Prising Nick away from his precious car racing on a Sunday is pretty difficult but I was going insane and needed some sunshine. We popped into Flamingo for afternoon tea and I remembered to bring the camera to document its adorableness. Flamingo is a cafe in the laneway behind the Zoo, I highly recommend visiting for the good coffee and friendly faces and cute stools.
Milk crates are most definitely not cute stools. I guess Flamingo gets so busy they need overflow seating across the road! I can’t post this without telling you that milk crates are HORRIBLE and remind me of when I was too poor for furniture. Corn cob stools are, however, the greatest followed closely by hamburger stools; Flamingo has all these stools and MORE, including pretty jewel-like and vase shaped stools. STOOLS! It’s a funny word. The yellow and white striped awning is super cheery. (I would have missed this had Nick not taken a few of these photos, thanks Nick!)
Of course, I wore clothes. After weeks of rain and storms Brisbane has certainly turned on the sun-beams and I suspect we shall not escape any of the cloying humidity even if summer is full of wet weather and flooding as everyone is worried about. Today was a little bit steamy and it makes me think I need more clothes that aren’t black… but I love black. I am feeling the need for more sundresses to wear with my boots, because the stompy fashions from the ’90s are very comforting right now.
As much as I like my shorter hair, growing out my fringe is really frustrating. I don’t like having hair in my face so I’ve been playing with ways of keeping it off my face. Today I managed to pull off a messy braid along the front, I am very pleased with my efforts!
Dress: Second hand from Sonya‘s sister.
Boots: Evans
Necklace: moi
Sunglasses: Karen Walker
Love the outfit. It makes me think you should be fronting an angry girl band about a decade ago :-)
This is basically what I want to be for as long as the ’90s are popular.
YES. I am debating a pair of comfy (much as I loved them, my Docs were never comfortable) ankle slouchy-ish boots to wear with some of my maxis. I <3 that 90s fashion is back again.
That dress looks amazing on you! And now I want to go back to Flamingo and try more of the menu.
Those corn cob and hamburger stools are from Third Drawer Down – http://thirddrawerdown.com/. I am definitely going to get a hamburger once the Boy and I have our own place.
Arrggh I hate it when you get milk crate butt! Such a cute dress and boots.
Love the dress, love the boots, want a corn cob stool but have no way to justify one. I have been trying to combat the black dominance in my wardrobe for a while now and I’ve almost reached the point where I’ve overdone it.
you look so beautiful
love the photos!
I love floaty dresses with stompy boots, so I love your outfit!
You look so lovely, I love the floaty and the stompy, I have been dressing like that lately as well. I don’t do humidity but I do do (be doo) black so I guess I should just keep quiet about how much I hate icky, sticky heat.
Growing out a fringe is a bitch! I had the short bob with fringe thing for a bit but too many “You look like Dawn French” comments (luv the woman tho) left me feeling in need of a change. Have been messy braiding mine too, really like the look. Keep on it, you won’t regret. Just lovely.
love love love love!
I’ve been reading your blog for about 3 months now and have found great inspiration in your writing and body acceptance activism, which I never knew existed, so thank you!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it there. those muffins are deadly amazing. I can’t wait to visist again next week when I am up for FK!! YIPEEEEEEEEE!
Cute outfit too lovely, LOVE the boots! x
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it there. those muffins are deadly amazing. I can’t wait to visist again next week when I am up for FK!! YIPEEEEEEEEE!
Cute outfit too lovely, LOVE the boots! x
fuck those boots rule!!
aww natalie u are adorable!
you truly are a bon vivant! I love your blog :)