Look of the day and summer lovin

It's getting hot hot hot! It's break out the swimmers time :-). It was actually really lovely to float the bump in the pool, and my ASOS swimmers that cost $25 are so cute!

I over invested in maxis which ate already a bit stifling. Luckily Cotton On have a good range of long tanks/short dresses that you can layer loose singlets for a classic summer look. They are short though! My ankles are starting to get a bit cankley but the legs are still okay lol.

I also bought one more cute work dress - $17 from cotton on. This is a after baby dress and can a non work dress so a good budget buy ;-).

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.

Look of the Day and more ASOS

Today's Look of the Day was a work one.  It is a bit chilly still (about to come into a warm snap):

 SES dress - $24.95,Novo shoes - cant remember the price, these are about 6 years old though and in great condition, Veronica Maine cardigan $$ but worth it for the quality, mimco scarf and purple stockings!

Baby bump is pushing my dresses up to be a little bit shorter than usual... these stockings were a bit sheer, I will definetly have to wear thicker stockings and leggings under the shorter work dresses now :-).

ASOS ASOS ASOS

As posted previously, I am going to stay at work longer, alot longer another 6 weeks at least.  This means I need a few more work pieces as the bump is getting way to big to manage with the work wardrobe I have now.  Luckily ASOS are having a sale (though I am starting to wonder when it is when that they dont have a sale lol), and picked up the following pieces - the delivery came in less than a week!  The white jeans were $10, I wanted a pair of work pants but there were none on sale and I figure at this point I can get away with wearing my pair of  loose normal work pants with a belly belt and using these jeans and my Jeans West jeans as work pants.  They didnt have my size, but I am actually glad about that now as they are not skinny jeans but a little bit looser - which means that being white they wont be so clingy!  They are the cool pull up jeans just like Jeans West as well.

This dress was $28.  It is a light jersey material and is a beautiful blue colour just like the photo.  Its not as baggy as in the photo, but I am glad about that as I was worried about how baggy it was going to be.  Its not tight but being jersey material it has a bit of a cling to it - I feel comfortable in it though.

Ebay purchase, look of the day and maternity wear essentials (aka how to style the bump!)

Fox in Flats recently blogged about 10 pregnancy wardrobe essentials.  Its an awesome post because it really captures pretty much all the essential style items to get you through (I love the piles of accessories tip!). At 30 weeks, all the piles of maternity clothes I have bought are slowly now creeping into my daily wardrobe.  Because I am in the middle of a move, I have no full length mirror to take an actual photo of me wearing my look of the day :-(.  Today I am wearing: 
ASOS harem/peg pants - these were $100 reduced to $30.  These are so comfy and I love them.  They are great for work, going out - casual.  Plus they are wearable after baby bump so am very happy with that as well - good budget buy! 

This is a scoop vest from ASOS. $13.22, such a bargain,its long so will fit over the baby bump until the end!

I bought this shirt from Ebay for $16.95 (including postage).  I am not sure if its really my kind of look, but I needed a work shirt for the end of the pregnancy when bump is HUGE - the white one was to expensive so I got this in black and silver stripes.  I think it will go well with pants and work jeans:

Blogger down! Look of the day resumes and ASOS

You can read the long story on my other blog, the short story is my laptop died :-(.  But I am back (not sorted out my laptop yet but have temp loan of one).  While I was away from Blogger land, I could however still access ASOS on my Iphone and work computer ;-).  I also decided to stay at work longer, an extra 6 weeks longer - bringing me a week out from babys due date.  This meant I really needed to invest in some work clothes because the only maternity clothes I had invested in where casual clothes!  Baby bump is booming, so squeezing into existing work clothes is no longer a real option.  I bought a few work things, I didnt want to go overboard  and I plan to mix and match with a few things I can still wear with a bump belt - will review when they arrive :-)

This dress was $18.  I wasnt really sure about it, I just added it to my bag to think about it, when I was taking another look and thinking well $18 is a bargain - it came up as out of stock!  Because it was in my bag I could still buy it, so buy it I did.

Look of the Day resumes:

Ally jumper I got on sale for $16, sportsgirl knicker boxer shorts - these are non maternity are being held up by my belly belt.  I did have black heels on but the heel fell off one of them!  Lucky I had spare flats in my work drawer that saved the day.  Purple scarf and stockings cause its still chill chill chilly.

Baby Bump!!