Lion King

My mom is hugely into musicals. Every time she goes on vacation she basically goes to a show every night - it's her thing. I like how at intermission she always buys ice cream. Lion king is touring here and mom got tickets for us to go tonight as a birthday present for me. Thanks mom!

I left baby Dexter with Don for the evening and met up with my sister and mom for some supper and the show. It was good to hang out with my family and also good for Don to chill out with baby by himself.





This is my new striped dress! When I heard that Anthropologie opened up a store here in Edmonton I had to check it out asap. They even had a 50% off opening sale that I didn't know about... curses. It was actually a student of mine who told me they had gone shopping there and every dress reminded her of me. Nice call on my style, girls!

Of course, everything looks nice with my Pashley bike.






These pumps are really old. I have the same pair in red and both serve as neutrals for countless outfits. I keep thinking these are going to wear out but they just keep trucking. I have an exciting pair of sandals to debut on the blog (and that look beautiful with this dress) but it was crazy rainy and windy today. I didn't want to get caught in the rain wearing fabric strappy red open toe sandals. These grey patent pumps work well too, they're just less summery.





I often like clothes that are nostalgic and this one has a definite 50s vibe. You can't tell from the photos but there are pockets too. I looove dresses with pockets. And the sash is fun.




I'm also a big fan of hair bands for dressing up, another style quirk I've inherited from my mom. When gossip girl came out on TV I kept seeing the character Blair Waldorf wearing hair bands and I thought, "hey, I do that too!" On one episode she's actually wearing one that I also have... the one I wore with this outfit is also a new find from Anthropologie. Most of my hair pieces have bows, flowers, or feathers. I like how this one is more subtle.





When I'm riding I take the hair thing off and put it in the basket while my helmet is on. When I arrive at dinner the helmet comes off and hair ornaments go on. Easy.

This was the clutch I took. Perfect for a fan, lipstick, glasses, Visa, business cards, and my iPhone. My keys were huge so I took the ones I needed (house key, bike lock key) and looped them through the clutch's wrist loop with a cute keychain.





Even though my sister drove with my mom, I thought it would be nice to make note of their outfits. You all know Sable...








And here is my mom, Ann! Too bad I haven't mastered taking photos with my iPhone yet. I need to learn about light. Mom is wearing a gorgeous knitted sweater by Eskandar.





Mom always wears nice shoes. We're all suckers for rhinestones.





The show was really entertaining. Impressive dancing, cool effects, and everything was very energetic and colourful. Looking forward to having more occasions to both wear dresses and ride my bike to go do fun things!