Monochrome

Today's look is definitely one I can see myself channelling over the months to come. Plain and simple - black and white or to sound a bit more hip, the monochrome trend. I've already bought about 3 dresses in black and white as well as a pair of zebra print pants (more on those soon). You just simply can't go wrong. Add in some stripes and you're on to a winner. Can you believe I'm wearing boots normally tucked away until winter in summer? AND I live on the Sunshine Coast!!

portmans dress | diva necklace and earrings | ray ban glasses from OPSM | tony bianco boots

Oh, I mentioned some zebra pants didn't I? This was them. They looked better in person, were reduced to $30 and were perfect for my expanding waistline. Pull on pants don't just have to be for grannies you know! Well who knows where I put them. I fear I may have experienced my first baby brain moment and thrown the bag out without emptying its contents. There was also a cute neon sleeveless top in there also from Barkins. Let's hope I can find the bag but I am pretty certain it's sitting in landfill. Boo. Barkins fancy supplying a poor pregnant lady a replacement pair?

Sorry for those sick of these token belly shots. I'm enjoying this little bump. Seeing Mez from Domestic Divinity's bump yesterday was a little scary - I realise that is me in roughly 20 weeks. All the best Mez for the arrival of your little girl real soon!

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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Happenings

Hey readers and welcome to my newest follower teacup grunge bringing me up to 55!

I had an extra long weekend which was totally awesome.

I started the weekend by teaching body pump Friday morning at 6am.

The husband and I then headed up to the Sunshine Coast to scout for places to live. We are planning on moving there at the end of the year. We stopped in Maleny for lunch and even took some tourist shots. Oooh, I had a fake tan too. Can you tell?

Sunday we went to the races at Caloundra. I wore a new asos coat and portmans dress and ending up loving my outfit.

This is my brother-in-law, husband and brother. I reckon they scrub up pretty good.

I then insta'd this photo. Love it.

We got home to this guy. He missed us a lot. The husband think I take too many photos of him. 'sif.

We made up for it by getting his cute face on tv.

What have you been up to?

It's my twinnie's baby shower this weekend. Can't wait to show her what I've bought.

Later skaters xxx

What I Wore Wednesday ... On campus

Winter has well and truly arrived in South East Queensland. When the alarm went off at five thirty this morning for me to get out of bed and go to my regular Wednesday morning body attack class I thought to myself ... 'i must be crazy' ... and for a split second considered staying in the warmth of my bed. I didn't though and ended up with sweat dripping down my face by the end of the class. No regrets!

I had about five seconds to decide what to wear today and came up with this navy combo. Navy is such a classic colour and I've been drawn to all things navy lately.

so attractive! asos maternity cape (no mum I'm not pregnant), dotti dress, corelli flats

This dress from Dotti was marked down to $19.95 from an original price of something ridiculous like $69.95. I'm sorry for those of you who do pay full price for things but I just can't bring myself to spend exorbidant amounts of money on items that aren' the best quality. I've even noticed Portmans choice of materials seemed to have downgraded. The only thing I bought yesterday was the embellished peter pan dress and no way was it worth of its $129.95 original price.

Enough complaining ... I'm looking at getting a leather jacket. Every time winter rolls around I say I want a leather jacket and never actually follow through. Just Jeans have a couple which have caught my eye and are currently on sale for $129.

 Do you have a leather jacket? Do you love it?

I did an advanced instructor training course (for Body Pump) on Saturday and got pulled up on my posture many times. Being an ex-gymnast (many, many moons ago) you would think that it would be good. Must remedy this!!

bad posture.com

Ciao sweeties xxx

Sale Time

The mid-year sales are well are truly upon us and one sale that always hooks my attention is Portmans. Quite a few of my trusty-worn-a-few-times dresses are from Portmans all of which have been bought at sale time. And what better time to shop than with a 30% off the marked price offer starting today.

A couple of weeks ago I literally died when I saw the leather fit and flare dress on the website. I don't own anything leather but thought it would totally satisfy my occasional rock chick fashion tendencies.

At that time the dress was marked $169.95 - a little too expensive for my thrifty ways. However at 30% off, this baby could be mine for a little under $120 - much more reasonable considering its original price tag of $250. The issue with that though is the dress was only sent to like the top 5 stores in the state all of which are nowhere near my trusty Toowoomba store. The lovely chic at my store said I could ring one of the other stores, find out what sort of fit the dress is, purchase a gift card in store and then send the gift card in a post bag with a return post bag and the dress could be mine. Urgghh, way too much trouble ...

So promptly at four o'clock i'll be heading down-town-toowoomba to see what else the store might have. Peeking online, these are some items which may grab my fancy.

down to $35

um warm! down to $27.95

i am probably going to the races at the sunny coast on sunday. This whole ensemble looks awesome. It might be too warm though. Jacket down to around $70.00

Will report back on what I decide to get!

What am I wearing to skip off to this sale after work?

river island skirt via asos, kookai top, target wedges, pieces clutch from asos

Wish me good shopping vibes!

xxx

A day at the races

Last Thursday was spent spending the day with Mel of Allure and Grace Styling at our hometown's big race day - the Weetwood Handicap. After receiving some shoe and clutch advice from M, we headed out.

Toowoomba race days leave a lot to be desired. Lots of young girls wearing skimpy dresses that barely cover their buttocks or are just plainly inappropriate or ugly. There were a few exceptions though. There were some gorgeous headpieces and wonderfully classy and well thought out ensembles.

M teamed a Portmans lace frock with girly accessories and an awesome floppy hat. Here is a quick preview of her outfit but I'm sure she'll do a post over at http://talesoflaceandfrills.blogspot.com

I chose to wear a George Ermis dress with a Morgan and Taylor wool/felt hat and some old, you guessed it, Diana Ferrari heels!

M and I with my bro ... he is on a weight loss mission and has lost over 10kg so far and is looking good!

This same hat was selling at David Jones for around $80 ... I picked it up from a local family department store for $45. The dress was 70% off and was reduced to around $60 and my clutch is from asos.

Man I love the races - it's such an awesome opportunity to rock a frock.

On another note, I really have no idea about makeup. I hardly ever wear eyeshadow because I have no idea. Here is my lame attempt at eyeshadow.

Till tomorrow, xxx