Dress Down Friday

Here's what I wore to work yesterday on my last day in the office before my week off (aka. now!)

Comfy was key...

(Skirt - New Look, Tee - Forever 21, Glasses - c/o Specsavers)

Must dash as I'm off to Liverpool in a moment! Going with Alex and his family to do some Beatles superfan activities! We're all Beatles mad. Going to John Lennon's actual house - eee! 

Then I will be in a state of utter laziness after Monday when we return, so expect lots of blogging from my inevitably PJ-clad self!

Have you guys got fun plans for the weekend? 

Any of you Liverpool folks got any recommendations for nice places for lunch/dinner? Been getting lots of fab ideas from Twitter followers, so if you've tweeted ideas to me - thank you!

xo

Workwear. 5.10.12

Here's what I wore to work today. I can't say this was my best work, style-wise, as I've been in the Autumn adjustment phase, where suddenly getting out of bed while its dark outside feels impossible, let alone actually getting dressed/functioning. Anyone else getting this lately? 

But hey, here it is. A fabulously composed photo taken by one of my work chums on one of our Office Style Blog excursions! Soho's dinky alleys beat my weedy garden as locations go!

Dress - c/o Mink Pink, Jacket - H&M, Boots - c/o Sarenza, Glasses - Specsavers

Have had a mega fun but tiring week and am looking forward to a weekend of mooching round Whitstable with Alex (didn't get to go in the end last weekend!) and a spot of car boot shopping with Sophie, Company's go-to make up artist who just so happens to be an East Kent girl! 

Hope you have a fun weekend planned?

Blog ya later! 

xo

Fur Sure

I bought a fur collar for £12.99 in H&M yesterday and it *might* have changed my life. Just look how much cooler it makes my oversized blazer jacket look:

Before:

Androgynous...

After:

OMG, glam-over!!!

I'm thrilled with it! My jacket was a charity shop number. I bought it in Bexhill on the day I found out I got my job at Company but have never worn it because I've felt like it's a bit too broad for me. But my new fur makes ALL the difference :) I'm wearing a bobbly old jersey H&M top and my awesome corduroy leggings from Uniqlo (which were only £14.99) - can't link as they're sold out, but worth a look if you're near a Uniqlo! My studded beauties are Jeffrey Campbell c/o Sarenza 

My 'love' necklace is from Claire's and the origami swan is H&M.

My hair's getting to the floppy mop stage of growing it out. Think I'm going to get a fringe trim at the weekend so I look more Amelie-esque. All I want is a bob. I just think everything I want to wear would make more sense if I had longer hair. It's surprising the things that don't suit you when you have short hair. Even down to earrings (I just look bizarre in them!)

Have had a lovely night catching up with my Topshop pals over a Wetherspoons roast (don't judge me!) Now gotta tidy the house so Alex doesn't detect the bombsite I have created in his absence. Think floordrobe! 

xo

Keeping On Without You

HEY! Happy weekend!

Well, it's not THAT happy a weekend for me seeing as my fiancé (or as I like to spell it, Feyoncé) is away, rendering me an emo loser. I feel like I'm missing a limb when he's not about! I go all weird and listless and talk to myself a bit. And spend longer than acceptable in my PJ's, like right now. How pathetic am I?!

Anyway, have got lots to keep me busy this weekend, though, such as seeing friends, charity shopping and getting lost in the world of eBay (a payday spree is on the cards!)

So this is what I wore to work the other day (excuse the windswept barnet)! Yes, I actually managed to take an outfit photo! This was taken on my HTC One S phone (disclosure - got it free at its launch but am under no obligation to feature!) and I can't believe how good the quality is! In fact, I used my phone to grab a few snaps for Twitter at LFW and they actually came out way better than my Canon, which can't seem to handle movement/bright lights!

I'm wearing my charity shop fur coat (from back in the days when Canterbury's charity shops weren't WHACK), a blouse from Dotty P's, my trusty jeans from New Look, Pug necklace c/o Cheap Frills and my new boots c/o Sarenza. They're by Jeffrey Campbell and are pretty much the coolest things ever. Dedicated post coming up on these bad boys and their incredible packaging SOON. 

I'm also wearing my brand new glasses from Specsavers I got with a press voucher (disclosing, not boasting)! They're by Spijkers & Spijkers (Model no. Spijkers 10) but don't seem to be available on the website yet. I picked them up in the Tottenham Court Rd branch, so if you want some, you might be able to get your store to order some from there. I feel like my face is complete now I own these! Also, it turned out my current prescription was all wonky so I have a new one and can now see everything SO much clearer. They're £125 but designer frames are BOGOF so they do work out cheaper! 

Am off to get ready for a day of charity shopping in Whitstable with my buddy Charlotte! Then I'll probs blog again tonight because I have an amazing magazine to show you guys. 

xoxo

Peter Pan & Polka Dots

At the weekend I was at the Prima Home Made Show, where I was holding some DIY crafty classes! I was sooo nervous beforehand but once people started sitting at my tables and joining in my customisation classes, I was in my element. It was like SuperScrimpers brought to life! In fact, I did get recognised by quite a few of the crafty punters..!

Here's the outfit I wore on Saturday:

(Dress - Dorothy Perkins, Hair band - c/o Crown & Glory, Boots - charity shop)

A close up of the lovely hair band Crown & Glory kindly sent me! I'm really into hair accessories at the moment while I try and grow my hair into a bob. Turns out a few flowers disguise the awkward stage very nicely! 

The dress is another new purchase. Only £32 in Dorothy Perkins!

Here are a few snaps from my little crafting pen! Company paper bunting:

Before one of the classes:

This adorably cool brother and sister who were 11 and 13 years old... They were pros when it came to studding! And bickering. It was too cute!

I'm just gearing up for LFW madness now. Our beauty director is away so I'm having to take her place backstage at all of the shows interviewing make up artists and photographing models... #FML #IQuit etc... Joking, totally excited beyond belief! 

Any of you guys heading to LFW? Hoping to see some familiar faces! 

xo

Free Friday

I've had a lovely day off today! The weather has been lovely here so Alex and I headed to our secret garden in town and read books and mags respectively whilst eating Maoam Pinballs - yum!

I kinda misjudged the weather so WAS wearing this, before deciding it was too hot for my legs to me cooped up in jeans so I switched to a skirt! 

(Jacket - Topshop, Tee and Necklace - H&M, Jeans - New Look,  Hairband - Dorothy Perkins, Boots - c/o Bertie, Lippie - All About Me by Topshop)

My new dream boots were a gift from Bertie. Theresa and I have been thrilling over their boots selection at work so I am chuffed to have a pair of my own. They ooze quality unlike most of my cheap and cheerful footwear choices, and I love the zip on the inside - nothing more annoying than constantly having to loosen laces on lace-up boots to get them on! #firstworldproblems... So yeah, meet my new go-to shoes!

I'm now off to wash up and mentally practice each step of the customising demonstration I'm doing at Bluewater all weekend for Company... Most of the ideas are engrained in my mind but I'm panicking I'll forget one crucial step and then choke in front of a bunch of people trying to follow along at the demo... Eek! 

Wish me confidence, peeps... Can't be any worse than crafting to the nation on SuperScrimpers right?!

Hope you've all got lovely weekend plans? 

xo

Reading Festival Photo Diary!

[Warning: IMAGE HEAVY!]

So Alex and I went to Reading Festival last weekend! This fab opportunity came up at work via Gaymers, the official cider sponsor at the festival, who gave us VIP tickets and a stay in a loverly hotel! I was there to snap lots of lovely street style for Company.co.uk, but also so Alex and I could relive our youth.

I didn't get many good pics of actual bands playing because I wasn't really near enough (I'm a bit too old/appreciative of personal space to be elbowing my way to the front!), so FYI we watched: The Hives, Saves The Day, Bastille, Paramore, The Cure, Pure Love, OFWGKTA, The Cribs, At The Drive In, Metronomy, This Is Hell, Gallows, Two Door Cinema Club, Green Day, Justice, Less Than Jake and a bit of the Foo Fighters' set. 

So, if you're sitting comfortably, here are some of the sights and style at Reading Festival 2012!

This was our hotel on the high street in Reading (the mock tudor building). It's called the Mercure George and was bloody lovely. 

We were in room 212 - cue saying '212' in our best rapper voices all weekend a la Azealia Banks! 

After we ditched our bags, we had a little picnic near the entrance to the fest. I had: Ham and cheese sarnie, Alex had: a packet of cocktail sausages. And grapes. Strange boy! 

We got our VIP passes (check us out!) and headed into the guest area. The key perks were: nicer loos, places to sit and chillax a bit, the chance of a celeb sighting and free Relentless! 

This was my outfit for Day 1. Vintage shirt, backpack and hair bow, H&M top, New Look acid wash jeans (living in these at the mo!), Topshop boots. 

I bumped into some old friends of mine from my pop-punk gigging days, Jen and Martine! 

We had a snoop around all the vintage stalls! Didn't buy anything, but it was interesting seeing how much the prices were slashed by the last night of the fest!

Interesting way to sell bikini tops:

Pretty daisy print Donut stand! 

Some of my street style victims:

See all of my street style snaps (I got tons!) on Company.co.uk! 

Loved the OFWGKTA backdrop! The same cannot be said for the music. 

Day 2! Chilling in my floral crown - or as Alex likes to call it 'are-you-really-going-to-wear-that-thing?'

My dream acid wash jeans again! I wore the same jeans and boots the whole fest and just changed everything else to minimise luggage! 

Spotted lots of Drop Dead cat print pieces at the festival! That brand actually sells some seriously cute stuff! Cat vest:

Cat leggings!!! Coolest design ever or what?

Outfit: Crown - H&M, Jacket - Boohoo, Vest - Primark, sunnies - Topshop.

I met the singer of Two Door Cinema Club! He was oozing rock star vibes, theatrically puffing on a cig whilst working this very rock 'n' roll look:

We almost didn't get in to the 'secret' Green Day show because it was so crowded they literally cordoned the tent off so nobody could get near it. But a mutiny prevailed and thousands of people essentially barged the fence and we all got through and watched on the screens outside the tent. We did manage to get into the actual tent after I took this photo, but only just!

There weren't many bands we wanted to see on Day 3 after Green Day so we headed back to town for a bit and got some dinner at Pizza Express! Rustichella is my pizza o' choice. SO tasty. 

This was my outfit for Day 3. T-shirt is from Forever 21, necklace is H&M and the rest is as before!

Pretty fireworks at the end of the Foo Fighters set! 

Then we trudged back into town with about a zillion other people who were catching trains that night but we went back to the comfort of our lovely hotel for one last night. We didn't want to leave in the morning! 

It was SUCH a good weekend! Can't believe we were there just this time last week! Anyone else had festival withdrawal this summer? Any tips on how to cope? Do share...

x

What I Wore 16/8/12

Today I was filming/photoing behind the scenes on Company's November cover shoot! It was super fun and the cover star was sooo lovely - super hush hush so I can't spill for now! I also walked half an hour from the studio to Brick Lane to indulge hipsters take some street style snaps, so my creepers came in handy today when I wanted a break from heels but still wanted to look 'directional'! 

(Top & skirt - Primark, Jacket - Kate's Instagram sale! Creepers - c/o Sarenza)

I'm looking a bit weary in this photo as I had just got in! Need to start making time for tripod outfit pics in the morning but I barely have time to eat brekkie let alone pose for pics at the crack of dawn. I literally walked to the station with two slices of nutella on toast in my hand and had to get the guy to open the wheelchair gate for me because I didn't "have enough hands to put my ticket in the machine" what with my (by then half eaten) toast! Haha. The glam life of me, eh? 

My awesome jacket was purchased after I saw Kate was selling it on her Instagram! It reminds me of my H&M jegging biker, but have been looking for an actual denim one. So paying £13 for this was a bit of a dream! So chuffed with it. 

Off to wind down before a busy day of work and then heading to Bluewater tomorrow for my fun Forever21 project! I'll be selecting my favourite pieces and then they'll be shoppable on the Saturday when the store launches! As I said in my post yesterday, I'll be around until midday at least, so do come and say hi etc. I'm so excited!!

What's new with you? 

xo

Cloglovin'

I've recently joined Sarenza's blogger crew so have had the pleasure of treating to myself to some much needed new shoes! One of my first pairs of Sarenza shoes are by a brand called Georgia Rose, who I'd never heard if before, but have an amazing selection of stylish and pretty affordable shoes!

 

 

So, meet my Noena's! I love how they're like a cross between this style of shoe I've been lusting after and clogs, which are always awesome in my eyes. From this photo, they seem to have gotten a bit of a bashing on their first outing to London, better get the polish out!

 

 

I was worried about wearing them to work as my day involves so much walking (I don't do the underground unless I absolutely have to!) but these were an absolute dream. SO comfy!

As for the rest of my outfit, the dress was a trés generous gift from Juicy Couture at their Vogue Fashion Night Out last year and my trusty little biker jacket from H&M yonks ago! My little anchor necklace is by Kukee, a ridonkulously cheap and amazing jewellery store! Bought soooo much from there recently! Oh and my toe polish is Pool Party by Topshop - one of my leaving presents from the Topshop gang and an all time favourite polish of mine!

Off to wash up whilst my fiancé hollers at the football, and then the madness all begins again tomorrow morning...

Until next time!

X

 

Asymmetric hem love

I've been really attracted to asymmetric hems lately (is this the word for long at back, short at front? I kinda want to call it a 'mullet hem'!) I got this blouse from the Topshop sale the other day, as a slightly more interesting option to bung on with leggings or jeans. Or jeggings as I'm wearing here!

(The necklace is from H&M, the jeggings are H&M Kids)

Meet my new boots, they're called Abbi from ASOS and were only £38! They're not real leather but they look pretty good for it and are just SO comfy. They are total dupes for Topshop's Allegras, and I remember when Lily once mentioned to me that she considered her Allegras as flats because they were that easy to walk in, I remember thinking that I couldn't imagine ever saying that about heels and that she must be kraykray, but the girl was right! These are comfier than my eBay cheapies which are less of a high heel. Needless to say I've barely taken these bad boys off since they arrived! Just perfect for every day wear when you want something a bit fancier than flats.

In other news, all is fab with me! The job continues to amaze me... I interviewed Mark Fast the other day (and confessed that I blagged my way to third row behind Kanye at LFW without an invite... Me and my big mouth! Luckily he took it in good humour!), have been going to loads of cool beauty events and may be going to the premiere of Katy Perry's movie next week. I still can't believe it all!

I'm off to buy some bread for the teeny baby ducks that have just hatched in the river by my house! I could watch them all day, they're just so cute!

Xx

 

My €1 dress!

When we were in Paris, one of the highlights was rooting through the €1 boxes in a vintage store in Le Marais. We got absolutely HEAPS of stuff! This is just a really oversized orange spotty blouse which I cinched in and wore with my trusty biker! It's a bit creased as this pic was taken after work and my job does involve a lot of sitting!

(jacket - H&M, boots - charity shop)

My incredible Pug necklace was an unexpected gift a little while back from Cheap Frills!

So this is the first blog post from my new iPad! I'm using a seemingly INCREDIBLE app called Blogsy! I had put the feelers out a week or so ago on Twitter to see if anyone recommended it before I shelled out £2.99, and only a couple of people seemed to sing its praises, but from my initial experience, every blogger with an iPad needs this in their life! I'm planning an iPad post this weekend to show you guys my new baby and the little blogger kit I've amassed, and will try and go into more detail about Blogsy benefits!

I've had a mental week and am aiming to do a little diary type post this weekend to show you some camera snippets of it all! Am loving it, but am looking forward to a nice chilled weekend with the fiancé!

I feel the need to tell you that Alex has just DEAFENED me by shrieking at the telly because England scored... I never knew he could hit such a high note! Any other girlfriends out there had their tv remote rights revoked due to the Euro 2012? I'm trying to embrace it but the screaming is really not necessary. One prog I definitely am behind this year is BB! Guilty pleasure!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend planned!

X

 

My week in photos!

Think of this as one of those token Instagram blog posts, but without all the Instagram (only blogger without an iPhone alert!)

What I wore on my last shift at Topshop:

(old Topshop dress, H&M kids jacket, charity shop boots)

Cards from friends and family re: the new job! Guess which one is from my hilarious mother?

Pretty flowers from my brother! I didn't have a vase (not used to receiving flowers - HINT Alex, if you're reading...) so bunged them in an old food jar! Cute, huh? 

Sofa snuggles with Roxy <3 (Lighting looks a bit brothel-tastic, but it's just our red curtains!)

Saw this in a charity shop! I've never met this Beryl, but I'm pretty sure we'd be best friends.

Wearing some skinny cords that I found languishing in my wardrobe and was delighted to find I can fit into them now (have recently lost 8lb of festive chub). The glee was short-lived when I sat down and the button popped off the waist. In my defence, the button appeared to be sewn on with very cheap thread...

Good old mirror-photo taken where I used to work! It was the first outing of my new Office boots, which didn't hurt too much, but were a bit chafey towards the end of the day... Is it wrong that I yearn for dry skin on my feet? My feet are so sensitive and blister really easily. Any tips for acquiring pain-proof solid feet? Boyf's mum suggests walking round barefoot at home, will try this!

(H&M cardi, dress and hairbow, Office shoes)

If my child self could see me whining about my sore feet now... Look at me in my white belt - I was badass!! 

How cool were my mum and dad? Mum was very ahead of the trends with her leather trousers and topknot! 

Fancy food! Went for a lovely lunch with my boyfriend and his parents today at Cafe du Soleil, and had yummy Calamari to start! 

This weekend I'm going for dinner with friends, attempting to erect this new rail I bought as my wardrobe is at max capacity and generally preparing for the start of my new job at Company on Tuesday! 

Do you have any fun plans for the long weekend? 

♥