They call me mellow yellow

Got me some yellow skinnies! YAY.

I have been after a pair of yellow jeans for a while, and I just happened to be in Miss Selfridges en route to Topshop (the Oxford Street stores interjoin, amaze) when I saw these bad boys. They caught my eye due to the fact they are such a lovely soft yellow, reminds me of something yummy!

They are very similar in fit/style to Topshops 'Baxters' but are slightly less high waisted, much softer and they fit like a dream. I am serious considering purchasing them in lilac too.

But how many candy coloured skinnies does a girl need?

Tee - H&M
Skinnies - Miss Selfridge
Shoes - ASOS
Cuff - H&M
Clutch - Topshop

I also went for some super fast nail art on my nails.

Rings - ASOS & River Island

Now in reference to buying skinnies in every candy colour I see, do we think that candy colours will be 'done' by S/S 2013? Or will I get a justifiable amount of use out of them?

Over and out.

Just Peachy

I want a nude blazer.

But if only it were that simple. I may have discussed my blazer problems before, this one I am wearing in the below pictures is the only blazer I can get to look good on me. So until Topshop release this blazer in the exact shade of nude and style I'm looking for I will have to continue to attempt to match my brown blazer with everything.

Not ideal. But life is full of adversity, huh?

This outfit was just something I threw together for a meal with the girls

Blazer & Jeans - Topshop
Vest top - ASOS
Shoes - River Island
Rings - ASOS & River Island
Bangle - H&M
Necklace - Topshop
Bag - eBay
Lipstick - LOOK Beauty in Tangerine Cream

Hooty Hoo

So we accidentally bought a new dress. Not in the budget may I add. In my defence I never meant to keep it.

You see, I have a ASOS premier subscription (which is well worth getting) that provides free next day delivery. So I kind of use ASOS as my own personal catalogue. Order something, try it on, send it back (sorry Mr Delivery man). The process of trying of clothes just makes me happier, which is one of my New Years Resoutions, so it all makes sense (?)

Anyway I saw this dress and thought it was cute. At the same time I happened to get an invite for my friends birthday drinks. So the two married up and therefore I had to keep the dress.

Do you like my excuse?

Dress - ASOS
Shoes - Topshop
Bag - River Island
Belt - New Look
Rings - ASOS
Badly tanned knees - Models own...

May I add that the dress is pretty short. I have it in a size 6 but probably should have ordered a size 8, somebody forgot that they'd spent all the last 3 weeks munching on mince pies.....

Meep

Most of my time lately has been spent working, eating mince pies, going to the gym to work off the mince pies and online shopping. I'm pretty much done and dusted with my all Christmas shopping, just waiting for the last few bits to arrive in the post and debating whether or not I love my boyfriend enough to buy him another present.

Here is a very simple and boring outfit that I wore a few weeks ago for a friends birthday.

I wasn't really feeling the dress or my hair and it bothered my so much that I didn't end up having a good time and went home early! Lame

Dress - Topshop
Shoes - Carvela Kurt Keiger
Bag - Kurt Keiger
Rings - ASOS & River Island
Bruise - Model's own! I swear I am always covered in random bruises - this ones a biggy too!

I am also show-casing what I purchased using my £25 KG gift card. I also managed to get a sneaky discount too so this bag cost me the grand total of £1.50. But I'll be honest I wouldn't have paid much more. I order it from the website because of the fact the colours matched my dress, but when it came I was very disappointed, it's basically just a fabric make up bag! Still, it did the trick and I can't gripe for that little money.

Hope everyone is well. I just hit the 100 followers mark which is nice :), thanks for taking the time to read and follow my blog and I apologise for my sporadic posting skills!

Vapid Blonde

How dumb do I look in this first picture?

Not sure what look I was going for, but I fit the poster girl for dumb blondes everywhere!

Just a boring outfit, for a little dinner date with the in-laws, well, not really the in-laws, but maybe they will be one day....

Jumper - River Island
Vest top (underneath) - Primark
Jeans - Topshop
Shoes - Steve Madden
Bag - Mulberry
Ring - Topshop

Love me these coloured jeans, little bit harder to work with coloured skinnies, as opposed to normal jeans, but I think it's worth it.

On another note please go and watch Tamara Ecclestone's new programme on Channel 5. Great watching. She comes across so badly in the first episode, but redeems herself slightly in the second, but mainly it's all about her freakin' Birkin collection. Jesus I'm jealous.

Scared fur real!

How difficult is it to take decent pictures now it gets dark at like 3pm?

Anyway Sunday was a horrible dark and cold day and I would have been quite content to stay in my pj's all day, but I dragged myself into the shower and put together this shoddy attempt at an outfit to go see Paranormal Activity 3. Which was awesome, but hideous at the same time. I love scary movies, but I also hate them. Me and my friend were huddled up together behind our coats the whole bloody film, but I'm like 'yeah, that was so good', even though I missed half of it!

The most important thing was that I managed to get my daily dose of Starbuck's now the Christmas lattes are out - grande soya gingerbread latte for me please! And I also had my first mince pie of the season. All very exciting.

Anyway, the main aim of this outfit was to be warm - as I don't yet own a decent winter coat, nor will I probably ever own a decent winter coat - layering is key, although I did also put on a black (p)leather jacket on before I ventured out.

Jumper & Jeans - Topshop
Black vest (just seen) - H&M
Shoes - ASOS
Bag - Focco c/o eBay
Fur stole - Vintage c/o Grandma

Please don't hate when I say this fur stole is real. I got back from holiday a few weeks ago and found 3 of these in different colours in my room. Basically my mum had helped to clear out my Grandma's loft and they'd found these stoles, which she thought I would like. I would never, ever buy real fur but I guess because these must be at least 40 years old it seems a shame to just chuck them out. They are gorgeously soft and lovely colours. I'm slightly scared when I wear them out I'll get paint thrown over me or something. Morally it still feels a bit wrong, but it seems silly considering they are so old.

Please don't hate!

What would you do in this situation?

Lil' Hips

At the moment all my (very few) posts seem to be outfits. So I apologise.

I'm going through a bit of personal crap at the moment, so haven't been able to muster up the energy/enthusiasm to blog about anything more substantial. Plus I seem to be coming down with a hideous cold that's been brewing up for a week. But, troubles aside, it is important to look pretty.

Just went out for a couple of mojitos with my girlfriends the other night wearing this.

I used to live in pencil skirts, but then then kind of weren't in fashion so much and difficult to buy. However, I was milling around the Oxford Street Topshop on Friday in a really good mood and grabbed this one to try on. Whilst dancing around in the changing room to the amazing songs they were playing (seriously if you need to get in the mood for a night out - Topshop, Friday afternoon!), I decided to go for it, and here it is.

Top - Topshop
Skirt - Topshop (here)
Shoes - Topshop
Belt - Oh bloody hell, everything is Topshop!
Bag - ASOS


Unfortunately I have no hips. This skirt would look 100 times better on someone with curves, and while I attempted to give the illusion of a Kim Kardashian figure, you can still see the wrinkles on my hips where the skirt didn't fit properly! I also forgot how uncomfortable pencil skirts can be, but I'm glad to be back in one!

Oh and lastly a gratuitous nail picture. Excuse my finger fuzz(?!) and terrible cuticles!

Orly - Green with Envy
Butter London - Henley Regatta

Road Kill

I adore Halloween. I wish we would do it American style here! It's such a huge thing in across the pond. Last year my Sister and brother-in-law actually went to Heidi and Seal's Halloween party. SO JEALOUS!

I plotted my Halloween outfit for quite a while and was pretty pleased with my DIY results. I didn't actually have an awesome night though, we went to this dodgy party and I got way too drunk and was laying on my boyfriends parents bathroom floor at about 1.30am, Halloween outfit around my ankles, head over toilet bowl! I've had a pretty shit week and that combined with my lack of eating dinner Friday night made for a hideous hangover the next day. I think I remember on my last post saying something about the negative of drinking too much, so more fool me. Silly girl.

Anyway this year I was Road Kill! Fox style!

Leotard - eBay
Wig - eBay - here, I ordered one of these wigs last year in brown, they are such good quality for the price and people thought it was my real hair (not so much with this luminous orange wig though!)
Tights - Topshop
Ears & Tail - eBay
Guts - Primark - well they were tights from the kids section that I put rubber bands on a splatted with fake blood

Considering how utterly useless I am usually with creativity and that my sewing skills are non existent I don't think it came out half bad. Although my nails were so long I couldn't do anything!

Blazin' Up

I've wanted a blazer for as long as I can remember but for some reason I just cannot pull them off. However, I had a bit of spare time whilst queueing for the new iPhone (sad I know) and popped into ol' Topshop for a browse. My intention was to look for a pair of shorts but I randomly came across this blazer, threw it on and ran to the till with it as fast as my little trotters could go.

Not sure why it looks better that all the rest I've tried on? The price? I mean £65? What the hell Topshop, it had better suit me for that price! Or maybe the size? It's a 6, which I wouldn't usually go for but they didn't have an 8 so i just really tried it on a whim. Boy am I glad though, me and my blazer are best friends now.

So obviously I broke it out that night.

Blazer - Topshop
Dress - Rare @ Topshop
Shoes - Topshop
Bag - Mulberry
Rings - ASOS & Topshop

Hmmm OD'ed on Topshop again.

Me and my friend hit up London, got terribly, terribly drunk, staggered to the train to get home, my friend ran off the train at some random station to vomit everywhere, couldn't get back on the train in time, so it left me riding off on the train alone and her on a random platform alone. Happily no-one got raped or murdered and we both live to tell the tale, albeit with huge hangovers.

The moral of the story kids, don't drink.

Wind whine

Quick outfit of the day. Just been for some lunch with my friend and little mooch around the shops. Super stoked I finally managed to do a fishtail braid! Only took about 10 attempts......

The hat was kind of an accident, I just wore it to tie it into the bag (which I didn't actually use anyway!) that I wanted to wear. But boy am I glad I did, sooooo windy today. Massive lipgloss/hair failure! Which could have been 100% worse if it weren't for the hat!

Top, jeans, necklace - Topshop
Shoes - ASOS
Rings - ASOS & Topshop
Hat - Miss Selfridge
Bag - eBay (here) I hate the fact that it's blatant knock-off attempt but it's actually pretty good quality and super cheap!

Must dash, this cake and a cup of tea is calling!

Hope you lovies are all ok.

On the wrong track

Couldn't really resist breaking out the wedges!

Unfortunately this outfit was meant to be worn for going out in Covent Garden with a friend. But someone decided to jump in front of a train, so I actually spent 2 hours sitting on a train to London that was at a standstill. Then was made to get off the train at some random station with no trains running. Until eventually I managed to find a train that could take me back home. All very stressful and I will not go into what I think of people who decided to take there own life in front of a train on a Friday evening rush hour.

I did manage to met my friend in my home town for a Mexican though, so all was not lost.

Top - New Look
Jeans - Topshop
Wedges & ring - River Island
Bag - Primark

No shame

I'm terrible at updating, but I've been feeling pretty rough lately. I'm thinking I might having another attack of glandular fever. Anyway I am about to attempt to drag my fat ass to the gym for the first time in about a month so I'm posting this outfit picture from about 2 months ago!

I've said before that I'm not a sale lover.

However I was in River Island in search of a skirt in the non-sale items. But while I was there, I walked past the sale skirt section to find a long black, light woollen maxi skirt. £12. Not only did it look super comfy, I am also in a maxi skirt phase. I grabbed it without trying it on, at least if it didn't look good I could throw it over a bikini on holiday.

Pretty pleased with the impulse buy, except, it is ridiculously see-through! So bad in the light. Unfortuantly I have no shame so just stroll out wearing some big knickers/shorts underneath. Can't win em' all, ay?

Top - Topshop
Skirt - River Island
Watch - Armani
Bracelet - Vintage & H&M
Hat - H&M

Excuse the hair in these pictures - I was about to go to the hairdressers!

Fell into Topshop....

I wore this a couple of sunny Saturdays ago when my boyfriend and I went into the country and ate at this gorgeous gastro pub. Pretty views and a warm evening, it was lovely.

Unintentionally my whole outfit was 'al la Topshop' but the bright colours and my trusty jeans (that are in dire need of replacing) made me smile.

As always I apologise for the picture quality, the light was terrible!

Swagger Jagger

I love maxi skirts/dresses. They're all swishy swishy when I walk, makes me feel glam. However, being 5ft 6' with stupid long legs, I'm just over average height, meaning that lots of maxi's are just that little too short. So I'm always on the hunt for a extra long styles!

I originally got this skirt a few months ago from H&M but found it a bit difficult to style, so it kind of got left. Anyway I picked it up the other day and had a go.

This is the outfit I came up with

Maxi skirt - H&M
Vest - Topshop
Belt - Primark
Jacket - Topshop
Sandals - KG
Bag - Louis Vuitton

Because it was a little longer I was able to wear it on my waist. By wearing the skirt a little higher and using a waist belt I totally felt like I had some curves. I'll admit that I walked around with a lil' hip swagger. Ha.

Excuse my make-up, it was after a long day. I look a bit 'moon faced'!

Gettin' my kicks, Sugar!

Finally managed to take a picture of me in an actual outfit. I seriously suck at getting pictures!

Went to Sugarhut this weekend. Treated myself to some new kicks.

I love them.

River Island - Love of my life. Stupidly high, surprisingly not too uncomfortable!

Anyway it was a bit of fallen-in-love-with-the-shoes-now-must-find-dress-to-match jobby. Topshop was my last hope. The dress is from there Love consession and whilst I probably wouldn't have chosen it if it weren't for the shoe match, it served its purposed nicely and the orange colour suited my complex rather well.

Do, however ignore the fact that quite possibly my tan on my chest may match the orangness of the dress. WAIT. I can explain, I can explain!!! Unfortunately I managed to get burnt the other week, fake tanned as usual and then my chest started to peel like mad. I thought more fake tanning may help the situation, with an added dusting of bronzer. It did not. #FAIL

Dress - Love @ Topshop
Belt - Topshop (old)
Bangle - Topshop
Shoes - River Island

The Only Way....

I went to Sugar Hut last week for my birthday celebration (yes, I know I'll shut up about my birthday soon). You may have heard of it if you're a avid watcher of TOWIE - it's the club that Kirk's Dad owns in Essex.

Anyhoo, it's a pretty good place, almost like a big house with all these separate rooms filled with many, many Buddha's. Unfortuantly everyone and his mum now goes to Sugar Hut because of the show and the queue is massive - we queued for over an hour, it never used to be like that! Booo - it wasn't even that packed inside, I think they just make you queue for the hell of it!

Obviously I'm an idiot and didn't take any proper outfit pictures. But I've cropped a couple where you can sort of see my outfit, for your viewing pleasure.....

And yes, they do have a fully functioning piano in the club that they allow people like me to attempt to drape themselves over in a seductive way. There ain't nothing seductive about that picture folks, in fact I look like I'm a giant.

Dress - ASOS
Necklace - H&M
Shoes - Topshop

A pretty damn good night in my books.

Acceptable in the 80's

Being an 80's child, I've always had a certain fondness for double denim. In-fact I remember being rather fond of it in the 90's too. Bootleg denim jeans and demin jacket anyone?

Rumour has it that double denim is doing it's rounds again. I think Heat had a page a week or so back with celebs wearing it.

I actually Googled this trend before I actually stepped foot outside in my ensamble, just to check I had read correctly....but apparently I did, so here is the outcome!

Shirt - River Island
Jeans - Topshop
Heels - Topshop
Bag - River Island

I think the trick to pulling off this look is making sure you wear a lighter denim on your top half. If not 100% convinced but I did actually wear this out so I guess I was happy enough! Unfortuantly the denim shirt I'm wearing here is more of a denim dress shirt, so it kind of buldged when I tucked it into the jeans! Oh well

Will you be trying out the double denim trend?

Skirting around the issue...

Another FOTD, well of the night actually.

A year or so ago me and my friend would hit the town every weekend without fail, sometimes mid-week too. All my money used to go on dresses and drinking and I couldn't bare to wear the same dress twice! Unfortunately boyfriends and work got in the way, and I don't go clubbing nearly enough as I'd like to now, booooo :(

However, last weekend was my friends birthday and we had a fab night out visiting some old haunts. Drinking less often makes a night out way cheaper as I find I only need a glass of wine to get tipsy. Ha. So more money for dresses? No, Suzi, no. Well maybe, if I was able to find a decent dress. I just can't find any I like out there! So I decided to buy a skirt, not least because I was feeling practical and feel this skirt could be dressed up or down.

Enough waffling. Onto the outfit!

Shirt - New Look
Skirt - River Island
Shoes 1st pic - Miss Selfridge
Shoes 2nd pic - River Island

Can you spot the difference? Yep, shoes. The first pair go with the outfit much better but the second pair are my new shoes from the River Island sale and they are to cute for words so I had to wear them! FYI I actually found the shoes in my local River Island still for full price, when I got them via the RI sale website for half price - bonus!

I'm thinking that skirts could possibly be the new dresses? I've seen a few cute ones this year and you can get away with changing your top and having a whole new outfit. Why have I never realised this before?

Wedding Belle

So I went to my friends wedding a couple of weeks ago.

I had a bit of a nightmare getting an outfit for it. You'd think that shops would be full of wedding appropriate attire at this time of year, but they weren't. In fact all the dresses I could find were cream or white, and we all know that's a cardinal wedding sin. Add this the the fact that it was a the beginning of April, pretty difficult to figure the weather out for! All in all making a difficult outfit choice!

Luckily it was a really lush day, not hot, but sunny and warm enough for champagne and canopies on the lawn.

I desperately wanted a colour dress but I couldn't find one anywhere (well, without spending a fortune) so this is what I made do with.

Boy do I have some bandy legs!!! 

Oh and I apologise for the fact there just random shots and not actually outfit pictures!

Dress - River Island
Cardi - Dorothy Perkins
Head piece - Topshop
Shoes - Loub's

The dress served it purpose, although it creased like a bitch! I can't see me wearing it again because it's too 'wedding' in my head, now I've worn it for one! The cardi was a t-shirt material and I had it for years, it was a really good length and kept me warm enough.

Now the head piece is the crazy part. Doesn't it look hilarious on my head? It almost reminds me of the mad hatter tea party! It's actually a metal headband with black flowers and netting stuck on. I tried it on, laughed a bit and left it, but when I bought my dress I decided to go back and get it as I couldn't be bothered to hunt a head piece down anywhere else. I got up to the till and it was reduced to £7 from £22 - utter bargain! My hair was a nightmare that day, I spent ages curling and pinning it so the curls would stay, I took the pins out at the last minute but for some reason the curls just fell out! There was no time to actually do anything with it so it looked like a stupid mess for the day! Waah

All in all it, a lovely day.

Acceptable in the 50's

I went to a Hen do on Friday night at a super tacky indian buffet/karoke/night club thing. Haha. It was actually quite fun though and there was a distinct lack of penis boppers, condom veils or 'bride-to-be' sashes, all of which are my worst nightmare.

Anyhoo, the theme was 50's chic. Being a life long lover of dressing up I always get excited at the prospect of a 'themed' night out, but sadly eras before the 90's are not my dressing up speciallity. Plus Google was not really delivering the goods in the idea stakes. In addition to all of this I wasn't keen on spending any money on a whole new outfit, so I just bodged together using some old items in my wardrobe, plus spent about £6 on eBay, and this is what I came up with....

Glasses - eBay
Shirt  - ASOS
Skirt - River Island
Socks (they had poodles on!) - eBay
Heels - Topshop

I feel the glasses were really the star of the show, even if they were too tight and hurt my ears!