Want Want Want

We are staying at a little hotel in the Lake District this evening as a treat for my sister's birthday and it is absolutley gorgeous so I thought a quick blog post before dinner was necessary. I want my house to look like this! More pictures to come tomorrow because every room is decorated differently - a real treat for the eyes!

WAH

I've never had a manicure and the thought of having one has rarely crossed my mind up until recently when I stumbled across Wah Nails who have their own stand alone store and also operate from the Topshop in London. It's possibly because I've been 9 to 5ing it for the past month (as well as still doing my weekend job!) and have had to type away with the shabbiest looking digits which doesn't make the job any more exciting. I can't help but think that if I had a fabulous manicure the day would just go so much faster.

If anyone has visited this salon let me know - I'm going down to London the weekend after next and may pay it a visit!

Leopardy



Keith Haring inspired nails!



Images from here.

Charlotte Lepre-Slater

I can't find my camera adaptor which is pretty rubbish - it's been stashed away somewhere in the heaps of junk I accumulated after three years at uni that has been pushed out of sight for the time being now that I have moved back home but I shall endeavour to find it tomorrow.

One of my friends graduated from doing fashion last year and she has come up with some incredible things since she left. The top picture is the first pic released of her next collection which will go on her website soon and the bottom picture is a dress she designed for one of the Miss England contestants which I just think is gorgeous - a true timeless classic. She is a very talented girl and I hope she goes far!





Both pictures from Charlotte Lepre-Slater's facebook page.

Congratulations to Emma for winning the giveaway from my previous post - you should receive an e mail soon with your voucher! I wish those random number generator things were more exciting.

Also I passed my law degree with a 2:1 - I am so happy with it although it does mean that I've actually got to go into the real world sometime soon. I guess I'll just enjoy the excitement for the time being though!

Competition Time!

The lovely people at CSN stores got in touch with me about a competition allowing one winner to get their hands on a £50 gift voucher to use in one of their online shops which sell everything for the home from lights to kitchen gadgets and furniture!

I'm a fan of baking lovely cakes and afternoon tea so if it was my choice I'd pick this cute little elephant teapot (it's fine to have five teapots right?) and cake tree!





To enter, just leave a comment on this post letting me know what your favourite cake is and be sure to leave your e mail address. I will pick the winner on Sunday!

Good Luck!

Photos from www.cookwarebycsn.co.uk

Treat Time

I'm back home - minus the city centre flat, but with internet...

So, the lovely ladies at Stolen Thunder have just revamped their website and to celebrate want to offer you 15% off all of their gorgeous accessories. I have a bracelet from them and I wear it constantly so check them out here! Perfect for treating yourself for finishing uni or school, or getting in that festival vibe, and also great for a birthday present because their gift wrapping is wonderful!







The offer ends on the 12th June and the code to use at the checkout is FROCK.
www.stolenthunderboutique.com
Enjoy!

If I had...

£220, I would certainly be giving it to ASOS in return for this Fannie Schivoni chainmail shoulder piece.





I haven't had the internet in a good few weeks, hence my absence and a lot has been going on including my finals for uni - stressful, breaking up with my boyfriend which is sad, and thinking that I can pop somewhere that is the other end of the country, i.e. London, for dinner - exciting and also very stressful and expensive... so I've had an up and down couple of weeks.

In other news, the Acne dress that I bought has been completely ripped off by Primark - I swear if one person asks me if it is from there I will have to punch them in the face seen as I paid ten times the amount for basically the same thing. Rubbish!

Post-Holiday Blues

So, I've had possibly the booziest fortnight of my life due to drinking 90p a litre wine and carrying a hip flask of Brandy to spice up hot chocolates and obviously keep warm. I've been skiing in France with some of my best friends from school and have not enjoyed being thrown back into reality, particularly because that reality contains a 4000 word essay for next week. It was someone's bright idea to get the coach to France - it was fine on the way out because we just had a fair bit to drink to help us sleep, but got told off on the way back because apparently we made too much mess and so had to endure the 19 hour journey stone cold sober.

Outfit wise, I picked up this Zara shirt dress before I went away and can't stop wearing it. It is so easy just to throw on. The belt was a complete steal in the Urban Outfitters sale but is sadly hanging on by a thread at the moment. The ring is 'vintage' - it belonged to my Great-Grandma - I love the detail in it and how gothic it looks!

I was hoping to come back from the trip skinny because of all the fresh air and exercise that comes with a ski trip, but overlooked the fact that as well as the fresh air, there would be mountains of carbs, cheese and alcohol. Oh well!

Hope everyone has had a Happy Easter!