Classic Casual {She Wore What}

by Melissa {Suger} on May 20, 2013

in Outfit Posts

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Saturday when I packed my bags to head to Liv’s disco party I had to put together an outfit for our day spa adventure, organised by the team at Blog Power events, yesterday. I packed two outfits, this one and a peplum, stripe skirt thing that I’d planned to wear if I could be bothered to suck in all day. HA. It turned out yesterday was not one of those days. So I opted for this one. Casual cool thanks to a long line tee and ponte pants {leggings as pants basically}.

I wasn’t in it for long anyway. As soon as I arrived in my rather shabby condition {tired, a wee bit hung over and sporting some seriously teased hair} I was ushered into a room to change into my robe. What followed made these photos possible, the team at Beautiful You Hair, Nails & Spa made me human again. From head to toe. Thank goodness for that.

The hair is probably my favourite, though the makeup is pretty darn amazing too. There’s just nothing better than a nice treatment followed by a blow dry. Hello flickable and silky smooth hair. A far cry from the teased, poofy ponytail I’d arrived with. Thank goodness for these woman. It was the perfect end to the MOST perfect weekend.

Best time since my birthday party in March! Seriously. Awesome. Now shhhh, getting back to work today is going to hurt my brain. I’m sure. And I just don’t bounce back from late nights and over indulgences like I used to. Let’s not talk about the probable relationship to my advancing years, shall we? HA. Now if only I had the gorgeous team here to get me ready today!

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Jacket – Autograph {size 18}
Tee – ASOS Curve {size AU20}
Necklace – Lovisa
Pants – Target {size 22 gifted}
Shoes – Target {gifted}

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Seriously, best jacket ever!

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Show Time.

by Melissa {Suger} on May 18, 2013

in 2013, My Family

Last night we went to the show here in Gympie. I decided to take my camera because I just knew all the lights and colours would be WAY too great to miss. And they were! I decided to share some photos here because once again I’m not that motivated to write anything. Meh. Long weekends will do that to a person. As for the photos, I compressed them so I could add heaps. Sorry if it still takes you a million years to load. Enjoy!

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A Black Shift Dress for Winter {She Wore What}

May 17, 2013
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Goooood morning you gorgeous things!  It’s a bit of a late start here this morning. It’s show day here in Gympie and I slept in. I snuggle myself around my ridiculously gorgeous Hubby and enjoyed the slow start to the morning. I woke up with an idea of what I would wear today. I’d been looking [...]

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Running through my mind.

May 16, 2013
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It’s a tough game this running thing. I’ve become quite dependent on my brother to not only keep me accountable but to push me onwards. I’ve been scared to be really truthful about it. Scared I won’t do it, scared I’ll let myself down, scared of actually injuring myself and scared that maybe I’m just [...]

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Stripes and Boyfriend Jeans {She Wore What}

May 15, 2013
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Well this post has been a little while coming. I’ve been looking for a suitable pair of boyfriend jeans for a while now. A month or so ago ASOS went nuts and was all of a sudden covered in them. Then I had to choose whether I wanted ripped ones, dark ones or lighter washed [...]

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Are you curious about the E in Suger?

May 14, 2013
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Well hello out there Sugers. Nice day for it. So curiosity got the better of you, did it? you had to pop over and find out how this all happened? How the heck did Suger start? How did the ‘e’ end up in there? Some of you will have heard this one, especially those who [...]

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Aussie Curves: Leather, sort of. {She Wore What}

May 13, 2013
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I’ve never really been interested in leather as far as clothing goes. Handbags, yes. Shoes, certainly. But skirts, pants and jackets, naaaah not really. I blame that episode of Friends when Ross wears leather pants and sweats up a storm in them, takes them off and can’t get them back on. It created a bit [...]

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Black and White. {She Wore What}

May 10, 2013
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So in the interests of sharing my favourite work outfits with you guys, here is the latest. This peplum top, stripe skirt combo gets trotted out at least once a week. I add a blazer for my chilly office {hello a brisk 19 degrees all year round, ick} and I’m all set. The classic black [...]

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Budget Fashionista: Staying Current & Maintaining Your Wardobe. {Part 5}

May 10, 2013
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Welcome back to the final official part in the Budget Fashionista series. Thanks for playing along, for pinning, for sharing and for letting me know how you’re going. Always the best bit, seriously. So today’s post is about how do you keep up with latest trends, colours and style when you are a Budget Fashionista? [...]

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Suger in the Brush Up scene from Grease!

May 9, 2013
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Sponsored by Colgate Australia. Well good evening Sugers and welcome to the event you have ALL been waiting for. Or are sick to death of by now, I’m not sure. The launch of a new slim bristle toothbrush from Colgate Australia prompted me to step out on a rather skinny branch. My video acting début. [...]

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The clickity clack of keys.

May 9, 2013
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I wrote a whole post once about grammar and spelling snobs only to find that the interwebs was alive with people complaining of the lacklustre nature of bloggers these days. I decided not to publish it because who wants to be accused of lacklustre blogging. Not I said the fly. But maybe that was the [...]

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Being Brave {She Wore What}

May 8, 2013
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My style is pretty classic. Straight lines, basic combinations and lots of black  I blame years of working in corporate environments where the majority of money spent on my wardrobe was spent on black or charcoal suits, pinstripe button ups and modest heels. Mostly modest heels. It’s taken me YEARS to add a bit of colour and fun to [...]

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Aussie Curves: Time Saver {She Wore What}

May 6, 2013
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Time saver week for Aussie Curves meant one thing for me, what do I wear when I need to get out the door fast. There could only be one outfit for today and that’s the maxi dress. The more stripes the better I think. I throw them on, loop around a belt or throw on [...]

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Why did you have kids? Or want them?

May 5, 2013

I read this article titled “what not to say to a childless woman” by Wendy Squires at www.theage.com.au today and it basically became my best friend. Because it says so much that I’d love to say but worry that by saying I might hurt the feelings of someone who meant well. I had no idea [...]

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Spots & Stripes {She Wore What}

May 3, 2013
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There are only a few things that are frowned upon in my office in terms of the dress code. I like to think that I’ve changed their mind on both of them. The first is colour and the second is sleeveless attire. When I first arrived I was reminded almost weekly of the dress code. [...]

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Budget Fashionista: Reuse, Restyle, Recycle & Sell {Part 4}

May 3, 2013
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Today’s post is all about making the most of what you have, adding unique pieces to your wardrobe and turning over old clothes for new ones. Like Talia said the other day, sometimes you just have ZERO budget for new clothes. For me, there’s just nothing more depressing that staring into a wardrobe and not [...]

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Are muscles the new hipbones?

May 2, 2013
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In the nineties it was all about being the thinnest version of yourself. Collar bones, hip bones, ribs. the more bone on display the better. Addict chic and all that. Bit by bit over the past decade we have rallied against it. Rallied against the unrealistic expectation that is the ability of all woman to [...]

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Thai Inspired Pork Noodle Soup.

May 1, 2013
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When grocery day arrives with all the buying, the carrying, the loading and unloading, packing and unpacking no one EVER feels like cooking. EVER. There’s all this fresh beautiful produce sitting there staring at us and cooking takes effort we can’t really muster. BUT there’s one thing that helps, saves us from ourselves and the pizza menu [...]

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Dressed Up. Dressed Down. {She Wore What}

May 1, 2013
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I’m a sucker for winter. I’m also a sucker for believing it’s colder than it is and then being over layered up. Hence this outfit that I ended up scaling back before the end of our outing. Phew. Hot. This outfit though pretty much represents ALL my favourite things. Blue, jeans, button up, woolen jumpers, big hair [...]

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Running for Big Girls or Newbies.

April 30, 2013
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Here’s some things I learnt about running, or as I like to call it, power shuffling, when you’re carrying extra weight. Let’s face it, if you are fat {I tried to find more delicate words, it turns out there was no clearer way to say it, so there you go} running can be very stressful [...]

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