Short and sweet what I bought post! Showing you two things I bought for myself last month - I did take advantage of some of the black Friday and Cyber Monday sales but that was to buy Christmas presents for others. So I wanted to share some things I picked up for myself before all the sales, just two things!

What I Bought:

Why I Bought It:

The shoes were such a lucky find. I have never been able to find shoes in my size at an opshop but I always glance at the shoe rack just in case. I was thrilled to realise these were in my size and just $3! Looking a little worse for wear I figured I could clean them up a bit at home, trying a few different things to get rid of the yellowing the scuff marks and stains on the leather. They certainly don't look new but $3 for a $150 pair of shoes I'm pretty happy with how they scrubbed up!

Got extremely lucky and found these Adidas Superstar sneakers in my size at the opshop for $3 😁 a bit of a clean up later and they look pretty good! ⭐#opshopfind #ilovetoopshop pic.twitter.com/ZgV40zM0iv
— Mica (@AwayFromTheBlue) December 8, 2020

The bag was an impulse buy - and while I also bought it at the start of November it was on better sale than it ended up being on Black Friday. I'd been eyeing it for a while unsure about the colour it looked on the David Jones site, but once it was further reduced I had so snap it up. As you can see in the video I didn't need to worry about the colour! It's been a firm favourite bag to wear since I bought it.

How I've Worn It:

ways ive worn November purchases rebecca minkoff jean mac crossbody bag

The bag has had the most wear as I've only worn the shoes once so far as it took a while to clean them up. I was pleased with how they were looking so wore them on Monday to check out how comfortable they would be with my knee injury. Pretty happy with them! I know both pieces will get a lot more wear in future too.

I'm not planning to make any fashion related purchases in December but who knows what sales will tempt me 😂 At the moment though I'm on track to be under my 2020 fashion budget and I want to stick there!

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More monochrome dress outfits for today's Weekday Wear Link up! Unlike last week's monochrome dress and bag combinations, this week they are two printed dresses and both blue. Easy options with longer sleeves for spring days.

What I wore:

Jeanswest 'Chelsea' printed dress with navy rebecca minkoff regan satchel bag summer outfit | awayfromtheblue

Rebecca Minkoff Regan Satchel Tote in moon with blue boho printed dress and bracelet stack | awayfromtheblue

awayfromblue instagram | blue printed dress and navy rebecca minkof regan bag for shopping day

Earrings: Piper gold heart earrings
Dress: Jeanswest 'Chelsea' printed dress
Shoes: Wittner 'Jasmarie' studded sandals
Bracelets: the usual plus silver and turquoise bracelet stack set and old blue wood bead bracelet
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Regan Satchel Tote in moon

Why I wore it:

Decided to wear the Rebecca Minkoff Regan satchel with this blue printed dress as I needed something to hold water bottles and a few snacks for my son as we had a long but fun day of Christmas shopping planned with my sister. I'd picked this dress as although it's light it's got longer sleeves which work nicely to ward off the chill in the shopping centre aircon. It didn't appear that the aircon was working in the shopping centre though - or maybe it was just such a humid day it couldn't cope. Some stores were cool but walking through the main part of the shopping centre it was still quite warm.

It wasn't the most productive or successful day of shopping, but my son and I had fun with my sister anyway despite the issues that continued after the aircon failed and we set another date (and a different shopping centre location!) to get more done. Won't be going back to that shopping centre in a hurry! It was one we used to frequent when we were growing up and it's between both our houses so it's a good almost mid-point meet up but I think we will stick to other ones.

Kept my accessories simple in the heat, my little gold studded earrings and some blue and silver bracelets were all I wore, decided to go without a necklace with the tassels on the dress tied in a bow instead.

Last worn: Jeanswest boho dress, gold heart studs, studded sandals, Rebecca Minkoff Regan bag.

Other ways to wear: Jeanswest boho dress and blazer, studded sandals and shorts, Rebecca Minkoff Regan bag worn 30 ways.

Perfect for pregnancy: Jeanswest boho dress in second trimester, studded sandals in second trimester.

Handbag Collection and Storage:

What I wore:

Shein navy flower print flowy swing dress with blue rebecca minkoff mini mac bag gold accessories | awayfromblue

Rebecca Minkoff 2012 sky grey mini MAC bag and mixed metal bracelet stack | awayfromtheblue

awayfromtheblue Instagram shein navy floral swing dress with blue mini mac bag monochromatic outfit

Earrings: Colette Ciao Bella glitter ball drop earrings
Dress: Shein navy flower print flowy dress (c/o)
Shoes: Novo Tawny rose gold sandals
Bracelets: the usual plus Disney Couture Winnie the Pooh bangle
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff 2012 sky grey mini MAC bag

Why I wore it:

Tried to dress up a little for our annual Santa photo! Of course it looked a little different this year with COVID restrictions, you aren't actually allowed to get within 1.5 meters of Santa. Still took the opportunity to dress up and get a nice family photo for Christmas 2020!

I picked this pretty floral print swing dress to wear as it's a light material, good for a hot day. It was an extremely humid day though and I kind of wished I'd picked something with shorter sleeves - while the long sleeves are a nice relaxed fit it still felt like a bit much with the heat. The curls in my hair didn't quite last the day either 😂 The red and blue in the dress did tie in well with the kid's photo outfits though!

The blue Rebecca Minkoff mini MAC wasn't quite a match with the navy dress, but I felt it was a complimentary shade and the gold hardware worked well with the gold sandals, bauble earrings and bracelets I wore to feel a little more dressed up for the photo.

Last worn: navy floral swing dress, gold bauble earrings, gold bangle, gold sandals, Rebecca Minkoff mini MAC.

Other ways to wear: navy floral swing dress and denim jacket, gold sandals and shorts, Rebecca Minkoff mini MAC with orange skirt.

How You Can Wear It:

It's easy to pick a handbag to wear with a printed dress - just chose one that matches a colour in the print of the dress. You can create a nice monochrome or tonal outfit that way depending on the colours of your dress.

Weekday Wear Linkup #98

Welcome to the Weekday Wear linkup! A linkup for you to share your weekday outfits - whether that is office wear or stay at home mum wear - if you wore it on a weekday, you can link it up!

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