Chronicles of Zannia: outfit

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Practice

I started trying out my camera's remote control as promised; but you can probably spot it in all the pics!

Wearing: Thrifted jacket | Mink Pink jumper | Spicysugar pants | Rubi shoes boots | Sportsgirl beanie

I started this blog with the intent of sharing my (sometimes carelessly thrown together) daily style.
I'll admit I have been incredibly slack on this front. I watch fashion and lifestyle bloggers post pretty pictures daily and I think, How on earth did you find time between eating and sleeping and working to do that?
But I've realised: there is time in any day to be photographed and chuck it up on the computer. It just takes massive dedication to take those photos on your own. Trying to get a full-body shot is a nightmare! Perching my camera on top of cars, asking my 13-year-old brother to help (who, by the way, currently has a broken arm), holding the camera as far as I can from my face without dislocating my own ligaments...
I did exactly all of that for you today.
But tomorrow, TOMORRROW, I am going to do something different.
I am going to unwrap that nifty little remote control I ordered on eBay last year, and brush the dust off my tripod.
Yeah I know, how genius am I to actually use my resources?

Look forward to it.

When it's cold

Reporting on a surf comp in Margaret River, I had to rug up to keep warm!
Heaps of fun chatting to the contestants, crew and crowd.

Wearing: Kmart beanie | Temt jumper | Thirfted bag | Spicysugar pants | Rubi Shoes boots

You want to know something ridiculous?

These shorts!

I ordered them on eBay, on the basis of this picture:

Here they appear to be white, lacy, and pretty.

But in reality they are so super gawdy it’s not funny.

Actually, I lie. It is very funny, and I had a great time joking about them with Mum.

“They look like something Liberachi would wear!” she squealed.

Time to resell them, or cut them up and make a pin cushion.

Kindred spirits

This is my beautiful friend, Narelle.

Today she said she was posting a surprise for me on Facebook, and I later discovered this image of sunshiney delightfulness!

"I'll put flowers in my hair and take a pic for you when I get home!" I told her.

Sadly the sun wasn't anywhere to be seen, but I still enjoyed the fresh smell of the jasmine pinned to my tangled locks, and took a photo for my buddy, with the feeling like we were sharing fun times despite being states apart.

I like the contrast between her warm pic and my seemingly cold one.

My brother Louie and I had fun taking a few snaps while we were at it.

Top- Just Jeans; Boots - Rivers; Stockings - IGA.

That 70s style

Hey guys, I'm on holidays in South Australia at the moment, so been too busy to post. However, here's a quick look at my new fave boots for you!

I picked them up on a shopping spree at Harbortown with the lovely Narelle, and am absolutely smitten with their retro-ness. With my rockin' hand-me-down shirt from Dad, denim jacket and headband, I feel like I've just walked out of the 70s; gotta say I'm inspired by the way Stonefield rock that look all the time, see here.

Shirt - vintage; Jacket - op shop; Jeans - Just Jeans; Boots - Rubi Shoes; Headband - originally a belt from Target.

xZ

When you're sick but have to dress up

I came down with a cold on Tuesday and it's swept me up in rapid and annoying stages:
a razor-blade sore throat, raspy voice, onslaught of mucus, and a constant stuffy/runny nose.
I feel good about the whole fast stages though, because as intense as they've been, the quicker they come, the faster they'll go, right!?

Anyway.

I had a movie premiere planned in my work diary for weeks - it was tonight.
So at 4pm my editor said, "Do you want to go home early and get ready?"
I was like ahhhhh no. Dressing up, putting on make-up, shaving my legs.... falls at the bottom of my 'things I'd most like to do' list!
But I had to do it anyway, trying not to look at my pajamas or bed/wish I could be in them.

My job at the premiere was quick and fun :) I couldn't hear people very well with my blocked nose/head but that was okay, I could tell they were all saying nice things to me haha!
I met some producers/actors that I didn't really know until I got home and Googled them a little out of curiosity.
A cute guy that was trying to talk to me turned out to be the actor in Lockie Leonard, Puberty Blues and CloudStreet, by the name of Sean Keenan.

I literally stayed just half an hour, then came home and got in my jim jams. Ahhhh yes.

Have you ever had to get dressed up when you really didn't want to?

Ps. Don't ask me why I decided to blow my photos up x139409 times bigger on a day when I'm sick and run down, but I felt like it. You can't tell how much I'm sniffling and coughing in between :D.

Dress - Modcloth / Boots - Rivers

Some simple advice and an awesome shirt

Don't dress for your job; dress for you.

Why? Because the black pants and white shirt combo brings no fun to your day.

As a journalist I try and keep a 'smart' appearance, but never plain.

This is my favourite shirt from Modcloth, and denim jacket from the op shop.

Just another outfit post

Usually I'd wake up on a Sunday and chuck on trackies and a band tee.

Today, I didn't.

To market, to market

Karen and Joe, the friendly seafood stall guy at the Saturday morning market.

Casual weekend attire.

Bowie wanting to bounce all over my legs as soon as I try to take a pic.

Hey guys,

Today was pretty awesome so I feel like sharing.

My English friend Karen had a rare Saturday off work, so I showed her both the Margaret River Lions Shed sale and the Farmer's Market. Not surprisingly, she loved them! :)

While enjoying the busy market and the morning sun, I took a heap of social pics for the paper.

One of the people I approached was a lovely man selling seafood.

His stall was out of the way and didn't seem to be getting much attention, but Karen and I were keen to see what he had to offer.

He was so excited to be in a photo, that he trawled through his van to find his business card and a laminated piece of paper that displayed feedback from his past happy customers. Cute.

We chatted for a bit about Portugal, his home country, and then went to leave, but before we could he stopped us and said, "Wait, you have to take this with you!", and went back to his van.

He grabbed two jars of marinated octopus/prawns and told us they would be lovely just on their own.

We were so stoked!

Such a friendly character, made me smile :).

I'll get back to you on what the octopus tastes like haha.

After browsing and tasting all the free samples, Karen and I just sat in the sun eating fresh apples and mam-mams (mandarins) until we had to take our jumpers off and find shade.

That's right, winter is waning! Well, almost. We also went to the beach (in bathers and all - so hopeful!) but it wasn't warm enough to swim so we just lazed on the sand and looked at the plants that the community planted there a few weeks ago.

Hope you had a super Saturday too, whatever you did!

A spot of dancing

Just doing a little dance!

I love my new skirt!

From River Island, ordered from ASOS, it's a full circle skirt covered in wicked sick polka dots.

I wore this to Friday night's gig at the local tav, featuring surfie band: Band of Frequencies.

They started out sooooo mellow - with a screen showing footage of the ocean and dolphins, whilst they played slow, relaxing and slightly eerie ocean noises/music. Then they kicked it up a bit with vocals, melodies and beats.

I (almost) peed myself laughing at the hilarious dancers. Honestly, I could never fully describe them through text - you'd have to see it to believe it.

There was an older man - bald head, tall and skinny frame - who was jigging about with straight arms and legs, looking "like a corpse" in Karen's opinion. He had such a serious face on which made it funnier! His friend, another older man, was proud that he'd mastered some sort of bum wiggle which he did constantly (haha!). A younger guy jutted about like a chicken. And then this woman.... short and full of attitude, was owning the dancefloor and dancing with absolutely everybody as she thrust about. She took her dancing very seriously, looking very focused and not caring about who was watching.

When Kazza and I hit the df (after spectating for most of the show) we simply imitated all those we had seen until we were laughing too much.

Wearing: Jacket: Factorie; Top: Target; Skirt: Asos; Leggings: Myer; Boots: Rivers.

Smells like springtime

A cheeky match-up between my nails and bra.

I'm kidding myself if I believe it's even close to spring - Margaret River has been pretty cold and dreary lately, but that said, we had some amazing weather on the weekend.

I was inspired to wear a floral dress from Modcloth, available here, and even made myself a flower crown in my hair.

It's super easy to do - just make two plaits at the front of your hair, and bring them around to connect at the back. Secure them with bobby pins and then just poke some flowers in the plaits.

I ended up putting white floral stockings and boots on, but for a while, it felt like a floaty, free spring day.

Modcloth on a Monday

This post is purely to show off an intensely wicked sick cardigan that arrived in the post today!

While some people are out wearing kitten printed cardis, I have skulls. I freaking love it.

That is all.

Cardigan can be found here.

The shirt and jumper combo

So this is my favourite go-to outfit of late - a basic shirt, under a cute jumper. The above is what I wore to plant trees by the beach on Saturday; the below is what I wore to work today.

What's your favourite outfit at the moment?
Or something you'd like to try?

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