Home sweet home & battle wounds round 4

Hello loves! I am finally home, I got released from the hospital yesterday and am so so happy to be home. It's really quite a lot easier to heal at home thats for sure. I have to sleep in my brothers room because I am not allowed to use stairs and have to be supervised haha, but my parents recently redid his room and bought him a huge comfy bed. Pretty happy about that!

I was supposed to go home on monday but on my way to get an echocardiagram I blacked out, my blood pressure fell ridiculously low and my vision went black and I couldn't hear. It was so scary!! I had never blacked out before, so obviously I thought I was dying. Which is funny now in hindesight. They figure I was just dehydrated because they plopped me back in bed, hooked me up to a ton of IV liquids (magnesium, potassium etc) and I felt much better. Every day I get a little bit stronger and stronger, which is good, the pain will subside less and less. I get to go on walks around the block and everyday they'll get a little longer and more frequent :)
I have I think 3 presurgery outfit posts that I can update with in the next week or so, I have missed everyone! But it will be a little while for new ones, I think. I'm just taking it easy! Thank you for all your wonderful words of encouragment by the way, you are all sooo great.

xJennaD

Pictures of my "battle wounds":

This ones kind of nice because it follows the line of a racerback tank top perfectly! It curves around just to my side before my breast starts. As you can see here my shoulder is quite swollen, which is normal

Trend Tuesday!!! Menswear!

We are so excited to see the Trend Report from WhoWhatWear on masculin feminin. This trend has been in style for a while now and we are glad to see that it is still going strong!

Most recently top celebrities and models have been seen all around town wearing this fabulous menswear look, and for a good reason, this boy-meets-girl fashion is undoubtedly chic for any season!

If you love this ultra chic style, Roaman's has lots of masculine feminine plus-size looks to get your menswear look covered without a hitch! 

WhoWhatWear

Try our Best Selling Boyfriend Blazer:

Boyfriend Blazer

Need something to wear underneath this great blazer?!  Try pairing it with our best selling boyfriend shirt!

Boyfriend Bigshirt

Are you looking for something less structured?  I love to wear this boyfriend tunic with a skirt!  The skirt is dressy enough to add feminine flair to your outfit and the boyfriend tunic adds that 'je ne sais quoi' to your ensemble!  Add a waist belt and cute pair of sandals, you'll look great!

Boyfriend Tunic

bold rose skirt

Want to be a little more feminine than just a bigshirt or a tunic?  Check out this boyfriend t-shirt dress...remember you can always layer on a blazer for that office look and take it off for night.  Pair it with heels for a more dressy look or ballet flats for a casual cool look.

Boyfriend t-shirt dress

If you want to try the boyfriend trend but want to be a little more subtle about it, remember to mix and match a couple feminine pieces to your outfit for a more chic look.  You should also accessorize your boyfriend outfit to make it more personal, a statement necklace, a clutch, a belt these will help put your look more together.  Check out Roaman's today for great deals and great plus size style! 
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update

hello my dears, i am still in the hospital (writing this on my blackberry haha) but just wanted to let everyone know that the surgery went really well!! finally! i am so relieved. so i can work on recovering and not have to worry about more surgeries. they ended up removing half of one of my ribs to gain access to my heart, but thats okay, didn't need it anyway? haha. anyways i'm finally eating solid foods and will hopefully be back home monday afternoon. thank you for your wonderful comments, i have such great people in my life helping me through this!

xjennad

Piece of my heart

Hello lovelies, I am off to have my heart surgery bright and early today (be at the hospital by 530am) and I would like to thank you all for your support, it really means a lot. I will be missing you while I am in the hospital and won't be posting/commenting for 5-7 days while I am in recovery there. I'll try to see if bryce will post perhaps to give an update on how everything went. I will miss everyone and look forward to being fixed, healthy and back ready for action!
love, JennaD

Don't Let it Bring you Down

Hello dears, hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! I enjoyed mine. This may be my last outfit post before I have surgery Wednesday morning. I’m nervous, of course. But it’ll finally be over and I am looking forward to this. It’s been a long process and I feel like I’m finally prepared. Anyways on to a more positive note! This is my outfit from Friday, I went to work and then out for drinks with a large group of friends! I love them.

The top I’m wearing is actually I dress I got from a thrift store a few weeks ago. I don’t really like it in dress form, it’s clingy and doesn’t feel like my style. But as a top I adore it!! It’s got kind of an animal print/dot pattern on it and was only $3. I am very pleased with that! And I wore my favourite dotted skirt, the colour is so wonderful. I love this combination, the scooped back of the dress/shirt is great. I seem to be loving this kinds of backs lately. And these shoes quickly became my favourite, they only have an inch of heel, but the open toe and bow are so cute. And they have an amazing insole thats super comfortable when I'm on my feet all day long

xJennaD


my tattoo is of an ankh, it's an ancient egyptian symbol

outfit: Dress&belt&necklace-Thrift, Skirt-Zara, Shoes&ring-payless

Best of the week & casual sundays

I love the tribal print of this top, it's super loose which will make it great for post-op. But it's so comfy it was great for a lazy sunday too. Decided to bust out my red purse again!

Outift: top&bag-winners, belt-h&m, jeans-mavi, necklace-vintage, shows-payless.

Busy day of taking dad out for breakfest, going out for lunch with the brother & boy, and now making dad dinner.

Best of the week:
Tasty breakfasts; preoperation celebrations with good friends; getting some loose tops for post operation; whtye ave adventures; cute vintage finds; Almost being done with all the stuff that was my life this last year; Making sleepytime playlists; deluxe burgers; my dad!! Happy fathers day; Bunny love; Books about Egypt; All the supportive and wonderful people in my life

Much love for fasha

What was the best of your week?!

xJennaD

Cowboys and printed skirts

Hello there. It’s been pissing rain here the past 3 days, and I am really rather unimpressed. I was really hoping it would be very nice for this last week before surgery; I had so many outfits planned for hot days. But this is one of the skirts I bought on my vintage extravaganza on Whyte ave Monday. For me there’s just something about a good print that always seems to catch my eye, no matter what. I think it’s like some sort addiction I think?

This print is cowboys! On horses! In the desert! As soon as I saw this print, I was pretty much in love. And the fit of it is really quite wonderful as well. It looks like its home made too, very sweet. I decided I didn’t want my top competing for attention with this skirts wonderful print. And since it was rainy and cold the day before yesterday I had to layer up. Luckily it stopped raining in the evening long enough for me to take these! Today seems like the rain might hold off long enough to take pictures. I have a few outfits so far saved up for post surgery.

xJennaD

outfit: Skirt-Decadence (vintage on whyte), cardigan-Smart set, Tshirt-UO, Shoes&ring, payless

my vintage finds, cowboy skirt, polka dot skirt, crazy print skirt (this one needs to be hemmed a bit) and a studded vest

Strip the Soul

Hello my dears, how are you all today? I am in a pretty good mood, my day off Monday was lovely, it was nice out and I spent the whole day with friends, eating delicious food. My best friend Nakael and I went for spicy Vietnamese food, wandered around whyte ave, we hit up some vintage shops and I found some wonderful pieces and then we sat on a patio drinking margaritas. It was sunny out and not too hot, so perfect. Then in the evening two of my closest friends and I went out to the cactus club for some tasty eats. I hadn’t been out with them in too long!
This is what I decided to wear through my action packed day of good friends and food. This is one of my favourite dresses, it’s got the perfect print, fit, and the zip up front makes me happy. I loved the floral print and my leopard print belt, and of course my bright green bag. And bright orange nails! Perfect dress for the weather and day, I didn’t want to wear something too fussy, and wearing something I love always feels great.

I’m having some wacky hair days lately, it won’t go completely straight, isn’t curling on its own anymore, and it’s faded to a weird colour. But no time for haircut or colour because my surgery is now on June 22nd, they called me yesterday and bumped it up a day!

xJennaD

Funny face

outfit: dress&bag-Urban Outfitters, Belt-H&M, Sandals-Army&Navy

Trend Tuesday!!! The Voice

Hi everyone! We are so excited to chat about this week's topic, Frenchie Davis.  She is one of the contestants for the new show,'The Voice'.  The Voice is a new singing competition featuring contestants paired up with famous artists, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine.  One of our favorite contestants, Frenchie Davis, made it onto Christina Aguilera's team and has been excelling and belting her way thru the competition thus far.  Frenchie is not only bold, beautiful and plus size, she's also bald, beautiful and plus size! Christina Aguilera said to her last week that she not only sang beautifully but she looked beautiful too.

What We Love:

We love her twin set that she wore to her audition!  The color screams spring/summer and she looked so confident on stage.  Roaman's has great twin sets in plus size just for you!  They come in great summer colors and are so easy to put together with jeans or dress pants.  We even give the matching tank away for free with purchase of the cardigan... how can you beat that?!

French Davis with twinset cardigan

Pointelle cardigan with free tank!

Drop needle cardigan with free tank!

On another episode, Frenchie wore this great colorblock tunic while performing a duet with her competition.  She looked so modern and chic especially with just a touch of  accessories that she wore. Roaman's has a great colorblock dress just for you that you can wear for any occasion and look o-so-chic!

Frenchie Davis in colorblock top

Colorblock empire waist dress

What I admire about Frenchie is that she looks so sexy and confident in everything that she wears.  She's not afraid of the skinny jeans, she is proof that just because you are plus size doesn't mean that you can't wear skinny jeans!  Skinny jeans can look great on anybody as long as you pair them with a great shoe and a dark wash is always slimming too!  Roaman's has great 5 pocket skinny jeans in plus size!  Not only do they come in a variety of colors but...shhhh!...they have invisible stretch too!  Invisible stretch waistband is a technology in our jeans that stretches, smoothes and supports for great all day wear!

Frenchie Davis in skinny jeans

Roaman's skinny jeans

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Catch the Sparks

Hello all! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Today is my sunday, so I'm going to go have lunch with a friend and do some errands. I think we're going to go get some tasty, spicy pho and then enjoy the sunshine. It's supposed to be about 23 or 24 degrees today, I am excited, yay!!
This is my outfit for work on friday, I am wearing one of my dresses as a top. I love the scooped back of the dress, and the black pocket. I am wearing one of my favourite skirts, I think a dress or skirt becomes a favourite of mine especially if it has pockets! There's some sort of comfort for me to that. I love the green, black and stripes together, I like that combination. This was a great look for the warm weather and for work.

I went for a nice long walk on this morning, walked to sbucks, got some groceries and came home to hang out in the yard and then make dinner before work. Friday was a really gorgeous day!
xJennaD

outfit: Dress as top-Winners, Skirt-F21, Belt-vintage, Shoes&rings-Ardene

Best of the week

Without a casual sunday look again, theres been no time!! I work today (on a sunday!!) so instead of my look today I am off to work :(

Best of the week:
Floating down the pembina river in the sunshine with friends and having some drinks; Taking bryce out for a romantic birthday dinner earlier in the week; Red velvet cupcakes; Stopping halfway down the river under a bridge to build a fire and roast hot dogs; Having monday off; Taking myself for spicy soup for lunch; Wild flowers in the yard; Getting a pair of shoes for 1/4 the original price; Feeling relaxed; Not getting a sunburn!; pretty new rings coworkers buy for me

xJennaD

what was the best of your week?!