Plaid Dress, Balenciaga Work, Mouse Flats, Chanel May Polish

Wore some colour today to cheer me up on a Monday! Two pics today as cooper photobombed my first one, haha! Hope it makes you giggle. I think he looks like a cute little gremlin!

Here's what I wore:

Dress: ValleyGirl navy plaid dress (last worn here)
Necklace: Chanel from Reebonz
Bracelets: the usual plus Indigo Rose Design black freshwater pearl bracelet and gifted faux pearl bracelet.
Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs patent mouse flats (similar at shopbop)
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

Closeup of accessories:

Also painted my nails again, with the Chanel May 535 nail polish my bestie gave me. It's such a nice pink :)

Hope you all had a lovely Monday. Don't forget to enter the Indigo Rose Design jewelry giveaway if you haven't already - one week left!

Ruffle Detail Printed top, Grey Pencil skirt, Cutest Small Dog Competition

Wearing another of my French Connection sale purchases today.

Here's what I wore:

 Top: French Connection Fanfare jersey ruffle top in French blue (better pic on the website showing the ruffles)

Necklace: Chanel from Reebonz

Bracelets: the usual

Skirt: Asos tailored tab front pencil skirt in grey

Shoes: Ninewest facinate glitter ballet flats (Better pic here)

Bag: Marco Tagliaferri first generation birk bag in navy from HGBags online

Closeup of accessories:

Cooper is in the "Cutest Small Dog" competition on the AWL facebook page. I would love it if you could vote for him by going to his picture and clicking the like button! :)

Thank you!

Don't forget to enter the Indigo Rose Design jewelry giveaway if you haven't already!

LBD, Pink, Purple...and orange again

Four day weekend starts now! Very excited. Going to have a quite night in with DH and Cooper, and I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.

Got home late again tonight and wore a black dress so that means I had to try adjust the photo colours again...sorry for the Oompa Loompa orange glow!

Here's what I wore today:

Dress: Asos Frill Front Deep Waistband Dress (better pic of the frills on the asos site)
Singlet underneath: Supre purple singlet
Necklace: Chanel from Reebonz
Bracelets: the usual
Belt: Asos Metal Keeper Super Skinny Belt in pink
Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs patent mouse flats
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

Had a coffee date with a fellow colleague today who I had only ever interacted with through the computer, so we had to describe ourselves so we could find each other. I told her to look out for someone with a black dress and large pink bag, and she spotted me as soon as I walked into starbucks! Haha! You really can't miss me when I'm wearing the magenta work bag! ;) It was a really nice catch-up, always good to meet people away from the computer screen!

Closeup of accessories:

If you haven't seen it already, I recently posted a video on youtube showing how the Balenciaga city compares to the Balenciaga work for size. It's a good reference if you're interested.

If you're having a 4 day weekend too I hope you enjoy it. :) If you have to work tomorrow I hope you enjoy Good Friday anyway!

Vintage Skirt, Blue Tee, Marco Tagliaferri bag

Hope you all had a good Monday! I'm glad it's only a 4 day week with the Easter holiday.

Here's what I wore today:

Tee: Kmart ($6!)
Necklace: Chanel from Reebonz
Bracelets: the usual. Plus a hair tie! haha. Sorry, I sometimes leave them on my wrist when I get up in the morning.
Skirt: Vintage pencil skirt from The Thrifty Kitten
Shoes: New Look cream and brown wedges (similar here)
Bag: Marco Tagliaferri first generation birk bag in navy

Closeup of accessories and print on the skirt:

Really wish I'd worn a longer necklace with this - although it was nice to make the Chanel the centre of attention. Will wear a different one next time.

I also created a facebook page for the blog! You can like it here. I also have a Google+ page. I'm yet to figure out twitter ;)

Red Asos Dress, Versatile Blogger Award

Getting a little cooler in the mornings so I kept warm with a big fluffy scarf :)

Here's what I wore today:

Scarf: Asos crinkle oversized leopard print scarf
Necklace: Chanel (from Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus Hermes Kelly Double tour bracelet in rubis
Dress: Asos tulip skirt dress in red
Belt: Jeanswest
Shoes: Rubi primo silver ballet flats
Bag:  Balenciaga 2010 black Part Time with GSH


Closeup of accessories:

The lovely Kim at Accidental Encounters gave me a Versatile Blogger Award this weekend!

 The rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you and link to their original post.
2. Share seven things about yourself.
3. Nominate 5 newly discovered blogs and let them know that they have been nominated.


7 things about myself:
I love handbags. Most people underestimate just how much I can talk about them!
I never heard about Oscar's Law before we adopted Cooper, and never knew where pet store puppies came from.
I am horrible at small talk. Once I get to know people I'm fine, but I struggle to make polite conversation with those I don't know very well.
I have extreme spider phobia.
I prefer nights in to nights out
I'm a fan of chocolate everything...but I'm rather picky with chocolate ice cream.
I wear 3 bracelets every day, each one means something very special to me.

5 Versatile blogs that I've recently come across when starting blogging, even if they are well known to others!:

Olivia at Wait Until the Sunset
June at Stylish with a Budget
Kim at A Very Sweet Blog
Jess at http://blooberrymuffin.com/
Mong at My Thrifty Closet

Hope you all had a good Monday!

Lace and polka dots

Starting to get a little cooler so I had the chance to wear this top my parents bought me. I've been wanting to wear it for a while. It's a top designed to look like a top and cardigan together, really cute.

Top: Next brown polka dot and lace top
Necklace: Chanel from Reebonz
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 labradorite bracelets from Indigo Rose Design
Skirt: Asos tailored Checked workwear pencil skirt
Shoes: New Look
Bag: Chloe 2007 Brun Paddington

Closeup of accessories:

Neon pink striped tee

Casual Friday today! My sister came over for dinner and we had a night of playing the Wii and watching a movie. We watched "The devil wears Prada" as it was on TV. I love the outfits in that movie so much! Really nice way to start the weekend :)

Here's what I wore today:

Tee: Jeanswest Ruth striped tee in pink and
Necklace: Chanel (from Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus my new Balenciaga Silver Giant Triple Tour Bracelet in Rose Bruyere from HGBags Online
Jeans: Sass & bide "straight up"
Shoes: Asos flirt leather sandals
Bag: Chanel vintage quilted lambskin flap from Reebonz

Think next time I wear this tee I'll need to wear skinnies with it - a little too much slouchiness going on here!

Closeup of accessories:

Hope you had a lovely start to the weekend :)

Not a good combo

This outfit seemed like a good idea in my head last night, but I put it on this morning and realised it wasn't quite right, with not a lot of time to fix it. Tried to fix it with a belt but changed my mind at the last minute. Felt uncomfortable all day at work.

Won't be wearing this top and skirt together again. The beading on the top made it sit awkwardly at the front and the zip down the back of the top meant it kept riding up. It was very difficult to keep in place as you can see by the wrinkles, think I should have kept the belt ;)

What I wore today:

Top: Just Jeans sequin front black tank
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual
Skirt: French Connection plaid pencil skirt
Shoes: Rubi silver primo ballet flats
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I covered up with a cardi in the office.

Closeup of accessories:

What do you do when you get up in the morning and want to make a last minute change to your outfit? Do you try to fix it, or do you abandon it and go with an old favourite instead?

Conservative dress

Had a big meeting today to kick off the week so wore my most conservative dress. Low hemline, high neckline!

Of course I was able to brighten it up with my bag,scarf and some fun flats when I wasn't in the meeting ;)


Here's what I wore today:

Dress: Barkins
Belt: came with dress
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus my new Balenciaga Silver Giant Triple Tour Bracelet in Rose Bruyere from HGBags Online
Scarf: Scarf: black and blue Alexander McQueen paisley print scarf from Matches Fashion
Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs black patent mouse flats (swapped to plain black flats from under my desk at work)
Bag: Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work


Closeup of accessories:

Blue Paisley Print Dress, New Reebonz Purchases

Another blue day! Cecilya's recent post inspired me to break out the paisley, although she definitely wears it better! She's also having a great giveaway so if you're in Melbourne, you should check it out!


Here's what I wore today:

Dress: French Connection blue Paisley print dress
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus Balenciaga Silver Giant Triple Tour Bracelet in Rose Bruyere from HGBags Online
Belt: Asos skinny boyfriend belt (tied in a double loop knot using this tutorial by Kileen from Cute and Little)
Shoes: New Look cream and brown wedges
Bag: Mulberry Bayswater in NVT Oak leather (via Reebonz)


Closeup of accessories:

I bought a couple of cute Juicy Couture charms at Reebonz on the weekend, and they arrived today. Thought I'd do a video showing them being unboxed if you're interested. They were on amazing sale so I bought the Christmas bear I'd always admired - even though it's nowhere near Christmas! And the margarita was too cute to resist.

I love the way Reebonz wraps up every purchase so it's like a present!

Printed skirt

Can you call it pattern mixing if your bag and skirt have two different patterns on them? Or is that cheating? ;)

Anyway, here's what I wore today:

Top: Jeanswest

Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)

Bracelets: the usual plus a few too many gifted black beaded bracelets

Skirt: Garfunkle Australia

Shoes: Cotton On thongs (swapped to my black flats at work)

Bag: Louis Vuitton MM damier azur neverfull

Closeup of accessories:

Hope you all had a great start to the week!

Feeling uninspired

Today was a funny day weather-wise! Showery and stormy but very hot and humid too. It was very cool yesterday and I expected it to be the same today, but it was overcast and rainy and warm at the same time.

Had absolutely no idea what to wear. I wanted to wear something warm because of the rain, but cool because of the humidity. After spending much too long staring at my clothes and needing to get to the post office before it closed I just picked random things. A very uninspired outfit. I like red and blue together, but this is maybe too much blue.

Here's what I wore today:

Necklace: gifted from a wonderful friend

Bracelets: the usual

Top: Cotton On

Shorts: Jeans west denim cuff shorts

Shoes: Cotton On thongs

Bag: Balenciaga Sang 2010 GSH flat clutch

(Scary ghost like pale skin courtesy of my camera being unsure what to do with the weird weather too, hehe!)

Closeup of accessories:

Got a pressie from my bestie today too!  This is what she gave me:

She is the best bestie ever, don't you think? Spent some time this evening putting the polish on - my first Chanel polish! I will try to take a picture of it in natural light tomorrow to show off the lovely pink colour.

Indigo Rose Design, new bag: Balenciaga 05 magenta work

Such a busy day today - but lots of news!

First up my friend who makes a lot of the beautiful pieces of jewelry that I wear on the blog has opened her facebook store - check it out! Indigo Rose Design on Facebook! Every piece is designed and handmade by her in Australia.

My ebay impulse buy bag was deemed authentic by the experts at Effen Haute Forum so I took it out today. Very happy! I have been wanting another Balenciaga work for a long time, and I love the colour of 2005 magenta.


Here's what I wore today:

Top: Mei Mei bought in a now closed boutique on a fun lunchtime shopping trip with K
Skirt: Asos tailored tab front pencil skirt in grey
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus 2 freshwater pearl ones (black and white pearls) from Indigo Rose Design
Shoes: Nine west black flats (first seen here)
Bag: New-to-me Balenciaga 2005 Magenta RH work

I covered up with a Jeanswest cardi in the office.

Pics taken by the lovely K from Make Every Move Count, she has volunteered to be my official workplace photographer! She's so sweet.

Closeup of accessories:

And a better picture of my new-to-me bag: my Balenciaga 2005 magenta work in regular hardware.
I am so in love.

My bestie has the same bag but in the city style - I need to plan another trip to visit her and get a pic of the two bags side by side!

Jeans and a Tee (and a Cooper!)

Friday, the weekend is here at last!

Here's what I wore today:

Oversize tee: French Connection 'Candy Plains' tee
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus Balenciaga Silver Giant Triple Tour Bracelet in Rose Bruyere from HGBags Online
Jeans: Jeanswest
Shoes: Asos Flirt leather sandals
Bag: Balenciaga 2008 RH marine city

Funny pose in the first photo sorry! Shows off my OPI "a good man-darin is hard to find" polish though. Cooper wanted to see what was going on too, so we took a picture together :)

Closeup of accessories:

Hope you're having a great start to the weekend! A movie and takeout for DH and I tonight :)

Red Leopard print dress

I wore a red leopard print dress today. It really made me smile.

If you told me a few years ago I'd be wearing that I'd have laughed. Wasn't really a prints person, or a red person, or a leopard person at all. Loving this dress though, my new favourite for sure. I really like the dipped hem.

Pics of what I wore today:

Dress: Asos red leopard print dress with dipped hem
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Belt: Asos (came with this cross front dress)
Bracelets: the usual
Shoes: New Look
Cardi: Asos black chain trim detail cardi

I wore the cardi to cover up in the office. Came in handy when the storm hit this afternoon!
This dress is one of the things I bought at Asos last week. It arrived 5 days later, that has to be some kind of record for Asos! Very pleased with the fast shipping.

Closeup of accessories and the print on the dress:

And check me out over at The Fashionoclast! I was featured in Frivolous Friday tiki style challenge with this outfit. This Frivolous Friday challenge is sleepwear - but I really don't have anything I could use. If you have more gorgeous sleepwear than I do check it out, will be a fun challenge!

A shelter dog changed my life...

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my post yesterday. I expect the odd mean or snarky comment directed at me, but it really upset me to see someone saying such nasty things aimed at Cooper.

Today seemed like the perfect day to wear the new tee I bought from the AWL, 'A shelter dog changed my life...' https://www.awlqld.com.au/awl-online-store/category/awl-products/

 

Tee: AWL QLD Shelter Dog grey tee
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual plus my new Balenciaga Silver Giant Triple Tour Bracelet in Rose Bruyere from HGBags Online
Jeans: Jeanswest
Shoes: Asos flirt leather sandals
Bag: Balenciaga 2008 Sapphire RH city with violet tassels

Closeup of the back of the tee:

Lots of people were asking about my shirt today. It was good to be able to tell them all about the wonderful work the Animal Welfare League of Queensland does, and how we adopted Cooper from them. If you're in south east Queensland and looking for a new family member, I highly recommend you check out the AWL. http://www.awlqld.com.au/awlq-adoption/


Closeup of accessories:

A better picture of the Balenciaga rose bruyere bracelet:

I ordered this bracelet from the US last Saturday, and it arrived on Thursday. That's 4 business days! To illustrate just how fast that is for those not used to shipping from the US to Australia, the bracelet arrived a day before an item from Sydney, which I had ordered on the same day.
Oh and I used a free shipping code too so the fast shipping didn't cost me a penny! Erica at HGBags is the best - she shipped the bracelet hours after I had ordered it.


Very glad it is the weekend - looking forward to spending lots of time with DH and my adorable Cooper.

February already!

Can't believe it's the 1st of February already! Really wish January had welcomed in the new year in a much more pleasant manner, but there is still lots more of the year to go.


Here's what I wore today:

Dress: Jeanswest ruffle neckline animal print dress
Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)
Bracelets: the usual
Shoes: Big W thongs ($1!)
Bag: Balenciaga 2008 Sapphire RH city

Closeup of accessories and digital leopard print on the dress:

I did have work today so I swapped out the thongs for my Nine West black flats and wore a long black cardi too. I always have flats and a cardigan in my desk, they are really useful.

Glad it was Wednesday, only 2 days left of work before the weekend :)

Liebster Blog Award and acupuncture

Busy day at work! Had an acupuncture appointment in the afternoon - my first session. It wasn't as sore as I had imagined, was really quite relaxing! :) Unfortunately still no exercise on my bike again though, as my knee is still complaining after I pushed it too much on Sunday.


Here's what I wore today:

Dress: ValleyGirl

Necklace: Chanel (via Reebonz)

Bracelets: the usual plus 2 freshwater pearl ones made by a talented friend

Bag: Chloe Ethel in sweet pink

Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs black patent mouse flats

Been carrying my pink Chloe Ethel for a few days now.


And thank you to June at Stylish with a Budget for giving me a Liebster blog award!

The Liebster Blog Award. Liebster in German means dearest, beloved, or favourite, and it's for bloggers with under 200 followers.


The rules:
1. Thank you Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
2. Link back to the blogger who awarded you.
3. Copy & paste the blog award on your blog.
4. Revel your 5 blog picks.
5. Let them know you chose them by leaving a comment on their blog.


It's so tricky to find 5 great blogs for this award. A lot of the bloggers I follow (like the wonderful Liv at WaitUntilTheSunset) have more than 200 followers.

So here are my 5 blog picks:

K at MakeEveryMoveCount
One of my best friends in real life, and she has a very inspiring blog.

Purvi from Purvi's creative hub
A very sweet blogger, I always love to read her posts. She is a very talented artist and she writes beautifully too.

Becky and Frederik at The Fashionoclast
I don't know if they "do" blog awards, but they do have beautifully written pieces to really make you think about fashion, and very fun Frivolous Friday challenges that encourage me to expand my fashion outlook.

The Blooberrymuffin over at Blooberrymuffin.com
Another blogger I'm lucky enough to call my friend. I love all of her peektures.

Teodora from Teodora'sLookbook (who is also currently having a giveaway!)
The blogger that unknowingly encouraged me to buy this dress. How could I not pass on an award to the lovely Teodora?


Hope you all enjoy checking out the 5 blog picks :)