Love 'Eat Pray Love'!

It has been a month! A month! I know I know, I keep apologizing but school has really tide me up more than I could imagine. I hate that I had to put my blog on hold for  all those weeks! Luckaly I gained all of my study credits for my first assignments so it wasn't all for nothing. Tomorrow (actually today allready! OMG it's late again!) I'll start my new 6-week-project at school; Inspirationbook. I'm very excited and curious about this and can't wait to start!

Tomorrow I'll post pictures of my last assignment; Prototype, so you can all see what I've been doing instead of blogging.

For now a little movie review. Today has been a lazy day when I think about it. Yesterday me and my friends rented some movies but didn't get the chance to watch them all. I needed to return them today and so I watched the last one this morning. It would be a total waste if I'd returned it without watching right?!

Then this afternoon I met a friend in Amsterdam. We both have a Pathé Unlimited card and since we wanted to really take good use of it, we went to see 2 films.

First we went to see Going The Distance, a cute romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. The movie is about two people meeting and falling in love, but their love life is about to get a lot more complicated when 'Drew' moves back to the other side of the country, where she originally comes from. They try to keep their relationship work long distance.

I did like the movie and I always love Drew, but I wouldn't buy it on dvd when it releases (which I usually do immediately when a rom-com comes out).

After that we had a little break and went for some great Thai food at the 'Nieuwmarkt' square. I always order the same; 7, 8 and 12. Super delicious and it never bores me! Definitely try it some time!

After our nice dinner we saw the new Julia Roberts movie 'Eat Pray Love'. 

I have to say, the film made me hungry (again!), made me want to go meditate on some tropical island and my need for a boyfriend instantly grew back from nowhere!

What a great film! The beautiful countries, the impressive activities and the always amazing miss Roberts.... I really had a good time watching this one.

The film tells about a women, Liz, who realizes she isn't happy with her marriage and her life at all. She divorces her husband and decides to take a one year journey to get to know and love herself more, and find happiness again. She starts in Italy, where her main pursuits are eating, drinking wine and enjoying doing nothing. After Italy she travels to India where she learns to meditate and forgives her own mistakes. Her trip finishes on Bali where she learns to love again.

It is a 2,5 hour movie but I had no problem sitting it out. The story really 'had' me because of the the realistic problems and feelings that passed by. Julia acts like she always does. Sensitive, sympathetic and funny. I love her in almost every movie and I think she's at her best in movies like this.

I could go on for a while but since it's kind 'a late and I don't want to spoil anymore details, I think it's better to encourage everyone to go see the movie for themselves. It's different and impressing and should be on everyone's 'must see' list!

I promise you won't have to wait another month for my next post! I'll add another one tomorrow for sure! Sleep tight you guys!

XoXo, Justine W.

'Going the distance'

Italy...

India...

and Bali...

Quick snap-shot!

Me doing 'The hair flip' in the Adriatic Sea. Cool, huh? :P

A Dutch girl in Paris (Part une)

Last week I told you I was going to Antwerp on Saturday right?! Well... I didn't. Me and my mum got up really (REALLY) early and drove all the way to... Paris!
As I mentioned before I'm being a bridesmaid at my aunts wedding in June, and I'll be wearing the white roses dress from H&M's Garden Collection, but I was still searching for the right shoes.
I wanted something in a nude colour but couldn't find it anywhere in Amsterdam.
Off course I spotted several Christian Louboutin models online that would look fab' with the dress, but the only problem was that non of the 3 stores that sell Louboutin in Holland had any of these models in stock.
Then my mum told me she'd go to Paris with me to find me a pair of Loubou's. How sweet is that?!
So, like I said, we got up really early, arround 2.30AM, and an hour later we were on our way.
We started our search in the first Louboutin Boutique (Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré), but before I bought a pair, I wanted to be sure to have seen everything available. So after store No. 1 we walked to the second boutique (Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau) where I tried a couple of styles, but I wasn't convinced yet. We took a taxi to the 3rd and last store (Rue de Grenelle), where I also tried a pair or 2. Now I had seen it all I thought the first store would probably have the most options, so we took antother cab back to the first store.
I ended up buying the 'Duvette' in nude leather, with pink patent leather on the heel and nose. They look a little like the 'Pigalle' but with a couple of different details. I love them!
BTW; in one of the boutiques they had... the 'gold crystal Pigalle pumps' that Sarah Jessica Parker is wearing in Sex and the City 2! (I posted about these beauties before; 'Feeling like Carrie' ).
They're sooooo... well, I don't know, I'm speechless...! I touched this work of art like a thousand times thinking about the best way to steel it... ( :P lol) believe me, this shoe is To Die For... But they're almost € 2200,-... well... maybe next month... haha!
Besides stalking Louboutin Boutiques we didn't see much of Paris this visit, we did do a little sight seeing during our taxi rides.
We also went to dinner at 'La Bastide d'Opio', a cute little French restaurant in St. Germain, centre Paris. The food was delicious! The starter was 'grilled eggplant and tomato topped with mozzarella with pesto of capers out of the oven' and our main course was 'duck breast with potatoes and cherry tomatoes drenched in honey-apricot sauce'. Hungry already?!
It also wasn't that expensive so I definately recommend this place.
I had a great day and I'm so happy with my 'Duvettes'! I'm sure to return a.s.a.p.!
See the pictures below!

Au revoir girls!

Outfit: Rose jacket H&M Garden Collection Tank H&M Garden Collection Jeans tregging Pieces Ballerinas Ash Bag Jimmy Choo for H&M Necklace Thomas Sabo

Christian Louboutin Boutique 'Rue du Faubourg St. Honoré'.

Carrie's AMAZINGGG Pigalle... <3 Can't wait for the movie (and the day I'll be able to buy these :P )!

Museum The Louvre (taken from the taxi while we drove by).

Window of department store Lafayette; Limited edition Coca Cola bottles designed by Karl Lagerfeld.

Balmain jackets at Joseph (St. Germain) Unfortunatly taken through the window... Too bad you can never photograph in stores.

Reading the menu at 'La Bastide d'Opio'.

Starter >De-li-cioussss<

Main course (Mmm, can still tatste it).

My newest Louboutin, 'Le Duvette, 100mm'.

Trying them on (again) at home :D (forget about my leggings ok?!)