Dull Day Made Bright

So once again yesterday was another rainy day but luckily the rain held off for my photos! I just wanted to be comfy and warm but I needed something to make me feel slightly better: the answer = pink lips! I rarely wear lipstick or any kind of lip colour (usually just stick to my trusty Vaseline), but I recently rediscovered this one and I love it!

Top: H&M
Jumper: Topman
Jacket: Vintage
Jeans: Urban Star
Socks: Topshop
Boots: Office
Necklace: Forever21
Earrings: Topshop
Ring: H&M
Bag: H&M
Lipstick: Cherry Bomb by Lola Cosmetics

Alice x

It's A Beautiful Day

Yesterday was a day of lunch, shopping, afternoon tea and dog walking. It was just the right temperature really - breezy (hence the jacket) but the sun was out! I had a really lovely day actually and this was what I wore:

Top: H&M

Jacket: Vintage

Jeans: Primark

Shoes: Topshop

Bag: H&M

Bracelet: Topshop

Watch: Topman

Rings: Presents, Cornwall, Mum's

Earrings: Topshop

Sunglasses: Vintage

Alice x

Green Daisy

The sun comes out and we all dig out our summer wardrobes so here was my attempt at bringing out mine! This was my outfit for a day on the beach and a meal for my mum's birthday:

Dress: Topshop

Leggings: Topshop

Hoodie: Primark

Shoes: Havaianas (from Big Chill festival)

Bag: H&M

Bracelet: Topshop

Watch: Topman

Alice x

A Tropical Party

It was my friends birthday on Saturday and she had some people round before heading out to town. As it was the first day of British summer time it had a tropical theme. I, as usual, was running very late so didn't have time to find my floral headbands and Hawaiian leis but decided on a vaguely tropical printed skirt. Apologies for the photographs (I think I took them when I got in - at gone half 4 in the morning):

Top: H&M

Belt: H&M Kids

Skirt: Topshop (vintage section)

Tights: Primark

Boots: Office

Bag: Primark

Earrings: Accesorize

Ring: H&M

Alice x

Sheer Floral

So as part of one of my best friends crazy birthday week we also went out on the Thursday. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get a photo of my full outfit but this is a part of it:

This is Rosie, our friend Cicely and me. With this top I wore my black corduroy shorts, black tights and my cherry red heeled boots. I also wore my silver sun stud earrings and my usual four silver rings. All in all it was a good night!

Top: Topshop
Vest: H&M
Shorts: Topshop
Tights: Primark
Shoes: Office
Earrings: Topshop

Alice x

I Predict A Riot

I realise this is a week overdue but  I thought it was still worth sharing as I had such a good time! Last week on Thursday I went to see the Kaiser Chiefs at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London and they were amazing! I saw them last year at V Festival but they were just as good if not better this time round. I always forget how many hits they have actually had but it was hit and after hit after hit. I managed to take a few photos of my outfit and during the gig (the quality is awful be warned):

Top: ASOS

Shorts: Topshop

Coat: ASOS

Tights: Primark

Shoes: Converse

Earrings: Forever21

Bag: Vintage

Lipstick: Fearne at Boots

Although were sitting down (I pretty much always stand at gigs) and we were very high up it was just so good! They opened with Everyday I Love You Less And Less and it just kicked off from there! The support bands were Fixers (love them) and Frankie and the Heartstrings who I saw at Camp Bestival two years ago and they were great as well. UH-MAY-ZING.

Alice x

Last Week In Pictures

This is a VERY overdue post but after having a week of doing no work whatsoever I have been really busy. Last week I went skiing in Val Cenis, France, it was so so beautiful there and being in the mountains was a really nice change and break from everything. On the way back we spent a night in Troyes which is a lovely city full of amazing medieval buildings. Here are some pics,

The view out of the window of our chalet

wrapped up warm!! on a walk in the village

Hat- Topshop

Scarf- Vintage (Hermes)

Jacket- O'neil

Snow boots- Lidl !! you wouldn't believe these were from Lidl but they are all soft and fluffy inside and have fun sparkly laces too!

In my gear on top of the mountain!

Frozen lake right at the top

Prayer flags outside the cafe

Outfit for meal out in Troyes on the last night..

Cardigan- Charity shop

tee- topshop

cords- charity shop

boots- Dr. Martens (ebay)

Hope you enjoyed this taster of my holiday, promise i'll be back to regular blogging soon!! and thankyou to Alice for keeping the blog going while I was away!

Rosie xx

OOTD

Today i went to the British Museum to vistit the Grayson Perry: Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman exhibition, it was really intereting and there was a huge range of objects on display! This is what i wore...

Hat-Topshop

Coat-Topshop

Jumper-Charity shop (see haul)

Slip dress (underneath)- Charity shop (see haul)

tights- H&M

Shoes- Dr Marten Brogues, bought off ebay

Rosie xx

Topshop Is Top

I have been contemplating getting this bag from Topshop for a while now and I still cannot decide whether to get it or not. Orginally I wanted it in black but now I have noticed online that they do it in tan as well! Do I or don't I?

 

Leather Pocket Tote Bag in Black and Light Tan

I really do love it and I reckon it would be practical as it's quite big with a variety of pockets - but it £65 - do I really need it? It is 100% real leather so is good quality so I am thinking about it! Other items I've been lusting after are:

 

Left: MIFFIN Lined Biker Boots in Chocolate £38, Right: KONFETTI Glitter Lace Up Shoes £60

I love them both so much but I think it's safe to say the boots are much, much more practical! I can see myself wearing the boots with jeans mostly and the lace-ups also with jeans but for a slightly more dressy occasion rather than an everyday basis (they are multi-coloured glitter). Overall Topshop is in my good books at the moment (especially for its footwear!). I think they have some lovely things in right now but one thing they do need to do is lower their prices! Keep your eyes peeled as a haul containing these items may be on its way...

Alice x



Shopping Spree

 Just thought i would share with you a few of my recent purchases over the last month or so, although I already have way too many clothes, new things are always too tempting!!

I found this Princess Leia T-shirt in the Topshop sale in the Oxford Street store, although its kinda geeky I've always loved Star Wars and really like the pastel colours in this T-shirt

This dress is from the Reformed line at Urban Outfitters. It is lovely and floaty and sheer with a delicate black floral pattern on the fabric, I can't wait to wear it in the summer with sandals and lots of jewellery but I could probably also wear it in winter with tights and chunky heels.

These are wide legged trousers from Urban Outfitters with an orange segment print. I saw them last year but they had a mega discount in the sale so I though why not! they are very floaty and comfortable and also surprisingly flattering, bring on the summer!

I bought this leopard print skirt in the Zara sale, its really easy to wear and I have worn it lots already (see outfit post) I also like how instead of being classic leopard print (yellow/brown) its a lovely mixture of dark greys.

I found this skirt in the british heart foundation (originally oasis) for £3.99! its amazing! almost ankle thength silver/black lurex with a thigh high side split. Its a little bit tight so i might need to trim up a little before I wear it but its pretty stretchy so i can't wait to wear it out.

 Heres some of the jewellery that i have bought...Silver necklace-Urban Outfitters, Earrings left to right, vintage style enamel earrings, gold and pink robot earrings, black and gold clam shell earrings, all Forever21. I loved all these earrings and in Forever21 all the jewellery is SO CHEAP ! 

Can't wait to start wearing these things! look out for them in upcoming outfit posts although a couple of them definitely require warmer weather hopefully we'll have a nice a long summer this year (fingers crossed) hope you enjoyed seeing what i've been buying at the moment.

Rosie xx

Spotty Socks

Today was absolutely freezing so I wasn't feeling a dress or anything too fancy. So this is the mix of things I ended up in:

As I was feeling slightly un-inspired today, hence the colour choices (or lack of), I thought maybe patterns were the way forward. A tiny peek of spotty socks and a stripey t-shirt seemed like a good idea. It was also an excuse to wear my new necklace from ASOS (I love it!). As it was so cold, I put my trusty black leather jacket on as well.

Jumper: Primark

Stripey t-shirt: H&M

Black jeans: Urban Star

Spotty socks: Topshop

Shoes: Urban Outfitters

Rings: Presents

Earrings: Topshop

Necklace: ASOS
Alice x