Blinded by the light

This year I have been a bit more adventurous with my fashion style. Which has meant that I have learnt some things are pretty, but they may not actually be my style!  My beloved sequin jacket is still to be worn, and I have bought a few outfits just to go with the jacket - and I haven't loved them.  I also have this gorgeous sequin dress that just never fitted right, and while the sequins and beading are beautiful - its just not my style.  So what was a bargain ($59.95 reduced from $199) became less a bargain when I had to pay $37 to get it fitted so I could actually wear it..sigh.  I have also decided to sell some of the non-investment pieces that have only been worn once (thanks FB photos for killing the lifespan of clothing lol). The lesson I have learnt from this is to be more careful with purchases and pinterest and Polyvore them before I hand over my hard owned cash!

Oh wait have I mentioned Polyvore before?  Its an awesome website where people put together outfits! I really need to harness the power of Polyvore a bit better, its such an amazing resource.

Obsessed!

I have always been quite obsessed with fashion, but this year I have definitely indulged more than usual. I decided to pick up this Ally white skater skirt as I couldn't find a black one anywhere and I think it will go well with a lot of things in my wardrobe other then the specific things I bought it for - bodysuits and my denim best.

I'm totally obsessed with Pinterest still, I pinned this look - it is so simple yet classy. So now I need white jeans! Lol.

So many pairs of swimsuits, where is the water?

I have a bought another pair of swimmers. I feel like I might have a swimsuit addiction, considering the last time I went swimming was over a month ago! I bought a few swimsuits not long ago because I felt I was going to be in the water at least once a week with baby swimming lessons. It didn't turn out that way, but we resume this week so I bought another pair lol. ASOS of course! With 15% discount they were $37.

Piling up the lists

So now I have two lists, one my beauty wish list and one my travel wish list.  On my wish list for beauty I have had to add Kerastase products as recommended by my hairdresser http://www.kerastase.com.au/products/resistance/for-weak-and-damaged-hair.aspx.  I am all stocked up on my current products so I have time to save as Kerastase costs a bomb! We have started getting quotes for our holiday next year, hoping to do New York, London and Paris, its a good way to get motivated about saving money :-).

look books

I have pretty much decluttered everything in my house!  Except all my look book folders I have been collecting for years and years.  They are all the looks that I liked ripped out of magazines.  Now I have embraced Pinterest I think I am going to take a photo of all the looks I still love and upload them into Pinterest.  That will be a mission in a half lol.

I am using this pic of Kelly Osbourne as inspiration to get out and exercise more!  Strange inspiration I know, but I think that her transformation has been amazing and she looks fit and healthy and it would of been hard work for her.  I bought another Adidas singlet top to help me get motivate haha.

Skater Skirts

I am a bit late to the party with Skater Skirts so am totally lemming a black one and cant find it!  So I settled for this nice floral one from Ally (I think I may have an Ally addiction).  I also scored a bargain at the Rebel Sports sales, although I was a bit late to the sale so there was pretty much nothing left - very sad face!  I got this Adidas hoodie zip up jumper, it is a bit bright but luckily I love bright things!  It was only $35.  I also had to get some socks so bought a pair of 'secret socks' from Lorna Jane.  If I was a rich girl I would buy all the clothes in Lorna Jane at the moment, but I am not so I just bought the socks lol:http://www.lornajane.com.au/LA0095BHP_BHP/Secret-Sock.

Wish listing

At the moment I am looking for some new beauty products.  But I don't really need any or can afford any, so I am just wish listing at the moment!  I have to admit that I am addicted to make up books and recently borrowed the new Scott Barnes book Face to Face.  I have been trying to be good and buy any books I want to own as an Ebook - but lets be honest, Makeup books just are not for looking at on the ipad, they are to be hard copies to be pored over - over and over again. So I wanted to double check that this book was worth the $$$ and for me it is.  In a good way, Scott Barnes latest book is a total rip off of Kevyn Aucoin's make up books where he made over Celebrities.  But since Kevyn past away a long time, its kinda nice to have someone remind the world how awesome and innovative he was and Scott Barnes is definitely worthy of doing that job.  So in to my Amazon basket it goes :-D.

Something I am super lusting over at the moment is Bobbi Brown's creamy concealer kit, but at $60 I don't want to buy it online and will have to wait until I can get in store to make sure I get the right shade.  And since they are only sold at select cities, I will have to time to save by the time I get to the big smoke to buy it! http://www.bobbibrown.com.au/cms/landing/bobbis_top10.tmpl?cm_sp=Gnav-_-BestSellers-_-BobbisTop10. I also am lemming Mac Pro-Longwear Lipglass, but they have not been getting the greatest reviews on Makeup alley where I always check the reviews for a product before I buy it so it will stay a maybe on my wishlist.

Because I am an Ally addict, I popped my head into their sales again and grabbed another sweater.  Let me just say I didnt have many jumpers or sweaters, and now I am all sorted for next Winter lol.