Tuesday 26 February 2013

sorry!

Just a quick post to say why I haven't posted over the weekend and probably won't be for the next couple of days!

As I mentioned in my last post, I have university deadlines coming up and basically one of them is Friday but I won't be able to hand it in on friday because I'm having my first driving lesson (eek!) so I've got to have it done so I can hand it in thursday morning so... MEGA PANIC.


love you all - thanks for commenting and I'll still be commenting back over the next few days!


xxxx

Thursday 21 February 2013

TK Maxx costs less? YES!

Hellooo!
Today is just a brief post, I've extremely tired because I could not sleep at all last night :( and I'm hoping tomorrow will be a productive day (including a better blog post, hopefully!!) because I've got 1 week until 3 university deadlines and as always I've done no work for any of them..

After yesterdays post I carried on online shopping and being the massive TK Maxx fan that I am (I'm not doing this post as part of my job, I promise!), I decided to pick out some of my favourite bargains that are on their website at the moment!


I think the yellow Reiss dress, the Free People strapless dress and the SD Collection dress would be great holiday/summer weather dresses!
also I am completely besotted with the french connection playsuit, feel free to buy one for me! 

the converse are a MASSIVE bargain, I couldn't believe my eyes, and I think I've fallen in love with the House of Harlow gladiator sandals.

Enjoy!
xxx

p.s. I've also been doing a bit of TK Maxx shopping lately (even though I can afford to do any shopping) and I'll try and get some photos up of my purchases soon too! :)

Wednesday 20 February 2013

geek chic.

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but all through autumn and winter I have been loving wearing shirts (and blouses) under jumpers so that the collar was on show and when I went shopping with my mum yesterday I nearly had a heart attack when I saw millions of jumpers on sale with shirts or blouses underneath!
I wasn't happy to see this because I'm not capable of putting my own blouses underneath my own jumpers but because I means I might not get as many funny looks when I'm wearing the combination! Also, it's good if you want to start trying this look but down have a variety of blouses and/or jumpers it's great because they come together and are no more expensive than buying a jumper and even most blouses alone :) and when I tried one on (which I had to buy) I noticed that on most of them the stitching can be unpicked meaning you can mix and match the blouses and jumpers :) which is super economical!

When I first went into New Look (which is where I bought mine from) I only saw one and impulsively bought it because I think it's great value but later on when I went to another New Look store I saw LOADS more that I wish I'd had instead! (I suppose I can always exercise my overdraft and buy some more...)

So, I've put together a few of the ones I saw on the high street yesterday (hence why there are only products from two shops) for you:

On the ones with patterned blouses I've put a zoomed in shot of the pattern so you can get a better idea, and it's difficult to make out but the bottom two both have white shirts underneath. 

Personally, my favourites are the two top ones from New Look and the one from Next which has a leopard print shirt :). I do like the other one from Next but I'm not entirely sure on the shade of the jumper because I think it looks a bit yellow and that wouldn't really complement my skin tone. I like the bottom right one from  New Look for the fact that it's used a more casual looking jumper but the grey-ish shade of the jumper makes me think it looks a bit school uniform-esque and I think the one on the bottom left (the black jumper and white shirt) is a tad plain and the length of the jumper probably wouldn't be flattering for some body shapes and sizes (i.e. mine!).

None of the above are what I bought because I saw ALL of these afterwards.
 This is the one I got, it's also quite plain but has the benefit that it is interchangeable because it has a short sleeved blouse underneath which is only attached by the shoulders of the jumper by a few stitches which were really easy to unpick. this one was from New Look as I previously stated and was only £22.99 before student discount!

On the topic of collars while I was in New Look I also found a nice dress with a collar on too!
this is only £27.99 as well! there are definitely some good buys in New Look at the moment too!


In fact my favourite section in New Look at the moment is what I think is actually a concession called 'Tokyo Doll' which actually have a load of lovely clothes! These are a few of my favourites:


1)     £24.99 and this actually has white polka dots on. Not only does it come in this denim blue shade, but also in a pale coral colour (no polka dots). 
2)     £24.99 and comes in two lovely colours – mint green (as show above) and a peachy/pink colour. 
3)     £24.99 I really like the pattern of this and the lace on the front, it would definitely look great in summer! 
4)     £22.99 I like this peplum top because of the sheer bottom and the patterned leather top half – I think it’s a really unique alternative to the more boring (but still nice) t-shirt type. 
5)     £29.99 I like the lace collar on this (although it’s a little too spaced out for my liking) but I especially like the mint green shade (it also comes in baby blue)



Enjoy. x



Tuesday 19 February 2013

ladies at lunch

For some reason I'm always tempted to start posts with 'hey guys!' and have to stop myself,
(1) because in my head I hear the goonies 'hey you guys!!' and
(2) because I don't know who's actually reading my blog and whether females around the world really appreciate being called 'guys'.
Is that over thinking things too much? Probably.

So, I didn't mention this in my post(s) yesterday but I rushed the day because I had a deadline today (and I always leave everything until the last minute) but I'd already committed to spending today with my mum while she's off work for half term (it's alright for some, eh?) and this didn't dawn on me until about 7am on monday morning. So, I missed two lectures to complete the work for my deadline and handed it in before my psychology lab class which I then finished early meaning I got to go home for the night:).

I won't bore you with all the boring details, but essentially today I've spent the whole day out. I went into town with my mum this morning and didn't come home until 6 and then I quickly got ready to go for a birthday meal. (Yes, that does mean I've had 2 meals out in one day!)
being a student and all I'm pretty skint (completely skint) and managed to go the whole day spending only £17! From this I got a jumper, a blouse, a peplum top, a roll neck dress and some jeans :). I also saw about 2 million pairs of shoes I want if anyone wants to treat me?
I'll post pictures on ASAP.

Enjoy! x

ps. I'd like to brag about how amazing my best friend is and congratulate him on his results for his first semester exams at uni! Not only has he managed to bag himself a scholarship he also got 2.1's in all of his exams! Clever clogs. x

Monday 18 February 2013

Whoops

I forgot two valentines themed nail art photos. I've decided to post again to show them because otherwise it would've been a waste of energy finding them and they're quite good designs so I don't want you all to miss out :).


I like these ones because of the 3d hearts and the use of the newspaper method as well to give some variety.


I think the idea of using cupid for the theme rather than love hearts was also clever and unique.

Enjoy xxx

ps. I don't take any credit for the nail art or designs in this post and the previous post. I'd post the source of the designs but I can find the links anymore, but I found most of them on tumblr :) xx

Lazy weekend

The title of the post isn't entirely accurate but its the closest I could get to describing why I haven't blogged this weekend. I started a post on friday but got delayed (I decided to go into town and get the ingredients to do some baking) which was lovely and relaxing and was a good start to the weekend until later on when I started to feel a bit ill and my head was all fuzzy (boohoo) and when I went to uni to pick my stuff up for the weekend and I was a bit of a party pooper because someone had cling filmed the girl nextdoors door knob to the stair case which completely blocked off the path to my door. I just wasn't in the mood so I ripped it, was I just being a cow or were my actions sort of acceptable? I do feel a but guilty.

Anyway, because I'm still having issues on the camera cable front I decided to take get a collection of photos of nail art that I like for you to keep you entertained


So, the first lot I found were some valentines themed nail (considering last week was valentine's day). My personal favourites are the two on the right (the two sets of tips) and the middle ones (the poor quality photo) are my attempts at some valentines themed nails. What do you think?


These are just some nails that I generally like, I've done the ones on the top right before - it's really easy (as long as you've got some caviar beads). I really like the top left ones which help to promote the british heart foundation - I think everyone would like to do their bit to help promote charity and this is a really easy way to do it.


This last set are my favorite animal themed nails. My favourite are most definitely the fox ones (they're soo cute :')) but I like the simplicity of the bird ones too.

Which are you favourite?


Enjoy xx

Thursday 14 February 2013

committed.

I've actually kept my word from yesterday and blogged two days in a row! (Go me). I've also taken some outfit photos today but I then realised I've lost my camera lead (when I say 'lost' I actually mean my sister lost hers, borrowed mine and has moved to norfolk before giving it back - it's the last time I do her a favour!) so the photos will have to wait until a later date.

It hasn't gone unnoticed that today is Valentines day (or expensive confidence boost (or not for singletons) day as I view it. This year I've decided to boycott it because I'm quite poor at the moment and I just think it's a pile of shit. Not surprisingly, my partner was quite happy with this especially considering I offered to make him home made lasanga for tea tomorrow if he agreed to the idea. 

What men will do for food, eh?


Speak soon! x

Wednesday 13 February 2013

so, I didn't keep my promise..

But I've finally got blogger working on my phone (ish - it's sooo delayed I'm typing it keeps missing out half of every word) so HOPEFULLY I can start keeping the promise. fingers crossed!

Anyway, the last few times I blogged it was near Christmas and exam period and life was a bit hectic but as we all know Christmas is over now (mine was lovely) and I had my exam results back yesterday and I passed everything! Yay! I got the equivalent of two 2:1's in psychology and two 2:2's in biology. :)

I had my first semester 2 exam today so I couldn't really treat myself yesterday for my results so I have today and it's the saddest treat EVER - I've put my pyjamas on at half past 7, watched the soaps under my duvet and had a curry (yum).

speak soon! x