sweet like sorbet

To welcome Spring, mother nature will be gracing Sydney with a sunny, 25 degree day on the 1st of September. I will be welcoming Spring in one of these sorbet pastels.

Yesterday was my favourite charity of the year - daffodil day! 

the day i bought prada pants

Call it luck, call it fate, or call it subliminal instinct. I always seem to stumble across bargain buys. Correction - Awesome bargain buys. This doesn't happen everyday, but does occur on a weekly basis.

Yesterday, while strolling the streets of Paddington, I came across Prada tailored pants for $40. Yes you read correctly. Forty dollars. Four zero. The fit is amazing, and it's in a shade of nude - my colour for Spring/Summer 10. To top it off, it is the perfect length for little 'ol 5ft me - no alterations necessary, which is a nice change.

To keep my nails from getting bored, American Apparel has bought out some delicious colours for the summertime ahead. Check out all the colours here.

Looking forward to Spring and a short getaway to the little red dot below. 

having a moment; Valleygirl

Cheap is the new black. Why pay more when you can get the exact same thing for less than half the price?

Exhibit A:

Sportsgirl; $59.95

Valleygirl; $24.95

This just shows that it's all about the marketing and where you position a brand. Within chain-stores, there is none to very little difference in quality in the price you pay, so why waste your money?

After I saw the exact same shorts in Sportsgirl, I went back to Valleygirl to get them - but they had already sold out in my size :(

For a limited time only, newly opened Valleygirl in Pitt St mall are giving away baby plants with purchases over $29.95. I've got mine sitting on my table at work, and it's doing very well :)

i heart sydney, and i heart you

Bible Garden overlooking Whale Beach

We experienced all types of weather today; sunshine, cloudy, rain, heavy rain, hail, wind, then sunshine again! All within a span of 2 hours.

i've got mail

By mail, I mean parcel. I received my first ever overseas online purchase from Topshop. This is the start of a beautiful relationship. The blush wedges are AMAZING. I literally gasped when I unwrapped them at work. I am tres happy with Topshop's products and delivery. Now all I need is a little sunshine.

Topshop wedges and skort

the little things

$2 flower bowl from a garage sale we drove past last w/e

Rimmel nail colours - buy 2 get 1 free

Last but not least - googled Topshop 10% discount code, score!

dissapointing.

I finally received my heart suspender stockings in the mail today - a MONTH after I had ordered them from leblackbook.com.au. I understand that they were on pre-order when I placed my order, but I was under the understanding that they would arrive in 2 weeks - which it didn't. After a few unresponsive emails about when my stockings would arrive, I have decided that I am never buying from them again, and neither should you. The customer service is TERRIBLE. Maybe because it's a one woman show - but that's no excuse. Go hire someone to help out, Kath Purkins.

However, I do love the stockings, even though the quality does not compare to the awesome $3 stockings from SES. I'm predicting lots more suspender stockings to come!

all access

Today was the day of the David Jones S10 fashion launch. After a very boring hour of standing around and waiting for guests to arrive, we finally got to watch the show. 

The models looked amazing. The clothes were amazing. And to top it off, my favourite colour this spring/summer was hugely dominant on the runway. Nudes and blushes all the way! Cannot wait for my blush wedges to arrive from Topshop.

L-R; Samantha Harris, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Nicole Trunfio, Catherine McNeil, Alexandra Agoston.

They all looked much more beautiful in real life. Like, amazingly beautiful.

For more images of the show, click here. To see the guestlist, click here.