Oh you pretty things

Dress: American Apparel. Shirt: Gap, via vintage shop. Leggings: H&M. Trainers: Vans. 

Neclace: Urban Outfitters. Earrings: American Apparel. Watch: Casio.

Today I had a much needed day off. It was so nice not to hear the sound of my alarm at 7am! I caught up on some TV, did some food shopping and just relaxed. My day was slightly ruined however, by my laptop deciding to break. It has like frozen while logging off and is just stuck, it wont turn off or anything. Couldn't have happened at a worse time as I am currently saving to pay off my overdraft and go to New York. I don't get paid enough so save for a laptop as well!

I wore my American Apparel dress again today. I love it so much! It's so simple and goes with anything and is easy to dress up or down. I've paired it with tights in the past which makes it look a bit dressier, however as today was a chill day I just wore my leggings with it instead. 

I really love H&M leggings, I'm pretty sure they're only about five or six pound as well so I own a few pairs. I have a cheap pair from Tesco and even a pair from Topshop but they always go baggy around the knees and look horrible. There's nothing I dislike more than baggy leggings (maybe a slight exaggeration...) which is why I love these ones so much. They stay nice and tight no matter how much I bend my knees! 

My hair looks an absolute mess as I haven't done anything to it since I washed it. I wanted to take a picture of my face though because I like the blusher I am wearing. Usually I'm more of a bronzer girl but I love this blush (Chanel, 82 Reflex). It has a glittery shimmer to it which I think looks really cute and I even like the smell of it (!). 

I have work bright and early again tomorrow, there's only two of us in as my manager is on holiday so let's hope it's not too busy! I hope everyone has a lovely evening.

X

This is home

Leggings: Urban Outfitters. Shirt: Vintage Ralph Lauren. Earrings: American Apparel. Watch: Swatch. Rings: Stall, River Island. Nails: 17 - Risky Red. 

This is almost what I wore today. While I was at work I wore the shirt with tights and a black skirt instead but I changed into the leggings as soon as I got home. I love these leggings so much but I find the material really weird. It's not lycra-y like normal leggings so it isn't very stretchy and I find they don't cling very well so they tend to fall down a bit. I wore them to work once but spent the whole day tugging at them and pulling them up - never again. I tend to only wear them around the house or at weekends now when I'm not on my feet all day!

My boyfriend bought me this shirt for Christmas. I wanted one for ages but for some reason couldn't find one I liked. I think he managed to track this down on ebay though and I really like it - he has good taste ;) The colour is just right so that it goes with darker clothes and lighter clothes.

As mentioned before I got a few 17 nail varnishes for Christmas. I've been using them all recently as they were mostly colours I didn't have in my nail varnish collection before so I've wanted to check them all out! Usually I wear Rimmel, Barry M or Models Own nail varnish so 17 isn't a brand I usually go for but I do really like all the colours I received. Red nails are my favourite so I'm extremely glad I got this colour, my previous red had gone all gloopy so I really needed a replacement. This colour red is really nice and bold and the nail varnish itself only needed one coat to go opaque which was easy! I put two coats on just to make it nice though and always use seche vite top coat - it dries it out perfectly and leaves the nails looking nice and shiny.

Excuse my face/hair in these pictures. I've been at work all day and my skin looks awful. My hair has also got extremely long recently so it was annoying me a lot today! I tied it in a topknot as soon as these pics were taken haha. I really want a change of colour but can't decide what to dye it. I've been thinking of going lighter for ages but I'm just far too indecisive...

X

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Bit late, but happy new year everyone! I've been working/recovering since new years eve so haven't really had chance to sit down and blog. How was everyone's night? I had an amazing night dancing and hanging out with my friends. I have a couple of friends up here in Manchester who are promoters and put on loads of gigs. For new years they teamed up with some other promoters and there was a big night going on with bands and DJs. Loads of our friends from Milton Keynes managed to come up so it was amazing to see all my friends together for one big night. It was so much fun! I managed to lose my boyfriend at midnight - he was outside smoking! so luckily one of my friends was on hand to be my new years kiss.

This is what I wore:

Shorts: Vintage Levi's via ebay. Body: Ebay.

I reeeaalllly wanted the Gloria-V bodysuit from American Apparel for ages but unfortunately did not have a spare £40, so when I saw this look-a-like on ebay for only £9.99 I just had to get it!! The material isn't great and the quality clearly isn't that good, but I doubt it's something I will wear very often and for a quarter of the price I can't really complain. I decided to team it with my trusty denim shorts :) 

Shorts: Vintage Levi's via ebay. Top: American Apparel.  

This is what I wore to work today! A very simple outfit. I bought this top in the summer and wore it loads, I haven't really worn it much over the winter but this morning I decided it was time to give it some attention again. It's very baggy and ill-fitting but that's what I like about it! 

Shorts: Vintage Levi's. Jumper: Topshop. Rings: Jewellery stall and River Island.  

I got some vouchers for Christmas so on my lunch break today I treated myself to a couple of bits. I avoided topshop just after Christmas because I can't stand it in the sales, it's just so so busy and I don't have the patience for it. I had a browse on the website though and stumbled across this jumper. Lately, I haven't been too impressed with Topshop and have gone off it a lot recently, however as soon as I saw this I knew I had to have it so I nipped in today and got it. I love it so much already. Its very loud but I like that. I'm a size 8 but got this jumper in a 10. I like jumpers to be a bit oversized but obviously this one isn't designed to be oversized so I got it just a size bigger, so it doesn't look like I clearly just got the wrong size top! It fits perfectly, not big on me at all, just nicely loose.

The ring I bought today is from River Island. I basically never shop in there, don't know why really, I guess there's only like 3 places I really love to shop so don't really go anywhere else! Maybe a should start to broaden my horizons?? Anyway, I got a voucher and as I didn't really like the look of any of the clothes in there I had a look at the jewellery instead. I love rings and instantly liked this one, I think its because I liked in with my black nail varnish as well, ha!

I really need to get into the habit of blogging everyday, this mass outfit post blogging is probably going to get annoying as I'm always behind - I still need to post a picture of what I wore on Christmas day! I'll probably just wear the outfit again soon and post it that way. I'll soon get better at this - promise!

X

Outfit catch up!

Hellooo!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! Mine was relaxing, it was nice to go home for a couple of days and not have to worry about anything. I've been back at work since and it's been pretty busy - so many people returning Christmas gifts.

Shorts: Vintage Levi's via ebay. Top: Topshop. Trainers: Nike Blazer. Necklace: Urban Outfitters. Watch: Swatch. Belt: Primark.

Here is a quick snap of what I wore on Xmas eve. Just a casual outfit as I was working all day then I had to jump straight on a train before heading back down south! I took this as I was last minute packing at 7.30 in the morning - hence me looking a little tired - ha!
This top is an old Topshop one, I've had it for quite a while but love it so much! It's pretty long so can be worn over leggings, or tucked into stuff - very plain and easy to wear! The shorts are another Levis pair I have. I love denim so much, I wear it everyday! I tried these shorts folded as well, but they always look so much better cut off.

Jeans: asos. Jumper: Urban Outfitters. T-shirt: Topshop. Necklace: Urban Outfitters. Rings: Swatch, some stall in Aflex Palace - Manchester. Bracelets: Everywhere. Nails: 17 - Peacock.

This is what I wore today. I bought these jeans from asos the other week. There's nothing I hate more than buying new jeans but I really needed a black pair in my life. I'm only 5"3 so trying to find skinny jeans that are actually SKINNY and that fit my legs is a traumatic and stressful experience to say the least. Buying from ASOS was a risk as I couldn't even try them on first, but they were cheaper than other places I had looked and were petite so I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. I am really happy with them and have worn them loads since. They are a stretchy, thin material - so not really proper denim I don't think - but they are so comfy and fit well and black jeans go with everything. I haven't really taken a very good picture of them but I will no doubt be wearing them with another outfit soon.

The t-shirt I have on is one of my beloved Topshop pocket tees. When they came out I bought one in 4 different colours because they go with everything and are so easy to wear.

I got the jumper in an Urban Outfitters sale a while ago because I loved the colour. It's not the warmest of jumpers because of the holes all over it but at least it looks nice, haha. I bought my friend a similar one in dark blue for her birthday and really wanted to keep it for myself - I guess that's a sign of a good present?!

I got this nail varnish for Christmas along with lots of other colours. 17 isn't a brand I would normally buy, I don't know why, but I love the colour! I got quite a few so I guess you'll be seeing them all tested out soon. It only needed one or two coats to go opaque and has actually lasted well. I work in Swatch so I'm fixing watches everyday and my nails always chip. This one hasn't yet though which is a very good sign!

I still need to post a picture of what I actually wore on Christmas day. I'll probably do it tomorrow I don't want to overload this post with too many different outfits! I'm currently stressing over what I'm going to wear on new years eve, I'm probably going to go now and try on the possibilities! I love new years eve so I'm very excited, what's everyone got planned?

X

Not such a crazy day after all...

I went into work today preparing for the worst. In the end it really wasn't too busy - busy enough to make the day go quickly, but not so busy that I wanted to pull my hair out.

Anyway here is what I wore...

Jumper: Urban Outfitters. Shorts: Vintage Levi's. Trainers: Nike. Jewellery: Urban Outfitters.

I found this jumper (well, Lewis found this jumper...) in the renewal section of Urban Outfitters, I love it! It's so warm and snuggly. They have such a large selection of vintage-y jumpers in the Manchester store, I much prefer the renewal ones because they only have one of each style - you won't see everyone walking around in the same one!

Tomorrow I am working again, but luckily I finish early as it's Christmas eve. Then I've got a mad dash to the train station to hop on a train home back to Milton Keynes for a couple of days. I haven't been back home in so long and I'm really looking forward to it - home always feels so warm, especially at Christmas time. I'm so excited for my Christmas dinner it's unreal!
I'm not sure if I'll post at all because I can't really be bothered taking my laptop, I'll take my camera though and snap my outfits - that's if I can actually find an outfit for Christmas day!

I'm off now to pack, eat and watch crap TV. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :)

X

Finally!

So, after however long of reading blogs, I have finally decided to start my own! Hurrah! I decided to name it after two of my favourite things, obviously.

These are a few outfit posts from my birthday a couple of months ago. My lovely boyfriend bought me tons of new clothes (lucky me) so obviously I had to take pictures of my outfits.

Top: Joy division t-shirt via ebay. Cardigan: Via ebay. Skirt: American Apparel

I bought this dress myself, I'm wearing it as a skirt here but I think I prefer it as a dress! The t-shirt was bought by Lewis, I wanted one for ages! And the cardigan was given to me by Lewis's brothers. I was so happy and it's now one of my favourites.

Top: Talking heads t-shirt via ebay. Shorts: Vintage Levi's. Trainers: Vans Sk8 highs.

I wore these shorts turned up for ages, but as soon as I cut them I couldn't believe I hadn't done it sooner. They look so much better. The trainers and Tee were both birthday presents from Lewis, lucky me :)

Jacket: Vintage Levi's. Dress: American Apparel. Shoes: Dr Martens. Scarf: (worn in hair) Urban Outfitters. Necklaces: Topshop and Urban Outfitters.

I love love loved this outfit so much. Here I am wearing the dress as a dress rather than a skirt and I just think it's so cute! It's very short but as long as you're wearing nice knickers who cares! I got the jacket for my birthday and I actually cried when Lewis gave it to me! I'd been looking on ebay for so long trying to find one but I couldn't find anything I liked in my size. It was such a lovely suprise when I saw it! The Dr Martens I'm wearing are canvas instead of leather, I think they were from the SS11 collection and they are so comfy. I originally saw them in a shop window in New York but stupidly didn't go in, and then forgot where I'd seen them. I then spent the rest of the week searching Manhattan for them - with no luck. In the end I bought them off the website the second I got home. I wore this outfit to my friend's birthday party, it's pretty casual but I think the accessories are just what it needed.


I'm now going to spend the rest of the evening drinking tea, painting my nails and relaxing before what will probably be a crazy busy day at work tomorrow.

Charlie X