Work Outfit Challenge - Day 83. Straight down the Middle.

Good morning! Decided to live on the edge this morning and tried a middle part for the first time in YEARS. Sissy, what do you think? I actually think it makes my face look a bit rounder but willing to accept all sorts of feedback - remember I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS!

The skirt I am wearing today is actually a low back maxi I picked up at Vinnies a few months back but took it home and wasn't really keen on its slim fit. I may have actually lost a bit of weight because if the sun was-a-shining I might even wear it and not be too concerned about any lumps or bumps. Necklace is new too - snapped up at the Diva sale for $5 - I think reduced from $25. If I hadn't proclaimed it before, I LOVE DIVA SALES!

       Wearing: dress - Vinnies, top - Target (op shop), flats - Novo (garage sale), accessories - Diva and Equip.

Thinking I might go pick up some winter staples this afternoon - I barely have any long sleeve tops and living in a climate as lovely as Toowoomba is in winter they are a necessity.

Till tomorrow, over and out.

XOXO

Work Outfit Challenge - Day 62 and Compliments.

I've never been the most gracious person when someone pays me a compliment. I always tend to reply with a negative comment instead of accepting the kind words. Yesterday however I was overjoyed to receive super nice comments about my outfit while shopping downtown. First of all the chick in Equip randomly said 'oh my god, I love your outfit' then the super stylish girl in Portmans told me that she LOVED my skirt. She oooh and ahhhd over it and then said 'i hope you paid a lot for that skirt' ... I replied 'it was $4 at Vinnies'. Ah the satisfaction! Those two lovely ladies made my day : )

Today I'm wearing a peach coloured chiffon dress I picked up at Vinnies a couple of weeks ago. It looks totally vintage but from looking at the tag it actually is a cheap asian dress. What makes me even more convinced that it is from an asian style store is that it's a size XL!

 

Wearing: dress - Vinnies, shoes - Lily Rose (Vinnies $3.00), bangle - vintage, Ray Bans

Keen to do some bargain hunting this weekend. Have fun doing whatever you are doing.

Over and Out

XOXO

Latest finds - florals, easels & picnics

The thrifting gods have not been all that kind lately and my purchases have been very few and far between. I've been aching (so to speak) for a yes! moment (referred to here in my first ever post) and am still holding out hope to experience one soon.

If you couldn't be bothered following the link, my type of yes! moment involves me (peeing my pants with excitement) squealing internally and 'oh what a feeling' jumping up and down in my head to think that:

1. someone has given this away
2. I managed to snap it up before someone else did!!!

The boy and I took the Lowood detour I talked about on Friday on the way home from Brisbane on Saturday morning but the excitement was short lived when the oh-so-promising sounding garage sale had shut up shop. What a waste of time that was!

Anyway, I have a few things to showcase this week ...

I picked up this pretty Royal Doulton plate for the massive sum of about 50c at Vinnies during the week to add to my wedding plate collection.        

I snapped up this picnic basket with room for wine a while ago and (eek) now believe I have a collection. There is some saying floating around blog land that basically says two is a pair (or something similar) and three is a collection. I actually haven't used any of them for picnics but think I'll have to organise a bit of a wine and cheese event in the park with the girls!

Last but not least was actually picked up at the tip shop yesterday after visiting the supposed posh trash and treasure sale (more on that soon.) I'm actually not all that keen on the tip shop. The whole place smells, you feel dirty and it's a little pricey. I thought I'd finished looking (with no success) but then did another loop outside and saw this easel. I thought $8 was a bit much so offered the front counter dude $6 which he declined a couple of times. With a bit of coaxing he reluctantly held his hand out and accepted the offer. Why, oh why do I want an easel you ask?

     

It's going to become a bit of a project for the wedding ... With a decent sized piece of timber and some trusty blackboard paint I'm hoping to create something like this (but shabby vintage chic of course):

 

found here.

I'm off to spend my lunch break doing my favourite thing in the world ... shopping, the second hand way.

For other exciting second hand purchases, check out Sophie's flea market finds

Over and Out

XOXO