DRESS DOWN DAYS

Jumper - Whistles 

Thermal - Uniqlo Heat Tech

Jeans - Topshop 

Boots - H by Hudson 

Scarf - Mulberry 

YET MORE WHISTLES

My Mum and I don't have the same style but we do share some similarities when it comes to clothes. This is pretty handy and nicely illustrated by this jumper dress that she was planning on wearing as a tunic, after a couple of days she decided it was a bit too busy for her, which means I got yet more Whistles goodies in my wardrobe. I'd even tried this on in the changing rooms one day and decided I couldn't spend any more money that weekend... and lo and behold a month or so later and it's mine. It's like fate, if fate was based solely on superficial stuff like clothes. 

Jumper dress - Whistles

Tights - Marks & Spencer

Boots - H by Hudson 

Another Whistles sale dress...

Dress - Whistles 

Tights - Marks & Spencer 

Boots - H by Hudson 

Spike bracelets - ASOS & H&M 

Cluster bracelet & Ring - Whistles 

Mask ring - ASOS

ON THE SALES

It's that time of year again, when everything I'm wearing is courtesy of this flagging economy and the need to mark down or put things on special offer!!!

And yet again Twitter has been overcrowded with people saying they wouldn't buy things in the sale and wouldn't buy anything that they wouldn't buy full price. Blah, blah, blah.

I. DO. NOT. UNDERSTAND. THIS. MENTALITY. 

I'm not paying £135 for a luxe jumper unless it comes with a free puppy but at £70 I might even if there is no furry animal included. Again I'll buy H&M jeans if they are £7 -£10 because at that price I can crop them, dye them or make them into shorts come summertime. I won't do that with full price Topshop jobbies. And likewise with my favourite sale purchase (a pair of studded Valentino kitten heels) £600+ isn't going to happen but I swooped on them the very second they were marked down to the £300 mark and I obsessively checked they still had them in my size every single day before the sale started. I think sales are all part of the joy of fashion, giving you the opportunity to try things you might not usually make a beeline for at full price, allowing you to take more risks. It might just be me but so many of my favourite purchases were sale whimsies. 

Rant over. 

Jumper - Whistles 

Jeans - H&M

Boots - H by Hudson from Poste Mistress

GIRAFFE JUMPER

I've been gone for what feels like ages. After finishing work for a month break I was relishing the chance to do all sorts of things but instead the lurgy I'd been battling for the last week of employment came back with a vengeance and I've been incapacitated for the best part of a week and half. BORING. 

All I have to show for my time is lots of used tissues (and the red, dry nose modelled in these pictures), empty Sudafed packets and a renewed ability to watch Law & Order: SVU repeats...oh, and this new jumper. 

Jumper - River Island 

Jeans - J Brand 

Boots - H by Hudson

FIFTY DAY SHOE CHALLENGE - DAYS 29-50 (+1)

These were the last 22 days of my Fifty Day Shoe Challenge, plus a pair of pink Converse I wore on day 51 as a little something extra. I haven't worn some of these shoes for ages so it's been a good chance to have a dig about in the shoe room, boxes, drawers etc full of pairs I almost never wear. 

L - R

1. Nike, Chanel, Russell & Bromley, T.K.Maxx

2. Bertie, T.K.Maxx, Paul Smith, Topshop

3. eBay, B Store, Nike, Aldo 

4. River Island, Handmade in Marrakech, H by Hudson, Converse

5. Moroccan boots from Topshop concession, Office, Sam Edelman, Giuseppe Zanotti 

6. Primark, Charlotte Olympia, Converse

CRITICAL MASS

My outfits have all been pretty basic recently. I've definitely lost the art of dressing up. I think it's partly I've been so busy and also...whisper it...I'm getting fat. I've not been looking after myself (virtually no running or gym and living on takeouts and peanut M&Ms) and it's got to the point where I feel decidedly uncomfortable in my own skin. It's not Channel 4 documentary stuff yet but all my clothes feel slightly ill fitting and my favourite dresses are pulling more across the bust. If I know you in real life and turn down the chance for many drinks or dinner at Bodeans for about the next month you know why - hopefully I won't end up as bad as my Marathon hermit life earlier this year. 

Top - Cos 

Jeans - Topshop 

Socks - Topshop 

Shoes - H by Hudson from Liberty 

Shirt - Equipment 

Vest - Topshop 

Trousers - J Brand 

Bag - Chanel 

Necklace - Grainger Market, Newcastle 

Top - American Apparel 

Belt - Charity Shop 

Shorts - Uniqlo 

Tights - M&S

Shoes - Chanel 

Still not on holiday

If it is possible to run on empty I am. The same clothes are in rotation because a) nothing is being washed I'm so tired and b) the majority of my wardrobe is not made for snow and slush. My eyes are hardly open in a single photo. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. If I talk to you it will be the equivalent of a conversation in deep sleep. Really, so shattered.

On a lighter note I have decided that these £10 sale trousers were a GREAT buy. Comfy, flattering and go with almost everything (I'm sure they'll clash with something terribly soon, but I'll keep trying until I make that faux pas and then go hell for leather). 

Jumper - Whistles 

Trousers - H&M

Boots - Hudson from Poste Mistress

Belt It

Excuse me - I'm eating in this picture, now I know why you never see a supermodel scoffing...it looks like I've got mumps or laughing with a mouthful or beer. So much for multitasking. 

Dress - Topshop 

Belt - Zara

Tights - M&S

Shoes - Hudson from Poste Mistress