Last Day

So today was my last full day in London and this is what I wore when I eventually hauled my ass out of bed:

Shirt (Uniqlo), strap top (Primark), black skinnies (Criminal Damage @ Blue Banana), boots (Matalan), necklace (Vintage) and belt (Primark).

Today I went into central London to go collect a last few bits and pieces from work and to say one last goodbye to everyone. Despite the lack of layers here, I was actually surprisingly warm which was nice. I was also quite impressed that my quiff stayed put despite the wind. Win.

Anyway, tomorrow is the big move day, and after that I'm going to be with minimal internet, which isn't cool, so blogging will return to being sporadic (surprise, surprise). I'll try and do what I can, when I can.

Some Body Told Me...

Last night one of the girls I was out with told me I would enjoy being a student, if I could just skip the education part. I have to say I agree on that, especially when I didn't get home until 4am, didn't get to bed until 5am and still got up at 9 to call my mum and let her know I was ok after the events of last night (stolen purse anyone?!)

Anyway, so this lack of sleep is resulting in a lack of motivation - obviously - and this lack of motivation can't help but be put into everything today. So I went for an old autumn/winter favourite of mine: black skinnies (Criminal Damage @ Blue Banana), jumper (store in New Zealand), black and white striped vest (H&M) and black hoody (Primark). I also wore my new vintage (now there's an oxymoron for you!) scissor necklace.

My full length shot wasn't fantastic, so I just put in the pretty, layered bit :)

Drinky Drink.

Yesterday I had my last day at work. Today I have my drinks. And yay what a fun week it's looking likely to be.

The joys of being unemployed aren't too bad either, for now, as it means that I can sit around in my dressing gown all day until I need to get ready for tonight (only a couple more hours to go then)...

Anyway, all this free time should, in theory, give me more time to maintain this blog before I move back to the countryside and am forced to endure the cold even more so. But for now, I'm going to try and document my looks for the final 5 days of living in London town.

So, here we go. Day one of being unemployed: I spent a good chunk of the day in my dressing gown, before eventually changing into this:

And I'm gonna go right ahead and admit I cheated and used an old photo because I forgot to take a new one and it just wasn't happening quite honestly. I didn't wear the necklace either, I wore my new gold vintage one. I did however, definitely wear all of this stuff:

Playsuit (Topshop), Tartan skirt (New Look), Nude tights (Falke @ Selfridges), Heels (Vivienne Westwood). Now I just have to settle on a jacket of some description for tonight so I don't freeze my ass off, and then I'm set. Should be a good night.

Oh, and on a side note - foundation lips are not an attractive look. Please never ever EVER do this:

(Picture found after a google search leading me here)

That is all.

Bethnal Green Affordable Vintage Fair

That's where I spent a good chunk of my morning/afternoon today, and boy did I love it - even if the entrance stamp does look like a tattoo gone wrong on my skin...

See? Although it actually looks slightly clearer in the photo than it does in reality, but ahh well.

Anyway, after much deliberation last night, I ended up with 2 main outfit choices. Option number 1:

Denim playsuit (Topshop), Leather jacket (Florence & Fred @ Tesco), tights (Jonathan Aston @ Selfridges), white stilletoes (Primark). Loserish pose not included usually.

And option number 2:

Black jumper (Marks and Spencers), Belt (Primark), Tartan skirt (New Look), nude tights (Falke @ Selfridges), Socks (River Island) and shoes (Vivienne Westwood with Melissa).

Needless to say, in the end I went with option 2.

I'm now thinking of wearing option 1 for my leaving drinks on Wednesday night, as it definitely seems more of a night outfit. That said, my outfit today got a few comments including "aren't you cold?", "did you forget your skirt?" and "well, aren't you dressed rather provocatively?!". Needless to say, these were comments from my work mates (who I popped in to see, because I'm a loser) and therefore entirely acceptable.

Anyway, I'm completely digressing. Whilst at the AVF, I found a gorgeous skirt that I loved but decided to think about before purchasing. Needless to say, when I returned, I couldn't for the life of me find it. Clearly wasn't supposed to be I guess. It was a beautiful piece though, and different for me. It was bordering on granny-schoolgirl-chic. Because that's a real combination of looks... But it was brown and pleated and just generally rather lovely.

I did have some success though. I saw a couple of necklaces I rather liked, and at a bargain £3 each, I was tempted to snap them up straight away. I did the logical thing, however, and walked away to have a think about it. Upon my return, I stuck with my original choice on one of the two, but picked a different one as my second choice. This is why my mother was always right about walking away and having a think about things rather than impulse buying.

Aren't they pretty?! I don't usually wear yellow gold (real or pretend), but I've realised more and more of my shoes/bags/etc have gold clasps etc on them, so I figured it was about time to tie this in.

Stuck on You

When I'm getting dressed, it can often take me several hours and numerous changes to decide what to wear. Not just because I'm indecisive (though I'm sure this plays a big part in it), but also because I get an idea stuck in my head. I'll decide that I want to wear a specific item or two from my wardrobe, and I'll be damned if I can't find a combination that works with it to create the look I've dreamed up in my head (even if other parts of the outfit are fuzzy in my mind).

This is what is happening this morning, well probably afternoon by the time I'm done dressing. I've got my heart set on wearing my khaki green trousers (H&M) and my black knee high faux suede boots (Matalan) but goodness knows what to wear on top. Obviously I want to be warm, as I hate to be cold, but layers are also a definite necessity as it's hot on the tube and so many stores have their heating on now (yes, I have a day of shopping planned when I get my lazy ass out of bed). So let's see how this goes.

*20 minutes Later*

Eventually I got there, a lot quicker than I anticipated actually, as in the end, the outfit combination I had dreamt up in my head, actually worked - wowza!

So here's the stages I went through to create my final look:

First, I got on the trousers and boots I wanted to wear, after all, the whole outfit had to be based around this... Then I decided I'll try my long sleeve striped top (Primark) that I knew wouldn't work just on it's own.... But my goodness, wouldn't my mother and father be proud? I've actually tucked my top in! (me being the girl who point blank refused to ever tuck her tshirts into her school trousers, even though it was uniform policy, haha)

From here I decided to throw on my black jumper (Matalan) from last winter...

Which got me to this point, but something was still missing...

So in the end I figured it out - I need a waist, which is when this lovely cheap and cheerful belt (Primark) came in, that I actually bought for a couple of work outfits that needed some waist cinching too.

And that was how I got dressed this morning/afternoon. I still need to do hair and make up before I go out, but that's not too difficult really.

In other, less self-obsessed, news; tomorrow is the Affordable Vintage Fair at Bethnal Green. I'm planning on popping by (all being well), and who knows, maybe I'll actually find something this time!

The Coldness Sets In...

Winter is well and truly setting in, which means for only one thing for me at the moment - hobo dressing!

This at the moment, around my shifts at work, consists of black skinny jeans (Criminal Damage @ Blue Banana), my black and white check scarf (Next), my black hoody which has been around for yonks (Primark) and my favourite fingerless gloves/mittens (Florence + Fred @ Tesco). These may be my favourite invention ever quite possibly as it means I can still text and such like, whilst still warming my fingers when I have nothing to do with my hands...

Actually, mine aren't too dissimilar to this pair:

(found in a Google Search leading me here)

Mine are a little bit frayed around the edges now, but of course this only contributes to the lovingness of my hobo image.

And now I'm actually vaguely excited for work as I have been granted permission to wear my Vivienne Westwood heels for work instead of black heels (as per our uniform). This is partially due to the fact I broke my usual work heels, and refuse to buy another pair for the 3 shifts I have left; but also because one of my managers is rather weird and can't imagine me being interested in shoes and heels like that.... Erm, ok, she clearly doesn't know me very well!

Anyway, I might stick a picture up of my work outfit tomorrow (including the heels) if I get a chance/have the motivation to take a picture before work. Will be super duper great :)

Oh no...

Quite frankly, I've been a crap blogger of late. I have no excuse as to why I've been absent for over 10 days, other than having been working my ass off and being tired. But anyway, I'm not here to make excuses, I'm here to post a little story.

Of late, in the evenings, I have been watching 4od. Nothing in particular, just whatever rubbish takes me fancy. Tonight I ended up watching "How To Look Good Naked...With a Difference". Now, back in the old days, I used to be an avid watcher of How To Look Good Naked. Then, in January/February of this year, they did a special series consisting of 3 episodes around 3 disabled women. I only watched the first one, and ended up forgetting to watch the following two at the time. However, tonight, I have watched those 2 other episodes, and it has to be said they're the most inspiring pieces of television I have seen in a while. The third and final one in the series is probably the one that will still with me the most, not only because I watched it last, but because it gave such hope and such joy. The lady featured in the third episode is blind. She has been blind for 37 years and will never regain her sight. Having started the episode miserable and with the completely wrong view of herself, Gok worked with her to help her "see" again... to see herself how the world saw her. It was truly wonderful.

So if you live in the UK, click onto 4od, or more specifically, click here. This is the episode in which you meet Di (the blind lady) and hear her story. And to be honest, if this doesn't warm your heart a little, well then, there's something wrong with you :).

On a completely different note, I have unspecified plans for Halloween. All I know is I'm going out and I want to wear my black &white tutu skirt with my Vivienne Westwood heels..... Now I just need to figure out the other parts. Any help on that, yeah?

That's it for now, I hate to do no picture stimulation type stuff, buuuuut, there's nothing I can think of that will really go with this. I hope, hope, hope, I'll be able to get back up to normal blogging levels soon.

Foot Fetish...

I've come to realise that I'm going to have to be careful over my last month living here in London, else I'm going to end up with a bad reputation. A shoe/foot fetish reputation that is by the way.

Because, y'see, being the nervous creature I am (and also complete muppet), I don't like to ask people if I can take a picture of their outfit or shoes or whatever it is they're wearing, so 9 times out of 10, I don't do anything about it, I just lust after it. However, on that 1 out of 10 time, I will try and grab a sneaky shot and I believe I may have this down to a fine art on late night tube journeys, haha.

Anyway, the whole point of this, is I snapped another picture tonight.

I'm not 100% sure what it is I love about these shoes; perhaps that they're so pretty but so basic still?

They were basically like a denim fabric with this green ribbon through them. If the heal had been a bit higher, it's the sort of thing I would have worn with my denim playsuit - in a nod towards double denim - but also because I think they would have just complimented it went. I also just liked her outfit as a whole; it was so casual but so chic. I guess, in a way, this was a great example of true glamour and style. I also kinda had the lust for her bag... But shh!

Anyway, think I'll leave it at that for now - no outfit posts at the moment because just feeling uninspired around work and with my feet hurting so much (seriously, heels for 8 and half hours a day, minimum, 5 days a week, is killing my feet slowly but surely) it's hard to find any shoes that I actually want to wear. Give me my slippers and woolly jumpers any day at the moment! Haha. We're heading into that miserable time of year that I hate, because I'll be freezing one minute and boiling the next, not cool.

Hiding Around

I have to admit I've been hiding of late. My outfit choices have been lame (or non-existent).

Anyway, here's what I wore this evening. Uber geek chic.

And here's what I wore all day whilst out on le job hunt (because this is my only day off in the space of 11 days). I also chucked on a pair of heels (Debenhams) but of course, my feet can't survive those all day, so y'know.

Shirt and trousers (both H&M), jumper (menswear section of Primark)

What else is there to say? Not a lot really. Autumn/Winter is truly underway, so I'm slowly having to accept this in my outfit choices (bye bye skirts and strap tops, hello jeans and jumpers). Boo hoo.