Done n Done

Eurovision time

2013-05-18T08:29:00.001+02:00

Hello girls, I'v been super busy this week. The weather has change so much and its wonderful. Today I was thinking about doing a shoot and doing some school work. I need to be productive becuase tonight its Eurovision Time. And omg this time is in Malmö (swedish city I used to live in) And I cannot wait for tonight. Are you guys watching the show tonight? Who are you voting for?

Street style - green and denim

2013-05-14T17:47:00.001+02:00

Hello there, so yesterday I did the marathon, I got such an adrenaline rush doing and I cannot wait to do it once again. I still feel a little bit tired and almost like I might be catching a cold but I have some school related things to do... But before that I wanted to show you this look that I shot a couple of days ago.. The blouse is a little bit wrinkly but this look is for those days u need rush around the city during arounds, or for a casual school or work day... Tomorrow after work, Im going to show you some pics from the marathon =) So stay tuned!

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Instaweek

2013-05-11T12:16:00.001+02:00

1. On my way to work/ showing off with my new glasses, 2. My tshirt and nr for the marathon, 3. The shoes I've been wearing this whole week, 4. The station where I take nr 50 to go to work.

1. Oh yeah, Sweaty tshirt time! Me and my sweetybear sometimes compare our sweaty tshirts after our workouts, he usually bits me up but when I do my running I always win =) 2. Stuck in the tram on my way from work, thank god for podcast documentaries. Im always listening documentaries, and I cannot get enough of it. 3. Mmm breakfast. 4 Mmm tortilla rap, I swear I could eat tortilla raps all day, every day!

1. The house that I live in, a great documentary about the war on drugs, I totally recommend it. 2. sitting on the bus on my way to work, 3. Me after a run, 4. Just a pic from the city

1. Weey! Orchid started to blossom again! 2. Sittin on the buss, on my way to work, 3. Ready for a run, and yes sometimes I just run with my make up on... 4 Some of the make up that I use everyday.

Weey, I love when bloggers blog about their week through instapictures. Ever since this thing got big in the blogging world, I 've been thinking about doin it, but I just never got around it. This week I finally gather some pictures and I put together these picture collages that pretty much sum up this week. This week I didnt have classes so the only thing I did was go to work, eat, sleep and train...

Now I m thinking about going for a run before it starts to rain and then I need to work on my paper =).

Ps. I will be posting an outfit of the day very soon.

Thank you for sticking around =)

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On a chilly day

2013-05-09T15:16:00.000+02:00

Hey girls, I 've been working all week from 8 - 5 so I haven't had time to blog. But today, I finally had some time to show you this look that I took a week ago. It was very chilly that day, so wearing those blue jeans made my day just a little bit brighter... Anyways, Its a very simple look but I like it. The weekend is coming and I cannot wait to start working on a paper that I need to turn in next week. Its not going to be a fun weekend but Im looking forward to finish part one of this school paper. So wish me luck.

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Nr. 7350 - Im running my first marathon =)

2013-05-06T15:15:00.000+02:00

So I started running for the first time in my life in 2011... Ever since I started, I would always tell me myself: Amanda you need to do a marathon, you just need to go online find one and just sign up... I would get online and find one, but I never had the courage to sign up, until now... Two months ago I did the unthinkable, I sign up together with some girls of my UN women group. Its only a half marathon, but still... Omg, Im running a marathon! The race is on the 13th of May and Im a lite bit scared, exited, nervous and happy, all at the same time... Gosh, I remember that at the begining, I cound'nt even run 1 km. And now I run around 5 - 7 km without a problem, but I feel like this marathon is still going to be a challenge. I always get an amazing kick out of running.. Its a feeling I cannot explain. When I run I feel so high on life, and I feel soooo alive. So Im hoping that this marathon is going to give me a great adrenaline rush =)

So since I am doing this pretty soon and Im such a noobie at this, I wanted to ask you:

Have you ever run a marathon? If yes, what did you do before, besides training? What did you do the actual day of the run?

If no, Would you ever do it ? Do you run on the regular basis?

Please share your opinions =)

One thing, I do almost all the time, specially before a run is to go on tumblr and just find inspiration... SO that's why I decided to share these pics with you... to inspire myself and the rest of you, to go for a RUN or maybe even sign yourself up for a marathon =. Another thing that inspired me is to check out sportwear so that's why Im going to leave you with what I would wear for a run =)

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50 shades of...

2013-05-04T19:16:00.001+02:00

Hey girls, Hope are having a great Saturday. I'm having a great one! I took these pictures yesterday, right after I wrote you that long post about, basically making changes and achieving goals. I m glad that it inspired some of you to be more aggressive when it comes to your dreams. Today, I did another great move forward to come closer to my goals... I basically turn something not so good into a something positive. But I decided to not talk about it and share all the details because I dont want to jinx it. But I promise, I will talk about it... I mean I need to talk about this, because I believe this could help many of you come one step closer to your dream job . I promise I will talk about this in the up coming weeks or days =-) So stay tuned!

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Keep going!

2013-05-03T17:08:00.000+02:00

I was going to post this post yesterday... But I feel like the message and the whole point of the post has totally change... I still think the message that I inserted in the images have the same impact today as they did yesterday. But today I see it all a little bit differently....
So, most of you have read my info presentation, you already know that I'm interested in International politics and if you have been following me since January you may also know that I recently received my bachelors degree in International relations... Besides being extremely passionate about global issues, I am an active member of amnesty international and UN women. And my goal is to work with womens issues on international level. Specially with peace and conflict issues. At the beginning of this year I made a decision to continue studying a master degree that I though would give the basic tools to understand gender issues. This master program is really challenging and totally different from what I was used to. So sometimes I feel like I wanna quit... So far I've been passing all the obstacles that has come my way and I really feel like I have gained so much knowledge even though its not necessarily connected to International politics all the time...I think that I should continue my masters degree in gender science... and that I should keep trying to connected to the global issues that I 've studied...My dreams are big and they totally terrify me and I often see how I m unconsciously sabotaging myself. Cuz, let be honest, its just so easy to give in... Which brings me up to todays incident. So, at the moment Im studying a curse called equality work and management practice and in our last assignment they want us to examine and formulate our own equality plan. They wants to gained knowledge about the equality praxis within government organizations, municipality or even counties. One part of the assignment requires us to do an interview. At first I though, oh an interview, no big deal... But then I started to get extremely anxious and extremely intimidated. I just felt like, gosh I'm only a student and yes I might have a degree but I don't have a title and I started thinking that the people that work with these type questions were totally going to ignore me. After rewriting the email that I was going to send to the person that I was going to interview... I finally push the send bottom and I anxiously waited on their replay. I actually didn't have the direct contact information to the equality and diversity strategist (aka the person main person that is on the top of all the equality work that is driven within this special municipality) so I had to send it to their main contact center. Now they have a 24 hour policy, so I was waiting and waiting and a whole day went by, but they didn't answer me back ... so I thought gosh I was right, they are totally ignoring me. So today I was super sad and kinda in a bad mood because it seemed like all my classmates were on the right way. But I decided to go home and put myself together and after rehearsing what I was going to say I made the call... I waited around 7 minutes and this lady answered and I explained who I was and all, and she directly was giving me an attitude and she was like: Oh are you sure you were supposed to contact a municipality (LIke dont you know who we are) and then she was like oh: What company are you from even though I said like a million times that I was a student...

By that point I was about give up and just cry... Now, I know I did a mistake because I had the name of the person that I was supposed to contact in the first place, but I wasn't sure if I was able to get in touch with this person because of this persons title, gosh Im so damn silly. Can you believe that I was actually thinking that I was never going to get in touch with this person since this person probably doesn't deal with questions from little people like me (Talk about being insecure)... At some point in the conversation the skeptical lady finally came around, and she finally said she was going to connected me to their equality and diversity strategist ( The person that I was seeking all along ) . To my surprise this person was super enthusiastic and XXX actually said that XXX already answered my email and that XXX was happy to answer any questions... (Oh I dont want to say if it was a she or he so thats why I put XXX... SO what had happened was that I didnt see XXX's mail because it for some reason end up in my spam box. I feel so silly for getting upset, because all this time I was thinking that they decided to ignore my request, when in fact I was the one ignoring that they had already answered... how silly of me... But the important thing is that XXX and I had a little chat and we booked an inteview and XXX also invited me to a conference that they are going to have with some representatives that work with equality issues and some representatives from the county. SO I actually ended up getting more then I was aiming for. An interview and a meeting with the representatives of the municipality and the Swedish county... So what I've learn today is that I need to confront my fears and I need to stop being such a coward, I need to stop crying for every little thing that comes my way. I need to start taking more space and I need to stop doubting myself. I'm my biggest fan, but also my biggest enemy... I just dont want my stupidity and fears stop me from doing the things I want to do. Now Im telling you all this to vent a little bit, and also because I m hoping that I might encourage you do take the next step if you are like me. And dont let the nervs get the best of you.. and to finish this post I just want to say that that big dreams/accomplishments/tasks and things that you decided to do should totally scare the living *** out of you, its ok to get scare but and its your job and responsability to keep going no matter what. You never know what you may get in return if you just let go and go with the flow...

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Institutional protectionism

2013-05-01T12:10:00.001+02:00

Pants: GinaTricot, Bralet:Bikbok,Blazer:Shopgoldie

Hey girls, I just got home from shooting these pictures and oh it was so sunny, it wasn't that warm but it was nice outside. As I sat down to edit my pictures, I started watching a documentary that have already started about the 80's and crime in New York. I was about to change the channel and but then the story totally pull me in... It was about the jogger case as they called it. I think the documentary was called The central park five, anyways this case was about 5, 14 - 16 year old African Americans boys that were incarcerated for a crime they didn't commit. Gosh talk about being in a wrong place at the wrong time. I know this images have nothing to do with these words, but it totally inspired todays title. And in a way I see my outfit and I see a blue system that appears to be flawless and fair but in the middle we can see an abnormality that seems to fit well with the rest. I m not against the system but I m totally against corrupted systems.

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Happy blues - inspiration for an upcoming post

2013-04-29T18:51:00.001+02:00

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bubleroom

If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a huge fan of bright colored trousers, I think that they are so so bold and the best thing is that you can never get bored of them,t... A month ago or two I found these blue pair of high waisted jeans and I knew I had to have them... In my head I had so many cute and easy outfit combinations... Like for example, how cute would these trousers look with those loafers I found over at Bubbleroom , mmm I want them (BTW. Bubbleroom is an swedish online boutique that has a huge variation of brands). But anyways I tought it would be cute to show you some of my ideas for an up coming outfit post with these pair of pant =).

But since I dont own a pair of leopard printed loarfers I might as well show what I have in mind instead... One idea that is on top of my list is this simple combination of blue,white, yellow and black. Hopefully if everything goes right, I am going to be able to shoot it either on Wednesday or Thursday. If not, I might need to wait to shoot on the weekend instead. I really cannot wait =)

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A mix and a zoom in - for April

2013-04-28T09:06:00.005+02:00

Hey girls, I know I've been gone for too long. Its terrible! I missed the blog so much but I had to work.. It has been a really intense week of work, meetings and working out. I 've been super stress and unfortunately my blog was the one that suffered the most, since I was able to pay attention to it... But I did read alll the comments from the previous post and Im super glad u all liked that look. Now that is warmer Im going to do more looks showing more skin yay... For today I tough I would just show you some looks from this month to say goodbye to the month of April. I think that next week I will start doing more outfit of the day =)

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Grey with white

2013-04-20T15:37:00.003+02:00


BaseballCap and Sport trousers: GinaTricot , Sweater made into a crop top from OASAP, Blazer and Necklace H&M

Hey girls so here is my look for todays Sunny Saturday, I just recently came home from a run, and I wanted to show you this look before I take a power nap. So the show piece in todays look are the grey training trousers that are just perfect is you wanna go for a sporty chic look. Believe it or not, I got these pair on sale as well so it was a great buy... They are really comfy so I think I made need to look for another pair =). I think this might be a great piece for those summer days when you dont wanna wear tight clothes =)

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Collect moments not things

2013-04-17T09:45:00.001+02:00

Jacket, shoes and necklace H&M, Watch: MKors, Everything else GinaTricot

Happy Wednesday girls, I am about to start studying again I need to get ready for an upcoming seminar. I have a lot to read, but Im pretty sure I will be done by Thursday night, so its good... I am so happy to show this look beacuase I am wearing this white wedges that I found well hidden in the sale section at H&M. They were pretty cheap so I knew I had to get them... And its funny because not to long ago I was obsessing over white pointy shoes.. I've been seeing them everywhere on the internet.. But I never though I would actually find a pair for the price that I pay for these babies =)
These are totally going to become my go to shoe for spring and summer. So what we learn from this post is that I am totally collecting things instead of moments but my shirt is totally telling you the opposite, how cleaver =)

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Darkness

2013-04-15T10:30:00.001+02:00

Top:Romwe, Hat: Stradivarious, Belt: Bikbok, Everything else: GinaTricot

Yesterday I came a cross this poem by Lord B, and now its stuck in my head, and for some reason I tough it would go well with todays look. If you cannot tell, this look was inspired by HM's newest collection "The New Icons"...I still havent got my hands on it and I most probably wont get any thing from this collection but I can totally celebrate it and get inspirited by it. I think many pieces from this collection are stunning and since its from " a collection" it makes me want to have it. But at the same time I feel like this collection is not as desirable as other collections. You can probably find this items elsewhere u can probably find item that resemble the collection but that are even more interesting..Maybe is me or do you guys agree? Are you guys getting anything from the collection? Or have you got anything from the collection yet?

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Color block

2013-04-13T19:34:00.000+02:00

Happy Saturday girls!

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Overlay in the city

2013-04-12T11:05:00.001+02:00

Hey girls! Oh wow, this look was so exiting to do because I found my self in a totally different and a little bit more challenging location that I am usually accustomed to. U have no idea how much I wanted to do shoots in the city. I dont think its better, but its definitely cooler, right? Everything gets a cooler vibe specially those outfits that are not too busy like this one... Now that I tried this type of location, I cannot wait to do it again =)

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The streets are paved with gold

2013-04-09T21:25:00.000+02:00

Yay, I am so happy to show you this look because I am wearing my favorite band Tshirt. I really dont have that many band tshirts to tell you the truth so this is for sure my favorite. This is the first time I wear it since I got it at the concert. And I was thinking not to wear it because its like memorabilia to me... But yolo right? The title of this post is actually taken from Coldplay's song called UFO... mmm love that song. You know, every time I listen to this band I cannot wait to see them live again. They are so awesome to me.... Their lyrics are super powerful and sometimes like today they totally discribe the way I feel....

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A rebels revelation

2013-04-06T20:59:00.000+02:00

"Not all who wander are aimless. Especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond the image" Mona Lisa Smile

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Just before April came

2013-04-04T10:52:00.000+02:00

Oh the funnies thing happened the other day while I was playing in my wardrobe... But before I tell you let me just start by reminding you all about a blogpost that I did a while ago, where I was going on and on about strap heeled sandals... And how I wanted to get a pair.. Well the thing that happend was that while I was going trough my stuff, I found these pair of shoes... Now these shoes are soooo sooo old its a little bit embarrassing beacuse I think that I got them when I was in high school =) I could amost say that they are vintage haha... Unfortunally I dont remember where I got them from but it doesnt matter, these are totally making it a little bit easier to deal with my obssesion with strap heeled shoes... And also these have a little plattform in the from so in fact these are a little bit more comfortable then the ones that I talked about in my previous post... Now that I found these Im actually thinking that I wont get the black ones that I was thinking of getting in the first place and instead I might just invest in some red ones or white ones... but we will see...

Hope you are all having a fabb day =)

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Preview

2013-04-03T21:45:00.000+02:00

Jumper: JC, Necklace: OASAP, Coat: H&M, Jeans: GinaTricot

Take a sneak peek!

Hey girls, here is just a little preview of an up coming post... I tought I was going to be able to post the whole post today... But my bed is calling me and Im feeling really tired. I better go to bed and post the whole thing tomorrow =)

See you tomorrow =)

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Fashion obsession of the day: Varsity jacket

2013-04-01T17:46:00.001+02:00

There is no doubt, the varsity trend is hotter than ever. And I am completely obsesses with it. The main character of this trend is of course the varsity jacket. I just love how the sporty feel of the jacket can totally look super sophisticated and cool with the most feminine pieces. Last week I was at a second hand and I saw a bunch of varsity jackets but they were a little bit pricey and too big. But I found a couple at Topshop that are not that expensive. So I am totally thinking about getting one... I feel like this could be a great investment for spring and summer =)What do u guys think about this trend, Yay or Nay ?

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On a green truck

2013-03-31T18:06:00.001+02:00

Happy holidays girls, I hope u are enjoying this little spring break =) Rest and enjoy this time to the fullest =)

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Under the sun we uncover- part one

2013-03-27T21:22:00.002+01:00

U guys know that I love to talk about new songs every now and then, specially when I find a song that I cannot get out of my head... I 've been looking for the name of the song for a minute and I finally found it... At the beginning I tough I was Rihanna but it wasn't I was an Swedish singer called Zara Larsson, what a pretty name dont you think... And omg how could I think for a sec that it was Rihanna lol... Anyways u guys need to listen to this song and let me know what you think and also you can totally leave me a comment suggesting new music.. I love finding new music to obsessed about =)
Oh yeah I wanted to let you know that I will be answering comments really soon =)

Put 2 and 2 gether -
4ever We'll never change
2 and 2 gether
We'll never change

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Dark sun

2013-03-25T22:05:00.000+01:00

Oh wow Im super tired! I'm so ready to jump in the bed. But before that, let me just show one of my latest look... This is actually a pretty old look I took it like two weeks ago or so.. I was a little bit unsure about posting it mostly because of the lighting... But oh well, here it is. Hope you like it..
Sweet dreams under the dark sun

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Blue aviator

2013-03-24T20:10:00.000+01:00

Dont let the sun fool you, I wasnt that warm as it might come across, I was totally freezing here. But its good that it didnt came across =). Im so happy I found these type of glasses, Im totally in love with this trend =) They totally make your outfit pop

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Get your geek on

2013-03-22T11:06:00.000+01:00

Oh man, Im a horrible blogger! The wind, the cold, my bad skin phase and the lighting is totally kicking my bad. This week I had to turn in a paper so that has to be the most OK excuse for not blogging. I actually did take some pictures last weekend, when I said that I was going out to the gym... I was going to put up the pictures that I took... But Idk I just dont like the way they turn out... But I might post them anyways, when I get over myself =) So but yeah, today is Friday and its super sunny but super cold and I still manage to take this couple of shots. I literally just got home and Im still freezing hehe but I think it was worth it, don't u think ? Im totally in to the River Island varsity lookbook inspo so that's is pretty where I got the inspiration for this look.

Happy Friday, Talk to you soon =)

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