Her Chequered Past

Me at about 14/15 with my little bro in the dress mum made especially for my holiday.

In a bid to find a few more ensembles to add to my hot weather wardrobe, I came across this number. She was almost forgotten as she'd been living in the dress up box for some time. My mother made me this dress when I was about 14/15 years old, and I wore it on my beach side holiday with visions of Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief, dancing in my head. Now, I am more than twice that many years old, she sees the light of day again! I gave her a bit of a clean, iron and she still fits!

I am so thrilled with the way this dress looks now. I always had a tendency to dress older than my age, (as my tastes haven't changed much) and it seems I have now 'grown' into my style. But today I had to wear things just a little differently as that pesky broken toe is still preventing me from doing anything other than posing in my heels. So I popped on a cardigan pilfered from mums closet, a super cute pair of wide eyed bear earrings and my new pair of shiny red thongs (flip flops) from Duchess. This is how I actually met the day and headed off to grocery shop with girls in tow.

Outfit details: Dress by Mum, Cardigan - Katies (recycled), Shoes - Duchess, Earrings - SIX

I'm off tonight to see my other brother's band play for the first time. They've been getting all these rockstar gigs, and I haven't had an opportunity to see him strut his stuff. So I'll be getting ready for a night on the town and preparing for a huge long weekend tonight. We've got Chinese New Year celebrations, dinners, parties and I'm even holding a stall at the Camberwell market on Sunday in my ongoing attempts to purge. So If you don't see me this weekend, just picture me sleeping, exhausted in a pile of clothes.

Daily Outfit - Casual Friday

Getting ready to hit the playground circuit.

Outfit Details: Chinese silk brocade top - Ebay, Jeans - Wrangler, Straw Fedora - Unknown, Wedge Shoes- Witter

Daily Outfit - Spring Days

Outfit Details: T-Shirt - Free Fusion from Target ( tween wear), Black peddle pushers - Sussan Grae, Black Ballet flats - Payless Shoes, Sunglasses - Fendi, Earrings - Diva

It has been the most stunning spring weekend here, so I give you a glimpse of both my at home, barbecue wear and my garden. The T-shirt I found a while ago at Target and just loved both the print and the neckline. It's been hiding in the cupboard waiting for its debut. I've also been searching for the perfect pair of peddle pushers to knock about in. I find them a very hard item to wear as they can come off rather suburban if not worn correctly. I'd almost given up on finding a pair of the correct length with a tapered leg, and so I decided to search the stores whose thresholds I don't usually cross. And of course I found the perfect pair at Sussan Grae ( a very mediocre, suburban Nana brand) for $29.95. I'm not a slave to labels, I'll buy according to quality or the perfect style, no matter if it is made for the children's section or a fashionably cringe worthy store. Even these ballet flats were a steal. I bought them in a hurry at Payless Shoes when I was pregnant and out shopping, no longer able to stand the four inch heels I had worn out. And they are still going strong on an investment of a whole $19, and constant wear.

The garden is looking so amazing at the moment, that is if you look up. Look down and you see all the post winter weeding to be done. The Mr has put in many hours on that job this weekend, but it is a never ending task. But it is indeed a fabulous place. Look closely and you may even see how we entertained ourselves before all the lunch and champagne. And all that champagne was why you didn't get these pictures yesterday!