OOTD #6 - Look Mum! I'm a pumpkin!!!!

If I could,I would wear beautiful dresses and skirts all day,preferably vintage.Probably with a tiara,just because,ala Maureen O'Hara in the mansion scene in The Red Shoes. But alas as a big girl it's not so easy to find vintage/vintage repro pieces in XXL sizing.Or when I do,they're out of my budget.Le sigh.So sometimes I resign myself to buying things because they fit well even though they aren't really my style.

Seriously.This is her casual 'relaxing around my mansion' outfit.

I bought this top from New Look impulsively,when I was living in Scotland and had access to New Look weekly.I think it was cheap in the sales,but when I came home I realised it made me resemble a pumpkin.I don't usually wear things so loose.I prefer being nipped in at the waist and looking more hourglass than pumpkin.

Part of starting to blog my outfits was to encourage me to experiment more and wear things I normally wouldn't...........but I have to say I think this one is resigned to the op -shop lot :(

I also deviated from the norm with my make up.Usually it's 2 extremes - no make up when I'm hands on-team leading,or a really bold,bold lip and eyes when I'm on my one office day or off duty.But with the pumpkin outfit I needed something more neutral,so it was on with the coral lip paint-gloss thingy.Really not sure about that either.......

Oh,and these photos were taken at the end of the day hence the frazzled,flyaway hair look.....and I've only just discovered how to edit my photos.I just can't be arsed going back and editing these again.

Yeah,sooooo not sure about this outfit....

Still not sure........

I look like a damn pumpkin!

Pumpkin!!!! Yeah,I can't take myself seriously in this outfit.

Don't know what I'm doing here,but looks better with leggings.

Yep,definitely prefer it with leggings.

Coral lips,out of my comfort zone.

And of course a giant hair flower :)

OUTFIT DETAILS

Top - New Look (Glasgow -old)

Skirt - Big W (old)

Leggings - New Look (old)

Hair Flower - Primark (Glasgow - old)

Shoes - Sportsgirl $10 in the sales (old)

Lips - Napoleon,Liberated from the Princess.

OOTD #5 - Casual Colourful Tropics

Monday of the long weekend,I hung out with la familia as we hadn't hung out in a while and my Papa Barchen is not well at the moment so it takes a lot to motivate him to get out of the house.

Pa Barchen had requested somewhere to get some fresh air,so to our family that usually means the beach.We headed out to La Perouse which is somewhere we have been going to for beach walks,exploring Bare Island and awesome fish n' chips since we were tiny toddlers.

It was blowing a gale,so excuse the windswept look.This is one of my go to outfits for work and just casual days out running about/shopping etc.It's colourful,uber comfy,floral,kitschy and tropical.I'm a sucker for anything kitsch,floral or tropical.Tropical flowers just seals the deal.

Bare Island in the background

OUTFIT DETAILS

Top - Big W

Skirt - New Look (Glasgow - old)

Leggings - Big W

Thongs - Havianas

Hair Frangipani's - Ebay

Bag - Typo ($5 in the sale)

OOTD #4 - Purple in the Park

On Sunday of the long weekend,we had a baby shower for 2 sisters in Centennial Park.Yes,both sisters are preggers and due just weeks apart.Happily weird coincidence,aye?

The Princess and I didn't really know anyone,so we just hung out with Mama Frangipani and her BFF's,our 'Aunties'

As someone who is still not quite ready/sure about the whole children thing and who definitely couldn't afford them at the moment even if I did want them I must admit to a little meltdown in the ladies,as we seemed to be surrounded by 20 - 30 something married couples,who all had babies and their shit together.i.e. Careers,mortgages,the white picket fence etc. Yes,first world problems I know.STFU drama queen!

The Princess gave me a verbal Alexis - Dynasty bitch slap by reminding me that I have a lovely,happy and fun marriage and forwent all the mortgage and career thing to go travelling and have some awesome adventures.....but that's a story for another time.In any case it worked,my sister is always the voice of calm and reason,despite being 7 years younger.

One thing I am confident I do have together is this outfit.

It's one of my go to outfits as it makes me feel gorgeous and confident and happy.Purple is my favourite colour and colour always lifts my mood.Being scandalously low cut,I had to wear a cami underneath,despite the 32 degree heat plus a black skirt underneath as due to my ample bubble butt skirts tend to hang low in the front and rise high in the back.I didn't want to give an x-rated show when I bent over in the middle of Centennial Park.

I bought the dress for $10 in an Autograph sale without trying it on,even though it's 2 sizes smaller than what I would usually take.The sandals were also bought in a New Look sale (Glasgow) for 3 quid/$5.The belt was $2 in another Autograph sale.Yeah,I'm pretty lucky with bargains in the sales.

Mahoosive Hair Flower...Check!

OUTFIT DETAILS

Dress - Autograph (old)

Cami underneath dress -Big W (current)

Skirt underneath dress - Big W (old)

Belt - Autograph (old)

Necklace - Gifted (Tree Of Life)

Sandals - New Look (Glasgow - old)

Parrot Earrings - Accessorize (Glasgow - old)

Mahoosive Starburst Lilly Hair Flower - Paddys Markets

Sunglasses - Cheap shop in Cronulla

The Baby Shower,lovely setting and an even lovelier day.

One of the beautiful mums to be.

After a few hours at the baby shower,the Princess and I made our way to Bronte beach.Miracle of miracles,we got a parking spot! It's hard enough at the best of times,but Sunday it was 32 degrees,and the local Eastern Suburbs team The Roosters were playing in the NRL Grand Final that night. 

Of course,all those factors combined and being a long weekend,Bronte looked like human soup.The water was absolutely gorgeous though and we pretended to be mermaids frolicking in the ocean for a few hours.

The Princess and I were mermaid princess sisters in that little swimming hole next to the ladder .

My favourite Sydney beach,Bronte.

OOTD - Fat chicks can wear Leopard print!

Hello to anyone out there that may be reading this.I've missed blogging immensely so decided to start afresh and start my incessant ramblings again.

Those of you that used to follow my old blogs will know that I've come full circle in my attitude to myself and to fashion.I used to think (crazily) that as a fat chicka I was somehow less worthy, less beautiful and less deserving of gorgeous,funky clothes.Instead of focusing on looking good in the now,I would spend my spare cash on lovely things in smaller sizes that I would 'one day fit into'.As much as I loved vintage dresses and fashion I would never look for those dresses as I assumed that they wouldn't be made in my size and that I wouldn't do the outfits justice.I would hide in muted tones and 'safe' stylings.

I can't pinpoint when I began to transform my thinking but it was definitely a gradual thing......red lipstick crept into my every day wear,flowers in my hair became a daily thing (in direct correlation with how depressed I was getting in the Glasgow winters),my wardrobe gradually became more and more like a flower fairy village that had been invaded by various jungle animals.

And eventually I stopped giving a fuck what people thought.I began dressing for myself and living in the now,rather than buying clothes for when I became a certain size.I began wearing animal print.I began wearing loud colours,loud prints.I began wearing whatever the fuck I wanted.And with this transformed attitude,my disordered eating began to slowly sort itself out too.Sure I still struggle,but it's hella improved...........but that's a story for another time.

This is my first ever proper OOTD.Not a grainy instagrammed one in my dirty mirror that I can't be arsed washing.

On Saturday,my wee sister,The Princess (yes,that is how she wishes to be known on my blog......and how she is pretty much known to everyone in real life.She even has her own 'Princess calling' ringtone on my phone,but again I digress) and I toddled off the first ever Sydney Vintage Fair.

It was a pretty hot Spring Sydney day so my raspberry red frou frou petticoat was out of the question.I considered one of my various Collectif repro 50's dresses but then I remembered my beloved Best and Less leopard print dress.It has a kind of 60's feel to it so on it went.And plus leopard print goes so well with fire engine red and the best-n-ecklace-ever-made..................

Please excuse the hair.It desperately needs a cut and re-dye......and this was at the tail end of a 'no shampoo - baking soda/apple cider vinegar' experiment.Needless to say it didn't work on my hair.I've since found a cruelty free,natural,chemical free brand which I'll review later.

And I'm new to this whole OOTD/fatshion/posing thing so excuse me if I look like a prize d!ck....

I <3 this outfit! 

  

Let's take a moment to admire the best-necklace-ever-made!

Years ago I would've looked at this photo and hated myself.Now I think I look pretty damn fab,flab and all.

Outfit details..............

Dress - Best & Less (old collection)

Belt - Autograph (old collection)

Shoes  - Big W (Available now $9.99)

Watch - Swatch shop lucky dip,courtesy of the Princess

Pink Vintage trunk - The Princess's purchase at the vintage fair

Sunglasses - Cheapo shop at Cronulla

Nails - Ciate 

Lips - Rockalily 'Hot Rod Red'

Hair flowers - Frangipani:Hot Dollar,Hibiscus:Ebay

The-best-necklace-ever-made - Bela Lugosi as Dracula,Etsy