Gwen Stefani's Target line for kids and sneaky ASOS

Harajuku Mini is Gwen Stefani's new Target line for kids.  I suspect it will be some time before it hits Australia's shores though! http://www.lilsugar.com/Gwen-Stefanis-Harajuku-Mini-Line-Target-19971490


I forgot to add onto the last ASOS post that I snuck two sneaky purchases in that were not work maternity clothing items!

This dress was for sale in both normal wear and maternity wear - the normal wear price was $44 and the maternity wear price was $74.  Being a maxi dress I dont know how the maternity one could be different.  So I bought the normal wear one.  I always wanted a maxi like this, but have a still standing personal style belief that maxi's are maternity wear.  This dress is very pretty, but I will need to get a nice waist belt for above the baby bump, otherwise it looks like a huge tent!! I think I am in luck that bright spring colours are in and I should be able to get a cheap bright coloured waist belt for this.  It will also look nice with a bright necklace.  As this fitted fine, I highly suspect that if I ordered the maternity style version I would of just got the exact same dress sent to me anyway.

You may have guessed this is not a maternity dress ;-).  It was only $24 and so gorgeous, and its not clingy tight so I am hopeful that this will be good inspiration to get into after baby (with some spanx of course ;-)).

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.