Most of you know that Rueben and I are going on holiday in Thailand for two weeks. This is the first time I am going to be out of South Africa and I am really looking forward to experiencing a culture that is very different from my own.

I will be taking a blogging break while I am on holiday. I know I will miss blogging very much and I am looking forward to doing some Thailand posts when I get back. I can never stay away from the Internet for too long so I will probably be tweeting and reading your lovely blogs from time to time.

Keep well!

I decided a while ago that I wouldn’t buy anything new so that I could save the shopping for Thailand. This was hard to stick to but I managed to do very well. I attended a wedding on Saturday and finding something to wear was particularly tricky. It was a Muslim wedding and I found that most of my dresses were too casual or showed too much flesh for my liking. I had to improvise a bit so I could avoid an emergency dress hunt on Saturday morning. I wore this polka dot Jay Jay’s dress which is quite casual and used the cropped jacket to make it more formal. The heels and clutch definitely glammed it up significantly. I was happy with the end result and so relieved that I didn’t have to break my no shopping rule.

I find that browsing through old photos can definitely improve one’s mood. I found these taken on a Summer’s day when we went for a drive. I could never get sick of taking drives and enjoying the scenery en-route. My favourite thing to wear while doing so is a sun dress. So, here’s the sun dress of the day along with my favourite piece of scenery of the day.

I am so excited because next week I leave for Thailand where I can enjoy drives and scenery in a country that I have never been to before.

I have definitely come to terms with the fact that Spring in Cape Town is a guessing game. The weather changes drastically from day to day, but I choose to focus on the days when the weather is better. This is an outfit I wore on one of those better days. It definitely had me thinking about Summer and how easy and comfortable Summer outfits can be. A shorts, top and sandals are comfy and simple to pull off. I particularly like this shorts that I bought at Ackermans recently. It’s a perfect fit for me. Isn’t great when you find something that’s the perfect fit? If you’ve been following my Twitter account then you might already know that I am very impressed with Ackermans lately. I never bought anything there until recently, keep it up Ackermans!

I hope everyone has a good week!

I’ve been bookmarking my favourite looks on street style blogs for the past couple of weeks and I noticed a pattern. Most of the looks contain leather jackets! If I haven’t said this before on this blog then I am saying it now, I love leather! This pattern proves it. We can see from these looks that a little biker’s jacket looks great with various feminine looks. It definitely adds some edge to an outfit and makes it more noticeable. I don’t think there is a substitute for real leather. The best thing about it is that it’s a lifetime investment.

Even though Spring is here in South Africa, I don’t think we need to say goodbye to leather jackets just yet. I think they’re an easy way to keep warm on a the chillier Spring or even Summer nights. I’ve owned many leather jackets and found that I could wear them all year. These little jackets look especially good with floral dresses which are undoubtedly very popular already in South Africa.