It's About Time...

...for an outfit post! Recently, it's either been raining when I want to get some photos taken or I'm re-wearing something that I've already used on this blog. Or I'm just wearing jeans and a comfy hoodie, which does not make for an exciting outfit!

Dress and blouse from French Connection, shoes from Schuh

I actually wore this blouses pretty, pastel twin in this post, but I felt that this one deserved it's very own post anyway. I love layering tops over a simple dress like this, and I think the coraly-red (totally a word) colour of this blouse is particularly stunning against the black. It's a nice outfit to wear when it's cloudy but humid, like it has been recently.

And there is my boyfriend, pretending to give up and walk off! While wearing my handbag of course.

In other news, me and my boyfriend have watched many an episode of Man V Food in the past and last night I discovered that there is a food challenge right here in Edinburgh: just up the road in fact! Afterz, an ice cream parlour not far from where I live, offers the Titanic Ice Cream Sundae Challenge which involves eating a huge sundae in 15 minutes. The sundae is pictured below! I'm not sure we'd manage that, but we might have to venture down and share a sundae soon.

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Floral In The Park

I decided to take my new glittery shoes to the park for their very first outing the other day... but I was very careful with them and kept obsessively picking bits of grass off the bottom! I love this floral dress: the shape is so flattering for my figure with the gathered section around the waist, and the little sleeves with the tiny shoulder pads are so cute.

 

Jazz Hands...

...Is what my beautiful new Topshop shoes are called. I'm drawn like a magpie to anything glittery, and they are so comfortable too! My very generous sister bought them for me yesterday. It was hard to choose between pale pink and coral, but I think I made the right decision. I can't wait to wear them. Sorry for the lack of posts over the last few days: my sister was here for a flying visit and I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. Outfit post coming soon!

 

Lady In Coral (With A Big Hot Chocolate)

Jumper from a thrift shop, dress from Topshop, shoes from Office and bag from Warehouse

It was raining again today, but I decided to brave the weather and take some photos anyway! Wednesday is pay day for me and my boyfriend, and sometimes we treat ourselves by going to a coffee shop. Today a big mug of hot chocolate seemed appropriate, what with the rain pouring down outside the window. I also made friends with a giraffe on the way...

Have you ever seen a more colourful giraffe?!

Rain splattered shoes, rain splattered pavement

It's not hot chocolate without marshmallows and cream

I look like I've been caught doing something I shouldn't!

Dressing It Down

Dress from Amity, top and shoes from Topshop

I bought this dress when I lived in Ireland, in a gorgeous little shop in Cork called Amity. Set up by two Irish women to offer a unique selection of clothes, the shop is filled with beautiful, vintage inspired collections. Anyway, one day as I was browsing I spotted this dress and fell in love with it immediately. I took it into the dressing room, tried it on, and came out to show my friend...and the sales assistant, standing nearby, said, "Oh, you've got that on back to front but it actually looks great like that too"! I was a little embarrassed! Anyway, I wore it quite a few times in Ireland: out to the pub on a few occasions and once to a Lifehouse concert in Dublin. 

Not sure why I look so sad!

The other day I noticed that it had been languishing in the back of my cupboard, so I decided that it was time to debut it in Scotland. However, I've always been a little iffy about the low front it has...especially as I wanted to wear it during the day this time. So instead of pairing it with boots and tights as I have often done in the past, I decided to dress it down with some cute white lace ups and a casual tied tee. What do you think?

Lip Color is MAC Weekend Getaway

It's The Little Things

Top from Lucca Couture, skirt from Vero Moda, boots from Schuh

Today I took advantage of the improvement in the weather and asked my boyfriend to do an impromptu photo session across the road from Waitrose before we got some ingredients for our dinner!  I was wearing one of my usual outfits (black skirt, black tights, black boots!), but with one of my favourite tops. It's such a pretty, feminine shade, and I love the little details: the lace at the shoulders and the bottom, and the slanted edge is very flattering.

Looking very serious because the sun is in my eyes!

Then I went home and cooked dinner. Ingredients included courgettes, chopped tomatoes, sausages...and one pretty top, now splashed with oil!!!

Last time was worse though: my boyfriend left me alone in the kitchen for about two minutes, and when he came back I was in floods of tears. As soon as he left, I somehow splashed hot oil all over my hand and wrist, then put it under the tap...but I always forget which tap is which, and instead of cooling cold water, I put my hand under the hot hot HOT tap! Pain and tears ensued.

Hopefully the oil will come out and my top can live happily ever after!

I was NOT smiling like this after I noticed I'd splashed oil on my top!

New MAC Lipcreme in Love Long Distance

Charm from Thomas Sabo, chain from Newbridge Silver

Urban Voodoo Machine

We did some sightseeing before the gig

On Friday, we went to Glasgow to see Urban Voodoo Machine for my boyfriend's birthday. It was our first time in Glasgow, so we got there early to make sure we had plenty of time to work out where we were going. I even drew out a little map to help us find the venue. However, what I didn't realise was that there are two O2 venues in Glasgow... When we got to where I thought we should be going, we found a completely closed up building! Oops! Luckily, we still had time to make it to the correct venue.

My outfit: top from Monki, skirt from Vero Moda, shoes from Kurt Geiger

I'm pulling a bit of a funny face in the above photo because the sun was in my eyes, and I was trying to keep them open long enough to take the photo!

Having a fit of the giggles while doing silly poses!

I love this top, especially the scalloped edges

A blurry photo of the band!

We danced so much, it was a really fun gig and the encore was amazing. The venue was really nice too. The next day, my feet hurt and my boyfriend's back was aching from all the dancing we did!

Whirls and Twirls

On a cloudy, dry day like today I love rolling up my boyfriend jeans and pairing them with heels and a pretty, delicate top. Looser jeans aren't definitely aren't as flattering to my figure as tighter jeans (and I think I generally suit dresses and skirts best of all, figure wise) but I do love my jeans, and I think that as long as I feel good in what I'm wearing, that's the important thing!

I also put on sparkly lipstick today, hence the name of this post. Whirls and Twirls was part of the MAC Glitter and Ice collection, and it's very pretty: shimmery and sheer. And it's always fun to kiss someone and leave glitter all over their lips too!

Top and jeans from Topshop, peep toes from New Look

Whirls and Twirls lipstick from MAC

Day In The Park (2)

I love this dress. Passed down from my sister, it is so comfortable and a nice length for running around all day in the sun. I also love how beautiful the design is if you look closely. I wore it on Thursday, when we enjoyed the sun at Inverleith Park for a few hours. We read, we played frisbee, we ate blueberries...it was a happy, sundrenched afternoon. We left with slightly red skin, bits of grass in our hair and the bottoms of our feet brown from running around barefoot on the grass.

Sunglasses from New Look

Dress from United Colours of Benetton, bag from Warehouse, shoes from Topshop, and a can of Cherryade!

Blueberries...yum

Ahh...that's better!

Close up of the dress material