happy birfday momma

shirt - zara, headband - dorothy perkins, rings - h&m + asos

my mum is 48 today, but doesn't look a day over 35! lucky woman... she doesn't read my blog - in fact, i don't even think she knows what a blog is - but i thought i'd commerate the day anyway :)

went out for a meal and i wore this headband i found for £2 in true bargain bucket style! i got it a few weeks back but haven't worn it as i have to be wearing my contacts as big black glasses + black headband = far too much.

also, my asos illamasque nail polish arrived! it's not the colour i hoped (i want a red-based matte burgundy, this is a glossy and purple-based) but i like it anyway. except that it has chipped already, askjdaskhdfwhatasoswhydoyoudothis.

speak soon, love!  



almond croissants

blazer - vintage secondhand, breton top - h&m, cut off shorts - cintage levis,belt - h&m, snood - new look, boots - new look  

looking kind of awkward in these photos due to the situation... these were quickly taken by my friend tom after i sheepishly asked if i could be so vain and ask him to take some - to which he replied yes, followed with 'it is a little bit vain though' THANKS TOM NOT HELPFUL. he's actually a photographer in the making (he studies art) but he is the least bit interested in fashion, i don't think he gets me sometimes or the blogging world which is a shame really as he would otherwise be a good outfit photographer... :)

hope everyone is well and happy... james is home tonight for the weekend and it's my mum's birthday tomorrow, so it shall be a full two days off!

speak soon, love

hello tripod

black aviator - topshop, black dress - topshop, rings - all h&m

my first (proper) outfits photos - despite the fact i'm taking both things back! i had fun before work this morning, and the sad thing is taking photos of this jacket actually made me like it a little bit more than i originally did, which is a shame, as it just has to go back. i was so disappointed when i first pulled it out of the package! it wasn't what i wanted at all - although, to be fair to topshop, looking back it never was - it was really light and felt quite cheap. what i really want is just a beautiful leather/pu biker jacket, so i shall just have to hold out 'til next season i suppose!

as for the dress, well i was never intending to keep this in the first place, i only bought it to bring it up to £100 for free delivery (does anyone else do this? :) + chose it because i thought it was pretty and i like floaty/see through (ha, slag i am!) things. and it is, but the cut isn't very flattering, it is slightly too long (as are most dresses on me) and i don't need another black dress!

also, how lovely are the white bits on the zips on the jacket? hahaha, not really, they're clearly part of the packaging but as i was intending to take it back i couldn't take them off.

also also, i don't normally wear my hair like this, it just has to be straight for work. normally it's a sporadic mess, somewhere between straight and wavy with the occasional curl.

now to face the dreaded returns lady! :(

speak soon, love

excitement in the post



i love coming home after being away to see a big pile of post for me that my mum puts on the stairs :) got two packages off the lovely bunac - one containing a lonely planet guide to canada (which is about two inches thick, bet they got mugged by the post office for that one...) and the other containing my flight confirmation, a guide to living in north america and this amazing tshirt! slightly scared about how real it's becoming now, but i am so excited. and i ♥ this tshirt, it makes me happy!

i know i look a bit grim in the photos, but it's been a long day and i've just got home from three hours of travel from my dads. i miss him, pip & the four crazy animals already! 

everything's not lost

sheer top 3/4 sleeve top - free people at uo, under vest top - topshop, black sequin skirt - ebay, tights - m&s, blazer - charity shop. usual jewelery

quite embarrassed about these photos aha, (not really the attitude to be having in the blogging world is it?) but me + my sister megan had fun - despite us both being complete utter camera noobs and not using the flash :| hence the awful photo quality, i do apologise!

anyway, the blazer is one of my finds from 'thrifting' the other day with james (yes, the daft word requires inverted commas) i found it in mind in didsbury and just thought it was amazing, & with a £6.50 price tag even better! i've already worn it twice since i bought it... charity shops in south manchester are SO much better than bury. i didn't find any of the chanel etc that i've been told people have seen, probably the most expensive label i found was a completely hideous salmon pink vintage jaeger jacket that i wanted to buy for novelty but i mean really, ew.

i also bought two shirts, one in the most disgusting floral pattern you've ever seen in your life and the other in red velvet. photos soon, nom.

back to this outfit, i'm wearing one of my favourite tops in the world ever and these photos don't do it justice! it's got batwing style sleeves and is made of mesh with thick stripes of different shades of blue and yellow. i'll have to photograph it better at some stage.

oh, and the purpose of it? going to like a 'last meal' to see all my friends before the majority go to uni :'( s a d.

anyway, i have a big day tomorrow - so much to sort out! not sure if it'll go to plan quite yet so i'm not posting about it, but if it does, my life is gonna change. more later!

the end of an era

these shoes have accompanied me for the past five years of my life, and how i love them! i first got them - in their hot pink high top original state - in year 9 and they have been with me on some of the best days of my life. including the 'emo' stage that became a sort of rite-of-passage... hence the radioactive orange and green laces.

the left foot says 'ganeesh' which is related to an note once passed to me in a geography lesson by my friend alex dixon, simply saying ganeesh... apparently it was said to him by our other friend stuart during a film when everyone wouldn't shut up. errr, ok.

the right foot says 'gibabas', an alternative to pyjamas as said by a boy i quite liked called callum when i was on a youth camp thing in the summer of year 9. + then in year 12 i decided i preffered low tops so turned the tops down...

as you can see, these shoes have had a bit of wear...the bottom sole of the shoe is completely worn down and flattened, the cotton inner sole has come away so my feet rest of rubber (which is actually quite comfortable, it's moulded to my toes), the all star sign at the back has completely rubbed away and the circle star sticker is close to falling out. not to mention the fact that there is a gaping hole in the back of each other them, effectively turning them into converse slippers.

i love them because they hold so many memories and because they are completely mine and whenever i wear them i think of times when i was younger. i have never seen anyone else with converse quite like mine. they've been in this awful state and yet i've still worn them almost everyday because i can't bear to let go - however the other day, i finally bought a (long over-due, according to many people included an office shop assistant, cheeky get) new pair of converse. just plain white low tops, i didn't want anything to resemble these as they can't be replaced. they sat in their box whilst i sulked at them for a while, but i've started wearing them now. i almost feel like i'm cheating on my old converse :( so it's the end of an era - in a cliche kind of way buying new ones has helped to mark my transition from being a kid in school and college to whatever i am next. *dramatic face* hahahahahaha, i had to say it. :D

to

my darling pink converse - i shall keep you and love you forever, and one day i will find someone to fix you and you will live on !! :)



outfits:dublin

1st outfit: granny skirt worn as dress - secondhand, belt - secondhand, scarf - vintage, denim jacket - topshop, flats - primark, bag - nica

2nd outfit: shirt - secondhand, black skirt - miss selfridge, cardigan - topshop, bag - as before, beloved 5 year old converse

I'm a creature of habit and pratically always use the same bag and wear the same jewellery, but as this is my first proper 'outfit' post you won't have known that yet! i'll do a post on them at some point. the first photo of me is really awful but i had no other, and the second would've been good had the boyfriend been able to work the flash :) ! i love these granny-skirts-come-dresses and have about four short and two long. the scarf was my mums, from the 80s! i also love these shoes but as they are primark they are literally falling apart - i am tempted to get them resoled (which will probably cost more than the actual shoe) because i love them that much!

my wondeful converse are introduced in the second outfit. i'm also going to do a post on these (a rather sad one actually - but more on that later) i've had them for about five years now, since i was 14. yes i appear to be a fan of knackered shoes, but they are my favourite shoes in the world ever.

my black bodycon skirt is so terribly standard but honestly it is a lifesaver for all the wierd and wonderful tops i have (like that shirt) i mean sometimes denim shorts just don't cut it! :D

there is no outfit photo for the third day! i didn't get to wear my yellow smock thing as i'd forgotten to bring the top to go underneath it (it's massive so it indecent exposure is on the cards without it) and dublin was THAT expensive that i couldn't afford to buy another, not even from primark/penneys. so i just had to wear a tee and my black skirt instead. sad day :(

really wish i was more photogenic! also, i require glasses :)