Daily Outfit: Meeting at the bank

To further encourage my Frenchification, I had a meeting with the bank with an intention to open my own account. In Euros!

This is the most business-like attire I could manage given my limited wardrobe

And after: Success! Approved! Look how French I am now with my baguette and bank files!

Daily Outfit: I'm French Now

Look at that, grey skies and a baguette in hand. No doubt about, I'm turning French!

Paris: Views from my friend's apartment window

Abandoned railway lines that I am keen to explore

And if you lean across the balcony, and stretch your arm out, you can take a mediocre shot of the twinkling Eiffel Tower. Good thing I don't get vertigo

Red brooches

What's this? French women scrabbling through wares like commoners? It cannot be.

But yet, this is the site that greeted me a few days back. French ladies trawling through boxes of cheap goods in a pop-up market stall. I joined in the rummage and unearthed the following brooches for 1€ each. I steered clear of the 1€ neon underwear.....









Hopefully this will put a sparkle into my (becoming dull) outfits!

The Nanny

So the other night I was watching The Nanny dubbed into French(!), and was heartbroken to hear no Nanny Fine twang! They made a big mistake in casting their French speakers.

However, I would like to take this opportunity to publicly worship those responsible for costume design. What goddesses! All the characters are perfectly sculpted by their wardrobes. Pure genius.

As an homage, I created my first ever polyvore set last night around 2am. This one's for you, Nanny Fine!

Internet times

I've been playing around a little on Looklet.com but am disappointed by the range of shoes available.

Watch this space!

Daily Outfit: With the man who walks through walls

See what I mean about outfit repetition?

On Tuesday I adventured through Paris, contrasting the metal and glass skyscraper-filled La Défense with the old world charm of Montmartre.

And the sun came out!

J'adore la France!

I'm taking lots of pictures!

Daily Outfit: Monday along the Marne

You may have started to notice a little repetition going on in my outfits. Unfortunately with only two skirts in my possession, and me loathe to wear pants, this is somewhat hard to avoid. But I promise that I'm trying to mix-it-up!

I walked along the beautiful Marne river taking photographs of old houses. This shot was taken in the middle of cooking dinner: and I didn't let it burn!

The cutest book

In the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (listen to me namedrop...), amongst the many bookshops I found this sweet picture book, Around the World with Mouk.




The "story" revolves around Mouk, a cute bear who sets off around the world in search of adventure. Each page is a hypercolour utopia, Richard Scarry style. The conversations between some of the resident animals are genuinely hilarious, and just obscure enough to tickle my fancy.

Mouk ambles through Africa!

Mouk brings joy to Japan!

Not only are the illustrations ridiculously cute, the humour quirky and the pages bursting with colour, but the pages themselves are highly tactile as they are very thick, and very glossy.


The cherry on top? The book comes with 40 re-usable stickers!