What I Wore - Dotti on a Budget: Week 25 Edition

Picked up this cute autumn floral dress from Dotti for the grand sum of about $13.00 on Sunday - a cheap dress for this very awkward stage of dressing. It's a bit vintage with its pleated skirt and I do love the colours. I also went a bit nuts yesterday with jeanswest's 40% off store and site wide sale - you'll be seeing me in (maternity) jeans a lot from now on. 

What do you think of my hat? I do love hats - try them on in shops, buy the occasional one and most of the time they sit unworn. Does anyone else have that lack of confidence to wear the hats you have? I mean if Blair Waldorf can rock a hat, surely the rest of us can?! 

dotti dress | forever new hat | diana ferrari wedges

I got a taste of reality the other day when trade secret linked to this post on their facebook page. It gave me a (very minute) taste of what celebrity's must experience in their daily life with things being written and said about them. The comments may not have been a direct reflection of me but certainly affected me a little bit. 

• Nikki Mackay That jacket is horrendous!!!

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  Rhonda Johnson That sounds so funny!!!! Thats Gold !!!!

  Like · Reply · April 19 at 9:17pm
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  Rhonda Johnson Really,,Is that a joke or what???? it looks like it came from some old op shop!!!!

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Pink or Blue

Today is the day ... pink or blue day. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, we are having our 20 week scan at three o'clock and hopefully we'll get to find out the sex of baby bourke. That is if he or she cooperates. I honestly have no inkling of what we are having. My twinnie said she thought she was having a boy but did say she thought that only really because she wanted to have a girl. I'll be happy either way cos it means I can start shopping and decorating!!!

 dotti dress | karen walker sunnies | urban soul flats 

Isn't this guy just the cutest. Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth right?! WRONG

We found out on Monday that he has been escaping out of our yard and familiarising himself with the neighbourhood. We never knew because he was always home when we got home from work. It was only when a lady spotted us walking him that she pulled over and said he has gotten out a few times. Scary thing is we live near a pretty busy road and he isn't totally street smart. On Tuesday, we shut him in the fenced pool area thinking that would be a good temporary measure until we could fix the gate so he couldn't contortion himself under it to get out. I went home at lunch and he'd dug his way out and was asleep under the house. So I tied him up. He was no longer tied up when the husband got home from work. We had another go at fixing the gate for Wednesday. When the husband got home, Rocky was waiting on the street side of the gate. Our gate mods meant that Rocky could still get out but could not make his way back in. We've tried another method today so hopefully that works until we can think of a more permanent solution.

Sorry too much text! Thanks as always for reading.

So, three hours till the scan. What's your prediction? BOY or GIRL?

Not so Casual Friday

Most days for me at work are what some people might describe as casual but today is definitely not casual Friday for me. Our annual staff awards ceremony is on later this afternoon and I'll be collecting my ten year service award. It's funny because I don't even feel old enough to have worked anywhere continuously for ten years. I'm not even thirty yet but not far off it.

Today's outfit includes a hint of red to celebrate Daniel Morcombe's life and his family's long journey of searching for him and his killer. I hope today's public and private funeral gives them some sort of closure.

nine west dress (purchased in the US) | stella mccartney for target bag | diana ferrari wedges | tommy hilfiger sunnies

Had to throw this classic in.

Last Saturday while on the Sunshine Coast my friend tried this jumpsuit on in Dotti and it looked AMAZING on her. At $59.95 it was just a bit too expensive but a 30% off one day sale yesterday sealed the deal. I had to try it on because it looked so damn good on her and what do ya know ... I bought one for myself too. 

Looking forward to dinner and drinks tonight with these special girls. 

Pop by my very good friend Mel's (on the left) blog, facebook page or instagram profile. She is far more stylish than me ; )

have a fabulous weekend whatever you're up to.

What I Wore Wednesday

Totally gone troppo today and loving the opportunity to wear colour, colour and more colour.

I picked up this Dotti dress a couple of weeks ago for 30% off the marked price. Original price was $69.95 (wtf?!) and I got it for a little over $20. Isn't the back detail just the sweetest?

dotti dress | forever new belt | tommy hilfiger sunnies

twenty four days until I'm in our new house!!!!

What I Wore Wednesday and Shopping

Still loving knits and couldn't leave this one behind at Myer the weekend before last when all knits were 40% off. This one came down to $30. 

quirky circus knit | dotti dress | asos brogues

If you follow me on instagram (peta_ballerina) you would have seen that I got two parcels at work today. Wanna know what I got?

This skirt from eBay. It fits perfectly but is slightly longer than I thought it was. Very cute though. 

AND ... a pair of leather pants from my fave online store ... asos. I also put a pair of 200 denier tights in my cart to make the total over $100 AUD so I could use the 10% off code. A very important lesson. The items in my cart came to a total of AUD $100.33 and once I applied the 10% discount the total reduced to $90.30. I always change the currency to pounds before I check out though. Even with my credit card's currency conversion fee the total charged to my account was $83.32. A saving of $6.98 may not seem like much but who doesn't want to save money?!

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This is my first item of leather clothing (putting in an order for a jacket for christmas) and for those who are interested, the quality seems good and I bought the size 12. It's always risky buying pants or jeans online but I'm happy to report these fit just about perfectly. They might be a teensy bit loose in the leg but hopefully I can make them work. How would you wear them?

Oh, and some more shopping from earlier in the week. Being an active gym junkie (and instructor) I cannot resist Lorna Jane. I bought the python full length tights and a super warm hoodie with a hint of my favourite trend at the moment - you guess it, neon!

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**MUST STOP SHOPPING and START SAVING for our trip to AMERICA!

As always, thanks for reading

Can I afford Chanel?

Quick post coming to you today on my husband's 27th birthday.

We were super excited to get a save the date card yesterday for my friend Monica's wedding which we will be attending in CALI-FORN-I-A in September. My shopping ban has convinced me to believe that I will be able to buy myself a beautiful Chanel bag/purse when in the U.S but am I kidding myself? I don't even have any idea how much they cost. Is a Marc Jacobs a cheaper option? What other brands are good?

Loving this bunting bracelet I picked up at Dotti a couple of weeks ago. I saw Sophie on The Block had an awesome necklace on. Does anyone know where that is from?

vintage skirt and belt, asos wedges, just jeans singlet, r.m. williams cardi, dotti bracelet

Enjoy your Thursday xxx