Posts

Showing posts from January, 2014

Today...

Image
Today's buy by chirico on Polyvore Stivali Nero Giardini per donna in pelle verdegris e chiusura lampo:...   The weekend started on a great note... I went to check a shoe store around here, and found these beautiful Nero Giardini boots on sale. They were super comfortable, and I like that this color is really versatile - not quite grey, not quite brown... Can't wait to start using them! 

Link love!

Image
Pin via I haven't done the link love for a while, but those links here were too good not to share. I think I'll start doing a link list on a random base, when I have enough good links I can't keep them for myself anymore! A very special list of resolution - or "non resolution". The bit about pregnancy especially resonated with me. And how about this ? Who wouldn't want to follow this resolution? A cake I will make for sure - as soon as I finish the stack of Christmas sweets still hanging around in my house. Some fresh fashion for 2014. And a suggestion for who gets overwhelmed by wardrobe cleaning (via You Look Fab )

Thoughts and questions.

Image
    Pin Via I didn't think that being pregnant would take me to a whole new level of doubting and questioning myself/my choices. I guess the most amazing thing is that I never ever questioned my will to start working again as soon as I can (in Italy we are lucky enough to have a 5 month paid maternity leave), and husband is very ok with this. I guess having around my mom and female relatives who didn't even think about NOT going back to work shaped my thinking when I was little. And with this I don't intend to criticize women who didn't go back to work. I am just saying it wouldn't be the best choice for me. To each their own. My doubts are more in the form of health/general well being. Being pregnant pushed me to think about my own well being. It made me realize that before anything else I have to care of myself, to be able to care about the little one too. So if I feel like I am tired, I need to sleep, I don't need another cup of coffee (al

52 weeks money saving chalenge!

Image
Pin via I found this pin through the Her Late Night Craving girls. It's a nice challenge and I am going to start this - I don't think I am putting my money in a jar, I am just doing transfers to my savings account (as stupid as it may seem to transfer 3 €), in addition to the money I transfer there monthly. I am sure 1378€ more will be very useful at the end of the year!

Sales!

Image
Image source Yesterday it was the first day of sales here. And I didn't get anything! There are very few (almost no) stores that carry maternity stuff here, so I'd have to drive to the nearest city. I'll try tomorrow at a store a friend suggested me. At the same time, I got 3 onesies for the little one who is coming in April. I wanted pink, but I didn't like the pink stuff at the store, so I went for yellow and orange/green. So excited to start buying her stuff, I know she'll have lots of clothes! But I got a very needed massage, since I am starting to ache in my lower back. On Tue the swimming pool will re-open after the festivities, I think it'll do me good to go swimming. During this short break, husband and I started to put together the little one's room. We did quite a lot, now we just need a chair and the bed, which I'll get from my sister. And we started to check daycares here in the area, to compare prices and see how we feel about people

This year best (re)discoveries

Image
This tear best (re)discoveries by chirico featuring beauty products I am kicking off the new year with a list of products I have discovered and loved this year - plus three bonus old loves. From top left: New discoveries: Revivre Hydra Crema Idratante . I bought this at the beauty salon upon suggestion from the girls there, and I have to say it's awesome. It's hydrating and rich but not heavy nor greasy. Love! Naked palette by Urban Decay . At first I was a bit taken aback by the price - I never spent that much on an eye palette. But it's well worth the money: the colors are beautiful, they last for the whole day, blend well and give lots of coverage. But most people already know this, right? Leocrema crema corpo Argan. This is a good basic body lotion that doesn't leave my skin sticky and has a light enough smell to be tolerated during the first months of my pregnancy. Every other body cream/butter had a smell which left me nauseous! It was horribl