Where d'ya get those peepers?

I'm going glasses shopping with my Aunt this week who is even more visually impaired than I am. For the past couple of years I've played it safe and gone with a pair of black Chanel specs, but this time I fancy something different and there are so many fun styles out there at the moment.







Tom Ford, Massada, Oliver Peoples.


In other news, something really heart warming happened at work today - my Auntie owns a hotel/restaurant and I work there at the weekend. There is this really lovely eccentric couple who come in quite regularly - he has a mad comb over, drives a Rolls Royce and wears VERY colourful tropical shirts and she is literally a crazy cat lady - today she was wearing a cat necklace, a pair of socks that said I ♥ My Cats, and they always bring a cat bottle stopper for their bottle of Lanson. Anyway today they were sat on a table next to a little old lady who is a widow so comes in on her own and they had a little chat. When the man came to pay his bill he also asked if he could pay the lone diner's bill too! How sweet is that?! And what a treat for the old lady... She was so shocked and touched when she came to pay her bill and found out it had been secretly paid. It has made my weekend just seeing how nice someone can be, so imagine how she feels!

Hope you've all had lovely weekends!

Thunderbolts & Lightning

Yesterday started out beautifully, hence the summer dress and sandals... then not long after I left the house there was a massive down pour, which my fake tan didn't appreciate, and thunder and lightning. We ended up going for coffee/hot chocolate and cake (as usual - no wonder I can't lose any weight) and then played scrabble until the sun came out again.

I need to start looking for proper jobs because I am clearly wasting my days away.

The dress is from a vintage shop in Liverpool and I love the bright bold tropical flowers against the grey background. The belt is from my mum's 80s accessories collection and the sandals were an absolute bargain from Office - I think they were about £40 originally and then a sale plus student discount made them £9. Score!

Apologies for the darkness of this photo and the awkward pose - it always happens when I'm trying to explain to people how to use my camera and then they just take one picture and I have to pose quickly!

Leeds Festival 2010

I spent last weekend (well.. Wednesday to Monday) camping in a field that rapidly became a landfill site and paid £200 for the privilege. Not to mention £4 at the bar every time a drink was required which can only mean one thing - Leeds Festival. The sun even came out to play and we only had one or two light showers over the weekend which was incredible - I was almost in danger of getting a tan!

This is the third time I've been now and sadly there was a bit of a dampener on the weekend because we were camped next to some of the most undesirable people at the whole of the festival who were constantly starting fires and causing trouble and one of them head butted one of my friends and then Nicola had £150 stolen from her tent whilst she was asleep inside it! Let's not dwell on that though because on the other side we were camped next to some lovely people so on with the photos....


The ladies from our group - Sarah, Me and Nic

Two of the boys Joe and Sam - Joe has been desperate to have his face on here for ages for some reason - he is the owner of the dogs from a couple of posts ago..

And also the most clumbsy person in the world which resulted in this amusingly shaped stain on his crotch... it was funny at the time.

Me outside one of my friend's tents - the biggest one for miles that everyone nick named the Taj Mahal. I always thought I was a bit OTT with a four man just for me but apparently not.

The best thing going on at night was the silent disco - theres nothing more fun than doing the silent conga.. trust me.

Some of the boys doing the Limp Bizkit Rollin' dance!




And finally these were our favourite band of the weekend who had an unbelievable amount of stage presence and were incredible to watch - after having a snoop around on the internet it seems that they have a bit of a marmite effect on people but either way they are well worth a watch.

When I eventually got home on Monday afternoon I got straight into bed and woke up about twenty hours later on Tuesday morning.

Also to the annonymous commenter on my last post - yes obviously I was at Leeds, do you still think it was me you saw? You should have come and said hi! :)

JGLLLL

I can't believe how quickly the time has gone since I last did a post... I wouldn't mind but in that gap, absolutley nothing has been acheived whatsoever, nor have we had any sunshine.

On Friday night we had a bit of a girls night in with lots of wine, food and 10 Things I Hate About You which is one of my all time favourites and I can almost speak along with it I've seen it that many times... which makes me a really annoying person to watch it with. It is actually very sad watching it now Heath (yes, we were on first name terms) is no longer with us, but I was also directed towards some pictures of Cameron, or Joseph Gordon-Levitt now that he's all grown up and have decided that he is going to be my new future husband.

Here are said pictures for your enjoyment, but don't be getting any ideas because he's already mine so BACK OFF.

All the Animals

Bit of a picture heavy post but I just couldn't narrow down all the animal pictures any further because they are all so cute.

I decided to swap work for wellingtons yesterday and went to a local farm with some friends in the afternoon for a coffee. There is a gorgeous little coffee shop and all the animals are super friendly and like to come over and say hello.

The mirror pictured below is from my old flat - it's slightly warped so it makes you look about six feet tall and skinny and its just sitting in my garage along with the rest of the junk that I'm still yet to sort. If I'm pottering around in the garage I do like to have a good look in it and pretend I'm slim!

Denim Parka - Primark, Scarf - Topshop, Leggings - AA, Wellies M by MJ

After the farm I popped round to my friend's house to play with his dogs - Maggie the ridiculously miserable basset hound and Nell the very playful Great Dane pup.

And finally here's what I wore last night when I went out for a couple of drinks. It did start off as a dress but it's just too bloody cold and even though ordinarily I'm a total trouser-phobe and hate them with a passion, it was the only option to keep me warm!

Blazer - 'Vintage' (Stolen from my Nan), Top - Topshop, Jeans & Shoes - New Look, Bag - M by MJ, Necklace - 'Vintage' gold sovreign that belonged to my Grandad.

Having a convertible car means you can kiss good bye to perfect hair... That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Why oh Why...

Must you make me want to spend all my hard earned cash Acne?

Does anyone else have that (terribly shallow) feeling that their life won't be complete without certain items? Of course as soon as they are in your life, the completeness never really appears and something else becomes the object of your desires.





Acne vest and Acne pose shoes @ matches.

Bloody hell, less than a week between posts... what's going on?!

Also is anyone from the UK enjoying Big Brother this year? I hate to admit it but I find it highly amusing, although not quite as good now that Ben has left because he was hysterical. It definately hasn't taken over my life in any way... promise...

Cause' You Can Look Right Through Me

I've got to admit... there are few things in life that bring me more joy than going out in something see-through. This weekend a little uni reunion took place in Liverpool at my friend's flat which was great fun but did result in the worst hangover ever.

We went to a bar that has recently opened on Slater Street- The Shipping Forecast which was fun and then ended up in our old favourite The Krazyhouse, which is exactly what it says on the tin. It is the most sweaty disgusting club and is the type of place you should definately stop going to once you've got ID and can actually get into the good places... but despite the fact that it is grubby and unhygenic, we all love it and the drinks are dirt cheap. I did however make the mistake of wearing my current favourite shoes which are suede KG's and they are now ruined and seemingly covered in UV paint and general unpleasantness along with the rest of my outfit. Joy.


The infamous Krazyhouse







Please excuse my nails - they are painted matte black and look good in real life, not so good on camera...

Above: Top - Topshop, Shorts - New Look, Belt - Stolen from my dad, Necklace - Swarovski, Shoes - Carvela @ KG, Bag Mango
Below: Some uni buddies, another Charlotte and Caitlin


This really random piece of graffiti has appeared on a street not far away from my friend's flat - I love it! Particularly the bears peeking out of the windows at the top. You can read more about the project and the artist on this fun website.