**Gotta Give these Fly's a Try**

The light bulb moment comes when you least expect it…. Or if the truth be told, “with a little help from your friends” aka the beautician. You do end up chatting about the most random things and anything really in these rooms which I think is the quick fix to taking your mind off what’s about to come! We had never really spoken about shopping before which is odd, I know….but today was the day I knew we had a common thread rather than the EXPLOSIVE “chit chat” about everything social. I walk in for my appointment with a bag which had a random logo on it (I actually had no idea what it meant but she knew what it was straight away) I had to ask her what the shop was called as its just ‘a shop I go into’. I know where it is ‘in the line’ of shops, I just didn’t know the name of it which is my first lesson of the day L-E-A-R-N the shops names rather than walking aimlessly in them all the time as it makes these conversations much more concise! 

After this, I Immediately knew I was in “perfect” company to bring up shopping in style and at a good price! There is a genre of shops, which are “THA bomb” and seriously, even lifting their game more so from when I first discovered them a few years ago. To be politically correct, I really don’t know what to call the genre except an agreed concept with the beautician – “sunny girl shops”. Bravo, Tamara, BRAVO! 


Seriously, get to know them… such treasures lie through these doors and they are spotted all over Melbourne the big mecca shopping centres, Chapel street, Fitzroy street, Acland street etc get my drift, at the risk of sounding like a cheesy         cheap ad time slot “there will be one near YOU”!

So “the bag” which I got when my goodies were packed previous to the appointment had just given me the biggest shopping “lift” when I knew I only had a total of 10 minutes to find an outfit for an engagement party that night and a tight schedule during the day. A small window of time, but we have all been there and know that dread of failure especially under pressure. That’s when I knew I had to move fast hit the sunny girl shop to hit success. Bang – scoot around that shop quickly and pick something that looks good and a fabric that will move with the body shape as we cant expect ‘chanel’ quality materials at a the fly price that these places offer. After a fast lap, grabbed two dresses off the racks, first one was pretty, a non-moving fabric and fit me in all the wrong spots, one movement sitting down and that dress was splitting all the way up the side revealing a whole lot of winter body which is not in the best shape. Second dress, looked good, bit more edgy being a bright yellow and material spot on…. A flexible cotton with double layering. Get out that change room, 5 minutes left, another fast lap for a jacket, tried on a couple and 2^nd bang – big black fur number which was super warm and had a dull matte finish so hid “the cheap” well… “that will be $79.90 thank you”…. Why thank you back, have a nice day… SUCCESS!

Key points for the Sunny Girl Shops;

Remember, ‘if you care, you wont wear’ so just walk in… its about shopping smart and wearing what suits your body shape

Pick the right fabric, granted there is some dead set    crapola in these shops too. Its not really a chain that you can just grab it off the rack so make sure you have time to try the garments on. The fabrics will be ok if they fit you in the right places hence the need to try them on.

Don’t over think it…. Its cheap for a reason, you cannot expect a “high quality” fabric when your paying on average $40 a garment. Its about picking the right one, getting it altered getting a professional lining put in and not expecting the chanel

You can’t really complain about the quality of the clothes. I wouldn’t worry about saving receipts if you only get 2 wears out of it, this is where we have to suck it up and say “I got what I paid for”. There will be other times, you find gems in these shops and they will last you years… It will even out in the end so save the complaining for our high end products that don’t “put out”

Have fun with it and when mix-matching with your expensive fly wear, it will hide the cheaper fly wear and when wearing your head to toe, its just as important with what your wearing as how you wear it!

Till the next fly with a little help from our friends!

AFJ xxx