Flying Solo

Since my parents left for their holiday on Wednesday, the following things have happened:

1. The power short-circuited
2. The seal on the freezer door broke
3. Someone (coughBoyfriendcough) backed into the letterbox and its now on an angle, and too heavy for me to shift back by myself.

Hopefully that's all that happens before they get back! I've had a very domesticated afternoon - I cleaned, did the dishes, washed clothes, and tackled the pile of ironing that I thought had been there for about a month, until I got to the bottom and went "Oh, hey, I haven't worn that since my birthday!". In April. Oops!


*domestic proof*

And now I'm making pumpkin scones. WIN.

Outfit:

Jacket: One Teaspoon
Singlet: Supre
Jeans: Just Jeans

Then, to make defrosting the freezer a more pleasant experience, this is my new friend Curtis.


Curtis is wearing Peppercorn eyes and Chilli Flake mouth.

Recessionista

As much as I hate that phrase, pretty much sums up the greatest purchase of all time. After gin in a teacup's post and a coincidental trip through the mini-shopping centre on Monday to get from Medicare (wooo rebate) to the pharmacy without getting wet, I checked out the sales rack outside a shop which is, I'm not going to lie to you, is "fancypants". (Why yes, I have been told I have the soul, and vocabulary, of an eighty year old, thankyou for asking)

Anyway. I normally wouldn't wear a jacket like this, but I was so caught by the price (Um, hi, $170 down to $50) that I had to buy it. This is generally why I have no money and a lot of "bargains". Point being:








Jacket: One Teaspoon
Scarf: Cotton On
Skirt: I'll get back to you on that one.

Peforming Monkey is Performing!

Ok, shameless spam on my blog, but I found these pictures by the lovely Energy Images that were taken during the Eisteddfod over the past couple of weeks, and I'm feeling narcissistic.

Performing "Creep" by Radiohead on the 11th






"The Song that Goes Like This" from Spamalot with my friend Jeremy




Also, serious lol @ my face:

Project: Wiggle Dress

New project for me: Make a wiggle dress as a costume for the show in November (and, lets be honest, everyday wear as well). I'm ridiculously excited for the show, primarily because its a good excuse to raid Tara's wardrobe :)



I'm not totally convinced on this one - I'm not sure I like the neckline on it. I suppose it's good because it kind of demures it down, but wiggle dresses are essentially out-and-out sexy.



Example: This one. Which is gorgeous. I love sweetheart necklines - I'm not sure I actually own anything with a sweetheart neckline, so I'll obviously have to rectify that now.



Yay for the print! I'm pretty sure I'll end up making a black one, but I could always have more than one... Leave it with me.

eb&ive

A couple of weeks ago, doing the usual rounds of birthday present shopping at eshe, I found a new love in my last-minute purchase at the counter. There was an entire stand of glittery, sparkly and just damn pretty hair clips by eb & ive. If you haven't realised, I'm really one of those "I'll just leave my hair out" girls - probably because I'm insanely lazy - but I picked up this gorgeous clip from their "Social Set" series.


(Apologies for the terrible photo - I'm bad enough at focussing when I can actually see what I'm photographing, let alone holding the camera behind my head and hoping for the best)

I'm not going to lie, the first time I put it in the clip wouldn't fasten properly, so when I thought I finally had it I actually didn't and it fell out and snapped a bit off (which has been glued back together, thankyou for the concern). But consideirng it was $10, I really don't care. More eye (and hair) candy:

Love!

I think I just died of happiness a little bit.

Improvisation

Improvisation: What happens when all of your favourite outfits are in the wash.




Shirt: Laura Marling tour shirt from Splendour (Yay for Tara!)
Belt: God knows, but it was $5 so I couldn't pass it up
Skirt: Present from Levi's famalam
Scarf: Cotton On
Glasses: Vogue

More importantly, SEXY NEW BOOTS:


And me getting all into Mustache May. Okay, so I think Movember is way cooler, but its not my fault I have silly overseas friends who don't appreciate how awesome the word "Movember" is and think alliteration beats that.
(Also, I know its June - shhh)