Thursday, March 31, 2011

Come down and waste away with me

Today was the day that I inevitably got bored of my ginger hair (yes, I'm aware it was only about three weeks ago that I dyed it...) so while I was in town I picked up some dye. I also spent the day listening to Foo Fighters and Kate Nash and it has reminded me of being 17.

Anyway, I've been toying with the idea of colouring my hair again for the past week or so because, as much as I loved it ginger, my hair was so much drier and it was getting noticeable on the ends, which has probably happened as a result of all the bleach that was used to get it ginger in the first place. You win some, you lose some! It was fun while it lasted though and at least I know I can go back that colour if I wanted to.

So yeah, I wasn't sure what colour I wanted to go. I was thinking about just being boring and going light brown and then I wanted to go back bright red but I wasn't sure what the colour would end up looking like on top of the ginger - knowing my luck it would have gone pink. I was browsing the colours in Boots and came across a Clairol foam dye in 'auburn' and I was instantly sold. A mix of ginger and red, definitely the perfect colour! If I'd have spotted this colour before I'd have probably used it in the first place. I also bought a XXL colour in chocolate brown so if it did go wrong I had a back-up plan (or I can use it in a few weeks when I'll get bored again!).






To be fair, these aren't very good pictures. It's more orangy in real life, or I think so anyway! I don't know how to describe it but yeah, I do quite like it and it already feels a lot healthier than it did this morning!

Let's see how long I last with this colour...

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The streets of London

I really am a truly awful blogger lately, I haven't even been paying attention and reading other blogs let alone thinking about this. I've been so bogged down with work and it's all really starting to stress me out and get to me more than it should. I'm literally counting down the hours until May 4th when I hand my dissertation in, until then blogs may well be few and far between but I'll try and do my best. My inspriation is really lacking so if you have any ideas of posts you want to see, feel free to let me know :)

Yesterday I went to London with my parents which was nice. They've gone away for a few days to somewhere near Nottingham because they'd managed to get a Travelodge for £19 a night and they decided they'd get the train to London for one of the days and I, obviously, gatecrashed. I met them on a really early train so we could have breakfast on it, which turned out to be so good. There was Silver Service and everything! I wish I could have breakfast on a train every morning.

We didn't have much of a plan but we decided to head to Canary Wharf for no particular reason, except trying to get there was a nightmare so we never actually made it! The tube was delayed at Canada Water for so, so long so we decided it'd be quicker trying to walk to Canary Wharf from there because it's only one stop away... ERROR. We were faced with the problem of The Thames stopping us from getting there, who knew tubes would go under the water?! (well, if we'd have bothered to look we'd have found this out!) It's a good job it was a nice day to be fair because we ended up walking inbetween neighbourhoods for about an hour before catching the bus back to Canada Water tube station.

We then decided to give up on that idea so we headed in the other direction to Westfield. I wanted to go because I wanted to visit the Tiffany shop and buy a new charm for my bracelet, I ended up getting this one but in silver (it wasn't as expensive as the gold one!). After a bit of browsing we then went on to Whitehall (I think?!)and visited Churchill's War Rooms which were so good! I definitely enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I always find it so hard to comprehend when places that were so famous in history are still around today just as they were back then, does that even makes any sense? It probably just makes me sound stupid to be quite honest!

God, this is getting on to be a pointless ramble isn't it?! I was going to do the 'whats in my bag?' post today but I'll leave this here and do that another day! I hope everyone is okay and again, I'm sorry for being rubbish. I'll try harder, promise!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

When love takes over

On Thursday me, Amy and Emma went for a much needed night out. It's been so long since we went out and just danced all night long and it was so good. This week at uni has been so hectic and long so we definitely earned those orange VKs, cocktails and Jägerbombs we insisted on having! Again, I've been a rubbish blogger this week, I thought I'd post with a few photos of the night in a true Facebook style! I did take some pictures earlier so you may be graced with a 'what's in my bag?' post at some point in the next week, how exciting ;)















And finally, here is me looking like an absolute BABE:



I also have a few items up for sale in a little blog shop thing I made last week, there's not much of interest but let me know if anything takes your fancy.

PS, I'm planning some sort of giveaway when I get to 400 followers. FOUR HUNDRED, as if I'm almost at that number, that is crazy! Thanks guys :)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Seven things...

So, a while ago I was tagged by Trinket Box to do this 'seven things you don't know about me' type thing and I have literally zero blog inspiration this week. All my effort is going into finishing off one of three (four?) massive projects we have due in the next couple of weeks but I don't want to sacrifice my blog - I love it too much (sad, but oh so true!). So yeah, I thought it was about time I did this, and with a little bit of help from SELIN and RACHEL (together we are the BBM THREE WAY!) here are seven things you don't know about me, although truth be told you're probably all quite aware of them already...

001. I LOVE OLLY MURS. As a three way, we spent endless days tweeting him in a bid for a response and we all finally got one. LIFE MADE. And he follows us which is the ultimate bonus of all bonuses. However, I do have a bone to pick with Mr. Murs because he didn't reply to my casual direct message I sent him which I thought was quite rude.

002. Today I ran for the first time IN MY LIFE, seriously! I am on a quest to get thin and with the help of Amy, Emma and the Where Are My Knees? girls, hopefully I will succeed! I'll be blogging more on that on the other blog though so keep an eye out.

003. I genuinely don't know my left from my right, I have to think about it before telling people directions. I usually remember by the fact I wear my Pandora bracelet on my right hand and my Tiffany one on my left hand, but I even get confused by that sometimes.

004. It took me five attempts over three years to pass my driving test and even though I passed last September, the thought that I actually passed still creeps into my head at random times. I'm not sure I really believe I managed it!

005. I have a Nike 'tick' shaped scar on my wrist that my sister gave me one time when we were play fighting and she cut me with her toe nail. Most vile story ever? I think so!

006. The three way. I know I mentioned this about two paragraphs ago but, I LOVE THEM. We even got drunk in Covent Garden together and Rachel tried to make me and Selin go to Ruby Blue in Leicester Square and grind with men, BUT WE RESISTED. And then Selin saw a Stephen Fry wannabe on the tube and then fell asleep. We're a barrel of laughs. But yeah. Everyone should be part of a three way! It's fun!

007. In order for my life to be complete, I HAVE to live in London. That isn't even an exaggeration, it has to happen and it has to happen very, very soon.!And obviously I will live in the Girland house.

This is such a pointless post, but at least I am still proving my presence and maybe you even learnt something! Maybe I'll be back in a couple of days with a 'whats in my bag?' style post! That's not even a joke...

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Nails of the week #2

I haven't really done much with my nails this week. I've painted them what seems like a gajillion times but almost all of them have been ruined because they've not been dry properly. I even had to buy some nail polish remover pads whilst in London because I ruined them and I ended up re-painting them whilst sat in a bar in Southwark. I did however attempt nail marbling, although it turned out to be pretty fruitless but I've not given up for good just yet!














001. Models Own Gold Rush & Barry M Nail Effects, Seche Vite top coat. Don't they looked horrendously messy on the edges?! I promise I tided them up! I loved these, I love black and gold polish together plus it's so effortless.
002. Nails Inc Pembroke Close & No7 Iced Mocha tips, Seche Vite top coat & purple rhinestones. These lasted about half an hour, if that. I adore these colours together too (inspiration came thanks to Kat) but my right hand did not go well and I got frustrated so took them all off.
003. Models Own Red Red Wine, Seche Vite top coat. This is how my nails look at the moment. I've had this polish for a while but hadn't used it until yesterday, it's such a lovely shade of red. I need to use this more often!
004-006. Models Own Pastel Pink & Models Own Jade Stone, Seche Vite top coat. My poor effort at water marbling. I only managed to do a semi-decent left hand and when it came to doing my right hand I had all sorts of issues. It's a shame the back of my fingers looked better than the front! I managed to get to grips with the basic concept though - it's definitely a lot harder than it seems. I had a hard time deciding what colours to do too and finally settled on pink and green, I think they look quite good together to be honest! I've been advised to try with shimmer polishes next and to make sure it's done at room temperature too. No doubt you'll be the first to know how successful my second attempt is!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Tomorrow is a promise to no-one

Another picture based post, I'm sorry!

I'm having quite a good day make-up and hair wise and I thought I'd share it with you because it's not often this happens! My foundation looks extra good today, especially because I've had a few weeks of it not going so well but I think I've figured out why; I've been putting moisturiser on not long before applying foundation and so when said moisturiser sinks into my skin, the foundation goes with it, which is rubbish! That's the best way I could describe it, as you can probably tell I'm not very scientifically minded and I also wish I looked like this in real life!





Face: No7 Colour Calming primer, Mac Studio Fix mixed with a bit of Estee Lauder Doublewear, Mac Studio Careblend Powder

Eyes: Benefit FY...Eye! primer, from my beloved Naked Palette I wore Sidecar blended with Darkhorse (which I also used to define my eyebrows), Mac Fluidline and Diorshow Extreme mascara

Cheeks: Mac blush in Sweet as Cocoa blended with Dior Shimmer Powder in Amber Diamond and a bit of Topshop highlighter in Sunbeam. I added a bit of Benefit's Moonbeam after I took these photos too

Lips: Dior Addict Ultragloss in shade 686

And there we have it!

Is anybody doing much tonight? I'm probably going to go crazy and do some work in front of the telly while I watch Comic Relief, I'm so excited for it to be on! I'm especially looking forward to the Peter Kay video, the James Corden/Smithy sketch and the Inbetweener's spin off! I also decided to cook myself a special (healthy) dinner of steak and chips (Slimming World style) with a cream (crème fraîche), mushroom and onion sauce. Why isn't it dinner time NOW?

My intro post is also scheduled to appear on Where Are My Knees? at 6pm so keep a beady eye out for that too!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

I'm a hazard to myself

I seem to have lost all inspiration for posting this week, I am literally drowning in third year work woes and deadlines (why is it acceptable to have masses of work due in the same week?) and I can't seem to focus on anything properly. I'll be doing a piece of work and then an idea for something else will pop into my head so I'll switch to that and so the vicious cycle continues.

On Tuesday however, after waiting for what seemed a lifetime, I journeyed back to London with Amy, Emma and our good friend Garry for an event hosted by Marie Claire, titled How To Get Into Magazines - pretty apt, no? Anyway, it was good and I had a lovely day but the weather left a lot to be desired for, when it's nice why can't it just stay nice forevermore?! We went to Notting Hill for dinner, walked through Kensington towards Portabello Road where we stopped off for Hummingbird Bakery treats before heading to Southwark and the Blue Fin building. Whenever I go to London it just reiterates how much I want to move there but at the same time it scares me because the chances of my dream become a reality get more likely everyday! My camera doesn't come out with my anymore because I'm in desperate need of a new one, but I stole these few off Amy and Emma (I reactivated Facebook for a whole ten minutes before deactivating again - that's dedication!) for your viewing pleasure:

















And that's all I have to say, I guess it's back to work for me now although at the moment it's not too tedious because I've got the Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave marathon show for Comic Relief on in the background and that is spurring me on like no other! I was up until 2am this morning listening/watching and doing work! Also, please check out Where Are My Knees? if you haven't already, there's some exciting stuff coming up over the next few days. All of us are so incredibly overwhelmed with how well it's taken off already!

Monday, March 14, 2011

No7 Colour Calming Primer

You'll be pleased to know that I didn't spend all those £5 Boots No7 vouchers I had on nail varnish, I also bought, on a complete whim, this stuff:



I'd not heard of it, seen it or read any sort of reviews about it before I purchased but it caught my eye as I was on my way out of the shop last week so I decided to give it a whirl. I'm not entirely sure why - I didn't need a new primer, I've still got loads of the Chanel one I have left but I was intrigued by the fact it's Colour Calming. I've got a really red complexion and when I don't wear make-up I look hideous, I hate it. I went through a phase of using Benefit's You're Bluffing concealer but it's about £17 and you don't get much for your money at all - one stick would last me a couple of weeks maximum. So anyway, I got this stuff for £6 (usually £11, but I had said voucher).

So far, I'm quite impressed although it doesn't actually do the same job as my Chanel primer in that it doesn't make my make-up stay on any longer. That said, it does make my foundation look so much better when I have this on underneath it and it makes my skin appear to be much nicer than it actually is.

It's really weird putting it on because the stuff comes out green, it's so much like putting foundation on top of a facemask! It blends really easily though and obviously I don't resemble The Hulk once I've got my make-up on properly.

I'd definitely recommend this stuff if you suffer from a red complexion like I do. Has anybody tried it, or any of the other primers available from No7? How do you get on with them?

PS - If you haven't already seen, Where Are My Knees? is up and running again as a new diet blog being ran by me and four other lovely girls! Go follow there and on Twitter! :)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Nails of the week #1

As promised a few weeks ago, here is the first of my weekly nail polish/nail art posts. I hadn't forgotten, I just seemed to have been so busy each Sunday since I first mentioned doing it and I wasn't prepared to compromise and post on a different day for some reason! The name of the feature is so unimaginative as well, so if anybody has any better suggestions do let me know!

So, I've been getting a few anon questions on Tumblr (I say a few, there's been two) asking how I get my nails the shape they are etc, so if there's anything you want to know - ask away on Formspring or Tumblr. Or even about anything else!

I really need to get out of this repetitive leopard print rut that I am stuck in but it is so easy to do and looks good. I'm tempted to branch out and buy some nail stickers and/or one of those Konad stamping set things just to inject some variation into my current nail regime but I am yet to get round to it. Also, just recently I seem to be (more) impatient whilst painting my nails and they keep getting smudged and ruined so I end up having to redo them about 48 times before I'm satisfied! Life's inane problems, eh?!

Anyway, here are the different nails I have been rocking over the past couple of weeks:














001. 17 Sweet Kisses & Models Own Pure Purple, OPI top coat. These lasted about 15 minutes before I took them off and did them again, they looked properly crap in real life!
002. Models Own Jade Stone & Topshop Matte top coat. I'm not really a fan of these for some reason but this is how they looked for my interview for an internship in the beauty department of Psychologies (which I got, hello London!). They got complimented by a woman who was wearing Louboutins and who I assumed worked for Elle, the best sort of person to get a compliment off I'm sure you'll agree.
003. 17 Forever, Models Own Coral Reef & Models Own nail art pen, OPI top coat. I wasn't really a fan of these either and so they didn't last much longer than a day.
004. Models Own Gold Rush & Models Own Black Magic, OPI top coat. These also got a fair few compliments by various shop assistants while I was out and about in town.
005. Models Own Black Magic, Topshop matte top coat & Models Own nail art pen. I am so proud of these, they're a blatant rip off of Wah! Nails (as per usual) but I am literally so proud of these, I think they look really good, even if I do say so myself!
006. 17 Sweet Kisses, Models Own Pure Purple & Models Own nail art pen, OPI top coat. If I remember correctly, I wasn't a massive fan of these nails either, I love the colours together but I think the purple was too dark with the black outline of the nail art pen so it didn't look quite right somehow, just me that thinks that or...?!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

If you're gonna play with fire then you're gonna get burnt

Some classic Lily Allen lyrics for you all there, I was listening to her first album the other day and it made me so happy because it reminds me of Summer! Also, thank you for all your lovely comments on my last post, I'm still getting used to the colour but it's definitely growing on me. Although today I wore that rusty orange polka dot Peter Pan collar Topshop top that everybody has (woah, mouthful!) and it wasn't until I got to uni that I realised how utterly ridiculous I looked. It looks like I'm going to have to relearn to dress as a ginger!

As promised here are the No7 nail polishes I picked up last week for £2 each. They're usually £7 each but I've got those £5 vouchers from Boots coming out of my arse, they're EVERYWHERE. I don't understand where they keep coming from because I swear I don't spend that much in Boots, but apparently I do. Anyway, I bought Iced Mocha and Poolside Blue, they're both from the Speed Dry range:





I love them both so much, especially Poolside Blue, but I genuinely believe my bottle is cursed. It doesn't dry fast, whenever I try and put it on I get knocked, or it smudges, or it goes EVERYWHERE and just never ends up applying very well at all. I'm really put off attempting to even put it on anymore, I've tried probably about five or six times and not once have I been able to wear it out of the house yet. The first time I applied it and tried to take it off, my hands looked like this:



IT WAS HIDEOUS. I have since learnt that the glitter polish removing trick works a treat but still! It was a complete nightmare. Maybe I'll give it a break for a while before I try and wear it again!

On a slightly more positive note, I am having a very public love affair with this badboy:



I love it, definitely the best money I've spent in a while. I'm not going to bother having a separate post for it though because it has been done a million times over. That said, I'm not so sure I love the Primer Potion that comes with it, maybe I've just become too accustomed to using Benefit's FY...Eye! but because that has been discontinued I should perhaps hunt for a replacement...

Gingerbread latte

...extra hot, hold the cream ;) (yes I am aware they are only available at Christmas which is RUBBISH)

If you follow me on Twitter then you'll know that yesterday I dyed my hair GINGER. I was having a bit of a none day and full on hating life, so I decided to cheer myself up and dye my hair. I bought an XXL colour in Rich Caramel but it didn't do anything except highlight my roots more by making them slightly ginger. Then, in a crazy mad woman moment, I walked to town (without make-up on!) and bought myself a blonde hair-lightening kit and another box of Rich Caramel. I came home and after a few hours, this was the final result:





I think I love it, and so far it's got a good response, both on Twitter and in REAL LIFE! I'm not sure what I imagined the outcome would be when I had the initial thought, but this wasn't it for some reason. It's definitely going to take some getting used to but fingers crossed I won't be rushing back to the Iced Chocolate Brown dye that I usually get!

Thoughts? Do you like it? Be honest now!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

17 Spring Collection

Last week I mentioned that I'd bought three nail polishes from the new 17 Spring Collection, so here they are making their debut! I've never used any nail varnish from the 17 range before but I am quite impressed with my first experience; they're easy to apply, dry really quickly and look really good and shiny without a topcoat on, and they are yet to chip after a couple of days of general wear and tear.

Everything in the 17 range is on 3 for 2 at the minute so I picked up these three for £5.98 (£2.99 each). The colours I got were Forever, Sweet Kisses and Chaperone:




I actually bought Forever (top picture) as a replacement for my much-loved Models Own Nude Beige and it's a pretty much the same colour. I've used it as a base for leopard print and am currently wearing it on it's own and it's so nice!

I really love them all, I don't usually wear pastel pink shades but Sweet Kisses is so lovely, I think I'm going to team it with some sort of purple shade, I reckon that would look quite good! And I'm thinking I might do Barry M Nail Effect tips with the Chaperone grey underneath and see how that works out. Have you bought anything from the Spring Collection? Thoughts on it?

Oh, and I'm planning to start my weekly nail art conquest feature type thing this coming Sunday, I've got a few pictures from last week but I didn't get a chance to put a post together yesterday so keep your eyes peeled for that. I've also got a post planned for the other two polishes I bought last week, I'll probably put that up tomorrow if I get a chance.

I hope your days are significantly better than my so far rubbish day and if you're having pancakes at some point today - enjoy them! :)

Sunday, March 6, 2011

It's a nice (ish) day for a (champagne) wedding

The wedding yesterday was so lovely although it was absolutely freezing outside. Luckily the rain held off for the duration of the obligatory photos taken after the ceremony which was the most important thing. I was also 100% impressed with the VO5 weatherproof hairspray I bought on Friday, it's £3-odd for a bottle (tin?) but it is worth every penny. Oh, and me and my friend Chelsea somehow ended up in a Jaguar with the bride's mum to go to the Reception in, no complaints from my end! The heaters in it warmed my frozen feet up an absolute treat, ha.

This won't be a very interesting post and I have a whole of three photos to share with you - I took my mum and dad's camera but I didn't get many photos and the ones I did get are mostly blurred which is a shame. I don't know if it was me doing something wrong or a dodgy camera, it's most likely the former. Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on some of the professional ones to share with you all at some point though. The bride wore a beautiful champagne dress and the groom was in navy blue (he's in the Royal Navy so it was themed that way - all the tables at the reception were named after ships, we were sat at HMS Illustrious). It was such a nice day though, I had an amazing time - thanks to everybody who wished me a nice day too :)


Me & Mum, she was going out for a meal with her friends, this might give you an idea of my height if anybody is remotely interested! Mum's about average height, whatever that may be...



Apologies for this almost pointless post and the maaaasive pictures, I'm at home until tomorrow evening and haven't got my laptop and there is no decent photo editing program on here that I know how to use so I've had to use the editing tools on Photobucket. I hope everyone has had a nice evening and I've got my first weekly nails post lined up for tomorrow :)

I'm off to watch Dancing on Ice with mother, probably paint my nails for the second time today and most likely have a sneaky Malteaser cupcake that I made this afternoon! Enjoy your Sunday evening girls!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Simple in the moonlight

Hello! This is another scheduled post, if all goes to plan I will be getting ready for the wedding as this is being posted - it starts at half past 1 - but knowing me I'll probably still be in bed or sat faffing around on Tumblr! Fingers crossed that BBC weather and the Met Office have got their forecast for heavy rain allll wrong and there is in fact glorious sunshine...

Anyway, whilst I was shopping the other day (Wednesday), I bought myself some MAC foundation, just the Studio Fix stuff that I had before along with a powder that I've not tried, it's Studio Careblend and is, according to the MUA, luxurious! Debenhams were having on of their 10% off cosmetics and fragrance day so really, it would have been rude not to take advantage! So, lets see how I get on with those after my weird issues with Doublewear. I didn't really like the other MAC powder I had last year so hopefully there will be a noticeable difference. Has anyone used Studio Careblend? Do you like it?

I also bought five new nail varnishes, I got two from No7 at Boots because I had those £5 vouchers so they worked out at £2 each, such a bargain! I love those vouchers so much. I also bought three 17 Lasting Finish ones from Boots because they were on 3 for 2. They're from the new range of colours that have just been released, or so I'm told anyway! I was tempted to get some more Models Own but I felt a bit guilty spending another tenner on top of everything I'd already spent so these were a bit cheaper - £2.99 each instead of the £5 it is for Models Own. Plus, it's probably a good idea for me to start trying other brands because what's a girl to do when she has all the colours Models Own do? (For the record, I don't have them all just yet!)


N07 in Poolside Blue & Iced Mocha and 17 in Sweet Kisses, Forever and the one at the top is Chaperone

Expect to see photographic evidence proving the three 17 ones aren't actually the same shade! Hopefully I'll get a chance to do a post on Sunday or to schedule one beforehand - there's no stopping me now, ha!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

We are nowhere and it's now

Fingers crossed this works because it is my first attempt at a scheduled post! It's all quite exciting, isn't it!

Yesterday (today?) I went shopping and decided to treat myself for finishing one of the major projects I've had to do, and when I say finished, I mean that it's almost done - all I have to do is write a report to go with it, I've done the bit that is worth 80% of the mark! So yeah, I went shopping. Not for anything in particular but I ended up spending quite a bit, always the same though isn't it!

I went in Peacocks and that's always going to end badly when I've been so impressed with their stuff lately. I tried on quite a bit but I reasoned with myself and just bought one dress, I almost bought a black cardigan too but decided to look elsewhere for a cheaper one and found this nice cosy one from Primark for £8. It was definitely a good find, it was on it's own on a random rail as I was walking out of the shop - it was meant to be! I love it, well, until it goes all bobbly (me, cynical?! Never!). It also appears that I don't have the ability to be able to look anywhere but at the floor and slightly to one side in photos, oh dear.




Dress - Peacocks
Cardigan - Primark


I really like the mixture of colours, the brown belt came with it and I enjoy it a lot! It means I can wear with my brown boots without them looking odd and out of place.

I would also like to ask Peacocks to stop producing such lovely stuff because me and Halifax are going to have even more of a love/hate relationship if this carries on!

And, because I like my hair in this picture I thought I'd share it with you:


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

I say shotgun, you say wedding

So, Amy let me have a play about on her big posh camera and so I've finally got a couple of pictures of my wedding outfits. It's on Saturday, I can't believe it's come round so quick, I'm so excited. I bet I'll cry so I'd best pack some tissues in my bag!

Please excuse some of the ridiculous faces I am pulling, I am yet to master the art of what to do with my face when taking full length pictures of myself. I am also aware it looks like I'm not wearing any make-up and so I look pretty washed out. But anyway, here is what I'm planning to wear during the day:






Dress & jacket - A|wear
Necklace - Accessorize

Bag - Accessorize
Rings - BHS

I'm not sure what colour to do my nails though, I bought some new polishes today (which will be shown in due course!) but among them was the blue that I have on in the picture above. I quite like it and it clashes nicely, thoughts? Oh, and the red ring is actually pink in real life...

For the evening I'm thinking I'll probably get changed, mainly because should we decide to go out afterwards, I don't quite fancy wearing a jacket. I think I might wear the other Peacocks shirt I mentioned yesterday, and it looks like this:




Shirt - Peacocks
Skirt - New Look
Necklace - Sarah @ A Million Dresses


Overall thoughts, do you all think it looks okay? Feel free to say no but I doubt any of it is getting changed now, it was enough hassle as it was trying to find something ;)