Frocks & Frou Frou

Dress: Dream Diva

Shrug: City Chic

Leggings: My Size

Shoes: Wittner

I bought this dress to wear on New Years Eve and loved it, but all night long the boning in the sides were cutting in under my underarms and being generally very annoying.

They didn't seem to be doing any actual good - the dress pretty much held itself up anyway - so I got my trusty sewing scissors and did a bit of impromptu dress surgery.

The "bones" were just little strips of plastic, and the edges were cut straight, which explains why the corners were so damn prickly - without them the dress is very comfortable and, teamed with a shrug, I can even wear it with a bra... mmnnnn.... practical....

Dress: Jen's Fashion Plus

Leggings: My Size

Shoes: Zensu

Brooch: Pirdy

Jennifer from Jen's Fashion Plus contacted me a month or so ago asking whether I'd be interested in blogging one of the super cute offerings from her eBay store, and I thought that it tied in rather nicely with Frockapalooza so I was delighted when this dress arrived the day I was leaving for Canberra.

Jenifer's got some really nice pieces at Jen's Fashion Plus, and the prices are great.

This dress is very sweet - probably suited to someone slightly less chesty than I, but it's still got an endearingly school-girl feel to it, and the quality's very good.

I'll be keeping Jen's Fashion Plus favourited, and will be dropping in regularly, because she stocks the shop with exactly the kind of classic, stand-the-test-of-time styles that appeal to me the most.

Dress: Dorothy Perkins

Leggings: My Size

Shoes: Zensu

So, what do you wear to sit on your butt for eight hours on the long drive up from Melbourne to Canberra?

This dress has performed the Ultimate Comfort Test several times already, and I probably would have worn it, even if I hadn't been doing Frockapalooza - it's comfortable to sit in and even on hot days looks serviceable when it arrives at the other end.

Now, I'm ensconced in the 'rents house, watching Suki case the joint, enjoying a cup of tea and some home-made Christmas cake.

I finally feel like my holidays have begun!

Dress: From Night Markets

Leggings: My Size

Shoes: Zensu

It was actually a bit too cold for this smock frock today, but the dress that I was planning to wear ended up having rather an obvious greasemark on the bodice so there we go.

We've got a few hot days coming, and I can't wait, since my trans-seasonal dress supply is running out, and I'm going to have to start wearing my warm-weather florals.

Wednesday's going to be knocking on 40 degrees celsius. Bring it on.