God Bless America!

I get to stay in this country for two more weeks!

The main thing that I love about America, that I am not sure if Americans realize this, is your choice.
You all have so many choices, even with something like coke. There are so many types of coke available at all times.
Right now I'm in Los Altos. I have the choice to eat really healthy, or not as healthy. The options , within a walking distance, are really good, no fast food.
All the pop I've had has been made with pure cane sugar, all natural ingredients, no corn syrup, which I try to avoid at all costs.

I know that the healthy options everywhere might be a California specific thing, cause I have visited the majority of states, from the northeast to southeast, the west coast, and most of the rest, but I've still seen CHOICE in every state.

I'm really bad at expressing myself, but I just love America and I dont think it gets the credit it deserves.

Go To

This has been my go to outfit as of late.
Black tights, black shorts, black top.
This is pretty much all I packed.
I totally didnt even think about being in all black in the hot sun.
It is not the most comfortable thing to wear during the day, but perfect for the evening.











I went into Ross's to check it out and I was pretty un-impressed. I dont know if they are better in other cities, but everything in this city is all picked through and a mess, even the Target and Walmart. I was about to give up and then went to check out the shoe section. Each size aisle had about 5 shoes, all messy. But then this pair of nude coloured shoes caught my eye. I picked them up and saw the name inside, JEFFERY CAMPBELL. I almost died. I checked the price and they were reduced to $9.99. I died. Then I went around and checked all the sizes for more and found the black wooden clogs I've been wanting for ages, for $34.00.

Part 3

What a weekend!
We are really enjoying ourselves out here.

Before the weekend, I spent my time exploring the stores and mall close by. I discovered this magical place called Daiko, which is a Japanese dollar store.
I can't believe all the amazing things they have, all for $1.50 each.





I also went into Walmart to compare prices and some things cost twice as much as they do at home. Palo Alto is not a cheap city.

I always have to get poptarts in the states cause they have better flavours.



Just so you know, the great value is way better than the brand name.

Part 2

The heat! I cant believe it.

I now regret bringing only black clothes cause it takes about two seconds before i'm all sweat.

The first night here, we ordered pizza. It was so yummy. I really liked the box too.



Last weekend, my husband went into San Francisco and bought me a record!



Lydiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

The couch in the hotel is a chaise lounge. I've been taking about how much I want one for ages now.



And this is the view:



I really love it here, the only problem is that the food does not agree with me. It doesnt matter what I eat, I get sick. At first I blamed the greasy pizza, but yesterday I ate yummy fresh sushi and the only drinks I had were all natural/organic/healthy, and I still got sick. I dont know what it is about food in this state but this happened last time i was in California too.

I have to wait about an hour until the walmart opens so i can pick up some laundry detergent and maybe go to joanns fabrics.

I'll probably watch Jersey Shore to kill the time.

California Time!

I made it!
It was a long couple of flights, but I'm here.
I got to the hotel at about 8pm, ordered an amazing pizza, and watched Portlandia and went to bed.

This morning (I cant believe it's only 9am here. I'm still on eastern time) we walked out to get coffee and I was wearing a dress with no leggings, and thats it. We did this at 8am and it was warm enough to do this. The funniest part is that there was this sandwich board at the coffee shop that said "It's cold out, come on in and warm up with a hot drink". THIS IS COLD FOR YOU????

I'm going to go exploring a bit, meaning i'm going to target.
I did go to google maps first thing this morning and do a search for 'thrift stores' and came up with this:



These are about a 20 minute walk from me. I cant wait!

I need to take some shower and take some photos today.

So excited!!!

Last Day

Today is my last day of this:



Yesterday, when I got into the car, not only was the outside of the windshield frozen, but so was the inside. it was -18degrees celsius. When I get into San Francisco tomorrow, its going to be +16degrees celsius. I actually can't wait for it.

Also, there's a teeny tiny chance that we could be moving out there. It's small but it's possible.









I also made a new banner:



I'm still getting used to my tablet, so i'll be making a better one eventually.

I recommend

If you know me at all, you know that I love vintage, thrift, USED CLOTHING, so when I saw a photo of Kristy I just had to do a post about her.

Her blog is Fatty Unbound.
Here are some of my favourites, but there are tons more. Check it out and add it to your reader, rss, whatever.

all black everything

I only want to wear all black.
I cant do this right now, but when I start working on my wardrobe again, I will only be making/buying black things.

I dropped of my husband at the airport this morning, driving through a snowy and unplowed highway. At one point I was making a left hand turn slowly and my car was fishtailing and the car behind me was honking cause I took it too slow, but I WAS FISHTAILING so I obviously didnt take it slow enough.

I suffer from road rage, you should see me at my worst.

I am going to be driving into Los Angles next week and I heard the traffic there is brutal, I hope I can take it!


One more week until I'm in California!!!!!

California!

I just found out that I will be in California for about a month.
I am going to be in Palo Alto.
I need things to do in that area, San Francisco, etc.
If you have any suggestions, please comment or email me.
Also, if you live there and would want to go out and eat Mexican pastries (how i've missed you so) and go thrift shopping, let me know. I will probably be able to drive out and am willing to take a bus or whatever to a near by city.

email me : nofutvre@gmail.com

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I always have a hard time with post titles, so you get a pattern instead.



*The only thing I miss about having a cell phone is that it was my email notification device. I could sync all my emails and I would get that *chime* when I got a new message and I could reply in a timely manner. Now I have to check manually and I always forget.

*I wash my hair and then brush in nice and straight and then tease and knot it. I dont wash my hair for a few days, it dreads in places. I then wash my hair, cry and take a really long time with brushing it straight and tangle/knot free, only to tease it up again.

*going to have a pasta bake for lunch, which I havent had in ages due to my husband not liking pasta

Back to Work

Another year has come and gone.
Not much to show for it, but this year will be different, right????

Last year i re-invented this blog, turned it into an outfit blog. This year I want to continue, but I want to add more art and crafts and sewing. We'll see how well I do with that!









Yesterday my husband and I took a walk to the newly renovated library. It's pretty nice. I am such a fan of the self checkout. I got more recipe books and copied all of the sweets/desserts. There are so many I want to try thanks to Donna Hay, who has replaced Martha Stewart in my books!

I hope everyone had a good holiday/time off. I would do a "what I got for Christmas" post, but I dont think that anyone would be interested in items like a freezer and cutting board as much as I am.