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Pastel Prettiness

Hope you're all having a lovely Easter break, I must say the few days I've had off were much needed. I did a little Easter baking today, well if you can call making rice crispy cakes baking! Perhaps the colour palette is a little sickly sweet but I just couldn't resist matching my nails to the pretty lilac packaging of the chocolate, and this minty jumper is perfect for the chilly spring weather we're having at the moment. 

Sometimes you just have to take yourself on a date...

Roman Coppola x Jason Schwartzman

Ukele - hee - hoo

Another lovely birthday present I received this year was this ukelele! I had joked to my friend Patricia that I needed a new party trick, and perhaps I should learn the ukelele ? And there it was all wrapped up for me, ready for that evenings disco ball filled fun. 

I've been trying to pick up a few tunes, and luckily there are a lot of how-to videos on Youtube! However it does not come very naturally to me, anyone have any tips?

Pictures and Text

One of my favourite presents this year was this lovely Juergen Teller book. I went to his exhibition the day after my birthday - and coincidentally was given this book that evening! I picked out a few of my favourites above - the Viv Westwood one makes me giggle I couldn't not include it! I really love his pictures, the light and just the way he photographs, as well as the subjects in them. 

Another year older, another year wiser

  

I'm not so big on birthdays, but as it is my twenty first I thought I would book the day off work. My brother is going to Canada for three months in just over two weeks, so it was nice to spend some time with him. 

We went for breakfast at my favourite place, I got eggs benedict AND pancakes - I just couldn't choose! Then after a wander around the charity shops we took a stroll along the river and I took a few snaps of the ducks.

I picked up this book in one of the charity shops - The Graduate is one of my favourite films, the soundtrack gets me every time. And of course how could I not give a little mention to my new Cambridge Satchel, I received it for my birthday from my parents and I knew it would go just lovely with my Zara trench and Topshop dress.

We're off to get chinese for dinner now, ta-ra!



Today I'm wearing...

I've really been enjoying reading Vogue's 'Today I'm Wearing' feature this month. I hadn't heard of Suki Waterhouse before, but her kookily classic outfit combinations and love of white tights has got me totally girl-crushing.

See what Suki wears tomorrow here

Or check out her instagram for more outfits and pictures  

Recently

 

1. Lacey nightwear 2. Chanel goodies 3. Lazy lie in

4. Peter Jensen for Topshop jumper and burgundy corduroy skirt

5. Striped polo neck and denim dungaree dress

6. Early morning exploring before the others awake

7. Current reading material 8. Just before bed

9. Pre pancake day pancakes

 



Anyone want to be my twin?

Louis Vuitton Pre AW13

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies

Times change. People change, circumstances change. Change is simply inevitable. 

First off before i show you what exciting outfit i wore today, some news! The Wendy House is taking part in the vintage fair at the Eden shopping centre! Pop the 22nd and 23rd October into your diaries and come down for a browse!

The cold is finally starting to creep back in so i popped on my burgundy Topshop trousers, another Wendy House blouse (I can't get enough of them recently!) and an old black Gap cardi to keep off the chill.

Look forward to seeing you on the 22nd!

What I wore..

As anyone who reads this blog ( i doubt there are many) will know, I'm not terribly good at it! So i thought i would follow suit and do a few 'what I wore today' posts. If you know me in person you'll be quite aware of how scruffy I can occasionally look, so I thought I would make the effort for the next week and document it in pictures for you all to see!

Day one was my day off which was very nice. I almost prefer dressing on these days as there is no worries about whether I'll get to hot in it at work, whether i can stretch and move about in it etc! This crazy random heatwave has completely thrown my dressing however, I had prepared myself for the cold, and it's sunny?! I was also going up to London today for a spot of shopping so the choice really was difficult.

I ended up in a sheer polka dot blouse from The Wendy House and a plain black skirt. A little boring perhaps, but i had my red nails and i painted on some lipstick (after the photos were taken, doh!) to liven it up a bit.

See you tomorrow folks! sleep tight!