108. Bodycon In The Daytime

Dress-Asos, Blouse-Primark, Boots-Topshop

Bodycon in the daytime?! Oh yes! This sexy little number recieved its first outing on my birthday where it was worn with heels and false lashes-very evening. However, today I wore it dressed down with thickest of thick tights and a high necked blouse. As soon as I put my specs on I felt a tad secretary/teacher-esque, hence the tacky posing with pen and pad. This picking up of a sketchpad for a prop did lead me to draw for the first time in absolutely ages. I used to draw every single day, but doing it for further education sucked the creativity out of me a tad. Its been too long and I mean to start it up again and regain some of my skill! Charlotte Free was my first victim today, but hopefully there will be many more to help me get less rusty!

101. Skaggy Sunday

Drop Hem Tee-asos, birdie print shorts (can you spot them?)-asos, creepers-ebay.

Technically this is not an outfit of the day, though I did actually wear this tee today...until I got bacon/baked bean grease all down it. Classy gal. But I just found this photo on my computer-previously discarded as being too "skaggy" looking. But today I thought "Awww, what the crap, I feel the urge to post, this here will do."

Maybe I've got sunstroke?

Happy Sunday everyone!

x

100. Spare Time

Shirt-asos, Skirt-ebay, Shoes-Topshop.

ONE HUNDRED POSTS! My goodness. This needs celebrating by wearing a shirt with a wicked cool print of bowling on the back of it. I hate bowling but I like how it looks on a shirt. Plus it was a bargain in the asos sale-if you click on the asos link above, it takes you to it. Same applies to the ebay skirt which believe it or not I tried to iron. I failed miserably. I want it in all the other colours too, and for £9.90 with free P+P, it would be a shame not to.

How do you like my Topknot also? I usually only wear my hair up about once every 2 years, but recently my laziness at needing to wash my hair if I want it to look vaguely presentable worn down has overcome my usual disgust at how my face/side profile looks with no hair to hide it. Go self-confidence, go! My face is also helped by a recent splurge at the Benefit cosmetics counter. I now own Erase-Paste, Porefessional, and Hello Flawless foundation. I feel like a real grown-up.

Another odd occurence in my life, is that last week I defied all expectations and went to a Zumba class. AND I LIKED IT. WHAT THE EFF? Generally the idea of exercise, particularly in a group, to cheesy music, makes me want to either vomit or be violent. But I shook my butt like a pro. Thank God there were no mirrors.

81. Style Crush-Rachel Bilson

Aaah, Rachel Bilson. Even though my own style is quite different from hers, I've always crushed on her from afar since those heady OC days. With the start of her new show Hart of Dixie, I thought now was the time to ogle her properly. She always managed to look polished, even when dressing down, and though at times her style features quite masculine tailoring, she never seems too look anything other than...well, pretty!

Please enjoy some Bilson-esque items, currently in stores.

Swan Print Crop Trousers-£38.00-Topshop

Acclaim Suede Ankle Boot-£65.00-ASOS

Cream Dip Hem Dress-£35.00-River Island

Bodice Detail Dress-£85.00-Warehouse

Quilted Tote Bag-£190.00-Love Moschino

Studded Blouse-£39.99-Zara

80. Skeletelepathic

Shorts-Asos, Top-H&M (oooold), Denim Jacket-Levi's, Shoes-Rocket Dog, Hat-H&M

How brilliant are these shorts? Got them a while ago, but they're still available here.
I wish I had layers and layers of necklaces to wear with this outfit-but I am sadly lacking in jewellery at the moment, so you'll just have to squint and pretend there's some there.

P.S. Is anyone else as messy as me?

Now listen to my new favourite band

56. Surprises and Snow

It was my Auntie's surprise birthday party on Saturday night, up in Bromley in Kent. Me, Tom, my mum and my stepdad travelled up in the day and went for lunch and checked into our B&B, which was luckily only a 2 minute walk from the hall, as whilst we were getting ready, it started to snow and settled pretty quickly! The owner of the bed&breakfast seemed very concerned about me walking in the snow in my high heeled boots, and offered to bring me wellies in the middle of the night. She did not seem amused when I told her I had plenty of men on hand to carry me, nor understand my reasoning that as my boots were big fat wedges, they would actually help me wade through. Oh well. They were indeed absolutely and completely comfortable, walking through the snow in the dark at 1am after several gallons of wine, so win win for high heels and alcohol. The spotty nail wraps were from a glossybox and the rings were from Topshop. The dress I wore I snapped up for £30 in the asos sale the other week, and I recieved a fair few compliments on it, despite it probably being a bit too dressy for the occassion. I also had numerous relatives and family friends trotting over to inform me that I was tall whilst they looked me up and down, no doubt crying "GODZILLAAAAAA" in their heads.
All in all it was a fun weekend, and my auntie loved it, after having genuinely no idea that it had been planned for months and months, and that over 70 of her friends and family were in on the secret, some even flying in from Ireland for that one night!

55. It's A New Dawn, It's A New Day..

....AND I'M FEEEEELING GOOOOD!

Was going through some stuff today to sell on ebay, and found this dress that I've never worn, that I got from asos.com yonks and yonks ago. Not sure whether to part with it or not! As I say, I've never worn it, it's like a gold glitter knit fabric, and I've lost weight since I got it, hence why it now hangs a bit...but there's just something about it that I can't let go of! What do you think? Bite the bullet and wave bye bye? Or store away for a rainy day (/blog photos)?