My pre-Valentine's Dinner

After work on the 13th, we went out to a restaurant. On weekdays work ends so late, so we didn't want to go on Monday. We went to a Asian restaurant called "Tao Fusion". We've been there before and I remember the sushi weren't any good, but Sebastian had the sushi this time and it tasted better, so kudos to them for stepping up their game!

 At first we wanted to share the dumplings for starter, but the waiter told us there was something missing to make dumplings, so we chose spring rolls instead, delicious! ♥

 When we were done with our spring rolls another waiter came out and served us the dumplings, said they were on the house because they didn't taste the way they should, ha ha ^_^ But they were good, I love getting free food!

 I had Chicken with teriyaki sauce, it didn't taste like teriyaki usually does, but it was still very delicious.

Soy sauce, pickled ginger and sea weed salad. I used to hate ginger, but I forced myself to eat it because it's good for your immune system, and now I really really LOVE it! :D I loved the taste of the sea weed salad, but not the texture. I think a lot of times it's like that with Japanese food, good taste and not-so-good texture. 

We had a very nice time Sunday, the food was great and the service was great as well.

Tumblr?

I just created a tumblr, and I'm not entirely sure of how it works. Is it okay to upload your own pictures (taken with your own camera) and pictures you just have stored on your hard drive, or can I only re-blog other peoples pictures? I know that it's illegal to download other people's pictures, but we all do it, and we use the on our blogs, is tumblr different? My question is: do people do this? The last thing I want it so offend anyone, it's just that I have a ton of gorgeous pictures on my computer, and I would love to share them with people! I can't re-blog them since I don't remember where they came from.

Today's Coord

 We were suppose to go out to a restaurant on Friday, but we ended up going out clubbing instead (and I realize how much I fucking hate drinking, never again!). So today after work we are going out instead. It's kind of like a birthday/Valentine's-dinner. Figured it'd be the 14th in Asia by then, ha ha ^_^ That doesn't really have anything at all to do with outfits, just that I dressed up to go out eating later. The dress is new, I got it for a Christmas present. I noticed that it's too big, especially over the chest and shoulders, so I had to wear a cardigan over it so I wouldn't accidentally flash someone, ha ha ^_^''

Rundown:

Dress: Rare Fashion/Nelly.com

Cardi: Topshop

Boots: Nelly.com

I'm so in love with my new eyeshadow! It's not too noticeable, but it really brings a new kind of depth to my eye make-up ^_^

Ow ow ow...

Today has been such a lazy day, ironic since it was just yesterday I told everybody that they should work out even when they don't feel like it. I'm such a hypocrite! I can't do anything, when I got out of bed this morning it felt like someone had been brutally beating my thighs and butt with a bat all night >.<  I really want this pain to disappear as quickly as possible, it's so frustrating, when you've finally gotten the good habit to exercise, and something like this happens. Or you get a cold. I'm afraid people will think that I'm just making excuses, when really I'm just lazy.

Spent all morning out on the porch reading in my bikini, I'm getting quite the tan! It's so awesome to start your tanning in February, because the sooner you start the longer it will hold. My face is as pale as always, but I'm thinking I should use fake tanner on my face instead, because I don't want to start the botox just yet. Today I read Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote, finished it too, it was pretty short and a light read. I prefer the film over the book, though. The ending is better, plus you get to watch the lovely Audrey Hepburn for two hours straight!

Today's Exercise

♥ 20 minutes of combined cardio and strength
♥ 30 minutes of Just Dancing

Didn't feel like working out today, and we didn't go to the gym because it's too expensive to take a cab there with just two people. Anyways, I think it's important that you still DO, even when you don't want. Maybe you just don't do as much as you normally would, but a little is better than nothing, am I right? Usually it's more fun than you thought it was going to be!

My muscles are pretty sore right now, so mostly I just didn't want to work out because of the pain. After wards I rewarded myself by sitting on the porch in the sun in a bikini reading my new book. And finished it! It's too bad though, I would've liked it to be longer. At least I got a little tanned :)

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Today's Coord

 I got this dress in the package from my mom today, it's actually one of the dresses Sebastian got me for Christmas, only it arrived after we had left Sweden.

Rundown:

Fedora: H&M

Denim Jacket: Levi's

Dress: Melba.se

Shoes: Converse

I'm wearing my new eyeshadow today, but it wouldn't show up in the pictures. Would you say it's better to apply if after or before you apply eyeliner? I'm not used to wearing it, so I have to practice to make it look good! Didn't wear any lashes today, no good reason for it, I'm just lazy I suppose.

Birthday times! (image heavy)

I was so over-excited yesterday, I barely got any sleep tonight, but I'm not tired at all, I've been really happy and cheerful all day ^_^

 The best thing about birthdays is that you get woken up by a song ^_^

Today's Exercise

♥ 16 minutes of treadmill (warm-up)
♥ 1 hour of strength exercises focusing on the chest, mostly. Also some back and tummy exercises.
♥ 7 minutes of cross-training

I went by myself today, because Seb was a la-Z-boy and wanted to stay at home. It was okay, though, I was accompanied by a friend from work. We both had our reasons to work out hard today, almost the entire office is going to Nicosia Tuesday-Wednesday to watch Sweden meet Cyprus in soccer, and I'm planning to stay at home and eat A LOT of cake tomorrow! I was really excited to work out today, I actually started early at home, with some dancing and stretching. I really want to become more flexible, I'm desperately trying to put my foot behind my head, but I always end up falling on my back like a beetle :(

Sweet and Cheerful ♡

 I bought myself a little Sunday treat today, Hello Panda crackers and a Pooh-themed surprise egg, instead of a egg you got a bunch of chocolate coins. Oh, I don't mind, more chocolate for me ♥

Today's Coord

 Today I'm wearing my sort-of-new shorts with a vintage top. I would've wished for a different silhouette, but you can't always have what you want, can you? I'm thinking about cutting of that ruffle from the top, I think it would be easier to style without it.

Funny thing about the shorts, I just bought them because they were cheap, and I thought I'd be able to make a few coords with them, but I'm starting to really like them! They're very versatile.

Rundown:

Top: A vintage boutique in Stockholm, don't remember the name of it.

Shorts: H&M

Boots: Nelly.com

I'm wearing the lashes that I ordered with my lenses from Honeycolor. I really like the look of them, but they lack in quality and are very hard to apply. These are pretty much the only lashes I have that really gives my eyes a different look, I would love to find a pair in the same design but with better quality! 

Such a bummer with my hair today, I wanted to try to make a small hair-ribbon on top, but it turned out very ugly and I entangled my hair into the hairband, when I finally had gotten myself out of it there was no time to curl the rest of my hair :( I've been really bothered by it all day >.<

What did I do today?

 Today we went on a guided tour to watch old ruins from the Greek/Roman-era. It was pretty nice in the ruin-area, because it had grass! Haven't seen that in a long time.

 Hi hi, mine! ♥

 My favourite part about the tour was the cats! Very small and cute, but this one was a bitch. Refused to give me a face shot :(

 This cat was a better model.

 But this one was my favourite! So small, and such a beautiful colour ^_^

 Most of the exhibition was these kind of mosaic "paintings", they were floors really. The guide told us that they were like carpets. A lot of them had a story to them, Greek mythology. I have so many of these pictures, but I don't want to bore you. They were actually really cool in real life, very nice details and almost three dimensional! Amazing that they were able to save these for thousands of years.

 Ruins from an old house, Roman.

 Some kind of labyrinth.

 More house ruins, pretty cool that these houses actually had floor-heat, the walls were much thicker than they are now. I think Cyrpiots should learn a little something about house-building from their ancestors!

 After a while I became cranky, hungry and restless. I'm not really into museums and stuff, I want to DO, not watch! Felt a little bit like being in school.

 Pretty pink flowers <3

 Lighthouse and ominous dark skies.

Cranky! But after the tour we went to Starbucks and Seb treated me to a soy chai tea latte, so I cheered up! ^_^

Today's Coord

 My look today, it's a bit more grunge than gal I think ^_^

Rundown:

Hat: Mantaray

Cropped shirt: American Apparel

Tank top: H&M

Shirt: Sebastians (H&M)

Cut-offs: H&M

Shoes: Converse

 Simple make-up, but I'm actually really proud of myself, because I was in a hurry today and still managed to come up with a new coord, do my make-up with both lashes and lenses, AND curl my hair a little. I wish I would've time to curl it more, though, most of the curl disappeared under the hat. I think it's sooo cute with to loose ponytails like this that are really big and fluffy ^_^

Smile, be happy! ♥

Recipe: Pasta with Chicken, pesto and feta cheese

I'm totally obsessed about this right now, I eat it for dinner as often as possible! It's really easy to do and can be changed to meet your specific choices in food, like eating it without pasta if you don't eat carbs, or without chicken if you're a vegetarian.

You'll need:

♥ Pasta, I use whole grain which is healthier, and actually tastes exactly the same!
♥ Chicken
♥ Pesto
♥ Feta Cheese
♥ Salt & pepper

(ha ha, I'm embarrassed that I made that list, it says it all in the title ;____;).

Start by boiling up water, cut the chicken in tiny pieces. Since you want to eat this with a fork and spoon, you'd better chop the chicken into bite size bits. Fry the chicken with salt and pepper, and for God's sake make sure that it's not a least bit pink before taking it out of the pan! Raw chicken kills you if you just look at it for too long O__O When the water is boiling you put the pasta in the boiling water, use less than you think you need, I always end up making way too much, leave it in the pot for 8 minutes. When the pasta is done you pour out the hot water, and then you mix the chicken and pasta with the pesto and feta cheese, sprinkle it off with some fresh ground pepper, Done!



Ha ha, this really is cooking for dummies ^_^ It's not because I think you're stupid or anything, it's just that some people aren't use to cooking, and if you never cooked before you can be confused over even the simplest matters. Sometimes the recipes in cooking books are hard to understand if you don't even know the basics. This category is more "food tips" than recipes, really.

Boooo!

I've had a lousy day today! We slept in even though we were going to the gym at 12.30 today. So I got out of bed just before 12 and didn't want to eat when I was gonna work out right after. Because I hadn't had breakfast I was lacking energy, and also I was cranky. I love breakfast and enjoy it more than any other meal of the day, it's a routine and I love making it and I love watching tv shows while eating. Today I couldn't do either and it puts me off I guess. My effort today was lousy! No energy or will.

When I got home I finally got my breakfast/lunch, which was delicious! After a few episodes of Sons of Anarchy and digesting our food, it was time to get to work for me. Usually we don't work Fridays, but my services was needed today, ha ha. It's okay, I got some fun time on the internet as well! Hopefully this lousy day can have a happy ending at least. I'm thinking Just Dance! Oh, and Sons of Anarchy. That show has really grown on me now :)

Sun, sun shine my way

Looks like the weather is finally turning, thank God! I don't mean to rub this in your faces or anything, if I could have my way everybody would have it nice and sunny all year round. I really want it to be spring/summer here again because our apartment is just about as cold as the outside (which means about 13°C!). Also, I need to get my tan on, would be very embarrassed if I spent 6 months in Cyprus and came back being as pale as always :( Only, I can't find the Hawaiian Tropic-oil I usually use, do you think olive oil will have the same effect?

Happy Post Office Day!

After waking up this morning, I awaited my boss to call so that he could pick me up and drive me to the big post office, I received a note about a package with my name on it yesterday. I didn't want to be interrupted eating breakfast, so I post-poned that and roasted some hazelnut while I waited.

And look what a marvelously big package I picked up! ♥ I know what's in it, but I'm gonna be strong and not open it until Tuesday, since this is pretty much my birthday present. I'm super-excited about my birthday, even though I don't really look forward to becoming older. I just love a day that is all in my honor. According to me, all of February belongs to me, and you have to be super-nice to me at least until Valentine's, ha ha ^_^ 

Other than that, I've went to the gym, made new granola (that's why I was roasting hazelnuts this morning) and now I'm at work and blogging out of boredom.

Today's Exercise

♥ A total of 25 minutes treadmill.
♥ Strength exercises, arms and back.

I didn't feel too hot when we got to the gym, I felt weak and not at all up for exercising. Honestly I was thinking about just calling it a day and work harder next time, but then I thought "No, I work out until I pass out, if I don't pass out I didn't feel so bad after all". Maybe that's not a very healthy mindset, but I didn't really believe I was going to pass out, so ^_~ I always compete with Seb when we run on the treadmills next to each other, and I was determine to burn more calories than he did. It felt really good to compete, and to run fast!

I really love going to the gym, and I regret only choosing a two month membership, maybe I'll extend it all throughout March as well. I'm a little worried that I won't be able to keep in shape if I don't. I have this magazine with home-workouts, I have YouTube-videos and I have Just Dance, but I think I'll really miss lifting those weights! When I get home I'm definitely buying some gym equipment for home usage.

Mika ♥ egg

I thought I should start making "My picks"-posts, with scans from magazines and which styles I like from them. First out is scans from the February issue of egg. I download all my scans from Tokyo_Jam, the downloads are reasonably quick with free downloading, and it seems to be uploaded in good time. I hope that it is okay that I steal them for my posts. If it's not I will stop.

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One thing I loved with this issue were the pages with Yuma and her style, she's my favourite egg model and she has great style. I really couldn't pick so I just posted the full pages.Yet I don't have the confidence to wear stuff that's too sexy and revealing, and I think it looks better on very skinny people, like Yuma (or just any model, lol). For me the co-ords with white and camel are most inspiring, I could see myself wearing something similar, not being uncomfortable. I absolutely LOVE those thigh high white boots with the fur lining. And she seems to do, too ^_^

1. The combination of red jeans and leopard jacket looks so cool! I love that this kind of feels like a "twin-coord", even though the only similarity is the leopard.
2. Nice and simple outfit, I love that she can make a poofy coat like that look stylish!
3. I desperately want to lay my hands on those fluffy leg warmers, they're gorgeous. You have to be careful with an item like this, there's a chance that it will end up looking "raver-ish", but she pulls it off wonderfully.
4. So. Sexy.
5. I like the use of denim cut-offs in winter outfits (COLD!!), and this picture is a great example of how you always look better when you're tanned.

 1. I love Rominhis thigh high/leopard combo.
2. Kanako seems to be adding some more femininity to her style, which makes me like her more (I don't like boyish styles, co&lu etc.). She looks great with the new extensions, and this still feels like her style, just more matured.
3. Love the hat and socks, I could easily see myself wearing this in the early spring/fall.
4. Once again, the hat! And the coat, and the tights. Love.
5. Her red hair is just wonderful, and she really makes me want to pull of a pant suit just as well.

1. The sheepskin coat was said to be a huge hit this f/w, I have seen surprisingly few of them, but this is definitely how they should be worn! It creates such a lovely, slim silhouette when worn with tights like this.
2. Mm-m, leather pants! :D
3. I've always been a fan of those fake sports jerseys, there's something sexy about them, maybe because they remind you of Playboy/Victoria's Secret? It's an interesting combination with the fur, but it looks great.
4. Kind of a casual rock-ish look, this is about as rokku as I would go ^_^''
5. Cute and stylish girls both of them, but the Nordic print dress is what caught my eye. Seems as though I never can get enough of that Nordic print! I also love the fringe boots, always have.

Good Day

I've started to get up earlier in the mornings, I hate the fact that I always sleep. I never do that in Sweden, always waking up all happy and excited for the new day to start. Seb said it's maybe because our bed here is super-uncomfortable, which means that the sleep we get isn't "high quality" sleep like we get in our bed at home. I have such troubles going to sleep, too. Feels like my spinal cord gets all crooked!

Today was very beautiful and sunny, warm and not a cloud in sight! Wednesday is grocery day, so no gym today, but at least I played 30 minutes of Just Dance. It's such a good game, I can recommend it to all Wii-owners! I really love dancing, I'm terrible at it (no rhythm) but it's so much fun! I dance all the time, it's a great way to make any boring chore more fun.

I'm happy today because we bought very much food, and I love shopping, even when it's just for groceries. I'm also happy because I checked my account balance and had a lot more money than I would've expected. I'll try not to spend anymore this month so that I can save money for an awesome birthday present for Sebastian. He always wins in the contest of who gives the best presents (so actually, I win, ha ha), but not this time! I'm gonna brake him down SO HARD, bastard will never see it coming!

My lunch.

Another reason why I'm happy today: I finally find dark, whole wheat bread at the store. It was hidden in the health food section, and weirdly I hadn't seen it before. So for lunch today I had a sandwich with cream cheese, regular cheese and vegetables, and some yogurt for "dessert". I have found ONE cheese I like here, it's called something like Tistal and it kind of resembles the priest cheese that I always buy in Sweden. But I don't like the fact that people outside of the north don't use cheese slicers, what's wrong with you?! I hate thick slices, feels so cheap.

And here's the food I made for Seb, he's on the low carb high fat-diet, so I made him a carb free pizza, the crust is made of cream, egg and different kinds of cheese. It tasted okay, but you were full after one tiny bite! I love making this kind of food though, my food can be a bit boring since I'm always restraining the calories, so it's fun to get to just pour as much fat as possible into a meal! 

I found the recipe here (in Swedish).

Yesterdays + Today's Coords

Because they both were pretty much failures, I don't think they deserve a post each.

 (I don't have a huge Santa-belly, I'm just wearing my shirt poofy).

One of those kind of outfits that you think look good when you put them on, but after wearing them for a while and checking the mirror a few times, you realize you don't look so hot, AT ALL. But you don't have time to change so you just ride out the storm.

 The one time this week I have a lot of time, and I just felt super-lazy and didn't wear anything real. At least it's an excess of Nordic print!

♡ My Poupee Today ♡

This is my poupee's look of today, I had a little shopping spree on the new "Date Night"-clothes. This is soooo how I want to look this spring! I just love cute, frilly socks with heels (I did last year too but I never wore it :/). I also love the combination of a high-cut shirt with a mini skirt, it looks very cute, feminine and elegant at the same time!

I wish life was more like Pupe, because my wardrobe would be much bigger, and the clothes a lot cheaper (and cuter!).

So cute I may just fall to my death!!

I was browsing the internet for some inspiration regarding home design, when I stumbled upon these adorable hand warmers:

I'm completely mad about penguins, but I was happily surprised to see that it came in owl as well. I've really taken a liking to owls since I saw Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole, really cute movie, you should totally check it out!

I think penguins are cuter, but owls have more colours and are therefore more interesting. Truly beautiful animals.

The "Hotties" can be found at Urban Outfitters.

Today's Exercise

♥ 5 minutes of cross-training as warm-up
♥ 25 minutes of strength exercises, focusing on shoulders and abs
♥ 17 minutes of cross-training

We spend less time at the gym on Tuesdays, and tomorrow it's grocery day. My arms are really sore today, so it will be nice to have a day of rest, but hopefully I'll be able to Just Dance instead (but maybe I won't due to my sore arms).

The cross-training has become a lot easier, I usually do about 15 minutes on it, because I want to do strength exercises as well (that's what burns the fat ;)). It has become a lot easier, and I'm trying to work on a harder level each time!