The purchases start piling up!

Now I am reaching the 32 week point, I am dressing to make myself feel better.  Which means that I am indulging in my wardrobe - it makes me feel alot better to know that I look good or am wearing something pretty.  I am definetly now in the uncomfortable phase so this is just a small ray of sunshine to get me through the day :-).  On the plus they are all bargain buys!

This dress in Pink!  I already have it in the blue like the pic, and it fits over the bump so nicely and is a great work dress.  The pink was marked down from $24.95 to $9.95 so I decided to pick it up as well since its perfect for work and I still have about 30 days of work left.  SES have been a surprising gold mine for decent work maternity clothing.

ASOS ASOS ASOS.  I heart Asos :-).  I bought some cute bikinis from Cotton On, picturing that I was going to flaunt my basketball bump around.  Well my belly button popped out and then I got some pigmentation and now it just looks very different to what I thought a cute baby bump would look (damn you celebrities for this false expectation lol).  So I ordered this tankini from ASOS it had to be ordered as two pieces and together it was $25 - HOW CHEAP.  The quality of it is realy good and the cups are padded as well so no spotlight action ;-).  Its very cute and I am relieved I purchased it.

Because my work dresses are a little bit shorter then normal with baby bump pushing up the front of them, I decided to get these 3 quarter leggings.  These seem light weight as well so will be wearable when its hot hot hot in a month.  $11

This was SO cute and $17.  I couldnt resist it and was betting on it being really baggy in the waist so I could fit the bump in.  It totally fits the bump in and is as cute as pictured it to be :-).  Its pretty much only beach/very casual wear.

Maxis Maxis Maxis and Look of the day!

Because I have never indulged in anything Maxi (I always felt that it was a look to enjoy in pregnancy), now I am embracing the look to show off my bump.  Dropdeadgorgeousdaily recently blogged about the top 19 Maxis for this season, here are a few of my favourites: http://dropdeadgorgeousdaily.com/2011/09/gallery-19-best-maxis-to-hide-a-big-lunch-in/?pid=3467#anchor this is a bit out of my price range but I love the look!  http://dropdeadgorgeousdaily.com/2011/09/gallery-19-best-maxis-to-hide-a-big-lunch-in/?pid=3484#anchor.

 I found this maxi skirt at Supre, there is an assortment of colours and they are $30.  I have spent my budget bucket this fortnight, so hopefully they go on sale after that!  They also had maxi dresses exactly the same, but I was thinking of going and trying on this skirt and seeing if can be a maxi dress as well ;-).  I can highly recommend SES for cheap cheap maxi dresses, perfectly for end weeks of pregnancy and first weeks of baby.

Look of the day

 Today it was meant to be a little bit warmer, so it was officially no coat day!  And another person came up and said oh I didnt know you were having a baby congratulations :-) Only 28 weeks baking done already, but finally people are noticing baby bump.
Jacket - Ally $50, Scarf - Myers $15.  SES pullover cardigan $7.95, Cue shirt (cant remember $$ is an oldie but a goodie),  Cue Skirt (cant remember $$ is an oldie but a goodie).  Glassons stockings (bought from Christchurch while on holiday in NZ last year) $5, boots are Zu and originally cost me $199 but now six years later I have the broken heel replaced twice - $100!  Necklace $20 from a boutique and ring $2 from Diva :-).

the search for the belly belt and the adventures on the way (plus I start the pram quest)

While searching for a replacement for my missing belly belt, I managed to pick maternity leggings and new work dress but no belly belt!  I bought my previous belly belt from Target for $12 – this is a bargain, online and in store belly belts are around $20-$30.  However when I went back to Target to pick up another belly belt they have drastically reduced their maternity wear range and no longer stock Catriona Rowntree’s maternity line anymore either.  They had no belly belts anymore either L, but they did have 20% off their maternity range so I picked up a pair of maternity leggings for $16:

These are so soft and comfortable; I like the feeling of having the belly bit pulled up securing the leggings!  All my leggings were seriously falling down every 5 minutes so it is worth $16 to have this comfort!

On my expedition to find the belly belt, I wandered into SES, even though I wasn’t going to buy ANYTHING from there.  But I found this awesome work dress, it is a reasonable length (sometimes SES work dresses can be a bit short), it is a beautiful colour and it actually moulds around the baby bump really well – it could easily be maternity wear.  The dress is actually really good quality for SES as well for example the dress is lined which is very rare.  It definitely looks a lot more expensive then the $14.95 I paid for it (marked down from $24.95).  Cant wait to wear this, keep an eye out for my looks of the day!

Belly Belt.  So after searching so hard I gave up and purchased from ASOS for $10 (and also added in another purchase see other blog for post).

The quest for the perfect pram begins!  I have decided its time to actually get serious and start researching, I will begin with the checklist from BubHub to figure out what I am looking for and then begin my search – stay tuned: http://www.bubhub.com.au/info/articles/pregnancy/checklist_for_buying_a_pram_or_stroller.shtml.