Due to my mad spring cleaning frenzy I wasn’t able to show last months stuff, but this month should more than make up for it. To start things off I’ve been going crazy looking for Britannia styled shirts- I found one in Cotton On and a singlet in Supre, but underestimated the popularity of the trend and they all sold out before I could purchase one (I was pretty gutted).

I ended up buying the ‘Love’ photographic style and this cutesy Lanvin-lookalike singlet, and I loved this Zip Cuff at Max but couldn’t afford to dish out $50 for an (amazing) accessory.

I also bought this cute Jessica McClintock Red Envelope Clutch (shown with the Forever 21 dress I got for Christmas), a State of Grace grey dress (bought at the Great NZ Designer Sale- the sales assistants were so lovely), and a Kathy van Zeeland ‘Cleopatra’ tote (It’s pretty heavy so I have to shift it every 30mins to stop my arm ripping off). I love the clutch but the tote is growing on me- I really wish i didn’t need two bags or I would have spent a bit more on one good quality summer bag.

I went to the Big Shwop which was pretty awesome (check out the link for the video). I was given ten tokens and went browsing on K road while everyone else had lunch and their complimentary glass of wine and still managed to get a good place in line. I thought it would be a test in competitive shopping, and boy was it competitive! I had oversized bags smacked into me, people trying to grab my stuff, and at the end I had people circling me like vultures trying to see if I would leave anything behind. I had a pretty good system there- first I was just snatching, and then I was waiting at the rack closest to the dressing room for those dumping whatever didn’t fit. I think I had a pretty good haul- A nice vintage dress for my collection, three shirts, one jersey and three casual summer dresses. I gave two shirts to my sister (with some corporate gear I had) for her to wear to her job, and I was given Good Magazine (a magazine that focuses on sustainable living) with a years subscription and a container of Trilogy botanical hair mask. Not bad for $10!

I also went to the Streetwear Sale at ASB last Friday for a lunchtime shop and it was literally a maze of racks filled with clothes- I kept on parting the clothes and walking through the racks so I could actually get through. The line to the changing room was like trying to get into a club on the waterfront so i ended up getting trying them on in the queue so i could get out of there in time!

The stuff there was pretty good but I didn’t like the quality so I only bought this grey bow shirt and a similar purple bow casual dress (not shown because I’m a terrible novice photographer) so I can dress them up or down whatever the occasion.

So that was my month of shopping, I hope yours was just as fun!