Frocktober 2023 - Part 3

Here's the last two frocks from this year's Frocktober. They're actually similar; bad planning on my part as I normally put a bit of effort into mixing up colours and styles through the month.

Anyway, here's Frock Nine. 

And finally - Frock Ten. Once again I didn't let my being on holiday prevent me from finishing the challenge, even if it meant getting myself ready in a tent. 

For those that care about these things it's a vintage Laura Ashley and one of the favourites of my vast collection.

I wore it for a trip to Eden and the Beowa National park, which included this visit to Eden's whaling museum and this compete killer whale skeleton.

 So that's Frocktober 2023 done and dusted. You can still donate at the usual link: IT HAS POCKETS.

Frocktober 2023 - Part 1

You knew it was coming is! The first Frocktober post of 2023.

As regular readers know, every October I go wild with the wearing of dresses in order to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation as part of their Frocktober campaign. Each year my wife, daughter and I set up a fundraising team called IT HAS POCKETS and demand money with sartorial menaces from people of social media.

And observe! There's a link in that previous bit.

The hardcore Frocktober participants will wear a different outfit on each of the 31 days of October. Some even do themed challenges. If you're on Instagram or Twitter you can follow the hashtags #Frocktober2023 or simply #Frocktober and see what they're up to, although the latter site is mostly full of hideous people these days so beware. My goals are more modest. Wearing a frock every day for 31 days isn't really viable for me (I simply don't have the energy, even if I do have the frocks), so once again I have set myself the challenge of at least ten frocks during the course of the month. In my previous four years of direct fund-raising I have managed over $3000 and worn over 50 different frocks. This year I will be attempting to wear frocks that I haven't worn in the previous five years. As I said before, I have a lot of them.

So on with the frocks. Frock One had sleeves, which is not something I do a lot of. I wore it for lunch with family up in Sydney ...

... followed by a trip to MOAB in the afternoon.

I returned to a more usual style for me with Frock Two, which was just for a day at work.

The weather had cooled down on that day, so I had to resort to a cardigan.

This swishy gingham number was Frock Three.

I wore it for a trip with Catherine up to Bowral to see the beginnings of the new botanical garden there, as well as some shopping at our favourite bric-a-brac emporium there - Dirty Jane's

And Frock Four brings us up to date (so far). Again it was something simple for work and a short shopping trip at lunchtime.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

That link again: IT HAS POCKETS!

Frocktober 2023

It's that time of year again!

Yes, October is approaching an, once again, the Kobold household will be dragging out the finest frocks in our wardrobe in order to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation as part of their annual Frocktober event.

Naturally we have brought back Team IT HAS POCKETS for it's sixth triumphant year.

So if you'd like to slip us a bit of cash at some point, that would be grand! Thank you.

Frocktober 2022 - Part 2

I am continuing to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation here in Australia, through their Frocktober campaign and our team IT HAS POCKETS.

I felt that my opening efforts were a little muted, so for Frock Five I went for something bolder, teaming this dress with a bright yellow cardigan I got from one of the Frocktober sponsors, Little Party Dress. 

The dress itself is unusual, in that the print is a pattern of courgettes. I can't for the life of me think of why someone thought that a courgette-print was what people would want, but to my mind it works surprisingly well.

Frock Six was a lovely Hell Bunny dress I picked up from a local retro-style store last year and which hasn't had enough exposure since then. So it took it down to the beach when we all dressed up to go to ...

... a local hotel for ...

... the the traditional Frocktober High Tea. This year's was to celebrate our friend's birthday.

Frock Seven was bright and cheery and maybe a bit much for just a day at work.

But it dressed up nicely in the evening for a trip to the theatre to see comedian and musician Bill Bailey in concert.

And so I bring things up to date with Frock Eight - more yellow I'm afraid (and there's more yellow to come after this, possibly).

So I'm eight frock in and only need to do two more to reach my goal.

Here's that donations link again: IT HAS POCKETS

Frocktober 2022 - Part 1

 And here it is! The first Frocktober post of 2022.

As regular readers know, every October I go wild with the wearing ow dresses in order to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation as part of their Frocktober campaign. Each year my wife, daughter and I set up a fundraising team called IT HAS POCKETS and demand money with attractive menaces from people of social media.

Oh look! There's a link in that previous bit.

The hardcore Frocktober participants will wear a different outfit on each of the 31 days of October. Some even do themed challenges. If you're on Instagram or Twitter you can follow the hashtags #Frocktober2022 or simply #Frocktober and see what they're up to. My goals are more modest. Wearing a frock every day for 31 days isn't really viable for me (I simply don't have the energy, even if I do have the frocks), so once again I have set myself the challenge of at least ten frocks during the course of the month. In my previous four years of direct fund-raising I have managed over $2000 and worn over 40 different frocks. This year I will be attempting to wear frocks that I haven't worn in the previous four years. As I said; I have a lot of them.

Frock One - a bold print dress from Dangerfield was the perfect way to start this  year's fundraiser. I wore it to MOAB in Sydney.

For Frock Two I went cuter but more subdued. 

On to Frock Three, which was a retro-style cherry-print I wore for a trip up to Sydney to see a wildlife photography exhibition.

And the last one for this post - Frock Four was something nice for the office which, oddly enough, is where I wore it.

And here's that donation link again: IT HAS POCKETS

Frocktober 2022

It's that time of year again!

Yes, October is approaching an, once again, the Kobold household will be dragging out the finest frocks in our wardrobe in order to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation as part of their annual Frocktober event.

Naturally we have brought back Team IT HAS POCKETS for it's fifth triumphant year. 

So if you'd like to slip us a bit of cash at some point, that would be grand! Thank you.

Frocktober 2021 - Part 3

And here we are, at the end of another Frocktober. 

The first thing to do in any post is to give you the link for donations; you can continue making donations for the next couple of weeks: IT HAS POCKETS

As you know we are raising money to support the work of the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation here in Australia. Each October I wear a range of lovely frocks to do this. 

Frock Nine. We went away for a few days last week, but I took a couple of frocks with me, and wore this lovely gingham one from Little Party Dress for our first day roaming around the Blue Mountains.

We did some relaxing too. I'm reading a book on photography there, whilst Mrs Kobold is resting her eyes for half an hour or so.

Frock Ten. On the day we checked out we decided to have a high-tea at the hotel, so I dressed appropriately (or maybe over-dressed, given that it was only 11am).

The high-tea doesn't feature in any pictures, but it was delicious, and the view (which is overexposed here) was lovely.

On the way home we stopped off at Mt Annan Botanical Gardens. I seem to have reached the age where wandering around botanical gardens is something of a high point of any holiday.

With ten frocks done - my target - I could have rested on my laurels. But I squeezed in one more. This is Frock Eleven. Which I wore for a visit to more gardens.

I got this pretty floral dress in a charity shop before the lockdown, and had been saving it for Frocktober.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. We did reach our target, but obviously we're happy to exceed it by as much as your generosity allows. Here's that link again: IT HAS POCKETS

Frocktober 2021 - Part 2

And so the annual Frocktober charity fund-raiser continues. Every year I don dresses in October to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation to do research into detection of, and a cure for, this hideous disease. This year I have once again set myself the target of at least ten different frocks during the month.

Obviously the most important thing is to post the donations link: IT HAS POCKETS

As you've no doubt become aware I love a brightly coloured or pattered frock. But I do sometimes tone things down, and sometimes look positively professional. Frock Five was one of those times.

Sadly I had no Zoom meetings during the day.

I brought a bit of colour back for Frock Six, which I wore for a weekend trip to our local cafe - we decided to have breakfast there to celebrate it reopening after the recent lockdown.

And I went for bold stripes with Frock Seven. This was a dress I picked up in a charity shop just before theh lockdown started, and was saving for a bold striped dress kind of day.

One thing we do each year as part of Frocktober is a high-tea. With lockdowns and so on we'd not got one organised this time, so we simply did it ourselves at home. I glammed it up with Frock Eight, a net-layer party dress I'd been saving for a friend's cancelled birthday party back in August.

So we're nearly at the end of the month, and the next post will cover the two, possibly three, frocks that I'll use to finish this year's fundraiser.

And here's that donations link again:  IT HAS POCKETS