Fall happy list

❤ Our (new) home ❤ New cardigans (wool) ❤ Dinners with family/friends and showing our new house ❤ Going to Italy with our friends in november ❤ Crafting with my mom ❤ Everything nearby (supermarkets, shops, my work), this makes me happy, especially when it is raining ❤ Almost Holiday-season ❤ Scented candles (vanilla!, Roses!) ❤ Organizing our home and administration ❤ Getting money back from our taxes (yes!) ❤ Making plans for next years vacation-trips ❤ Sunshine ❤ New Evian-limited Edition Bottle by Kenzo ❤  Selling our handmade furniture ❤ Chocolat ❤ Reading my favorite blogs ❤  Searching for new (winter)boots ❤ Crispy clean bedsheets ❤ Soups and smoothies ❤ Home decor ❤ Our favorite tv-shows start again ❤ Fall ❤ 

What have you been up to lately?

I'm sorry for the lack of updates and blogposts! It has been kind of busy around here with work, moving and lots of birthdays. My dad, mom, brother all have their birthdays within this month! And Stefan's parents are coming back from France to live here again for a few months. And offcourse we've been showing the house and throwing dinners for our friends:-) But thats all good!
Enough with the excuses. I really like the fact we had so many friends (and family) over for dinners and drinks, especially since this was one of the items on my 101 list (nr. 9 to be exact). 

What have you been up to lately? 

Hard out here!

I love this song by Lilly Allens' latest album so much that we've picked up the album in store yesterday. So far, fan of this song, 'URL Batman' and 'As long as I got you' but i've only listened to the album once. 

The lyrics of 'hard out here' are actually pretty great and should be on any powerblonde' & ambitious brunettes' playlist. There's a glass ceiling to break, there's money to make! 

Get your entrepreneurial inspiration from a movie!

Since I love entrepreneurship (and already have my third company), I can say pretty much I'm an ambassador for entrepreneurship.
I get a lot of questions from people on how to be an entrepreneur or how to start your own company. And honestly, I can give you all the advice from my experiences but first things first: You have to be creative! I can give you lots of ideas but if you're not creative you'll probably never start and never be successful.
If you need a little bit of inspiration or just want to feel the vibe of the fast life and feel like you could achieve anything, you have to watch these movies!

- Limitless
I love limitless! This movie makes me feel like I should try to achieve more, do more and be more ambitious. Not so good to watch if you're feeling a bit down maybe.
- The Devil wears Prada
How to make it in the (cruel) fashion world plus bonus for the music and wardrobe(s)! 
- The Social Network
Speaks for itself! 
- The Wolf of Wallstreet
Get rich or die tryin'. Even though I'm a big fan of Leonardo Dicaprio I didn't really like this movie. I felt like it was over the top, too hard and vulgair but still it could be inspiring.
- Catch me if you can
I know he was a criminal but what an intelligent kid, right?! And again, Leonardo Dicaprio ;-)
- Sunshine cleaning
Sometimes the dirtiest jobs can pay off. Every idea can be great, just do something with it. 
- The secret of my succes
We all have to start at the bottom. I know this movie is a little bit dated/old but I used to really like it and watch it as a kid with my dad. 
- Working girl
Sometimes you just have to be tough! 
- Jobs
I kind of hated the character of Steve Jobs, what a mean man (at least it seems so in the movie). But he's an great entrepreneur and the lesson to learn is you can't keep everyone as your friend, even though I don't think I could ever betray a friend like that. 
- Suits
Not a movie, but a great tv-show. Great on tips for negotiations, great to not forget to get your contracts checked out by and expert (before signing). And ofcourse, Rachel Zane's wardrobe.
- Million Dollar Listing NYC 
I loved this show as well! The realtors show you around in beautiful NYC. Who doesn't want to learn how to negotiate like that? Or how to throw an open house a.k.a. PARTY?! And I love to dream of owning an appartement or townhouse in NYC one day. 
- Pregnant in Heels. 
The title may fool you. But follow Rosie Pope around New York (again:-) and you'll find out she's an great entrepreneur plus she's cute and knows how to act and dress in different occassions (great on etiquette). 

I know there are so many more! Limitless, Suits and Million Dollar Listing NYC are my favorites. What are yours? 

Follow Friday... The Classy Cubicle

Can you say 'hi there new style-icon'? That's what I did after finding this tumbler adress. What a beautiful girl and what gorgeous outfits (!) and all totally office-appropriate (that's also her motto). See, that's what I like! 
It's not that hard too look good in a red-carpet dress, but how about an outfit that you can actually wear in your day-to-day (working) life? It doesn't always have to be the highest heels (I'm blaming you SATC, The City, and Suits). 
Get inspired by Mary from The Classy Cubicle.

Here are a few of my favorite looks: 

Clean house, clear mind.

So here's a (pretty simple) cleaning schedule. I've posted a part of this before, but thought it would be fun, and helpful, to do a longer schedule with monthly chores (and chores you can postpone even a bit longer, yay!). 

Of course, this is just what works for me/for us, you're free to do it any other way

Daily

- make your bed

- hang up any left clothes (and coats) and put away shoes and bags

- clean your desk, coffee- and dinner table(s)

- do the dishes

- wipe up spills

Every other day

- sweep and/or vacuum (especially when you have pets, right now I have to vacuum every day)

- scrub sink(s)

- make sure your toilet is clean

- wipe down kitchen and bathroom counters

- put everything in place (were it belongs)

Weekly

- do laundry

- change sheets

- disinfect everything you touch on a daily basis (phone, keyboard, doorknobs etc.)

- mop all floors

- scrub and disinfect the entire bathroom (toilet, bathroom-floor, sinks)

- do your administration, pay bills, sort out & throw away stuff

- take out garbage

Monthly

- declutter a different room or closet every month and get rid of everything you're not using or just don't like anymore (sell, give away to friends/family or donate)

- clean paintings, mirrors, bookshelves and surfaces you don't clean on a daily basis

- clean fridge and cabinets

Every three months

- wash pillows

- declutter your closet

- wash windows (or maybe every half year is good enough :-)

My most important tip for keeping your house clean and tidy is to remember that your house is not a storage box, give every room a purpose and try to get rid of things in time. Like when you buy new magazines, give or throw a few older ones away. The same goes for pretty much everything; buy new make-up or clothes, get rid of some other/older pieces.

Storage boxes are handy but make sure you know what's in them and don't just use them to put thing away that you don't actually need (or want).

Definately try not to throw items that are reusable or still in very good condition in the garbage, see if someone else could use it, take it a thrift shop or donate it to a charity.  

Just a cute drawing:-) Happy Tuesday!

source: lily-cats.tumblr.com/ 

Light blue

Preppy, pink and Sperry

         

New bag!

When I came from work my mommy and niece were having coffee in a small café and I decided to stop by. But first I did a small pitstop at two stores and I scored this cute bag for only €8,99! I think it's a classy bag and I love this color for fall.