February is always a favorite month for me: we celebrated Chinese New Year with a vacation to Thailand, lots of love on the 14th, and my 44th (!) birthday on February 21st. These recap Insta posts are becoming more of a keepsake for me if truth be told. I enjoy looking back on the month, seeing what the highlights were. One other thing to celebrate in Feb on my Instagram is I finally, after trying for some time, made it to 2000 followers!
1. Right when I get to Thailand, I always take my obligatory #tuktukselfie. These selfie pics always tend to get the most likes! Crazy colors and crazy hair prompt a double click!!
2. Chinese New Year is definitely a fun time of year in Hong Kong. For our entire school’s library staff, we hosted a party at a local Chinese restaurant. We brought our own decorations and set the table just as we’d like. We included laisee packets for everyone and played a fun round of White Elephants with the presents displayed on the table. (I won a new MAC lippy! Girl About the Town is a fabulous cross of red and pink.)
3. Vacation always offers the best time to sink into a good book. The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee was especially good since it was based on two things I’ve very acquainted with: being an expat and Hong Kong. Another super cool thing about reading this book was when I tagged the author, she wrote me back! How cool is that?
4. “I love KK!” It is true!! I love this t-shirt that Kevin brought back for me from a trip to Kota Kinabalu. I wore it recently for a fun date night with my KevStar.
5. A style story of serendipity explains my new-to-me and doubly loved moto jacket.
6. My hardly fake but totally fabulous Scottish friend gave me these socks for my birthday. Samantha, from Fake Fabulous, is my very, very sweet style sister. She’s also a feb b-day girl too AND not to mention a total inspiration for me.
7. Another great book I read during February was Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. Wow! What a rollercoaster of a book and such an unusual yet special romance. Tragedies get to me, and this one was oh, so good!
8. I’m sure you’ve seen this blanket scarf before–I know I have plenty! Because this scarf seems like it’s become a bit redundant, but I still love, I tried wearing it sarong-like. I think it totally worked!
9. I finally got back to a little DIY and embellished my bleached out denim jacket. This was an easy project: grab an item that needs a little life, create cut-out patches, pin and sew them on. Now I have a revamped jacket that I’ve already worn more in the last month than in the last two years!
Annie, I’ll maintain how STUNNING you look in that selfie #fangirling
Awww, thanks Girl!! A x
How sweet of Samanta to give you those birthday socks. They are cute.
Did the sarong / scarf skirt really work? No awkward dropping or peeping incidents?
Your DIY jacket is top. I can imagine you wore it gladly. It reminds me of the items Madamme Hall (Lisa) creates from old Indian fabric. Ever visited her on IG? Or Etsy?
Greetje
I will visit Lisa right now! I love remixing, and with Indian fabrics! Lovely!!
Yes, the skirt was just fine and very warm too. Imagine how well the sarong works over a swimsuit–same same.
Yes, Samantha is a true SWEETIE! Love her to the moon and back!! When I need to feel powerful I wear these socks–or the undies she gave me too!
Off to meet Lisa!! A x
Annie, It was a pleasure!
AND you “made me” buy a bucket bag after seeing yours!
XXX
Hhaaaha! Can’t wait to see your bucket bag–I will keep my eye out. A x