Monday, September 16, 2013

Friday the 13th Outfits

I actually ventured out the the door twice on Friday AND I managed to take some photos of both my outfits. Sadly I am still lacking a full length mirror so you get cut off legs...

The first outfit is one I love! The black velvet dress is a wardrobe staple that you have seen before in a couple of outfits. The golden/amber skirt was too small for a friend so she gave it to me. It is a balloon type piece, but not very fluffy. It is longer in the back than in the front and is rather ridiculously tiny in the waist. I must have gotten slightly thinner though, I remember it being a bit too tight on me. I haven't worn it much as I have found it difficult to match it with other things in my wardrobe (and a bit too tight). But now that I have found this combination I love it! It matches my amber colored key rosary necklace perfectly! :D







I wore this outfit for a trip to the library. I met the librarian (or rather library assistant) whose place I am going to take when she goes on maternity leave in about a month and we talked a bit about that. I'm going to actually have a real job in a month, a job that will be almost full time and that will last for more than a few months. This has never happened to me before. It seems the local library has decided that they like me and hopefully they will continue to supply me with part time and short term jobs until they can finally give me a permanent position. 

I also borrowed some books about preserves and some other recipe books, two with cookie and cake recipes and one with soups! Then I bought beer and, finally, beer glasses! Now I have two pretty tulip shaped glasses to drink my awesome beers from! I had to try out a glass of course and the glass was good but the beer I tried was kind of "meh". It was Achel 8 Blond. Really pretty color and pretty lacy foam though! I checked ratings and reviews of it online and it is apparently a well liked and reputable beer. And I can't really find anything to complain strongly about. I just found it a bit watery, not as full-bodied as I would have liked, and I like my beers a bit sweeter and spicier than this... Aaand that concludes the beer review part of this blog post. ;)


My second outfit of the day was this one. All itmes here, except for the shirt, are wardrobe staples that I think you have seen before. The shirt is my most recent clothing find. Sometimes I find goodies where I would least expect it. This time at Gina Tricot. But I do really like the color and shape of this shirt. I always have my eyes open for clothing with a color somewhere between brown/red/pink. This one is a brownish pink that can't really be called pink...  A truely indefinable color! It makes me think of blush... I was afraid that the shirt would be too ordinary, but a top hat, some forged iron jewelry and pleather pants works wonders!



Oh, and the perfume of the day was Slumberhouse Sova. I LOVE Sova!! It is my new favorite! Hay, hops, immortelle, all good and sweet without being foody! Smells a bit like a non foody curry in a decidedly good way! Talk about a full bodied and sweet scent! I think my taste in beer echoes my taste in perfume... My favorite beer (De Molen Bommen & Granaten) kind of reminds me of Sova! ;)

In conclusion, I lived through another Friday the 13th without any bad luck at all! 

18 comments:

  1. I really like that first outfit. There aren't many outfits that utilize that shade of gold and I think it is a lovely one. Especially paired with the black dress.

    And you should absolutely do a post on beers and your favorites. It is a thing I am trying to appreciate more...

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    1. Thank you! I really like that color but it doesn't really work with any other color but black. The skirt is also otherwise rather difficult to match with anything...

      When I lived in Uppsala I used to meet once a month with some fantasy geeks who also shared an interest in beer. So I sort of was dragged into their passionate interest! Uppsala had some really cheap student pubs too where they had a large selection of beer. That is one of the things I miss terribly about Uppsala. I can't get my favorite beers here in Finland. :¨( I am trying to appreciate the beers I can find here, but so far the ones I have tried are all rather unimpressive. I guess I'm a bit spoiled because my geek friends recommended me the very best beers and now I can't find anything that is as good...

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    2. Unfortunately that is a constant worry in the never ending quest to perfect and refine yourself. Eventually you develop such exquisite taste for the best in everything that the majority of the world no longer can be tolerated and you lose that connection with day to day life. Alas! Still, better you know good beer than not, no?

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    3. Yeah, I guess that's the truth of it... Part of the problem for me that I have only known good beer. I never had beer before getting to know the beer geeks and with them I only drank good beer. So meeting the real world of crap beer has been a bit of a chock... But at the moment I have a beer in my fridge that I have high hopes about. Supposedly it is sweet, spicy and full-bodied! Let's hope it lives up to my expectations!

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    1. Thank you! My hat is my (almost) constant companion!

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  4. What lovely outfits! You always look fantastic!

    I am so jealous of you, I am still trying to get a library job! So much competition!

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    1. Thank you!!

      The people at the local library have known me forever and I was lucky enough to get to intern there. After my internship I just got job offer after job offer! :) I don't even have my library science degree finished yet, but they seem to want me anyway... I don't think I have that much competition around here. It is possible that there aren't that many young people from the swedish speaking minority that have a library education...

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  5. Beautiful outfits, nice hat i have one this too :p

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    Thank you beautiful girl ♡

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  6. Vilka fina kläder :) Vad kul att du ska få jobba som biblotekarie! Grattis :)
    För några veckor sedan var jag ute i skogen med barnen. vi gick till en skogsbäck och där hittade jag massor med vattenmynta som jag plockade och har torkat till te. Har du hittat sån någon gång? Den doftar lite svagt av citron men ser ut som en vitblommande kungsmynta. Leta vid rinnande vatten.

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    1. Tack! <3 Vattenmynta har jag nog aldrig stött på. Det kan vara att jag bor för långt norrut, men det finns ingen bäck eller annat rinnande vatten här i närheten heller. Bara tröga diken och sumpiga åar... Fast jag vet om en bäck en bit bort. Har inte varit där på flera år så det kanske är dags! ;)

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    2. Jag bor i mitten av dalarna. Det är ganska långt norrut och vi har ibland under -30 på vintern. där jag hittade vattenmyntan var en ravin med en bäck i botten, granskog runtom. Ett annat ställe jag har hittat den på är vid en badplats med gräsmatta där en liten bäck rinner ut. Det verkar som om det ska vara rent rinnande vatten och inte för högt gräs där vattenmyntan ska trivas.

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  7. Oh, I love both outfits, you totally rock the second one especially! Weird question, you mention the person you're replacing at the library is going on maternity leave. What's that like in Finland? Do women (or even men) get paid leave? It doesn't affect me personally but health care here generally sucks so I'm just curious what it's like elsewhere.

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    1. Thank you!!

      I don't know that much about maternity leave but I do know that it is payed and that most mothers are on leave for about a year. There is a huge support system for parents with all sorts of monetary support for both the mother and the father. I'm not going to have children myself but I'm generally a fan of Finnish health care! :D

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    2. Thanks for the info Nadja! In the U.S. the only thing I know of is FMLA, which gives mothers 12 UNPAID weeks and even that is conditional to where one is working and how much time they've put in. Isn't that terrible? Our country seems quite obsessed with women's bodies and babies until they're born, after that, you're on your own. (sorry to hijack your comments, I was just really interested!)

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