Royal Blue Dress

First of all thank you all so much for all the sweet birthday wishes I received personally and on my phone, via Facebook and Instagram. I had a true blast ringing in my 23rd birthday on Friday at midnight and celebrating it with my loved ones on Saturday. Even though it was raining a lot, reading all your lovely messages made it just a perfect day. :)

In today's post I wanted to show my new dress. My love for dresses and skirts has grown a lot this Summer. I fell in love with easy breezy summer dresses and this royal blue one is just perfect. I saw this exact same dress hanging in perfect coral as well and I secretly couldn't resist buying them both. These dresses are easy for dressing up, or, if it's a warm summer day, just throw on a pair of cute flats or sandals and off you go!

What I'm wearing

Dress / Zara

Watch, bracelet, ring / Michael Kors

Hearted ear studs / Marc Jacobs

Wallet / By LouLou

Birthday Girl!

Woooo it's my birthday and I'm turning 23 today! I have no idea why, but 23 seems like the perfect age! Probably because 23 is still very young and playful, but more in an adult way. Like people take you more seriously or so haha. I'm so looking forward to this upcoming year, I'm curious where it's gonna take me. Bring it on!

Anyways enough with the talk about getting older, today's all about celebrating my birthday, which already started last night. Yesterday was the last day of the International Four Days Marches (such a pity!), so we needed to celebrate that as well in the city center of Nijmegen. At midnight we rang in my birthday with good music, great friends and delicious drinks. Oh what a night! One of my closest friends came over from the south to party and today she's also staying. We're still laying in bed - whoops - resting from a great night out. I'm not sure yet what we're gonna do today. Maybe going out for lunch in town with my besties? We'll see. Tonight family and friends are coming over to celebrate my b-day. I was hoping to sit outside tonight, but the weather isn't going to be what it actually should to be - warm, sunny and + 25°C.. Nope, instead it's grey, rainy, there's too much wind and it will only be 18°C today. Where's the Summer if you need it?! Ugh, it sucks. But well, I won't let this weather ruin my b-day today anyways. Having my beloved ones around me and reading all of your lovely birthday wishes are already enough! :)

Have a wonderful day everyone! xoxo

Basic Summer Party Look

Aaand again it's the week of the International Four Days Marches of Nijmegen (Nijmeegse Vierdaagse in Dutch). Every year some 46.000 walkers from all over the world come and participate this event. During this event (basically four days of walking 30, 40 or 50 km), there're parties everywhere in city center. And not only these four days.. Nope, the parties start on Saturday and end on Friday. The whole year I'm looking forward to these parties, so this week is BIG for me haha. So I guess you can imagine where I'm hanging around these days! :) I've been telling myself every year again 'I will participate that march myself next year', but  I haven't managed to do so.. yet! One day.. one day. This year's the 99th edition, so next year this even will be even be bigger! Can't wait already haha. If you would like to read more about this event, read my blog post from last year. You can find it here.

This is an outfit I wore last night. Bit of a basic festival look.. a casual skinny jeans with a printed shirt that I bought yesterday and a pair of Nike sneakers. With all the beer splashing around I'm afraid of wearing dresses and pretty shoes haha. Have you ever been to these parties? And what would you wear?

P.s. do you see that my hair is dark again? For the very first time my beloved sister dyed it instead of the hairdresser. I was a bit scared in the beginning, but it turned out to be exactly what I wanted. I'm a happy gal again!

Hope you're all having a great week as well! Tell me your plans in the comment box down below, I'd love to read it! :)

Casual

Black and white is an all time favorite combination of mine. When I go shopping I look for pieces that easily match with what I already have in my wardrobe. When bumping into this faux leather bike jacket the other day, I knew it would do that. 

Do you know those days when it's all drizzly outside and you don't really feel like dressing up so much? It's great that basic pieces such as a black skinny jeans and a plain white tee can be less boring just by adding a great jacket and a nice pair of shoes. I'm such a big fan of this jacket! I mean, it's a perfect piece to wear on a rainy day like yesterday. Today's weather is different though, I can finally see and feel the sun on my skin again... let's get the dresses, skirts and shorts out of the closet! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Hope you're all having a wonderful sunny day! :)

P.s. don't you notice that my hair looks a bit ombre again? Ughh!! Five weeks ago I dyed my hair all dark again and I couldn't be more happier with it as I was done having an ombre look (which was supposed to be balayage btw). Now, however, compared to how I dyed my hair last time, the layers look so light and I do feel a bit disappointed. I'm thinking about going back to the hairdresser to dye it all dark again. What do you think? Should I wait a couple of months as the Summer sun makes the hair lighter anyways, or should I just go and dye it already? Let me know what you think! 

What I'm wearing:

Jeans & tee / SuperTrash

Faux leather jacket / Zara

Shoes / Stan Smith Adidas

Sunnies / Ray-Ban

Watch / Daniel Wellington (also loving this one in rose gold)

Ring / Buddha to Buddha

Someday...

I love decorating! I don't live on my own at the moment (I did when I was studying in The Hague and when I lived abroad though) and I'm not planning to move out very soon, but it's not a secret that every now and then I buy myself some decoration things for my future home. Someday, I'll be living in my dream house. I just have to wait a little longer before making it real. In the mean time, I loveee looking at beautiful home and decoration pictures in magazines, books and on Pinterest. I then dream about it and try to imagine what my perfect home will look like. At the moment I would choose for nude shades such as white, grey and black. These colors keep the house bright, fresh, chic, and, in my opinion, very appealing. Totally my style! Here're some pictures I found on Pinterest to give you an idea. A girl can dream right? :)

P.s. check out my Pinterest profile to see more pictures. What kind of home are you dreaming about? 

Sushi Friday

Hii all! I just wanted to say a quick hello and wish you a great Friday! I'll spend the evening eating sushi at a restaurant with one of my best friends. We've been trying to plan this dinner several times already and we've finally managed to find a date, so you can imagine how much I'm craving for some sushi right now. I've been out enjoying the lovely weather all day, or actually all week! Even though even walking the stairs makes me sweat already with these temperatures, the run and the pilates workout I did this morning did me so good! I always feel so motivated and energetic after my workouts. With a happy summer feeling and my new dress on, I'm ready for some yummy sushi!

Aaand the doorbell just rang. My friend's here, so I've got to go now. What are your plans for the weekend? Enjoyyy! ♥

Happy July!

Happy July everyone! Wow, I never thought we would start this month with hot, hot, hot weather! The forecast even tells us that these temperatures will rise and stay for at least two weeks! This is Summer, Holland, this really is Summer! I just hope the nice weather continues for like two months at least!

July is one of my favorite months of the year. Maybe I'm biased, but I really like this oh-so-amazing month. Let me first admit that my birthday is in July, and even though that may or may not be the reason for loving this month, it's definitely a bonus. And then Summer, who doesn't love that?!

Here's a list about why love this month:

• The warm weather; like I said, it's been so warm the last couple of days.. Oee, I love it! The tanning season has begun.. burn, baby, burn!
• The sense of joy; I'm not sure what it is, but if I wake up in the morning and I see the sun's rays peeking through my window, I'm getting this instant happy feeling where after I just want to jump out of bed and do this happy dance. Not that I'm actually doing this though.. don't want to embarrass myself in front of the mirror haha. Are you familiar with that certain feeling?
• The holiday; who isn't fond of that?
• The activities; swimming, tanning, sporting, car washing (did it myself yesterday :-)), picnicking, driving around with the cabriolet, city exploring, going out for drinks or ice creams, relaxing at the lake.. you name it!
• The food and cold beverages; ice creams, fresh juices/smoothies, home-made salads, and not to forget fruit, I l-o-v-e fruit! I never go a day without it. Now for summer I'd like to make myself naturally flavored water, it's so fresh and healthy too.Thinking about it.. maybe I should write a post about it, would you like that?
• The clothes; light and bright shorts, skirts, dresses, tops, rompers, ballerinas, sandals.. Yes, we're allowed to show our pretty arms & legs ladies!
• The entertainments; in three weeks the International Four Days Marches (de Nijmeegse Vierdaagse in Dutch) start again. A week full of festivities and parties in the city of Nijmegen. Bet I will be spending my whole 'no-work-week' in that city, especially Friday since I'll be ringing in my birthday that evening. And about the marches.. someday, I will walk it myself. Read more about this event here.
• And at last but definitely not least; good times, making memories, and enjoy that amazingly happy Summer feeling as much as possible!

Now it's up to you! What are your plans for this Summer? Anything exciting coming up? Let me know in the comment box down below, I would love to read it! :) Have a lovely week everyone! xo