Saturday night rush

Me and my friends have talked about the nightlife in Helsinki and all agree that there are not that many good clubs here at the moment. The life cycle of the type of clubs that we prefer is about 3 years and in the beginning they're all usually nice and full of people. Eventually the bouncers start to let younger and younger people in to maintain a proper level of customers and the club loses its attraction on the people that used to go there, i.e. people at the age of 20+. At the moment there are just a few decent places that are not full of teenagers so that’s why we always go to the same places. Even though we have lots of fun every single time that we go out together, it would be fun to see something new. Get new experiences.

So that’s why I was excited to go see a friends' band's gig at a small club in Kallio on Saturday night - even though I hadn’t heard their music before. Finally something different! :) After the operations management horror lecture on Saturday, I rushed back home to get ready for the evening. I had such a hard time choosing what to wear, cause I have a huge bruise in my arm from last weekend that I absolutely had to cover somehow, haha! I didn’t have any options so I had to go with a simple black dress that has ¾ sleeves :D

I quickly stopped by at a friends place and we all went together to the club to meet I and his friends. It was quite crowded and people were so excited when ‘Stockers!’ hit the stage. They played a lot of songs that I liked, but I don’t know the names!! Bah. But here’s one of my favorites from Saturday that I found on Youtube:

Stockers! - Closer

After the gig we left to another club that I usually don’t go to that often, and we just danced there the rest of the night. Awesomeness! :D Hehe, Sunday was, again, a lazy day and the ultimate highlight was a home made nacho plate ;)

I hate shopping for pants!!

On Wednesday I did something unexpected - bought a pair of pants!! Just like that. It's usually a nightmare when I try to find a pair that fits - I don't understand the sizes (lol) and it's difficult to find anything that I'd even want to try on. There's always something wrong with all the pants and jeans and I just don't like it if there are no pockets or if the pockets are too small or of a weird shape etc etc :D Ugh. And I get so frustrated in the fitting room after trying everything on and never finding anything that I could even consider of buying! So I usually just rather just skip the whole process and wear the ones that I already have. Or wear something else, like dresses ;)

But on Wednesday I bought a pair of these greyish/green In Wear pants - just like that. With no headache or stress or rage in the fitting room :D There's nothing special to them, but I'm just so happy to have a pair that doesn't look worn out like all the other in my closet that have been in an excessive use :D

P.s. L, do you remember the Aldo shoes that I found in Montreal? Pure love. I wish buying pants was as easy and enjoyable as buying shoes...

Friday - happy day!

I thought that I had registered for my exam today on quantitative research methods in marketing but I found out yesterday that I hadn't :D Haha, apparently I had registered for the one in December!! Typical of me eh? Of course it was too late to fix that anymore, but instead of feeling bad about it, I felt so happy! I'd have the whole morning and the afternoon for myself then ;)

I was up early and went to the gym so it wasn't a complete waste of time. And in the evening me and my friends went to check out this recently opened bar / restaurant called Shanghai Cowboy. It was cozy and easy-going, kind of like a living room at the heart of Helsinki. We sat there for a couple of hours, talking, giggling and enjoying our drinks but got home early. And that's a good thing since I'm planning to be an early bird and drag my bum to the operations management lecture at 10am tomorrow. Yes, it's a Saturday and I'm spending 7 precious hours of it at the university. But I'll get myself through it knowing that we have some nice plans for the rest of the day ;)

Outfits

 Can't believe that I'm still not feeling completely normal today. But had lots of fun and still laughing at my friends' stories, way to go girls! Now it's time to get back on track, got a lot to do for tomorrow...

Grandmom's shoes from the 50's

Catching up on the weekend

I just finished reading about L’s weekend. The text really made me smile :) I wish you could get the camera soon and include pictures in you blog!! I’m dying to see how it looks like in Victoria! My weekend was nice too. I should have done a lot of things for school but instead I just took all the time for myself and just relaxed.

On Friday I went for dinner with Laura. We had such a good time, just updating each other on what’s going on in our lives and gossiping about everything and making plans. The restaurant was casual and easy-going - exactly what we were looking for that day. We had planned to cook together but were both so tired after a long day at work and at school that we decided to skip the cooking and eat out instead. The food was ok but the dessert.. ohhh heaven!! We chose two different kinds of chocolate cakes with vanilla ice cream and shared them. Just like we did in Montreal, L! The other one was an American style of chocolate cake with cherry marmalade and the other one a ‘Chocolate Fondant’ that was warm and melted inside. And the two of us chocoholics naturally loved them.

On Saturday I had the laziest day in weeks. I think I’ve mentioned about this before? That I never have Saturdays off and it’s somehow difficult to just sit back and relax cause I always feel like I should be doing something.. well.. smart! This time I managed to avoid getting a bad conscious for nothing special and spent my day without even thinking about work or studying. Me and Laura stayed over the night at my mom’s place on Friday and she had to leave early on Saturday morning. I slept late of course and spent my day there. After getting up, I just took the newspaper and made myself some delicious cappucino with my mom’s brand new coffee machine. I think I spent hours in the kitchen, reading the news and slowly preparing breakfast and just listening to music. And, of course, reading some blogs and trying to find ideas for L’s gala event ;) Posted them to you in case you want to go take a look at them!

Hehe, on Sat evening we had a random pre party at my mom’s place and went clubbing with the girls. Had such a nice time and even met some Mannheim people at an after party! :) L, do you remember the picture of me at Schneckenhof? It’s a terrible one it still makes me laugh! I think I commented on it saying that vodka redbull is my friend and you said that vodka anything is my friend. Haha, on sat it really was not a friend of mine at all. Let’s just say that the rest of my night was really not a success, but I got home safe and spent the next day in bed, without exiting the house. I think I’m starting to get old, didn’t feel too good on Monday morning either.. :D

Morning routines

You know how people have morning routines that they simply can’t get rid of? Some need to go for a jog right after waking up and others can’t get their day started without a powersmoothie. Some need to see the breaking news before being able to do anything else and others always put on the tv because the morning show is on, but they never watch it anyway. It’s just something that they’ve gotten used to and it comes automatically so it’s difficult to stop doing the routine.

But why should we?

I have a morning routine too, but it has got nothing to do with sports or anything intelligent. Still, I can’t get my morning started without doing it and I can spend a lot of time on this silly little thing. I’m a coffeeholic and I always need to carefully choose a mug that is appropriate for the day that is just about to start :D I have no ugly mugs in my cupboard, but choosing the right one is sometimes a work of art since they’re all meant for different states of mind ;) Girls…

Bottna - Iittala

The first mug is for ordinary, busy mornings when I need to rush to work or to the university. It’s kind of neutral, but pretty enough to cheer me up when I know that I might have a rough day ahead of me. This mug is from Iittala’s Bottna collection, but it’s actually a tea mug - they don’t have coffee mugs with that pattern! At first I thought that I need to complete the series I have with plain black or white coffee mugs, but then I realized that a bigger mug like that is exactly what a coffeeholic needs.

Bottna Jumbo mug - Iittala

The second mug is also from Iittala’s Bottna -collection, but of a jumbo size :D Like the first one, this is also for ordinary mornings, but I only choose this when I’m dead tired and need to get myself going no matter what. I remember having a lot of bad mornings last spring and on those mornings I'd always choose this mug. It was all about getting up at 6am and finishing articles, reaction papers, essays, case assignments bah :D The mug is sometimes a bit dangerous too; I think it’s almost 4 decilitres so you don’t need to have that many cups before you already overdosing on caffeine :D Hehe

Moomin love - Arabia

The third mug is a Moomin mug and I only have two of them. Originally I got these and the matching bowls and breakfast plates for special mornings with my sister - she used to come over pretty often and we’d make breakfast together and enjoy our time without having to rush anywhere. Nowadays the mug has found another purpose as well. It’s still for lazy mornings and I I would never choose it when I’m alone at home, unless I’m ill. That’s right. The moomin mug also serves for little patients that need to stay in bed to get better :D

Grey Pearl - Villeroy & Boch

The fourth mug from Villeroy & Boch is my favourite. It’s so pretty and big and perfect for those mornings that I have a lot of time for myself. I can only choose this when I can spend some time at home and have a nice, lazy breakfast. Being in a rush and having coffee out of a beautiful cup like this is not a good equation. I would end up breaking this for sure if I'd have to get ready in just 20mins that I have left after snoozing for too long :D

October 18th, 12.59pm

As you can see, I had a good start for the day today. Drinking coffee out of the favourite cup! I have time for myself and I don’t need to be anywhere at any specific time today (that also led to sleeping waaaay too late! I think I got up at 11am but my alarm went on already at 8am...hehe). But it’s not a day off either, bah. I need to study for an exam tomorrow and I haven’t even started yet. But hey, maybe this’ll cheer my up and give me enough energy to get everything done? ;)

Sweet stuff

Skirt / Karen Millen

Scarf / TH

Blouse / Esprit

Boots / Esprit

'Elegant' / Kalevalakoru

Just fell in love with this Karen Millen skirt and the scarf!! The combination of these dark colors - perfect for the fall, eh? And perfect for my wardrobe too - I could easily combine them with the stuff that I already have and create lots of variations of this outfit.

The scarf is definitely something that I'd wear all the time. For some reason a have a thing for TH scarfs with a checkered pattern, but the ones that I have are all red. So why not get another one in blue? ;) I'm sure I would wear it out just like the other ones.. ;)