Charity Shop Haul

Anyone that knows me, will be aware that I get a massive buzz from picking up bargains at local charity shops. I woke up on Saturday morning and thought I deserved a little break from my non-stop portfolio preparations  so off to the Charity shops I went. 

One shop I went to, recently had a generous donation from Urban outfitters, there was several lovely over-sized 'Granddad jumpers,' I wish I could have bought them all! However, as I am quite petite, they don't always suit me as they swamp me and make me look like a child that's played dress-up in their parents wardrobe. I did manage to find one which is nicely over-sized on me though. I loved the mix of blues, greens and greys in a repeated squares pattern and the wool is so soft! It's so comfy I think someone may have to amputate it off me! This was a massive bargain at £5, especially since it still had the original Urban Outfitters label with the price on it! (£32)

Another Urban Outfitters piece i bought was a Bow-Tie for £1. I know this may seem a strange thing to buy, but i thought this might make an interesting hair piece, and for only a pound if it didn't work out, it didn't really matter! (And it's for charity.) I go through stages of getting really annoyed with my hair being down, so i tend to scrape it all back into a ponytail or a bun, which does get very boring! I thought this bow-tie could work very well around  my bun when I wear a hair doughnut, and I was more than happy with the outcome! I decided to give it a try today and wore it to work, and I got so many compliments on it! (Ignore how messy my hair looks in the second photo, I had just got home from a whole day at work when it was taken.)

The next charity shop I visited was quite a unique one, everything in it costs a pound or less, but you really have to get lucky to find an amazing item in there. Anyone that knows me will know that I have a bit of an obsession with pretty collars, I feel naked without one! For the last few months I have been looking everywhere for a vintage blouse with an embroidered collar, but I didn't realise how difficult it would be to find the perfect one! So can you imagine my excitement when i found this one for £1! It had a slight stain across the front but I manged to ignore this because I don't think I'd forgive myself if I went home without it. When i got to the till, the woman asked me if i knew there was a stain on it (I thought was really nice of her to mention it.) To which i replied, "yes, hopefully it'll come out in the wash" she smiled at me and said she'd give it to me for 50p just incase it didn't! I wanted to jump over the till and hug her! 

I also picked up a nice brown belt for 50p. I buy way too many belts because i get quite excited when they have them in my size as belts from most shops don't tend to fit me right! The belt is nothing too exciting but I thought the square buckle on it was really cute and it was shiny! 

I am so happy with all that I bought on my charity shop spree, and all i spent was £7! Let me know if you find anything good at your local charity shops, I get really excited! 

SNOW DAYS!

So all weekend it's been really snowwy here in London, which meant that there was chaos on the roads, children throwing snowballs from all directions, and the whole of England has been working wellington boot chic. (Although I must admit, I do love my wellies!) 

We started off the day by going for a walk in the park with our puppy, Hattie as it was her first snow day! She was so excited to be out, and this must have been the first year where I didn't get grumpy from being cold! - anyone that does not own a faux-fur jacket definitely needs to invest in one! I think i need to get mine amputated off me! I wear it everywhere, and for £52 from BHS you can't really go wrong! (And it's super soft too) 

Hattie was so excited by the snow but we were apprehensive to let her off her lead (she's never been off it before) so we decided to take a trip to a nearby golf course, which surprisingly was completely deserted! It looked like something out of a very pretty film. 

After a little while of wandering, we decided to try letting Hattie off her lead for the first time. (To anyone that doesn't have a dog, this is a pretty scary moment) and thankfully she stayed right by our side! (below Hattie is modeling her ever so lovely starry jacket) 

After spending about 5 minutes along side us, she decided she had done enough behaving and went absolutely crazy! She was so excited to be in the snow and was running and trying to eat it at the same time! I can't say I've ever seen such a small animal move so fast, at some points it looked like she was flying! It made me so happy to see how much she enjoyed herself, bit of a proud parent moment, although she's been exhausted ever since, we can barely get her to move off her bed! 

These photos were taken a couple of days ago, and I apologise for the quality, they were taken on my phone as this was all I had on me! I hope you've all had lovely snow days, and that the snow hasn't caused you too much disruption (or grumpiness) and let me know if you have any animal-in-snow stories to share! 

New year new blog!

I know we're already two weeks into 2013, but better late than never right? Towards the end of 2012 I decided there's a few changes that I'd like to make for the new year. One of them being to create a blog!

I wanted to be able to share my thoughts, mainly on fashion and show you all some of the ways I put outfits together to create different looks, and I also wanted to give a little insight into my thoughts. So although it's taken me two weeks to make a blog, I've actually kept one of my new years resolutions!

As well as this, i have quite a few other resolutions that i'm really trying to keep! 

-Stop worrying!

This has got to be my main resolution this year. I'm a massive, massive worrier! I tend to panic over a lot of things and often end up making myself more stressed than I need to be. This year I'd really like to learn to stop and think calmly about things, instead of instantly jumping to the worst case scenario in my head! 

-Get my work done before it's due in!

Okay, so I say this every year, but this year I really really want to strip me of my self-given title "The Queen of Procrastination"  During Sixth form I found it quite difficult to motivate myself, and ended up trying to distract myself from what I know I should have been doing. It wasn't until I got into Ravensbourne (where I am currently studying) that I got a sudden surge of motivation! I had a bit of an epiphany (which also included a bit of a panic) realising that if i carry on with a lack of motivation, I may never achieve what i want to in life! So this one's more of a 'keep it up' resolution than a change my ways one. 

-Be more organised!

I'm not great at planning out what needs to be done and when i should do it! So this year I'd like to organise my time a little better, I'm sure I'll get a lot more done this way too!

These are the main things I've been trying to stick to for the past couple of weeks, and so far I'm very pleased with myself! What resolutions have you set yourself?

I'm sorry if I've blabbered! That's another big trait of mine that i'm not sure a resolution will change! :)