Check out this sweat! Seven miles at 80 degrees does icky...

wow, I over-did it. I don’t even remember the last time I haven’t ran or lifted or both on the same day. At the moment my body is just like “DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT” and felt like a heart attack when I tried to run. I still have to lift later because I haven’t in a day or two, so yeah :l. Hopefully I don’t die lol.

Progress for the last while..it’s small but keep in mind I’m still a fatass. Gonna keep running in the 2.7 mile area because it’s almost a 5k and it’s still challenging but not too hard either. Afternoon is too hard because of the miserable sun, gonna try to wake up earlier or just do it when the sun is down at 8 :l.

I’m done.

I have lost 86 lb i feel so much beter cant wate tell i am down to my gaol weight of 150 i am at 224 now

I officially fit into a medium.

Which means no more XL for me. Some larges probably but definitely no more XL.

I’m back in a better mood now about losing weight. I guess 2lbs every 2 months is better than no lbs lost.

Check out this sweat! Seven miles at 80 degrees does icky looking things to your body. Yeah it’s gross, but it also means that I didn’t half-ass that run. :)

(If you can’t tell, the entire shirt is COVERED. The only part that isn’t is the little area in my back where my bra absorbed the sweat. Yeah I’m proud, lol.)

Get Drunk After The Niceties Are Over

Conti Couture

[My post title is courtesy  Mehak from Peaches&Blushes who came up with it when I complained of not liking the word CONTI over twitter, and my sub heading is courtesy my verrryyyy good friend, Saali Khushi. So due credit to them and none to me for my KAAM CHORI!]


So I am not going to bore you with the clichéd college is ending 'oh-my-godsss'  and I will get right down to the good stuff.

Nude Strappy Flats- Finesse, Khan Market

Sit,I shall tell you a story. 

I was walking  trekking through Sarojini Nagar looking for this shop called KINS ( I`ve talked about this in my Sarojini Nagar Shopping post) and I say I am trekking because that day the entire Sarojini was dug up cos they were laying CCTV cables. So there is basically nowhere to you can normally walk. There are just large chunks of what used to be a path lying around everywhere. I suddenly saw this amazing pink coral dress hanging in front of a random shop. I asked the guy if there is any other color available (this is something I ALWAYS do, ask for all the colors of anything I want so I can choose the one I like the best) he says no. I believe him cos I actually couldn't see anything else in his little shop which resembled this.
He said 300. My mother walked away. Then he said "okay 200" 

The tag says Lipsy London. I went to their site to so I could actually see how much this really was for.

Although I couldn`t place this particular dress, most of their dresses are for 55 Pounds.Which is QUITE alot.

Moral of the story? Shop At Sarojini.

Onto The Accessories 

Pearl Necklace worn as a Bracelet- ALDO
Silver Stone Earings- Local Silver Shop

Nailpolish- Colorbar Exclusive 59, this nailpolish should actually be called SHINY DISCO BALLS

If you rewind back to about 4 years ago, I remember how there were such few shops you could go to to buy dresses. It used to be so damn hard to find a dress you actually liked. I remember only finding them in Benetton or places like Westside. Westside seldom had any and Benetton didn`t have a large variety.
 For one of my school contis this girl and I picked up the same dress. It was very annoying because I had bought it a good 5-6 months before her. Anyway, looking back it was a petty thing (come on though, you know my annoyance was justified!!) and I bet this girl doesn't even WANT to wear dresses anymore. Why I am saying all this is because with the sudden entry of high street labels such as Mango, Promod, Zara , Forever 21 there is no dearth of dresses and no one can actually say there is no choice or variety. We are actually spoilt for choice now. I bet even with these many choices people end up wearing the same dress to a party but I doubt that that feeling of desperation is still there which at least we used to have when we were in school.

Anyway so that random rant ends there.

Surprise Outfit Post!

One Saturday Morning while I was fast asleep I heard my mother rummaging through my stuff. A little later she came in and said "I`am looking very smart today" I said "Hmmm" and went back to sleep.

When she came back from work I saw the "smartness"

and then I told her she`s going to be on my blog :) !

Owl Necklace and Bag from Forever 21

She is extremely proud of this bag which she got for like 800/- in sale!

The owl necklace is mine btw.

And the Leopard print scarf is for Rs 80/-, bought from a random stall!

I Got The Skinny Belt!

After missing a skinny belt in my last outfit post I went out and bought one!

Belt-Forever 21 (399/-)

Grey Oversized Cardigan- Forever 21

Bright Pink Sweater- Benetton

4 rings -Forever 21

India needs to get Matte Nailpolishes.

They are brilliant and so different!

I am wearing the one feautured in my  Cherry Culture Haul

Another pair of stacked rings - Forever 21

Earrings- Forever 21!!

I NEED to shop somewhere other than Forever 21! Next thing I am going to be spending on will be shoes. Flats mostly. And hopefully a good tote bag!

Cherry Culture Haul

The Cherry Culture gods have finally decided to smile upon me. Actually no, I paid $23 dollars to MAKE them smile upon me. ANYWAY. Here we go: )

[ Btw, I dedicate this post to Mehak from Peaches & Blush- Beauty Blog bcos she went through the same problems with cherry culture as I did and she needs some cheering up! ]

The Package!

  

Well Everything!

I was the MOST excited about the seven nailpolishes I got.
My Mother and I are always on the lookout for the perfect true red. So i bought two Haha : )

All my nailpolishes. I don`t think any on them is over $3.50

Love the matte one. I hope they start selling matte ones here!

I didn`t swatch the NYX Pomegrante and L.A Girls disoc CHIC because the true colour wasn`t coming in the pictures. The nyx one is a really hot pink which I LOVE and CHIC is a soft creamy pink.

Then I got three of these L.A Colors Baked Eyeshadows.

They are quite pigmented and yes there are a lot of gold-ey bronze-ey colours but my Mother wanted them and well, she`s paying for them Ha!

But seriously, they ARE great. Colour wise and also quality.

 Seems like this little fellow (purple) suffered some injuries while travelling all the way from California Thru Paris to New Delhi!

I have never liked GREEN as an eyeshadow colour but this one has such a nice gold sheen to it.

I love this coral lip gloss, it give an orangish tinge.

Jumping on the NUDE LIPSTICK bandwagon!

Also bought two eye pencils and the NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencil in MILK that Everyone has!
And a concealer by L.A Girl in NUDE and it is BRILLIANT

So that was that. I also went shopping at Forever 21 some weeks back and took pictures of everything but that camera went bust! So I have been using my mothers camera. I tried to re take all the forever 21 pictures but I think the ones on MY camera were better. I am not saying my mothers camera sucks ( cos I think I`ve said it one too many times to my mother, and she reads my blog! ) but I `am just going to wait for my camera to recover : )

And gossip girl returns today. YAY!

Oh, BTW. Look At My Rings :)

Trend Report Part Deux. Rock The Trend Deluxe Edition!

So here we are finally at Part II of my Trend Report 2011

Print On Print

The easiest way to do this would be to just wear one dress which has the whole print on print theme going on but where is the creativity in that?

I would keep the accessories to a minimum or have really light ones. Keep the shoes to a solid colour so as to not go overboard.Same with the make up.
The best part of this trend is you get to mix and match a lot of things.
But you should remember to combine patterns that compliment each other. Like Stripes + Florals, Stripes+Animal Print. Stripes can generally help and play the role of the basic print to which you can add another print.
If you think the outfit will become very chaotic then space the prints out. Its not necessary to have ONE print on ANOTHER. Like in the first outfit the solid black shorts give a break between the polka dotted stocking and the floral sweater.
Another thing to try is to use different size of prints.

That 70s Show

You can Raid your Mothers Closet for this one!

Ring, Hoops and Bangles from FOREVER 21

Similar wedge platforms available there RIGHT NOW!

I love the wide leg pants. Don`t particularly like flared ones tho. Prefer straight wide legged ones.

Derek Lam

As I mentioned before, I would love to see some one like Malaika Arora in wear this trend. She would make it look so effortless and simple

Minimalism

A complete COLOUR LOVER, I find myself reaching for more of neutral shades these days. I don`t really know why. Something about the winters, makes you want to wear neutrals even though you make an effort towards colours.

Anyway. I didn`t think I`d like this trend very much but clearly it has grown on me. It can me you look so elegant and chic without much effort.

There were so many good examples of minimalism on the red carpet at the Golden Globes.

The key to this trend is Accessorize Wisely

Colour Blocking

The reddish pinkish skirt I have used is really similar to a red skirt I bought at forever21 last week (will do a haul next! )

They have so many colours in a solid stretch jersey skirt. A must have basic!

Bangles from F21

Yes. I am looking forward to wearing this trend. HOW did you know?

Another really fun trend where you can really play around and mix and match lots of things. Yes it is a little bold but don`t worry, you`ll really enjoy wearing this. Just keep the accessories neutral so its not TOO jhataak. 

ITS A LONG STORY

So the story about long skirts and me is that when I was in 8th and 9th grade ethnic long skirts (specially from fabindia, Anoki and Janpath) were all the rage. At every get to gether or party me and my friends could be seen wearing these. And we all made it a point to buy lots and lots of them.

 As we grew up we found out love for dresses skirts and the long skirts are still stored away in the top most section of my wardrobe, untouched for years. 

Even if I try out this trend, I am sure I would be steering clear of the ethnic long skirts. I think I have been there and very much DONE that.

So I have tried very hard to put a 'maxi skirt' look together, without it looking too matronly.

I choose a somewhat structured skirt with layers as opposed to flowly ones for that reason.

Some skirts from ZARA. 

Also they have an amazing sale on:)

If any of you have tried these trends or want to, Take a picture and send it to me! I would love to do a post on you!
Also if you have tried any of the other ROCK THE TRENDS (Boyfriend Blazer, Lace, Military Jacket ) send me a picture : )

Tell me what you think about these looks. Love it or Hate it ?

Hope you`re having an awesome week!

Shopping Is Cheaper Than Therapy

Exams Over.

 I need to go Shopping.

Forever 21, Zara or anywhere else there is a Sale...Here I Come!