am still happy that I went through the trouble of getting them when we were in Florida because I wear them all the time and they are comfortable for work.

Not much going on today and not much else to say. I am really looking forward to a day off tomorrow because this has been a pretty craaazy week. I hope you are all having a wonderful Friday!

Saddlle Shoe Dreams

What I Wore: 

Dress: Zellers

Cardi: Thrifted (Goodwill)

Tights: H&M

Shoes: Payless

Brooch: Thirfted (Goodwill) 

Can I just say how much I am in love with these shoes? They actually have quite the story behind them, which seems to be a theme with most of my shoes/clothes. I have wanted a pair of saddle shoes since my sister had a pair when we were little. Alas I was never able to find any and my forced to live without them and my dreams fell by the wayside. Fast forward to the fall of 2011 when I began to be more comfortable dressing more to my personal tastes and I started to think about making my own blog. I remembered my early desire for a pair of saddle shoes and I began the hunt again. I discovered that there were a few sites online that sold the shoes, but they were mostly American and some of them didn't ship to Canada (or it was ridiculously expensive). I noticed that Payless sold them too, but only in America. I was a little sad, but I figured maybe at some point I would be able to go over the border and pick up a pair. We don't live that far away from Niagara Falls, so it seemed like a reasonable possibility. 

Time passed and I still hadn't acquired a pair of saddle shoes (keep in mind I was also checking out thrift/vintage stores and other shoe stores for pairs as well). In the fall my aunt was planning her retirement and invited us to come and visit her in the house she was going to rent in Florida. I was excited for numerous reasons a) I have never been to Florida, b) we were going to go to Harry Potter World, c) it would be nice to visit my aunt and d) this might be my chance to finally get my coveted shoes. Once we were in Florida I checked out the Payless and discovered that the shoes were only available as an online order. Luckily my aunt was willing to pick them up from the store since they wouldn't arrive until after we had left for home. Problem solved! The story isn't over yet though. I paid for the shoes and the store placed the order. Sadly it was discovered when I was laid over in Washington for 8 hours that the shoes could not in fact be shipped to the store, they had to be ordered online and shipped to a house. I was not informed of this at the time as I was already pretty grumpy from being shuttled back and forth at the airport. The whole ordeal was settled by my sister and aunt going online and ordering a pair to be shipped to her house in Florida. They arrived after my parents had left so they had to come back with my aunt in early March. To make a ridiculously long winded story short, my aunt got back on the 1st, dropped off the shoes on the 2nd and I of course immediately tried them on and wore them the next day. They fit like a dream and are super comfortable. They even look better in person than they do in the picture online, so it's win win all around. I couldn't be happier! They were definitely worth the wait.     

I felt like I was ready to go to a sock hop in this outfit. It was super fun to wear and I really didn't want to take it off at the end of the day. I found the cardi and the brooch in Florida as well. They all just went together so well, it was perfect. You are going to be seeing a lot of these shoes in the future, I can guarantee it.

Florida: Miramar Beach

Here is the last set of pictures from our trip to Florida. There were taken in Miramar Beach where my aunt was staying.

White sand picturesque beach. 

Funny but practical sign.

 Colourful restaurant.

A pelican hunting for it's dinner.

A crab claw I found on the beach.

Another (or the same) pelican hunting. They kept flying up an down the beach. 

 Sunset and night fishers.

Universal Studios: Islands of Adventure Round 2

On our third day in Orlando we went back to the Islands of Adventure park again. We decided to go back to this park instead of the other one because we really enjoyed the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, plus we hadn't tried Butterbeer yet. Here are my favourite pictures from that day.

The Butterbeer tasetest.

It was actually pretty good, it tasted like cream soda mixed with caramel.

 Inside Honeydukes, I love the colour scheme!

Entrance to "Harry Potter And The Forbidden Journey," the ride inside the castle. Probably my favourite ride out of both parks.  

My dad and I on "Jurassic Park River Adventure." Your ode through this section as if you were touring Jurassic Park, and then suddenly you go off course and all of these dangerous dinosaurs are everywhere. You come upon the T-Rex and just as it looks like he is going to eat you you plunge 85 feet down a dark whole and into the water. We got soaked. Probably the scariest ride I went on, but it was totally worth it. 

Universal Studios Florida

If you recall on the first day of our trip to Florida we went to Universal Studios and toured around the Islands of Adventure park. On the second day we returned to Universal, but this time we went through the Universal Studios Florida section. Here are some of my favourite pictures from the day. 

This park was divided by city. Fake storefront in the New York section.

Me being a ham.

Blues Brothers show in New York. These guys were amazing, they looked so much like Dan Akroyd and John Belushi! They also had a sax player who was incredible and a Aretha Franklin impersonator who was great!  

The Blues Brothers taking their leave.

Being a ham again.

Hollywood.

Diner in Hollywood. 

Lucille Ball exhibit in Hollywood. 

Universal sign at night.

Universal Studios: Islands Of Adeventure

Here are some select pictures from our first day at Universal Studios. There are actually two parks, Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. Each part is divided into themed sections. My favourite part was definitely The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We ended up going back there on the third day since it was so great. The attention to detail was incredible. Everyday we walked to the park from our hotel, so these pictures include that walk and then the park itself. Enjoy!

A bird we spotted on our walk to the park.

A different bird in the same pond.

Section one Seuss Landing.

Section two The Lost Continent.

 Section three The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Hogsmeade!

My sister and I at the Hogwarts Express.

Ollivanders where we got picked for wands!

Section four Jurassic Park.

Section five Toon Lagoon.

Section six Marvel Universe.