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Earthquake

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Hi! Just a quick update today.
Thank you for those who sent me a message and twitter..I really appreciate your concern! I’m okay, safe and at home now. I was out with my friend for lunch when the earthquake happened. We just got off the elevator to go outside, and I was so glad that we got off, because otherwise I would have stuck in elevator for hours…
It was really scary and so far the biggest earthquake I’ve ever experienced in my life.

All the trains and subways were (and still are) stopped, so I walked home. I stopped by at convenience store to use bathroom and noticed that some people stole stuff from the store. Bread, make up products etc were missing, and convenience stores here are never ill-stocked like that! People must have taken some stuff when the lights were out and security cameras were off. What a shame!

34 weeks – trick on wearing non-maternity clothes

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Hi all! Remember I mentioned that Andy and I went thrifting in Shimokitazawa last Saturday? This is the skirt I scored for $6. Satomi’s post about color evaluation (her blog is in Japanese) got me thinking about the color I use to create my wardrobe. According to her, she went to a therapist where she was told what color best  best suits an individual depending on their facial features, skin tones, hair color etc. I do not have money to blow on the therapy session, but I revisited my closet to find out that my wardrobe consists of…mostly black, gray, purple and blue. I do not have anything orange, or yellow. Orange and yellow are not my favorite colors, but I felt like a such a boring person wearing purple all the time. As for yellow, I’m consciously avoiding to wear yellow, since I feel like it matches with my skin tone too much. But perhaps I can go for different shades of yellow, such as lemon or mustard? Anyway, so when I found this bright orange skirt with yellow and teal tulip print on it for $6, I had to jump on it!

A problem I soon discovered was the waist size. It measures out as 66cm. There is no way that I fit in this skirt comfortably being 34 weeks pregnant! Although, on a side note a 66cm waist is the measurement I want to get back to after the delivery.

After some more deliberation I decided to wear it as a dress. My trick is to make a loop with an elastic band, and attach it to the skirt using safety pin. I threw on a cardigan to hide the opening part in the back. I felt like I’m wearing a moo moo with just that, so I added a belt under bust. Now I have a baby doll style dress:)

And, last but not least for today’s post.  My darling friend Kaitlyn sent me the precious clothes! I can’t wait to dress up my babe with these clothes!

Inspiration: SS11 Family Affairs

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Images via Family Affairs
You might have already seen this lovely Spring/Summer 11 lookbook for Family Affairs?
Of course I love the clothes, but I also love the dreamy and airy look of the photos. I’m greatly inspired for my next photo shoot!
Family Affairs is a mother and daughter team, made by Nina and Kaya Egli, based in New York. I’m dreaming  perhaps my daughter and I can be a team to have a little sweat shop at our house in the future…:)