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Sat 08.02: Saturday Staycation Saturday, August 02, 2008 9:55 PM

K-Line, left, looking lovely in a vintage dress and Nine West sandals. // Me, photographed by K-Line. White boys a-shirt: Simply Basic (Wal-Mart). Yellow tank: Old Navy. Bird & leaf necklace: Forever 21. Brown vest: Dragon Centre (Hong Kong). Black skinny jeans: Forever 21. White sandals: Meteor. Scraf: H&M. Black leather satchel: Sabina. Sunglasses: H&M.

As Torontonians headed to cottage country for the long weekend, the fabulous K-Line and I decided to take a staycation in our fair city. We met up for brunch at Swan so I could satisfy my eggs benedict craving before going on a tour of K's favourite vintage shops in the west end.

I can now see why she talks up Apt. 909 so much. It is a truly charming store with many beautiful pieces on their shelves, like the Greyhound dress I didn't want to take off and the gorgeous cherry wood belt I had trouble putting down. Though I left empty-handed, K made off with the most adorable dress which I don't want to go into detail about because I'm sure she'll post about it.

And now for a photo dump of our day...

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Men's grey tee: Old Navy. Typewriter key necklace: B*jeweled Vintage. Grey trousers: present from Hong Kong. Grey belt: vintage. White sandals: Meteor. Black leather satchel: Sabina.

Craziness; it's already August.

This morning I hopped on the streetcar and flashed my July TTC pass, which the driver oddly accepted. One stop later I realized I had the wrong pass. Already running late, I hopped off and ran back to grab my August pass so I wouldn't have to pay a fare going home (anyone who lives in Toronto knows our monthly pass requires more then two trips a day to make the pass worthwhile). Despite all that, I showed up to work only two minutes late.

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Ever since I bought my Sabina bag , I haven't been able to stop looking at their other styles. It was my first leather bag purchase that wasn't thrifted or inherited. I love it to pieces and it's pretty much all I use anymore. Currently I'm pining over the above bag. I like how the handles are adjustable because I like my handles on the short side. And, well, it's yellow -- I don't think that needs further explanation.

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So much for my weeklong shopping ban. I was planning to save the dimes and nickels for Saturday's shopping extravaganza, but I had some time to kill before meeting a friend for dinner at Pho Hung (mmm).

On my way to Kensington, I stumbled across Meteor in Chinatown and picked up the white sandals for $25. They would be perfect if they were pale yellow, but the other colour choice was gold. No thanks.

Finally, I made it to my destination which was Courage My Love. I've been meaning to go back there since there was snow on the ground to pick up some bow ties. I really do not need four, but I couldn't decide plus the price had since gone down. Sometimes procrastinating wins.

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Photos: Marcio Madeira / style.com

Save for what other bloggers have posted, I only took my first look at the fall 2008 shows about a month ago. Since then I haven't been able to peel my eyes away from the Marni collection. I love the simple shapes and the muted yet bright colours.

But what I love even more is, no, not the shoes, but the tights. I'll take one in every colour, please and thank you.

Photos: Don Ashby & Olivier Claisse / style.com

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Dress: Club Monaco. Bow cardigan: H&M. Silver trio of birds necklace: H&M. Yellow footless tights: H&M. Flats: Zara.

Footless tights save me in the office a/c.

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