One Dress A Day

Yesterday evening Lady B and I had the pleasure of attending the launch of One Dress A Day. The magic is literally in the name, One Dress A Day is the first ever online store to add a completely new limited edition dress style every single day. No more waiting around to access new stock, in fact if you want to you can get yourself a different outfit for every day of the week. 

So, we ordered our free Uber cab (more about that later) and headed just down the road to the Jupi Showroom. 

On arrival we were greeted with cute bottles of bubbly and other sweet treats...not paleo but 100% necessary to keep your energy levels up when browsing jewellery and sparkly garments. 

I had a quick peek at the site before the launch and I have to say that the pieces look even more eye catching in real life! As you know by now the Dirthouse Queens and I love a big night out on the town but like most curvy girls it takes a lot to find outfits that we feel confident and sexy in. I really love the styles that One Dress A Day provide because they highlight your womanly bits in a really flattering way so that you can slay men while feeling comfortable well into the night!

Lady B's favourite was the Barcelona dress as worn by Olivia Palermo if that means anything to you (to be honest I think the woman is a bit of a wanker but the beading on this dress is really gorgeous).

My pick was this Milan Beaded Shift Dress $199. I don't know whether it was the champagne or the seriously sparkly embroidery but just looking at this LBD put me in a trance. It instantly reminded me of the 1920's which reminded me of Palmer and Co...I could already envision myself walking into the establishment in this dress and finding Mr. Ryan Gosling Lookalike waiting for me by the bar holding a old fashioned in one hand and a coupe style champagne glass in the other. Hmm...

And then I was immediately thrust back into the 21st century as a tray of buttery vanilla cupcakes approached where Lady B and I were standing. Yes please.

We also got to have a cheeky look at the new Kardashian Kollection, after much anticipation Kimmy K and Co's range has finally hit Australia, woo! If anyone knows how to accentuate curves it's got to be these girls right? As I was flicking through the designs I was delighted to see that this new range really covers all basis from sophisticated work attire to something a little sexier for the weekend ;).  If you like the look of any of the dresses I mentioned above including my beloved Milan Beaded Shift Dress head to One Dress A Day's website now! Its 15% of all dresses today and free shipping worldwide...woot woo! www.onedressaday.com 

After we left the launch we decided to head up to Crown Street for some dinner. The Winery on a Tuesday night? Why not.

When at The Winery one must always sample many different wines.

And then we agreed to meet Queen L at The Clock Hotel for one last drink before we all headed back to The Dirthouse.

Because Lady B works in the media she is always in the know about cool promotions. If you live in the Sydney area grab your phone from under your bed (why I hide my phone under my bed) and download the Uber app now! Until Friday 12pm there is an awesome promotion where you can trial the Uber service for free, not only once but twice! Thats two cab rides up to the value of $30/per ride for free. Even if you don't have somewhere special to go I recommend you utilise this awesome offer. Heck pretend you're in an episode of Gossip Girl and get a cab to uni or to the gym...now thats totes Upper East Side.

Thanks again to One Dress A Day for the fab launch...Lady B and I had a great time and absolutely loved the gift bags.

*clear beautifully photographed images provided by One Dress A Day and shitty grainy images provided by my dodgy iPhone 4s.

True Love

So Queen L and I have found ourselves single at the same time.

As you read that you probably started to construct a seductive image in your head - a vivacious red head and a well-spoken brunette sitting side by side sipping red and planning future single girl conquests.

If you did, well thanks...it gives me hope, hope that Queen L will soon slide her ass off my now dead arm and i'll be able to put the lid back on the Ben & Jerrys.

I can see white, which means i've made it to the bottom of the tub. It was a solo mission. I look to Queen L for recognition but she's too busy fingering a jar of Nutella and eyeballing a small child who's singing his heart out on the TV.

"His eyes are too close together, it's fucking disturbing".

What's fucking disturbing is that we're now kind of spooning but not in the sexy girl-on-girl way. We lay like this for several ad breaks.

Every now and then theres an uncomfortable noise that resembles an old dog crying, thats just one of us realising that we have to get back out on the dismal Sydney dating scene.

"Do you think I'm hot?" Queen L asks me

"Looking at you now in your old yoga tights with the crumbs forming on your Kmart hoodie and chocolate residue hanging around the sides of your mouth I'd have to say no - "

She takes in what I say but doesn't bother to do anything about the chocolate around her mouth.

We then continue to sit in silence and although I'm a little sad that it's come to this, I'm glad that I've got my wing woman back.

Today we eat, tomorrow we conquer.

Success & Nothing Less

The past week has been both physically and mentally challenging for me, hence the lack of posts.

I think there is one quote in particular that is responsible for the sudden change of pace in my life...

Usually when I see this quote on Instgram I find myself scrolling past it faster than a cat picture. Why? because even the picture itself scares me. 

The way I see it is - why do scary shit everyday when you can just cruise harmoniously through life doing fun, enjoyable and relaxing stuff instead? We all know the answer to that. 

I will explain how this relates to the week I've just had after I give you a little background info...

For the last four months I have been unemployed. For the first three months when people asked me what my job was I would over compensate for the fact that I had no job by saying stuff like: 

"I don't have a job at the moment because I am a full-time university student, in my last semester of my degree and I am also a blogger and I'm trying to expand my audience by doing a lot of promotional stuff which takes up a lot of time and I actually planned to be unemployed because prior to my current occupational status I was working in public relations and at a bar and did I mention that I'm a full time university student campaigning to stop men from shaving their chest hair?"

Fuck.

And no matter how hard I tried to convince them, they would always give me the same look which pretty much said "ah yeah, sure thing you massive bludger". 

And then under a month ago my attitude changed and I found myself going from the huge, exhausting response above to just:

"Well, I don't have a job at the moment"

I still got that same look but I figured that I was the lucky one who had all the free time in the world to do the stuff I love. 

And didn't I absolutely milk those four months for all they were worth...

I moved a lot

And sat on rocks and pondered the meaning of life

I exercised my baking skills

And pondered some more...

I drank a lot of tea and read a lot of free magazines that I picked up on the street (could no longer afford my beloved trashy weeklies and monthlies) 

I ate a lot of breakfast in Surry Hills - for research purposes only ;) The Surry Hills Breakfast Club

And moved some more

And cooked some more

And then combined my love of moving with my love of socialising 

And spent every spare second by the sea

Of course there was more to the last four months than just moving, socialising, cooking and pondering...I also did a fair bit of heavy research based study (blogging)... 

You could say that my life was pretty amazing...perfect even. I was sublimely happy doing a whole lot of nothing, that was until last week when I was scrolling aimlessly through Instagram and bam there it was again. I tried to scroll past it but my page wouldn't refresh. Refresh you bastard refresh!

So I decided to face the quote which immediately made me feel guilty because the truth was that I hadn't done one scary thing since I quit my job. Just because I hadn't been out of my comfort zone in a while didn't mean that I hadn't watched others around me face their fears and reap the benefits. 

I watched an incredible girl apply for a promotion and get it, my brother decide that he was going to go for school captain (which is something I chickened out of in high school because I was too worried that people weren't going to vote for me), watch a close friend completely conquer his fear of public speaking and a girlfriend break up with the guy she had been with for five years. These were just a handful of the cases that I witnessed and while my family and friends were facing their fears what was I doing? Sitting on a rock somewhere and making up problems in my head to ponder. 

So, I decided to actually stop fucking around and do something everyday this week that not only made me feel a little bit uncomfortable but scared the absolute shit out of me. 

This is what I came up with:

• I walked into a place I could see myself working at and applied for a job
• I put myself through a ridiculously awkward Skype job interview with the two owners of the company that I wanted to work for
• I stood up in front of 50 strangers and pitched an idea that I thought people would think was a massive joke (and not in the good way)
• I fitted a bra on a nude middle aged woman and then tried to convince her I knew what I was talking about when it came to luna beads
• I told a guy who I like absolutely everything on my mind no matter how stupid or insignificant it probably sounded.
• and for the first time in my life I allowed a room full of people to brutally anaylise and pick to shreds a personal portfolio of work.

The result?

• I got a job that I actually LOVE
• I made new friends 
• I got constructive feedback on my writing style
• I was accepted by a room full of complete strangers for my outrageous idea
• I learnt that luna beads are increible for strengthening your pelvic muscles and that middle aged women will pay over $200 to have them strengthen theirs
• Had the guy I like look at me like I was a bit of an emotionally unstable dickhead but the new outlook I gained outweighed the awkwardness of having the conversation.

Just by doing something that frightened me everyday I experienced some really incredible gains. I also experienced more developments in my life in one week than during an entire four month period. Thats not to say that I didn't nearly shit myself everyday this week. As you can imagine after four months of unemployment I wasn't exactly equipped to handle the stress that I was suddenly putting on myself.

So look the moral of this story is that doing shit that scares you is not fun in fact it can be fucking horrifying but that is why it is so important that we challenge ourselves everyday. Removing ourselves from our comfort zones once in a while is essential to our development as strong capible human beings. Like an instagram feed we can coninue to scroll through life or we can stop and take a look at the bigger picture, honing in on the aspects of our lives that can be improved just by making a few ballsy choices. Without fear, without weakness we cannot truly experience life's great successes...yeah you might feel like you're in over your head but its better to be out there in the rat race than sitting on a rock somewhere pondering the life that you could have if you were just brave enough to go and get it. 

Go get it baby ;)

Happy Birthday Lady B

I woke up this morning blinded by the sun streaming in through my balcony doors. I was suddenly greeted by the mother of all headaches, last nights outfit lay on the ground beside my bed. I get up and slip on a mens singlet, I’m parched and my calfs burn from a massive night of dancing.

I walk downstairs, no one else is awake. While I wait for the kettle to boil I count four sticks of lipstick, three empty Elle champagne bottles, two battered limes and one empty 1 litre bottle of Absolut.

I put a few heaps of instant coffee in a mug and reach into the bottom of the fridge for a carton of milk. I pour the liquid into my cup…it’s thick and grainy. I consider throwing the whole coffee out. My brain pounds against the inside of my head. Fuck it.

I sit on the ledge facing the backyard and sip the highly caffeinated drink. I notice two bruises on my legs and a massive blister on my left heel. I hear a mans voice and the sound of footsteps. With one swift movement I untie my hair and let it fall around my face. 

I turn to greet a complete stranger. 

Rewind 12 hours...

Happy 25th Birthday Lady B xx