Some days I dress...

like I work in an office... 

other days I don't... 

below is one of those days... 

My go-to outfit for work is definitely a dress of some description over leggings/stockings with a belt...
That's actually what I'm wearing today.. though not this particular dress.. tho I am wearing the same belt!

 Dress: ASDA; Stockings: Internacionale; Belt: Thrifted; Boots: Department Store, Taiwan; Necklace: Old..

 I love these boots because they actually FIT me!! And I didn't need to get them stretched or anything!! (small miracle!) Tho... the buckles have a tendency to attack my stockings and many a pair of stockings have been ruined by them... *sigh*... I took them to get re-heeled a while ago and the lovely folk at Timpsons also filled in all the gauges I'd managed to take out of it and put a new coat of something on them to make them look fabulous again.. (tho you can see I've managed to dent them already.. don't ask me how I manage to take a chunk of of the side of my heel... I'm talented like that... - I blame escalators - )

Happy Hump Day!!

Dressing "Corporate"

So, you may have gathered that we're not the most corporate looking office in all the land! (Thank Gawds!)
But one of the big higher-ups was here from London yesterday and we had Bank people coming for presentations, so I thought I would actually dress the part rather than schlep in just in anything that's vaguely passable for office attire..

Here's the result:

 Shirt - TM Lewin (on sale); Skirt - Next (Outlet); Shoes - Primark

Earrings - Violet Reaction; Nails - Shellac (I shoulda taken note of the name of the colour.. oops!)

 The mister arrived home just after I did, so silly photo taking ensued!!

That's our front door.. I kinda like having a black door...

 I love the little "fishtail" detail on the back of the skirt.. can you see it??

Below is what it looks like close up.. but you can kinda see how it kicks out in the photo above..

 Buttons and a W-I-D-E waistband to keep the post lunch tum in check!

 I adore the print on this shirt!! 

The bossman thinks it's pretty snazzy too... he told me!! ; )

(Tho he might not have said "snazzy".. but in my mind he did and that's what counts.. right?)

Well there you have it!! I clean up pretty nice eh?? :D It's past my home time and I think it's stopped raining finally, so I'm going to run the gauntlet and try to get home without getting rained on!! Wish me luck!!

The Monday Greens~

The trouble with Mondays... apart from the whole having to be at work thing... is that it's a whole FIVE days until the weekend... bah!! At least each day brings up closer to the weekEND... it's only Monday and I'm longing for the weekend.. oh dear... anywhos... X's filing is seriously making me lose my will to live.. I've done some of it.. but I'm leaving the rest of it till tomorrow.. can I just say it seriously does my head in when he sends me things to print.. which are ONE page... ONE PAGE!!! Surely it can't be so difficult to hit the print button!?!?! Or walk across the office to collect it from the colour printer.. seriously.. it's 10 steps (I just counted) with my 5'5.5" legs.. so it's probably like 6 steps for him!! GAH!! /rant

Anyyyywhos... so.. I got to work... couldn't find my swipe card... must have left it in the pocket of my jeans which I wore Friday... oops... super annoying as our bathroom is outside the office, so you need your swipe to get in after you go to the loo... GAH!!  I also left my phone at home... not such a huge deal seeing as I don't get many calls/texts anyways.. but still.. majorly annoying!! I also somehow forgot to put my rings on, so all day my hands have felt kinda naked.. do you get that?? It's the same feeling as forgetting my watch.. tho I usually put my watch and rings on at the same time.. so I really don't know how I managed to put on my watch and not my rings...??? *le sigh*

At least I have yummy ribs to look forward to when I get home tonight... they have been cooking in the juices which also cooked our yummy pulled pork last night... I think I will pick up some coleslaw and bake some cornbread and that'll be dinner!!

To counter all this ranting & gloominess... I had a fun convo with the bossman as I was nipping out to pick up some more herbal tea..

bossman: nice tights today caz! they're the brightest things I've seen all day! (he gets to be pink because it's his favourite colour - no joke!)

(yup, I still had my trianers on.. I don't bother changing out of them unless we have visitors to the office..)

me: what about my nails?

they look much brighter IRL! like almost fluro green..

bossman: holy geezuz! are those all your own or are they fakies? (grabbing my hand to have a look)
me: they're mine..
bossman: they're nice, you have nice nails.. 

Yup.. those are seriously the type of conversation I have with my bossman.. weird much?? I love it tho.. I've always been lucky and had super cool bosses & managers that I've gotten along well with and have had super casual laidback relationships with.. I've been lucky to have higher ups that I've never been afraid to approach with problems I'm having at work or questions, for fear of them thinking less of me or whatever... And I think that's why I don't really tend to have problems at work.. yea, I have a rant and a moan about things like when X is doing my head in.. but for the most part, they are just trivial things, and once I get it off my chest, I'm ok with it.. but I've never been afraid to ask questions when I don't know or have been unclear about something.. but I also have just normal everyday conversations with my higher ups..

I once had a bosslady say to/ask me "Isn't my husband a hottie?".. Luckily her hubby was indeed a hottie so there was no debate whether I should to lie or not! Though looking back, it probably coulda been a super awkward situation, ie. does it seem like I've been checking out her hubby if I say yes?!?! will she be flattered or offended by that??!! :D but it wasn't at all, it really just felt more like if a bestie had asked me, and I was quick to reply "yup huh"..

So I guess I really shouldn't complain about work.. I work in a pretty relaxed environment (which is perfect for me) with some pretty awesome people (most of the time! ;] ), everyone has a great sense of humour and some days it doesn't feel like work at all!!  Anywhos.. speaking of work.. I should probably get back to it!!

How goes your Monday??

Mary Celeste~

That's what it's felt like at work all day.. two of the girls don't work Fridays anyways,  two more left at lunch time to head up North to tackle the Caledonian Challenge this weekend.. (crazy people!).. another left at lunchtime to go to meetings, one arrived well after lunchtime after a day down South yesterday, Ms K is in Paris.. so there's pretty much been about 3 or 4 of us here for most of the day!!  I've typed up two emails, gone to get bacon rolls, gone to get sweet treats for afternoon tea.. and that's about as much work as I've accomplished today.. I have been reading reviews on scanners to scan my films from my lomo cameras as taking the film to Boots is producing horrendous results!!  Oh, I've also spent the day googling random information, such as the Mary Celeste & Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.. to answer ridiculous questions posed by the bossman...

Anywhos.. I have some time to kill before leaving to go meet the mister for dinner.. so I thought I would do my outfit post whilst at work.. (everyone else has gone home, so I have the entire office to myself as a backdrop!) Thought you might like something that's not my super messy cluttered living room, for a change!!

As you know from here and here, I usually wear funny shirts to amuse the boss man on Fridays, but seeing as we're out for dinner, I thought I'd try to dress a little fancy.. tho it wasn't warm enough to get me outta my jeans! Here's what I'm wearing...

Top - Glassons; Jacket - Nikita; Jeans - thrifted (Marks & Spencer); Shoes - Fitflop

Oh hai!! That's my bootie... 

I love the tie up at the back of the top.. and the funky print on the back of my jacket...

Necklace - Violet Reaction; Earrings - gift

I apparently lack the skill to take photos of earrings while I'm wearing them.. but they're cute hanging on my wallet! 

We had a yummy dinner.. I'll post about it soon!! 

Shirted Maxi

Yesterday morning, it was bright, sunny and promising!!

Yesterday lunch time, we had torrential downpour..

Yesterday afternoon, it was sunny again...

I was feeling a bit slovenly, and also like I really really wanted it to be sunny and warm..

So I decided I wanted to wear a maxi.. yet somehow had to dress it up enough for work..

This is what I settled on..

 Shirt - Workshop, NZ (I've had this shirt for YONKS - like since uni days.. when I was much thinner... hence why it's a bit tight now.. *ahem*.. I don't even know if Workshop still exists... :[ )

Maxi - Internationale; Sunglasses - Pennys (Primark); Earrings - Violet Reaction

Thoughts? Opinions? How would you dress up a maxi for work??

 Because the mister was around to take my photos.. there was some mucking around..

Happy Friday!!

One Skirt, Two Ways

I got a new skirt and I've been a bit iffy about what to wear it with...

I wore it to work last week with a purple top...

 I wore the red boots on the way to and from work but changed into flats at work... 

Skirt - Great Plains via secretsales; Boots - Dr Martens via secretsales; Top - Primark; Necklace - Violet Reaction

 Today I wore it to work with a white shirt...

Shirt - H&M

I think I prefer it with the white shirt.. but I'm trying to find inspiration of what else I could pair the skirt with...

Suggestions/Thoughts on a Postcard please!

(I'm not as severely pissed off as I look in those photos! Promise! I just feel super awkward taking photos of myself when running back and forth using the timer..)

One Dress, Two Ways

So it's been some time since you've gotten to see one of my outfits, today you get two looks in one post! While I was going through my "Outfits" album, I came across these photos of me in my blue French Connection dress.. I have no idea what it's called.. I just know I bought it in a sale.. :) 

Look One - Work

 Necklace - Thrifted; Bracelet - Roatan; Boots - Gift from Oz

 Look Two - Cara's 21st Party

 Necklace - NZ (somewhere equivalent to a Claire's); Earrings - me; Shoes - Primark

So there you go.. One Dress, Two Ways.. Obviously the first way was a while ago when I still had long(ish) hair! :)

You wore WHAT to work??!! #2

Well, my first "You wore WHAT to work?!?!" is my most read post on my blog so far... topping out at a whopping 57 views! So I thought I'd do another one.. because.. well.. why not?? Keep in mind I wear these things with the main purpose of (trying to) amuse my boss... as opposed to, so I can do these funny posts about inappropriate work attire... (although this could be a big motivator from now on!)

This past Friday's casual Friday outfit looked a bit like..

Yes folks, that's correct.. I sported yet another threadless t shirt to work..

This shirt to be exact... 

('scuse the mess in the background! - I wore shoes when I was at work.. for the most part.. :D )

boss: what's that on your shirt today?

me: *turn to show him*

boss: haha, I just now realised what the cloud is

me: some days this one *points at seated teddy* is X...

boss: you mean most days!?

me: hehehe

boss: actually that's probably me! huh?

I didn't have to heart to tell him he is much more bearable than X most days!

For a start he lets me use him as a punching bag... muaahahahaha...

He brought it upon himself for pointing out how big his guns were one day... 

I will also randomly shoulder barge him at will... mostly because he insists on standing in the middle of where I'm trying to walk... he really brings it upon himself! ; )

Bracelet from a market in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ring, custom made by Pie

Shellac purple nails from Conetta & Co. (via voucher)

Ceramics

Well, I have been rather slack with my blog posting recently, due to many long weekends with which I lazed around the house and accomplished as little as humanly possible while still maintaining some meagre form of existence... 

So here is a post about a weekend a while back when the mister and I went to paint ceramics~

I bought vouchers from one of the many sites I'm signed up to.. I think itison or LivingSocial provided this fun afternoon out... and we had meant to go for many weekends but for some reason or other managed to not get round to it... (mostly due to the fact that we usually sleep in till past midday on weekends, then by the time I've made us brunch and we've pottered about the house, it's about 3pm by the time we're "ready" to go anywhere... hmmmm..)

Anywhos!!

Here is the mister working on his projects

My workstation...

Notice I even put a little skull and crossbone on the bottom of my mug! ; )

Yours truly, concentrating...

Bracelet by my friend Ducky over at Duck and Cover Designs

As part of the voucher, we also got a tea/coffee and a cupcake!

My outfit de jour

 Coat & Skirt: Old Navy, Shirt & Sunnies: H&M, Leggings: ? 

Watch: Adidas (bought with a groupon to help Red Nose Day)

Bag: George by ASDA £2 (hoorah clearance sections!), Shoes: Miss KG at Debenhams

Here are my finished products!!

Mustache mug.. hehe

Bird of Paradise Oil/Dressing jug.. 

Reversible tashe mug!! :D

Oops, I forgot to photo the mister's finished products.. but mine were cooler and far cuter than his!! ; )

I know I had a super fun day.. and I think the mister did too... (aside from the loads of screaming children at a b'day party.. eep!)  

So, if you're stuck for ideas of things to do.. why not look up if there is somewhere to go and paint ceramics?? It's a fun way to spend a few hours and you get something to show (off) at the end! (Well, probably a week later when you have time to go pick up your projects after they've had a good bake in the kiln).  I'm rather proud of my efforts!! What do you think??