This post contains ALL the things (plus I couldn’t think of a headline)

September 15, 2013September 16, 2013 / Lisa

Where to start this week?

How about a picture of Joseph Gordon-Levitt cuddling a kitten?

Or this video of metronomes ticking out of sync and then slowly ticking as one. It’s pretty cool. It’s science!

J.K. Rowling announced a new Harry Potter universe film series based on Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them. It will be epic.

If you’re confused about what is going on in Syria, this is the best read out there and explains it in pretty simple terms.

Julianne Moore has been cast in Mockingjay as President of District 13 Alma Coin. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I may have to read the book again to see if she fits, but it is Hunger Games, so it *should* be good.

Miley Cyrus released her video for Wrecking Ball and while it has caused controversy, (honestly, why would you make a video of you riding a wrecking ball naked?) I do actually like the song. Don’t judge me.

This is a good read on plus-size models and begs the question as to why plus-size clothing isn’t modeled by those who are actually “plus-size”.

Last weekend I binge watched Orange is the new Black and have since been reading up on the real life of Piper Kerman. I’ve already found a copy of her memoir by the same name, so it is next on my reading list, but there are a few articles I’ve found which are good reading.

From Marie Claire: ‘Life Behind Bars’
From The New York Times: ‘Prison: Day 1’
From Marie Claire: ‘The Mistake That Nearly Cost Me Everything’

Finally here a few images of a bunny with tiger cubs from The Guardian this week. It’s like they want to play with it and not eat it! Nawwww, bunny.

My debit card slipped, honest.

September 14, 2013 / Lisa

I *may* have made another ASOS order.

Whoops.

The clothes are so cheap! Don’t judge me.

Here is what I eagerly await: (Which reminds me, I should really do a follow up blog on my first order! Another day…)

T-Shirt Dress in Skull Print:

T-Shirt with Jewel Shoulder:

Legging with Biker Detail:

And lastly, this Cat Face Ring, OMIGOD:

I made a few adjustments to sizing this time around, as I found the two t-shirts I bought in my first order were a bit too big and when worn actually super baggy.

Hopefully this lot turns up next week! (Along with the purchase I made from City Chic with the 20% off storewide.)

Aussie Curves – $50 Outfit

September 13, 2013September 13, 2013 / Lisa / 4 Comments

This week’s Aussie Curves challenge is $50 Outfit. As it turns out, I spend way too much on clothes. Not just I buy heaps of clothes, but I don’t necessarily buy cheap ones.

I was racking my brain trying to remember how much I paid for this and how much I paid for that. And it turns out most of my wardrobe is made up of things that tend to make a $50 outfit very hard to compose.

There might have been one point where I logged on to City Chic’s website to see how much I paid for certain items in which Man Piece then wanted to know how much I had spent in the year.

He was shocked and I thought it could have been higher. That figure? $2000. Yes, I have spent that much on clothes just from CC in the last year. Whoops?

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

And so to this week’s outfit. I struggled, really struggled, but in the end, I found something.

It also helped that Sydney decided to hit a high of 31 on this particular day, thus allowing me to wear less clothes, and making this challenge slightly easier.

I picked this dress up during one of my trips home to Wellington this year. I found it on the sales rack at CC Lambton Quay and I hummed and haa’ed about it for a few days, but eventually went and bought it. It was only $20. Bargain.

It came with a belt – not this one – I couldn’t find the thin one it did come with, so I substituted in another belt that came with a different CC dress.

I paired it with my pair of black leggings with lace panels down the sides, which I paid $30 for.

This tunic has a cut-out in the back, makes it a little bit different and a bit cooler.

The necklace I am wearing is from Trelise Cooper. It was given to me/free in an NZFW gift bag one year which my flatmate at the time didn’t want.

I didn’t include shoes in this one as I had run out of budget! But also, by the time I took these photos, I’d taken my shoes off, plus I only wore jandals. Nobody wants to see my jandals again, do they?

Dress, Belt, Leggings: City Chic
Necklace: Trelise Cooper

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September 9, 2013 / Lisa

This week Christian Gray was cast in the film adaptation of 50 Shades and Australia got a new Prime Minister. Again. Rumours are we’re heading back to the 1950s. Who said time travel wasn’t possible?

Now for this week’s worth articles worth reading. (Or last week’s, I’m a day late in posting.)

As already mentioned, Christian Gray has been cast – it’s Charlie Hunnum. Many will know him from Sons of Anarchy and while I appreciated his good looks, I’m not so sold on whether he can pull off the part. Anastasia will be played by Dakota Johnson.

Yeah, this dude:

This article just makes me really hungry. I’ve never seen food look so good before.

It was announced this week that the next season of True Blood will be it’s last. I’m kind of happy about this. It did lose a bit of its appeal in the latest season. Go out while still semi-on top.

I really need to try and remember a few of these Mac Hacks, cause honestly, some of them are awesome. Others I already knew, obvs. Life changers, seriously.

And now it is time to look at tiny cats with tiny hats.

It’s the Mad Catter:

Soz for all the Buzzfeed linkages, but Buzzfeed is where it’s at, yo.

Also, I’m a little bit excited City Chic has introduced the TDF jeans as shorts.

Aussie Curves – Vulnerable Side

September 8, 2013September 8, 2013 / Lisa / 6 Comments

When I read that this week’s Aussie Curves challenge was your vulnerable side, I had no idea what I would do.

I have spent all week thinking about it and looked at what other people have done, just to try and understand (as this is all still new to me) what to do.

In the end, I chose an outfit which I don’t wear often because it does show off certain assets which I still tend to hide.

Let me back track a little bit. I have been overweight my entire life. I don’t remember a time when I actually considered myself a ‘normal’ size. (I blame society and the media for putting this idea in my head, because really, what is ‘normal’?)

Growing up, throughout high school and well into my years at university, I hid my body. I covered it up and wore very unflattering clothes. Baggy t-shirts, ill-fitting jeans, hoodies and board shorts – yes board shorts! – were part of my normal wardrobe. I never wore skirts and I certainly did not own dresses. Looking back at photos makes me cringe with how badly dressed I was.

This does come in part to what clothes were available to me. Small town New Zealand doesn’t have many options. In fact, 10 years ago plus size clothing didn’t offer many options. I wore what I was comfortable in – what society thought I should be comfortable in – and I was ok.

When I finished university, I was incredibly depressed, but as I was treated for that, I began to come out of my shell. My confidence grew, I became more body positive and I started to dress differently.

This partly coincided with plus size fashion really starting to take off and I finally discovered City Chic. I fell in love instantly. I have not stopped shopping with them since.

My transformation from being a wallflower to building self-confidence and becoming ok with my body was helped in part to actually being able to find clothes that fit me and that I liked. Knowing that I was not alone also played a huge part.

Even though I still have days, or even weeks, where I hate my body for what it is, I am very far from what I thought of my body back in high school (even though I’m bigger now than I was back then). I’m now comfortable showing off my arms, showing a bit of boob and even sometimes my legs, in all their glowing whiteness.

This dress, from none other than City Chic, shows the above – baring my arms for all to see the flabby-ness and my boobs. Yes you can see my bra, but I don’t care. At least I’m wearing one.

I’m still a bit uncomfortable when wearing this dress, but today I kind of didn’t care – Sydney got up to 30 degrees, so the less clothes I wore, the better.

My confidence and body-positivity are still growing. They grow with reading fellow plus size bloggers’ stories, seeing what they are wearing and finding new clothes from new places which make me feel awesome. (Like ASOS, I’m falling for ASOS in a big way.)

Dress: ‘Hello Sailor’ from City Chic
Leggings: Moda from Target
Shoes: Target

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