Market day.

On the first Saturday of every winter month in Dubai, Safa Park hosts a weekend flea market. I've only been twice, first time I had my own stall and sold a bunch of clothes that I deemed unworthy of closet space. Managed to make about 1300 dirhams profit from it though;). This month was apparently the last month the flea market will be held until after summer, but I heard they may have it in a closed venue for June (let's hope it does continue during the summer).

You can find anything in this flea market, from paintings, knick-knacks, designer clothing, shoes and more. I found a stall that sold Aussie designs such as Sass & Bide. She had two dresses there, with tags still on for 100 dirhams and 65 dirhams each... But I was good and didn't buy much because my closets really don't need more...

Studded vest from dotti, tie-dye skirt from Forever New, earrings from Diva (Debanhams)

 

My favourite stall was this lady selling hand-painted ornaments from Tanzania. All money raised from purchases of the colorful and cute wooden animals would go back to that village in Tanzania.

Only bought a couple of things: This awesome evil eye ring for 10 dirhams.

And this cute Miss Budd purse for 10 dirhams as well.

It's so nice to sit in a park in Dubai. You really feel like you've left the city.
I mean, we're surrounded by sand and high rise buildings all the time, it's so relaxing to be sitting under a tree.

Except for the bugs. Eek.

Polka dot.

I hardly do outfit posts. That's coz I'm pretty boring!
And because I work in an office all week and it wouldn't be much fun showing you that.

I mentioned this vest before, I love wearing it over anything and everything.
The lace camisole underneath is from Jeanswest too.
And the skirt, the 8 pound skirt is from Primark. Funny story - my sister and I went to Primark Oxford Street, lost each other in the madness and decided to just meet up afterwards. I was out first but afterwards she was telling me about this mini skirt she saw which was so cute and was almost going to buy but thought, 'hmmm it's more Cathy's style...'. I asked her if it was polka dot and had a bow on the front... Lucky she didn't buy it, because I did! It's totally my style!

A couple of polka dot dresses featured in the March issue of American Vogue actually. Ok, completely different to the style in which I wore it above. 

Polka dot shift dresses are cool though... If I owned dresses like that I'd be doing a lot more work-outfit posts!

Nice tutu meet you.

Quiet Riot [Dubai] tutu - thanks to Safa Park Flea Markets, I practically stole it for just 20 dhs!
Dolci Firme [Melbourne] heels - Straps, straps, straps of goodness.

The shots are just from the webcam, bad quality, but hope you can see the design. They're pretty awesome.