Hello My Name's Shannon and I am a Blackoholic

I finished my MBA! Ok thats a filthy lie I finished this trimester but good news is I dont have to spend every day ploughing through 10 hours at work then another 3 with my head in a book for a few weeks. Huzzah! So back to the blog I run.

My wardrobe seems very scarce at the moment but I am trying not to spend any money until I reach New York (so outfit posts will probably be mediocre at best). I am however, trying to wear more colour as my wardrobe pretty much consists of black and grey. This is my attempt for my work get-up today , I must have underestimated just how much black I wear because I have got 6 comments (its 9.45am) that its wierd to see me in colour.

Could I be an unintentional goth?! I'm not a cure fan so I think I'm in the clear.

Kachel Dress, Peter Morrissey for Big W (!) jacket, Necklace from markets, Calvin Klein Shoes and YSL ring

By the way I wanted to take these pics in little pavillion we have in our backyard but there are workers next door who could see so I had to resort to the dingy garden.

Work Wear

One of the upsides of working in Marketing in the Cosmetics Industry is that you can take liberties with work attire, so this is what I wore today super comfy and a vast improvement on the suits I used to wear!

 The details:

Wearing Country Road Jacket, Scanlan and Theodore top, Cue Pants, Avon Necklace, Calvin Klein shoes and BCBG Maxazria clutch.

Also I have been tagged by some lovely (and very stylish) bloggers for the stylish blog award, if you havent already I suggest you check them out!

Aelie at Autumn Castle

The Lovely Ladies at Black Ink Vintage

and of course The Stylish Shoe girl at The Stylish Shoe Girl 

So here are my 7 things about me:

• I am petrified of birds but love buying clothing and jewellery with birds on them.
• I study my MBA (Masters in Business) at night and work long hours which is why I start nearly every outfit post with "sorry the photos arent great but I was in a hurry".
• I love lists, I am not pedantic but love crossing things out when I finish them. I even write things that I have already done just so I can cross them out.
• I am obsessed with the bubbles game app on the iphone, I wont stop playing it until I reach 5000 points and you know what happens then? Nothing.
• I have a habit of naming inanimate objects, my laptops name is Archibald, my boyfriends laptop is Reginald (AKA Archie and Reggie), my Chanel bag is called Shelley Channelly and my car is called Heinrich Von Trappensson the Third (he is an Audi so needed a german name).
• I have a (dorky) love of politics and economics and I am a staunch Atheist and Civil Libertarian.
• I am moving out of my apartment this week to downsize and live with some friends and I am already mourning the view!

Work clothes

Here are some quick outfit shots this morning before work. One of the good things about working in the beauty industry is that you don't have dress too corporate, so all my suits from careers past sit in the back of the wardrobe collecting dust. Which means NO IRONING!

Anywho both the dress and shoes are Calvin Klien.

My arms dangle really strangely in these photos, I think I need to try a bit of a hand on the hip move or something.

Michael Kors watch

The shoes, the photos aren't very good but they are distressed leather with these cute little zips on the back, nothing fancy but so comfy I wear them relentlessly.