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Back in Black (+ White)
Taking my love of all things monochrome and sports luxe to the next level today sharing with you this new bomber sent to me by the team at Harlow Australia. As part of my challenge to myself to wear more colour this season all things black and white have been relegated to the later pile. They…
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Plus Size White Pants… Yep, I’m in.
My friend Nat always says that orange and grey are great friends; she wrote an entire eBook about such things that you can buy over here. Pair them together and have the entire world make sense. Add a print or some texture, and you’ve got yourself an outfit. The creators of the shirt call it…
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A jerk with keyboard: Why blogger’s shouldn’t believe their own press
Sometimes bloggers are a little too quick to buy their own press. You know the whole gussied up about page screaming our excellence to the world and we believe it type thing. We ARE important. The new media, that’s us, leading the charge. And I’m here to tell you it is a bad idea. I’m…
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To be unafraid of your own awesomeness
I popped onto Twitter the other day (night? who knows these days!) and stumbled across possibly the best personal compliment of my life. It’s not that life has been hard lately, just busy. And to be honest, people are ridiculously generous with me, so it had some stiff competition. Meagan of This is Meagan Kerr…
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Just Us Two Photoshoot
Photos are something you may assume we have plenty of, right? And in some ways; it’s true. I take a lot. But I’m not in them. There are a lot of me and my outfits. But Mr Suger isn’t in them. Then there are the selfies. But they don’t count. So after years and year,…
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Try something new
In March this year I had just thrown in my day job and I was going to be A BLOGGER. Full-time. I was going to give it a shot and see what happened after six months. Then two days later I was made a work offer I couldn’t refuse. Then came a day four months…
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When is a fangirl meant to grow up?
I use the hashtag #fangirl a lot. More than a women in her 30’s probably should. And I’m okay with that. When it comes to things like Harry Potter, the Hunger Games franchise, Jennifer Lawrence and Taylor Swift, I’m more than happy to declare myself a fangirl. Then the other day my sister-in-law Jess posted…
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How to wear a denim vest
How to wear a denim vest might be a little extreme, but like most things around here, it was inspired by the interwebs. Arlene mentioned she was wondering today how and when to wear a denim vest, and I said, short version, with everything! It has to be the most versatile piece in a wardrobe.…
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Review: The iPhone 6 Plus + Me
A week ago Mr Suger’s contract on his phone plan came due. We are on alternate years, so I asked if he planned to get the new iPhone 6 or 6 Plus with his new contract. And shock horror to this blog type he said no, that maybe he’d just get the 5s. I have…
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Why I blog about plus-size fashion.
Last week I was asked (not for the first time mind you) why I started to blog about plus size fashion. Why when my blog was already a few years old did I decide to blog about my personal style and fashion choices? Why change a somewhat winning formula? And being a blogger, if more…