Father's Day is getting closer (next Sunday!) so today I headed out to Brisbane DFO in the hunt for the perfect Father's Day gift for my Dad and Father-in-law. I usually find guys are so tricky to buy for.
Thankfully, Brisbane DFO has a lot of choices available for men's fashion, and some special offers just for Father's Day. We had a nice day browsing some of the stores and looking for great gifts for guys. And of course we couldn't resist buying a few things for ourselves! At up to 70% off, it's hard not to buy!
It was so beautifully warm on Saturday we decided to go for a bit of a walk with Cooper. It was really nice, and was so lovely to just wear a tank! In the evening it started to cool off again, so I added a jumper to go have dinner with family.
Ended up doing the "stereotypical fashion blogger" photos at the side of the road, but it was quieter than the park that had a bit of a crowd brought out by the nice weather.
Spent the morning with DH running a few errands, and had lunch. Today was even warmer, so I took advantage of the sunshine again. Bare legs for the first time in a while! Wanted to wear something a little different from jeans :) In the heat of the day I was even wishing I hadn't worn the boots, but it was cool enough for them in the morning.
Just need to learn to get better photos in the sun - I think the hair falling on my face didn't help, haha!
Had the perfect outfit planned for work today, until I realised that I had worn it before! Changed the shoes, skirt and bag and tucked the top in this time to make it look different. No excuse for wearing the same thing over again when I have a wardrobe full of clothes waiting to be worn, haha. Was quite happy to wear my skull scarf with the Dachshund print top, although it reads like an odd combination I think it worked well.
There seemed to be a lot more bags than the last sale, although I feel I say that every time, haha. There was certainly lots of bright bags this time around. There was a really good range of brands as well, even some Reebonz Vintage items from Louis Vuitton. The sale is open on Saturday too, at Brisbane Hilton, so check it out if you are nearby.
After dropping by the sale and not buying anything as I just got a handbag yesterday, I spent the afternoon with mum and Cooper. We went out for lunch to Wellington Point and sat by the sea, it was really nice and relaxing. Cooper enjoyed the day out as well, he was well enough to walk around the waterfront with us which was lovely. I always find nothing relaxes me more than sitting by the water for a while.
Linking up with Friday's five, Casual Friday and Friday's Fancies today.
Nice casual outfit to work from home today and take Cooper out for a very brief walk. We had a big Church Online team meeting in the morning, so I worked from home to allow myself to take a break from the office and log on for an hour. It was good fun. Of course I wore my church tee, haha. Seemed fitting.
Scarf: gifted Dayaday maroon and grey scarf Top: Supre metallic stripe knit (with black singlet underneath) Skirt: Jeanswest 'Helena' black jacquard skirt Shoes: Rubi primo ballet flats in silver Bracelets: the usual Bag: Mimco black button bag
A rather unexciting day of meetings today, so a nice and comfortable outfit for that. Very cold morning, and having cold meeting rooms at work meant a jumper was necessary! Maroon scarf to blend into the sea of maroon footy shirts at work for the State of Origin match tonight.
Linking up with What I wore Weds, Fashion and Faith and Three-fer Thursday.
Few sales and extra discounts announced today! I've updated the sale page.
HGBags has a new coupon code: "200off42" gives you $200 off and free shipping for an order of $600 or more
Extra 25% off the Shopbop sale with code 'EXTRA25'
And the Reebonz offline sale is coming to Brisbane this Friday and Saturday!
This jumper is one of my purchases from the Jeanswest 40% off sale back in May. It was a sunny but windy day so this was the perfect outfit. Thought the burgundy of the pants and the red of the clutch would go well together.
I had been considering buying this knit and then when I caught up with my sister she showed me she had bought it and told me how much she liked it. So I had to get my own when the sale came around, of course. My sister and I have very similar tastes!
Very similar outfit to yesterday's, really drawn to grey and red this weekend!
This is another one of my Church Online team tees, I've worn one previously. It's a little big on me, but makes it even more comfortable to wear! Every year they come up with a new design, I'm pleased to see my collection build with each year I spend on the team.
Apart from working in the evening, didn't do much today. Enjoyed the slightly warmer weather in the afternoon and made sure to spend lots of time with Cooper. He's healing really well, thank you for all your kind comments on my previous post.
Please excuse my hair! I washed and plaited it the night before, intending to wake up with subtle waves. Instead, woke up with wet hair and no time to dry it before I went to work. It did dry into some nice waves later in the morning, but it is still really damp and dull in the photos!
Wearing my last new piece from my Glassons order back in mid-May. Glassons have a sale on now too, if you are looking for some affordable basics. Thought I would try something a little different today, and belted the top over the skirt instead of tucking it into the skirt. I think it worked well, and the belt was a nice pop of colour.
Had to work a bit of maroon into my outfit today with the State of Origin match tonight! This scarf was perfect. Although I don't watch footy, lots of people at work are quite into the game and you see people walking around wearing the shirts or maroon items. While it is unofficial casual day as everyone is wearing team shirts, I had to present at a meeting so wore a printed dress.
I really like wearing this greeny-blue Rocco bag with blue clothes! Have been wanting to pair it with this dress for a little while, one of my favourite dresses. I like the fact that it pairs so well with black, brown or tan accessories.
A while back I won a blog competition on What Would Karl Do, and I got a warehouse voucher. I used it recently in the Warehouse sale to buy a skirt, jumper and this jacket. So I'm not sure how to mark the purchase on my blog as I bought it, but only with the voucher I won. It's not gifted and it's not C/O so do I just say "purchased with competition prize gift voucher" every time? If you know the blog rules help me out :)
The jacket is really warm - I ended up taking it off in the office. Maybe because jackets need to be thicker in the UK as it's so cold? Will be nice as the weather starts to cool here.
Was a nicer day in Melbourne on Friday so I left my jacket behind. I shopped the Reebonz offline sale, got lost for a while, did some more shopping and went out for dinner. I'm carrying my sale purchase in the photo ;)
Was pleasantly surprised to see that the Reebonz Melbourne offline sale is much larger than the Brisbane ones - it was impossible to get one photo of the entire room!
Was an early start to go on a tour of the Great Ocean Road this morning. Of all the times I've been to Melbourne, I've never been to the Great Ocean Road before, so was really excited to go today.
Was a very long but amazing trip - so many great things to see, I uploaded a few photos to my instagram. The photo above was taken at our first stop, Bell's Beach.
I liked this outfit today, the only thing I wish I had done differently was the shoes - it ended up being a little wet for open toed sandals! I thought the moss green jeans went quite well with the floral cami. Nice casual outfit for the office and shopping the Brisbane Reebonz sale at lunch time today.
Surprisingly I came home without making any purchases, but if the Balenciaga glycine sandals had been in my size, I would have had a new pair of shoes!
One of the things DH got me for Christmas was a "IOU" for a new computer chair, so today we went out to Ikea to get one. My old one broke so I've been needing a new one for a while. Have to say, this one is much more comfortable to sit on than my old one - even before it broke!
Of course while we were in Ikea we managed to buy lots more as well as the chair. It happens every time we go there, we walk in and see something pretty and/or practical and have to get it as well! haha! Hope we aren't the only ones that do that.
Ikea is one of the many places that have a sale on at the moment, so thought I'd do a quick roundup for you of some of the boxing day sales I'm aware of, in case you haven't stumbled across them already. :)
Very blue outfit today! Thought that the red velo worked well for a bit of colour against the blue, and of course it tied in with the polka dots on my top. Had to share that photo above as Cooper managed to attract the attention of a cat when we were taking photos and it came over to say hello. It then proceeded to cry as we were all ignoring it, haha! Looks like it's yelling at Cooper in the top photo. I gave it a little pat after doing photos, seemed to make it happy.
Went to the Reebonz offline sale in Brisbane today with a couple of ladies from work. There were so many great bags! The sale is still on for one more day - details here at Reebonz.
I've uploaded a few photos on my facebook page here to show what the range of bags was like, and below is a little video of what I bought if you're interested.
Close up of accessories and bag and a cute Cooper:
Not too pleased with how this outfit turned out today. I usually plan my outfits in the evening, and last night picked the tee and skirt as a good combination. When I put it on this morning I thought it needed a belt, so changed my bag and shoes to match the belt I picked. A little too much brown for my liking though. What do you think?
Today I shopped the Reebonz Australia Brisbane sale in my lunch break with a few colleagues. It was a really good sale! There were so many people there and so many bags and accessories to choose from. I also had the chance to meet some of the lovely Reebonz staff. Even though the sale was busy they took the time to chat to me about the sale and bags in general, and they had some lovely input on the possible purchases I tried on. Everyone was so friendly.
One of the lovely ladies working at the sale helped me choose a bag. When I saw how great this colour looked against her black outfit, I had to buy it. I created a little video reveal, I hope you enjoy it!
The jeans and jacket were last worn together here, scarf was last worn here, top here, shoes here and bag here.
