we make plans

Heya! I haven't updated in a couple of weeks... sorry! I've been quite busy with lots of things- from last Tuesday to this Wednesday I was house sitting for my neighbour. It was very relaxing and easy, all I had to do was feed her dogs!
The thing that's been taking up most of my attention is my trip to Europe with my boyfriend! We are actually leaving next week, next Tuesday to be precise which is the 1st of December, and we will be travelling all around Europe for two months, we will be coming back on January 27th. So soon I won't be posting very often.. But I am going to write some extra long posts in the next couple of days to make up for it!

I am really very excited!! It's going to be lots of fun. I just got my renewed passport last week, because my old one was going to expire in April next year. It's a much better photo of me, yay! I'm sad because we will miss 2 months of Summer which is my favourite season. However I get to be in Paris for my 20th birthday!! And I'm going to hopefully see my first white Christmas :D And Daniel and I will probably be in Berlin for our 2 year anniversary. woo!
We are going to the capital cities of lots of countries, but only staying several days in each. So much to see! Here is our itinerary, which isn't finalised yet: Paris, Rome, Venice, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Krakow, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm.
Can't wait to see all the museums and art galleries!! Haha I'm such a nerd...
It's going to be so cold... ack... i;m not a Winter person at all! We only have small suitcases cos we're going to be traveling by train, so we're only taking a couple of changes of clothes. Anyone who lives in Europe or has traveled there during Winter please tell me... should I not bother bringing a dress for normal day wear because it will be too cold even if I wear woolen tights?? I'm bringing one pair of outdoor/hiking type boots for daily sightseeing cos they're the only ones I have with a good tread, and another pair of shoes to wear if we want to go to a nice restaurant or bar, along with one nice dress. I'm going to be wearing jeans or pants every day, with thermal pants and thermal top, and a cardigan. I've also borrowed a warm jacket from Dan's sis, which they got when they lived in Sweden for a bit a couple of years ago, I'm going to be wearing the jacket every day.
I'm kind of stressing about the lack of variety of clothing I'm going to have for 2 months... somehow I don't think it's possible for me to stay warm and look fashionable at the same time as I'm not very used to cold weather, and also because I'll only have about 3 changes of clothes for 2 months XD haha... I'm going to look like a walking jacket with hiking boots... :P But the sightseeing will be worth looking bad, of course!!

Ok... Onto some outfits! This is what I wore a couple of Sundays ago, when Daniel and I went to the Polish Festival at Federation Square in the city. (Dan is half Polish.) It was pretty interesting but I forgot to bring my camera that day :( There were stalls there, and they had things like Polish dancing on the stage. There were also food stalls :D It was a very hot day. We didn't stay very long though although I would have liked to stay longer and have a closer look at things :(
In the pics I am wearing a thrifted leaopard print singlet from Temt $3, high waisted Silence + Noise shorts $2, thrifted lace bolero $3, and necklaces from Diva. I got these shoes from an op shop for 50c! I love the zippers!




Yay!
And because I love you guys... I'm also putting up some oldish photos from a couple of weeks ago. This is what I wore several weeks ago for a friend's birthday party at a pub. I seriously love these new high heel shoes/booties! $5.06 on clearance from Target :P Would have preferred them in black.. but with a price like that you can't argue. :) I'm also wearing my mum's old blouse- I absolutely love the details and the sleeves on it, the shoulders are a bit puffy and the edges of the sleeves are really cool! oops you can see my bra in the pics.. haha. Black high waisted shorts from Living Doll $2 and thrifted belt $4, and thrifted maroon tights. Layered gold necklaces again! :)
I'm not putting these pics up on Chictopia cos they turned out rather terrible :( Couldn't get good lighting even with the blinds and windows open!! Edited them quickly but they're still bad quality :P And for some reason I look kind of different in these photos.... :D


Tungsten lighting flash made the pic blue!! :P

Love those shoes!

A big Thank You to my followers! Will reply to comments soon! I've got more photos and news, will tell you all about it in future posts!! I was tagged for the "Beautiful Blogger Award" on Chictopia, was going to do that in this post but got a bit carried away, so i'll do it in my next post! :P I'm having my early birthday party tomorrow night so more news about that soon!

Melbourne Cup Day Barbecue

Hi again!
I've got some photos to put up from last Tuesday, the 3rd of November which was Melbourne Cup Day. It's 'the race that stops the nation' and here in Victoria we get a public holiday for it :D
My friend A's family has an annual cup day BBQ which Dan and I went to that day. It's not formal or anything but I decided to dress up anyway! If I actually went to the races, I wouldn't wear anything like what I was wearing on that day, but it's still fun to dress up :)

More details on my outfit in a bit!
The barbecue was really fun. Unfortunately the weather wasn't that great as it was really windy and not particularly sunny. But the food that A's family prepared for the day was sooo yummy and there was so much of it :D
There are a number of different races that occur during the day other than the main race for the Cup. Before each race occurred, we would have a 'sweep'. That's where you give $1 or $2, and you draw out a random number, and whatever number you get is the horse that you are backing for that race. Whoever wins the race gets almost all of the money collected from that sweep.
Daniel and I put in a few dollars each for almost every race that was on for the whole day, but we didn't win anything back at all! We put in for 2- 4 horses almost every race but none of our horses ever came 1st, 2nd or 3rd!! We didn't even earn anything back (if your horse comes 2nd or 3rd you get $1 or $2 :P )We are so unlucky! :P

After the main Melbourne Cup Race we had a Snail Race!! I'd never participated in one before so it was very exciting. And yes, actual snails were used!
First you draw a big circle on the ground and draw numbers all around the sides. Like the sweeps you pay $1 and you get randomly draw out a number. Then you put a whole bunch of snails into the middle of the circle.

You spray water all over the snails and circle to encourage them to start moving. Any snail that is over the line first wins!! (Whoever has the number of the line that the snail crosses over wins all the money!!)

Decorations :)

A + A's cute dog Ben :)

After most of the races were over the boys just hung around thinking of random backyard games to play. Such as using golf clubs to hit plastic golf balls into a net, as well as backyard cricket, bocce, quoits, or random mergings of both bocce and quoits, hehe. Mojitos are yummy!!



Back to what I was wearing. The night before I tied my hair up into 2 small buns and slept on it. In the morning I just took my hair out and it was all curly! I think it looks nice cos it's different to the way my hair is normally :D
My hair after my lame budget curling :P

After I tied the material around my head into a bow!

The red ruffly dress i'm wearing is actually my sister's, which she got as a present. It is incredibly short so I wore some red shorts underneath too.
I wore my op shopped $3.50 Dotti blouse over it because I didn't want to bare my shoulders at the BBQ and besides it was coldish... And I wore a cardi on the day as well but I didn't end up taking that off at all. :P

Don't you just love extra, overboard rufflyness??

I also wore thrifted lace gloves (didn't even up wearing them for very long as it was difficult to eat! :P), my $4 grandma shoes I got from Savers, hehe and some tights I got for 20c from an op shop, which has a cute little printed bit at the ankle.
If you know anything about racing fashion then you'll know it's completely wrong to go to a race without a hat, headpiece or a fascinator. Not that anyone was overly dressing up for the BBQ but I tied a simple red piece of fabric around my head into a bow anyway. I think it looked interesting and it's pretty striking so I think i'll be doing this more often! I just pinned my curly hair up using a big clip.



So there you go lovelies, what happened that day and my outfit for that day!
Hope you had fun looking at my multiloads of photos! :D
If I haven't commented back on your page I will do so soon :) Thanks to all my new followers, love you guys :)

dark side

Hi again :)
About my last blog post, everything has been sorted out (I hope). The blog owner has removed all the posts that were written by me and my photos, which I'm thankful for. I've decided not to disable right-click on my page, mostly because it's annoying for me when i'm viewing my page so i'm sure it would be more annoying when you're browsing. Besides, if someone truly wants to take my photos then disabling right click isn't gonna stop them cos there are plenty of other ways!!
I'm thinking of maybe starting to watermark the photos I put up, but I don't really want to do this either because 1- It already takes awhile for me to retouch my photos and resize them, watermarking them will be even more of a hassle. Especially if i've gone to a fun event and i've taken dozens of photos I want to put up. 2- Even though i'd try and put the watermarks in non-conspicuous places and i'd try to make them not as noticeable, ultimately you'll still be able to see it. And on an aesthetic level the photos won't look as good and it might be kind of distracting. And 3- It seems a little overboard. Because if you don't want your photos to be taken, don't put them on the internet right? But I do want to share my photos/style with everyone, and also the things that are happening in my life, without the fear that someone might be stealing my photos and using them without my knowledge! And seriously, i'm pretty sure what happened was a one off. This blog is mainly for fun and I don't think that my entries/photos are so fantastic that lots of people would want to copy my stuff anyway!!
Hm... so I haven't decided what to do yet, does anyone have any suggestions?? What do you do on your own blogs? Do you worry at all about this kind of stuff!

Onto something else...
General Pants Co. is one of my favourite stores. They're an Australian retailer and they sell a lot of Australian brands as well as international ones. The clothes they sell are really influenced by streetwear and i'd say most of it is geared towards younger people. They're really up to date with trends and the brands are quite expensive so the clothes are pretty good quality and aren't just throwaway fashions/trends.
But unfortunately being the poor student I am, I really can't afford much from there. Everything i've bought from there has been majorly on sale, though I haven't bought anything from there this whole year because the sales haven't been as good and right now i'm so conscious of what I spend! Sigh... I seriously want everything they sell there!! :P If only I was rich... :)
This is their latest fashion spread/lookbook, which is featured on their website. I love it!! It's called "Bring your Dark Side to Light."


Sequin top and blue skirt!! :D



I love everything! I would definitely wear these outfits. Denim biker jacket, black lace, floral leggings, tutu dress and tulle skirt... i die :)


I think more guys should dress like this, with vests, converses and hats! :P
Love the feathers and the leopard print bow. I desperately need a black blazer...
I wish I could have these outfits! Feminine but with a rock-y edge.

I had to fn+prt sc all these images :P They're all from the General Pants Website.
Photos of the Melbourne Cup Day party I went to coming soon! :)