Summer Steals - Part One

I can't wait for summer however me and the heat are not great friends.

  

I sweat like a pig, go as red as a pepper and steam can literally be seen rising from my head.

Despite my obvious need for easy, breezy summer attire, my wardrobe has always lacked anything resembling comfortable, cool and flattering summer clothes.

I can’t even remember what I wore last summer. There were some mid thigh denim boyfriend shorts. These must have been paired with t-shirts as Summer 09/10 was pre-WW no-arms-out days (aka. nothing to show the arm flab). I remember buying two navy jersey dresses and that floral Wish maxi dress that Facebook shows me I have worn to every summer event for the last two years.

Exhibit A - Uni Xmas 2008 (from the infamous, why do we all look like we are unpicking a wedgie photo)

Exhibit B - Admission Afters 2009

Exhibit C - H's going away party January 2009. At this stage I was about ten hours into the party, drunk on the beach and about to go swimming in my undies in the very questionable water never where Maccas used to be in Freo. Thanks to H for posting these photos about nine months after the fact. They do not show me best sides at all. Haha

Exhibit D - no photo but I wore this on the weekend with my purple Supre seven way cardi and Funkis Clogs. Repeat offender much.

My sister who lives in Darwin has mountains of pretty summer dresses. But then I suppose she has the income to throw hundreds of dollars away on little dresses.

My problem is that I have difficulty spending lots of money on summer clothes. And flattering, well washing, pretty dresses are hard to find on a small budget.

So for the last few weeks, I have been searching high and low for things to fill my summer wardrobe. And I can tell you, I am getting excited to wear these things.

 This is what I have so far

Bali dress - FREE - gift from sister

Mink Pink shorts - $44.10 from Freez with 10% off code from Never Shopped Out

Jeanswest Dress - $16.50 Ebay

Topshop Dress - $10.50 Ebay

Nookie - at $134.95, not a steal but I couldn't resist the colours for summer

I also scored a scored a couple of dresses with the City Beach Surf 50% sale and from The Grandsocial Outlet.

Another untapped source is Gumtree. Three dresses and a skirt for $38. BARGAIN. And the seller is going to drop them off at my house so no shipping charge.

It is hard when there are so many gorgeous designer dresses but I just can't justify the $200+ price tags.

Now all I need is a few tops and some sandals and I am done... hopefully ... if I can curb my spending.
Wow what a pointless, boring post. Was kind distracted by Glee. Sorry

And yes I have been absent. I was going to write a big long post about my absence but I got half way through it last week and gave up. I do that sometimes … all the time. I also have a virus and feel very very lethargic. I walked across the road to buy Powerade this morning and it wore me out. Like, I had to sit down and rest for a good half an hour and drink my Powerade before I could concentrate on thinking about doing any work. I am soo thirsty all the time. How much Powerade is too much Powerade? I could drink five or more a day at the moment. Purse strings are restricting it to two though. And then I dream about Powerade. Sensitive spawn of a red-head me also has a nasty rash on my face. This is how my virus presented itself. I look like the mysterious woman who wears red lipstick on her cheeks as blush. If you are from Perth I am sure you know who I am talking about. There are so many rumors about this woman. My dad says she has scars and uses the make-up to cover it up. Others say she is a genius and was a businesswoman extraordinaire who is worth millions. Maybe she is just a little strange and is walking to beat of her own drum. Whatever the reason, I served her at my checkout for over four years and she was always very nice to me, and I hope I never starred at her too much. Anyway, I was being a tad dramatic about my rash. The steroid cream I have been smothering all over my face is working. Now I just have to wait for the infected layer of skin to peel off. Woe is me huh. Woe is life.

Good to be back, hope you are still enjoying reading me. If not, I will get over myself in time!!

Fidgeting Fi

Okay so I have not done a real post in a while. Not for lack for trying though. I have about six half written posts in draft, I have just not gotten around to finishing them.

This is the story of my life.

I have a very short attention span. I can’t stay still. And of late, I am finding it very hard to complete anything.

I spent three hours doing my tax the other night only to give up before the end as I needed to ask my dad something but he was asleep. Now I won’t lodge my return for another two weeks until he gets back from NZ.

My work to-do list is filled with about twenty pieces of work which are half done. These all need to be done by today but here I am writing this instead. Having too many things to do (regardless of the fact they will only take a few minutes to complete) stresses me out. So I don’t finish them.

A couple of weeks ago, I cleaned my room and sorted stuff into lots of different bags but the bags are still sitting on my bedroom floor.

This picture of my bed shows that I still haven’t finished adorning the final half of my bedhead. I started this in about February 2009.

So this is why I have not posted so much of late. I need to give myself a kick in the butt and finish my posts. Maybe. One Day.

Anywho... This is what I am wearing today. An outfit post?? How novel (sp??). The only thought that went into this outfit is.... I now have nothing that does not need ironing and this dress looks the least wrinkled of a bad lot.....

Ironing and washing is something else I never around to doing.

Please excuse my shiny face and frizzy hair. 

And don't look at my little finger please.

I luv-uv ruffles

See

Oh no, I have bugs on me!!

Dress - Country Road

Singlet underneath - Country Road

Cardigan - MinkPink

Shoes - Stuart Weitzman for Mr Seymour Shoes

 Belt - Kloset (love this – look at the cute bugs!!)

Better view of the belt

In other news, I just got an email informing me these beauties are in store at Frockoholics!! Nude Footwear and wedges. How could I resist? Oh yeah that’s how .... I am flat broke :-( Oh well a girl can dream. And perhaps have money next time she has to have half of her front tooth restored.

Do also look at the pretty Nude Footwear Spring Catalogue though. See that colour! Love. I can’t advocate for this brand enough. They are so comfortable, even for my hobbit feet. And I get compliments on them every time I wear mine (I have about six pairs mostly sourced from eBay for under $30 so watch for them).

That is all

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Lotsa Lemmings

As my last post made me feel a tad depressed, I have just been off distracting myself with pretty things.

Prior to September 2004, this is where my mind went to when I thought of lemmings:

Memories of primary school computer class and grandad’s study come floading back just looking at this. LETS GO!

Now as a Voguette, a lemming is something that I want. Something on my to-buy list. Though usually it is something on my will-never-buy-as-I-can-no-longer-fathom-spending-that-much-on-shoes-clothes-accessories list. 

I enjoy drooling over expensive clothes. At university, I used to spend hundreds of dollars on single pieces from Lover, Zimmerman, Karen Walker, Alice McCall, Kate Hurst, Ruby Smallbone and other reasonably branded pieces. I had Chanel sunnies and MJ perfume. I am not sure how I afforded these things but I did only have law student uni hours (ie. 11 hours a week) and I always worked at least two jobs. Oh and I laybyed everything. This was pre layby fees of course. And there were a few times my mum or sister had to bail me out when I couldn't pay my laybys off. Unfortunately they were not that generous so my lovelies (yes you KW blouse, I still remember you) went back onto the shelves.

Anyway, if you care and even if you don't, here is what I am lemming at the moment. I apologise to your bandwidth for my endless clothing posts of late, I am in that sort of mood.

 

SIGH.

                                      

Pics courtesy of Maximillia, Karla Spetic, Tavi, Topshop, Google Images, Freez, Lori's Shoes

PS. Quick Question. If I was going to bite the bullet and get some JC Charlis. Should I get.

A.

or

B.

Saturday Sillys Style

To perform the below tasks, I had to wear something.

A few weeks ago, I got it in my head that I just had to have myself a long black skirt. Being short I know it is a big no no but whatever, embrace the frump I say. Now, a long black skirt is not as easy to find as you would think. I tried all the usual suspects and the closest I could find was a long dress from Supre, but it was thin and clingy and made me feel the size of a house (as only Supre can). I asked for suggestions, I searched online but it was to no avail.

Then last Saturday, I walked past the Good Sammy's. As I past, I had a thought. What about looking there? I literally walked straight to the skirt rack and picked up a long black skirt in my size for $4. It is Stitches brand, so decent quality and although it has a old lady style split at the front, I just wear it the wrong way around.

So with my new skirt, I decided this morning I would create an outfit.

At first, I decided to take my Funkis clogs and red socks for a spin ...

... but this looked wrong. The grunge (??) aesthetic of the top and skirt and the "clog" (??) aesthetic of the socks and clogs, didn't collaborate well ...

... so I decided to play it safe and add my black boots. Oh and a belt as I decided the top was too baggy for the skirt but couldn't be bothered changing my top ...

... I wasn't feeling this either. So I changed my boots and added a scarf as it is chilly here.

Love these boots!

Anywho ... after all that, I decided I hated the whole outfit but I was tired of the whole thing and couldn't be bothered changing again and it was already midday and I had many things to do, so I left the house in it. I said I had to wear something, not that it had to look good.

Skirt - Stitches

Long Sleeve Top - Tempt

Tank - MinkPink

Clogs - Funkis

Socks - ??

Black Boots - Tony Bianco

Red Boots - Soles by Nude Footwear

Scarf - Gift from India

PS. I apologise for the not-centred pics in the middle, blogger is misbehaving and randomly not centering a few of my photos for some reason. If anyone knows why, please explain. Thanks