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My favorites from April. Basically these are the five things I've engaged with the most, in a positive way. Things and products that were a regular part of my life during the last month.

My 5 Favorite Things from the Month of April

1. #Girlboss

I realize I am late to the party, but I just now read #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso, the founder of Nasty Gal, a large online fashion retailer. The book left me divided. I overall liked it, but sometimes the tone and the narrative itself made me think "bitch please". This however might come from the translation, and not actually be Amoruso's fault, as I've read her book in German. At any rate, like her style or not, there's a lot of practical, down to earth wisdom and inspiration to be gleaned from this book, from her story. Unconventionally done conventional advice. Would have wished some more in depth about some points, but overall it's been a good (and quick) read and I certainly took something away from it.

2. Marc Jacobs Skinny Logo Bangle

During the warmer months I frequently ditch the rings and opt for bracelets instead. For one because short sleeves leave a lot more room to show off pretty arm candy than long ones. And for another because when it gets really warm, my fingers start to gain half a ring size, making it at times a real drag to wear rings. Despite that, this trinket was still sort of an experiment because I used to shy away from overt displays of logo, but I think it was a full success. I've been finding to wear it A LOT. It just goes with about any kind of outfit, from more sophisticated to casual summer looks. I am actually thinking about getting it in the black & silver version too.

3. Tokyo Love & Essie "Go Ginza"

I've been tweeting and talking on Facebook about these two already. You can see me wearing the sweater in this post. And the lovely pastel pink Essie shade "Go Ginza", that reminds me of cherry blossoms, has been one of my go to shades this spring. One thing to note however, don't grab this nail polish when you are in a hurry. It'll be a disaster. Mark my words. Otherwise it's beautiful. Great light shade if you don't want to do full on white.

4. Alterra Eyeliner & Make Up Factory "Dream Eyes" Mascara

Alterra is the bio decorative cosmetics home brand of the german drug store chain Rossmann. I have this eyeliner in a beautiful metallic blue called 08 Ice. The mascara is from the brand "Make Up Factory" which I believe is in Germany only available at Mueller drugstores. No idea about other countries, sorry. I have the "Dream Eyes" mascara and am very happy with the overall effect it has on my lashes. I have used both of these a lot, I especially like to use the mascara when I know we'll be shooting outfit pics.

5. Green Asparagus

I apologize for not including it in the picture. Or maybe not. At any rate, since the end of April they've been back in stores and back on my plate at least once a week, but more often twice as one pack is enough for two meals for me and I'm pretty much the only one eating them here at Casa Funky. I love them! I also love the white ones, but the green are a lot easier to prepare if you are a little lazy like me. Most of the times, when preparing them as side dish, I stay real simple and only boil or steam them, but you can also use them for a lot of other things, like Risotto for example.

I realize that two points have actually two items, but that's because for me they go together, I've used them mostly together.

What were your favorites in April?

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Color Bombing

I don't color block. I color bomb. Because I grew tired of "adding a pop of color" ;-)

Also, I need to cut my hair. On the back I can already make a tiny tiny ponytail.

You know this wrap blouse with hearts print. You know the pants. And certainly you do know the shoes. Some of you may have seen the bag already on Instagram.

Things are a bit off here, so for a little while you'll get even less text from me then you are used to. Sorry.
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Io non uso il colore a blocchi. Io uso le bombe di colore. Questo anche perché mi sono stancata di "aggiungere un pizzico di colore" ;-)

Inoltre devo anche tagliare i capelli. Dietro posso già fare una piccola piccola coda.

Conoscete questa blusa con stampa a cuori. Conoscete anche i pantaloni. E certamente conoscete le scarpe. La borsa forse alcuni di voi l'hanno vista su Instagram.

Le cose vanno un po' così qui, per cui per un po' leggerete ancora meno testo da parte mia di quanto non siate abituate a leggere. Mi dispiace.
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Ich farbblocke nicht. Ich farbbombe. Auch weil mir das "hinzufuegen von einem Touch Farbe" etwas langweilig geworden ist ;-)

Ausserdem muss ich meine Haare schneiden lassen. Am Hinterkopf kann ich schon einen winzigkleinen Pferdeschwanz machen.

Ihr kennt diese Wickelbluse mit Herzchen Muster. Ihr kennt diese Hose. Und mit Sicherheit kennt Ihr diese Schuhe. Die Tasche haben einige vielleicht schon auf Instagram gesehen

Die Dinge laufen hier zur Zeit etwas aus der Reihe, und als Konsequenz werdet Ihr in den kommenden Tagen noch weniger Text als gewohnt lesen. 'Tschuldigung.

Here Number 5 has nothing to do with Chanel, but all with Lou Bega. Do you remember his song "Mambo Number 5" from ca. 1999 (a remake of an instrumental from 1952)? I don't know why but I had it spinning around in my head. Round, round baby round round.

Qui il numero 5 non ha niente a che fare con Chanel, ma tutto con Lou Bega. Vi ricordate la sua canzone "Mambo Number 5" del 1999, che poi era un remake di un brano strumentale dell'anno 1952? Non so perchè ma mi girava per la testa. Round round baby round round.

Die Nummer 5 hat hier gar nichts zu tun mit Chanel, sondern mit Lou Bega. Erinnert Ihr Euch noch an sein Lied "Mambo Number 5" von ca. 1999 (ein Remake eines Instrumentalstueckes von 1952)? Keine Ahnung wieso, aber das hatte ich den ganzen Tag im Kopf. Round round Baby round round.

Hello! It seems Summer arrived two weeks ahead of schedule. Since Saturday we are having temperatures over 30°C and lots of sun. I even picked up a tiny tan on the upper body, arms, etc. Let's see if this year my legs will follow suit.

But today I am showing you an outfit I wore exactly 1 week ago.

Ciao! A quanto pare l'estate è arrivata due settimane prima del previsto. Da sabato abbiamo temperature di 30°C and molto sole. Mi sono anche abbronzata un pochino sulle spalle, sulle braccia, eccetera. Vediamo se quest'anno anche le gambe faranno lo stessa cosa.

Ma oggi vi faccio vedere un outfit che portavo essattamente 1 settimana fa.

The obligatory black&white photo

Ciao!

So it seems I was very lucky yesterday and got the weather I ordered.

Today I am going to do a slightly different version of Friday's Fashion Find as I will show you a couple of things I actually bought already.

Last Saturday Mango offered a 30% discount on its current collection and called it Shopping Day.

I ... couldn't resist.

Especially since I am still in a desperate pant situation. So many beautiful shirts, tops, blouses etc and struggling with the bottom parts. None of my old pants (from before pregnancy or shortly after) really fit anymore. My body changed a hell of a lot after I started with Karate. Constant physical activity tends to do that to you.

Or, if they were kind of fitting, they left me go bleah. When I did my closet cleaning, I let go of about half. Approximately.

I've talked about my last closet/wardrobe purge here. In the last couple of days, I've been contemplating on having another go, first because the season changed, second to further refine based on what I wore and what I learned about my style in the past months.

So nude colors are all the rage now and ballet flats have been fairly in style for ages. Considering that, it was very hard for me to resist these, especially considering that they were the first ballets I tried this year that didn't start tight-shoe-torture on the first step. I don't have feet that make it easy to find shoes, not even sneakers. They are very particular, my feet. Selective. Can't just put any old thing on them.

Also, there wasn't an adult sized slide within miles.