Marburg in the Morning

 

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Dress: Retro Metro Paddington upcycled vintage

Sandals: Pitillos via Obsession Shoes leather, elastic

Bag: Cellini via Laidley Shoez vinyl

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

Bangle: Gift, 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles vintage silver

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As many of my avid readers probably already know, I absolutely adore spending time in little townships browsing around antique stores & boutiques & this is especially true around Christmas time when I'm on the hunt for ecletic gifts for family & friends. On this occasion, I was visiting Marburg wearing a gorgeous upcycled woven cotton, ribbon & lace Mexican dress (cut really, really short) from Retro Metro Paddington, a pair of navy leather & elastic heeled sandals from a label called Pitillos that I picked up at Obsession Shoes, a navy vinyl handbag with beige ribbon accents from Cellini that I found recently at Laidley Shoez to carry all the essentials & some of my most beloved pieces of silver jewellery - a stack of vintage Mexican bangles that some dear friends brought back from overseas & a single vintage silver bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles that my brother gave me as birthday present a few years ago.

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Beachy Keen

 

Finally sharing all the beautiful pictures from a recent mother/daughter staycation at Points North on the Gold Coast, where we took leisurely lunches & late dinners, got up at daybreak & walked for miles & miles along pristine sections of sand, dipped our toes in the water of no less than 5 different beaches & checked out all the little boutiques dotted along the main street for good measure! Scroll down to see how it all unfolded...

Admiring the view from our balcony in a pair of indigo denim shorts from Best & Less, a gorgeous white broderie cotton top with ruffles from my local TK Maxx store & some trusty brown vegan leather sandals by Blowfish Malibu that I picked up from Williams Shoes...

Lunch at one of our all-time favourites, George's Paragon...

I even had a refreshing Pimms cocktail!

Dancing in the sand at Coolangatta beach in my new swimming togs from Jantzen (slightly pictured) & beautiful striped cotton/linen blend dress from Kindred Boutique...

Waking up to rainy skies that quickly gave way to bright sunshine!

Long walks around Greenmount Hill wearing another trusty pair of jean shorts - this time in an acid wash - from Best & Less, a blue & white striped top with bows down the front from TK Maxx, a pair of white leather Birkenstock sandals, woven paper crossbody bag from Esteem's Boutique at The Strand & a woven sunhat from Before Sunset that I've had for at least 15 years now...

Delicious breakfast burger & hash brown (washed down with a cold chai latte) from Boardriders...

Rainbow Bay when the sun shines...

Can't resist a mother/daughter selfie!

Froggy's Beach

Walking up to Point Danger

Fresh & spicy Japanese seafood dinner from OSushi Restaurant... it's a must for us whenever we stay at the Gold Coast!

After dinner walks along North Kirra beach as the sun sets wearing a pair of indigo denim shorts (in a slightly more cropped style) from Target, a blue cotton top embroidered with cream sea creatures from TK Maxx, a pair of rubber thongs from Roxy & the same woven paper bag from Esteem's to carry all the essentials with me, including my faux tortoiseshell Witchery sunglasses...

Another day, another denim shorts look - this time, indigo denim shorts from Best & Less, blue & white striped cotton top with black paisley design from cult favourite Gorman, a pair of brown vegan leather sandals from Blowfish Malibu & the woven paper crossbody from Esteems' Boutique to round it all out...

Sweet treats from Griffith St Larder...

Long afternoon walks wearing acid wash denim shorts from Best & Less, white broderie cotton ruffled top from TK Maxx, white leather Birkenstock sandals, blue woven paper crossbody bag & woven sunhat from Before Sunset...

Dinner for two at George's Paragon...

Can't resist a cheeky ice cream for dessert from Baskin Robbins... no mint choc chip, unfortunately...

Night Lights

Those final morning feels on Greenmount Beach in (yet again) a pair of indigo denim shorts from Best & Less, the blue & white striped cotton top with puff sleeves & bows from TK Maxx, no shoes (just how I like it at the beach) & woven paper Esteem's Boutique crossbody bag...