two summers in a row

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[DE] Hallo ihr Lieben!

Die letzten drei Tage lag ich schwach und von Grippe geplagt im Bett und habe außer Schlafen und Dokus gucken nicht viel auf die Kette gekriegt. Heute bin ich wieder einigermaßen fit, war auch brav wieder arbeiten und konnte mich dazu aufraffen endlich wieder zu bloggen.

Auf den Fotos seht ihr mein Outfit von letztem Sonntag als wir zu einem Kindergeburtstag eingeladen waren. Jarryds kleiner Neffe ist 2 Jahre alt geworden, das war vielleicht ein Trubel! Aber hat Spaß gemacht. Es gab Hotdogs, viele süße Leckereien, eine Hüpfburg, eine Pinata und ganz viel Action. Ich hab eine sehr kleine Familie und bin es gar nicht gewohnt "Tante Ina" zu sein, ich muss in diese Rolle irgendwie erst noch reinwachsen, aber es wird langsam.

Das Kleidchen und die Schuhe sind übrigens Neuzugänge, die ich am liebsten gar nicht mehr ausziehen mag. Das Kleid habe ich noch neu mit Etikett im Second Hand Shop für schlappe 8 Dollar gefunden und die hübschen Schnürboots sind von BigW für 29 Dollar (ein Close-Up Foto könnt ihr weiter unten sehen).

//denim shirt: h&m // necklace: six // dress: temt (via salvos) // belt: vintage // shoes: bigw //

[EN] Hello lovelies!

The last three days I've spent mostly in bed watching documentaries and napping.

I had caught the flu, so annoying! I hate feeling all blergh. I love to sleep all day though, hihi...

Thank God I feel better again. I was back to work today and now I'm back to blogging too. Success!

The outfit in the pictures is what I wore to a birthday bash on Sunday when Jarryd's little nephew turned 2.What a party! There were hotdogs, lots of sweets, a bouncy castle, a pinata and lots of action! My family is really small so I'm still not completely used to being "Aunty Ina" to a toddler but I guess this role is somewhat growing on me.

Now for something different: This cute floral dress and the booties are new finds that will definitely become favourites very quickly! I dug out the dress at the thrift shop, it was still new with tags and cost me $8. The lace up boots were $29 at BigW (scroll down for a close up pic of them).

[DE] Ist das Blumenmuster nicht einfach superduperschön? Und es passt so gut zu meinen (endlich!) frisch gefärbten Haaren! Das Farbschema verrät es schon: ich kann den australischen Herbst kaum abwarten! Ich hab jetzt zwei Sommer hintereinander erlebt, erst den deutschen und dann direkt im Anschluss den australischen - ich hab die Hitze jetzt total satt! Ich will meinen wohlverdienten Herbst!

[EN] Isn't the floral print just super duper gorgeous? And it matches my (finally!) freshly dyed hair perfectly! The colour palette already gives it away: I can't wait for the Australian autumn! I have experienced two summers in a row now, first the German one and then directly after that the Australian summer. I'm so sick of heat! I want my well deserved autumn now!

[DE] So das war's für heute. Habt einen schönen Tag!

[EN] That's it for today. Have a lovely day everyone!

favourite accessory: coffee

Hello loves!

Yes, you hardly ever see me without coffee at the moment because there is still so much to do and only two weeks left until I go to Australia for a year. Waah, feels so unreal to write it down. I only work two days a week and have the rest of the time off but it's not all easy breezy relaxing in bed.
I'm trying to get rid of most of my furniture, so different people pick up the stuff they've bought at least two or three times a day. Furthermore it's a pain in the a** to cancel all my contracts (internet, mobile fone, insurances) - German bureaucracy is a real bitch! And don't even get me started about opening hours of the places I have to go...
BUT I can see progress. I'm getting there. Just need to tell myself not to forget breathing every once in a while.






I wore this cute little number to run errands on Wednesday. Nothing better than a good old polkadots and denim combo for October. I also really had to wear the cardigan because wine red is one of my favourite autumn colours ever!
As you might have noticed, my hair is freshly dyed again and shines in a bright warm copper tone - I love it! So perfect in the golden sunlight we've been having plenty of lately.






Last but not least: how do you like my new blog design?
On Wednesday I suddenly got so sick and tired of the old design, especially because the old template I used was really chaotic. I had changed so much in the CSS/HTML over the past years, I didn't even know where to adjust the simplest things anymore.
Now I've started from scratch and built up everything on a structed and easy-to-use template with a replaceable background and all the info no longer all over the place. Everything is in its spot again and I feel much better about the blog now.
Hopefully you guys like it too?

Happy Thursday dolls!

foxes and lace

Hello guys!

It's still August but this outfit shows that I am getting all excited and ready for autumn. It's the same as every year: I can't wait for cozy chunky knit pieces, all the hot pumpkin latte goodness, colourful fallen leaves and wrapping myself up in huge scarves to take a walk through the streets in cold weather. I love it! Hopefully I'll get as much autumn as possible before I leave for Australia.

I see the new collections with lovely coats, boots and cardigans in the shop windows everywhere and feel really tempted to stock up on warm pieces but always have to promise myself to not break my shopping ban. I also won't really need autumn/winter clothes as it will be summer in Perth when I go there. Soon I'll be wearing breezy dresses again, it seems so unreal to me.

What about you? Have you already bought some nice pieces for the colder season? What are your favourite autumn trends this year?

Leave me your replies in the comments.

Happy Thursday!

the highway signs say we're close

Hello!

Just another manic Monday huh? I wish it was Sunday!

No not really, my weekend was exhausting, especially Sunday when I went to the flea market to sell some stuff.

I was a bit stupid - I had a little kitchen party on Friday with some people and didn't get much sleep. So on Saturday I wanted to go to bed earlier - which didn't work because we met some interesting people and I couldn't resist spending the night talking and drinking with them. Hence on Sunday I had to get up and go to the flea market after only two hours of sleep. Phew, zombie much?!

It was nice on the market though and I was able to get rid of some more stuff I didn't need anymore.

My outfit screams "Autumn!!!" doesn't it? I am so glad I can dig out all my cozy big warm cardigans again! This one in the photos is one of my favourites, the ethno pattern and asymmetrical shape make it look like a comfy blanket. And the short leather jacket over the long cardi is such a nice contrast. I saw this in an older Flashes of Style outfit post on Pinterest the other day and totally had to try it. And it rocks, perfect layering for rainy cloudy days.

Also it's time for my beloved boots again, yaayy! I love these light brown ones to bits because they are so versatile and simple.

Oh how I love these dark and cold September nights: I'm here at my desk with a cup full of Swiss Miss goodness, wrapped up in a fleece blanket, dimmed light, music playing in the background, blogging - a cozy night at home couldn't be better.

Have you already switched to autumn mode? What are your plans for this season? Maybe something nice like going to the pumpkin patch, trying new recipes for homemade soups or cakes? Baking is another thing I love about autumn/winter - summer ist just not right for baking sessions with the hot oven and all.

I can't wait for tomorrow to bake some chocolate pudding muffins for a friend's birthday! :)

What have you been up to?

Have a good week!

now playing: the lumineers - stubborn love

I gave you something you can never give back

Hi guys!

It finally is autumn now. Regular readers might already know that all summer long I've been raving about how I love autumn and how I'm looking forward to wearing jumpers and scarves and tights again - well it's that time again now. Thank God the heat is over. I don't have to worry about how my pale legs with the hammy calves look in shorts, I don't have to think about how to best divert people's gazes from my red birthmarks on the leg to other more pleasant body parts. Also I don't have to be grumpy about sweating what feels like thirty litres an hour (and runining my hair with it), suffering from insect bites or heat rashes everyday and so on...

I could name you a thousand more reasons why I love autumn/winter so much, but let's just stick to the most important one: the atmosphere.

The transition from mildly warm summer nights with sunlight lingering on the horizon until 10 pm to crisp cool autumn nights with cloudy skies and rain has come pretty quickly now. Last week it was still summer here, this week it's clearly autumn. There is the smell of rain and wet fallen leaves in the air, a gloomy feeling about these drab and misty days. A little drizzle here, a little thunder and lightning there.

But it's also the season of golden trees, leaves and sunsets, all shimmering in different shades of red, brown and yellow. The season of taking a walk through the forest in a cozy jacket and rubber boots or roam the city and enjoy the smell of pumpkin-flavoured food and drinks on every corner.

It's time to put up candles at home, spread out warm blankets, hang lanterns into the windows, dig out the wool socks and favourite books for a little reading session in the armchair with a hot cup of cocoa and some cookies while outside in the dark the wind is blowing fallen leaves through the streets.

The whole atmosphere is getting cozier, that's what I love most.

Of course I can also paint lots of beautiful summer pictures in my head, but they are by far not as pleasant to me as all the autumnal thoughts. I could happily drown in them at the moment. 

You might wonder why I never complain about the cold as much as I do about summer heat. Well, I feel like I'm a rather cold person. Might sound strange at first, but let me explain: I can be a pretty cheerful and friendly person on the outside. I am polite, helpful, interested in lots of stuff, talkative, outgoing - but the people who see me like that only know less than half of the truth about me. I'm not saying I'm fake, definitely not, but I have my secrets, I have profound thoughts in my head that can make me get lost in the deep dark endless space of my brain. I like to think a lot, downright brood over all sorts of things. I like to be alone with my thoughts and observe the world and the people in it from a distant point of view.

That's why. Cold clear winter air lets me see things clearer and I like dressing for cold weather and covering up because it is similar to what I do with my mind most often. I cover it up and only let certain parts show - like when you wrap yourself up in warm garments but let certain parts like the face an hands free to be able to see, hear, grab etc.

I could go on about this for hours, try to explain how I feel about my relation to the dark season, but my observations and interpretations would probably be endless (oh yes I am truly a philosopher), so I will stop here.

By the way don't get me wrong, for the most part I'm a happy and balanced person, I just wanted to explain that there also is an other side of me that does not really show in public very often, not in actual public when I'm with other people and also not in virtual public here on the blog.

So don't worry, I'm fine. I need this gloomy side to balance my positive one. Ying and Yang so to speak.

As the outfit is not really spectacular, I hope you at least like how I tried to put the contrast of knit, lace and leather into focus in the photos. This look involves something old (the jacket), something new (the jumper) and something blue (the jeans) - but nothing borrowed, so screw the wedding analogy. It was just this Placebo songtext coming to my mind: "something borrowed, something blue, every me and every you".

Anyway, enough said for today. The only thing I would like to add is that this is my new favourite jumper of all times! It's so soft and comfy and cozy! I love the mottled black and white and the asymmetrical shape and the overall effortlessly cool style of it. It's from the recent H&M collection, matter of expense: 19,95 €. I say buy it because it's perfect!

Have a good day everyone!

 

now playing: the 1975 - me