Over the weekend: I am the real pancake stacker

Monday, January 30, 2012



he always makes me do goofy things in public...

This weekend Kenneth took me to one of my favorite "restaurants": The Pancake Factory! On the menu: pancakes, pancakes and more pancakes (and fruit salades too)! Pancakes with lots of fruits, raisins, cheese, bacon, onions, bell pepers, ... you name it, they serve it. 

One more exam to go! People and Organisation isn't my fave class but the teacher is really cool! I am going to check on my paper  once more and print it out so I can prepare my oral exam. I like written exams more actually, they make me less nervous. 

And oh my, it's snowing outside!

XO Nikki

A weekendpost

Friday, January 27, 2012


A photo from a time when days were longer and the temps were higher. I haven't really made any weekend plans since the boyfriend wants to play Skyrim all day and I still have 2 more exams to go. What are you guys up to this weekend? :)

Nikki

Why I would spend all my pocket money in Old Navy

Wednesday, January 25, 2012




Just because they have a lot of stuff I like! ♥
Tulip dress - $34.95
Polka dot dress - 34.95
Floral scarf - $14.95
Yellow bag - $17.00


Brand new

Sunday, January 22, 2012

It's a new day and I am wearing new things on my newly designed blog. How do you like it? I felt like my previous lay-out was a little too busy for me and I wanted to create one that looked more fresh, clean and neat. Mission accomplished I'd say! Friday after school I took a train to Antwerp to stay with the boyfriend. We both have exams and it's really hard to see each other during this period. I hate it! On Saturday morning he got up early to study and I went into town for some quick shopping. The sales are in town and dang it, I scored the loveliest things!





Wearing: Springfield blouse, bag & necklace, Massimo Dutti skirt, BOO shoes
By the way, have you ever noticed how rad the sales are in Spanish chainstores? Massimo Dutti and Springfield are my favorite shops to score at during the sales! Hence this outfit, haha!

XO Nikki

Busy bee Nikki

Friday, January 20, 2012



Hi there! Just another quick update today. Life has been a little hectic the past two weeks. I had a dozen or so deadlines this week and I kinda got behind on all of those papers. Yesterday I spend 7 hours in the library to finish them all in time. I handed in the last paper for the semester today! What a relief.
On Monday I have my first exam: Methodical Dialogue. A course that learns us all the steps you need to go through when you are helping someone with a psychological-social problem. It's something that becomes a second nature for a social worker after some time and so I don't really have to study a lot.


If the weather wants to co-operate, I'll be back on sunday with a new photo post!
*Pinky promise*


XO Nikki

The camera was freezing

Monday, January 16, 2012

Happy Monday! How was everyones weekend? I spent mine sleeping, watching Glee, studying and making assignments. Between all that I found an hour of time to snap some outfit photos. Don't let my outfit fool you. It was only 3°C outside! So cold, that after half an hour my camera stopped working and made all my photos come out dark and blurred. Hence the over edited photos. How many things can I do wrong? Seriously, haha. 




Wearing: WE cardigan, Levis Jeans, Footwear boots, America Today top, F21 earrings, C&A scarf
PS: Only the camera was freezing. I wasn't *pinky swear*

Much Love,
Nikki


It's all a blur to me!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Just stopping by for a quick little update on my new camera! Today I gathered all my courage and ventured outside the safety zone that is my house with my tripod. I thought this part of the woods was a safe place to get over my fear since you have to climb over a little brook to get here and the trail ends just a little behind where I stand in these photos. Wrong thinking. Two men came by walking their dogs. That one puppy almost killed my camera...


Wearing: Vero Moda skirt, Zara Cardigan, H&M dress, C&A scarf, Footwear boots
Apart from the first photo all my photos came out blurry. I can make such stupid mistakes sometimes! I left my camera in the wrong mode and forgot to check the focus. I could slap myself! I sometimes think it's true what they say, gingers descend from blondes, haha. 

XO Nikki

I've been tagged and it wasn't on Facebook

Sunday, January 8, 2012

...For once! Don't you hate it when you wake up after a party and there are tons of pictures of you dancing the Macarena on facebook? Or did that only ever happen to me? Anwhoo, I got tagged by the lovely miss behind Elephant is l♥ve and she asked me these 11 questions!


1. Is there a significance behind your name?
My name, Nikki, comes from Nicole which is a derivative of Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was my favorite when I was young. You can compare him with Santa but he brings new toys and Santa brings new jammes. And as a child I liked rock'n'roll Barbie better than flannel jammies you see...

2. Your favorite colour and colour combinations?
Purple! No doubt. And my favorite combinations are mustard, navy and grey, and fushia and carcoal grey. 

3. Your favorite past time?
Going out for a walk, take and edit photos for the blog and well, I guess I can better admit this right away, playing the Sims, haha! But since I am on Twitter I know I am not the only blogger out there playing this game!


4. What is your motto in life, or your strongest belief / value?
I never really think about questions like this one. Is that weird? Values that are important to me are love, friendship and respect. Quite a basic and predictable answer, no? And also giving everyone a chance, because I've been that girl that didn't get a chance and certainly no respect. I've learned to stand up for myself more but that used to be different.

5. What is your next upcoming (exciting) project?
Well, it's not actually something I'd call exciting but my next project has to do with school. I want to pass all my exams so I can enjoy a relaxing 3 month long vacation in summer and travel around a bit! We are debating Austria, France and America as this years destinations!

6. Discribe your fashion style? Post a picture if you have one!
I wouldn't say I have one style. One day you can see me frolicking around in a floral dress, the next day you may spot me rocking my black faux leather jacket and a gray knit sweater. It depends on my mood really. And I actually don't wear that jacket that much... 



7. Coffee, tea, or choice of morning beverage?
In the mornings I drink apple juice. But If I have to choose between coffee and tea, I choose coffee. But at Starbucks I always order a hot chocolate.

8. All time favorite book and/or movie? 
I am not much of a reader, shame on me! The last books I read were the Twilight and The Hunger Games. I am looking foward to see the The Hunger Games movies! I also don't really have a favorite movie. I liked While You were Sleeping and Crash. And maybe Coyote Ugly too. But I haven't seen either of those in years.

9. What music do you listen too? 
I mostely listen too more mainstream music. The Lostprophets are my favorite, but I am also guilty of loving Bon Jovi and Roxette. And I even own a CD by Jesse McCartney... #sowrong haha.


10. Do you prefer living in a house or an apartment?
A house! It has more space and most of all a garden. Not that I have ever lived in an apartment though, but a house seems nicer to me.

11. What is your dream vacation? 
A world trip! And if that doesn't work out I'll take a roadtrip through all the 50 states of America or Australia too.

Wearing: Zara jeans, H&M cardigan & shoes, F21 blouse, vintage clutch, my moms belt
You see that? Short sleeves and open shoes and I wasn't freezing! I can't believe I haven't seen a single snowflake yet this year. Only lots of rain and wind, as you can see in the photos, haha. We are almost half way through January but it feels mpre like early October outside. Crazy!
My Christmasbreak is almost over! Just one more day left. I'm going to dust off my books and pack my bag. And I'll prepare a new post somewhere in between.

XO Nikki 


It the mix: My favorite skirt

Friday, January 6, 2012

I bought this skirt on a whim 2 years ago just because I needed something quick, easy and comfy to wear for my schooltrip to Italy. When I returned I threw it in the back of my closet and it didn't come out again until I started this blog. It suddenly proved to be very versatile and it quickly became one the most worn pieces in my wardrobe... as you may have figured since it was featured in 5/41 outfits so far!

Wearing, Zara skirt and cardigan, H&M top
Wearing: Zara Skirt, Pull and Bear top
Wearing: Zara skirt, H&M top, necklace & shoes, Only Cardigan, Invito bag
Wearing: Zara skirt, H&M dress, F21 blazer, C&A scarf, Footwear boots
Wearing: Zara skirt & cardigan, F21 blouse, H&M belt, Twice as Nice Earrings, Footwear boots

Which one is your favorite? 

Have a splendid weekend!

XO Nikki


PS: I got mentioned  here and here today! 

I wish they were real Missoni

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Thank you for all the sweet blog birthday wishes on my last post. I really enjoyed reading them all. I hope I can soon find the time to reply to some comments cause I feel like I have been neglecting you all for too long. I can be such a bad blogger at times. Anywhoo, today I wanted to show you guys these awesome tights I bought at H&M a while ago. They are very Missoni looking if you ask me. 




I won these earrings and the cute purse/wallet a while back when Madeline organized a giveaway. Aren't they cute? Now I can totally get my geek on! Speaking of Madeline, she saved my adress and send me a pretty Christmascard. How sweet is that?   


H&M dress & tights, Zeeman scarf and legwarmers, Swatch watch, Gifted purse and earrings
Knock Knock... Who's there? Homework... In three weeks I have to hand in a 'few' papers of a 'few' pages long and then meet with up my professors to discuss them. I also have three exams and I still have quite some study work to do. So please excuse me while I go and dive into the world of Human Resource Management. 

Much Love,
Nikki

One

Monday, January 2, 2012

You do not want to know how hysterical I was when I logged in a few weeks ago and found out that Google had disabled my account. Thank goodness boyfriend came to the rescue and solved the problem in no time. Apparently my blog means a lot to me. And I sometimes even call "her" my baby.  My one year old baby. On January 2nd 2011 I was probably bored and inspired at the same time and The Ginger Diaries was born. In this past year I met so many wonderfull people, read so many amazing stories and saw the most inspirational things. To be honest, I am pretty proud of myself for sticking around this long because all my previous attempts at blogging were never succesful. I wouldn't have stayed around if it weren't for you guys. THANK YOU ♥

My favorite Outfits
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You can find all the outfits that passed along my blogway on my facebookpage.

(A few of) The best moments

January: I recieved my first award! #POST
February: The one and only recipe on this blog #POST
March: The very first outfit post #POST
April: I went to Disneyland Paris! #POST
May: How you can be more like me #POST
June: I got new glasses! #POST
July: I went to Barcelona. #POST
August: A hurricane ruined our vacation... #POST
September: ... So we went to Paris instead! #POST
October: I met up with Siel #POST
November: My new favorite spot #POST
December: I finally got myself a decent camera #POST

Let us toast the new year!
Cheers!

Much Love,
Nikki