Wednesday Wardrobe Challenge - No Black!

As you guys know, I was sick on Wednesday and didn't go to work - which made it a little hard to do Wednesday Wardrobe Challenge.
The challenge was "no black at all" which I almost pulled off - but I didn't have a slip that wasn't black and this wrap dress would show off a bit too much without one.

The outfit did get me some compliements at work - one of my workmates said I always looked nice because I'm always colour co-ordinated. Also my new glasses are here! I am rather taken with them and I've received lots of great comments about them from people and work and friends I've bumped into. I am rather glad I went with the red ones in the end. I'll be wearing them over the next two weeks then it will be back to the optometrist to see if my eye problems have improved.This necklace is brand new - I bought it from one of those one day deal websites - I've wanted one for the LONGEST time. I also wore my peacock ring, which people always think is super fancy. But actually I got it from Equipt for $3.

OUTFIT DEETS:

Dress - Second Chance fashion sale

Cardy & tights - Glassons

Shoes - The Big Shwop

Necklace - One day deal website

Ring - Equipt

Slip - Farmers

Wednesday Wardrobe Challenge - Animals and animal print

Today's wardrobe challenge was "animals and animal print" I decided to make a frock for it - but the shiny fabric I was making the frock from fought with me lots and it's still not finished! When I do finish it I will show you all I promise!Turns out my snake print from from last week would have been perfect for this challenge too - but I couldn't wear the same thing two weeks in a row!I think this scarf is so perfect with animal prints - that's why I wore it last week as well. My friend Grace made this amazing corsage, she has mad craft skills. Sadly she moved back home to Melbourne so we can't hang out and get our craft on any more.
My friend Lisa bought this for me from Taipei when she came to visit last year - its pretty rad!

OUTFIT DEETS:

Dress - Op Shopped, Red Cross Store, Kilbirnie

Slip (worn underneath) - Farmers

Cardi and Tights - Glassons

Scarf - Equipt

Rosette - Made by Grace

Bracelet - Gift from my friend Lisa

You may have noticed, yes I am wearing my glasses again! Honestly this saga just goes on and on. I finally decided it was time to change optometrists - I have been going to OPSM but they have really not been useful. They seem to just want to rush you in and out the door and they feel like they are the McDonalds of opometrists which is something you just don't want when something that's as delicate and important as your eyes is involved.

My new optometrist is WAY better - she gave my eyes a decent examination, it took about 45 minute and has given me LOTS of options for sorting out my dry eye problem which is making my life fairly horrible and at times just painful.

The options include a whole lot of eyedrops and a new type of contact lense solution (preservative free). Here's a picture of what I left the optometrist with today:

I also sorted out my glasses today - they will be ready in a weeks time, I decided on the red frames. I really liked Sarah's idea of hunting down a cute pair of vintage frames on e-bay and I may still do that in the future, but for now I just need a decent pair of glasses to wear so that I can give my eyes a break for a while and clear up all this horrible dryness!

Glasses - option number two

Hello folks! Just a quick post to show you all the other glasses frames I am considering - I think I do prefer the red one to these black ones. They have sparkly bits on the side that Rich says reminds him of Dame Edna - actually there were a lot of glasses frames at the optometrist that Dame Edna would be quite happy to wear. Perhaps she is the current style icon for glasses frames designers - why not? She is consistently fabulous.

Wednesday will be the final day I have to choose which frames I want - no doubt in the interim I will try both these pairs of glasses on numerous times trying to decide which ones I want. Glasses are so expensive, I want to get it right - but I think the red ones will work with my look pretty well.

I've been having a bit of a blue day today actually - a few things are getting me down lately, nothing major just one of those rough patches. What gets you guys through a rough day (low calorie suggestions only - otherwise I'll get in trouble with my personal trainer!).

Glasses - option number one

Hello world - I am finally having a rather relaxing weekend and loving every minute of it! Today I've been to the gym, been op shopping with my friend Diane and gone for a walk on the waterfront in the sun.

Those of you who are my facebook friends will already know, I've been having trouble with my contacts again. It's nothing major like last time, I just have very dry eyes which makes it hard to wear contacts some days and other days are totally fine (like today).

All this means I REALLY do need a new pair of glasses to wear on the days my eyes are a bit irritated and need a break from contacts. This is the first pair of frames I am thinking of buying, I have borrowed them over the weekend. Let me know what you all think - there is one other pair I am considering - they are black with sparkles! I will post a picture of those on Monday, I am seeking the optometrist on Wednesday for an updated prescription so I will need to make a decision then - its so hard to decide on frames! Even though I wear them infrequently, I don't want to end up with something I don't like in six months time.

I know they are a bit librarian/secretary - but that's one of the reasons I kind of like them!

Wednesday Wardrobe Challenge - Hair & Make-up challenge

This week's wardrobe challenge was the hair and make-up challenge which basically meant do the opposite of what you normally do.I normally wear mascara and eye shadow every day - but I can't at the moment due to my eye virus.

So my make-up all week has been different to the usual - which worked out perfectly for the challenge.

I have a reverse mullet style hair style so its kind of hard to "style" it any differently, I could have straightened it, but then I don't have hair straighteners so it was out of the question.

Instead I decided to add a hair bow - I really want to get back into wearing hair bows more often.

I wore my biker boots again, tights with wee bows on them and my new (to me) animal print top. It's hard to tell in the photos but it actually has cheetah heads on it *rawr*

OUTFIT DEETS:

Hair bow - Calico Jacks, Wellington

Top & Boots - The Big Shwop

Scarf - Bought at Asian import store at Left Bank Arcade, Wellington (I can't remember the name of the store)

Dress (worn under top) - Pagani

Tights - Valleygirl

Fancy Tights Friday & the glasses debacle

I like to think that this weeks fancy tights Friday is a mix of Victorian lady and biker chick.I love these tights a lot and I don't wear them nearly often enough - then when I "discover" them again I always think they are rad and wonder why I don't wear them more.
Today was a bit of a disaster to be honest, most of you don't know this but I wear contact lenses. I got my first pair of glasses when I was about 8 and my first set on contact when I was around 17. I LOVE wearing contacts and its not just a vanity thing, my eyesight is bad, like REALLY bad and I just find glasses aren't practical for me at all. They just make life so much more difficult.

However for the last couple of days my contacts haven't been feeling quite right and they have been getting worse and worse each day. Today I came to accept something was wrong and decided to go to the optometrist and sort it out. It turns out I have a virus in my eyes which is causing all the problems *sigh* which means for the next week I will look like this.I am not really happy about having to wear my glasses and it's not just a vanity thing. My glasses prescription is much weaker than my contact lenses, so I feel pretty blind. Plus this week is my last week of classes at the gym before the instructors take a holiday for a couple of weeks for Christmas and there is no way I can attend my classes wearing these, they will most likely go flying across the room. Also work is very difficult - my job is quite technical and requires a lot of work relating to maps and historical documents, not ideal when you can't see very well. I am actually considering taking Thursday and Friday off, but I will just see how I am feeling. It's not really a great Christmas present! I really hope all is cleared up by next Friday *fingers crossed*

Finally I thought I'd share a photo of what I wore today seen as I decided to wear one of last weekends op-shopping finds. A lady in the lift at work was quite taken by this skirt and said it was quite "festive". My hair is totally out of control at the moment, but I am having a haircut tomorrow which SHOULD cheer me up a bit.

OUTFIT DEETS:

Cardy and tights - Glassons

Boots - From "The Big Shwop"

Skirt - Mary Potter Hospice Shop, Kilbirne

Top - From a friends wardrobe clear out

Necklace - Vintage, used to belong to a great aunt who has passed on