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!!!!

Remember to enter my giveaway if you haven't already!

What I Wore Wednesday

Today called for s simple outfit as I spent most of my morning after the gym and before work vaccuming and windex-ing our mirrors and windows in preparation for our house going on the market. 

This dress was purchased a few years ago with a voucher the husband's nanna got me. Gotta love vouchers.

quirky circus dress | kmart wedges | forever new necklace

Countdown to moving day has officially started - only sixteen more sleeps.

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 - Feeling a little Blue

Today's outfit was built around this new Forever New prom skirt I bought a week or so back for around $30 while they were having a 50% off the marked price sale (gotta love that!)

I love the pattern, the poooof-i-ness and above all else, that is is basically spring personified. 

forever new skirt | thrifted cue top | vintage bag | diva necklace | thrifted siren heels | tommy hilfiger sunnies

For all you Toowoomba bargain hunters out there, Lifeline on Anzac Avenue has 50% off all clothes till Friday. You better get there before I do and take all the good stuff!

I'm finally able to share our new house in anotehr post later this afternoon. Stay tuned!

What I Wore Wednesday

Happy Halloween out there to those of you who are in to the whole thing. I couldn't really give two shits about it and perhaps that is why I wore yellow today. 

portmans dress | forever new belt | novo flats | vintage sunnies (vinnies) | sportsgirl bracelt

A department within our division had a Halloween morning tea this morning and so many people put loads of effort into their costumes. Me, perhaps not. I only realised after leaving the morning tea that I must have looked SO out of place in my yellow frock around all the ghosts, scarecrows and just, general black in the room. 

Did you notice my new rose gold spike bracelet? I bought it at Sportsgirl in their extra 30% off sale items to team with the michael kors watch i'm almost definitely not going to get for christmas. Given that the husband and I are aiming to get our house on the market, move from Toowoomba to the Sunshine Coast and start jobs on the 14th January I don't think it's really in our budget ... it doesn't hurt to dream though does it?

Have you prepared your christmas list yet? Have you been naughty or nice?

To finish, I thought I'd include a couple of photos which pretty much sum up what most of my photos look like.

Before I sign off I just received an email from Cotton On. There are some great pieces currently available in their C.O. range. Love these ...

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The Sea Change ... It's ON!!!!!!!!!!

Why hello lovelies. BIG news this week!

Before we went to America I applied for a job at the Sunshine Coast and was eagerly awaiting a phone call to see whether I had secured an interview. I was pretty sure I would at least get an interview and was also somewhat confident that I would get the job. Well I DID GET THE JOB!

What does that mean then? The husband and I will be moving to the Sunshine Coast probably right on new years. I start my new job on the 14th January. Receiving that phone call was surreal. The idea of moving is now a reality and actually securing a new job means we actually have to move. I've been working at the Uni for over 10 years (and in my current position for around 6 years) and will get my 10 year service award in December. It will be sad to leave my co-workers who are a great bunch of people but I'm up for the challenge. 

What will even be harder is leaving our lovely friends and the comfort of living in my hometown but ... I can't complain. I'm going to be living seaside!

I am IN LOVE with this house at Buderim ... seeing the bank tomorrow to see how much money they might consider loaning us. 

Anyway, enough of that. 

Here's what I wore for What I Wore Wednesday. A little bit of a cooler day allowed me to wear a floral dress with sleeves that I picked up at Myer for 75% off.

piper dress | target wedges | forever new belt | sunnies from vinnies

Why haven't more of you entered my giveaway? Is no-one interested in a fabulous nutcase helmet? There is less than 5 entries so far ... that's pretty good odds. 

Christmas Wishlist post coming tomorrow for anyone out there needing pressie ideas!