Long overdue!

Hey y'all! Did you have a lovely Christmas?Mine was awesome. It was just Alex, Roxy & I. We hung out with some friends in the evening and had a lovely time. The Christmas feast was a triumph too! Due to some uncharacteristic organisation on my part! Alex bought me a .co.uk for Christmas! So my blog can now be found at www.gemfatale.co.uk!!! I was so chuffed! He also got me a cute nightie from...

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1"; urchinTracker(); Have been to stay with my family for a few days, who neglected to tell me that the internetz were broken! Sorry for this hideous abandonment. Going to cinema tonight (to see Nowhere Boy!) and will be looking forward to hopping back aboard the blog boat tomorrow! Hope you all had the most delicious Christmas! ...

#Oh I wish it could be Christmas never agaaaaiin!

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1"; urchinTracker(); That's what 9 days in a row at Topshop will do to a girl! I'm only kidding, I've just got in from my last shift until Tuesday and am looking soooo forward to my first Christmas with Alex. Sorry for being a bit quiet on here, but my outfits have been pretty questionable and I've just had no time to myself to ponder fashion issues or whatever I usually blab on about, or even read other blogs! We're having friends...

Snow last season!

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1"; urchinTracker(); Erm, is anyone else in the UK freezing their butts off?! I couldn't sleep last night because my nose was so cold! I was annoying Alex by clinging onto him like a baby monkey and stealing all his body warmth! If I'm a little quiet on the blog for a little while, its because Topshop have got me working all day, every day until christmas now so every spare moment...

If I was a rich girl...

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();Firstly, in reference to my last post, my 'santa, please turn me into one of these girls' comment was meant in jest and in reference to the overall cool aura the ladies posess and was not weight-related. I am very comfortable with my 'curves' and would never aspire to be stick-thin. I have a bit of a weird sense of humour, which I suppose can sometimes get...

J'aime Jalouse quite a lot

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();The only thing preventing me from granting the french mag with 'J'adore' status is the fact I can only understand 20% of the thing, with the aid of my dusty old C grade in GCSE French.So, part of our new uni project is to conduct a still life shoot, and I remember from the few issues I own that Jalouse do some amazing still life shoots. So whilst doing a bit...

Shoot!

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();Sorry for the absence! I've been a little busy with uni and the general stresses of planning christmas when your bank balance is -3 quid! Me and Alex are having our first christmas day together this year, without family (partly due to work/public transport constraints), so I'm really hoping I find some money somewhere (Hi mum, if you're reading this, love ya!!!!)...

Fail Friday.

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();I just spent about 45 minutes tinkering about on Polyvore and accidentally closed the window somehow. VERY annoying.I always have bad Polyvore luck. I usually hit the backspace key to delete something and it goes back a page, and i lose everything. So, I DID intend to post my christmas wishlist, but am now in a slight rage which can only be quelled by Tesco 25p Tortillas and television, so I will have to get...

Carpé DM's

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();I want to seize almost the entire 'new arrivals' section of the Dr Martens website. I must've done something pretty bad in a past life to come back as poverty-stricken AND a shopping addict. That's a cruel and constantly frustrating combination!Suede & furry:The perfect brogues?And these wingtip wonders:Drool!! Which are your favourite? I love the black...

Cities 'n' Kane!

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();Excuse the ridiculous title pun there. I do these things to amuse myself!Today, I left my native Canterbury for a 'field trip' with uni to London. I decided to wear my new Christopher Kane dress, which I bought on Saturday at work with my uniform discount (60% - so it only cost £20!)These outfit pics aren't all that clear so here's a pic of the dress on the...

Fleggings!

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();Is what I've dubbed my latest retail therapy item. (EDIT 30/11/09: I decided to google my new term and unfortunately found this!!!!) I got them in Urban Outfitters' sale today for 15 quid.I was thinking 'Do I really need these in my life?' when I remembered how jealous I always am of Isabel (Hipster Musings)'s fleggings and it was pretty much a no-brainer.Voila:Here's...

Retail therapy

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();So my uni work I mentioned in my last post was all handed in yesterday. I almost had an all-nighter (got 2 hours sleep) and still didn't get all the work on my styling project finished, so god knows what grade I'll get. I have definitely learnt to NOT procrastinate. It's not worth the hassle. The stress and pressure of having so much work to do in so little...

Petit plaisirs

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();Sorry for the slight absence, I've been falling victim to my own procrastination and suffocating under my workload. I handed an essay in today and have a 10 week project to hand in tomorrow, so I have a long night on my hands, potentially an all-nighter!The silver lining of my uni work was getting to write my postmodernism essay about the film Amelie. It was actually quite a pleasure to write, as I could waffle...

Cooking up a storm!

_uacct = "UA-2852839-1";urchinTracker();I only just clocked the Emma Cook SS10 collection. Much like her AW09 Topshop collection there's an Animals of Farthing Wood vibe, and that basically = iloveit. Well, I may be over-reacting a little... A number of pieces did have a bit of a mumsy, prairie feel. But the cute pieces definitely make up for that. And I suppose she can't stick animals on everything...