Thought I’d take Rebecca‘s lead and do the 30 day challenge too. Need to blog more! Not sure how long I can keep this up. Technically, my day hasn’t really started yet. Woke up at 7am, made coffee using the new coffee machine I got for my dad for father’s day on Sunday. It’s so much effort for decent tasting coffee! I have so much new found respect for baristas, they make it look so easy. Then I watched Arthur; if anyone knew me they wouldn’t think I was turning 20 next week, haha. I’m heading off to uni in about 30 minutes to go to my Business Law lecture and tute which should be graaaaand. Then I suppose back home to prepare for French class tomorrow.

Thought I’d get in an outfit picture as well with what I’m wearing today. I’m wearing a Vero Moda denim shirt, Cheap Monday tee and BDG jeans which has stretched so much and they are now at least 3 sizes too big for me. My sister took in my ankles because they just ended up looking like pants instead of skinnies. Crazy! Does anyone own Levis and would like to tell me their experience with them? Or any other great jeans brands that won’t stretch 500 sizes.

Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days

Glassons parka, Cheap Monday jumper and shirt, BDG shorts, random tights.

I got some new items in the mail yesterday so I thought I’d make an outfit post with them, I think next time I’ll wear some tights that are a little bit more opaque, not sure what denier this one is. These outfits are so comfortable because everything is super baggy and too big, especially the shorts which are huge; definitely should’ve sized down, they make me look like I have something growing in my crotch area if you know what I mean. I promise I’m a girl, hahahahahaha…..

Sorry for the dodge photobooth shots, I was too lazy to actually set up my camera and tripod so lo-fi photos will have to do for now. Have my glasses on because I need to get my nerd on and study for my Business Law exam on Saturday, urgh!

P.S. Any Australians super pissed that Madewell doesn’t ship here? I’ll have to use a forwarding service, boo!

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I don’t know why but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about size and about fashion. I know size is always a topic in fashion. Whether it’s too fat or too skinny it’s a constant reminder that the fashion industry is inevitably is about size and subsequently about if you fit that mould. Blah, blah, blah. I won’t delve too much into the too skinny vs. too fat debate because quite frankly no one gives a shit about what I have to say on that matter because who am I? I don’t have a large following and I don’t work in the fashion industry. One thing I really want to talk about though is the “dressing to your size” phrase that often pops up but in particular in reference to plus sized ladies. I hate when people use that phrase and I hate when people imply that others should “dress to their size.” I’ve been thinking about how to articulately sum up what I have to say about that and it’s been very hard to find the right words. I hate when I read things that people say like, “These certain types of girls should stick to x and y” or even worse, “They should wear x and y that emphasises z.” I know fashion is about making yourself look good and therefore playing up to your strengths but it’s also about being able to wear what you want, when you want and hopefully without someone thinking that you’re too large for it. I know I’m focusing a lot on plus sized girls but they get a lot of flack that smaller girls don’t get.

Yes, maybe I’m reading too much into it but really, can we lose those damn catchphrases that aren’t at all catchy and that are well passed their use by date. I find it so blasé and irrelevant for “fashion” magazines (fashion in quotation not all magazines that call themselves fashion magazines can be called that) or even fashion focused articles to write about it.

Anyway, that’s my speel for the year. I just wanted to bring it up because I have one cousin who just won’t shut up about it. I would consider myself average in size but I think it’s ridiculous to keep rolling out the same crap for any sized girl not just plus sized. Also incase anyone thinks this, I’ve read it a couple times and I don’t think I sound as though I’m coming off that way but I’m not attacking smaller girls. You don’t have to be plus sized to feel that these ideas are very unwarranted.

Sorry for the lo-fi photobooth photo! Top and blazer from Sportsgirl (haha just noticed Im wearing the same top in the last post.

Wow, I didn’t realise that I hadn’t updated in so long! The days really fly past, huh? I’ve just finished my third week of uni so you can take an educated guess as to what I have been doing. It hasn’t been going 100% great but oh well, don’t want to dwell on it too much.

I haven’t done anything remotely interesting to be honest… I did get out a little today and bought two things on sale that were both polka dotted! I really wasn’t planning on buying anything as I promised that I’d go on a shopping ban about a month ago but I haven’t been able to stop! It’s terrible :( Ahh but anyway, the blazer from Sportsgirl ($30!!! Crazy, huh?) is perfect for spring as it’s super thin and the mug, well, it was only $4! Could you really blame me? I had to stop myself from buying every single colour and style.

I think I will go on a shopping ban right after my birthday… uhhhhh, maybe. Haha, predictable me!

*John Candy says this in Home Alone. If you can hear his voice saying it in your head, you deserve like $1m fo’ real.

Hands up if you look dead?

because the following photos of food are huge.

I’ve been enjoying my last days of freedom before I’m back at uni next Monday. I’m eagerly awaiting for my internal transfer to be approved so I can officially be a double degree-er! Exciting stuff I tells ya because this means I will be going overseas next year for a couple of weeks. I’m crossing all my fingers and toes!

Other than that I’ve been eating non-stop again because trying new places is always fun though I think the most fun I can have is having a lazy day at home, reading classics (found this copy of Alice at the Post Office! The cover is so lovely) and planning outfits for spring, hehe. I got these stockings at Topshop a couple of weeks ago, they really do nothing for my thighs but hey, life is short and who the hell cares about people thinking you’re fat?

I usually don’t even need an electric blanket in winter and I didn’t own any thermal wear at all until this winter. It has been the coldest winter I have ever experienced… I don’t know what happened! All of a sudden it turned super chilly and I needed to wear multiple layers of clothing just to be indoors. The most I’ve had on –and I’m really not joking here– are five tops, two pants and three socks. I can’t believe I’m going to say this but I miss the warmer weather! I want spring to come!

I looked at my recent liked posts on Bloglovin’ and I saw that there was a common trend. Light airy tops in blush and pink, worn with optional bare legs. I think blush/pink works really well with brown and especially well with tanned skin. So those are my on my checklist for summer. Pink, blush, nice tan.

It’s of course freezing as I type this so I’m just going to try and enjoy winter because when summer comes I’ll probably be wishing for snow. Funny how the grass never fails to be greener on the other side.

Images from: Tommy Ton and The Sart.

Edit:

Guess I spoke a little too soon because look what Topshop is putting out for their A/W collection! I really want the one in the middle but I suppose £42 approximately $72.50 AUD is a little bit hefty.

My camera has been acting up i.e. making things too light/too dark so I don’t have too many photos. I think I’ve dropped it one too many times. The next three photos are from a friend’s cameras and sum up basically everything I’ve done in the last week or so. Karaoke — screaming out the explicit words in every song we can find, rapping with no ability and finally shots of soju which I think is probably the most disgusting drink ever.

And over-eating!

Hello 1 metre pizza! I promise all this was shared between six people.

I also went to see West Side Story last Tuesday night. I don’t think I have much to say about it other than the singing, dancing and acting was great and that Josh Piterman as Tony is such a babe. It was well worth the wait considering my sister and I bought the tickets back in December.

And that’s it! Woooo! I’m getting tired from looking back these photos are thinking about how much I ate, drank and laughed. I’m so going to miss these ladies when uni starts again in August or whenever it is. Boo~

The time you felt most inspired by fashion – your most inspiring fashion moment

I’m constantly inspired by fashion, I don’t think there’s a day where I don’t see something fashion related and think, “Wow, that’s amazing.” If I have to narrow it down, the first thing that comes to my mind and probably everyone else’s mind is the late Alexander McQueen’s Plato’s Atlantis collection. I think the reason why people like it so much is because he took something as ugly sounding as sea reptiles and what looks like exoskeletons of bugs and turned it into something so beautiful and so unique that you can’t help but love it even if it’s something you would never wear in a million years. It takes such a genius to create something like that, to even have the ability to conjure up something like that. Plato’s Atlantis deserves every praise and accolade because a collection like that only comes around every blue moon. Up to this point, that has been my most inspiring fashion moment.

The time you were proudest of your outfit or style

I try to always be proud of my outfit because as they say, you don’t look good if you don’t feel good. I think maybe my proudest moment is being stopped on the street and being asked where I got something. I mean what a compliment right? Someone thinks something looks so great on you they want it for themselves! I usually get asked about my shoes the most ;)

The Time in Fashion you would most like to return to – e.g 60’s style, 70’s style…

This one is the hardest to answer! It’s very, very hard to narrow it down because I think in every era there’s an aspect, a fashion no-no that makes me not want to go back to it, haha. The first era I would return to would be the 60′s I think, when YSL first created his Le Smoking tuxedo. It’s still so stylish today and hey, to be one of the first women to wear a tuxedo in a sexy way, who wouldn’t want that? And I think the second (I may take this back one day) is the early 90′s. I was waaaay to young to know what fashion was but I so want to be Cher from Clueless in my little matching ensembles and my “totally important designer” dress by Alaia driving in my bright yellow Jeep. Haaaaa, if only!

*I was invited by the nice people over at 2threads to be one of twenty bloggers to participate in a little Q&A sponsored by Storm London for a chance to win a lovely watch! I thought the questions were pretty interesting and I feel pretty stoked to be able to participate. Big props to Gracie over at 2threads who’s super nice and contacted me about it.

Ah, I wanted to show you guys my new Cue jacket that I got heavily discounted a couple weeks ago. It’s a really lovely navy and the strong shoulders make me look like I’m not slouching– since I’m slouching 99% of the time, but the lighting was so bad it’s made everything a bit pink. It’s my first item from Cue and I like how it’s made in Australia. There’s not too many ‘chain’ store clothes that are like that these days. Would you call Cue chain store? The sales assistants were also super nice (I was in the Myer Pitt St one) and I chatted to two of them for about 15 minutes about all sorts of things, it was like we’d been friends for ages.

I’ve been watching Disney movies these past few days. Channel Seven Two was playing Aladdin on Thursday. In year eight I did an Aladdin musical so the movie brought back so many embarassing memories of my friends and I as thirteen year olds dancing to One Jump Ahead. Then on Friday I went to see Toy Story 3 which I really enjoyed. I loved Toy Story when I was little so this was the perfect ending to it. Spoiler alert: I started crying when they were about to head into a fire and they all held hands. Too emotional for my own good I think, haha. My sister also got Snow White on sale today and now I can’t stop singing Heigh Ho. Also, there’s a really interesting fact that I didn’t know about Disney Pixar movies that my sister told me but in every movie there’s also a little clue about what movie will be coming out next! Look here! I hadn’t realised at all. Makes me love Disney even  more I think.

P.S. Thank you to the lovely people who visit my blog everyday even if you don’t comment and especially those who email me and say such nice things! I couldn’t be more grateful and humbled by them ♥.

One of my favourite fashion blogs at the moment belongs to Hanneli Mustaparta. I like the way she takes photos and that light that they always have. It’s very similar to Garance’s and the Sart’s –that little bit of warmth and clarity. Really pretty! I also like the fact that she’s riding her bike in the Acne Atacomas, it’s so NYC. Check out her blog if you haven’t heard of it before.

Speaking of Atacomas, my sister bought some the other day and I’m very happy because 1. I can fit into them, 2. I did not spend a cent HEHE :D Don’t you just love sisters?!

Jessica Hart, she is one of my favourite Australian models because she just seems so real compared to say Miranda Kerr who I think is beautiful but really boring. I really like her style and it’s something I could never pull off because I’m not leggy so Converse and Docs just don’t work on me. She also takes photos and I love looking at her photos of the NYC skyline.

Do you have any blogs/websites to recommend me? It doesn’t have to be fashion based. I have so much free time lately that sometimes I find myself just napping because I’m so bored… yeaaaah, guess who needs a job?