What I have been reading

Check out some of these lovely things to read:

A gorgeous post from a gorgeous blogger about not needing make up, new shoes or stuff to be beautiful and complete:
http://www.alreadypretty.com/2010/12/repost-the-big-secret.html

A review of an Eritrean restaurant in Tel Aviv. I have got to go there!
http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/pleasure-hunting-eritrean-encounters-1.323099

A French gluten-free (!) pear and hazelnut tart:
http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/2010/12/pear-and-hazelnut-tart-and-more-holiday.html

A fascinator made of silk using a quilting technique. I'm going to make a similar one from fabric I bought in Tel Aviv for a wedding:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/53900896/cassis-silk-dupioni-yo-yo-plume

An easy (kind of common sense recipes) e-cookbook with video segments!
http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2010/12/why-ecookbooks-are-the-way-forward-5-ingredients-10-minutes-evolves/

Thank you, thank you, thank you

I am out of my dark place.

All it took was complaining to lots of people on two continents, a hot shower, a nap, a tub of chocolate spread, many many pretzels and E. and A. giggling in the apartment.

Phew!

Exhaustion

I apologize for not posting more, I've been exhausted and not really in the mood for chatting.
I feel like I am isolating myself, but I am just so irritable! I feel like it's better for me to be alone if I am getting crabby with people around me.
I'm tired and I feel like I am just not doing enough. I feel like there are so many opportunities here that I am not taking advantage of.
As I cheer up I might blog some more.

Chrismukkah Comes Once A Year

We had a lovely Chrismukkah party!

We spent the day getting everything (including my hair battle) ready and then had a lovely time until early in the morning!

A. and K. chatting while sweet J. smolders in his suit.

Roommates! YGirl with teased flippy hair!

Two handsome fellas!

Yours truly and the divine Miss M. under the mistletoe!

Wow! Good Day of Procrastination!

I think someone made it "Make YGirl Feel Awesome Day!"

I am apparently:

-The perfect woman
-Well dressed with a tailored and feminine look
-Awesome

It was a good reminder that I need to learn to accept compliments rather than qualify them.

Thank you for the good energy, friends!

YGirl's Israeli Winter Fashion Show

I know most of your reading this blog are probably bored stiff by these types of posts, but deal with it.

It's my blog and I wanna post OOTD's!

Bear in mind that these are from November, and I didn't wear jackets with them. Awesome winter, right?

Now these, fair readers, are from the past two days. I had to wear my trusty North Face coat with these.
Now that's a proper winter!

This is close up of how I wore the brooch that Kimbo bought me!
(People really liked the brooch, by the way. Good taste Kimbo!)

I really should do my reading, but....

... I really need to have lunch with my friends!

.... I really need to buy a hot water bottle. And take pictures of myself with it!