What I Wore… Yesterday.
So it seems that I missed out on a weekend of posting. Not only did I work my bum off, go to a comedy show and a cracking gig, when I finally got a day off on Sunday I was unfortunately met with this criminal sight when I tried to post on my own macbook:
I was well and truly hindered! But with the male internet addict of the house earning his weekly wage and me with a long weekend, I’ve finally got my props back to enable my blogging. Three cheers? Hip, hip? Hooray! So here’s what I wore yesterday when the bloke’s family came to visit our new, humble abode.
SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER, 2009:
OUTFIT DETAILS – Sweater, Primark; Skirt, ASOS; Tights, Topshop; Shoes, Topshop.
I feel stuck in a box when it comes to the other half’s parents. Not only am I dealing with the phrase stuck in my head when we first started going out when I tried to wear a frilly skirt and biker boots together (“You can’t wear that! They won’t understand the contradicition!”) but I’m trying to seem myself at the same time as being the right girl for their youngest son. This was the best combination I could come up with that I felt comfortable in (and by this point, I was tired of throwing clothes on and off) – and I didn’t think I would love it but I do! I was really working on how good red and green looked together the other day, and so went for different tones of each in the great outfit mix-up. The result? An outfit that I was really pleased with and would wear again – and a pair of impressed parents, uncles, and a grandmother to boot!
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The Weekly Wicked List
Well I’ve certainly had an eventful past week punctuated by an exciting weekend – so eventful, that I could hardly find time to post The Weekly Wicked List! So many, many apologies! I can’t even make it up to you for this can only be a quick one but I’ll try and fit in all the most wonderful bits without skipping any.
Rise Against and Thursday — Oh. My. Word. Best gig of the year – actually, make that second best to The Wildhearts (of course) but hallelujah for finally getting to see Thursday after being desperate to for the last seven years. That’s since 2002, guys! When I was 15 years old! Sadly, they only had a half hour set and didn’t get to play nearly as much of the old stuff as I would have liked but I was really impressed with how big they sounded on stage, and that they rounded off the set with ‘Jet Black New Year’ – a stonker of a song! I last saw Rise Against in March but they definitely wet themselves all over the last performance – this one at the Brixton Academy was packed with even more energy and devoted fans just kept egging them on, and on! I was impressed with the elegant mix of old and new tracks to keep everybody happy, and most pleased that my two faves were performed! I love gigs and despite my start-of-the-year promise to go to a heck of a lot more, I’ve barely been to any this year. But I think I’ve picked the right ones. Maybe I should work on getting myself to more of the right gigs next year.
Rhod Gilbert – I saw Rhod Gilbert at the Hammersmith Apollo on Friday night; a night I have been waiting excitedly for for some time now. I completely adore this man for his quick-witted, almost ad-lib humour, his beguiling Welsh accent, and his funny (but gorgeous) face and so I was almost exploding with glee sitting in my seat on Friday. Comedians must know they’re onto something good when they have the crowd falling off their seats with laughter, have to respond to a roaring encore chant, and fulfill the audiences heckles to perform past sketches – successfully! I’d recommend him to any comedy lover. Hell, I’ve even recommended him to my mum! With success!
Everything Else — Harriet’s post about Danish Hygge has me racing back indoors and diving for the bedcovers, by candlelight, and with homebaked cookies and drinking wine and making magazine collages, which tells us the Danes have definitely got winter right! Yes & Yes is trying to attempt to have it all and wants you to join the debate. I’m going for my probationary review at work today – wish me luck! In more homeliness, I much enjoyed getting the flat spruced up for a visit from the boyfriend’s family and I really enjoyed playing the hostess! It’s made me want to get lots of friends around for meals and drinks and general catch-up. Doing good at the gym has been on my hotlist the past week – it’s amazing how addictive exercise can get, and I’ve upped my membership to an ‘includes everything’ one which means I can partake in classes now (starting with pilates on Wednesday, which I’ve never done before so I have no idea what to expect), swimming, and steam & sauna rooms (for chillaxing after a three mile run). Can’t wait to start reaping in the benefits. Elsewhere, I won a competition over at Wish Wish Wish, who really does have the best giveaways which you should all take part in – and don’t forget to read Carrie’s great articles while you are there!
What have you all been getting up to, this last week?
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Sale Of The Century.
Don’t you just love it when you put on an album you love that you haven’t heard in years, yet you still know how the songs go and what the words are and the random little dances you invented to go with them? That’s what happened when I put on The It Girl by Sleeper today.
I’m completely in love with my backless stripey dress and the million (well, possible) ways I could wear it. This is the second time I’ve worn it in three days and I’m letting it show it’s full dress glory. I really adored my look today – when thinking about it last night, I thought for sure that the green coat and red tights would look awful but I was willing to try it anyway. I’m glad I did, it works wonders. I think they’re just the right shades of respective green and red that are able to pull it off.
FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER, 2009:
OUTFIT DETAILS – Coat, New Look; Dress, New Look; Tights, ?; Socks, Topshop; Boots, ASOS; Bag, Urban Outfitters.
Sorry for the lack of posting here in the past week or so, aside from outfit posts – and double apologises for the lack of The Weekly Wicked List today! I hope to get it written and published for Sunday. Today has been my first day off in what seems like years (it’s really a week) and I’ve been overloaded with household chores and grocery/toiletry shoppings today – still, I managed to sneak off a little order for ASOS online, which I was completely sold on by the discount code that emerged today for free next day (and yes – they really mean tomorrow) delivery. It’s WEARTHISWEEKEND if you’re interested, and will work until 6pm today.
I’m now off to hang up laundry to dry upon various spaces in the flat, make carbonara and yummy bruschetta for my boyfriend and me to munch on, and then make my way into central London to watch comedy’s finest, Rhod Gilbert. Eeee! I can’t wait! Hope you’re all having an enjoyable start to the weekend.
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Alright, Alright, Alright.
I had a blissful morning of being lazy (a rarity here in Earth Vs. world) and listening – okay, singing along loudly with The Decemberists. And I’m a terrible warbler, my neighbours would probably gladly agree. But they performed The Rake’s Song on Later Live With Jools Holland last night and I am addicted all over again. What I love the most and find really canny is that such a catchy, upbeat melodic tune is the backing to lyrics of a widower who kills his children because he misses his freedom too much. Evil… but what the heck, I love The Decemberists. Such a shame that they are playing two nights in London tonight and tomorrow night and it was too late to make arrangements to go – they were both sold out anyway!
THURSDAY 18th NOVEMBER, 2009.
OUTFIT DETAILS – Dress (as top), New Look; Skirt, H&M; Tights, Topshop; Boots, ASOS; Hat, Primark; Scarf, H&M; Coat, Primark.
A full look, for once! Since it’s proper chilly here and I have to wear a coat to leave the house and all – and I’m out of the house a lot these days, which pleases the neighbours, since I stop singing! I’ve rediscovered my favourite skirt from H&M which has had next to nowhere near the amount of wear it should have by now. Expect to see it on my waist a hell of a lot more, soon! I’m also loving my new body-con dress from New Look which has a beautiful low back – really makes me want to have a back tattoo! I won’t, of course…
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The Weekly Wicked List
Christmas coffees! — Did I ever say that it honestly doesn’t take a lot to get me excited? Especially when it’s linked with two of my favourite things: coffee and Christmas? Legend has it, that Starbucks have their awesome Christmas drinks out now, woo! The line-up never disappoints and is the same as ever: warming gingerbread latte, scrumptious dark cherry mocha, and sweet toffee nut latte. I can only imagine what Christmas cakes they have in stock! Not only that, but after years of being starved from it, it seems like they have finally decided to bring back the eggnog latte. Hallelujah! Possibly my most favourite drink of all time? I can guarantee that I will be getting as much of it as I can before Christmas is over. P.S. Don’t tell my store that I’m such a brand cheater.
Old and new. — Precious new things. I love updating my wardrobe after a hefty sort-out. New looks to conjour, recent items paired with older ones that I’d either forgotten about or thought I’d fallen out of love with. I’m trying to get into the art of remixing, and not doing what I’m so used to doing – buying something for a budget price at Primark, wearing it only once, and then forgetting about it whilst it stashed away at the back of my wardrobe/on my floor/in my washbasket (the latter two are the most likely). I’m trying to chop and change all my clothing and accessories so that they all get worn more than once, twice, even thrice but still so I achieve the concept of looks that I’ve still never worn before. I’m on it. I think I can conquer this one.
Surprises. — I’m all for being the recipient of surprises but there’s nothing quite like being the planner, either. Right now, I’m in the midst of planning not one but two surprise trips abroad for two people very close to me – a jaunt to Barcelona for the weekend, as a belated Mother’s Day gift for my mum (who else?) in May, and a little weekender away as an early birthday present for my boyfriend – I’m only not saying because a] he’s 200 times more internet literate than my mother, and b] we share this very laptop that I blog from, and I’m known for my inability to close tabs – but it’s somewhere both neither of us have been before! It gets me all warm to sit there, working out prices, flights, accommodations, excursions, and the general enjoyment the both of them and I will get from both the holidays and the gestures, and makes me appreciate the things that people do for me every now and again, more. The only downside (apart from the loss of ££) is that it makes the travel bug bite me until I relent and spend hours trawling websites like Trek America. Oops!
Have you ever surprised anybody with a holiday?
S’appening in the blogosphere?!
Harriet shoes off her bedroom this week – perhaps this will encourage a hunk of home/bedroom posts? I’m working on my tidyness to show mine off!
Over at Charade, Megan’s awesome Pretty Organised series continues with kitchens. How inspiring! Don’t you just love that cute breadbin? I know I’m in need of one… the lovely lady of Charade was also kind enough to link to Earth Vs., so thank you very much, Megan!
Quote tattoos are a hot topic at Yes & Yes, too. I love them all. I’ve often wanted a lyric tattoo and while I’ve reasoned with myself that it’s probably not a good idea (since it’s a lyric by my boyfriend’s band, it’d be like practically getting his name tattooed on me… right?), it doesn’t stop me thinking up new ideas and being totally mesmerised by everybody else’s tattoo quotes.
The Clothes Horse delivers more and more stop-drop outfits every time I click into my feed reader, I swear! This is one of my recent favourites; the yellow beanie just makes it for me!
Everything Else.
A baby shower tonight (my first ever! Well, not mine, personally…); my mother coming to visit my boyfriend & I’s little flat for the first time; a good friend’s birthday meal tomorrow night at a renowned Chinese, mmmm, can’t wait; going back to work after being ill for days; taking small pleasures from having the mornings to myself, cleaning, blogging and going out to do simple things like groceries, post, all by myself; coupley things like collapsing on the sofa every evening with crappy television on but barely paying attention as we talk and laugh all over it, cooking together, etc. (I don’t want to sicken you!); getting right back into running and going to the gym – considering upping my membership to include classes, swim, sauna and steam too! For an extra £7, how can you go wrong?
What have all you delinquents been upto this week?
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Presents To Myself.
A little (big) parcel arrived this morning from New Look to me, eeee. Probably one of my rituals that happens every four-ish months is a big splurge at New Look; we’ve all got a store that we are an absolute slave to, right? Truth is, I have several, but none of the others offer shopping services online for my little winter hermit self. Hmph.
FRIDAY 13th NOVEMBER, 2009:
OUTFIT DETAILS – Dress, New Look; Cardigan, New Look; Boots, Primark; Bag, New Look; Trilby, New Look.
I’ll be wearing this to a friend’s sister’s baby shower tonight – my first ever baby shower! I have no idea what to do, take or say so I think I’m just going to sit there and smile and nod all night and other women get cooey over babies. And drink the promised free coffee on tap!
Now I’m off into town to make some returns (+££!) and buy some groceries (-££) and avoid the horrid drizzly weather as much as possible!
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Portions For Foxes.
For some reason, I’m wearing an outfit that makes me think of Rilo Kiley. Perhaps I was inspired by listening to them all day? Granted, this is the first day in a few that I’ve felt up to getting both dressed and dressed nice – despite still feeling like a godawful buggy mess. Unfortunately by the time I bothered to pick an outfit it was already getting dark, so please excuse the horrid photo quality. Hopefully I can get dressed before midday tomorrow! I’m off to carefully enjoy some fajitas now.
THURSDAY 12th NOVEMBER, 2009:
OUTFIT DETAILS – Top, American Apparel; Skirt, H&M; Tights, Primark; Shoes, Urban Outfitters; Headband, ASOS.
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I Apologise…
…for my lack of dutiful bloggage over the past few days – unfortunately, I seemed to catch one of the many, nasty winter bugs that have been flying around. While this should have meant that I would be indoors all day, in the warm, wearing whatever I want and writing to my little heart’s content, it really served me a horrible slice of still having to go into work whilst ill, and not wanting to do much outside of that apart from sit around in my pyjamas. I’m so sorry! But I can assure you now I’m feeling a little better and I can resume total narcissistic outfit posts, foodie indulgences, and everything else very soon.
Hope you all keep well!
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The Weekly Wicked List
Guy Fawkes night — Remember, remember, the 5th of November: gunpowder, treason and plot. Yes, ladies and gents – it’s that time of year again. The time where all you can hear are the fizzes and bangs of fireworks, where all you can smell is bonfires, where all you can think of is how will your Roman candle go off in this horrid, drizzly weather? These days, there are a ton of professionally organised fireworks displays (perhaps to combat your dads and uncles endangering themselves setting off rockets from milk bottles) all over the UK – and if you’re not going to one this weekend, then perhaps you’re having your own fireworks party? Remember to keep safe! If you do have a garden, a fireworks party is a perfect excuse to get all your friends together. If you don’t have the space for a bonfire, then you can always supplement it for a few throwaway barbecues – you can’t have a fireworks party without sausages and toasted marshmallows, after all! If you are going to a pro display, we’re in for a treat this year – the weather is looking rather good (it is in the south-east anyway). As for me? I’m off to a display for a second year in a row where the finale is so fantastic I hardly know where to look, and where they have a celebrity Guy made up that they fashionably blow up every year. Last year’s villains were Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. This year? Jordan. Kind of ironic since she lives/lived not far from where the display is, and all the locals hate her. Burn her!
What are you up to for bonfire night this year?
Don’t forget your sparklers and warm gloves!
Everything Else — ANTM, of course; looking forward to payday so I can pad out my wardrobe a little more; not starting work everyday ’til 2-3pm, which gives me a nice and long morning to get a heck of stuff done; running, running, running; becoming a bit of a coffee snob, ooh; sausage sandwiches; loved-up nights in with beer and pringles; making some spectacular Rocky Road – and being almost fit to burst from eating it; realising I have a very busy November and sort-of loving it!
What have YOU been loving this week?
Blogs — I started adding a horde of blogs to my feed reader this week, and I’m excited at the prospect of having new and great article to read! Here are a few that I’m enjoying right now:
Delightfully Tacky
The Cherry Blossom Girl
This Time Tomorrow
Also;
It’s your last couple of days to enter The Clothes Horse’s amazing giveaway this week – a chance to win a $100 voucher for the awesome LA Vintage. All you got to do is comment on her post saying which items you’d spend your potential $100 on – and say just why you love vintage. And the best part? It’s open to international competitors. Yay!
My beloved Aimee Marie is back, beautiful – and blogging again! Goody, goody.
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Gimme Five!
No outfit post today, I’m sorry! A shame because I really loved my outfit this evening but now it gets dark so early, the unnatural lighting in my lounge is horrid. I’ll either have to take all my outfit photos during the daytime or actually use my good flashgun. Hmm. Decisions, decisions! Anyway, I was far too busy enjoying a free showing of Grease at a cinema in Croydon – what a guilty pleasure! Me and one of my friends were pretty much almost dancing along (speedily prevented from doing so by our boyfriends though, harrumph).
I’ve come to realise that I spend too much time flicking through magazines and trawling the internet purely for new items to lust over and I find it so unfair that I seemingly discover all these ‘perfect for me’ things but have next to nothing in my pockets to buy them with. I have a whole folder that is several screens long that is host to all the lovely things I have found and want and sometimes, in my heart of hearts, need. I have books full of glue and Muji pen marks full of magazine collages from over the years. Sometimes, I even manage to splurge on such things. And still, I find myself drooling over the next best thing for me. When will it end?
I’ve decided to document my wants in a (I think) new series: Gimme Five. Which means, I’ll show you five of the specific items I’m currently coveting this week. Maybe you won’t like them, or maybe you will, and then buy them, and then put me off buying them because you have them. Ha! That’ll tame my shopping needs… no, really, it won’t. But maybe you’ll just like them anyway and share back with me what you’re currently sitting on your hands over, just terrified that you’ll hit that checkout button without a second thought.
This week, for me, it’s shoes.
(I’d like to point out that I am very limited on heel choices because I have a short – CUTE – boyfriend. I’d like to point out how very amazing and understanding he is of me staying up ’til gone 1am to blog, and taking over the living room with my camera equipment.)
1. Arizona Suede Studded Lace-Up Ankle Boots, from ASOS
2. Freckled Wedges, from Modcloth
3. Bendy Square Toe Pump, from JoY
4. Loafer With Chain, from Urban Outfitters
5. All About Eve Wedges, from Modcloth
Ohh, ohh, it’s a total shoegasm! I dearly love the ASOS red boots but I feel like I know how to play ASOS now and I’m hanging on for a discount code/major sale/both! And both the Modcloth steals are gripping me desperately; aren’t those tan wedges just darling? And they’re so cheap too – $37.99 a piece! I’ve been coveting the green chain pumps from UO for a while now, and the JoY grey bendy flats are my newest lust-fors. So many pretty shoes, so much choice… so little money. Always the way!
What shoes are you coveting this week?
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22-year old renegade who just can't sit still from the blurred edges of London, UK. Likes to chip her nails playing guitar, making good coffee, exploring fashion and personal style, and cycling.
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