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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Sometimes a girl's just gotta...

Top: Jay Jays

Cardigan: Friends of Couture

Jeans: Sussan

Shoes: Rocket Dog

Jay Jays has been very coy about this, but I was excited to discover the other day that they're venturing into 2XL's. Sort of. It only seems to be in a limited number of pieces, but because this striped top was one of them, I was happy.

I've been looking for a red and white striped top for while - I'd envisaged something with bolder stripes than this, but at $12 I'm not complaining. The new 2XL is probably on par with a size 18, and it's a more flattering fit than my Giordano striped top. It has little puff shoulders and a wide collar-bone exposing neckline, so while it looks good layered under cardigans, it'll look equally good when the weather warms and I want to wear it by itself.

On the topic of cardigans - I'm wearing the "Magic at Midnight" cardigan that I had on my wishlist back in May. The Sophisticate's Mum actually gave it to me on my birthday, and I love it as much as I thought I would

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Frugal February: Lazy Daisy

T-Shirt: Giordano

Cardigan: Big W

Jeans: Sussan

Shoes: Rocket Dog

Excuse the dozy look on my face, won't you? I spent most of the day mooching about at the Sophisticate's inner-city pad avoiding the housework & paperwork waiting for me at home.

It's so nice to have a quiet weekend where I don't have a single thing planned - I kind of feel like it'd been all go-go-go since the beginning of the year.

In my spare moments this week I've been preparing things for a big eBay sale, and I'm just about ready to start posting, so stay tuned.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Prep-atory

Top: Von Mozart (Thrifted)

Skirt: DIY

Shoes: Rocket Dog

I quite like this preppy little top, and it gives me epic cleavage that I (once again) managed to sunburn today. I've been struggling for ways to wear it, and I suspect that it suits my DIY pencil skirt better than anything else in my wardrobe.

It's been a while since I wore this skirt and I've discovered that I don't have a single pair of underpants left that I can actually wear with it without advertising my undergarments. Everything's either spotty, or striped, or ruffly, or in bold colours.

Time to get some boring beige nana pants, methinks.

Monday, January 4, 2010

In the Jeans

Top: McQueen @ Queen Clothing

Jeans: Embody Denim

Shoes: Rocket Dog

Now, I think it's pretty much established that I love my frocks and skirts, but after 38 days of them I'm just delighted to be back in jeans!

I'm back in Melbourne with my Mum having a bit of a break. It's nice to be on holidays, but to also be in my own hometown (I'm usually still in Canberra at this time of year). There's a list of things as long as my arm that I want to do, but somehow it's been difficult to build up the motivation and today we managed... breakfast.

Actually, it's not entirely our fault. I discovered today - to my great surprise - that the 6th of January seems to be the magic Back-To-Work day for Melburnians. This is both good news and bad news, because on the one hand it's annoying to front up somewhere and find it closed, but on the other hand it's quite, well, relaxing.