Smaggle Style

I did a naughty on the weekend. I paid $180 for one pair of shoes. I know it’s evil. I could feed a small African nation for months on that amount of money but I can assure you I had no choice in the matter.

These are the shoes. Disappointed? Yeah so was I. I LOATHE spending money on shoes that I can’t dance in. They don’t even sparkle. If I’m spending above $30 (yes, I am actually that tight) I want the most spectacular shoes on the planet - gorgeous, comfortable, make me drop a dress size in seconds and they should come with a free overseas holiday and a packet of Jelly Tots. As you can see I’m having difficulty coming to terms with the fact that I just spent about a years worth of thrifting money on ugly shoes. Ugly shoes that GAVE ME BLISTERS!!! Blisters in my rolling high arches. I have HIGH ARCHES that ROLL. Does that sound like a contradiction to anyone else? In case you haven’t caught on to my bitter tone I started my fitness course this morning. My trainer is a sadistic prick. I can’t remember exactly what it was that we had to do in the obstacle course (my brain tends to block out pain) but it went something like this - Run a kilometre, stab yourself in the thighs with a fork, run a kilometre, get your legs run over with a lawnmower, run a kilometre, break some bricks with your butt cheeks, run a kilometre, have a whole football team stamp on your arms, run a kilometre and then finish it all with a lovely session of being punched in the guts. I had to run through this obstacle course 10 times in one hour with no breaks wearing the Fugly Blister-maker shoes and the jerky trainer refused to administer morphine for my pain. I have a plan though. If I manage to make it though my Monday, Wednesday and Friday sessions every week for the full 6 week period I will allow myself to buy the beautiful shoes…

It’s a happy coincidence that they are released just as the course is finishing and I don’t even mind that they don’t come with a free overseas holiday… or a packet of Jelly Tots.

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Today was quiet in my little office because Browny is away. And it really sucks - I feel like I have been in solitary confinement all day. I went over to my friend Ted’s office to get her to take my photo and we had a little chat about our bridesmaids dresses. Oh yeah I totally forgot to tell you - I get to be a bridesmaid in November! For two of my most favourite people in the whole world who are getting married! And the bridal party is made up of my best mates! I can’t express my excitement through exclamation points but I am sure you’re getting the jist of it!!! This afternoon I am going to my fitness assessment and then I am having coffee with my lovely friend Sally. Tonight I’m cooking a lovely tofu stirfry that I invented for Mr Smaggle and we’ll drink tea and watch Grey’s Anatomy…

* Black skirt from Tree of Life

* Black singlet from Cowboys and Angels

* Black top from Target

* Black wrap top from SES

* Brown flats from Payless

* Black opaques from Myer

* Belt from BCBG

* Ring from Dinosaur Designs

* Scarf from Sportsgirl

* Black headband from Diva

* Green resin necklace (under scarf) Smaggle Made

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

My delicious friend Ged passed this store in my direction and I am seriously considering packing in my job, moving to Japan and becoming a Master of origami… and I’ll probably eat a lot of sushi too.

The store is called Fruccidesign and is based in San Francisco. Go and have a gander at the store it’s pretty spectacular. I want the bangle to wear when I own an art gallery and I’ll start drinking short blacks and smoking mini cigars…

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

I signed up for a 6 week fitness course today. Moron. I’m going in for an assessment tomorrow afternoon. I can’t even slack off because one of my ultra fit friends is doing it too. So please think of me on Wednesday when I’m dragging myself out of bed and into my frost covered car for some early morning torture…

* Dress from Melbourne

* Cardigan from Stock jeans

* Black opaques from Myer

* Scarf from Sportsgirl

* Earrings 21st birthday gift

* Headband from Diva

* Boots from Boots for Broads

Until then I am going home to drink tea and clean out my bead box!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

I’m hideously lazy when it comes to updating my links page but these ladies will join the list as soon as I can tear myself away from the third season of Grey’s Anatomy…

Whimsical Nerd - 

This is Natasha from Chicago. She is quite simply adorable. Her style is super unique and I can just see her reading novels at old cafes and drinking tea out of a pot. She is a master of the head accessory - hats, scarves, pins - she totally rocks the cranial style.

Le Blog De Betty -

This is Betty from France…I think. Most of her posts are in French but she often translates them into English. She is so cool I almost hate her. She gives excellent styling advice and manages to wear the most controversial of pieces with such casual French ease. Her photography is awesome, her outfits are irritatingly cool and she is hot. And French. Damn it.

Strawberry Kitten -

This is Nadine from Germany. She is SO addictive. Like a little cartoon character…  she looks like she stepped out of the pages of a whimsical fairytale book. Her style is so surreal but still so versatile. She makes me want to wear Alice in Wonderland style dresses with bows in my hair. She also makes most of her own clothes. Puts Lady Smaggle to shame…

Fashion Fillers

This is Renee and I am not quite sure where she is from but she lives 5 hours away from Amsterdam. She is only 17 years old but her style is so developed it makes me cringe thinking about what I was wearing when I was 17. She wants to be a fashion designer and already makes a lot of her own clothes. She also wears high heels to school. Man, I just want to rewind my high school years and re-do them as her…

Kingdom of Style -  

This is Queen Michelle from Scotland. I am seriously slow on discovering this site but Queen Michelle and Queen Marie are goddesses of the blogosphere. Queen Michelle has that super tall, long legged, pouty style icon thing happening that makes me want to straighten my hair and commit to a life long diet of cabbage. They are like the cool kids at school that you were too scared to talk to… except that these ladies are lovely and they share all their coolness tips with you.

I have them all on my favourites and it’s part of my morning ritual to read their updates while drinking chai tea… It’s a lovely way to start the morning!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Here are a few fashion tips I picked up while wandering through the city last night. Just a few things I think everyone should know…

* If you can see your cellulite through your skirt it’s too small.

* Boys - If you want to get laid do not buy pants from Allens, Big W or K-mart. Especially ‘dress’ pants.

* It’s probably a good idea to put clothes on over the top of your underwear if you plan on appearing in public.

* Chunky glitter eyeshadow is nasty. It looks like that gel crap that came with that enlarged Barbie doll toy that terrified the children of the eighties. The one that was a life sized doll face that you practiced make up on and it looked like a severed head? 

* Flat shoes are more attractive than stilletos that have dug a deep ravine in your heel causing you to walk like you have a bar stool shoved where the sun don’t shine.

* Wash your hair.

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx 

I’m really bored today. Like a twitching little kid stamping their feet kind of bored. It’s really irritating because I actually have a lot of work to do and I am just all frustrated. Anyway I am about to head off and meet Mr Smaggle for dinner and see a silly movie. It’s a real Friday night for me this week which means I don’t have to work tomorrow!

* Skirt from some store in Melbourne I think

* Lace edged singlet top thrifted at Salvos

* Lace high necked top from SES

* Brown wrap top thrifted at Salvos

* Grey head band from Diva

* Yellow bangle from Diva

* Yellow opaques from Myer

* Earrings from Diva

* Shoes from Payless

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Okay let me set the scene - I have been looking for a banana shaped, long strapped, black bag for what feels like an eternity. Every bag available is either way too big or way too small so I have been on this whole Goldilocks trip looking for one that is just right. Well in the midst of my coloured tights and head band shopping extravaganza yesterday I spied the most perfect bag in the world. Medium sized with a lovely long strap I could wear across my body. No ugly over-embellishing or stupid metallic sheen. It didn’t even have one of those irritating bag charms (I am aware that they are removable but it doesn’t stop them from pissing me off) or weird stuck on bows. Just a simple design and the perfect size. The only issue was it’s colour. Yellow. Now I know I have been a total yellow fiend recently but that’s when we were talking about accessories that require less commitment than a bag.

I’m really not much of a bag girl. I like a large-ish bag that goes with everything, one that I don’t have to change too often. Could I cope with a yellow bag? Just as I was picking up the yellow bag for a closer look I realised that Mr Smaggle was about to call to meet me and I never hear my phone in my bag so I grabbed my phone and jammed it under my chin so my hands were free to look at the bag. Not five seconds after I did this I forgot my phone was under my chin and I raised my head to admire the way the perfect bag hugs my bum and my phone went crashing to the floor. As in every piece separated itself and went flying across the tiles in all directions. In the middle of my wee personal disaster I was delighted to see they also had the perfect bag in black. And for some strange reason I very calmly scooped up my phone and the perfect yellow bag and promptly went to the counter and bought it. And to be honest I am becoming rather fond of my little bag of sunshine.

My phone is pulverised and the screen will only work if I squeeze it first. And if you remember correctly I only bought the phone in March and spent hours decorating it Smaggle style. I guess people behave irrationally after they have experienced a loss. The moral to this sad tale? Life is too short to carry a black bag everyday.

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

Today was quite delightful at work. I had lunch with a friend and then had a quiet afternoon just catching up on things. This afternoon I’m off to buy coloured tights and some head bands and then I’m having soy infused vanilla tea with Mr Smaggle before heading to our Japanese class. Tonight I’m going to watch Ghost Whisperer - I think we get to meet Melinda’s dad’s ghost! Hell yeah.

* Beige skirt from Chin Chin

* I heart N.Y t-shirt from Mr Smaggle from New York

* Black singlet top from Cowboys and Angels

* Black cardigan from Target

* Red opaques from Myer

* Red wedges from Big W

* Leather charm bracelet Smaggle made

* Red telephone earrings from Dangerfield in Melbourne

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

I’ve returned to Etsy again. I’m so sorry. I hate myself for doing this to you but the cravings get to be too much and I must give in. For some incredibly strange reason I found myself searching for yellow hair accessories. I have no idea why. But I gotta get my hands on some of these…

ButtonBoutique

siiri

twolittlewrens

CourtneyWatson

RedaretheRoses

Don’t ask me why…

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx