A Love Like War

This is a highlight collective op shop haul, because if I were to show everything, this post would be very long! Sorry for my unsightly bruises/scabs on my knees, they were from when I fell over, and they are slowly healing. And excuse my weird poses or faces in some/all of the photos, I can't quite smile properly, because I have a big ulcer in my mouth from when I bit it when my face hit the ground, and the graze above my upper lip is also healing, so large mouth movements kinda are hard and a little painful. 

Enjoy the haul! 

Sleeveless Shirt: I liked the white binding detail of this shirt, and how the neck kind of forms a halter neck, but not really. Also this shirt is light and perfect for the impending hot summer days, the hot weather plays an important role in deciding what I buy from op shops.

Polka Dot Shirt: This shirt is a little big for me, so I think I will try to alter it, or just get my mum to do it for me. Polka dots are awesome and the reason enough to buy this shirt. 

Polka Dot Long-Sleeve Shirt: I was hesitant on buying this shirt, but I ended buying it because I thought it would make an effortless outfit with some skinny jeans/shorts or even tucked in a skirt, and the colour/print is quite versatile as well.

White Shirt: The collar drawn me to this shirt, it was interesting and original, it's clearly very big for me, so I may alter it, but it does make a nice over-sized shirt. The quality of material is also quite decent, it won't snag if I just accidentally run my fingernails along it. 

Hounds-tooth Sports Jacket: I was quite indecisive about this jacket as well, it does borderline on being grandma-ish, but I think with certain styling I can make it look modern and young. I also thought this piece looked quite street-style wear, so I'm excited to style this piece, although the weather is warming up. 

Striped Pink Shirt: My mum actually got this for me, she knows my love for "retro/vintage" shirts so well! I like the neck detail although I'm not actually sure the correct way to place them. 

Cropped Short Sleeve White Sweater: What drew me to this piece is how soft it felt, and the second that being cropped was just a bonus. I've been looking for cropped tops or tops I can make cropped in op shops recently, so I'm glad I found this. I can imagine this will go well with a lot of bottoms I currently have. However, it's sort of acrylic material, so I don't think I can wear this when it's warm. 

Yellow and Teal Cropped Tanks: These tanks were conveniently cropped which was awesome. I think they're just basic simple things I can throw on over blacks jeans or high-waisted skirts, when I'm feeling lazy. Also because they're over-sized, I can feel breezy as well. 

Sleeveless Top: I thought this top was super cute! Although it's a little big, I don't mind, I couldn't not buy this. I just love love the bow ties details, and pockets are just an awesome bonus. I can imagine myself wearing this a lot in the summer. 

Gold and Black Jumper: The material is pretty soft and I liked how it would be perfect to throw on when it gets chilly. I always like buying anything sweater and jumpers, because they're so easy to wear when I'm in lectures and they blast the AC. 

Pink Skirt: I was sooo stoked to find this skirt, the style is so interesting and I love the pop pink colour. However, I'm not sure if it's too small for me or it's meant to be that short. It's literally about 1 cm from showing my bottom. I think I'll wear some bloomers underneath or have to wear with stockings, because I'm uncomfortable showing my legs, let along my underwear. Anywho, this would have be my favorite find, it's "designer" brand as well, so the quality is amazing! I can't wait to wear it! 

Scarf: Last item! I got this scarf because I liked the floral print and thought it would be a fun piece to add to plain outfit. Although I'm doubtful how much wear I will get of this before I yank it off because it's just too hot, well maybe during lectures when the AC is sooo cold! 

That's all! Glad to see you guys on the other side, making it through all those photos. 

By Your Side

Blue Shirt Op Shop | Leather Skirt Op Shop (Originally from Top Shop) | Black Gumboots Big W | Mint Gumboots Asos 

Again, I have somewhat neglected this blog, I did write up a post that I was meant to post but I didn't like the photos so I decided against it. The past couple of weeks have been pretty hectic, flying to Sydney and Melbourne for the weekend, and of course my concerts; I will probably write up a separate post for those when I have time. It's coming near the end of semester and everything is catching up with me, mainly because I have been quite lazy all semester. I know there is a light, a massive one, at the end of the tunnel, which is my American trip but it is been occluded by the amount of work and exams that I have to do to get there. And I'm just taking it one step at a time, slowly because I will get too overwhelmed and feel quite weighted and down again.
Last week, I fell over while on my runs, pretty badly because I did hit my face on the ground. I managed to graze my face, palms and knees. Slowly it is healing but I still have unsightly knees which I'm hoping will heal a lot quicker because the weather is warming up and I'm getting quite sweaty. However, it has prevented me from going on runs, and I'm slowly reverted to my unhealthy habits. It was such bad timing, and also happened on Friday 13th, soo oooh freaky! I think I have lost some weight, or at the very least I feel so much more fitter and better, so I really don't want to undo all those weeks of hard work. It would be difficult to go back into that exercising routine.

My choice of wearing gumboots may look odd, because the day looked quite sunny, however it was the one hour of sun that day, so I took the opportunity to take some photos. The rest of day was heavy rain and apparently hailing, which I didn't mind because it's been so long since I've worn gumboots. Also I didn't wear my black ones, but my mint gumboots instead, because I wanted the pop and clashing of color. When I first bought this skirt at the op shop, it was a little tight so the fit wasn't that flattering, but I tried it on a couple of days ago, and the fit was so much better. Although I'm not sure if that was all in my head or not? It's real leather, and quite wrinkly from the folding, I tried to lightly iron the crinkles out but with not much luck. It's not worth taking it to the dry cleaners because I only spent $2 on the skirt, which is an absolute bargain though! Also you may have noticed something different about me, my hair is short now and I love this style. It is a bit more maintenance because obviously those waves aren't natural but it takes less than 5 minutes with the hair straightener so it's not too hard and time consuming.

There shall be a post hopefully in the next week about my weekends and concerts, and quite possibly an op shop haul because my op shops buys are growing exponentially!