Hello, beautiful humans – how’s life been treating you? If you’re anything like me, you might be thinking of investing in a “fragile, handle with care” sticker. It’s fine, we can all sink in and sit down for some retail therapy together.
By this point, you guys know me. When the going gets rough, the going get shopping. Unfortunately, life’s past months of blows have left your girl too broke to go shopping (although I do now have 1/4 of a car that’s due to blow up in my face, a month’s experience living alongside poisonous insects and up-to-date knowledge of the Australian reality television scene. So there’s that). Today, instead of what’s in your girl’s basket, I’m going to be sharing what’s on my wishlist.
Naturally, seeing as it is me, what’s on my wishlist is dresses. Because they’re pretty, they’re comfy and they’re basically a whole outfit in one, so think of how much money you’re saving on not having to buy seperate clothing types! (Yeah, yeah, we’re all surprised it’s not my clothing addiction that has caused me to be broke.) And, as per usual apparently, I will give you guys an ever-so-quick catch up while we are looking at said pretty clothes.
(And, as always, these are international sites, so wherever you are in the world . . . if you see something you like, do grab. These links are also affiliate links – y’all know the drill by now.)
Okay, I am currently obsessed with oversized, comfy dresses. You guys remember my “I’m moving to Australia OOTD dress“, right? (Probably not, but let’s go with it.) Well, that OOTD was a sign of things to come – since being here, I have been living for that kind of comfy chic.
Now, for the catch up side of things; let’s see how strained of a link I can make between clothes shopping and my life. So this dress would be perfect for work, right? Well, let’s take a look at my current working situation!
You guys probably already know that I left Melbourne to go do my farmwork back in March with my 3 Canadian pals, but that completely blew up in our faces. We were promised accommodation, food and help to find a job for 2 full days of work a week . . .
What we actually got was unreliable accommodation, a little bit of food and made to work 5 days a week (completely unpaid) with no help or chance to get a real job.
Anyways, clearly that sitch wasn’t working for us – so we bought a (very, very shitty) car and got the hell out of dodge. Enter Brisbane.
Multi-Floral Print Pinafore – ASOS – £25
Also – just going to throw this in here because it also something I would wear to work that I want.
Since getting to Brisbane, Raven and I actually have got a job as phone fundraisers (which is what we met doing in Melbourne) . . . however, due to our old boss not being the quickest with references, we missed our first start date and then public holidays caused us to miss the next two freaking weeks of start dates. So we haven’t been able to start work yet, but that all changes come Tuesday!
Silk Midi Dress – Free People – £188
Am I ever going to buy this dress? Obviously not. Can a girl dream (and hope for 75% off sales)? Of course.
Anyways, this is where our luck has (hopefully) changed. Raven and I have found a really cute and, even better, cheap room to share in a house in Brisbane. The house itself is lovely – and conveniently located in terms of work, which is always a plus. We’re going to do a thrift shop/Target run to make the room a bit more “ours” and I’m going to film it to share with you all . . . so there’s that to look forward to!
Honestly, I’m just excited to get back to having a space to work in, an address to get things posted to (hello new stationery) and some storage space to get cracking with some DIYs. We’re planning to stay in Brisbane until mid-June to potentially July, so it’ll just be nice to get into a routine again.
Mesh Sunflower Dress – Urban Outfitters – £39
And with that, I think you guys are pretty much caught up! I do have some posts coming up explaining a few things in more detail and, now that we’re living somewhere with a workspace and Wi-Fi, I’ll be posting and reading again, so I’m looking forward to catching up with you all.
Alright, my loves – which of these dresses was your favourite? Have any of you ever been to Brisbane? Let me know your thoughts down below! (Unless they’re homicidal, in which case feel free to keep me out of it.)
Peace,
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That pinafore is soo cute! Never bother with ASOS but I should really take a look at what they have. And comfy dresses are so nice because you look dressed up and your still comfy!
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Honestly, ASOS have some stuff that is absolute gold! Kind of annoying to have to scroll through SO MUCH to find it, but definitely worthwhile x
Thank you for catching up with all of us. I like this format, a bit of fashion, a bit of real like update, it’s a strange mix but I really enjoyed it girl. xx
I’m glad you enjoy it girl 🙂 I keep wanting to do a whole life catch up but it’s just so boring for people to read without having that bit of fashion or something xx
Love the little sunshine dress from UO but their prices are crazy!
Oh honestly girl don’t talk to me about their prices ;-; I love their stuff but it hurts my heart x
I don’t understand why it is so expensive in there!!
I’m so glad you are back again! I missed you blogging 💗 Good luck with work! 🍀 I loved the multi-floral dress from ASOS so much! 😍
Thank you so much lovely girl! I am now in a house with wifi so trying to be active again 🙂 Missed you too <3
So excited to see this post from you! I absolutely love everything on this wishlist- I’m on the hunt for a good sundress, so I’m going to have to check these out! Thank you soo much for sharing, Mia!
Why, thank you honey! xx
Oh my gosh I really like the one from ASOS and the silk midi dress! It’s so lovely! <3
That silk midi dress is honestly breaking my heart hun! <3
That stinks about the farmwork, but goodluck with the new job! omg my mom used to have a long sunflower dress like that in the 90s haha.
Thank you so much! It’s going well so far 🙂 And ugh, I love 90s fashion!
Such pretty picks! The silk midi is my fave 😋
Thanks hun! I have to admit, it’s my favourite pick too but SO EXPENSIVE *cries* x
That midi dress is everything! I have been loving midi-everything right now, skirts, dresses…. It just feels more sophisticated but still fresh and chic. Great post, my list of things I would buy if I weren’t broke is a LONG one right now haha x
Thank you Fiona! Honestly so have I – Midi is sexy but still super classy! Ahahaha pls dont I almost bought a coat today and my roommate literally had to smack my phone out of my hand x
Love it! I’m so excited about summer dresses haha! 😍 The pink one looks so cute!
Thanks girly! x
The Pink Smock and Silk Midi are looking SUPER cute! Miss you gurl and this post is absolutely fabulous. Amazing picks!
Why thank you lovely lady! Miss you too 🙂 x
The free people one is so you plssssss take out a loan to buy it!!!!!!! I honestly wasn’t the hugest fan on Brisbane but I was staying in rubbish location and it was insanely hot and just v sweaty n exhausting, how are you finding it compared to Melbs??!
Omg no I hate Brisbane too we literally just got bloody stuck here, spending a month here saving up then doing the east coast and moving back to Melbourne 😂😭x
Hahahahaha missing u and Australia so much, had a dream the other night that I was back and woke up so sad 😓
Missing you too girl! Although… it’s canada in 2020, so you could always fly over and meet me 😉 x
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Aww all of these dresses are so cute. I am loving the oversized ones but my gosh, that Freepeople one has got to be my ultimate fave. 😍
My car is close to blowing up in my face, too! Haha. 😭 I’m sorry your trip to Melbourne was a bust but, I’m so happy to hear you’ve guys found a nice room now. ♡
I think my personal favourite was the first dress in terms of design but the pattern on the last dress is my favourite. I am sorry to hear that the new job was not all it was hyped up to be but it sounds like you managed to escape fairly unharmed and hopefully everything will be better from this point onwards. I cannot believe that you are coming up to a year in Australia! It seems like only yesterday that you left. xx