Outfit

With the introduction of the colder weather lately, I have developed a love for patterned jumpers which I like to pair with my coloured jeans. I've purchased a few jumpers in this style lately and they are just so warm and cosy to wear. At the moment I wish I could wear them every day. This is a different style for me since I usually only wear dresses and skirts with cardigans and trench coats. I adore the pattern on this jumper and the little bows are so sweet. As soon as I saw it in the shops I knew it was the jumper for me.  This was also the first time I'd worn my red jeans. I'd been wanting red jeans for ages and I finally located a pair a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't sure what to wear with my red jeans at first but upon subsequently purchasing this jumper the two seemed to go perfectly together. 

I'm so busy at the moment; I wish I had more time. I have an assessment due on Tuesday and a take home exam this week on a topic I know nothing about! I'd do anything for it to be Friday evening already. I can't wait to have a break next weekend and catch up on some blogs too. 

Dotti Bow Jumper

Miss Shop Skinny Jeans

Diana Ferrari Ballet Flats

Diana Ferrari Bag

Equip Hair Bow

Outfit

This is the first time I've used blogger since the new layout was introduced and I don't know about everyone else but I'm finding it incredibly confusing. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually but today it took me ages just to work out how to compose a new post!

This weekend Rydog and I went away for a night to the Southern Highlands which is located about an hour and a half from Sydney. It is an area that I'm very familiar with because I used to visit these towns frequently with my parents when I was a child. The landscape and scenery is very beautiful and there are so many wonderful photo opportunities. I was planning to blog at least three outfits while in the Southern Highlands this weekend but in the end I could only photograph one since it started raining. We even decided to drive back much earlier than expected on Sunday afternoon because of the rain only to find almost an equal amount of rain in Sydney. At least I have one set of outfit posts.

Orange seems to be one of the most stylish colours to wear at the moment and is very popular when it comes to colour blocking. It is everywhere in the shops, I have noticed! However, I must admit that I have never liked orange and prior to a couple of weeks ago almost nothing in my wardrobe was orange. So I decided to introduce this skirt, with an orange stripe, to my collection. It allows me to wear a relatively small amount of orange without it completely taking over my outfit. I love wearing just this amount of orange and it allows me to combine it with pink for a colour blocking effect. This outfit actually reminds me of my colour blocking dress that I posted in the earlier days of my blog a couple of years ago here. I adore this pink coat at the moment and I will definitely be wearing it a lot this coming winter. Last week was the first time I've ever worn my pink coat. I bought it many months ago but only now has it been cold enough to wear it. I bought it in summer so it was a bargain!

Unfortunately it is back to university this week. I didn't complete much of the work I'd planned and I enjoyed a much more relaxing holiday than I should have.  This is mainly because I discovered the Crime Investigations Channel on tv and rediscovered my love for knitting. These interests have taken over and for weeks I've done not much else with my life.

I missed Juliette, so I decided to take my Snow Leopard instead!

Forever New Pink Trench Coat
Forever New Mara Glitter Ballet Flats
Forever New Joni Crini Skirt
Valleygirl Polka Dot Top
Antiques Cat Pin
CoCo Land Scarf
Sparkly Bow Headband (gift)

Outfit

This is an outfit I wore on the weekend. I love this top, it is one of my favourite items at the moment because it has little cats printed all over it. I was so excited when I saw this top in the store because it represents me so well. I definitely believe there should be more cat printed clothes in the shops! I also like the bow and the combination of black and white. This top inspired me to start wearing my black and white quilted ballet flats again because they match so well. I haven't worn them for ages, I'm not really sure why because I still very much adore them. Before I left the house on Saturday, I asked my sister which bag would look best with my outfit. She came up with her orange bag that she let me borrow. I never would have thought of orange but it I think it works really well. I love the way it stands out against my outfit.

I can't wait until Wednesday afternoon when I've handed in my last assessment and it's Easter holidays.







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Dotti Cat Print Bow Top
Portmans Skater Skirt
Dotti Bag (borrowed from my sister)
Mollini Quilted Ballet Flats
Kaboodle Designs Hair Bow

Outfit

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I had an extremely enjoyable and exciting birthday. It was much more of a celebration than usual and my family went to so much trouble for me. I'm planning to write a couple of posts about how I celebrated my birthday later in the week but for now I will show you the outfit that I wore for my birthday celebration on Sunday night. I love this outfit because it incorporates almost all of the pieces that I received for my birthday. The dress is a gift from Rydog and I absolutely adore the colour, shape and the velvet material. In my opinion, there should be more pink clothes in the shops and a lot more velvet. Whenever I see a velvet item I am instantly drawn to it. I've loved velvet since I was a small child and I think it will always be my favourite material. The pink shoes are a birthday present from my mother in law. I admired these shoes in David Jones for many weeks prior to my birthday so I can't explain how happy I was to finally own these shoes. I mean, what is there not to love about a pair of pink suede heels? The necklace (which also has matching earings) is a birthday gift from my parents. I will show a close up of them in a later post because it is difficult to see from these pictures. I love the necklace because it is much larger than most of my jewellery so it makes a statement. It is also very shiny and pretty!













Mink Pink Velvet Dress
Diavolina by Robert Robert Suede Shoes
Lumiere Necklace
Equip Hair Bow

My Birthday

It's my birthday...

Outfit

This is one of my favourite dresses at the moment and I considered it a bargain when I purchased it in a recent sale at Forever New. When I look back on my outfit pictures over the summer, it is very obvious that Forever New has been my favourite store recently. At the moment, most of my outfits incorporate a piece from this shop. It seems to have replaced my Modcloth addiction (since I decided to take a break from online shopping given the high shipping costs). I love this new bag that I received as a gift the other week. I saw it with my mother in law a couple of weeks ago in David Jones and she bought it and said that I could have it! I like it because it reminds me of a bowling ball and I absolutely adore tenpin bowling. Rydog says it reminds him of a poker ball.

Red, white and blue is one of my preferred colour combinations to wear so I enjoyed combining many of my red accessories to form this outfit. I wore this outfit on Saturday. This weekend was one of the most enjoyable I've had for a long time. I went to the Taylor Swift concert, tenpin bowling and shopping and spent lots of time with family. (Just as well I had a good weekend, it was my last weekend of being 22!).

Last Thursday, while at the shops, a little girl and her mother told me that I looked like Snow White. I was wearing this outfit, with a few modifications. I guess it must have been the red lipstick, pale skin and dark hair. I was really surprised at first but the more I think about it, the more I like it. I'll definitely take that one as a compliment. It's made me feel good for the last few days.















Forever New Stripe Dress
Thurley Bag
Steve Madden Quilted Flats
Portmans Belt
Silver Locket
Equip Hair Bow