What I wore:
Necklace: Kmart rose gold and pink beaded necklace
Tank: Sass and Bide "For Easy Reference" tank
Jeans: Nobody Denim Cult high rise skinny ankle jeans in charred grey
Shoes: Converse Chuck Taylor All Star low in black
Bracelets: the usual
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Love cross body bag in grey
Why I wore it:
More of a late autumn outfit than an end of summer outfit really, needing both jeans and a blazer! I wore this at the end of February, for a quiet Friday with the school run and working from home. With the downpour that started overnight the night before it was very cold and wet - jeans were a good choice and I added the blazer for warmth. Got absolutely drenched when dropping the kids off as school, but thankfully the blazer dried quickly, being made of rayon. With the rain continuing, we postponed some after school errands in favour of staying home and dry. Made some chocolate chip cookies to cheer us up with all the rain too. Hubby noted that water was starting to come over the roads on his way home.Woke up the next morning to find out from our neighbour that the street was flooding. During one of our walks that weekend when the rain was lighter to check on the flood levels, we stumbled across a poor drenched and shivering little budgie under a bush! Little thing was so tired and scared, it let me pick it up and snuggled into my jumper. The next day, someone in the area was able to drive close enough to us that we could walk through the floods and give the budgie to him for more normal living arrangement in a proper bird cage (instead of the box we hastily constructed) until the owner could be found. Such a crazy weekend!
We ended up being flooded in for 3 days. We are so lucky our house stayed dry. We've been through floods before of course in other places, but after building this house just over 2 years ago it's never faced an extreme event like this before, and we've never had persistent floods since the boys were born. Lots of comparisons around here to Brisbane's 2011 floods, and lots of friends and neighbours who evacuated and so many many houses destroyed. If you want to, you can donate here to help.
Last worn: blush blazer, blush and rose gold necklace, brown printed tank, Nobody Denim skinny jeans, black Converse Chucks, Rebecca Minkoff grey Love bag.
Other ways to wear: blush blazer worn 2 ways, brown printed tank and maxi skirt, Nobody Denim skinny jeans worn 2 ways, black Converse Chucks and denim skirt, Rebecca Minkoff grey Love bag and little black dress.
Perfect for pregnancy: blush blazer in third trimester, Converse in second trimester, Rebecca Minkoff grey Love bag in third trimester.
Jacket: Jeanswest Polly kimono in dusty pink
Necklace: Kmart black and gold double strand beaded necklace
Tank: Jeanswest Rowena print tank
Skirt: Nobody Denim Piper vacation skirt in black distressed denim
Shoes: New Balance Coast women's running shoe in black
Bracelets: the usual
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Love cross body bag in grey
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!
Guidelines:
1. Please link to a specific outfit post, not your blog homepage.
2. Link back to this post so others can find the link up.
3. Follow your host Away From The Blue on Bloglovin, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube.
4. Add up to two posts and be sure to visit and comment on as many other posts as possible to get some weekday outfit inspiration!
Optional: tweet the post you linked up with the hashtag #weekdayWearLinkUp so I can retweet!
Last worn: blush blazer, blush and rose gold necklace, brown printed tank, Nobody Denim skinny jeans, black Converse Chucks, Rebecca Minkoff grey Love bag.
Other ways to wear: blush blazer worn 2 ways, brown printed tank and maxi skirt, Nobody Denim skinny jeans worn 2 ways, black Converse Chucks and denim skirt, Rebecca Minkoff grey Love bag and little black dress.
Perfect for pregnancy: blush blazer in third trimester, Converse in second trimester, Rebecca Minkoff grey Love bag in third trimester.
Wear And Tear: Rebecca Minkoff Love Bag After 7 Years
What I wore:
Necklace: Kmart black and gold double strand beaded necklace
Tank: Jeanswest Rowena print tank
Skirt: Nobody Denim Piper vacation skirt in black distressed denim
Shoes: New Balance Coast women's running shoe in black
Bracelets: the usual
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Love cross body bag in grey
Why I wore it:
What a difference a few days makes! When I put outfit photos together for a post I could have worn the outfits anywhere from a day to weeks apart. While I wore these outfits just 3 days apart it felt a lot longer. It was the first day we could actually drive away from our house! The school was still closed because of the flooding but after I finished work for the day we were able to drive out to the grocery store to get a few essentials that we had run out of while flooded in. And we made sure to return some very overdue library books we were supposed to take back on Friday. When it was raining too bad to drive there on Friday I had naively thought the weather would be better on Saturday to return them, but of course we were flooded in.Since I loved the pink and brown combo above I repeated it again! With a black distressed denim skirt this time, a brown animal print tank, and a pink kimono as it was a hot day. It was nice to have the sunshine again, and to see most of the flooding in our suburb dried up.
While I really loved the first outfit and thought I'd love this as it's almost exactly the same outfit formula, I think this was missing something. I debated which necklace to wear for a little bit that morning and maybe a different more statement one would have looked better with this, or tucking the tank into my skirt more.
Last worn: pink kimono, animal print tank, necklace, Nobody Denim skirt, New Balance sneakers, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag (above).
Other ways to wear: pink kimono and stripes, animal print tank and pencil skirt, Nobody Denim skirt and orange tee, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag and maxi skirt.
Perfect for pregnancy: animal print tank in second trimester, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag in third trimester.
Last worn: pink kimono, animal print tank, necklace, Nobody Denim skirt, New Balance sneakers, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag (above).
Other ways to wear: pink kimono and stripes, animal print tank and pencil skirt, Nobody Denim skirt and orange tee, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag and maxi skirt.
Perfect for pregnancy: animal print tank in second trimester, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag in third trimester.
How You Can Wear It:
Pink and brown are lovely together! Try adding a pink topper like a kimono or blazer over a brown tank.
Weekday Wear Linkup #162
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!
Guidelines:
1. Please link to a specific outfit post, not your blog homepage.
2. Link back to this post so others can find the link up.
3. Follow your host Away From The Blue on Bloglovin, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube.
4. Add up to two posts and be sure to visit and comment on as many other posts as possible to get some weekday outfit inspiration!
Optional: tweet the post you linked up with the hashtag #weekdayWearLinkUp so I can retweet!
Note: South East Queensland (and parts of NSW) were inundated with water at the end of February. Some areas got 80% of their annual rainfall in 2-3 days. If you can, please consider donating to the flood relief effort. https://www.redcross.org.au/floodsappeal/
We avoided flood impacts but we were flooded in.
Currently flooded in but thankful to be safe and dry still 💙#brisbane #qldfloods pic.twitter.com/83emVuHnDa
— Mica (@AwayFromTheBlue) February 26, 2022
