Teased by Topshop

Why do you do this to me Topshop? Just when I tell myself to stop shopping, why must you introduce a 20% off Student weekend?

I cannot resist and tomorrow I'll be in Topshop happily purchasing these 'essential' items. Sure, they are pretty expensive but I have been lusting over them for a while now and being wardrobe essentials the 'cost-per-wear' will be low. Also...20% OFF!!

 

1.Black Quilted PU Faux Fur Collar Biker Jacket - £58

2.MOTO Kristen Jeans - INDIGO DENIM - £40

3.Tab Sleeve Stripe Top - £18

4.Skull and Cross Ring Pack - £20 

So if I purchase these four items, the student discount will save me...£27.20! That basically means that I get the top for free and a couple of the rings haha! 

I hope these will be worth living on a cheap diet of porridge, apples and pesto pasta on! 

Oh I got my hair finally cut this week...it nothing different, just shorter. I'll have to 'show it off' in an outfit post soon! It's been such a long time since I done an OOTD post...

Anyhoo...

Happy shopping and happy weekend!

Frank Ocean

I'm probably very late finding out about Frank Ocean. I used to always listen to Zane Lowe on Thursday nights on Radio 1 when I still lived at home and so was up to date with the newest music. However since being at uni, I forget about the radio and just end up listening to the same artists on my iTunes. Yet a couple of days ago I listened to Zane Lowe's show online and I couldn't and still cannot get this song out of my head.



I am obsessed with this song. Don't worry I don't relate to the lyrics haha!
So enjoy, this is the first post of my new idea 'Monday Music Obsession'  (I'll try and stick to this idea this time!)
Ohhh and apologies to my flatmates as I will be playing this loudly on repeat....until...NEXT MONDAY'S MUSIC OBSESSION. Ha. Ha.

Hope you like it!

Winter Staples

 

I got my Student Finance on Monday and went a tad crazy in Princes Street. I would usually be quite guilty at how much I spent. To be honest I'm not feeling bad about these purchases as they are essential pieces I can wear over and over again this season in many different ways/with different outfits without me getting sick of them.

1.ZARA - Gold Metallic Thread Sweatshirt - £19.99

2.H&M - White Basic Loose Shirt - £7.99

3.H&M - Imitation Leather Trousers (with jersey side panels) - £14.99

4.URBAN OUTFITTERS - Cooperative Green Paid Structed Satchel - in sale £22

5.URBAN OUTFITTERS - Deena & Ozzy Cuffed Black Boots - £48

What does one wear to Weddings?

 This October I am a guest at my boyfriend cousin's wedding. I'm rather excited, especially as it's my first proper English wedding.
I have been looking for dresses since early summer and I set my heart on this very pretty dress that was in Topshop, nude mesh skater dress with black lace flowers. Sadly I assumed it might still be in stock in September (when I would have the money to afford it) however it's completely out of stock in store and online...I've searched eBay and couldn't find it in my size...so I've had to look for new options.
So my favourite choice so far is...

I think this MissGuided 'Cristina Lace Pleat Dress' in Wine would rather suit an October wedding. Also the fact it's a skater style is great for me because it's the cut that's generally the most slimming on me since I have a fat ass but smaller waist.
The good thing about this dress it's basically half the price of the Topshop one I wanted, which means I can spend some more on accessories. I'm think black tights, black heels, some dainty gold rings and cute drop earrings.
Any thoughts/ideas?

On another note, I'm so so happy to be back at University. My first day today went well and I'm really glad to be going into year 2 of English Language and Linguistics as well as picking up an outside course - Criminology which going by the first lecture, I think I'm really going to enjoy.
I'm going to be a very smart and healthy student this year.

Leeds Festival

 Yes I know I have been very late with this post, but here are some of the photos from Leeds.
Sadly my camera decided to break the first few hours of the festival (I blame the crazy spinny ride, my camera couldn't handle it's power). Yet luckily Alicia brought her camera as well so here are some random photos of the weekend...when I mean random, I mean the ones where I don't look completely like a drunk drowned rat.

We sadly didn't get so many great photos of any of the shows as the camera couldn't handle all the flashing lights/we were unable to steady our hands from being pushed around by the crowd. The one above is of The Strokes. As amazing as they were, it was probably the most violent of all the shows that weekend. We got to the main stage very early to get near the front row but sadly being right near the front meant we were pushed around, falling to the ground and had our toes tread so much...despite my attempts to control the crowd by randomly shouting 'WOULD EVERYONE JUST STOP PUSHING!' like I was the teacher or something (cringe. God I'm annoying)

Got to see so many artists;
The Strokes, The Kills, 30 Seconds to Mars, Rubberbandits, Peter Doherty, Sub Focus, Nero, Simian Mobile Disco, Bedouin Soundclash, Bombay Bicycle Club, Patrick Wolf, The Streets, Pulp, The Naked and Famous, The National...and probably more I have forgotten.

Some key things to summarise the weekend:
Mud mud mud/Fake tattoos/Intense rain/Overpowering heat/greasy hair/chips with ketchup/corny silent disco/tent fires/walking bare foot in the mud/speed peeing/anti-bacterial gel and one of the last times we could say to each other 'down it Fresher'...

Without sounding so cheesy and emotional...it was one of the best weekends of my life with great memories, so thank you so so much Alicia for everything over the festival...and for putting up with my moaning about the weather. Haha!

Autumn Wishes

As you can see I'm very inspired by this whole 'Teddy Boy/60s Mod Rocker' look that's emerged this season from the Burberry and Yves Saint Laurent A/W shows and very present in high street shops like Topshop and Zara.
Wish me luck on adding these some what 'essentials' to my wardrobe...

Image sourced from Google.

Gifts, treats and pretty jewellery

Last Tuesday was my birthday and I had a lovely day (basically birthday week as I was constantly treated and given gifts)
Got so so many lovely gifts by my friends and boyfriend, lots of jewellery (which is totally what I needed and will be showing off in future outfit posts) and so many sweets and cakes!
As I've mentioned before my friend (basically sister haha) Farah has her own jewellery line and she kindly gave me one of her pretty pieces called 'The Ella Necklace' for my birthday.
So here it is on me:

It's such a subtle but elegant piece, I'm looking forward to layering it with my other necklaces. My one is navy swarovski crystals with an 18 inches long silver chain. The great thing is that Farah can make alterations to customise the necklace for you. The crystals can be:

Lilac, Purple, Green, Aquamarine Blue

Mixed blue-green, Navy blue, Crystal AB, Ruby Red

...and the chain can be gold as seen in Farah's photo below:

Please check out her blog's jewellery line page here: Designs by FaraM

I frankly cannot wait for people to be like 'oh that's a pretty necklace, what shop did you get it from?'
and I can be all 'My friend/jewellery designer made it for me'.

Thanks again Farah :)

Also thanks everyone else who treated me on my birthday, love you all :)