Fifties Fail

In today’s outfit, I have been strutting around fancying I look like Joan Holloway here:

It is probably because I bought a cute vintage blouse from The Vintage Valley (check out her blog too, she is gorg) which I am styling today (plus coffee stains from before I even stepped in the door at work). 

Shirt - Vintage

Skirt – Cue

Cardigan – Country Road

Shoes - RMK

Nose – Napoleon Perdis (I have a pimple the size of Mount Everest and as red as the parted sea so much cover up is required. I could seriously lead Santa on his Merry way with this thing!!)

In reality I think I might have missed the par a bit and exposed some serious "Arms Out" action (ie. arms like that should be covered to protect the human eye)!!

Whatever... It is the WEEKEND!!!!!! Yay.

Riveting Really

This is a crappy phone photo of what I am wearing today. I nearly just wrote iPhone photo before realising how fucking wanky that sounds.

Target Top

Witchery Skirt

Kloset Belt

RMK shoes

I am all a bit too matchy matchy today for my liking.

That is all. For now.

Beautiful Barkin Bargains

While house sitting what three weeks ago now, I very diligently took photos of my outfits. Large house, good lighting, lots of places to rest my camera, a full length mirror (for when I finally figured out how to turn my flash off) and a pretty garden were all very inducing factors to take pics.

At present, freezing weather, an entire work wardrobe in dire need of either a clean or an iron, absence of stylish young whippersnapper  (to borrow the term from the honorable FF) to "impress" and lack of care factor means work outfits are not worth a mention. For reference, today I am wearing an ill fitting Cue suit handed down from big sister circa 2003, a tatty see-through blouse with no undershirt (as I decided to forgo the ten minute search to find one in favour of getting back into bed and playing with my iPhone for a while) and a cardigan that clashes with my blouse. Sometimes it is just too hard.

Anyway, at the bottom of my laundry pile are these two dresses that I liked to show you. Both are from Barkins, I shop I have advocated in the past. Combined they cost $85. I think they are very fine and dandy. Click here if interested in purr-chasing.

WARNING: Do not be deceived by the cute little face of the doggie who joins me in these pics. This dog and her big brother "play fight" hard. All over the house and all over the person sitting on the couch. I still have the bruises to prove it!!

Dress Number One. Flintstone print dress. $49.95

Puppy 2 appears to have her game face on. I bet Puppy 1 is growling at her over to the right. I don't remember as this photo was taken before coffee and my brain would have been rendered useless.

Puppy 2, now distracted from play fighting, has decided to check out the crazy shenanigans "stranger who feeds us" is up too. Puppy 2 is confused.

Puppy 1 and 2 are now sitting quietly in the corner mocking my narcissism. They are very intellectually advanced for their ages.

Dress - Barkins


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Tights - crappy $5 ones Coles that laddered the second puppy licked my toe
Shoes - Nude Footwear, accidentally won on eBay but were a pleasant surprise

Dress Number Two. Shadow Print Dress. SALE $34.95

Puppies were used to photo taking by this time. This photo proves the ill effect running around on bitumen after litte Fi-clone cousin has on new shoes. They look positively squashed and this was the third time I ever wore them.

I love the pattern. Maybe a little tight at the bust just now. Look how shiny my face is and scraggly my hair is.

Dress – Barkins

Cardigan – Rodarte for Target

Shoes – RMK

Tights – Target, 2 for $7

Hooroo. Off to do the work dishes as secretary feels she is too good to do them. Not that I am bitter or nothing.

Saturday Sillys - part three

I just spent the last three hours listing eight items on eBay. The problem with having an online shopping/eBay obsession is that sometimes you get things that are just not quite right. You say to yourself "It is alright, I can just return it or re-sell it on Ebay", but you forget and the return time ends or just never get around to listing stuff and the item sits in the wardrobe gathering dust and going unloved.

There is a skit in Gilmore Girls about this. At Friday night dinner, Emily questions the girls about online shopping and they end up agreeing with her (it is kinda hard not too) that going to a real shop is more rewarding after all. I should learn from this .... but I won't. I bet L and G didn't either. They would love the Outnet I bet. Shame it came after their time. I miss those girls. Anywho, Shopping requires effort, and walking, silly small talk and putting up with snotty "Shop-girls" giving you the evil eye.

Listing is soo irritating and time consuming. Grrr. Hopefully my stuff sells.

Does not it just look riveting! I barely watched Prada except Meryl and Simon's scenes.

So much for finishing my lengthy To Do list. Saturday always goes so quickly!


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Busy Birthday Bash-ing

Sorry for lack of posting. I have has a huge birthday weekend. Alas, I have no photos to show for it. Or so I thought....

I just found this on my phone. This I believe is a photo taken by breasts (Nigella and Winona) while using the bathroom at the dinner party/games night my friend K held for me on Saturday night. See there is K's shower in the background, and I was wearing black, those hands look short and stubby and the glint in the top right corner could easily be my phone. As I rarely wear garments with pockets, I have a tendency to use what god gave me for storage. I have no recollection of this moment ever happening though. At least there is one surviving remnant of my 25th birthday. Oh the memories .... of washing my hands...

I also have some weekend outfits to post but this will have to wait until I, A locate the battery for my camera to upload them and B, regain enough mental capacity to post them.

I have managed a reworked outfit repeat today. As my entire wardrobe in currently adorning my bedroom floor this was the only thing that was in hands reach and did not require ironing (have I used this excuse before?).

However, as I am now old, I am having hot flushes, (can anyone explain why the yanks call them “flashes”??) the said dress needed to be taken off for a while. I was just walking around with the sleeves hanging down but then I had a brain wave to tuck them into the skirt and ta-dah, a new outfit is born… Until the flush goes away and I start freezing my arse off again.

Please wish me luck for my weigh in tonight. I have eaten sooo much and exercised sooo little this week. But you only turn 25 once right? I will be ok with putting on anything up to 1.5kg. I say this so I will be happy with my result when I don't put this much on. I will probably gain more though, given last two weeks have freakishly lost and then remained the same. Oh well I feel good about myself at the moment (bar the little incident at Supre but I am using my aging memory to suppress that one) so that is all that matters right. There is always next week....

 

What we wore, what we will wear and well wishes

This is what I wore today. I hardly ever wear pants but I found these in the top of my cupboard and they fit again (YAY) so I am giving them a go. Loving this top I got in the mail yesterday. The service from Coco Lee is fab. I emailed them on Friday night at about 11pm because my order had not arrived (they said 1 to 2 days) and when I doubled checked I noticed I had not paid for shipping so I inquired whether this was holding it up and whether it needed rectifying. By the time I got up on Saturday I had already got an email from The Nedahl (star-struck) of Nedahl's Blog, letting me know there was a slight delay and it had been posted Thursday. Then a follow up email from customer service on Monday letting me know I was all good with shipping costs as it was free seeing I spent over a certain amount.  I love it when online shopping goes smoothly :-)

Moss&SpyTop

Cue Pants

RMK Heels

And this is what I have decided to wear tomorrow. Another from the Coco Lee parcel. I never lay my clothes out for the morning and this usually results in me and my wardrobe arguing so I am trying something new for once.

Target Top

Moss&SpyDress

And on another note that is not all about me for once, my house mate slash best friend is having a little surgery tomorrow so I just wanted to take the time to say Good Luck, Best Wishes, I'll be thinking of you and all that jazz.

Here are a few of your favourite things that will hopefully take your mind off it for a millisecond.

Love Ya Cabbage :-)

Pictures courtesy of Google Image

Irrationality is Irritating

I am a stresspot. Always have been, always will be. I usually stress for a reason though. Work, my weight, my relationships, my lack of relationships, always running late, not having nice hair/make-up on each day. If there is a deadline coming up, I will get very anxious. When it is passed (and I have met it), I will feel better.

However, occasionally I get anxious for no apparent reason at all. And this in turn stresses me out. I know it is completely irrational but I can’t help it. This is how I have been feeling this weekend.

In this mood, I do not think clearly. This morning I woke from a dream that two horrid people had made nasty comments on my blog about my waist size and my dinner from Friday night. My resolution in this mindset was to give it all in, delete my blog and hide from the world. Now, I know I will get nasty comments eventually. Thankfully all my comments so far have been lovely and I thank you all for spending the time to read my little blog and getting to know me a litte. When this god forbid happens, it will hurt, but ultimately I really won't care too much in the scheme of things. People can be arse faces and although it is taking me some time to deal with this, it is reality and I must try and get on with my life regardless.

Another example is that yesterday when I uploaded my outfit posts, I thought I looked like a giant ugly heffalump and was refusing to post them (even though sans having seen photos, I like this outfit and feel good in it). I thought.. “ You can't let the world see you like this Fi. You look fat, and frumpy and not blog-fashion-post-ready at all”.

But then I gave myself a stern talking too about how I didn't want my blog to be anything but me having a bit of fun and for it to be a hobby (I believe having hobbies are VERY important). And (I know you shouldn't start sentences with "and" but I thought those reading aloud might want a breather) if I feel like cataloguing my wardrobe and the different outfits I style and letting others know about great brands and bargains I found, then I will.

So irrational anxiety caused blog deleting and post hiding averted.

And anyway, heffalumps are cute. See.

Although, as they don't really exist, I am not sure how I managed to find a photo of one. Yes I am talking to you, Estate of A.A Milne (coz I know you are reading).

Anyway, if you care, this is what I wore. If you don't, go away or close your eyes while you scroll down the page. What ver.

I was trying to capsule the ruffle. Instead I captured my absurdity 

Here is the ruffle

Deats:

Country Road Ruffle Dress. Ebay. Bargain.

Target leggings. $20. Decent enough. Soft, wash well but a little thin (ie. can see my thigh if I were to wear them as pants)

Dotti Bodysuit. Don't really see the point of bodysuits. They are not that comfortable and make going to the toilet difficult. Alas I persevered as all my other tops were dirty.

Belt. No bloody idea.

RMK shoes. Ebay. Bargain. Ebay readers Ebay. If you don't know how, stayed tuned over the next few days as I will be giving a tutorial - including a section on "getting over those virgin fears and trepidations" - on how to successfully buy shit on the bay that is E. I may be preaching to to choir, but believe me, most everyday none internet forum/blog frequenters, just don't get ebay. So I don't know why I am going to post a blog entry on it (as they won't read it) but anywho, I will. In case you are interested.

What, do I have to do today? Tackle this....

Why-o-why Fi?

Also have to go to work, feed Nixon (the feline ruler of my parents life), clean the flat and go for a swim. And it's nearly 12pm. Argh. Will need to have a serious talking to myself ... Maybe my anxiety is not irrational after all.

"Fi, get out of this funk and get moving woman!!" Feeling better already.

Pictures courtesy of me and Disney

What am I wearing today? This little Charlie Brown number is what I got on. T'was an Ebay buy. As were the RMK heels. I converted the black version of these babies for a long time but couldn’t bring myself to pay the $180 price tag. Then one day, I stumbled across these olive ones for $10. BARGAIN. They are actually very comfortable now I have lost some weight so they have had a few outings in the last few weeks.

These thick tights are a little shiny.

I also had a little surprise waiting for me when I got home last night. This High Society Dress by Ladakh from Freez. I only ordered it on Monday so YAY for fast shipping and great service. It’s a little transparent but nothing a good girdle and nude bra wouldn’t solve. Not sure how black tights will go under it (which is how I plan to style it mainly) but I should be able to counteract with a black slip.

I was not going to buy it. I loved it but I was going to wait and see If I was still thinking about it in a few days time (like every girl should). Then I befriended Freez on facebook (I thought there would be discount codes but alas). Then a girl I don’t know posted on Freez’s wall how she had bought the dress. Then I looked at it again and noticed they only had 3 left in stock. Then I knew, I HAD to have it. Now I see there are at least 9 in stock (go me).

It’s an okay dress I guess.

This is how I am going to style it. This all depends on me actually have a social life and having somewhere to go to wear it like this. I have a SATC fundraiser next weekend so maybe then. It will probably just sit in my closet looking pretty like most of my casual dresses that I can’t wear to work and that get pushed aside in my early morning weekend (I am talking like 10am here!) stumble out of bed grab some jeans and that tee that I don’t think is too smelly to wear out yet dressing rituals.

Lucette Cherry Kiss Cape and Tony Bianco Nemesis Boots

Photos courtesy of my newly "sourced" camera....

Ok, I cunningly manipulated my parents into giving me their old one