Too hip for school

I love books. When I was growing up I wanted to be either an author, or a librarian. I'm 35 and have just finished writing the first draft of my first novel, and although it will probably never see the light of day, I've kind of fulfilled one of those dreams. For the other, well, there's this dress.

It's the Library Assistant Dress by ModCloth and I love, love, love  it. It's sweet, and girly, and even though it screams HIPS, it's just fabulous. It doesn't come with the belt, that's one from another of my dresses, but I felt it needed something to cinch it in just a little.

It received great reviews on the site, except from one lady who said 'This dress is well made... but I think the style is very young. Suri Cruise would look adorable in this! I felt silly in it.'
Errrm, did you even look at the picture before buying it??? Because it's pretty obvious that the style is sweet and innocent and young. Don't go blaming the cute dress for your lack of observation skills!

The shoes are from Milanno, and I love them, but rarely wear them. The  strap around the ankle chafes after a couple of hours and can wear a nice little hole in your skin! I didn;t have a red belt though, and felt that this outfit needed more red, so red shoes it was!

Now, you can't see it in this photo, but I'm wearing one of my favourite necklaces.

Christian got a little creative with the angle here, but it does the job. It's my GEEK scrabble necklace made by Candy Envy Accessories, a local Perth business. When I had long hair, almost every hair bow and accessory I wore was from here. It's really worth checking out. Yes, she sells a lot of stuff you can get from anywhere, but some of her original pieces are fabulous. I especially love the Pacman necklaces she does (and own the blue one).

Well, it's booze-o'clock so I will love you leave you. I'll have a special post for you over the weekend as I'm going to a costume party Saturday night so there will be bonus costume extraordinaire photos!