birthday bonanza, outfits and a Topshop or two, or SIX

So - birthday is OVER.  You may be pleased to note that I did indeed find some birthday cheer; in fact I pretty much sprung out of bed yesterday morning.  Was greeted by the still pajama-clad bf (and pooch) wielding the following lovingly wrapped presents:

Yes - that is a handmade card.  And yes again, it does say 'Happy Toats Birthday' on the front. BF humour.

And YEP - that is correct.  TIFFANYS.  Very exciting - now I am even more jingle jangling than before; people at work can always tell I am coming like some sort of oversized cat.  Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but I am pretty happy with my new locket charm nevertheless.  Including the Gorman coat, Latopic gold sequin blazer and the Rachel Gilbert leather jacket from Ma, I also received an amazing voucher from a fabulous Moroccan themed bazaar, plus a 12 month subscription to the holy bible - Shop Til You Drop.  Not a bad haul really - think I did rather well this year.  Then, to top off my morning - DELIVERY ALERT:

Parcels contained 1x Sass and Bide raffia neck tee (SUPER cute - love love LOVE that neckline), 2x open knit jumpers (one is from Sporters and the other is Alice in the Eve) and then 1x pair super hot Zara coated jeans with zips.  Love.

Birthday day outfit selection:

So - this outfit was something I created quite randomly that morning but was rather pleased with the outcome; you know its going to be a good day when this happens.  Featured Zara star print blazer, worn over a Country Road taupe leather spliced tee with a Sass and Bide tie die silk singlet underneath.  Worn over the Neon Blonde wet look zip jeans, and finished off with the Tony Bianco black peep toe wedges.  Done and dusted.  And yes - I am wearing a leather tshirt to work.  In Ballarat. At a pet retailer. This just proves that anything is possible.

Day progressed quite well.  Chose a white chocolate mud cake as my birthday cake of choice in the office (majority ruled that vote - the Accounts girls were eager to cake it up from about 9:20am), placed a refill Nars makeup order from Kiss and Makeup NY, and received a bunch of gorgeous lilies delivered to my desk.  Awwww.  Not from the bf - he is hardly the flower delivering type - but huge thanks to my Mum, stepdad, sis and future bro in law.  Spoilt.  Flowers:

Yes, that is the SMALLEST deer skull going around in the background.  Say hello to Mini Skull.  Note - that is a section of my lounge room; my office 'cubicle' is no where near as exciting.

Thai for dinner; over-indulged in roti, massaman, panang curry and coconut milk dumplings a little too much and the movie plans for afterwards were dismissed as once again I was falling asleep at the dinner table.  Came home to watch my new 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' - in half an hour I was snoring  Rock on huh?

Then - birthday over.

Today was rather underwhelming compared to the attention packed present filled birthday extravaganza of the previous day.  Work was busy, day was freezing, nothing much exciting was going on.  WAH.  Here is the outfit of the day:

SO.  Today included another new combination - variety is the spice of life as they say.  Today - I had the new Topshop green and black polka dot tee, worn under the green and black striped Camilla and Marc blazer.  The new Zara coated zip pants got a first outing (unfortunately I spent the day alternating between having the crutch down at my knees and then hitching them up - tons of fun.  They are, very disappointingly, too big.  WAH.  They are just too nice that I am going to persist regardless; potentially I might whizz a seam in on the sewing machine.  MUCH easier said than done - that may have sounded like I know what I was talking about but guaranteed I would stuff it up.  Ill probably just sell them on eBay instead).  And all finished off with the tan spliced Trenery wedges. Tada.  I rather like the green and black overdose; bright and colourful sit without being over the top.  Fab.

SO, to cheer myself up and add some much needed interest into my day I placed a quick $175 6x item order from Topshop.com.  Why not I say.  All sale items, and all fabulous.  Here:

Yes I have bought the same top twice but in two separate colours - but it looks like a winning shape.  And look how all those colours work in together; I spent quite a while fiddling around with my 'added to bag' items - reducing it from $320 to $175.  All must have items.  Delivery is anticipated for June 6th - WOOT.  How cute is that bulldog jumper?

So that is about it findettes.  No eBay buys today - bidded on a few items but alas, it was not my day.

Tomorrow is a CASUAL DRESS DAY - better go and lay out my outfit.  DENIM, here I come!

FFIFY xxx

PS didn't buy anything from the Gorman sale after all.  Was tempted by a TON of items, but have decided to save my money for my Melbourne bound shopping trip with Ma this Saturday.  Zara... I am coming to get you.....