Style By Numbers

♥ Navy and white striped dress: Mothercare ♥ White cropped leggings: H&M Maternity ♥ Black cardi: Penneys ♥ Golden knot chain: Dorothy Perkins ♥ Peep toes: H&M ♥

@30WeeksΞI’m so glad I finally got something stripped in my maternity wardrobe. I’ve wanted bretton stripes from the beginning because I go crazy for anything gamine or nautical in the spring/early summer. But the bump through a spanner in my normal wardrobe routine.

It is very easy to wear with a draped neckline and capped sleeves. What I like most about this dress is that it was a gift from by hubby, so sweet! It’s a nice little boost to my maternity wardrobe, that was getting a bit stale. This has a nice length–not too short so that it begins to rise round the tummy and is nice and cool on the odd hot Dublin day.

I have to admit, I was skeptical about white leggings for awhile, but my black leggings can actually get hot around here lately. I thought I’d play up the nauticalness of the stripes by adding a big knotted gold chain. I only wish I had some deck shoes!

In other news, how stunning are these flowers in my garden. We had no idea that the giant bush would burst with purple, that our tree was pink or that we had 2 ft tall poppy plants in the yard. I’m absolutely falling back in love with Dublin and getting over the rough spell that was last winter.