Jacket: Zara frayed basket weave cardigan in blue Top: Glassons striped tank in silver marle and white (New purchase) Jeans: Sass and Bide "Straight up" jeans Shoes: Nine Westfascinate ballet flats in silver glitter Bracelets: the usual plus Edenborough Evans 'Ivy' silver cuff (New purchase) Bag: Balenciaga RH work in 2005 Magenta
Took the chance to wear two new purchases today - have been buying a little bit lately, haha. So pleased to have my Edenborough Evans cuff, I have been admiring Cecylia's rose gold version for a while. This jacket was perfect one to keep me warm yet show off my new bracelet with the cropped sleeves, so it was the obvious choice to wear :)
Interesting day today! Spent the day relaxing before heading into the office. Scheduled this post as I'm going into the office to work this evening. We get to wear casual clothes, so my awesome Church Online tee gets an outing. One of the many perks for volunteering at Church Online, they keep my tee collection growing :) Took a different detail shot today to show off the back.
The project I've been working on for over a year is going live this weekend, and that's why we are working. I'm extremely excited, so working on a Saturday night doesn't seem so bad. My favourite team members will be there in the office too. Wish us luck! :)
My January purchases and some third trimester office wear. Although I'm trying not to dress too casually for work, my maternity tanks are so comfortable I'm looking for ways to make them work in the office. Adding a blazer on top is a great way to do that!
It was quite cold and rainy - but welcome as it broke the heatwave we'd been having. I did consider wearing pants in the morning and wished I had during the day. I liked the print mixing with the scarf and tartan pencil skirt together. This is my favourite blazer and although I can't button it over the baby bump it works well unbuttoned. Just as perfect for the office as it is with jeans.
This tank is another of my post-Christmas sale purchases. You can tell I had some Jeanswest gift vouchers to spend! I wouldn't normally be able to wear this skirt in the third trimester, but as the maternity tank is so long I was able to wear the elastic waist of the skirt under the bump and have the tank cover up all of the baby belly and then some. I was actually able to tuck the tank into the skirt. Benefits of being petite, maternity tanks are quite long.
In contrast to the previous outfit above, this was such a hot day. I took the blazer off after these pictures and just wore it around the office to keep my shoulders covered. It was much too hot and humid to wear it long on the commute.
That's a lot! I had some gift cards to spend and there were so many good sales on....so far the most worn items have been the maternity bras. I don't usually talk underwear on the blog but a good maternity bra is a pregnancy and breastfeeding essential and these two are just so perfect!
I don't anticipate buying any more clothing until after baby arrives, so there are likely to be few monthly haul videos for a while. I'm not entirely ruling out getting some accessories though.... ;)
Sunnies: gifted Cotton On 'Kirsten sunnie' in yellow Necklace: Diva red stone necklace Bracelets: the usual Dress: Jeanswest ruffle neckline animal print dress Shoes: Wittner 'Columbia' cross strap sandals in tan Bag: Balenciaga Coquelicot 2011 RH Velo from Reebonz
It was still quite warm and humid after Sunday's massive storm, so wore a nice light dress to the office on Monday. Added a little bit of colour with the necklace and bag. Decided not to belt this dress, although I usually do I wear a belt with it, I actually liked it worn without one today. Was much too hot for Cooper too, he wasn't in the mood to look at the camera! haha.
Necklace: Pink bead necklace, possibly Diva? Bracelets: the usual Dress: French Connection blue Paisley print dress Shoes: Nine West silver strap sandals Bag: Balenciaga RH work in 2005 Magenta
So I didn't realise just how similar my outfit was to yesterday's until I went to upload the photos! Bright necklace, matching Balenciaga bag, printed dress and sandals 2 days in a row! Just wanted to be comfortable and cool in the last of the heat we are getting, so I'm sticking with what works. At least it's not jeans and a tee, right? ;)
Yes, another long sleeve top, pretty skirt combo. I've been very uninspired this week, sorry! Just so cold and wet in the mornings again, not very nice after our warm weekend. Have to admit, it's been nice to have an easy ready-to-go outfit to fall back on. Although I may have been wearing my skull scarves a bit much - a colleague noticed this one and was amazed I could have a cheerful pink scarf covered in skulls. He's quite amused I have so many colours and variations, haha.
Jeans for casual Friday! I bought this grey jumper earlier in the year in Melbourne, thinking it would be really practical and I'd wear it often. This is only the second wearing and I'm surprised I haven't worn it as much as I thought I would. This scarf on the other hand, I thought may be a nice neutral I'd reach for now and then, and I'm wearing it a LOT at the moment as it seems to go with everything. Funny how that happens. Maybe points to me needing to understand my wardrobe better before I make purchases?
Do you have things you wear more or less than you thought you would when you bought them? Or tips for how to identify things you won't wear often when shopping?
Had to fly to another city and back for work today. Carried my biggest bag to have room for everything, and a nice big scarf to keep me warm.
I made the most out of my trip by meeting my bestie for a quick lunch in a scheduled break between meetings. While the work day was extremely productive and we made a lot of progress having everyone in one room together, the highlight of my trip was definitely catching up with my friend. We have very similar tastes, so we snapped some pictures of our Balenciaga bags together at lunch.
Balenciaga magenta city and work side by side! Photo taken by my very talented friend.
The trench was last worn here, scarf here, dress here, bag here and shoes here.
Just a nice lazy option for work on Wednesday - printed dress and nice bright bag. Although when I had to unexpectedly go to another office for a meeting I did wish I hadn't worn brand new shoes, haha. They've broken in nicely now.
This is one of two pairs of shoes I got in the 65% off sale Wittner had a week or so ago. I'll try get better pics next time I wear them, without Cooper's tail in the way!
Relying on the heels, printed dress and big bag formula again today. Not feeling energetic after my long work days so I just want to wear easy comfortable clothes while adding the heels to try look professional. Plus I get to wear my new shoes!
Last worn: jacket: see above, French Connection dress, bag. First time I've worn the shoes as they are a new purchase.
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!
A nice bright red dress seemed fitting for Valentine's day! Hope you have a lovely day, if you are in a couple or if you're single. DH has to work tonight so we are having a quiet one.
The dress was last worn here, sandals here and bag here.
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.
Bit of a long post for today's Weekday Wear Linkup, sharing 3 outfits I wore recently with blue dresses and pink bags. Both things I have a lot of in my wardrobe, they pair so perfectly together!
A dress is an easy not too formal but not too casual outfit for a training day too, and that's why I wore these outfits to a training course for work.
I was surprised to see that I hadn't worn this dress and bag together before when I hunted through my blog archive. Both much loved pieces, I was sure I'd worn them together before!
I think the casual boho peasant style of the printed dress works really nicely with the slouchy pink Balenciaga city bag. The colour combo is great too!
Unfortunately these are not the shoes I wore. I've been taking pics in the morning with the shoes I've been wearing in the office and commuting in my daggy old sneakers to try reduce the pain on my knee. A frantic realisation we were out of bread for the kids breakfasts and a dash to the shops before breakfast and then trying to make it into the city on time, I'd forgotten to pick up the bag with these shoes to change into. Thankfully I made it to the course on time but I felt a bit out of place with the sneakers!
Thankfully I remembered the bag with my shoes in it this time so I was able to wear these lovely ballet flats during the day! I really like the way all the accessories matched with the silver multi strand necklace, metallic ballet flats, and silver hardware on the Rebecca Minkoff Darren messenger bag.
This blue Paisley print sheath dress is a firm favourite too and was what I wore to the first day of training, as I wasn't sure about the dress code. Something I've worn for important meetings and to be dressed down for casual Friday, this dress is so versatile! I like the way the pastel pink Rebecca Minkoff small Darren messenger bag went with the Paisley print too.
Another blue dress and another pink bag! This isn't even all my blue dresses or pink bags, I really do have a few! I liked the way this magenta Rebecca Minkoff Edie bag popped with the navy Ikat print dress.
Like the other blue dresses above, this is a favourite and I even took it to Europe with me last year.
Rather than wear a statement necklace I went with my Tiffany diamond necklace and the silver leaf earrings which are a perfect statement on their own, and added a little extra colour with the skinny lilac belt. This belt is an old one I rediscovered after finally finding the box of belts I'd hidden away in pregnancy a while back. Unfortunately being pleather, being stored in a box for years in the Queensland heat and humidity has not been kind to it and it actually disintegrated and snapped when I unbuckled it at the end of the day. Such a shame!
Blue and pink look so good together and as you can see in each of these outfits, you can pair any shade of blue with any shade of pink! Using bright accessories like these pink bags is a fun way to try out the colour combo and shows you how versatile a pink bag can be, it's easy to wear with colourful printed pieces and not just neutrals!
Weekday Wear Linkup #62
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!