OOTD: My odds are stacked x

Last weekend sister and I ventured up the coast for a bit of shopping to start ticking things off our "To buy for London" list. Keeping it short and sweet, here is what I wore:

This tee is one of my wardrobe favourites! My sister drew it herself and gifted it to me for Christmas. Yes, she is the best! We LOVE/D Amy Winehouse, bless her, so this was just the most awesome thing ever! I don't wear it often because I love it so much lol...I don't think that makes real sense but it's true! I paired it up with one of my staple midi skirts and my sister's ahhh-mazing thrifted jacked. I accessorised with a few of my fave go-to's at the moment and off we went!

• Patterend jacket- Thrifted (borrowed from sister's closet)
• "My odds are stacked" Amy Winehouse Tee- Gifted and drawn by sister herself for my Christmas pressie. It is one of my most FAVE presents of all time, to date!
• Midi skirt- Thrifted, $3 Salvo's.
• Platform Converse All Star High tops.
• Glasses- Local bargain shop "Low and Behold" $8.
• Handbag- Thrifted $4 MS Op Shop.
• Gold chain- Thrifted $6

Big Love xx

Three.

I am lucky. I am immeasurably lucky and for more reasons than one. One of my biggest blessings in life are, without a doubt, my nieces and nephews; of whom I am Godmother to two! Birthdays to me are always a special time of reflection on how far we've come and where we're heading next. Last week our family celebrated my niece/God Daughter's 3rd Birthday at our local Wildlife Park. She is merely 3 but don't hold that against her. Watching her explore the highs and lows of the park with so much spunk and gumption was the highlight of the day. Chatting to her you'd never think she just turned 3. Lil Miss can hold a conversation with the best of us with a vocabulary that could rival those 10x her age. She is special.

I am really on the countdown to the big move to London now (116 days, OMGGG). This has me constantly thinking about how much I'm going to miss the little things as my babies will continue to grow and change without me here. I am reminded on days like this though, of the extent of my family's love and care for our little ones. It is a very special and reassuring thing.

My birthday wish to you on your 3rd birthday Mia-Rose is that you always stay close to your big, crazy family that loves you unconditionally, that you never stop asking questions because knowledge is power and that you live many, many years of happiness and joy that knows no bounds. I will miss every ounce of you when I'm gone God Daughter but one day you will be old enough and when the time is right I will take you out to explore this wide world. 

Love & blessings forever little one,

Happy Birthday.

Aunty Pulu x

OOTD: That thrifted thing...

So this last term of teaching has been SO busy. Mainly because I now work with 4 different classes at two separate schools 45 minutes away from each other 5 days a week! PHEW! It has been super fun and challenging but two weeks ago I realised it had been about 2 months since I had last been op-shopping/thrifting! NOOOOOOO! So by some awesome luck I was able to leave work early one afternoon to run errands and totally didn't even think to pop in to my fave local opshop until I drove past it and feeling bummed because I thought it was closed already! By some MORE awesome luck I pulled over to double check closing time and it was STILL OPEN! YESSS! I had 15mins to scour 2 months worth of this store that was having a 50% sale as well as four $1 and $2 racks...challenge accepted!

I left feeling pretty chuffed with my finds...here are just two of the items I walked away with!

I am a true 90's baby...can you tell? LOL. ehh what can I say...I just love all shit 90's. Floral cotton tee was 50c, Midi skirt was $2 and the fab denmin jacket is borrowed from sister's closet. (I wish it were mine) lol!! Wedges are from Target last season (Size 11W for those inflicted with big feet like me). Thank goodness for Target otherwise I'd be buying all my shoes online. Australia more than lacks in awesome shoes for awesome women with big feet!

So that's that! Short and sweet!

I hope you are well wherever you are. I am about to enjoy the school holidays so I am pumped!

Big love xx

Aussie Curves: LBD...

Hi AC babes!

LBD. I am yet to meet a woman who loathes the LBD. I am not an exception here. I have a little black dress that I wear under EVERYTHING. To say it's my staple is an understatement. My sister and I grabbed two each on our first trip to NYC from H&M's basics range in 2011. We saw it and didn't have any hesitations and in fact had to stop ourselves from buying 5 each lol. It is a soft stretch, cotton baby doll style dress that drops and flows from under the bust and stops above the knees. Perfect for me because I don't usually like to accentuate my middle area and love to leave my legs free.

Since purchasing this dress I've worn it a gazillion times! Here's how I wore it today...

Denim button down shirt $3, thrifted/H&M basics LBD circa 2011/ FOREVER21 neon scarf this season $8/Black hightop creeper style sneakers $20 Payhalf, Harlem/ Reflector aviators $8 Valleygirl this season.

Here are some of the other ways I've styled my faveeee staple!

in Syd, NSW <3

in Nowra, NSW <3 

in Berri, VIC <3

in Harlem, NYC <3

in Boracay, Philippines <3

I seriously don't know what I'll do when it finally falls to pieces off my body from wearing it too much! lol.

So there you have it. The little black dress.

Big love xx

NYC Round 3...The first night!

Hello lovelies!

If you know me, you know I'm shocking at posting things that I would love to share with you shortly after it's actually happened. So here I am a month after our NYC trip, sharing with you some pics of our first night back in our beloved city showing our sissy around for the very first time and watching her fall in love with it just like we did...

love you Ruthy, thank you for always putting up with us! Back in a Yellow Cab <3

Our cozy hotel room at The Pod Hotel on 51st St, Mid Town Manhattan <3

Yes, much needed shower time :)

Times Square <3

Sister Sia x

What I wore: Sheer tribal pattern hi-lo top from Supre Factory Sydney $5/DIY Denim shorts Kmart $12/ Sandals Kmart $5/ Leather hand bag, thrifted $3

sisters, dead from the epic flight but too happy to care!

Times Square <3

We had our own balcony, fave place <3

So there's a quick look at our first night in NYC. We also hit Grand Central Station and a pizza place along the way for our first NY slice....oh how I would love a slice right now!!!

Hope you are well where ever you are and whatever you have on right now.


Big Love xx

Aussie Curves: Feminine for FFFW!

Hi lovely ones! This week's AC challenge calls for an outfit of the feminine kind! The perfect excuse for me to share what I wore to the Full Figured fashion Week, Bloomingdale's Runway event!

I found this dress at my local MS Op shop around the start of the year for $6 if my memory serves me correctly! When I tried it on it was tight around my bust but dropped perfectly from under my boobs as it has an elastic banding. I usually only buy things that I feel comfortable in and fit me nicely but I seriously could not leave the deliciously vibrant floral print hanging on the rack so home it went with me. I had plans to alter it somehow for a comfy fit but somehow it got lost in my wardrobe not to be thought of until I was going through EVERYTHING while packing for NYC! I found it and was like..."Oh HELLO!" lol. I put it on and yes it was still as snug as ever around my bust...my sister and I were talking about how I could alter it because it WAS going in my suitcase to New York one way or another.
I thought of cutting the top half of the dress completely off and wearing the bottom as a skirt but we both agreed that the top was just too pretty SO sister with her brilliant mind suggested she just cut straight down the back to the elastic banding to loosen the whole top half. We sewed a small piece of looped elastic at the top of the cut so it could be secured to the button and hold the two pieces of back fabric together. The fabric is light and flowy so it draped down nicely after being hemmed. LOVED IT!

The yellow shirt I'm wearing is also thrifted. I borrowed it from sister's closet. It was a normal button down shirt that didn't button all the way down but she just loved the colour and the fit around the arms was so perfect that she bought it anyway and simply cut it from under the bust to make a cropped shirt! I wear this all the time when I'm going out clubbing or on a hot day because it's cool (temp wise) and the colour is just...BAM! Defs a fave of mine!

ANYWHO, back to the Bloomingdale's Runway event which was a part of Full Figured Fashion Week. To be completely honest it was pretty hectic but not in a fabulous way. To try and keep it as short and simple as possible here's my pros and cons list:

among the awesome fashion front bloggers for FFFW were our fab Aussie beauties Ash, Sam & Dani <3

Cons

• Being an open event it saw a lot of people vying for a good view of the runway in a tiny space with inadequate seating. To make things that much more difficult the standing areas surrounding the runway still had clothing racks and mannequins in the way which saw sister and I just chilling and being goose-balls amongst the racks while waiting for the show to start.
• Speaking of waiting for the show to start...yeah we waited 2 hours for the kick off. The event ran so behind that by the time the models began working their way down the runway we were just sick of waiting to care much about the fashion.
• Speaking of fashion...yeah that was pretty underwhelming and average. There was nothing there that "wowed" me or that I felt like I hadn't seen before. I must admit though, I didn't actually stay for the whole show because I was just too irritated to make the effort to stand tangled in garments and clothes hangers waiting for what seemed to be mediocre fashion so I may have missed something brilliant but I guess I'll never know.

haha, in with the coat hangers!

Pros

• Meeting beautiful blog veterans that I truly admire!
• Dancing like crazies in the clothes racks (for the first 30 mins, lol)
• Seeing so many fierce, full figured women WERRRRRRK. I honestly think some of the ladies attending the show were flaunting more forward and creative style than what the runway had to offer.
• Chatting to other bloggers who were so excited to be apart of FFFW 2013 
• Stumbling upon Magnolia's Bakery on the way out. WINNING! Hahaha!

While the event side of things was kind of a bust for me, meeting Kiah from From the Rez to the City was TOTALLY worth the heartache. I am not star struck by many but after my sister introduced me to her blog over a year ago I have serioussssssly crushed on her style. She makes bold, brave and striking styling choices AND she thrifts too! Kiah is always on point and in my opinion is just so fly. Meeting her I was kinda all sorts of giggly and wacko I think! She was lovely and greeted me with a hug and a kind smile! So yes...that was the BEST! Kiah, WE LOVE YOU!!! lol. Ok enough of the fan-girling. Smh. Oh wait here's some pics...haha ;)

haha, the excitement is apparent no?!

I also got to meet Chastity from Garner Style! She was super nice and snapped a picture with me a midst the mayhem! I love Chastity's style, the woman can DRESS!!! I adore her polka dot number right here!

The pros for me far outweigh the cons so YAY! The glass is always half full!

nude/pattern brogues $40 size 11 from Rivers...sooo comfy! 

I just love New York City. I leave you with the view from our Manhattan hotel balcony. How I wish I were standing on it right now.

Big love xx