I exaggerate, but only a teeeeeensy tiny bit really. However, heres what I DID do:
Fun. Selling the jeans on ebay… and many more items are coming soon!
Listening too… Angus and Julia Stone. Perfection.
I’m wearing them with socks cause its more comfortable, definitely need tights for the first wearage. This creates a very interesting picture because, as usual, I’m wearing odd socks [I seem incapable of anything but in general] and I needed thin ones so the shoes weren’t too tight. Behold:
The sock on the left was a promotion from work*, there was a book that was called chicken socks and during the lead up my mum[manager] managed to get a pair of socks. They didn’t match, knee high… generally awesome.
The one on the right is from these socks we actually sold** which came in sets of 3 mismatching socks. Idea being you can never find a pair so why bother trying. Genius. Another side of the socks with heels trend isn’t it?
Shoes are from Zu btw, on sale for $50! Not sure what the full price was but I’m not complaining! 1 of 5 items from my shopping spree today, first one in AWHILE, was great fun. Love bridge rd, there was a shop selling nothing over $20. These shoes were the most expensive thing I bought! Wheeee. Ok steph, stop wittering now. *breath* delirious through fatigue, I do apologise. Nice to meet you anyway!
* its a bookshop
** that sells lots of toys and nick nacks too. lol.
This isn’t actually the one I was looking for, though I acutally quite like these. They’ve knocked off Chloe [I'm unsure about those] and well, I recognise them as Topshop not sure of the original origin LOL, how sad. I’ll get back to you. Moral of this story though; Pat Fields speaks, we listen.
And the movies not even out yet.
Now the blazer I found a week or so ago was a bit diff, more dressy in that shiny fabric dress blazers are often made of. Its a discovery I made in Temt which is a chain store here in Aus which is generally crap but has the occasional good thing, you just have to sort through the piles of crap. Everything is under about $50 or $60 so thats pretty awesome. This blazer was originally, I dunno, $40 or $30 but is now $19.95!!!!!!! I KNOW. Another difference between my and Lulu’s blazers, HERS is Helmut Lang and $220USD, and MINE, apart from not being mine yet, is Temt and $19.95. *sigh*
I didn’t buy it. It was the impractical and stupid aspect that cause that. I am now regretting that choice. I might go back. It might not be there, it was on sale and if its not there I might cry. I took some crappy change room pics on my mobile which are, well, crappy mobile pics. [For all the Americans out there mobile=cell...why do you call it that, mobile makes way more sense] However I bluetoothed them to my computer but they are, as previously mentioned, crap.
Crap huh!? Cute blazer though. Hope its still there.
In this photo: [just in case][this just became an unintentional outfit post, score]
white blazer from Temt
purple blouse by Lovely Girl aka random brand sold in little asian-run [they're adorable, they know me] store near my house [also found for roughly double the price in Bardot about a month later, interesting ey!]
cream singlet from Kookai
jeans by Cheap Monday.
[I was on my way home from uni. Melbourne Central is just FAR TOO TEMPTING... haha get it, TEMTing.]
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I just wrote a mini essay about an item of clothing I DON’T EVEN OWN. That’s sad. Oh and, those pics I said were coming of my friday night outfit. Yeah didn’t take any. Soz. Though I suppose its more a me soz thing than a you soz thing. I wore a thrifted dress, originally from target with a vintage belt of my mums, black opaques and gold nine west heels I bought for my year 12 formal that I love and don’t wear enough. They make me very tall.
PS: the reason I say they make me very tall is because I’m already quite tall so I really mean it. They are 10cm, I’m 174cm, that means 184cm, ie. taller than the average male. Fun times. Figured I needed to explain that comment as you [non-existent you] don’t actually know me! 
bank balance.
HOWEVER! My life is made a teeeeny bit better by the RETURN OF THE ONE PIECE. And thank god for that. As a person who is not, never will be and doesn’t want to be, super-skinny, I’m rejoicing at the revival of the one piece. Personally, the person who made it go away in the first place should be shot.
Some people don’t want to prance around with 10 square centimeters of fabric on them! Deal with it!
The bathers market is a very wide one and I’ve enjoyed perusing the yearly ’swimsuit issues’ of various magazines and marvelling at the number of bathers I could never and/or would never wear. Sure Paris Hilton might wear a crocheted pair of bathers but shes very thin and has an opposite-of-curvy body type. People should not be making of example of these people. Just cause Uma Thurman wore a high-waisted bikini, in white no less, doesn’t mean your average chica can too. To those of you who are blessed with a bikini ready body, or for those willing to work for it, enjoy your bikini-ini-ini. But for normal girls, somewhat curvy, not unhealthy but with some padding round the edges, we’ll stick to something more modest like the one piece up there. [Jets by Jesika Allen, if anyone was wondering]
So some brands to check out, for a girl on a bit of a budget too.
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Seafolly; great separates to mix and match with or just buy one and wear last years bottoms, your wallet will love you. Personally, I’m after the blue one piece at the not toooo bad price of $110. ps. ruching or gathering on the sides is the ultimate in flattery.-
Tigerlily; every year this brand has great stuff but their prices are also inching upwards and upwards. Beware of the seperates as you will spend more. Also not particularly body conscious. Gorgeous though, for those who can.-
Von Zipper; there is a graphic checkered one piece in black and white with some colour here and there which I think I’m in love with, its low cut for a little extra skin, and its $79.95!-
Mambo; they’re back [I remember Mambo from back in yr 8] and their bathers are very cool and young, great patterns, if you can pull off the cut-out look, you’ll find something here.-
Jets; you will pay a little more, but its so worth it! Stunning, stunning stuff. Check out the website, amazing catalogue this year.-
Rochford; simple, elegant, affordable. Winner.-
Baku; Never heard of them till this year but lots of options for everyone, gotta love versatility. Covers all the trends and lots of different cuts. Very well priced too, bonus!I could go on, but I won’t. Shops wise, [for you Melbournites] don’t rely on Ozmosis or Jetty Surf. Make the trek to
Swimwear Galore in Fitzroy or even David Jones and Myer for waaaay more options and brands. I know Swimwear Galore has many of those brands I just mentioned, and theres a shop in Camberwell thats well known for the same thing. Bathers shopping tip numero uno: *drumroll please* If you MUST take a friend, then make it an honest one, the truth may hurt but you’ll be grateful once you get to the beach. Take you sister, or if you don’t have one, your mum. Trust me, they may not have the same taste but they will say when something looks wrong on you. Oh, and NEVER rely on shop assistants, no matter how nice they seem, at the end of the day theyre doing a job.Good luck to one and all, I know I need it!
