If The Dress Fits, Wear It

One week after I wrote a post celebrating a year of healthy living, I tried on a dress that’s been hanging in my closet for a year- and it fit! It was even loose around my midsection. It fit so well I decided to spend the whole day wearing it: a day which included a lunch outing…

The Story of A Dress (and Sentimental Value)

We all have that one item that stares right back at us when we open our closets in the morning, wondering what item of clothing best represents how we feel on that particular day. It is usually something we bought a long time ago, probably only ever worn once, but refuse to give up on, in…

The Bridal Transformation

Bridal magazines are really great at telling their readers how the veil changes everything. By simply pinning a piece of fabric to your hair, you are transformed from this everyday, ordinary woman to a bride: someone who will be the center of all attention for that one magical night of a lifetime. Well, I must report,…

The Dress Search Ends

I’d like to say that I went to a billion shops and tried on a gazillion dresses, but I didn’t have neither the patience, the time, or the energy to do that. Instead, I stuck to a few well-known shops which I knew would have what I was looking for within my budget. And even…

Disappointed By A Dress

For a moment there, I let myself get sucked into the fantasy of being a bride. I tried on what must have been the 20th wedding dress in under a month and for the first time, didn’t feel like it overwhelmed me or that it swallowed me in a massive skirt of tulle, lace, organza…

That Feeling You Get When You Try On a Wedding Dress

Some people take days off from work to relax, to travel, to take care of pending things. I take rare days off from work to plan my house and my wedding- to the extent that my boss was shocked that I had done so much progress in such a short time. Of course, one of…

Horror Stories: The Engagement Edition

I was talking to a friend today about our respective engagement parties and how they turned out, when I realized that I had a lot of so-called horror stories from the day (the one year anniversary is fast approaching!). We all do so I thought it would be fun to share them within the scope…

Nuit De La Fete and Partying Like It’s 1929

There aren’t many chances to get dressed up and be all fancy when you’re a graduate student in Maastricht, which is sad for me, because I secretly love the whole process. So when Caroline, who was doing her internship at VIA2018, told me she had a spare ticket for Nuit de la Fete, a celebration of 350…