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Monday, September 17, 2012

Sunny September

So what's new with you?

I'm working both at Betts for Her as a sales lady, and as a social media advisor for SLAM Marketing. I adore my job at Betts (most of the time) and have some pretty exciting projects lined up with my work at SLAM.

My wedding is in just over 6 months and I still have a tonne of stuff to do! If you live in South Australia and can recommend an excellent hair stylist and or make-up artist, please let me know!

Speaking of weddings, I'm thinking this galaxy bowtie would look super cute (and appropriate) on my groom! This one is cute too.

I finally found a wedding dress, after a few failed attempts at buying a cheap one online. Lesson learned.
I've purchased an Anna Campbell dress, the trouble was in picking just one! Such a stunning collection of dresses, makes me want to be a designer myself!

On another topic, I've finally found a pair of earrings I can wear. I bought these from Sportsgirl for $5. Because they have large plastic backings and the pin is in the centre of the front of the earring, I can fit them snugly on my ears, despite the fact I have gaping holes in my lobes! Post-teenage-ear-stretching-phase win!

I also got layers cut in my hair which I'm not happy with overall, but it allows me to pin up the lower half and make my hair look short!

And I'm playing with the brights trend for this Spring and Summer. Bought this turquoise necklace from Collette for $7.50 (was $15 - 50% off for members!). It is my absolute fav, I am a huge fan of turquoise and this goes with everything!
I also dug up a fluoro pink skirt I bought from Supre outlet a while ago for about $5 and thought I'd give it a go. Got lots of compliments!

Monday, December 5, 2011

LF

We've got some pretty great fashion retailers here in Australia which always stock the latest trendy pieces - Sportsgirl, General Pants, Dotti, boutiques on Rundle Street, everything in Melbourne, etc. But I'm always jealous of the choice and great price of clothing in the Northern Hemisphere at places like Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, Topshop and H&M which we don't have here. I suppose it's a case of "the grass is always greener" but when I come across stores like LF, I get just a little green and wish I was back in the States, shopping up a storm. Check out pics from LF's banging Autumn and Winter lookbooks:

They also stock shoes by Senso and Jeffrey Campbell. I think I'm in love.

Monday, September 12, 2011

New things

There's something so satisfying about receiving packages in the mail. My books arrived from Book Depository earlier than expected, which was a nice surprise. I ordered Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions. I've started reading Breakfast of Champions which is absolutely brilliant once you get used to the offbeat writing style and format.

My grandparents dropped into work today to give Pete and I our engagement present. My Nanna is a absolute pro on the sewing machine, always making outfits for Poppa and herself and embellishing everyday items. We recieved some super cute embroidered tea towels and bath towels, as well as a beautiful dress for myself which does not fit properly, but of course Nanna can fix that.

As you know I've been thinking about bleaching my hair in a balayage/ombre style, so I got bored one night and just went for it. The result is three (yes, three) attempts at bleaching just to get to this orangey/yellow stage. I think I'll give my hair a rest for a bit before making it lighter. I'm still not sure about it (it looks terrible when my hair isn't styled) but I've received plenty of compliments so I'll keep it for a bit until next time I get bored and attack my hair.

I also went shopping the other day (surprise, surprise) and picked up a great sleeveless denim shirt from Jay Jays for only $20.

Last Friday night we had another clothes swap, which consists of devouring many homemade treats, drinking wine, gossiping and attaining free clothes. I scored this cute skirt which is old school Sportsgirl as well as a few pairs of shorts and some black tops.

With new season stock arriving each week at work, I've had to update my shoe wardrobe and chose the Manhattan boot, which also comes in mushroom and retails for $89.99.

We have so many amazing shoes yet to arrive in store and I cannot wait to show them off. You can get a sneak peek at some of the styles by watching the Behind the Scenes video for the Betts SS11/12 campaign shoot:

And last but not least, I also bought some new back wedges from Big W for about $34.95. I know I should be buying all my shoes from Betts but I can't pass up a bargain and these babies fit me better than the styles I like at work. Behold:

Monday, June 6, 2011

Photo a go go: take two

My apologies for the delay in uploading photos, I started a new job and caught someone's cold, so am currently sitting in my daggiest clothes with a box of tissues and some Strepsils on hand. But I have been busy and am now ready to post the pics. Ta da!