A fresh start

On Monday I start a shiny new job!  I'm heading back to a corporate environment, which I find a little bit exciting and a little bit terrifying.  It's been a long time since I've had to be "immaculately presented", so I'm using this opportunity to mimic my style icon Kate Lanphear (sans Slayer t-shirt) with a mostly black, and hopefully edgy, working wardrobe.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Milk bottle: $5 at Saturday's Fitzroy Markets
Roses from own garden

Black Milk sample sale

This weekend was freezing, and I felt it when I lined up on Saturday morning for the Black Milk sample sale.  Apparently the first people in the door at 9am had been there since 2.30am, which makes my 3 hour ordeal pale in comparison!  The wonderful peeps from Black Milk worked the queue with Tim Tams, lollies and juice boxes to keep us sugar high.

2 hours in I started to panic about getting a parking ticket, which would've undone the $30 bargains just around the corner (literally), but I was fortunate enough to get away with it AND make it to my afternoon hair appointment on time.  I scored myself a pair of limited triangle silver leggings (love!) and a pair of Cross of St Peter leggings.

Leather jacket: Just Jeans

T-shirt: Topshop

Necklace: Evil Twin

Shoes: Wittner

Current obsession: Angelique Houtkamp

Angelique Houtkamp at Outre Gallery 11.11.11

Melbourne Catwalk Flash Mob

Last month, whilst on a Thursday night mission to buy a birthday present before the long weekend, I wasn't feeling particularly perky.  On approaching Myer, a lady in a spotted bodysuit asked me if I wanted to be part of an impromptu catwalk, to which I politely declined... at first.

After having a chuckle at unsuspecting shoppers exiting the store to clapping and cheering, I madly threw caution to the wind!  You can see me strutting my stuff at 1:05.

Grub's up in sunny Fitzroy

After an early start to the day, I hit April's Fitzroy market with my friend Samara.  Today I was on the lookout for some edgy office clothes ("dress for the job you want, not the job you have").  My mission was unsuccessful, but I did pick up a pair of Sam Edelman 'Alexander' sneakers for $10... more studs!

 

 

Shopping and sunshine makes for a hungry pair, so we headed to Grub on Moor Street.  Behind the 1965 airstream van, Grub Hole is like being in a giant greenhouse where the natural light shines on you and your delicious food.  We both indulged in the avocado and salsa on thick cut toast, before high-fiving and heading our separate ways home.

Stopping to smell the flowers in Chanel

Today I debuted my market find Chanel ballet flats and my new Skulk Of Foxes necklace.  I found a good cobbler to resole the shoes and I've added suede heel grips, taking the grand total to $71 for my first pair of designer shoes!

Dress: Alice In The Eve (worn previously here)

Finders keepers, losers weepers

On Friday night my friend Daniela and I headed to the gorgeous Royal Exhibition building to check out the Finders Keepers market.  Opening at 6pm we got there a bit early thinking that it would be quite quiet, it seems everyone had the same idea!

After doing a thorough first lap to check everything out, we stopped for dinner to decide what we were going to purchase.  We were expecting an array of food stalls, but it was just the buildings permanent kitchen open, I certainly wasn't disappointed with my giant potato and blue cheese pizza though.

 

I ended up donating $5 for a Tough Love 2013 charity calendar after the Angelique Houtkamp cover artwork caught my eye, then thinking I was going to leave under budget, we found a few stalls we'd missed the first time around and I HAD to buy a necklace from A Skulk Of Foxes (*sigh*).

 

 

 

 

 

Shirt: Evil Twin
Jeans: Levis
Leopard booties: Gorman