The evolving winter wardrobe

This post is basically a list of things I have bought and want to buy... Sorry in advance, probably going to bore you! But i'll try and keep things short! 

I'm still gathering winter fashion ideas, but stumbled across a few things that I love. One of them is this cute little jacket.

Hi there by Karen Walker - Navy stripe Peplum Jacket $189

I picked this up last Friday, making use of the gift cards I got for my birthday. I love the jacket, but I need a cute top to go underneath. Not quite sure yet what to hunt down, I thought that this witchery peplum might be good.... 

Short Sleeve Intarsia Peplum Top - $89.95

....Is that a bad combo? Argh I'm terrible at this casual attitre! 

Anyway Pani and I ventured to cafe GO in gtown. I have heard amazing things about this place from several people around the traps so I had high expectations. I ordered the breaky cause I love a good poached egg! It was definetly yum, but the hype probably a bit over the top. Coffee was most certainly awesome though. I'd go back for that! 

After, we went to the shops, and I finally got a refund on the David Lawrence jacket. 

I am so annoyed at the girls who served me. I kept getting comments like 'we haven't seen any other faults in the jacket like this', and 'the thread could easily pull from latching onto jewlery'. I just found that patronising. Annoys me because I've spent a lot of money on the brand, now I just don't want to deal with the Geelong store again. 

Anyway I did get a few things from the body shop, they smell amazing! 

Pink grapefruit shower gel - $12.95

Strawberry Body Polish - $16.95

I forgot how good everything in the body shop smells. I think I will be returning. They have a limited edition peach body butter out at the moment - I have a feeling that will be next on the shopping list! 

I finally tried on these shoes at Myer. I really like them, they are cute! 

Urban Soul - Italy Black Pump $179.95

But there were scuff marks on the suede, which put me off. The wedge isn't so high, which is probably good for me shlapping around the office. I'm tempted to just pick these up online - I hope they would be delivered to me still in the plastic cover!

Meanwhile I found this picture after googling winter layering. I wonder if I could wear the wedge above with this kinda combo. Your thoughts? 

I would give credit to where I found this picture, but I can't find it anymore !...

Hope y'all had a great weekend! 

Winter Layering .. HELP!

Winter fashion is here, and I'm totally at a loss what to wear. I love wearing dresses - I own one pair of jeans and a few pairs of tights for gym (when I say "gym" thats actually translated to relaxing around home). Unfortunately its getting to the stage if I don't embrace stockings or some sort of leg coverage I will look like a poor-per that can't afford pants.

So I've been googling and pinteresting for winter fashion. I like the idea of layering, but several problems have arisen thus far. 1 - tights/skin tight pants are BIG this season . 2 - due to number 1 I'd be required to wear boots (considering that's basically all you have to choose from in the shops at the moment) and 3 -Thick woolen jumpers. I bet your thinking yeah so what, nothing to worry about. Anything that requires me to wear boots is out of the question. Boots do not suit me AT ALL. My calves are like beasts. Even being a fitness freak my calves were big... unfortunately this means boots either cant' zip up OR when they do fit, they accentuate an already problem area. Tights are OK depending on the quality - but they also accentuate my thick legs. I do however desperately want one of the many gorgeous woolen jumpers in the shops at the moment - But the extra bulk scares me. I already have biggins, do I really want to make my top half look bigger? The point of the rambling is, do you have any winter fashion ideas for me? Just hit me with some links that would be awesome! 

Meanwhile on my hunt for a winter jacket, I found this gorgeous wool trench from Witchery. I adore it! Granted its bulky and probably isn't doing me any favours, BUT I don't care I love it! 

Witchery Long Line Wool Trench $349.95

I actually bought stockings for this trench so I don't look naked under my jacket. I am not looking for that look as I go into the office! 

I also have embraced hats... this is my current favourite! 

My only pair of jeans but more importantly the jacket. Its brand new from David Lawrence. What a disappointment. Such a saga.... I bought it and when I took it home, right next to the zip there was a hangy bit of stitching that kept getting caught in the zip. I couldn't cut it, because it was actually in a loop (this is really hard to explain clearly). Obviously it kept catching on the zip until finally it pulled the stitching and now I have this long hangy thread on the inside that I never pulled to begin with! Whats annoying is that when I took it back to the Geelong store, I was told to possibly choose another item, and they need to 'check with the regional manager' if they could refund, but they would let me know on Monday (this happen on Sunday). Anyway I'm yet to receive a call. I'm concern because they took the item, and all my docket details, and told me to retain the docket.  Now that I don't have the item I feel like I have nothing to show for this docket  Does this sound dodgy to you? I dunno, I'm really a bit confused about the whole thing. 

Anyway that's enough rambling for the moment. and yeah I know, I'm yet to blog about my birthday. I will do it soon! Every time I go to write something about it, I realise I have the funny photos on the other camera damn it! 

Loving this dress!

Okay heres the deal.................

I LOVE THIS DRESS! 

I bought it from Witchery ... I blogged about it some time ago (here)... but after the move and all, I haven't even put it on.. until last night ( yeah I know duplicate photo from insta) 

Don't you just love shopping in your own wardrobe! 

I have managed to get some colour into my wardrobe over the last few weeks which is good, I'm always pretty boring with my colour choices.

Any who I think I might partake in a mini shopping ban... I have always been against such things, but I'm getting out of control - my will power is terrible. I doubt this will last long but I'll give it a crack. 

Its my birthday early may and I'm going to be turning 30... I want to do something exciting for it, and I have something in the pipeline but I will keep you updated once everything is final. I'm pretty excited. But please people, the saying 'dirty thirties' ain't cool. Makes me feel like I'm some form of prowler... in a non innocent sense hahahaha

Looking Forward......

I've been in a odd kind of mood lately... and I think its because I'm trudging through life without any real goals. And goals are so important - you always need something to work towards, we all need some sort of purpose. 

This upcoming new year I want to get started on setting some proper goals and actually working towards them ... from now even! I remember in primary school writing letters to ourselves which we would write at the start of the year, and open at the end. I want to do this again! I want to ponder on this for the next few weeks and see what I can come up with - not off the cuff goals like go out more and eat less ice cream! 

Meanwhile this afternoon I met up with my two good friends for coffee at The Boat House. When we got there around 5pm and it was 37 degrees and we all looked drained before we even got chatting! Pretty soon the weather turned, and it was cold! Melbourne weather is so cray cray! Anyway we were talking about NYE and we all agreed that Riva is the way to go! Sounds like it should be fun.. esp having a group of us going! I went and got the tickets right away for Pani and myself - not taking the risk of waiting until payday to get them! Pani and I have learnt the hard way that getting NYE tickets is a nightmare last minute. So hopefully it will be a good night.. sneaky sound system will be there and Grant Smillie... and some other random people I haven't heard of! 

I was in Geelong last weekend to see family and organise Christmas cooking days (yes I am that ethnic that we have to block days for cooking food haha). I took mum out to lunch and then we went looking through the shops. There were so many good buys... I bought this cute dress from David Lawrence for my work Xmas party. Its a classic cut, so I figure I can wear it to both my mum and dad's side of the family for Xmas ... yes I'm being that thrifty with my purchases haha 

David Lawrence - Belted Sundress $189- 

I was lucky enough to also get 20% off which made my day! I think they have great classic dresses, I just noticed they are having buy two, get the 3rd free. If I have a few hunderd to spare, I would def take this up!!! Click here if you are interested

We also ventured to Witchery and I go these cute earrings ... I thought they would go perfect with the dress...

Deco Crystal Stud - $39.95

Again I got to the counter and they were $29.95! If your haven't signed up as a Witchery member, I would def recommend you did. They have some awesome offers ... over the Christmas period they have been having the 12 days of Christmas sale... so many good deals to be had! 

Shay High Heel - $169.95

Sometimes I forget my mum is in here mid 50s.. she bought this really cute Basque structured dress from Myer and these cute heels from Witchery. She also saw this adorable box clutch, which I must say I wouldn't mind myself, but I think she might get that from Santa (i.e. me) 

Becca Box Clutch - $99.95

I would really like to test myself and see how long I can manage imposing a non useless spending rule. I am a terrible impulse shopper (earrings in this post prime example). I shouldn't really put a rule on this, just another rule I'll end up breaking haha 

I got a few instant tans I want to give a whirl this week... downside = back tanning. If you don't have someone around is it even possible to get your back done? Common girls, tell me your fake tanning secrets!