New years resolutions

With only a couple of 2010 hours left, I figured I could do some new years resolutions. What was 2010 for you like? And what have you girls/guys been up to the last couple of days? Having a break as well? I studied for my new job as a cabin attendant and took some time off. I think I'm ready for this new upcomming year and made some new years resolutions:
* Learning and doing everything to pass my exams for my new job.
* Not shopping too much.
* When I'm going to shop, I will look for quality over quantity.
* Staying positive
* I really want to go on holiday in 2011.
What are your new year's resolutions? Have some?

And I want to thank all of you for the support and great comments in 2010. Already 312 followers, that's so amazing! I want to thank each and every one of you and hope you will continue reading my blog. Without all of you this blog wouldn't have grown that fast. I'm so proud! I also want to put a lot more effort to the fashion moodboard in 2011. So keep reading!

Outfit:
Jeans - Zara
Sneakers - H&M
Scarf - Action
Long cardigan - Lady sting
Top - Lady sting
Leather jacket - h&m

xoxo

Video: Personal Merry Xmas message

Stay dreamy!
♪ ♫ ♥
Shalane

Inspiration

I haven't blogged for a week! And lots of things changed, for example the whole dutch landscape! We have about 20cm of snow here, which I have never seen before! It's still freezing outside and the snow is giving many people a difficult time. Don't get me wrong, I love snow, but when you need to work it kind of sucks. Public transport completely stopped running and the airport (where I work) is a complete mess! I'm so glad I have 7(!) days off! After working for 8 fulltime days in a row, on a chaotic airport with people crying, yelling and many delays, I am now chilling down. How about you? Did your holiday started already?



The airport

Imagine how many stories are hidden under just one smile

Stay dreamy!
♪ ♫ ♥
Shalane

These boots are made for walkin'

Still feeling sick. Though after 10 hours of sleep I decided to dress up a bit to show you my beloved boots. I bought them last year and I kind of forgot about them. How the hell did I let that happen right? Aren't they wonderfull? Anyway, I still want to have some nice black ones too. I think about going to a vintage market as soon as I have some time off.

Boots - pieces 89,95
Blazer - primark 9,95
Top - thrifted 2,50
Scarf - h&m 9,95



And......I've been tagged by the lovely fashionablepris, check out her blog! So here we go:

Why did I create my blog?
Spending most of my time reading blogs from other fashionista's, I decided to give it a try, and started my own blog about fashion and interior. Unfortunatly, after a year of hard work, I started to write less, and in the end not writing anymore at all. That was a year ago. But the feeling to blog never disappeared, so last summer I decided to start a new blog, based on a budget. With the fashion moodboard, I want to show others how and where you can buy amazing items when you don't have a huge budget.

What Kind of blogs do I follow?
Blogs from really normal girls. I avoid the 'popular' bloggers, because I can't relate to them, and besides that I hate the commercial and sponsor overload on some of those blogs. Besides stylescrapbook, I love her blog. She's the best. Anyway, the other blogs I visit daily are from girls who don't have a huge budget too. I love too see how they buy and tailor clothes from charity shops and thriftstores. I'm planning on making a post about my favorite blogs soon, so stay tuned :)

Favourite Make Up brand?
I use drugstore makeup. I kind off like them all, but I own a lot of l'oreal things. And I love maxfactors foundation. They have the perfect shade for my very pale skin :)



Favourite Clothing Brand?
I love to shop at h&m. Unfortunately the quality isn't always that good, but they always have some nice items. I really like their divided collection.

Your indispensable makeup product?
I never leave my house without mascara. At this moment, I'm using a really cheap one from etos (drugstore in the netherlands). And I'm really pleased with it.

Your Favourite Colour
Depends on my mood. But I love pastels when it comes to interior.

Your Perfume
I love the new scent by DKNY, pure. Most of the time I go for 'soft' scents.

My Favourite Film
500 days of summer for sure! I've seen that movie over and over again, and I still love it. I think I've seen it about 12 times now. Actually, I might go and see it again tonight, hehe.



What country would you like to visit and why?
I definitly want to go to the united states! Because I really want to go to New York!

Write the last question and answer it yourself
Erm.... hard one. Well, why do I shop in thriftstores? Because I love to have many things for a small amount of money :)

I pass these questions on to Michelle from Miss Independent!

By the way; do you like the new layout? I promise I stick with this ones. I love it.

xoxo
Shalane

You are, who you wear it's true

Hello dear readers, new followers,

My beloved wite landscape disappeared! Oh noes! I'm having a bad day today. I'm feeling sick, hope I won't get the flu! Besides that, I didn't get much sleep last night and this morning the public transport was a complete mess. And, to make my day even more fun, I need to work tonight AGAIN! I have two nightshifts! Argh! Bwah. I'm feeling a bit depressed. But let's cheer up, I'll show you two pictures of my favorite socialite!




My outfit:
Skirt - H&M 9,95 (old, sale)
Cardigan - Zara 6,95 (old, sale)
Legging - H&M divided 9,95
Boots - H&M 39,95

xoxo
Shalane

I've bought some corn for popping

I'm counting the days 'till christmas! Radio is playing christmas carols all day and it's giving me such a happy feeling. What are your plans for christmas? Probably I'm working, but I hope to have one evening off for a family dinner. In the Netherlands we have two days of christmas :) Anyway, today I'm wearing this funny faux fur jacket which I bought at a local fleamarket for 4 euros! I love shopping that way!

Faux fur jacket - fleamarket 4 euro
Pants - zara sale 14,95
Booties - bristol 30 euro
Blouse - h&m 14,95

xoxo
Shalane

STEWARDESS: Ik heb de baan!

First of all I want to share with you that I've got the job! This afternoon I've got a phonecall with the exciting news that I'm hired. My training will start somewhere around january/february 2011! I couldn't be more happy!

And I just want to show you really quickly my 'new' faux fur coat which I bought a while ago at a fleamarket for only 7 euros. I love it, it keeps me nice and warm during this way too cold season! The pictures were taken on the same day as the previous post, so that's why you see the same outfit underneath the coat. And the snow is already gone unfortunatly.

xoxo
Shalane

Winter landscape

Hi dear readers and new followers!
Does your landscape looks like mine? My gosh, I've never seen so much snow since a long time! I just want to show you really quick what I wore today. It was freezing, so don't expect a really fashionable outfit! Main goal was to stay warm as you see :)

Jeans - Only
Cape - H&M
Top - H&M
Fake ugg boots

And a little quote of the day:
Life is too short not to wear beautiful things

Have a great weekend!
xoxo
Shalane

STEWARDESS: Waarom

Well hello dear readers!

Just a quick and very personal update. I figured it might be fun to tell you something about my work. From now on -if you think it's interesting, please let me know- I will keep you posted on my search for my dream job: becoming a cabin attendant. Let me tell you upfront I already work A LOT!

At this moment I have two jobs: as a ground stewardess and one at my previous school to help them out with the traineeships for the students. I graduated in aviation services a couple of months ago and am now ready to work fulltime. Unfortunately, due to the economic crisis, it's quite difficult to find a fulltime job at this moment. For a long period of time, it was impossible to apply for a job as cabin attendant, simple because there were no vacancies for cabin attendants in the Netherlands. That's why, after graduating, I continued working as a ground stewardess. I work for a well known dutch airline and I will ask you in advance NOT to name the company I work for. If you do, I need to remove your comment unfortunately. But I can't work fulltime on the ground either, so I was forced to take another job and combine the two.

Eventhough I do like both of my jobs, it's kind of hard too. I have to pay a lot of tax on one job, not an ideal situation. Ever since I was a little girl I was my ultimate goal to become a cabin attendant. I really like the hospitality industry and I'm obsessed with airplanes. Good combination, isn't it?

And recently the dutch airlines companies started hiring again! I immediately applied and I had my interview yesterday. It was really tough! I had to make an English test (yes, I still need to practise a lot of english, I know) and an english oral exam which was quite difficult as well. After that, I had a really difficult dutch chat about my motivation. And I passed the first round of the interview! The second round started later that afternoon and that was another 45min chat in Dutch. And in two weeks from now on, I know if I will become a cabin attendant or not. I keep you posted!

AND PLEASE, ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT NAME THE AIRLINE COMPANY I'M WORKING/APPLYING FOR.

xoxo
Shalane

Denim Sunday

Hi everyone! Hope you all have a great weekend! Just a quick outfit of the day post!

Denim blouse - h&m sale 10 euro
Faux leather pants - Zara sale 6 euro
Booties - Secondhand 10 euro
Belt - Zara ? euro

xoxo
Shalane

Decorating the christmas tree

Hello dear readers and new followers!
Do you already have a christmas tree? We recently bought a beautiful fake one and we started decorating yesterday. As I said before, nothing makes me more happy than the christmas vibe, decorating the house and snowy landscapes. Eventhough I can't stand the cold I find it really relaxing to be outside in the snow (if I have my day off ofcourse, not when I need to go by public transport which can't stand the snow either). My little puppy Daisy is also in the christmas mood. She loves snow! So what was your week like?

xoxo

Rockin' lace

We're decorating the christmas tree! Bit early for some, but it's one of my favorite things to do! Love the whole christmas vibe and I hope we will have christmas with lots of snow!

Lammy coat - h&m
Faux leather pants - zara
Dress - h&m
Booties - secondhand

A little gambling is fun when you're with me

Just a quick outfit of the day. When I came home, it was completely dark outside, so I had to shoot inside unfortunatly. Do you like lady GAGA? I'm completely and utterly in love with her songs. I can listen to (for example) pokerface non stop. What's your favorite gaga song?

Blazer - thrift 2 euro
Top - zara 5 euro (sale)
Skirt - thrift 2 euro
Booties - action 13 euro

xoxo Shalane

United stripes

Gosh how I love lazy sundays. Doing absolutely nothing all day, except taking pictures for my blog. What was your sunday like? Anyway, you've probably see me wearing this blazer before. It's one of my favorites and I figured it would also looks really nice with a grey top. Nothing spectacular today, but I hope you like it!

Top - H&M
Blazer - Zara
Jeans - H&M
Booties - H&M
Headband - Primark

xoxo
Shalane

FEEL GOOD MUSIC

I already let down on my own plans. Do you remember I made a schedule for the fashion moodboard? Well, I must confess that time is being my biggest issue at this moment. Or at least the lack of it. Again I worked a couple of days in a row, had to do an interview to become a flight attendant (I'm on to the next round, yay!) and did lots of other things. So unfortunatly no outfitpictures, no inspiration. Just a feel good song. I'm sorry. Hope I'll be back soon.

Rockin' birthday

One of my best friend celebrated her 25th birthday yesterday. She decided to make it a girls-only evening, and it was a lot of fun! My outfit is kind of an oldie. I've worn it before at my graduation day, but I like it, so why not?

Dress - H&M 19,95
Leather gilet - Thrifted 2 euro
Faux leather pants - Zara 6,95 (sale)
Ankle booties - H&M 19,95
Necklace - H&M 3,95

xoxo

Only two more to go

Only two more followers till I reach 200! Want to be one of them? Don't hesitate and click the button! Besides that, leave your link in the comment when you follow me and I'll check out your blog as well.

So what are you kids up to? Big plans for this weekend? I'm going to a birthday party tonight and work tomorrow morning at the airport.

And some inspiration for today:


Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should
And let go of what you can't change
Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly,
take changes, give everything and have no regrets!

And my outfit for today. Just a comfortabel sweater, with my hair in a messy bun as you see me wearing alot these days. What do you think, keep the bangs or let it grow?

Sweater - H&M 19,95 (sale)
Booties - Thrifted 10 euro

Have a great weekend!

[edit]Special thanks to The feather factory for beeing follower number 200! You made my day! And the other followers as well ofcourse and many thanks!

Thursday today

Today:

* I'm working at the airport, just a couple of hours, not too long.

* I decided I do not want my bangs/fringe anymore.

* I listened to Bruno Mars - Just the way you are over and over again. Love that song!

* I'm drinking strong minth tea, love it.

* The weather is really bad. It's really stormy and I actually wanted to stay in bed all day if possible.

* I'm loving this quote:
What is a journey?
A journey is not a trip
It's not a vacation
It's a process, a discovery
It's a process of self-discovery
A journey brings us face to face with ourselves
A journey shows us not only the world
But how we fit in.
Does the person create the journey?
Or does the journey create the person?
The journey is life itself.
Where will life take you?


* I'm loving this picture because it has the right autumn/winter vibe.