the high road is hard to find

blouse - h&m, loafers, shorts - topshop, cardigan - h&m via ebay

a very simple outfit from the weekend. i got the shorts on sale, online from topshop. i can't believe how crazy people get over the topshop sale - i checked it online at 8.30am when i got into work, and pretty much all of the good stuff was sold out! which is why these shorts are a size too big for me and keep falling down :( but i had to have them. i also got a cute striped pair which i'll be wearing soon.

next on my shopping list is more basic tops to wear with all the shorts i keep buying, as i can't keep wearing this blouse! not least because it is so ridiculously sheer that i'm afraid to wear it out where anyone could see me. depsite the availability of basic items i always find them the hardest to buy - i have trouble liking them, and hate parting with my money on such simple items, but i guess sometimes they are needed.

lifes a beach?

dress, shoes - topshop, hat, bag - h&m, cardigan - h&m via ebay

i managed to visit the beach again this weekend, although it was preeetty windy and my hat kept blowing off. i really love the print of this dress (i seem to only buy dresses from topshop lately...), it reminds me a lot of luella. as soon as i bought it i knew it would be perfect with ankle socks and these shoes. and i am definitely over-wearing this cardigan, but it is so soft and comfortable.

thank you everyone for your sweet comments! it's really surprised me that people are responding so well to my blog!

interview with a blogger

the very sweet cailin of birds of a feather has done an interview with me over at her blog. it's the first blogger interview i've ever done, so i hope it's okay and i didn't ramble too much! let me know what you think of it!

click here to read the interview!

evening sunshine

jumper, loafers - topshop, bag - ebay, high waisted jeans, sunglasses - h&m, belt - thrifted

simple and comfortable evening look for driving to my boyfriends and going shopping for our dinner. (yes that is morrisons you can see in the background). this holey jumper carries on where my holey cardigan left off. holey clothing seems to be an obsession, along with the straw hats. i don't often wear jeans, or trousers, but the jumper didn't quite seem to work with shorts or skirts. also wearing my huge round sunglasses, not quite sure they suit my face, but i have bought 3 pairs of round sunglasses in the last month. i spy another obsession on the horizon...

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hat, sheer blouse, bag - h&m, boots - topshop, shorts, cardigan - ebay

i really am becoming obsessed with straw hats.. next on my woven headgear checklist is a boater hat. i think this would complete my straw hat trio nicely - floppy, boater and regular. i feel like a good hat can really add to an outfit. i had been looking for this cardigan for so long, it's originally from h&m and regretted not buying it when it was in shops, as it sold out. i managed to find it on ebay for £5 though and i love it, its super soft. the shorts are also an ebay find, 99p! they're pretty worn but i really needed some navy shorts.

i hope this warm weather continues for as long as possible! i'm hoping to go to the beach again this weekend.

the tourist

floppy hat - h&m, denim shirt - thrifted, sunglasses, dress & boots - topshop

some photos my boyfriend snapped of me when we went for a wander around the city. (that's norwich, uk for anyone who doesn't know) these were taken outside norwich castle, so apologies for me looking definitely like a tourist. it's a pretty simple outfit, but i think the hat makes it a bit more interesting. i actually bought the hat about 30minutes beforehand, but couldn't wait to wear it so had to whack it out for photos. these sunglasses are wonderful but they have a strange gold bar in the middle which looks very weird in photos, like i have one of those nose strips on that stop you from snoring. suchhhhh a warm weekend, it felt like summer!

weekendable

some photos from my weekend.

1. a general outfit shot. wearing my grey jumper with a really annoying cut, and my new ebay-bought shorts, 99p! they're very well worn, and i haven't got round to altering them yet so the knee-length hem is being held up with hair pins.

2. i went to the fair! my boyfriend won me a stuffed penguin.

3. another outfit from the weekend, sadly the light means you can't see the lovely floral print of the dress. i think i look a lot like a nurse here.

4. my pastel yellow nail polish. i love experimenting with nail polish, i'm not really one for changing my hair as it's so temperamental that i daren't change it for fear of angering it. what do you think of this colour? my workmates didn't like it - i got told it looked like my nails had been dipped in acid!