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!

48. These Pants Were Made For Walking

Blouse-Topshop, Sequin Knickers-Miss Selfridge, Tights-Topshop, Shoes-Rocket Dog, Fur Coat-Warehouse

So this is what I wore on New Years Eve, but on the actual night I was surrounded by boys in a very nice but very cold flat in Hastings without my camera, so I've recreated the look today so that I can blog about it, as our rabbit looked on in confusion. A very productive way to spend my day off, I'm sure you'll agree, along with the other thing I did today-made a gross unexplainable video with my boyfriend, for a friend of ours with a strong dislike of eggy sandwiches :)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150495313651738 I've no idea if everyone can watch it, I've made it available to the public, but I'm not that great with facebook stuff to be honest.

These are the first photos I've taken using a tripod too (christmas present from the boy) and I must say it was very pleasant not to have to balance my camera on various ledges and bits of furniture, forever in the fear of it falling off.

How is 2012 going for everyone? For me, surprisingly, not much has changed, but I do have a few life plans for the year, not resolutions as such, as I never keep them, but just some things I am determined to try out, like taking up Spanish again and having a serious think about what I want to do with my life so that I don't spend the rest of it working in a little shop. Oh, and to wear matching underwear more often.

42. Peace On Earth

 Top-Topshop, Skirt-Customised/Charity shop, Belt-Urban Outfitters, Coat-Warehouse, Shoes-Rocket Dog

Excuse the pasty legs-believe it or not they actually have a lick of fake tan on, what a shame, oh what a shame. Anyway, this is what I wore upon my person when I went to a battle of the bands final last night (my lovers band won, wahoo!). I went along on my own, so I like to think I looked mysterious and sultry as I sat alone with my beverage in fur and a slick of red lipstick. The image was probably ruined by the fact my drink was blue (blue cider, how could I resist such a novelty!?) complete with a pink curly straw that I couldnt drink out of properly, but the effort was there.

This fur coat was the one I got with the Grazia discount from Warehouse, and its so unbelievabley soft. Numerous people have asked me if it's real...but unless monofibre is an animal...no.

How frickin' cool is the belt?! Its a good job I only had one of those blue ciders though, as the belt is teeeeeny tiny and I cannot afford any whisper of a bloat in it.

The skirt was £2.49 from a charity shop, and the under layer came down all the way, so I just gave it a trim to mimic all the wonderful sheer maxis around at the moment, that I love, but cannot bring myself to spend out on.

Well I've been working all week, including today (Sunday) and I only have 2 days off before Christmas, so that's a bit of a bummer. The overtime pay will be nice, but all the tax taken off it will make me bitter and resentful at the fact it will amount to less than £5 an hour after deductions, so I'm just trying to power through and not think about it....holidays are coming, holidays coming etc etc etc. And I have New Years Day off, so paaaarty time for New Years! Anyone got any good plans for bringing in 2012? Or any good outfits planned?!