White denim, nude heels and a crochet bolero

WHEN : Tuesday 15th October

THE DEETS :

Capris: Woolworths

Cami: Contempo

Bolero : CCI (Cheap Chinese Import - Wording stolen from sisters friend)

Sandals : Fashion Express
Bracelet : Bought at a store in Graskop
Earrings : Truworths

THE DAY PLAN : Besides working on the final edits of the photos of little Lisa, I had planned to get some reading of my current module done.  I'm wanting to get both of these things finished by the end of the week.

I decided to put up the tripod and quickly take my pictures of the outfit as I find that by the afternoon its a bit mad in our house, so I decided to quickly do them.  Took all of about 5 minutes in total.  

I love these capris, so much so that I also bought a red and mint pair when they were in store and which have all been featured many times on the blog.  They're comfy enough to sit in the entire day.  The sandals I bought about a week back.  I wanted wedge nude sandals as they're so versatile and you can really wear them with everything.  Since I'm a 'retrenched recession`ista reworking her wardrobe' now, I'm really not shopping much, but I can't resist a little purchase here and there.  I bought these after my sister had bought a face cream that I had in my stock basket, so I didn't feel too guilty.  I wanted a pair of nude sandals and when I saw these, except for the brushed suede finish, they were perfect - the height of the heel and the colour.

My cute crochet bolero has maybe made one appearance on the blog.  Schatz bought it for me and I can't remember the exact store, but I'm pretty sure it was at a Chinese store.  I really like it, but find I'm challenged on how to style it.  Today it seemed to fit well.

Well pretty ones - thats all for me for today.  I'm now headed off to collect my nephew, then my son and then to drop my nephew and mother at their home.

Have a magnificent day now.

Black, pearls and denim on denim

A quick comfortable Sunday outfit to run to the stores.

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Details : Jeans : Woolworths  Knit : Legit

One of the furry little criminals, namely Marshy ... with the look she gave me in the previous photo, I simply had to grab her up and take a picture with her.  She's a rather unaffectionate kitty, but we do love her all the same.

Schatz and I dropped the troupe off at their Gran for a visit and headed on out to buy new cat litter trays and a baby bath for baby Joshua.  We ended up getting him quite a bit more than a bath.  When we called Felicia, she said she was starving, so we headed to the hospital with food.  While Graeme was dropping off, they said she's be able to leave soon - it ended up being almost 4 hours later, but the little sweetie is snuggled up safe and sound in his home with his Gogo staying with for the night.

Hope your Sunday was great.

Zama and me in stripes

My colleague Zama, who is a serious shoe, clothing and handbag addict,  much like myself,  stepped into the lift I was in this morning and I had a good giggle when I saw how similar our tops are.

Casual Friday

Skinny jeans, boots, grey t-shirt and red statement necklace

Fridays look featured my new statement necklace.  I love it.

I bought this jacket at Fashion Express last weekend and was so eager to wear it.  I love how this look came together as it looked casual but polished.

Deets : T-shirt, necklace & skinny jeans : Woolworths | Jacket : Fashion Express | Boots : Fannie & Angelo

Casual baroque and denim on Friday

I bought this top with a baroque type design on it at Ackermans some time back and the quality is really super and this material is comfy and soft.  

Baroque printed top with skinny jeans

Skinny jeans a grey wedge boots

Grey wedge heel boots

My boots I picked up last weekend from the Chinese store on sale.   I have been looking for a pair of grey boots since last winter and the price of these were great.   The wedge is super comfy and although I upsized a shoe size and they are a little loose on my feet but not to the point of flopping about. 

The skinny jeans from Woolworths and bracelets are old friends. I have gained a little weight around my middle so the jeans are a wee bit tight and you can guess how badly I want to get out of them ;-).

Well friends ... it's almost weekend for me ... what are your plans?   My troupe are all writing exams so we won't be galavanting much which may mean I can get some fun time with my camera.

Happy Friday.

Pinterest inspired

Did you read my previous post?  You did!  Kewl, then you may remember the three looks that have inspired me and one inspired todays outfit.    I love Pinterest for inspiration in EVERYTHING and am thrilled that most of my favourite bloggers post their outfits on Pinterest which makes keeping track of them so much easier.  Most days I spend a few minutes early in the morning checking out Pinterest to inspire my day - some inspirational quotes and some style inspiration.  I even have a 'secret board' where I post outfits that inspire me and that I have similar items in my closet to recreate.

This outfit has been inspired by ...

this outfit.  I swopped it around a little though.

 

I picked up this skirt at Jet on Saturday for a whopping R90.00 :-).  I bumped into my sister at The Glen and we went into Jet and I saw this skirt and another, however they did not have my size :-( in the other skirt.  I also got Lynn a lovely shirt that I'm looking forward to seeing on her.

 

 

 

Details : Skirt : Jet | Cami : Woolworths | Cardigan : Jet | Tights : Woolworths | Shoes, Necklace and bracelet : Edgars |

These knit skirts are so darn comfortable I may never buy another in any other fabric.  I think I could have gotten away without the belt, or maybe a thinner belt, or maybe I should have tucked the cardigan in and worn the belt over the waist area.   

That's all for now dear folks ... please leave me a comment and let me know you were here and so that I can return the visit.  Have a Happy Hump Day.

I wore a black and white polka dot shirt from the mens dept. .. to work on Monday

I have been looking for a white and black polka dot cotton shirt for a few months now.  I saw sheer-ish nylon shirts, but with big polka dots and black shirts with white polka dots and was about giving up hope of finding what I was wanting when saw this in the mens dept. at Mr. Price three weeks back when I took Jarod shopping ... oh happiness!

White and black bag from Justine Cosmetics

 The shirt is in need of a little tailoring and feminising which I'll get done soon.  I was going to war it with a white skirt, but then decided to wear a black skirt instead.  I thought I'd go with what is in fact my most favourite colour pairing even, black and white. There was a time in my life where 99% of my clothing was black and white with very little colour.  I just found it so easy to wear and still do, but do know that colour does amazing things for me. 


Black and white is always nice

I could not decide what to wear on my arm but since I wore my triple string of pearls, I decided to go with the pearl and gold bracelet set to add a little something of a different 'colour'.

 

A little gold

The details : Necklace : Woolworths | Shirt : Mr. Price | Skirt : Truworths | Shoes : Legit | Ring : Truworths

The days of uncertain weather

Autumn snuck up on us .. its been toying with us with promising of cooler weather but today, the temperatures started dropping.  Since our offices were like an oven yesterday I thought I'd get away with a last stab at Summer outfit.

Contempo

I went to do my vitamin shopping after work yesterday and had to pop into my favourite stores across the way from Dischem.  There were some interesting bits about and I behaved and picked up this set of bracelets at Contempo.   There were some interesting items in the store and I managed to behave and not bring anything else home with me ... but it was difficult.

There are such pretty knits, jeans and jackets in the stores.  With winter nipping at our heels, the stores will be doing serious winter trade this weekend.  I'm glad I've washed my coats and jackets and am as prepared for the cold as I can be.

La Deets : Tank : Truworths | Shirt : Mr. Price | Capris : Woolworths | Heels : La Diva | Necklace & Earrings : Miladys (I think) | Bracelets : Contempo

Thanks to my photographer of the day : Liam

Denim, Paisley and rolling grey clouds

 Necklace : Truworths | Watch : Diva | Ring : American Swiss

 Shirt : Chinese Store | Skirt : Truworths | Shoes : Rage | Belt : Woolworths

We woke up to gorgeous grey, cloudy skies this morning. The clouds were heavily pregnant with the promise of rain. Driving into the office I watched as clouds gobbled up the Hillbrow Tower and it promised to rain for most of day - but it drizzled on and off. The rain finally arrived just before it was time to head on home which had people dashing out of the office in the hopes of racing ahead of the rain. Lucky for me, I seemed to be between the storm as Courteney said it rained so hard before I got home it looked like it was hailing.

With the weather turning chilly I made an adapted version of the Tupperware Curry Chicken Casserole which went down a treat in our house.  I think we're all ready for soups, stews and curry weather.

 

I'm happy to report that my coats are at the ready should the weather become colder.

Casual capris

Today there was a cool wind blowing, so it was perfect weather to wear my baseball style cardigan again.

 

The details

Cardigan : OBR @ Truworths

T-shirt : Edgars

Capris : Woolworths

Pumps : Madison

Necklace : Miladys

Watch : Fossil

Ring : Truworths

 

Woolworths boy fit jeans

 

I took Jarod off to the podiatrist this morning as he has complained every other day about his foot being sore.  In 2009 we took him to see the podiatrist after going shoe shopping and noticing that his feet were totally flat - he had no arches.  He'd trip and loose his balance often and we thought it was an attention ploy/being inattentive (boy were we wrong) but then realised that he actually could not help it.  His feet are so much better, but his calves and Achilles tendons are very tight and he needs to ice them 3 x daily and rub Voltaren gel on 3 x daily and do stretching exercises, which he's just not done. 

 

I wore these boy fit jeans from Woolworths -  they call them 'boy fit' not 'boyfriend'.  I need to say that I'm not used to wearing such loose jeans, but dang they are so comfortable (I also got them on the Woolies sale for about R100.00).   I pained over the decision to buy them and I'm still not sure they're the best look on me, but I'll live with that since they're so comfortable.  (Being pair shaped, I always hear we should wear bootleg cut jeans)   They're a little wider down the leg than I'd have like, but I couldn't turn them down when I saw the price - I love a good Sale price especially from stores like Woolworths and Truworths.



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It was fairly chilly this morning with it looking like it was going to pour down with rain, so I choose to wear this cable knit from Pick 'n Pay.  Its an acrylic/nylon mix so it's not super warm.  I worn an old white short sleeved top underneath and my black slippers from Woolworths.
 

 

The cute peacock pendant is from my daughter Taryn - and although she told me where it comes from, I don't remember ;-).

This is a really casual 'mom-on-the-Saturday-morning-run' look and I'd like to hear your thoughts.

Hope you're having an awesome weekend! 

 

Black skirt and grey

I've been absolutely itching to wear this skirt (remember my request for stylistas input back in December) and considering I got it in December, and its already March - it was high time I did.  It's helped that I've lost two kilos as it was just a little tight around the waist initially.

 

I've pondered and wondered and thought about what to wear with this skirt, then it dawned on me to keep it, as some suggested, "simple" so as not to distract from the skirt but to rather draw attention to it so I decided to keep it simple with a grey t-shirt and plain black court heels.  How do you think I did?

 

 Skirt : Foschini | T-shirt : Woolworths | Courts (Pumps) : Legit

 

Sigh - we don't do daylight saving here in South Africa and the sun is waking up a little later each week and I'm finding myself lying in bed listening for the chatter of the birds, however, with the sun waking later, they too are waking later - so why do I have to wake at the same time still?!   :-)

 

Hope your day was fabulous ... hugs

Mint and white

I enjoyed this outfit - it was simple and comfortable and easy.  The new hairstyle has changed the shape of my face which not necessarily for the better ... maybe I'm still getting used to it.

Watch : Fossil | Pearls : Charlotte Russe | Rings : Truworths | Necklace : The Silver Company

 

Capris : Woolworths | Shirt : Truworths | Shoes : Madison from Fashion Gallery

FABruary Style Challenge : Day 13 : Be Blue

Truworths Ring and Charlottes Russe Bracelets with Fossil Watch

The nude wedge

 Details : Top : Edgars | Capris & Belt  : Woolworths | Shoes : ShoeCity | Ring : Truworths | Watch : Fossil |

Its day 13 in the FABruary Style Challenge and I see that I am short of a few posts - not sure I'm going to catch them up though. 

This morning I had a look at a few of the other participants (duh me, still not quite up to speed with Twitter as yet) and want to have a look at a few more.  I added a few to follow in future.

These capris are more mint green in real life than how they appear as blue in this photo.  I'm always amazed at how colours change when photographed.

I'm still super keen on this top and think this is the best its looked thus far. I had originally intended to wear it with these trousers (pictured to the left and which are a little darker than the capris I'm wearing today) but then decided to go with the capris.   I also prefer it styled with the thinner belt than the two previous times as pictured below.

Hope your day is super stylish and fun. 

 

FABruary Style Challenge : Day 7 : Red lips

Two toned grey cap toe shoes

Navy and white striped blazer

Silver Accessories

White capris

Details : Capris : Woolworths | Cami : Pick 'n Pay | Blazer : Truworths | Shoes : Rage | Belt : Edgars | Bracelet & Rings : Truworths | Necklace : The Silver Company

I don't do red lipstick - at all.  I have really thin lips, so when I were red on my lips, my lips look even thinner.  It kinda makes me cringe because my lips like a mean witches stripe across myface - so I have a real mental block with it.  I don't even own a red lipstick - so I had to skip this one ... however, if navy and white were the order of the day, I believe I have passed.

My hair behaved so well this morning ... why is it that some days it's like an untamed child and no amount of coaxing will make it do as you wish.  Then other days, you can't believe you ever have a hard time!

I have mostly worn my nude wedges with these white capris (but my tootsie nails are still not painted), but today took a little leap and decided to wear my two toned grey cap toe courts.  I'd usually not wear this colour with the rest of my ensemble, but decided to be a little daring and overall, I think they look fabulous.

Have you noticed that my little photographer is doing such a stunning job?  Courteney has been taking my photos in the morning and I'm really chuffed with what a great job she's been doing.

Hope your day is stunning ... and please do drop a note in the box before you leave.

FABruary Style Challenge : Day 6 : Jacket up

Red pencil skirt with leopard print cardigan

Details : Skirt and cardigan : Truworths | Shoes : Rage | Scarf : Corporate wear | Bracelet : gift from Taryn | Ring : Truworths | Belt : Woolworths

Leopard print with red

Ombré shoes

The Allure of Ombré

Just the word itself sounds alluring and intriguing. Ombré is a French word meaning "to shade" and is often used to describe a dip-dye effect given to fabric in which the shades of color graduate from light to dark. The most sophisticated look is based on a monochromatic color scheme, but three different complementary colors can also be combined. The look is all about color, with the feeling an artist has dipped and shaded the colors by hand.

Todays Style Challenge was Jacket Up ... my interpretation for the challenge of the day is this leopard print cardigan in place of a jacket, that I wore for a brief time on Monday.  I saw it last year and had considered purchasing it, however I felt it was a little pricey but I did like the wool of the knit.  I saw it last week on the Truworths sale at 75% and felt it was too good an offer to pass up.

These are one of my most favourite pairs of shoes in my closet ... I adore the ombré effect.

I just realised now that I should have worn the other ring Taryn gave me as the stone is a very similar colour to the yellow stone in my bracelet. 

I do hope you're having a fabulous and stylish day.  Do say Hi  :-)