So what is Frocktober? Well, here in Australia it's an annual charity event where those of us who like to wear a nice dress from time to time put them on, show them off and encourage people to contribute money to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. Ovarian cancer is a gynecological cancer that's particularly hard to detect, and the foundation's researches are focused very much on making detection easier. Because early detection makes the likelihood of an effective treatment higher. And effective treatment is what we want; an Australian woman dies of ovarian cancer every eight hours.
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 #Frocktober2021 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, so once again I have set myself the challenge of at least ten frocks during the course of the month. In my previous three years of direct fund-raising I have managed over $1500 and worn over 30 different frocks. This year I will be attempting to wear frocks that I haven't worn in the previous three years.
Once again my wife, daughter and I have formed a team, and once again it's called IT HAS POCKETS
On to the frocks so far.
Frock One - I started off with some fun polka-dots and a bit of flirting. I also did a client meeting at work.
Frock Two - Once again this year's event is sponsored by Little Party Dress, and I got a money-off voucher as part of my registration pack. I used it to buy a couple of new frocks, and gave this one its first outing for a picnic with Catherine, Maya and a couple of friends.
Back to a regular work-day for Frock Three, but I still went with something bright and cheery, since I had a few Zoom meetings and it pays to stand out when you're doing Frocktober.
And so on to Frock Four, which I wore to meet up with Caesar for yesterday's outdoor game of HOTT.
And here's a few shots of Catherine and Maya. They have worn other frocks, but really I'm mostly covering mine here. My blog, my rules.
And here's that donation link again: IT HAS POCKETS
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