My Week with Leona

Now, I wish I could spend a week with the divine and talented Ms Leona Edmiston, but instead I wore her frocks for a week - setting myself a personal style challenge to wear seven different Leona dresses in seven days. It was seven days of style and glamour and I tweeted about it all week. The response from the Leona Edmiston girls on twitter was so positive and their encouragement ensured I persisted with my challenge. It sure did make getting dressed in the morning very easy!

Here's my stylish week in pictures (back to front - sorry!):

Sunday: Fox wrap dress casual'd down with layers and flats

Saturday: Floral print Pia dress with layers underneath. It was so cold! Note: ugg boots in picture hehe

Friday: The first Leona dress I ever bought! Pretty peacock print & clashing it with my leopard print flats

Thursday: Leona dress underneath a colourful knit - perfect for the office!

Wednesday: Floral print dress. I wore this dress when I was pregnant. So versatile!

Close up of the print on Wednesday's dress

Tuesday: Wrap dress for work. See Miss L watching on from the sidelines!

Monday: Dress with border print, tights and tan flats. Great 'Mum on the Run' outfit

As you can see, I love my Leona dresses. The Ruby range is very affordable - check it out HERE. And the Frocks are to die for - sigh! I think I have at least another 7 Leona dresses to do a second week!!! Obsessed much. They are just so easy to wear and so easy to wash. No ironing is ever required.

I've even inspired another fellow blogger and fashion lover to do the same. Check out Kimba likes on her blog and her twitter @Kimbalikes. She started her seven days of Leona today!

This little personal style challenge just reaffirmed my love for Leona frocks and increased my desire for more dresses to add to my collection. Sorry Mr B!

C xo

Pretty Dress + Whinge Fest 2011

So in love with this dress from Leona Edmiston its not funny.

So NOT in love with the price tag.

In other news, I'm going to whinge. Here we go.

1) I'm such a complete klutz. I drop a lot of things. Ask Mr B, he'll tell you. This morning I spilled my coffee not once, but TWICE. Uggh. That's right, I'm whinging about myself.

2) I'm so completely disheartened by the price of our grocery bill these days. Today was $158.15. Really? And we didn't even buy that much, although we did get a bit of meat and a box of nappies. My sister in law J went to Aldi this week and saved $100 for the fortnight. I'm going to try Aldi next week - only downfall is they don't do online shopping so I'll have to venture out either with Little Miss L in tow or when my Mum can look after her.

3) My cockatiel 'Coco' won't shut up. Every morning he screams the house down with his loud, high pitched, incessant 'meh! meh! meh!' and its driving me nuts. I think he might be bored. He gets less attention now that Little Miss L is in the world. Poor Coco.

4) Why does it always, ALWAYS look like rain on the days that I want to do the washing?

5) Back fat rolls. I can see and feel those love handles on my back (you know the ones near your hips) growing. Uggh. I really need to get more active.

And that's my whinge for today. Sorry for venting but I really just needed to get it off my chest.

C xo

Fashion Friday: Lovely Leona

I had some uncertain news today regarding my job for next year... so I needed something to cheer me up which wasn't covered in chocolate*, so out came the Leona. Little Miss L makes an appearance today as well!

Dress: Leona Edmiston
Little Miss L wears short sleeved onesie by Sprout. It has pictures of cupcakes on it and says 'Cute as a Cupcake'.

*I may have still eaten one tim tam and one caramel crown. Oops.

Hope you have a fantastic weekend my sweets!

C xo

Things I Love: Leona Edmiston dresses

Right, so we've already established that I'm a sucker for a dress... Now, throw in a design by Leona Edmiston and 'you had me at hello'.

I love Leona Edmiston dresses. They are so easy to wear, so comfortable, so inexplicably girly, flattering and last but not least, they don't need to be ironed which is a massive plus in the life of a mother.

The only thing I don't like is the price. Sigh. Leona has two main lines - her 'Frocks' and the 'Ruby Collection'. The Ruby Collection is designed in Australia, but made in China and therefore are priced around the $150 mark. The Frocks are designed and made in Australia and therefore come with a higher price tag to boot. This being the case, I've only ever bought a LE frock on sale, but she does do good sale!

Currently I own 11 LE dresses and I'm sure my collection will keep growing (once the shopping ban is over of course!).

C xo