Pink & Black

Combining Black Friday Wear with a splash of pink for the Breast Cancer Awareness month of October.

And presenting my all-time-favourite pink 'accessory':

Pink & More Accessories

Still blogging for the Breast Cancer Awareness (I do love the homophone part in the logo, though, isn't it witty?). Again only the top part of my outfit today. I thought it would look really good with nothing else but bright pink everywhere. Ah well...

Last year I participated in a charity challenge for breast cancer awareness - I made a bracelet which had to include an element of pink - I made a simple string of wooden beads with a light pink ribbon. It was lovely! It didn't win, obviously, as it wasn't sophisticated enough, but it was the simplicity of the piece that I really liked. I'm sorry I never took a picture of it - I might recreate it one day (the one sent to the challenge was not returned, of course). Perhaps next time I should try something like this:

I do hope that campaigns like these make people more aware of health issues. We never know what awaits us and at which point in our lives. My boy has a friend in his class whose mum is in recovery from breast cancer. She's lost all her hair during the chemo, but it's growing back already - it's completely grey at this point and I love it. Even though grey hair is associated with old age, in her case it's a sign of a new life, hopefully cancer-free!

Her youngest son is only nine, same age as mine. May he be able to hold his mum's hand for years to come...

Pink Hoodie & Co.

What the heck, I'm blogging the pink hoodie! I'm not giving you the whole outfit, but here's the upper part - the hoodie & my favourite pashmina. The children are having a week off and since I don't have to be their taxi driver I don't run out of the house first thing in the morning. Which is why I don't really bother with the outfits. I put on my navy blue sweat pants & the said hoodie and embark on my daily tasks in front of my computer. Nice and cosy!

I'm adding some more pink accessories from my collection - Harris Tweed purse, wristlet & book bag. I absolutely adore pink Harris Tweed!

Again, on a more serious note, I'm planning to participate in a charity run for breast cancer awareness in my country next autumn. I had to skip it this year as my running was a non-issue.

Every year I'm slightly more partial to a different sort of exercise (well, choosing from walking, running & cycling, don't get too excited...) and this year I put some more effort - not enough, still - into cycling. Running coming up next year again!

Pink!

I realise that October is nearly over (I promise this will NOT end up as a poem!) and with it ends the month of Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA). But since cancer of any form can strike at any given time I will join the ladies of Academichic in the last October week with BCA colour theme - PINK! I like the idea of promoting cancer awareness in all areas of life - including daily outfits...

Even though I am wearing pink today - an electric pink Nike hoodie - I haven't managed to take an outfit pic. And even if I did - an outfit consisting of jogging pants and a hoodie doesn't really appeal to me as blog-worthy...

So I am following A's example and I've dug up some pink items of clothing & accessories from my previous blog entries. I'd list the pink hat as my favourite!

On a more serious note, though, there are several people in my life who have been affected by this horrible disease. Some of them are close friends, some are acquaintances; some I'm happy to say are cancer survivors, some, sadly, have passed away.

Let us be aware of cancer every month of the year.