Embracing Colour.

I've never really been a person who wears colour. I always tend to go oh pretty but still buy black. 
An evolution seems to be taking place in my closet. Lately my favourite piece of clothing is this yellow cardi.
It's lightweight and easy to throw on.
But what I love most is the colour. Yellow. Who'd have thought a girl who grew up with an absolute hatred of the colour yellow would end up loving this.
You might be wondering what did the colour yellow ever do to me?
When I was a little girl my parents decorated my room. Wallpapered the walls with tiny yellow flowers. I hated it. I was a girly girly and I longed for a frilly pink room.
Ever since then I have disregarded yellow out of hand. 

But something about this yellow cardi begged me to pick it up. Such a bright happy colour after what seemed a year and a half of winter weather.
My flatmates say I seem much more animated when I wear colour. 

Now my major drama is not overloading my wardrobe with colour until its a jumbled mess of items. When I shop I always think what do I have that will go with this? And I won't buy anything that doesn't work with at least something else in my stash. 

Well that's not totally true. I did end up buying a floor length pink dress the other day that I am not overly sure about. I'll give it a few months in my closet to grow on me but if It doesn't its gone. Space is at a premium in my closet. I'd like nothing better than to convert the back room into a walk in but I doubt the flatmates would understand that.

I've heard about the idea of capsule dressing month by month. When I actually have more than 30 pieces I'm going to try that.
For now I'm concentrating on what to wear with those two toned shoes i bought the other day.
Seems I have a ways to go yet before I become one of those stream lined put together women. 


  

Happy Birthday

It's finally arrived, my 40th birthday.
How do I feel today?
40 feels like 30.
Today I feel great but it didn't start out that way.
This morning, after being spoilt by good weather for over a week I awoke fully expecting that I'd see bright blue sun kissed sky.
Nope it was overcast and hazy.
Well I wasn't having any of that. So I did the only thing I could, I rolled over, curled up under the covers and went back to sleep until the weather changed.
Thankfully the next time I opened my eyes the sun was shining.

I had nothing planned until a dinner at my parents house and that didn't start until 6pm. The day was my own and I spent it in the sun on the back veranda soaking up as much Vitamin D as possible. And it was bliss.

For years I'd imagined that 40 would hit me like a tonne of bricks.
Instead I felt upbeat, light as a feather and seriously happy. 

 Forward Momentum, my new personal mantra.