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!


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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!