So many ideas

I'm working on a report for a class I'm taking so I won't be updating regularly (ie. no post yesterday).

However I can gripe a minute about all the ideas for DIYs I've been having but not being able to work on. It's driving me crazy and I try to write them down which is turning into a mess of notebooks and stickies. Some day I'll find the time to set up my little work area and make my thoughts into reality.

:)

Layers

Winter is the time of layering for me. I never wear less than two shirts :) Today, considering the temperature and my flu-ish state I wore a cotton short sleeve shirt, a thin cotton 3/4 sleeve sweater, and a 1/2 (?) sleeve swing cardigan. I was pretty cozy. I kept it from getting too busy by sticking to red and grey, red patterned shirt, red sweater, and dark grey sweater.

I should of taken a picture, but by the time I got home after work and class it just wasn't the first thing on my mind. Next time :)

Off Sick

I was off sick today so not feeling particularly stylish, more fluish ;)

I'm about to curl up with a cup of chamomile and watch some tv before bed. Hopefully things will be looking prettier tomorrow :D

Face Frustration

For the last few months I've been breaking out like crazy (high school levels). Two months ago I switched to Clinique's system with soap, toner, and gel to see if it would help. But, in the last week it's gotten particularly bad. I don't know what to do. I could switch again, but that might just upset my skin more. I was sizing up my face and the pimpleless (:D) skin looks good, small pores and smooth.

So I looked into the medical side of things and apparently my acne is more on the hormonal side of things (yay). You can tell because it's on my jawline and chin (not my cheeks and nose where I used to get it in the teenage years). I guess I have to take this one to the doctor.


Jane

Steampunk Style

After coming accross this article on digg I've become ever more intrigued with steampunk. I love the fantasy feeling of the look, the dreamy quality of it all. Turns out I've read a couple of steampunk-ish novels by Alastair Reynolds (Century Rain was my favorite) which must have planted the seed in my head.

Well today that seed bloomed, I could spend hours going though The Steampunk Home and I found this beautiful necklace on etsy.

Oh, and this one too :D


Jane

EDIT: apparently Reynolds is more cyberpunk than steampunk. I've gone and confused my punks!

New York Outfit

I really enjoyed being in New York and, well, dressing up a little. I definitely looked pretty fancy compared to my usual vacation clothes :)

Here's my outfit I wore for a walk in Central Park and Skating on Wollman Rink.

*yawn*

Is it Tuesday already? Last night was busy. Did an at home workout with the boyfriend. We can't seem to make it to the gym.

I'll have a New York outfit up tonight and I'll be doing a bit on my search for the right cleansing system soon.

Outfit - Nov 13th, 2008

I bought some awesome boots in New York. I absolutely love them! Today's outfit had me humming Darth Vader's theme all day :)




Necklace. Can't remember :D
Sweater. Gap
Skirt. Necessary Objects
Leggings. Razzle Dazzle
Boots. DKNY

Lazy day

So last night I just cuddled up on the couch, partly because I was tired, partly because I was cold. When I got warmed up I didn't want to move an inch. This led to me not posting last night.

I'll certainly get something up today, I've turned the heat up a little so I wouldn't be too cold :D

I'm wearing my two favorite new items. A skirt with pockets (so comfy) and my DKNY patent boots. Can't wait to show off!

I'm back!

And boy, do I have a lot to show! So many nice things. It was so much fun!

I'll post some New York pictures this evening!

The women who had highlights for less than 24 hours

I've scheduled a redo. I'm going back to brown.

Well, I guess I've learned my lesson. Don't change things that are working perfectly fine on their own :)

My complexion on the other hand . . .

I don't likey

Ok, so I decided to get highlights, and I asked for caramel. But when we put the caramel in it was too close to my own hair so we went for lighter.

But I really don't like lighter.



I'm going to call my stylist tomorrow to darken it again.

- Jane

Feeling good today

Well this morning went much better. I got up ten minutes earlier and I had clothes washed for the day :)

Hopefully I'll get an outfit shot today before I get too wrinkly.

Not a good morning

This morning I decided to wear my black leggings and my black lace trimmed skirt with my big grey sweater and my boots. We were running late. I was just finishing up my hair, my boyfriend kissed me goodbye (because if he's late darkness will blot out the sun) and I went to put on my skirt. It stuck. I could barely get it up, the leggings were like velcro making the skirt stick to my legs in a most unflattering manner. You probably heard my cries of frustration. I had to pick out something else at the last minute and it's not pretty. I had to wear my brown cords but I couldn't find my brown socks so I could wear my cute little flats. No, all I could find were olive socks so I ended up wearing my black boots. Oh and the cords are a little on the short side because apparently I'm on the abnormally tall side and pants don't like to be the right length for me :D

So, it basically boils down to one thing:

Jane is not in a good mood today.

I want one

These are just the cutest! They're called Nabaztag's, little rabbits that hang out in your house and let you know what's happening on the internet. I like the idea that it could keep me updated on facebook, twitter, and my feeds. Very cool. And fun too.

Besides the cuteness I like where this is going. The idea that we'll be interacting with technology in a less conspicuous way in the future is pretty neat. I won't have to pick up my phone to check the weather, I'll just have to ask my little electronic friend :)

Renaming

So, I think I'm going to rename the blog to Jane.Style tonight. I'm also going to try a more personnal tone in my posts. Hopefully this'll work better than my current stategy (and I'm not even sure what the current stategy is).

Jane

All dressed up

I got all dressed up as Death last night. It was fun for many reasons, trying to get my hair all puffy, applying liquid eyeliner for the fist time, making an Ankh necklace at the last minute with my boyfriend :)

And here's the end result!



We had a great time eating candy and drinking at our friend's Halloween party, thanks Jessica :)