Day 14

At the Royal NZ Ballet tonight.

God I love the ballet.

Colour, tulle, men in tights!
So is wearing Navy Blue. Not black.

I am wearing a super cute navy blue pencil skirt from Vanilla Ink Boutique. It is stretchy and comfortable and sexy all at the same time! Worn with navy opaques and navy ankle boots from Minx Shoes.

I was told by someone official in my 20's that navy blue was my best colour. At the time navy blue, to me, represented everything I could not bare - conservative, safe and far from creative.
Now old and sometimes sensible I like the feeling I get from Navy Blue.
A sort of wise power. The power to wear what I like.

To know that just because I choose the darkest shade of blue it doe's not mean that I am boring. It is often announced that navy is the new black - for the past 13 days it has been for me.

Navy worn with this 'Mia Tee' in 'candifloss' ( have you ever wanted to wear a colour more!?) also from Vanilla Ink makes me feel sophisticated and elegant. Just like the Ballet! x

Day 13 - Eating Colour

Here is me and my gorgeous cat, Bertie. Not even Bertie is black!
He is a British Blue.

Gorgeous Colour,Fat, Cute and Funny.

I love happy fat people. Better than thin grumpy ones any day!
I meet so many women who are desperate to be thin. They obsess about 2 or 3 kilos. So dumb, so boring.
Do some exercise, learn about the benefits of eating well but relax about a few kilos.

As we age we look better a little heavier than when we were young and thin. The extra weight helps us to look younger and happier and keep warmer!
I am a huge fan of honoring your body and looking after yourself.

I strongly believe that you are what you eat.
Who does'nt want to be a piece of cake every now and then?!

A while ago I read about Colour Eating. It is as much fun as colour dressing. You must eat as many colours you can in a day. If you have food options you take the more colourful one everytime.

Brown rice over white, red potatos over beige! Drink beetroot juice.
Eat a carrot instead of a wine biscuit. Try blueberries as a snack. The nutritional value is highly coloured food is much higher than white and beige food. Go ahead - have a colourful day x

Day 12

Here I am all festive and springy!

Wearing a great tunic from Yourself @Farmers. Yourself is officially a plus sized label and one of my favourites. Beautiful fabrics and clever cuts. This top goes from a Large up to a 4XL!

So many women get very hung up on the size of the clothing that they wear. Some will only buy a certain number and others are convinced that they are much bigger than they actually are.

Next time you are shopping take two sizes of each item into the changing room. It is amazing what difference a size up of down can make.

Some fabrics are very firm and you are doing yourself a favour wearing a bigger size.

Some garments are made very wide and trying a size down can loose you 5 kg!

Day 11

A quick cuppa before heading to the airport! So happy in my cream coat today.

Cream is such a luxurious colour. I always feel posh in cream.

Best to be worn when the children are at school! Not good around marmite eaters...

I have two cream coats this one from Vanilla Ink Boutique and a wool one.
Cream lightens your skin and makes your teeth and eyes appear whiter. What's not to love?
If you don't have any cream clothes, try it whipped in your coffee! Yum!

Day 10

Leaving for work, feeling Smurfy!

I drove to Palmerston North today to run an instore workshop Farmers. Had a fabulous day.

I feel so lucky to have a job that I love so much.

Helping women to feel great about themselves has long been my passion. Now it is my full time reality. I get so spend time, at workshops and instores, working with awesome women.

Women who are not happy with how their bodies have turned out. Women dealing with physical and emotional crisis's.
Women who have lost hope of ever looking good again...

If you are one of those women please do not give up. Spend some time on yourself. Treat yourself as a really good friend would. Buy something that makes you happy. It may be a scarf, a new lipstick, or a dress.

I once read that if you love your job then you get 5 extra days in your weekend! I love my 7 day weekends! x

Day 9

Laugh Out Loud! Live Out Loud.

Wear stripes. Guaranteed to get comments.

I love stripes, my favourites are black and white. But not this week! Not for another 12 days...

I am really enjoying my vow of colour.

I have always enjoyed getting dressed every morning but now even more so.

More of a challenge.

We all have to get dressed. It is the law.
You might as well have some fun.

Enjoy your day x

Day 8

At home, wearing tulle, just because I want to!
I love flouncing around in big skirts.

I would have been so good in the 50's in a pinny, making scones.
Making sure I had my lipstick on before hubby came in from work!

Life was simple then. We looked good and they bought home the bacon.

Now women need to look good, bring home some bacon, cook the bacon and then clean up after the bacon.... or do we?
Working, cooking and getting dressed up are all things I like doing. Cleaning is not. So I don't.

I am really enjoying today, a bit of work, a few twirls, a few jobs to do around home.

No cleaning.

Next time you get an overwhelming desire to clean, get really dressed up and then you will loose the urge!

Read a book, talk on the phone and if the mess gets really really bad, just go out...