A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned I had decided to track my expenditure on clothing and shoes for 2016, just to see how it adds up and how I fare against the supposed national average spend for Australian women of $834 per year. (As an aside, I've mentioned this figure to a few women and they seem to think it's low, and...

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Recently, I was contacted by Farfetch.com, inviting me to take part in a blogger competition styling the perfect look for Australia Day celebrations. When making my selection, choosing an Australian designer seemed obvious, so I cracked open my Polyvore account for the first time in ages and put together this simple selection from Scanlan Theodore: double top handle tote - $850, sleeveless shirt...

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Just before Christmas I was extremely pleased to win this gift pack of washy things from Thankyou via a giveaway by Kate at Loveface Beauty. If you don't already read Loveface Beauty, go check it out. It promises "kind beauty for cool women" and delivers - complete with LOLs and keeping-it-realness which you know is totally my jam. Anyway, the box arrived all present-like...

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Yesterday I had a blogger catch-up down at the Little City co-working space and got to meet / catch up with some of my fellow Radelaidian bloggers; Alice from My Kitchen Garden (who also does the social stuff and marketing for Little City), Jenni from Styling Curvy, Kim from New Mumma Kim and Tatum from Hardwood Digital to do some blog work. Well . ....

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In my recent post about looking a hot mess over the holidays, I sent out a plea to fashion retailers to supply short people who want to wear a proper bra with summer maxi dress options like the rest of our sista fashionistas. Judging by the comments on that post, it seems I am not alone, so I've gone on the hunt for...

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You might remember that last year, I travelled to Sydney for various fun activities and one of them included meeting the very lovely Christina. Christina is formerly of Love That Lippie and has recently (and sadly) retired from blogging. As a result, she had a massive cleanout of her impressive stash which she very generously parcelled out to friends. I was lucky enough...

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Some time last year, my friend Stacie sent me a photo of a magazine page given over to an ongoing series that tracked stylists on varying monthly shopping budgets, pointing out that one stylist was allocated $2000 a month.  Two. Thousand. Actual. Australian. Dollars. To spend. On clothes. And stuff. via GIPHY (Where do I sign? Which limb will you need?) I'm sure...

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Welcome back to Posh Picks for 2016! I do love a handbag, as my bagdrobe will attest: Vintage, new, bold, basic, budget or high-end . . . I suppose theoretically you *can* probably have too many but I haven't got there yet. What I do need is more occasions to be able to rock more of my Glo Mesh collection!  I got this...

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