September heralds that bizarre weather in Adelaide that sees you in full thermals one minute and bare legs the next. Well, when I say "bare legs", I mean nude stockings because I like to hold out on the first leg wax of the season until I'm convinced we're going to get at least a week's worth of warm weather to make it worthwhile, same with my pedicure.

That fascinating insight into my personal grooming habits aside, here's what was added to cart this month.

First off, Miss L and I took ourselves off to the Royal Adelaide Show, where I went and visited Jacquie at her Blush & Co stand in the Jubilee Pavilion and picked up this cute tassel earrings for $20. As I said on Insta, I like them because they are jazzy yet still sedate enough for daytime.


Keeping with the cute earring theme, I was lucky enough to win these two sets of studs from Grace & Luxx which I was jolly pleased about.


My friend Ali from Philosophy came to town and I got to hang out with her, see the A/W 18 collection  (spoiler alert: CUTE) and she very kindly gave me this white fringe top from the current range, which - as I enthused earlier - IS OPAQUE.  *praise hands*


The next two items I haven't worn yet but I'm planning to soon at an upcoming event. I did get them both for 20% off though at The Iconic. Stay tuned for that.

Back in March, I got a great Nero collar shirt from Katies* in Antique Rose that I really enjoy wearing, so when I saw the same style in navy blue* AND there was 30% off for members, resulting in picking it up for $27, well, what else was I supposed to do?


I hadn't been to Savers in absolute ever, but I had the opportunity on a recent day off to donate a few big bags and avail myself of a browse. Nothing spoke to me in the clothing section and then I alighted on these Django & Juliette patent brogues for a mere $16.99. A quick browse of Styletread leads me to believe these would have been worth around $150 new, so I'm pretty pleased with that pick-up.  Excuse the wack screencap, I don't know what's going on.


On that same day, if you follow me on Facebook, you would have seen I spent a glorious 5.5 hours at my local shopping centre, doing whatever and looking at whatever I wanted and it was GREAT. Another thing I snared was this Khoko dress from Harris Scarfe - again on sale for about $27.


I got a grey tee with a star print for $5 and a couple of waisted tee shirt dresses from Kmart for $10 each that I haven't worn yet. I spent most of last summer in Kmart dresses and I see no reason for this summer to be any different, since I don't really do shorts these days.

I also picked up a ridiculous glitter clutch for absolutely no reason except that it was too pretty to leave behind and at $7, why would you. This pic in no way does justice to its full green / copper duochrome awesomeness so you probably need to go instore for a look. As if you're not already going to Kmart.


Not to mention this ridiculous bargain:


I had seen this pair of cage booties in Rubi* and decided one lunchtime to go and try them on at Cotton On. They had ONE PAIR left in store, and as I reached for them - seeing they were marked down to $20 - thinking they would SURELY be the wrong size . . . well, let's just say it was a good day to be a size 38. No pic yet because as I mentioned, pedicure is very much needed.

Another lunchtime expedition (again) saw me in Kmart (again) where I picked up a chambray shift dress marked down to $15, a striped tunic tee because god knows, I don't have enough striped shirts already for $9, another necklace and earring set marked down in a kind of dove grey colour . . .


And this pair of jazzy earrings which I was happy to pay full price for because that full price was $4. FOUR WHOLE AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS.


Do stay tuned to Insta for updates on the things I haven't yet photographed.

A bit of a blow-out this month but I think it was an end-of-season thing where I was thoroughly bored of everything I owned and needed a bit of an injection. I did take three large bags down to Savers to make room with some good stuff including Review, Forever New, Atmos & Here and Dorothy Perkins, so get to the TTP store if you're keen.

Monthly totals

Items acquired: 18
Total RRP ticket "value" - $600.62
Total paid - $280.29
YTD spend - $1,974.35
YTD "value" - $4,360.28

How are you doing with your monthly expenditures? Do you track or would you rather not know?

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Yeah, I know we're all meant to be quitting sugar because it's the devil and whatever but you can't be mad about it when it's your hair getting all that sweet sweet sugar action!

MATRIX have released the Biolage Sugarshine system for the latest in haircare indulgences, introducing what is essentially a sugar scrub for your weave. Why let your skin have all the fun?
Having used the LUSH Jersey Bounce shampoo with scrubby bits included, I can totally appreciate how this could be a thing. There is something about a hair scrub that takes it to that next level of squeaky cleanliness. You can even use the Polishing Hair Scrub on your body which is an effective use of both time and product. Start from the top and work your way down!

The cleansing shampoo and conditioner duo is designed to nourish and protect your freshly-scrubbed locks (as most conditioners are, I guess, hence the name) and deliver softness, smoothness and shine without weighing your weave down.

Then we come to the hero of the piece, the SugarShine Illuminating Mist, which I was kindly sent to try out.

My hair is fine and although I try and avoid wetting and / or blowdrying it too often, it is a necessary task at least once a week. Preventing fly-aways is totally my jam. The Illuminating Mist protects from heat styling tools, tames fly-aways and seals in shine for a brilliant, glossy finish.


A quick spray prior to blow-drying, followed by another quick spray to damp down those pesky flyaways and I'm good to go.

So this week marked the blog’s third birthday – that means three years of blogging, Instagramming, Facebooking and attending events all under the Almost Posh banner and let me tell you, it has gone so super quickly!

RAISE THE ROOF!


via GIPHY
I don't know who those girls are but they look like they're having fun.

I’ve read a couple of articles that reckon the average blog is dead in the water after 100 days – that’s about 3.5 months. So I’ve well and truly beaten the average which is heartening considering I started blogging not really knowing why or how or the actual point of it all and have picked up things along the way.

If you’ve been with me for a while, you’ll know that I started off blogging at work and was able to bust out three posts a week without any trouble. However, after I left that job and took up a new position that required me to actually, you know, work for the company, it dropped to two a week, then one a week, then the kind of ad hoc position we’re in today. I still do enjoy blogging when I have something to blog about but I’ve found there seems to be a bit of fatigue out there at the moment and I’m wondering – do you even blog, bro? Would you rather read stuff on the platform you’re on – like Insta or FB without popping out to a separate site? These are the things I’m considering; trying to get the most value for Almost Posh with my very limited time that doesn’t allow for a lot of participation in link-ups or commenting on other blogs.

I’ve been lucky enough to receive some bits and pieces and be invited to fun things over the years and, not going to lie, that is also quite an enjoyable perk but as I have no doubt mentioned before, blogging and the associated socials have opened up a world of meeting new people and making some real-life friends that I have hung out with on a number of occasions. This has been the number one highlight because let’s be real, it’s hard to make new friends when you’re over 30 outside of work and when it’s people who are into the same stuff (like blogging, social media, fashuns, beauty prodz and not judging you for putting your outfits on Insta) then it’s a win-win.

The fashion inspo and motivation to bust out decent outfits is also a big plus, even if I have a defined lack of decent photo wall at my house. Behold: my trademark arch . . .


As for the future direction of Almost Posh, I am hanging in there! Keep on hanging with me and many genuine thanks for your comments, likes and shares over the three years so far.

What are your thoughts regarding the future of blogging?

I wish I thought of doing this photo comparison with mine but her husband is 6 foot 5 and mine is not.

Are you in the market for a toning shampoo? You can pick up these at RY.com.au for around $14 each.

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Products kindly gifted by MATRIX AUSTRALIA for review. Opinions, weaves and images are mine and Stacie's. For more information, please see my PR & Media policy.