My day today was kind of 'blah', for lack of a better word. Nothing particularly bad happened, but nothing good did, either. I thought I was going to have to go to a seminar, so I made sure to dress conservatively, but I didn't end up going in the end. While I do believe in being yourself and not conforming for anyone else's sake, if I'm going to a work conference where everyone else is going to be wearing black suits, I don't feel too comfortable standing out, so I will dress a bit differently than usual - but it's for me, not for them!
Today's shoes are from Irregular Choice, and if they look too big, that's because they are! I just can't work out the sizing for this brand. I have another similar pair of Irregular Choice shoes that are only slightly too big, but these ones, in the same size, feel a whole size too big. I think they're made for people with very wide feet, as seems to happen with a lot of the shoes I get from the UK, which is strange! Anyway, they're cute, so I put insoles & heel grips in, and I'm determined to wear them anyway.
I think mismatching shoes like these are cute and quirky, but wearing two completely different shoes, Helena Bonham Carter style, is probably not such a good idea!
My outfits this week have felt quite dull, so I'm going to be wearing some COLOUR tomorrow!
I have had skirt envy a couple of times this week. Skirts are probably my favourite clothing items, and I've seen girls wearing some really pretty ones this week. I'm sometimes tempted to ask where they got them from, but I can never bring myself to do it. Anyway, I got my blog name from this skirt I'm wearing here. It was the last one in the store when I bought it, and one of the girls working there said to me "You're the lucky cinderella," and I thought it was cute. 
My shoes are from Diana Ferrari, which I think is an Australian brand. I have a theory that a lot of Australian shoe brands have Italian-sounding names to give people the impression that their shoes are good quality (because people tend to associate quality shoes with Italy)... 
I absolutely love this skirt - I wish I could wear it all the time! It's longer than most of the skirts I own, which makes it a bit warmer and more suitable for Winter, and it has been getting cooler this week. I'm glad there's a trend for longer (midi, tea-length) skirts at the moment. 
My shoes are from Prada, and their story is that I bought them when I was in Canada late last year, because I really wanted the Miu Miu shoes I wore earlier on in the shoe challenge, but I couldn't find them in a store (I ended up getting them online later). They're really lovely, but I broke a few of my shoe rules by buying them (ie don't spend over $500 on a pair of shoes, don't buy too many pairs of sandals because they're not practical, don't buy expensive sandals). 
I felt very colourful wearing this today... Maybe too colourful, especially as it was a grey, rainy day. But that could also be seen as a reason to wear bright colours! 
My shoes are from a local brand, Alan Pinkus. I like their shoes, but I do think they're overpriced, and these particular shoes are basically copies of the red Valentino shoes I wore earlier in the shoe challenge. Anyway, I usually make sure not to wear satin shoes on days when it's likely to rain, but unfortunately I couldn't predict the weather today, and these shoes got really wet. I just hope they'll dry and won't be permanently damaged, because I have surprisingly few pairs of blue shoes and I need all of the ones I can get!
I bought this dress from a store I'd never been to before. When I see a new store, I am never too sure whether it's a place I want to shop at or not. It's easy enough to work out things like price and quality, but style can sometimes be more difficult. When I went to this store today, there were a lot of women older than me there, and it made me wonder whether it was more a store for older people. Anyway, I found some clothes I liked, and ended up buying 2 dresses. (I guess I have a more conservative style than a lot of people my age).
These are more Melissa shoes - I really do love my Melissas, and I wear them all the time. These ones are plastic but have lace on the inside, so they're still waterproof on the outside. They're clear and you can see through them (to an extent), which makes them interesting, I think. 
My shoes are from Betsey Johnson. For a long time I had nothing to wear them with, but I seem to have acquired a few clothing items in maroon/burgundy now. 
I feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland wearing this dress... Anyway, today's shoes are some flats I bought from a random store in town a couple of weeks ago (well, the brand on them is 'Barney and New York'... I see what they did there!). The girls in the shop don't speak too much English, but that doesn't stop them from giving their opinions on what you should buy, so shopping there can be interesting!
I usually spend a fair bit of money on clothes, but now more than ever, it's easy to find cheap clothes that are nice. The dress I wore today didn't cost much at all, but I just love the style. I'm afraid that 50s style dresses are going out of fashion in favour of awful 70s clothes, which will mean that it won't be so easy to buy dresses I like anymore. I'll still continue to wear the ones I have, though. 
It's not the best photo, as I'd just gotten up, and I didn't have any make-up on. Anyway, today's shoes are from Milana, which I think is a David Jones (department store) brand, and I've had them for a few years. They're not completely flat, and they do have a slight heel.
I suppose my style of dress could be described as 'tea party', so when I actually do have to go to high tea, it's difficult to decide what to wear because there are so many options! I'm going on Sunday with some friends, and I've narrowed it down to these three dresses which I haven't worn yet:
So I went to their website and tried to buy the whole outfit, however it didn't quite work out as planned. I couldn't get the belt in my size (and I'm not too sure about the whole wearing-belts-over-cardigans look anyway), I found the cardigan a bit plain for my liking, and the skirt also came in a pink/coral version (and if there's a choice between beige & pink, I'm going to choose pink every time!). So in the end, I bought the blouse and the coral version of the skirt, so this was my outfit today:
Both the skirt and top are slightly too big for me (that is the curse of being small! It's frustrating when people say "You're thin; you can wear anything," because it's not true!), but I quite like this outfit. It felt professional yet pretty, and coral is my favourite colour.
I am trying to experiment a bit more with my fashion choices lately. I never used to wear belts, but I've bought a few recently and I'm finding ways to incorporate them into my outfits. I think I'll try scarves next. Somehow I've never really worked out how to wear them properly; I guess they're not all that important here in the hot Australian weather. A friend of my workmate often comes to visit us at work, and she always wears all black with a coloured scarf. It's an interesting look, and I think I'll try it sometime (with some colourful shoes, perhaps). 
Today's shoes are red velvet heels from Collection, which I think is a Myer (department store) brand. They were available in navy blue velvet too, and it probably would have been more practical to get the blue pair, but I just couldn't resist the red ones!
I don't have much to say about today's shoes and outfit. These shoes are from a shop called L&J, I believe. I only went there this one time and bought 2 pairs of shoes. The girl working in the store recognised that the shoes I was wearing were by Vivienne Westwood, which doesn't happen to me often.
The colours in these photos didn't turn out too accurately this time. Anyway, I'm hoping that by the end of the shoe challenge, I'm going to be taking much better photos, and not hating photos of myself quite so much. I think I have a long way to go before I get there, though...
