Wishlist: Winter Warmers Part 1 - UNDER $50

Okay, it is getting seriously cold in Melbourne these days. Which means I'm staying indoors more and more often, with all my creature comforts on hand (blankets, hot water bottles, mismatched socks and ugly matching tracksuit outfits). However, my sister and I are planning a trip to the UK and Europe at the end of the year, and I keep telling myself that I need to get used to the cold temperatures while at home so I'll be less likely to freeze solid when it comes around to the December/January winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

For a lazy house bug like me, the effort of wearing actual proper outfits each day (let's be honest, maybe three or four days a week) is beyond irritating. Being an adult is seeming less and less appealing with every added responsibility. Anyway. I've been slowly building up a wardrobe of winter clothes, including sweaters, coats, knits and jackets. In typical unoriginal 2010s style, the 90s turtleback seems to be the ultimate winter item. Roll neck, cowl neck, turtleneck, whatever you want to call it, I'm 100% on board. Super easy to just throw on with a pair of dark jeans, boots and a coat or hat for an easy, effortless (some minor effort required) minimal winter look.

Here are some of my picks for a budget of $50 or less!

ASOS Sleeveless Roll Neck Tunic in Rib with Split Sides - $49

ASOS Jumper with Roll Neck - $43

Atmos&Here Perrin Roll Neck Knit - $49.99

Alive Girl Almaty Knit - $50

New Look Grey Cowl Neck Swing Jumper - $20.12

Glassons Funnel Neck Jumper - $49.99

Glassons Curved Hem High Neck Jumper - $49.99

Glassons Split Back Merino Blend Jumper - $49.99

Wishlist: Black Sandals (Yes, it's nearly the start of winter... No, I'm not crazy)

ASOS: FACULTY Leather Flat Sandals - currently $31.37AUD (link)

ASOS: FIRESTORM Leather Sandals - currently $49.02AUD (link)
 

  

ASOS: FIZA Flat Sandals - currently $31.37AUD (link)

New Look: Hoola Black Elastic Flat Sandals - currently $19.61AUD (link)

OOTD: Not enough uni makes a girl even lazier than usual

ASOS Cable Pom Beanie (here)

Cotton On 'Miranda' Denim Shirt (similar here)

Cotton On 'The Crew' Black T-shirt (here)

ZIGGY 'Swizzle Sticks Jeans' in Bright Blue Denim (here)

Converse All Star Ox Plimsolls (here)

So this semester (MY FINAL SEMESTER, EEEE!) is mostly done via distance/online education. I really only go on campus once or twice every fortnight. Prior to starting classes, I was super excited to have all this free time. I think I believed (for some unknown, unjustified hopeful reason) that this meant I would become magically productive, and spend all my time doing amazing, useful, effective and efficient things with all this wonderful *free time!* But, sadly. Reality has hit, and I'm two weeks in and have done barely anything except clean my room a bunch of times, organise every folder on my laptop and donate a bunch of clothes to charity. Well, I'm happy about that last one, but it's not highly beneficial to me sorting out my life and (scary word ahead) 'career,' on the large scale. 

Also, not having to go to uni means not having to dress up nicely every day during the week. Or even, ahem, get dressed at all. After two days of just wearing my pyjamas and then my work uniform for the evenings (I did shower though, promise) my brain was telling me to make one of two choices. (Yes, my brain talks to me. Myself and my brain are two separate entities. Ask Karl Pilkington about the scientificalness).

1. Throw out all your clothes and just wear pjs to uni on the rare occasions you actually go. Or:

2. Get out of bed you lazy sod, get dressed and go outside because you're actually starting to look a bit pale and that isn't really even biologically possible. 

So here's what I mustered up today. The usual 'lazy girl uni uniform' of beanie, t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. I used to dress nicely for classes. Something about post-grad study makes me even more dull... Anyway, so on another note, today I also started doing my readings/taking notes properly, and I'm (kind of) determined to make sure that I do well this term to keep up my marks. Let's see how long this lasts...

PS: That's Harry Styles behind me, not a random phantom human. 

PPS: A cut out. Not actual Harry Styles, unfortunately.
PPPS: I remember kids used to always write 'PSS' in primary school. No. It's 'Post Post POST Script,' not 'Post SCRIPT SCRIPT SCRIPT.'

Purchased: Don't wear hats on windy days

I have a massive problem with hats. I own a handful or so, but hardly ever get to wear them because the weather is so tempermental here, and there is usually at least one bout of extreme windy weather during the day. And I typically make bad decisions, and wear hats on the most extreme of these windy days. So I kind of purchased this ASOS hat really hestitantly, knowing I would probably wear it only once or twice in the winter months to come. Hashtag 'I make silly decisions when there is a 20% off sale.'

ASOS: Felt Fedora Hat, currently $29.41  (link)

I usually have a great experience with ASOS and have only had around 2 complaints in the past 4 or so years I've been purchasing from them. Usually this arises from a discrepancy between the photos provided on the site, and the actual quality/fit of the garments themselves. The fedora photographed above is pretty accurate to reality - although it's a lot wider brimmed on me than on the model. However, it's also quite stiff - the felt is not very pliable and I'm not too sure if it'll relax and become more 'floppy' as time goes on. I hope it does though, because the brim looks a lot nicer when it's relaxed rather than very stiff and awkward all around. I do love the pinched top though, and it seems like it'll go with a lot of clothes in my wardrobe.

PS: Sincere apologies for the crappy Photobooth photos, but my iPhone is atrocious when it comes to focusing and my camera charger has disappeared into Narnia or something. *bows out apologetically*

Regular Dosage: Rain rain, go away

 

I spent the last few days away in Phillip Island with a group of teenagers from my church. We enjoyed the time immensely, three study sessions of Hebrews 12, plus ample free time to spend at the beach, fishing, playing card and board games, mini golf, cooking and (my personal favourite past time) playing music. A few guitars and an electric drum-kit and some pretty creative and amusing individuals made for some interesting improvised lyrics. It's just too bad that the weekend always ends so suddenly. Back to reality and back to work! 

The weather in Melbourne has been shocking. It's the second week of summer, but you'd never guess it, considering the non-stop rain we've had today. I actually wore a coat and scarf. I should be wearing shorts and singlets now! I'm also considering bringing my heater back out of storage. Boo!

Happy Monday!