Day 4 - Frocktober 2014: Back to werk

It was day 4 and I rolled home late from my first day back at work. The Doctor (my 11 year old) and I quickly took a pic in the last light.

I've agreed to pay him a dollar per Frocktober photo. 

It's a struggle my friends, I will not lie. My fifth year, and I'm a little weary. What gives me new motivation is when people sponsor me. For realz. 

Here's the link. If you want me, I'm fast asleep. 

Dress: Alpha60
Shoes: Habbot
Earrings: Each to Own (BEST EVER!)
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Frocktober 2015: Day 26 - Easy Monday

I had today off from work and it was THE BEST DAY EVER!

I got to make lunch for my kids. Drop my kids off to school. Get some jobs done. Pick up my kids. Make dinner. Be a mum. BEST DAY EVER!! 

And I wore this super easy little gingham smock-style frock - winning at life. 

You can sponsor me here. Go on, I know you want to. 

Frocktober 2015: Day 24 - Pink Lady

It was steamy on the weekend - phew! Zoo-wee mama! So it was time to crack out one of my all-time favourite vintage frocks. My pink as a musk stick frock. I love this one.

It does have a matching belt, but do you think I could find it on Saturday morning? Nope. Which is actually fine because I kind of like the mash up with my tan plaited leather belt, the pink and my Converse. Classic. 

There's still time to sponsor me, still time to help me raise money for ovarian cancer research. 

There's no early detection test. A pap smear won't do. So that's what I'm hustling for. 

Please sponsor me today. All money goes to Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. 

Frocktober 2015: Day 23 - OLE!

Everything's peachy keen my friends. Well actually it's not. Because it's freaking cold in Sydney and I've only got one more warm dress left. What's happened to this weather?

Yesterday I wore a white dress, and had to walk home in the cold rain. This is a recipe for... near nudity in suburbia. 

And this is also known as dedication to the cause. 

If you sponsor me this Frocktober (my fourth) you'll be helping me raise money for research into ovarian cancer. All money raised goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. 

And it's tax deductible, which means more frocks for you. 

What's not to like?

Sponsor me today. Please! Pretty please!

Today's delectable dress by the inimitable Little Tienda. 

Frocktober 2015: Day 21 - Leopard. The perfect neutral

'As far as I'm concerned leopard is a neutral' - Jenna Lyons

It is. I love a bit of leopard print. Perfect for workwear, perfect for wearing out on a hot date.

It's day 21. If you're going to sponsor me, please do! Don't be shy. Any amount is awesome.  

Frocktober 2015: Day 20 - Peek-a-boo

BOO! 11 days to go - and my frocking goodness I can't wait! 

We're on the home straight - yew! 

Please sponsor me and help find an early detection test for ovarian cancer. All money raised goes to Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. 

You can sponsor me here. 

And find out more about ovarian cancer symptoms here. 

Frocktober 2015: Day 17 - Little Tienda

Day 17 and it's time for a Little Tienda sweet action. Comfortable, stylish and perfect - so perfect for this hot weather. WOO! 

Em generously donated $3 per shared shot on Instagram of beauties wearing their Little Tienda frocks using the tag #frockthatcancer. We raised $198 - going straight to Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. 

But it's only day 17, and we're not done yet! Please if you can donate a small amount, any amount to my fundraising, I will love you long time, and so will my ovaries. 

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Frocktober 2015: Day 9 - In the sunshine

Can you believe we're already 9 days in? 

Yikes. I can't. 

Captured here in the backstreets of Waverley, catching some midday sunshine. 

You can sponsor me this Frocktober for the cost of a coffee. Or less if you like. I don't mind! Every dollar counts, and donations are tax deductible. 

Go on. You know  you want to defend our ovaries. I do. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 31 - Last DAY! Carmen Miranda

What a wild ride this month has been! Thank you for coming along. Thank you for your generosity. Your kind words. Your lifting me up in whatever way. 

Mid-month, I really, really thought I was going to struggle hitting the $10k. I was really worried and more than a couple of times my mouse lingered over the goal button, wondering if I should adjust it. 

I am so frocking glad I didn't. I am so glad you came along for the ride.

There are SO many people I need to thank that helped me reach my goal. So many. 

For starters, my excellent, beautiful, generous friend Emilie, who has taken my photo most days - she has a wonderful eye, and I can't even begin to thank you! Thank you mostly for being exceptionally patient - particularly when I kept banging on about taking my photo. It's a task! 

I must also thank Matt and the Doctor and Tiny. Most people won't know but I put a lot into frocking up each day (and then social media-ing 'til all hours after work) - which means my mind is elsewhere. The house is a mess, I may have been a bit grumpy, and you've been exceptional. Thank you.

I won't go into all the thank yous today, because really. Let's talk about the outfit. Carmen Miranda. A true style icon. I kept waking up all night wondering if Carmen was enough. Well of course Carmen is and always will be enough, but was Lexi as Carmen enough (after Frida, what would satiate the frocking hungry?). Then I wondered if the vintage frock I had kept aside was enough.

I hope you think it's enough.

I've had fun as Carmen. She's a brilliant, strong, inspirational woman.

And to raise money to support brilliant, strong, inspirational women? I hope it goes some way in finding an early detection test for ovarian cancer. 

This is my third year of Frocktober, I wanted it to be bigger and better - and it frocking was. You  guys made it frocking frocktastic. 

Thank you. 

(this is a photo Emilie took of me working. So serious. Find Em on Instagram at @milietea - you should follow her. She's ace)

You can still sponsor me here. 

All funds raised goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

Frocktober 2014:: Day 29 - Shine Bright Like a Diamond (Natashya Manfield)

Big news! Today I hit the $10k! OH EM GEEEEE!!! Thank you to all 164 of my motherfrocking brilliant sponsors. You guys are the frocking biz! 

So today, it feels fitting to go full tilt colour - with this Peggy dress from Natashya Manfield. How ridiculously beautiful is this?! Natashya is an incredibly amazing designer from Melbourne. Check her out. Now. 

If you haven't already donated, I'd be ever so stoked if you still threw a few dollars my way. 

The Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation receive no government funding and rely on the support of our community to assist in driving research forward.

Don't be shy! Any donation is awesome - and anything over $2 is tax deductible. 

Dress: Peggy dress from Natashya Manfield

Frocktober 2014:: Day 25 + 26 - Camping, Frocking, Cockatooing, Fundraising

Quick. Gather around. I've got something to tell you. 

There's only five more frocks to go. That means there's only five more days to donate to Frocktober. To work with me to hit ovarian cancer where it hurts. To help fund an early detection test. To find out what makes ovarian cancer tick. 

We need this test. 

I know I've told you this a million times before. But let's think about it in terms of real life people. 

One Australian woman dies every 10 hours from ovarian cancer. 

That's HUGE. 

If we can find an early detection test, we can improve the survival of women with ovarian cancer. 

Over 50% of the community incorrectly think that a pap smear will diagnose ovarian cancer. Wrong. But don't stop having pap smears. 

The average age of women at diagnosis is 63 years. Think of all those beautiful, strong women we could help by donating a small amount.

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Above is day 26 - a frock made from beautiful painterly Nani Iro fabric. 

Below is day 25 - since we were going camping/gramping (on Cockatoo Island), I decided not to pack the picnic rug but to wear it instead. 

Please sponsor me today. I've frocked my guts out this year (my third participating in Frocktober) and would dearly love to help the OCRF with much needed funding. 

Click here to sponsor me. All donations are tax deductible. Every little bit helps. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 24 - Calling Iris Apfel

It was the day that had to come. It was the day I wore half my body weight in jewellery. It was the day I had to muster my inner stylista and become the one and only -- Iris Apfel.

Can you see the uncanny resemblance?

And yes, for most of the day - I was Iris. And then a board member saw me and I conveniently disappeared into the lift. Still in full Iris mode.

The likes, the comments, the shares - they're all great and important, because it is about awareness, but if you threw me $2 (which is tax deductible) you'd also be helping find an early detection test for ovarian cancer. 

I am grateful for each and every donation. Please, if you can, throw some coin to my fundraising and help us get closer 


Here's why your fundraising dollars are crucial to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation:

• Did you know ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer death in Australian women?
• On average three Australian women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every day.
• The five year survival rate for Australian women with ovarian cancer is only about 40%.
• In comparison, the five year survival rate for breast cancer is about 88%

If you'd like to donate - please go here. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 23 - Fitness MotherFrockers (Little Tienda)

Recognise this frock? Cast your mind back to last year. Or click here.

It's a good one. Hand embroidered, beautiful for a hot day. And today it served me well to do The Bay Walk/Run. 

That's right motherfrockers, I exercise in a frock! 

It's from Little Tienda. And I have to tell you a story about Little Tienda. Emily (who is the awesome behind LT) has generously, incredibly, feverishly been working behind the scenes to help me reach my goal. 

How do you thank someone that has gone without, so that I hit my target and together we give ovarian cancer a swift kick up the brass razoo?

I don't think I ever can. But I can tell everyone how brilliant she is. How bright. How she's kept the pep in my step, the sparkle in my arkle. She has kept me on the straight and narrow, even when I thought I couldn't do it. Even when I started thinking I would have to revise my goal.

Emily works super hard - and Little Tienda is testament to her brilliance. Please shop with Little Tienda. This month she's generously donating 10% from EVERY SINGLE SALE to my PottyMouth Ovarian Cancer Ass-Kicking fund. She is incredible. I am humbled. 

Buy something for yourself (I've got this and it's GREAT with jeans and shorts; this clutch is totally on my wish list)! Buy a Christmas gift (Tiny has this and it's unbelievably cute). I don't care what you buy, but buy something because the woman is not only supporting me, but Little Tienda supports Mexican artisans too. 

Emily is amazing. Emily is the type of person you want on your team. 

And you know what? Emily and I have never even met IRL. 

I can feel a margarita coming on. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 11 - Low Key

I've hit the wall and I'm only 1/3 of the way in.

Want to know what would float my boat and buoy my spirits?

If you sponsored me. That's the ticket!

How? Click through here. Any sized donation is welcome!

Why? To help fund research into ovarian cancer. There's currently no early detection test. One Australian woman dies every 10 hours from this silent killer.

When? Right now! Don't wait until 31st October. It's like waiting for a puff of wind at the finishing line. I need support the whole month because this dressing up gig is freaking exhausting! Being on show like some 'best in show' poodle? Yep. It's got me beat.

Many thanks to my blogging buddies who have supported my efforts, by sharing my story:

Wee Birdy
Foxs Lane
The Transcontinental Affair


Dress: Gorman

Frocktober 2014:: Day 10 - Vintage, Blousy and Big Hair

Bigger the hair, closer to God. 

I went big today. BIG! 

Big or little, I'd LOVE you to sponsor me this Frocktober. 

Together we can raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation - and help to find an early detection test. 

There might be some big looks set for next week - if I can hit $4,500 by Monday. But let's see if you sponsor me! 

Dress: Vintage black lace dress
Wig: 100% plastic

Frocktober 2014:: Day 8 - Vintage Leopard - MEEEOW!

Today was the first day I craved jeans. But I didn't cave. No. Of course I didn't. Instead I threw on a frock. Did a winged eye. Tousled my hair. And off I went, into the wilderness. 

Many years ago I used to live in Bondi. Each Sunday I would wake early and wander down to the markets to check out what vintage wares I could peruse. It was pre-inflated prices of vintage goods. I picked up this leopard print beauty for a measly $5, and she's given me so much love over the last 12 years. In fact I must be in the negatives if it came to cost-per-wear. My ROI is in the bazillions. 

If you haven't already, I'd be incredibly grateful if you could sponsor me - all money goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. 

The statistics are startling, and I can tell you - all the facts and figures, but what it comes down to is people. 

Cancer sucks. Wouldn't it be great if we could switch it off? It sounds simpler than it is, I know, but if everyone invested a little money into research, then maybe we could help more people live longer, healthier lives. 

You can sponsor me here. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 5 - Vintage 60s Cotton Frock Love

Today I was tired. So Matt took over the Frocktober reins. For approximately 2.45 minutes. And then he changed. And I got frocked up. Still he does look quite dashing in a frock. No?

It was a banger of a hot day which meant many of my vintage frocks were unwearable because hot and rayon? Let's not even imagine it. 

This one was given to me by my sister. A vintage (early 60s?) cotton frock that I just love to love. And to ensure I love it even more, the previous owner has hand stitched some small sections where the fabric has had a hole. It is true love. 

Please sponsor me today! Together we can make a difference to women who are fighting ovarian cancer. Every single dollar goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation who are working hard on finding an early detection test. Currently there is none. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 4 - 70s Floral

It's day 4 frockstars! 

Today I brought out an old favourite. A vintage frock I bought off eBay, back when I shopped for vintage on eBay. Like over 11 years ago. Vintage to me, and vintage back then, it's totes legit vintage. 

It's one of my all time favourite frocks, circa 70s, and bears a beautiful bright floral print. It's floaty and feminine and I really love wearing it. I wore it to one of Matt's early exhibitions when we were first courting. Yes. I did just write courting. 

My friend Em kindly took my snaps today, thank you Em! 

Don't forget there's a serious reason I am frocking up. Despite the frivolity and the fun, there is fury in my fundraising.

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death of all gynaecological cancers.

Over 50% of the community incorrectly believe a pap smear diagnoses ovarian cancer.

Too many good women have been lost to ovarian cancer, now's our chance to make a difference and fund research into this insidious disease. Please sponsor me now and help find an early detection test. All money raised goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. 

Frocktober 2014:: Day 3 - A Day in Old Mexico (Little Tienda)

Today took me away to Mexico. Well in my dreams it did. Little Tienda supplied this beautiful hand-embroidered black linen dress, and I did the dreaming. And added oversized hoops, wedges and a winged-eye for good measure.

Incredibly, Little Tienda is donating 10% of all sales to my Frocktober fundraising effort. Can you believe it? So if you buy something this month, you can be guaranteed that you'll also be helping to fund research into ovarian cancer. 

PLUS she's currently offering 20% off. I mean you should totally buy yourself something, and do some Christmas shopping.

The woman is a generous genius.

Dress: Little Tienda
Hat: vintage

At any rate, if you don't want to buy something - I'd love if you decided to donate to my Frocktober fundraising page. Any amount will make a difference!

Frocktober. One. More. Sleep.

Feeling nervous? I am. 

Just one more sleep until Frocktober kicks off!

If I reach $1,000 by Wednesday 1st October - I go to work in my Studio 54 inspired frock. I mean I really will go all out. I don't do these things by half measures. 

What is Frocktober?

Frocktober is all about raising awareness and funds for research into ovarian cancer. All money raised goes to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF). 

Currently there is no early detection test for ovarian cancer. 

OCRF receives no government funding and rely on the support of our community and business supporters to assist in driving our research forward.

Want the facts?

• Every ten hours, one woman dies from ovarian cancer in Australia
• Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death of all gynaecological cancers
• Unlike other cancers, there is NO early detection test
• Over 50% of the community incorrectly believe a pap smear diagnoses ovarian cancer
• Ovarian cancer has a lower survival rate than both breast and cervical cancer
• When detected and treated early 80-100% of women will survive beyond five years compared with only 20-30% when diagnosed at a late stage

Please help me fundraise this Frocktober and kick ovarian cancer to the kerb! 

$1,000 by 7:30am on Wednesday - and I go to work Studio 54.