It's Boots Season!

My favorite season to buy clothes for is Spring and Fall. I hate summer clothes (gasp I know) because I don't like the bright colours, short hemlines, and flip flops. I like Spring and Fall because you get to wear dark colours, beautiful coats, scarves and boots (because it's always raining in Vancouver).

I have about 4 pairs of leather/pleather boots, 1 seude and 2 UGGs. But my top favorite 3 pairs are these:

From Aldo - a light weight over the knee 3 inch heel boot that's warm inside

From Aldo - the popular slouchy style that pretty much every girl has

From Calvin Klein - the Mayson Nappa over the knee boots. This one is made with real leather and it bunches up at the top to create a sleek but unique look. Sorry, I couldn't find a bigger stock photo of the boots.

I don't have any designer boots yet. I don't know how worth it they would be for me and my lazy lifestyle. I prefer flat boots more (I live in flats). But it seems like all the pretty designer boots have a high heel.

Laser Eye Surgery

I'm getting laser eye surgery on Tuesday. I'm very excited but nervous at the same time. I might as well put up some facts I learned about laser eye surgery by going to the consultation and reading my handbook I received. I'm getting the PRK laser eye surgery done because I was not a candidate for LASIK laser eye surgery.

LASIK

• Procedure: a thin part of your cornea is cut (creating a flap), a laser shoots in to correct your eyes, the flap is placed back
• Pros: heels in a week, can work in 48hrs, can drive in 48hrs, good for smaller prescriptions
• Cons: flap may open, higher cases of re-treatment, higher cases of dryer eyes

PRK

• Procedure: epithelium is removed (without cutting), a laser shoots in to correct your eyes, wear contacts for one week to protect epithelium when it is growing back
• Pros: no cutting/no flap created, good for higher prescriptions, lower chances of re-treatment, great for people with thin corneas (most asians)
• Cons: heels in 2 weeks, can drive in 4-14 days, may hurt when epithelium is growing back, can do physical activity in 2 weeks (arghh.. it means I can't go to the gym)

Restrictions:

• No eye make up 3 days before surgery and on surgery day (crap, I wore make up on Saturday and Sunday.. I hope that doesn't affect it)
• No eye make up 7 days after eye surgery
• No wearing contacts for 2 weeks before eye surgery (because it will reshape your eye)
• There are way more restrictions for LASIK compared to PRK
• PRK restrictions: Do not go into a hot tub, swim, or be in a dusty/dirty surrounding for a week and wear sunglasses in sunlight for 6 months

I got most of the information from the Coal Harbour Eye Center handbook. I'm going to get my surgery done there since I know a few people who had it done there. I can't wait to have 2 weeks off to do nothing. I'll be so bored. I'll probably beg my friends to pick me up and go somewhere because I can't even drive anywhere. Also, I'm excited to wear sunglasses at night like some kind of celebrity or some kind a thief...hmm..

Trench Coat + Teal Nails

I went downtown today. I was eating at Chronic Tacos and taco juice spilt into the sleeve of my trench coat. Argh.. so silly of me. This is what I wore today.

Banana Republic trench coat and scarf, Forever 21 sweater and legging pants, Marc by Marc Jacobs mouse flats, and Louis Vuitton Trevi PM

I saw these Jimmy Choo low heeled peep toe pumps at Holt Renfrew. They are really pretty and seem pretty dressy-casual. They were $500. The sandal version was just as pretty with a higher heel for $550. Then there was an even higher platform sandal version for $850. The only thing I don't like about Jimmy Choo's are the soft leather soles - that probably needs to be resoled after one wear. I'm really digging the simple pump pair more because it's more versatile while as the sandal pump is only for really dressy occasions. The prices in CAD vs USD aren't too far off.

source: Nordstrom website

source: Nordstrom website

I was bored and painted my nails with a friend. She has a pretty big nail polish collection. I picked out this pretty green-teal colour from Barielle. I forgot the name of the colour. Apparently, the Barielle has low amounts of chemicals compared to other nail polishes out there.