Happy Independence day!

Bah, we didn't have blue-and-white candles.. Had to settle with these!

Some dinner with wine..

.. and getting ready for the live broadcast from the independence day ball at the President's castle

Our favorites so far:

Jenni Vartiainen

Satu Taiveaho

Gotta love KELA

I got a nice christmas present from KELA (the social insurance institution of Finland): I need to pay back a share of the student grants that I received this year. I've been working too much this year so it's my own fault, but still! F! :D So now I'm trying to cut on stupid expenses and save money for my exchange next spring (yeah, good to start now in December eh?).

Christmas presents are not a stupid expense, I meant something else, like always taking taxis after a night out :P But I thought it might actually be nice to get a self-made present for a change. ...And I wouldn't have to buy that many things.

I was visiting my grandmom the other weekend and found this needle that you can crochet with (I google translated this, so I'm not sure whether it makes sense or not. But L, I think you know what I mean). I don't know why, but I think it's fun and I'm quite fast in this too :D So I decided to make a pair of mittens for I. Haha, I know, I know, it's silly but he asked me to! I don't have any instructions on how to make them but I just started from the tip of the fingers and got the pair finished in one night while watching TV with my grand mom :))

Here it is, ugly - but made with love :D I'm going to decorate them somehow but I just don't know what to do yet :P

Hehe

Basic blacks

Salissa Dress / InWear

Cut-work court shoes / Zara

My wardrobe has been lacking some basic stuff for long and it still does, but I have made some progress recently. I just found a nice pair of black high heels a week ago and they're comfortable and in my opinion go together with almost everything. I have all kinds of heels but basic black? Nope.And today I went shopping with my mom and we found this basic black dress that I can wear for different kind of occasions by changing the accessories to go with it. It'd decent enough for more formal events but I could also spice it up with something more outrageous and wear it even when go clubbing :P

Now I just need some nice parties for trying these out :))