A little bit of colour.

As it starts to feel more and more like winter I find myself dressing in darker colours. I am not quite sure why, but I feel it suits my mood better - I couldn't bring myself to wearing pastel colours at this point. However, even if I enjoy dark colours in the winter, they are usually a bit too gloomy for someone like me who generally likes colour. Therefore, a few hints of colours can be the perfect fit, and enhances any outfit perfectly.




Jacket, tights and skirt from H&M, beret from my sister, scarf from some shop in Germany, gloves from Bianco and shoes from Noa Noa.

Chickpea soup.

When my boyfriend and I made this chickpea soup for Rosh Hashanah back in September many of you asked for the recipe. Yesterday I made it again, so I made sure to take photos of it so that I could share it with you.


You need: Chickpeas that have been soaked overnight in water (I suppose it's possible to use canned ones too, but then you don't need to cook the soup for an hour - perhaps only some 15 minutes). I didn't measure how much I used, but if you want to make a lot of soup I'd say around 10 dl.
3 carrots
1 onion
2-4 cloves of garlic
2-3 bay leaves
Spices (cumin, pepper, chili and coriander)
Some parsley


1. Cut the carrots and onion and mince the garlic.


2. Sauté them in oil on medium heath in a pan for around 10 minutes.


3. Fill the pan up with water, add the chickpeas and bay leaves and cook for an hour with the lid on.

4. Add the spices according to your own liking and let the soup cook for five more minutes, but be careful with the chili. This soup is meant to be a little spicy, but I have made the mistake of putting too much chili into my food more than once. You probably don't need more than 1/4 teaspoon.


5. Remove the bay leaves and, voila, a quick and very tasty soup! Sprinkle with some chopped parsley.

Yesterday's outfit.

Sorry for being such a lousy blogger lately, but my thesis is taking up a lot of my time. Actually, that is a lie. To be frank, I wish that it was. I've been complaining more often than necessary about my lack of concentration skills so I won't do that again. I actually do have time to blog in between not doing anything productive, but for some reason I can't do anything well when I feel stressed out.


Blouse and tights from H&M, skirt from Asos, pedant from my grandmother and shoes from Dinsko.

And the winner is...

Wow, I was quite impressed that so many of you entered the giveaway I had at my blog last week. I wish more of you could win, but I could unfortunately only choose one winner. Hopefully I'll get the chance to have more giveaways here at my blog because I really enjoyed it. Oh well, enough talk, the one who's been chosen as the winner by a random number generator is...

Sarah-Lou!

Congratulation, sweetie! Please send me an e-mail so that I can pass on your details to Les Jumelles Boutique.

My Thursday.

First of all, it's great to see that so many of you are entering the giveaway! Remember, you still have another two days to enter it if you still haven't done so.

I thought I'd do a little post documenting what I was up to yesterday since I unfortunately don't have much else exciting to post about. There's not much going on in my life right now as I'm pretty preoccupied with my thesis.


Woke up around 9:30 and had my usual breakfast - buckwheat porridge with blueberries sprinkled on it while reading Elle.


Then Tassus and I went out for a little walk.


Fixed my hair and make-up...


...and got dressed in this.


Wrapped a present and made a birthday card for a friend.


At 12:30 I had an appointment at university with my coach professors regarding my thesis.


Came home again at 16:00 and had received a postcard from my sister who's just been to Dominica, and took Tassus out for a walk.


Ate some pomelo. I love the combination of the pretty green colour of the peel and the nice pink colour inside.


Then Tassus and I took a little nap together.


Ate dinner at around 18:00. Just some vegetables I mixed together and rice.


Talked to my boyfriend on skype for around an hour, then worked on my thesis a little bit.


At 21:30 Tassus and I went for a long walk together.


Watched some episodes of Sex and the City when I got home again.


And ate this for supper. Bread with homemade blueberry jam, avocado and tomato slices with basil.

Giveaway: Les Jumelles jewellery

I love vintage and vintage-inspired jewellery. It's just so pretty with all the details and the novelty it possesses. And what could be better than just that, with a French touch to it? Perfection for a francophile like myself. Say hello to Les Jumelles Boutique, which offers just that.




Les Jumelles was launched earlier this year by two sisters (twins! Which is what the word "jumelles" means - now I know another French word) from Barcelona, Spain and they're already doing very well with their designs! All of the Jewellery is a mix between new parts and recycled vintage beads, charms and pendants and it's all so incredibly cute.





The girls behind the designs have been so kind to let me have a giveaway here on my blog where one of you will have a chance at winning a jewellery of your choice, so head over to their shop, find the jewellery you like the most and post it in the comment. The winner will be chosen at the end of the week - you have until Sunday at midnight. Oh, and if you don't have a blog, leave your e-mail address.






Good luck everyone!

My new vintage suitcase and autumn photography.

Almost a week ago I found this great vintage suitcase in a second hand shop and I had to have it right away. I've been wanting a vintage suitcase (though my ultimate dream is a round hat case though), and this one is just perfect. However, while taking these pictures I realized that somehow the case has been locked on one side(it wasn't when I bought it) and now I have no idea how I am going to open it. Without running the risk of breaking it, mind you. Ideas on how to deal with this problem are more than welcome!



(please ignore the smudges in this photo. I tried to remove some glue from the suitcase in iphoto because I haven't gotten around to doing it in person yet).

Oh, and today was such a beautiful day, so I've decided to share some photos I took.






Now, before I forget. In a couple of days I am going to have a wonderful giveaway here on my blog (I'm sure you'll all love it!), so remember to come back then.

Red bowler hat

So, this is me, wearing my new hat that I showed you a few days ago. The reason I bought it was that it really reminded me of the red bowler hat from the SS 2009 minimarket collection, a collection I really love, and that it's such a cool hat, that can liven up any outfit (seeing that it actually goes with the outfit of course).



Hat from H&M divided, top and tights from Oasis, skirt from H&m and boots from Bronx.