Years ago, I was wearing that frock and someone asked me if I was wearing ‘national costume’. Hell knows which country would choose this kind of cacophony to represent their nation, but if they want me as their chief designer, I’m in.

Oh, and I guess I need to end this with some type of ‘lesson learned’ from ‘Buy Nothing New Month’. Well, I learned that we have a lot of clothes, an excessive, ridiculous amount. I knew that.  I also learned that it is very difficult to photograph your family EVERY DAMN DAY!

IT SUCKS!

Especially when you have hay fever half the month! My eyes are killing me!

And, we’re away on holidays for the last five days this month, so all this has had to be posted IN ADVANCE!!!

The upshot is that I’ll be auctioning loads and loads of this stuff off on eBay in the next month and donating all moneys made to the Australian Heart Foundation. I am running for them in the 2012 New York Marathon. I’ll post here when stuff is up, so keep your eyes peeled!

Then, after the auctions, I’ll probably feel free with a little bit less. Oh, and buying myself some flat summer shoes, and some Salt Water Sandals for Saffy. She loves those things!

And here, on the blog, I might do a once a week post of what we’re wearing as it is a great way to record the kids growing up. I’m not sure which day yet.

Buy Nothing New Month, I bid you adieu!

Samone wears:
Unknown dress – bought it from a girl that used to have a shop on Brunswick Street five years ago.
APC wedges

Saffron wears:
Op shop hanky as headscarf
Small Society dress
Duns dress (as t-shirt)
Moroccan shoes a gift from the lovely Tanya

Jasper wears:
Bonds baby hat as some type of skullcap
Smafolk tractor t-shirt
Pumpkin Patch shorts
Moroccan shoes a gift from the lovely Tanya

Saffron wears:
T-shirt and skirt from Animal Protection Society Op Shop, Cheltenham
Ric-rac as belt
Mother’s badges
Oobi socks
Yo Gabba Gabba Vans

Jasper wears:
Small Society long-sleeved t-shirt
Munster shorts
His sister’s socks
Yo Gabba Gabba Vans

Samone wears:
Extremely bad hayfever and ensuing puffiness. You goons are SO lucky my eyes are open!!!!!!!!!!!
Karen Walker dress
Gorman belt
APC wedges (I am starting to question open-toed shoes … perhaps they’re not for me. While my beautiful Pa Pa used to always call me Tadpole,  I never realized till now I am SO OBVIOUSLY part frog.)

Jasper wears: 
Munster t-shirt and shorts
His sister’s socks
Yo Gabba Gabba Vans

Saffron wears:
Chalk and Cheese frock
Oobi socks
Melissa shoes
Brooch from mother’s collection

Samone wears:
Karen Walker dress
ALL cardigan
Target socks
MM6 by Maison Martin Margiela wedges

Jasper wears:
Cried wolf Kermit t-shirt
Munster shorts
Gumboots

Saffron wears:
My Poppet P&O Oriana tunic (was a dress when she was one year old)
Olive’s Friend Pop knickerbockers
Salt Water Sandals

Samone wears:
Eley Kishimoto dress
PAM cardigan
Tenoversix pumps

Jasper wears:
Thai tourist t-shirt hand-me-down from his mate Sebastian
Munster shorts
His sister’s socks
Converse riddler boots

Saffron wears:
Princess dress
Gumboots
Mother’s selection of brooches
Hairclips

Samone wears:
Romance Was Born dress
Eley Kishimoto x Tatty Devine necklace
Tights from sock kiosk near foodcourt at Southland Shopping Centre
Eley Kishimoto shoes
Saffron’s My Little Pony

Today we went into the city and waved at a shocking pink hat passing by on a tram!

“Tally ho! Toodle pip! And all that!” we shouted.

“Kids, that was the Queen!” I advised.

“I’m a princess!” Saffron replied.

And then she showed everyone her undies.

Jasper wears:
Sudo blazer
Munster t-shirt
Mother’s assortment of royal commemorative badges, and his own awesome pirate badge
Munster jeans
Bubble Gummers shoes from Salvos, Cheltenham
Splodges of strawberry smoothie made in mother’s Thermomix

Samone wears:
Karen Walker dress that has served her well since 2007
Tights from the sock kiosk near the foodcourt at Southland Shopping Centre
Shoes made by herself

Saffron wears:
Olive’s Friend Pop party dress
Mother’s badges
Salt Water sandals
Splodges of strawberry smoothie made in mother’s Thermomix

Dudes, I is totally off my head on Telfast hayfever tablets, so that’s why I look so crazy-town enlightened in my beam of light there.

The kids, I can’t explain.

It’s also been a while since I dressed up as a piece of Wrigley’s chewing gum …

Jasper wears:
Rubiks cube pendant (mothers collection)
Munster hoodie
Munster jeans
Bubble Gummers shoes from Salvos, Cheltenham

Saffron wears:
Bobo Choses top
Olives Friend Pop knickerbockers
Marquise tights
Her brother’s boots

Samone wears:
PAM dress (that I haven’t worn since I was six months pregnant and bursting at the seams)
Minty coloured tights from the sock kiosk near the foodcourt at Southland Shopping Centre
Andrew McDonald shoes

Dreary! Drizzly!

Jasper wears:
Jumper and shirt from Animal Protection Society Op Shop, Cheltenham
Jeans from Cotton On
Slippers from Salvos, Cheltenham
Own eyeball joke glasses

Saffron wears:
Jumper from Animal Protection Society Op Shop, Cheltenham
Pumpkin Patch dress
Big by Fiona tights
Salt Walter sandals
Ric-rac as headband
Mother’s Tatty Devine brooch

Samone wears:
ALL dress
Nadinoo cape
Tabio tights
Andrew McDonald shoes

Today’s hot, clammy, and moderately gross weather forced me to remove my opaque tights while driving down Sydney Road! Talented? No doubt, but it was an EMERGENCY CONTORTIONIST PROCEDURE as I faced down some type of skin suffocation from the toe-hip bone.

Death by opaque tight is a phenomenon restricted to when Melbourne’s summer goes all steamy/tropical. If I wanted unbearable humidity, I’d go hang out in our bathroom which doesn’t have a single openable window!

Samone wears:
Romance Was Born dress
Necklace by Venessa Arizaga
Elliot Mann Karen bag
Crap opaque tights that are too thick, too spandex-shiny in the morning sun, and so ready for the bin.
MM6 wedges by Maison Martin Margiela

Jasper wears:
Pumpkin Patch cardigan
Munster t-shirt
Munster jeans
Yo Gabba Gabba Vans

Saffron wears:
Rittenhouse long-sleeved t-shirt
Sudo jeans
Walnut shoes
 

We hit the op shops this morning to top up the wardrobe for the rest of this challenge, and nabbed some great knits. As you can see, Jasper wasn’t too keen on his woolly wonder!

YEEEEEE

HEEEEEEEEEE!

Saffron wears:
Knitted jumper from Animal Protection Society, Cheltenham
Olive’s Friend Pop knickerbockers
Sunglasses from Animal Protection Society, Cheltenham
Badges from mother’s collection
Iggy and Loulou x PAM necklace from mother’s collection
Mismatching socks from the odd socks bag
Salt Water Sandals

Jasper wears:
Knitted jumper from Animal Protection Society, Cheltenham
Munster shorts
His mother’s socks
Yo Gabba Gabba Vans
Briefs from own collection

Samone  wears:
Romance Was Born dress
Eley Kishimoto cardigan
Tabio tights
Shoes made with her own hands

And, in second photo:
Knitted jumper from Animal Protection Society, Moorabbin.