HERE'S SOME CLOTHES

This is Brigs and I doing our best fashion-blogger outfit-post poses. If we look awkward, that's because we are awkward.

Here is where I am supposed to describe what I am wearing and where I got each item from, but I fear that would be pointless with this outfit, since you won't be able to go out and buy anything I am wearing. I am that unique.

I don't know exactly what Brigs is wearing, but I think her mum made that shirt, and at least one thing is probably from Urban Outfitters.



My manicure! I'm liking this triangle thing.



Brigs' necklace is also a clock! And her skirt is also shorts! So versatile.

So that was my outfit post. I don't know how you fashion bloggers do it, because I wore almost the exact same thing the day before and the day after these pictures were taken. Sometimes I wear the same outfit for a whole week. Sometimes I don't wash my hair for a week as well. I am kind of disgusting.

NAILED IT! MY MONTH IN POLISH

Whenever I feel the urge to shop (which is often), I like to buy nail polishes.
They are an inexpensive way to satisfy my money-spending cravings.
Painting my nails is like releasing some creative energy. Also, I think I have become desensitised to the smell of nail polish/remover, because apparently my room smells like it almost all the time. I haven't noticed the smell in aaages.

These pink and black nails are what I've got on right now. The second picture is matte blue with sparkly blue tips.

Spots and stripes with my nail art pen, and SPARKLES. I have at least 5 nail polishes bought purely because they were SPARKLY. Warning: confetti nail polish is pretty much impossible to remove.

WELL-WORN BASICS: A LOVE LETTER

Everyone has at least one item in their wardrobe which they love so much that it's falling apart. I have at three of these items, which I wear nearly every day.

When I say I am not much of a bag person, I am not kidding. I wear this bag printed with human hearts, that I got from Dangerfield at least two years ago for all occasions. To the office (where it looks extremely out of place amongst the briefcases, laptop bags and LV monogrammed status-symbol monstrosities), to uni and to parties, bars, the beach - EVERYWHERE. It gets so much use that the print is rubbing off; there are stains all over it; I have sewn the lining back together twice already; and the strap came apart just two days ago so I have a giant safety pin to keep it attached (it's kind of grunge right?). I really want a new one, but I haven't seen it, or anything similar, anywhere affordable.

I bought these shoes online at The Horse. I have another pair of shoes from them, brown boots, but they are not as comfortable as these. These smell like leather and make my feet/socks smell like leather. They are dirty and scuffed and starting to fall apart. I used to wear them every day, but I began to worry about their health, so now they are more of a sometimes shoe and I wear cheap loafers every other day.

This is the watch I actually wear every single fucking day. My best friend bought it for me (two years ago maybe? And it hasn't needed a battery change yet!) and it makes me so incredibly nostalgic for childhood. It makes beeping sounds when you press the buttons. In the morning, I automatically put it on and if I ever forget, I spend the day checking my bare wrist over and over. Maybe I should get these for those days. I can't even own any other kind of watch, I have to have a digital one because I can't read the time quickly. Like those watches without numbers or with notches that mark where the numbers should be? I cannot read those, I can only make estimates.

Do you guys have items that you wear every day, helping you to cocoon yourself in a comfortable sartorial routine? I pretty much build all my outfits from these items, which is probably why everything I own is black/goes with black.

THE LIFE I LEAD

So, this is the first blogging opportunity I have had in a week, life is busy. First of all, I love all the comments my last post received (even though it was super banal)! I don't care if it's shameless blog-promotion, or people returning comments as a courtesy, it's so satisfying and ego-boosting to know that people are reading my ramblings.

I'm working two jobs, so I thought I would share a couple pictures from one of them. Sometimes I don't appreciate what a beautiful view I get every single day. People pay good money for this view.

Also, I'm doing Summer school at uni right now which sucks. I met the most privileged girl in the world on my second day. She was complaining about an amazing job at a large finance company in Sydney that she has lined up. The opportunity came up because the company director is her parents' friend and he literally begged her to work there. She got the job over other genuine applicants and the way she was talking about it, so unaware of her own privilege and derisive of the position and the other applicants made me so angry! Naturally, most of this anger arises from jealousy.

That's enough ranting. Here is a shirt I had made for my boyfriend, which was supposed to be a Christmas gift, but it arrived super late. He LOVES Fresh Prince.