Autumn style advice from Henry Roth, Specsavers Style Ambassador

• Frames are fashion. Think of your frames as a fashion accessory – match them with your mood and personal style. You add a burst of colour to a neutral outfit, or transform your wardrobe from day to evening with a change of frames.

• Specs 2010 to be seen. Spectacles are the must have fashion essential, worn not to blend onto your face, but more as a stand out look.

• Accessories are fashion’s best friend for 2010. Accessories, including spectacles, are fantastic for when you need to spruce up your wardrobe for autumn, but can’t afford a complete overhaul.

• Adventurous accessories. Be adventurous with your spectacle selection. Choose a classic pair for work and a more bold design for evenings and weekends.

• Autumn 2010, mix it up. Don’t be afraid to mix silver and gold jewellery/accessories – this autumn’s all about style with attitude.

• Sexy secretary is in. For girls, this autumn’s look is flirty, feminine with a touch of Euro sexy style. Pencil skirts, patterned leather belts and high pumps. Look for gold, bright pink and orange accessories, jewellery with bling and rimless spectacles with colourful arms.

• Here comes Superman! For guys, this autumn sees the return of the classic nerd – Clark Kent style. Clean crisp shirts, tailored suits, preppy jackets and lace-up shoes, teamedupwith oversizedplasticblackordarkrimmedglassesandslickedbackhair to complete the look.

• Avant-garde, fashion forward look. Opt for accessories that are bold and dramatic. For a night out, match your little black dress with bright and funky accessories like chandelier earrings, studded cuff bracelets or colourful frames.

• To balance a prominent nose. If you have a long nose, look for glasses with a low set bridge to shorten it. For shorter noses, select a style with a high set bridge in line with the top of the frames.

• To balance a square face. If you have a square face, choose oval frames as they’ll help soften your jaw line. If you have a round face, opt for angular or geometric frame styles.

well, sort of. Manpet did some fire drills yesterday and had to put out some real fires…so that kinda counts..yeah?

Tomorrow is our 1st wedding anniversary. How fast has that year gone! And we haven’t killed each other (tho we have been together 14yrs this year, so I had already beaten all the bad habits out of him long ago) If we are really honest, he some kind of super human to put up with me LOL

What am I buying him? What…am I not present enough?? I don’t work for Hallmark any more, and I am certainly not actually paying for a card.

He doesn’t want anything tho, who says that? At any given moment I could rattle off about 10 things that I “want”..but nope, not him…weirdo.  So I shall just have presents for the both of us. Like a new car, stereo, a magic mouse…I best not let all my secret purchases slip..in case he is reading, but thank you darling

So we are off out on a date! Nothing too exciting, Dinner and Alice in Wonderland (see how well trained he is ) And having a child free night, the kids are sleeping at the inlaws.

When I stop and think, this is the first night out without the kids in nearly 3yrs. Wow, that sounds bad saying it out loud, doesn’t it? Didn’t realise it had been so long. I guess it is just easier not to worry about putting people out getting a baby sitter etc. Not that I have minded at all, or missed it. Do you do date nights?

It has been nearly 18mths since finally got around to getting my P’s.

It was not long after that I bought myself my first car (which technically wasn’t my first, but lets just say first that I could legally drive )

Wow, forgot it looked OK. Reminds me a little of why we actually bought it. I can tell you, it looks nothing like that now! Through no damage or neglect on my part mind you, she had just been badly neglected in the past. Was and still is wonderful to drive (cept in summer, no a/c in black car is NOT noice)

We swore never to buy a black car, or any car in the dark again. I still stand by my decision to buy it tho. We aren’t stupid when it comes to buying cars, we have done it many a time. Of all we looked out in my tiny budget, I just liked that one. We bought something super cheap, so if I smashed it, we could just toss it out and get a new one. Yay me, I didn’t so put so much as a scratch on it.

So I get my new job, which involves 3 days a week in the office…in Nth Sydney. There is no freaking way I am driving that ugly thing there! Even the kids were getting a little iffy about going in it.

SO after much looking, bought my new car last Friday, in the dark and rain.

I love it! Nice to have something you actually enjoy driving (with A/C!), and don’t feel ashamed to get into. New stereo is also awesome.

Buyinvite has a great sale on envirosax right now.

You can get 1 bag for $5, or buy a set of 5 for $25..what a bargain…I have grabbed myself some.

Sign up for Buyinvite, always some fab sales on all the big names. I have gotten quite a few great deals. Another good one to check out is Brandsexclusive. Bargain brand shopping at home. They both have a great range of stuff, with new sales starting 6am every morning. Shoes, clothes, bags, kids stuff…bit of everything really