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catssaymeow
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A work in progress. For the moment, catssaymeow is a blog about defining my personal style, currently heavily focusing on culling my overflowing wardrobe.
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Fashion waits for no one - May staples to wear now!

Not a week has gone by that I havent enjoyed wearing one of the following pieces: Equipment “Signature” washed silk blouse in port, Witchery herringbone coat in grey, Etoile Isabel Marant “L...

4 days ago

A sign of things to come?

Yesterday, for the first time in 2 weeks, I ventured out of the office in my lunch break. I wandered over to Myer (dangerous, I know) and was surprised to see a big sign next to the Laura Mercier cou...

08 may 12

Walking through hay fields in Wisconsin...

One of the most unfortunate things about going on a long, wonderful and relaxing holiday, is that one day soon after you return, you will feel like you never went in the first place... Although befor...

06 may 12

In news just to hand...

MYER in Australia is now a stockist of Isabel Marant! Im guessing though Melbourne CBD, Sydney CDB and Bondi stores only.

02 may 12

She culls, she shops (too much)... My new shopping commandments

Upon returning from the US and putting away all of my purchases, I have set down for myself a number of commandments with respect to shopping.  Or rather a list of what I can and can’t buy, beca...

01 may 12

Home sweet home

Im back from the US.  Happy to be home... Happy to be back in a country where good coffee is appreciated and readily available. My return on Saturday morning was marked by the usual - doing...

10 apr 12

The ultimate packing list - In my suitcase

The last 24 hours have been horrible for me.  I have come down with food poisoning!  If anyone has any tips on how to deal with it whilst traveling - Im all ears (we fly out tomorrow mornin...

04 mar 12 1 person likes this

Channeling a cashed up female retiree...

Do you ever visit the "ladies co-ordinates" or "ladies items" department in your local department store?  You know the one I mean, the department where your grandmother shops?&nb...

27 feb 12

My US shopping list - the items which need replacing...

This time next week I will be in the midst of packing... In the meantime I am seriously starting to think about the types of things I want to buy during my travels.  The items in my wardrobe tha...

26 feb 12

Cozy knitwear dreaming...

Ahh, knitwear... whats not to love about a warm woolly cardigan? When it adds pounds, swaps your frame, pills like crazy (a topic which by the way has its own Wikipedia entry) or makes you ...

22 feb 12

The cull diary - bags and belts

Todays efforts saw me tackling my handbag and belt collection,  managing to cull 2 shoulder bags, 3 clutch bags and 10 belts. For the record, this brings my cull tally to 208... including the Be...

19 feb 12

The basics - the perfect white t-shirt

James Dean I think the *perfect* white t-shirt is the quintessential wardrobe staple. The appeal of this piece lies in its simplicity yet versatility, easily taking one from day to night to weekend. ...

18 feb 12

Spending money to save money?

Put your hand up if you are one of those people who enjoys getting something for nothing? Me, me, me! Last month Witchery ran a Buy 1 get 10% off, buy 2 get 20% off, buy 3 get 30% off, buy 4 get...

17 feb 12

The ultimate packing list - in my makeup and toiletry bag

I have this zany idea to only pack sample sizes or almost finished cosmetics when I go overseas (in less than 3 weeks time now) - idea being that I can bin each item&nbs...

15 feb 12

Where the culled things go...

I dont know what took me so long, but I have finally decided to link my eBay sellers page to this blog... look to your right. Now you can actually see for yourself exactly what it is that Im cul...

09 feb 12

The cull diary: letting go of expired cosmetics

Im at it again... culling that is - but this time I am tackling my cosmetics "collection". Introducing the cosmetics cull bucket: Cosmetics manufactured when I was still young and didnt need ...

07 feb 12 1 person likes this

The ultimate packing list - in my cabin bag

I do not travel much, so I do not have much experience as to what to pack when going away for an longish holiday to the other side of the world. Actually I have not traveled overseas since ...

04 feb 12 1 person likes this

The rewards of culling and selling...

I think the rewards of wardrobe culling and selling on eBay are not apparent until one sits down to calculate the total dollar amount of what has been sold.  A dollar here and $20 there may...

30 jan 12

To the cull pile!

So now it seems Im even culling pieces of clothing off my body!  I wore this: skirt to work today (for the record by Bettina Liano - whose designs I seldom like but this one caught my eye). ...

17 jan 12

My wardrobe today after months of culling

So tomorrow I go back to work after three weeks of holidays *sigh*.  At least now though dressing may be somewhat easier as I can see clearly whats inside my wardrobe (this makes me somewhat mor...

15 jan 12 1 person likes this

On knowing whats you no matter what the trends

 "Its easy to feel like youve got nothing to wear, but its also a signal of identity problems.  If youve got a well-developed sense of identity, you tend to know whats you no matter wha...

14 jan 12

The Cull Diary - out with obscurity!

Another day, another cull and I can finally say that my clothing and shoe cull is complete for the time being. There has been some wardrobe side swapping going on in this household in the last 24 hou...

13 jan 12 1 person likes this

Additions - My first purchases of 2012

My first purchases of the year arrived on Monday... and I am delighted with all my selections. I systematically reduced the contents of my shopping cart from close to 20 items to just 4 items (yeah, ...

12 jan 12

My 2012 shopping philosophy

Sorting out my drawers, overflowing with tops, reminded me of when I was in high school, and of what one particular friend of mine used to do... Every second Thursday my friend would receive $20.00 p...

11 jan 12

The Cull Diary - Chest of Drawers and Tallboy

I am starting to feel like the cull will never end... On Saturday afternoon we has a BBQ to attend and on Sunday afternoon I had to go to a baby shower - both outings resulted in about three outfit c...

10 jan 12

The basics - jeans

I love almost everything there is to love about a good pair of jeans. What I dont like is that I cant wear my jeans to work (with the exception of casual Fridays once a month). Mysteriously I can fin...

07 jan 12

What I wore to a picnic dinner by the beach

We have now lived beach side for close to 11 months, but yesterday was the first time that we grabbed the picnic rug and ate dinner overlooking the water. Whats wrong with us!?! Sheer Silk Top - Kain...

06 jan 12

The cull diary - the BIG shoe cull (Part 2 - the results)

It took the whole day, with a bike ride and cooking dinner in between to break things up a little, but I got there in the end and finished my shoe cull!Here is a picture of the CULLED shoes:The culle...

05 jan 12 1 person likes this

The cull diary - the BIG shoe cull and I ask the question "just how many pairs of shoes does on...

Just how many pairs of shoes does one woman need? According to some online resources, a woman could get by with as little as three pairs, but there are a vast array of sites which are more generous i...

04 jan 12 1 person likes this

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