110. Burgundy is the new Black (PLUS DUCKS)

Jumper-H&M, Shirt-Lee plus DIY, Shorts-www.missguided.co.uk, Boots-Topshop

Last week I hopped on the train for a little while to visit my fantastic pal Matthew in Brighton. According to ASOS  "burgundy is the new black" so I'm feeling oh so on trend with this H&M knit number. Of course I had to trash it up a tad with some inverted cross shorts. Aren't I a devil? (I'm not even sorry.)

Anyway we had a lovely time eating lots of food at Black Lion. We somehow always end up there and it's always delish. After consuming far too much, we burnt away those calories by prancing about in Queen's Park on the children's zip line and posing on trees. Perfect day no?








My friend Matthew is an occassional reader of this blog, and every now and then I'll receive a complimentary/creepy ass text telling how he has spied on my most recent posts.

SO THESE ARE FOR YOU!!!







Ain't he a beaut?

Anyway, for a final bit of pleasure, here are some ducks I saw and photographed, also at the park.





AWWWWW!

13. Sunday Style Crush-Taylor Momsen

All images just found on google

Ahh Taylor Momsen. 90% love, 10% cringe. But with my desire for leather and naughtiness at the moment (still need to get the next size in that skirt) I couldn't not include my beloved Momsen (read: anyone in Gossip Girl is my beloved, CANNOT WAIT for season 5)
Leather, lipstick, underwear as outerwear, eyeliner, more eyeliner, occasional plaid, but always always verging on S&M scary sexy boots or shoes and topped off with that oh-so-blonde mane. Whats not to love? Ok, perhaps all of that, but aside from the occasional suspender too far, and how sometimes her hair is just TOO long (imagine the split ends, even on the extensions) when her look just becomes too "Walk of Shame" ish, I honestly think she carries it off well and as suggested by her being on my style crush section, I totally lust her look. And I know my boyfriend does too-I distinctly remember telling him when she had turned 18, so it was officially ok to fancy the girl that was once Cindy Lou Who.
Congrats Little J, you're totes hot.

10. Sunday Style Crush-Abbey Lee Kershaw

Oh Abbey Lee Kershaw! So fragile looking, but such strong clothes! I think part of my attraction to her style (aside from the fact she's gorgeous, even if she looks about 14) is how there's often a masculine element to her otherwise bohemian look, whether its a stompy clompy boot or a loose tapered trouser. Its either that or her excellent collection of outrageous jackets! Anyway short post today as hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go! (Hello overtime pay!) Thanks for looking!

3. All These Things I Have

There were only a couple of things I wanted to get my greasy paws on this week. One of them was Batiste dry shampoo, which I've used before, but never this "big and bouncy" version. Needless to say my paws are not so greasy anymore. And my hair is certainly big and bouncy! Now pretty much all of the hair products I use have some kind of "volumising" aspect to them due to my desire for my lifeless flat bonce to be gravity defying. However determined backcombing is the only thing that seems to work, and even then it's not more than a half hour before my poor locks are deflated once more. But this....but this! Spray on, give a quick massage, show my hair a bit of a brush just so that it doesn't look completely grey from the spray and VA VA VOOM! No backcombing required and it lasted a whole day at work. Also my lazy skanky side loves it, as I haven't washed my hair in 3 days and its still looking fresh. Sure it doesn't feel too great-it feels like a synthetic wig, but it LOOKS good and that's all that matters in my book.

  I also snatched up this mens Lee shirt as soon as its came into my work-we only got one size small and it became mine before the rest of the delivery was unpacked. As I've mentioned before, guys shirts are so much better for me, they're long enough for one thing, and when they're a slim fit like this one they work perfectly. I made my boyfriend model it to show how its meant to be worn, then took it back before he got too comfy in it. And yes, yes, I know he's far too hot for me-the photo of him was the first and only one I took and he requires no editing at all. To be honest, I probably wouldn't wear it with a high waist skirt (Topshop by the way) but I couldn't be bothered to change the rest of my outfit. I'll probably just be wearing it to work with skinny jeans and biker boots for the most part. I work in an independant retailer that stocks Levis, Wrangler and Lee and if you've got anything similar in your town, its definitely worth checking them out. For instance we sell Levi 501s at £55 whereas the RRP which you'll find in most department stores and online retailers is £70. Big difference!

Finally, it's my birthday and Thursday, so my mum came round today and dropped off a few presents, and my stepdad bought me flowers too ^_^ Now to assert my willpower and not open them early....