Ootd: Pleated Dim Sum Joy

So I have been reading up a local food blogger site (chowtimes), and it had left me with a craving to try dim sum.  It is a bit shocking that having lived here for about 23 years, I have never gone for dim sum.  Between having a very high concentration of dim sum restaurants, and an asian fiance, you would think I would have been, but no, never!  I posted on facebook last night that I wanted to go for dim sum, and in about an hour, my friend Gloria phoned me to plan an outing for today. Yay! Thanks Gloria, you take me to all the best new restaurants.  I really want to go again.

Here are some of the dishes we had at the Neptune Seafood Restaurant.

 Clams in a lemongrass spicey sauce, very delicious.

 Shrimp dumplings, the shrimp were huge and "springy".

 These eggy-custard-sugary buns, no idea what they really were. Tasty too!

 Pan-fried turnip cubes in XO sauce, like almost agedashi tofu in texture.
We also had an eggplant stuffed with shrimp dish that came later after picture taking.  Everything was very tasty.  The only slightly bad part of the experience was that we seemed to be the last to be seated, even though others came in after us.  When we gave the hostess a puzzling look, she sat us quickly.  Oh well, service was very attentive afterwards.

And what I wore for Dim Sum.

Gap mustard pleated bow skirt (sash not tied as a bow though, bow overkill)
Anthropologie Volante tee (picked up in LA on sale?)
Gap maroon tights
Hayden Harnett Madeleine boots in Brandy

Ootd: Kissing Thursday

Ohh scandalous title!  Or not, title stolen from the name of the dress.  My mom helped me to decide on this dress, saying that "everyone needs a rust colour dress...or two...", as I was wearing my Compeer dress that day.  Thanks mom!  You know my colour choices very well.

All is pretty quiet in my corner over here, most of the excitement is that Tim has been looking at houses for us in his down time, and I love seeing what he has gone to go look at.  There is no rush yet, but it is good to see what is out there, and the costs etc.   Hopefully we find something within six months! Fingers crossed everything falls into place so that this can happen.

Bailey 44 "Kissing Friday" dress in orange, RW&Co mauve-ish drape cardigan, Old Navy herringbone tights, Lucky Penny Boots

This dress has a great set of seams that make for a very flattering silhouette, and nips you in at all the right places.  Length is a smidgen short, but not obscene.  Nice fluttery detailing on the front and up and over the shoulders.  Only downside is that the tag says dry clean only, but in my case, I think it will hand-wash only.

RW&Co burnout drape cardigan detail.

Detail shot of Lucky Penny "Road Not Taken" Boots.  Best shoe find ever at $19.99!  I love all the detailing, the colours, and the texture of the leather.  Did anyone else pick these up or know of anyone who has?  I would love to see what they pair them with.

Liking: Lavanilla Vanilla Passion Fruit perfume

So the other day Rachael, Vivienne, and myself had a quick lunch time visit to Sephora, where we found this:

Rachael and I both wear the Vanilla Grapefruit scent, and we are in love with this one.  Lavanilla uses only natural ingredients and they smell lovely.  Not too strong on the vanilla, and with a touch of other scents.  After a bit of a wait on tracking down a sample of this so we could smell, I am in love.  A bit more berry (or fruity) then the grapefruit version, this is fantastic.  Priced at $75 CAD and only available in one size  (1.7oz) I hope that they make it in the rollerball style, since I do not wear perfume on a daily basis.  Not sure if this is a limited edition or not, the saleswoman said the gift set was, but not the bottle.