Goodbye for now

After working almost 2 years with a lot of passion on this blog, I decided to take a -maybe temporarly- break.

It's not going very well at this moment. I recently broke up with my boyfriend, my car broke down, I probably can't go on a holiday -again- and it's just all a little bit too much to handle at this moment. I'm just not doing fine. And I hate it.

How much I loved working on my blog, reading all your lovely comments and making new posts, it's just too much for me to do right now. I can't focus, I'm not happy and I can't make any posts right now, nor answer your comments. I need time. Time to heel. Time to focus on myself. Time to rediscover my goals and dreams in live, and try to achieve them.

And while I'm getting my mess together, trying to fix things, I wish all of you dear readers all the best in life. Thank you all very much. It was a pleasure and honor to meet you.

Budget Outfit

Blazer worn as coat: H&M, Blouse: Thrifted, Jeans: Thrifted, Heels: Thrifted, Clutch: Thrifted, Necklace: Gift from my boyfriend

Oh yes dear readers, it IS possible to create an outfit under 30 euro's! Almost everything is thrifted, except for my blazer which I wore as a coat that day.

What do you think? Do you thrift a lot? Do you wear cheap outfits?

The green bag

Cotton bag: Primark (1,50 euro)

Remember my new years resolutions? My very first resolution was 'stop using plastic bags'. This was actually quite a challenge. I sometimes forget to bring my own, esspecially when I go out shopping. But a fashionable bag really helps! I bought this one at Primark, last year. I own 2 of those. So I leave one in my car, and bring one with me when I go out (grocery) shopping.

Why not get your own fashionable cotton bag for just a couple of euro's? You save money when you stop buying the plastic ones in the grocery store and you help the environment a LOT!

Plastic is such a bad thing! It's very difficult to recycle and it takes a lot to make! So I can't say it enough: bring your own COTTON bag.

Do you like my cotton bag? Do you already own a cotton bag? And what do you think of plastic and plastic bags?

RECEPT: Italian Hamburger

A while ago I ordered a delicious italian hamburger in a little cafe in the center of Haarlem. It was so wonderful, that I decided to write down the recipe and to try it out at home. It's extremely easy to make and will do as a big lunch or as a petit dinner. Whatever you prefer. We had it as a dinner. Optional is the salad, which was made out of leftovers. You can even add some -french- fries if you like. Let me know if you tried it out and what you think of it!




It's really nice if you grill the hamburger. You can also use some minced meat and make the hamburgers yourself. We bought some plain hamburgers and grilled them. I baked the onions till they were soft and grilled the pepper really short not to loose the taste of it. Just slice the mozarella in nice thin pieces and do the same with the tomatoes. When the hamburgers are well done, put them onto the italian bread roll. Put the tomatoes and the mozarella on it and put the grilled veggies on top! Add some cocktail sauce for an extra taste.


Use some leftovers for your salad. We used mixed salad, white cheese, tomatoe, red pepper, olives and red onion (also leftovers from the veggies from the recipe above) and made the dressing out of olive oil and lemon juice. Add a little bit of italian herbs and seasalt and you've got a delicious salad!


:)

Love begins with a smile

Blouse: Vintage (7 euro), Shorts: H&M (sale, 10 euro), Blazer: Thrifted (4 euro), Boots: Newlook (sale, 15 euro)

You know the special 'budget' selection in fashion magazines? Where they show an outfit under 50 euro? And when you look closely, you see that an ITEM is under 50 euro, not the complete outfit! I always feel a little betrayed when I read those sections. That is definitely NOT budget, at least to me it's not!

Point is, that I think your complete outfit can be under 50 euro. And I am going to show you that it is possible!

As you all might now, I prefer quantity over quality. I don't have any expensive items in my closet. I love shops as primark, h&m and forever21. I do love Zara but I think it's a little overpriced or way above my budget sometimes.

In order to stay fashionable, I look on ebay, go to fleamarkets, thriftstores and the cheap but fashionable shops. I've found so many great things in the thriftstore for 2 or 3 euro. It's amazing. Even brandnew items from last season!

Anyway, from now on I'll show you exactly what I've paid for my outfit. Hope it helps you realise that even on a small budget, you can buy great things.

Have a good day!

INTERIEUR: Rietveld Licht

Zoals sommige van jullie weten ben ik naast mode ook erg geïnteresseerd op alles op het gebied van interieur. Al jaren vind ik het heerlijk om in grote woonwinkels rond te dwalen en ideeën op te doen en tevens is het doorlezen van woonmagazines echt een favoriete luie/regenachtige middag besteding voor mij. En zo heb ik al tijden een trend op het oog die echt in mijn plaatje past: prachtige industriële lampen! En ik heb een uitstekende website gevonden die goedkoop is en daarnaast een ruime keuze heeft in lampen: Rietveld Licht! Rietveld Licht biedt 2 jaar garantie op de lampen, je mag binnen 14 dagen een lamp retour sturen en daarnaast betaal je geen verzendkosten als je je lamp in de webwinkel koopt! En mocht je haast hebben, dan is Rietveld Licht ook zeker aan te raden: op een werkdag voor 15.00 uur besteld, volgende dag in huis! Prachtige industriële hanglamp voor slechts € 99,90

Zo'n prachtige industriële hanglamp zou ik geweldig vinden boven mijn eettafel. Als je andere hanglampen wilt zien, ideeën wilt opdoen of direct een wilt bestellen, kijk dan eens op de hanglampen pagina van Rietveld Licht. In de woonmagazines zie ik deze industriële lampen vaan gecombineerd met een prachtige teak eettafel. Zie je jezelf al zitten, met een goede kop groene thee, woonmagazines doorbladeren aan je prachtige tafel met daarboven een stoere lamp? Prachtige plafond lamp voor slechts € 129,00

Of je nou op zoek bent naar plafond lampen, hanglampen, buitenlampen, bureaulampen of wat voor soort lampen dan ook: alles vind je bij Rietveld Licht! Ze bieden de nieuwste trends tegen de laagste prijzen aan, en daarom is deze website ook zo geschikt voor mensen met een budget, zoals ik! Daarnaast hebben ze een hele goede actie: laagste prijsgarantie zonder voorwaarden! Als je daarbij meetelt dat je lamp ook nog eens gratis bezorgt wordt, is je voordeel nog groter! Ik zou zeggen: neem eens een kijkje en laat je betoveren door al die prachtige lampen!

Thrifted goodies

I went out again for some treasure hunting in our local thriftstore, which is actually my favorite. (for the dutchies amoung us: noppes in zaandam) Everytime I visit this particular thriftstore, I find something beautiful. And the prices, aren't you amazed?

I don't know the brand of the dress, but I loved the glittery details. It is perfect for a party or a nice and warm summer night.

Do you go out thrifting? Or you find it disgusting? (like some of my friends!)

Summer mood

Blouse: Primark, Skirt: H&M, Belt: H&M, Blazer: Thrift (H&M), Boots: Newlook

And another outfit with my favorite blouse, which I bought recently. It was just 13 euros but I already wore it A LOT, so it's definitely worth every single penny (or euro, in this case!).

And Daisy figured she also should be in the pictures, so she sat besides me during the photoshoot. A couple of days before she was actually really sick, throwing up and everything. It was very scary but she feels so much better now, thank God.

I grew up surrounded by animals. We took care of cats, a golden retriever, several rabbits, hamsters, fish and horses! From the age of 5 till the age of 19 I was a true 'horse girl'. I owned a horse from my 12th till my 19th birthday, but had to give up when I started working at the airport. I will show you pictures when I've got some time. It was such a fantastic period in my life!

Anyway, right now at my mum's house we have Daisy (a little 6 year old Shih-Tzu we got as a puppy) and Snickers, a 2 year old supposed to be little but turned out to be huge rabbit. You will see them every now and then on my blog. Because I love them.

INTERIEUR: Home sweet home

Welcome to my cleaned chaos. :)

When you want to see the previous state of my precious built-on-a-very-tight-budget "walk in closet", click here. And in these couple of months has happend a lot. I've lived for about 8 months in Haarlem on my own. Now back at my mum's house because I need to save money. So with moving back myself, I had a very nice suprise for my mum: even more clothes than before. Which had to be stored. And so we went to Ikea to buy another and bigger clothing rack (only 20 euro people, that's not very expensive!). During my time in Haarlem I got a small closet from a neighbour, and this one is perfect for jeans and shorts. I already got a different version of it (also ikea). So I put them next to eachother. One for my pants/jeans/shorts/whatever and one for my tops.

I'll show you a short movie soon. :)
And better pictures. My apologies for the fantastic instagram quality! :)

Turn your wounds into wisdom

Blazer: Thrifted, T-shirts: H&M, Pants: Zara

Something bright pink, AGAIN. Oh well, why not?
While writing this post, I'm still on reserve duty (waiting to get called for a flight, have to be within 1 hour at the airport, ready to go) and after 3 days my cellphone is still very quiet. I'm not bothered actually. We have reserve duty's for 5 days in a row for 12 very long hours. It never ever happend to me that I got called out for 5 fulls days. But hopefully I will stay at home now for 5 days. I can really use some rest!

Have a good day!

You try and you fail, but the real failure is when you stop trying!

Pants: Zara, Blazer: Forever21, Blouse: Zara, Necklace: DIY, Ring: Primark, Flats: Unknown

Finally some sunshine out here in the Netherlands! (notice I'm always, or kinda always starting with talking about the weather?!)

Anyway, let's start again: how are you doing? Had a good week? My birthday is in... 6 days! I'm turning 23 then. Time is flying, oh my Goodness! I'm not planning on celebrating my birthday though. I stopped celebrating my birthday since I turned 12. That was my last 'party'. I don't like my own birthday, while I love to visit other people's parties! Anyway, enough about my birthday. And I can't celebrate it even if I want to: I am in Kristiansand on the 24th of april for my work. (I'm a cabin attendant, in case you didn't noticed!)

And something about the outfit? Well my pants became a little bit too big! :( I bought them a couple of weeks ago at Zara and loved them eversince. Maybe I should wash them at a really high temperature, or get my sewingkit? What do you think? My blazer is from last year, I bought it in Brussels at Forever21, one of my favorite stores. :)