Thursday, December 08, 2011

Dressember day eight: girls can do anything

Better shot of day 8 #dressember

A purple flowered dress & a mustard polka dot scarf separated by my favourite leather jacket. 

Perfect for insisting the hardware store (no, seriously), buying lingerie (super sale), & putting up the Wondapartment's Christmas tree (yes, seriously!)

Tree is up! #candoanything Decorated!!

Also! The phallic santas are back! 

My phallic santas are back!

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Dressember day I've forgotten already

There is no light in Wellington today #dressember

Back to Wellington, the place that light forgot. 

Also, found ridiculous earthquake "damage":

Post earthquake frame movement

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Dressember day six

A striped skirt for #dressember day 7

More stripes! The skirt is from a terrible store & my t-shirt, from Portmans, has strange lace holes in the sleeves. 

But! I felt cute enough. And Craig liked that the skirt rode up when I walked and especially when I was in the car next to him. 
It was the perfect outfit in which to purchase another dress for Dressember. And that's it. I'm putting myself on a shopping hiatus. Especially if we are to get to Europe next April!

Just a little bit of shopping today

Monday, December 05, 2011

Dressember day five: still in Auckland

Day 5 of #dressember: skull tee & sheer maxi skirt

Striped, floral, & skull tee by All About Eve and a sheer black maxi-skirt. 
Perfect for a day of art galleries & shopping. 

John Waterhouse

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Dressember day four: and then the rain.

Another #dressember day

Tea dress from Glassons and a black cardigan from a lifetime ago. 
Dressed for a family 60th afternoon celebration while the rain pours outside.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

I have no words.

Remember remember the first of Dressember


I am speechless. Bereft of words. Exhausted and ineloquent. I have been under an intense amount of work-related stress. Which I do not talk about on the internet.

I realised last night that the last time I can pinpoint feeling wholly well was sometime around my birthday. Oh the joys that stress brings. Joy and hairloss and a weakened immune system.

Suffice it to say that I'm currently unemployed.
I'm sure I will be employed soon enough, but in the mean time I will enjoy my redundancy payments for a few days at least.

Also! I am taking part in Dressember.

I think I was somewhat drunk when Amy suggested it on Twitter. We had missed "Frocktober" and ... it kind of grew from there.

So. For the 31 days of December I will be wearing skirts or dresses or ... anything that is not trousers.
There is one dress I adore which is a smidgeon too short and will need shortshorts to be worn underneath but aside from that, it will be all dresses, all the time.

Why? I have no earthly idea. BUT I AM DOING IT ANYWAY. There is little I like more than ridiculous challenges. You will probably see terrible grainy instagram photos every day as well. Because I also like to share my ridiculous challenges.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

365 in 2011

Oh Darling 365

Sunday: dinner at the parents'
Sunday
Just the usual Sunday night dinner at the parents'. Photo party on their side table.

Monday: another addition to my Meadowlark obsession
Monday
Another addition to my Meadowlark obsession collection.

Tuesday: tree outside the supreme court
Tuesday
A tree and the supreme court.

Wednesday: occupy wellington.
Wednesday
Checking out the bridge for sign waving and I spotted the Occupy Wellington crew.

Thursday: open day at the Hikitia
Thursday
Some kind of open day on the Hikitia. It was sunny but oh so very windy.

Friday: pink and red
Friday
I quite like the clash of pink and red.

Saturday: exercising my democratic right
Saturday
I voted. And went to my first ever election night party.


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Haircut. Pretty sure I hate it.
Haircut. Pretty sure I hate it.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

365 in 2011

Oh Darling 365

Sunday: Sun on the Waterfront
Sunday
The sun was out and I was a lady of leisure. So I took my book (read: kindle (read: kindle app on iPhone)) and headed to the waterfront to read and people-watch.

Monday: Breaking Dawn
Monday
An amazing dawn - the light was perfect.

Tuesday: cherry coke from a coworker
Tuesday
Whenever one of my coworkers sees Cherry Coke, she always buys me a can. I like this pavlovian response.

Wednesday: it's a hard life having this as your walk home
Wednesday
The view on the way home isn't too bad either.

Thursday: Meadowlark's Arrowhead launch decorations
Thursday
I went to the launch of Meadowlark's Arrowhead jewellery range. I bought a gorgeous ring that Craig will be giving me for Christmas then smashed a glass and left in shame. It was a night of extremes.

Friday: another hazy dawn
Friday
One day soon I will tire of waterfront photos. I hope.

Saturday: Silly poster, you are not a camera, you are a poster.
Saturday
Silly poster, you are not a camera, you are a poster.


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Almost a month of glasses