PARLEZ VOUS TIREDNESS?

I'm being a rubbish blogger at the moment or perhaps more accurately a rubbish dresser. Everything I wear looks totally crap when I get home from work and edit the pictures I took in the morning. This is the only outfit I have been even vaguely happy with this week. I'm so shattered all the time that the usually fun activity of choosing what shoes to wear is becoming a drag. I know I'm in a funk. 

I'm hoping to spend the weekend recharging my batteries - sleeping, running, reading and doing my nails (I have no idea why I find this one of the most relaxing and therapeutic activities in the world, but I do). I'm also going to be eating healthily. Everything in my fridge has gone off and I'm too tired to clear it out or restock and so I end up eating takeout or ready meals, which of course makes me more tired and cranky and the cycle repeats itself. I might even get my bake on and try making biscuits with my new cutters from Liberty in the shape of Great Britain and Ireland (£4.00 worth of fabulousness). 

T shirt - Ashish x Topshop 

Trousers - Zara

Shoes - NW3 Hobbs 

Jacket - River Island

ASHISH BANANA SPLIT

When the Ashish t-shirts for Topshop went into stores earlier this year I thought about buying one, but they cost £40, and £40 seemed a bit expensive for a banana split (speaking of which, I haven't had a banana split since I was about 12, I think I might have to have one on Sunday, traditional banana split day in the Barnes family during the mid 80's). 

A couple of weeks ago there was a flash sale in Topshop stores, and the Oxford Circus branch has just one of the Ashish tees in that sale, in my very size. I am not the kind of girl not to take the hint when it comes to food, even if it is the kind I'll be wearing not eating. 

T Shirt - Ashish at Topshop 

Jeans - Uniqlo 

Shoes - Prada

Going Grey

God, that title isn't even funny. I really am going grey. I've had a bottle of hair dye in my bathroom for 3 months now and I keep on putting it off because, as my hairdresser tells me, once I do there is no going back. Gulp. Old age is no fun kids, don't do it. 

Anyway, whilst I may be fighting a losing battle with my grey hairs, I'm winning the battle of grey / silver toned jumper acquisitions - nothing goes quite as well with blue jeans and these two components comprise my key uniform for weekends when I can't be bothered to dress up (or don't want to confuse people in the pub). 

Jumper - H&M

T Shirt - Ashish at Topshop 

Jeans - Topshop 

Boots - Carvela from Kurt Geiger

Harmonica necklace - Tiger in Hammersmith 

Jumper - Topshop 

Jeans - Topshop 

Thermal top - Uniqlo 

Boots - See by Chloe 

Pamela Love or ASOS?

Pamela Love jewellery is fabulous, but also pretty expensive. I try a piece on about once a month in Liberty but never end up buying it. Part of the reason I can't do it is that it is so trendy and instantly identifiable I worry about how dated it will look a few years down the line. Luckily for me ASOS stepped up once again with a decent approximation that more than replaces any Pamela Love shaped need in my life right now. ASOS is on fire right now, I just can't get enough...I love a British success story. 

Sweater - Ann Sofie Back 

Bracelet - ASOS

Velvet Trousers - ASOS 

Spotty Socks - Random Tokyo Sock Shop 

Boots - Topshop

Ashish for Topshop

Ashish, the maker of sequinned wonders that I can't afford, has released a small range of slogan t-shirts and sweaters in Topshop. I thought I'd play up this 'Garcon' tee with a pair of faux spats style shoe that I love, but have never got around to truly breaking in. When I finally do they will probably only come off when they fall off. 

T-shirt - Ashish for Topshop 

Jeans - Uniqlo 

Shoes - B Store