The ten riggit dress

I've recently returned from travels in South East Asia. Generally when I travel in Asia I will buy fabric and cute accessories. I might buy the odd t-shirt if I can find one that I actually like but most Asian clothes are too small for my hips! A problem when you mostly wear dresses.

Also I pretty picky with my clothes, I like to wear mostly vintage when I'm not wearing stuff I have made myself. In my experience, most Asian countries don't seem to have a lot of vintage (or at least I don't know where to find it!).

So when Rich and I were wandering around the streets of Kuala Lumpur and we found a street stall selling vintage clothes, I think I pretty much just said to Rich "VINTAGE!!!". My excitement was followed by feeling instantly bummed as I was sure nothing would fit me - until I saw this dress on the hanger and I knew I had to have it.

If anything the dress is actually a little on the big side, but that's nothing a belt can't fix. I'm surprised how happy I look in this photo as I had a crown put on one of my teeth today, it hurt my wallet more than my mouth.

But something that didn't hurt my wallet was this dress, it cost me a grand total of ten riggit - that's around $NZ3 - sweet score! I wore it to work today and I got a compliment on my new dress. The fabric is super fun.

So tomorrow is my birthday - because I've just had eleven days of leave from work, I will be going into the office. I don't mind, I actually like my job! Also I have birthday morning tea with my team, lunch with Ria and a play and dinner with Rich in the evening. Plus I'm having friends around for a dessert evening on Wednesday night which will be pretty fun (I'm amazed I really managed to organise any birthday events on such short notice).

Hope you guys have a super week and there are going to be a whole bunch of travel posts to bore you guys with soon!