Bea

Rainy Sunday Morning Coffee at the Cafe: Style

Seriously, need a boob reduction. Or to exercise more.

Cardigan: Glassons
T-Shirt: Maxx
Scaf: Gifted
Belt: Jigsaw UK
Jeans: Just Jeans
Hair: needs a cut

if you were one of my girlfriends, i'd be sharing this with you

I'm not a big painted-nail kind of girl, but have been searching for a pink-y colour that keeps my nails looking neat and not too bad if there's a chip here or there. This one's Bubble Bath by OPI and I have worn it since working from home. The cats truly appreciate my more professional appearance.

Ed. Note - I may or may not have written this after a glass of wine. You decide. 

look, it's my last week at work and so this is as good as it gets for now

Come next week you'll start getting sick of me. What with all the free time I'll have on my hands and the case of tequila, I'm sure the writing will just flow.

Until then, here's another attempt at making the best of my wardrobe.

White Jeans - Farmer, NZ

Pink T-shirt - Forever 21, USA

Blue Jacket - Marks and Spencer, UK

Blue Leather Bag -Gap, Canada

It feels like something is missing here - what? I dunno.

What are you wearing these days? Favorite buys lately?

there's only so many life-chages a girl can make (aka no, i'm not that brave)

Before:

Bleh. Tired, flat, boring.

After:

Better?

time management

Time is critical. Isn't that always the case?

I've got a list as long as my arm of things I want to achieve before Christmas. In fact, a good portion of that list needs to be done before I hit 36. Which is before Christmas. 

As a result of this time crunch, I've been making some serious efforts to automate as much of my life as I can. Bill payments etc, direct debited. The household chores, scheduled one per day. Groceries? Ordered online.

As you may know from some of my photos, I have long-ish hair. That is naturally half-assed curly and straight and so can take some time to make presentable. Do you know where I'm going here? No? This is where I'm considering going:

Imagine the time saved!

What time saving tips can you share? A minute or two, here and there, makes all the difference!

if i promise to write something read-worthy later, will you look at my shoes?

it's an un-natural love. but it is love.

the one where you become a fashion consultant (or, HELP! I need your advice!)

So this wedding next month? It's in the northern hemisphere. Those of you living in the northern hemisphere will know that the weather is warm around this time of year up there. Those of us in the southern hemisphere know that it's not warm down here. And that's cool, because mother nature set it up that way and it's her prerogative to do it that way. 

However, it does make it incredibly difficult to find an outfit suitable for a summer wedding when you living in winter. Wool does not make a suitable summer dress. 

And thus, my friends, I'm coming to you for help. Below is the dress I've found for the wedding. If fits perfectly, is made for my shape (round and bumpy) but needs accessories to make it work. And this is where you come in. It's a Calvin Klein dress, found at a seconds shop around the corner from work (win!). The tag says it's a size 6, and I'm running with that.

                

 

You need to put your imagination glasses on when looking these photos and pretend the following:

a) hair done properly
b) a face with makeup
c) a left shin without a massive bruise
d) a shrug
e) killer shoes
f) great jewelry.
g) dress ironed

Because the weather in the UK can be a tad unpredictable, I'm wanting to put a shrug or something else over my shoulders in case it gets a tad chilly and have found this blue shrug that I think would match the dress well, but have come up with nothing for the shoes.

Your job? Is to find/suggest shoes, shrug, jewelry and hair that would make me look 20 pounds lighter fabulous and fashionable. Seriously, help is needed and I need your expertise!