my little haul

After two evenings of babysitting (on top of full-time hours at work) I decided I deserved a little treat yesterday. I had one of those days where I find loads of things that are just so "me", I hate it when you just can't find anything that catches your eye, although admittedly it would've been better for my bank balance!

Top, Primark, £6 

You can see me wearing this in my outfit post yesterday.

It's a really strange shape and at a size 8 it's still huge but I really like it, especially the little lace sleeves.

Top, Primark, £4

I have another t-shirt with a tiger on which I love but you can't have too many.. I think this would look really cute with shorts in summer but for now I'll be wearing it with a skirt and tights or black skinny jeans. 

Dress, Primark, £10

 I saw this dress on it's own in Primark and had to try it, it's really figure hugging and looked great in the changing rooms with black tights. When I showed Alex he said "it'll be great for a cops and robbers fancy dress, oh and don't wear it to Pizza Express or they'll have you in the kitchen".... thanks Alex!

Top, Primark, £6

 They had this in lots of colours but I thought black & white was the nicest. Can't resist a contrast collar!

Dress, H&M, £14.99

I finally got my hands on the bird-print dress I had in my lust list last weekend.

It was literally the only one left and in a size 8 - it's a little tight on me but I'll slim into it :)

Makeup bag, Primark, £5   Socks, Primark, £1   Tights, M&S, £8

My makeup bags are never big enough to fit my daily makeup in (all the rest is in one big drawer) so hopefully this one will be!

I love these socks, they remind me of the ones I used to wear at school. 

wild horses

My second attempt at an outfit of the day, the lighting is rubbish, the background is pants and I can't pose for toffee but I LOVE this top I got from Primark yesterday - £6 bargain! I found loads of gorgeous stuff in Primark and H&M yesterday, I'm thinking of doing a haul post at some point. 
How are you spending your Sunday? I'm catching up with 90210, doing lots of sorting and tidying then making some muffins later. 

weekend lust list #1

I've decided to do a weekly post of the things I'm currently lusting after, I definitely spend too many hours gawping at beautiful things online and it's nice to share them with others. 

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 

1. I've been wanting this peterpan collar necklace for months now, it would really jazz up a lot of my tops, jumpers and dresses. 


2. I love this dress from river island, I notice my size is sold out on their website but asos still have it - could be a perfect valentines day outift?


3. I'm really loving everything birdy at the moment, I know birdprints have been around for a while now but they seem to be big in SS12 too. 


4. Another valentines dress option - can you tell I like peterpan collars? Just can't get enough of them!


5. Aah I just saw these trousers on milkteef's post and fell in love. A little pricey and I think I'd like to try them first as I'm not sure about sizing or whether they'd suit me. I'm planning a shopping trip to Birmingham sometime soon as I still haven't been to the forever 21 store since they came to the UK (I've been to the NYC one!) and they have an AA there too.


6. Bird-print dress - need I say more? Plus a 10% H&M code through my letterbox the other day :) I do love dresses but seem to even more so lately, I think it's because my work uniform has to be trousers - although these are a lifesaver. 


Happy browsing! :)

key to the door

Well it looks like I've finally got round to writing about my 21st birthday last weekend. I started full-time work on tuesday and this week has just been so mad. I've no idea how I'm going to fit running, blogging, baking and any other hobbies into my new schedule but I'll be doing my best.


Onto my birthday, I had the most ahmaaazing birthday ever and I'm not just showing off. My family along with my fiance's family spent the weekend in the Lake District in a gorgeous hotel (think lake view and roaring fire - perfect). It was jam-packed with walking, pottering round shops, swimming, eating and of course drinking.


I was spoilt with lots of presents too, the highlights being the Kenwood mixer from Alex's family, quilted navy coat from Alex (okay I helped him), this sewing box from my Godparents, money for driving lessons and one very special present from my parents still to come - this bangle, gold plated with a little message engraved on the inside - I can't wait for it to arrive!

Me, my Gran and my future Gran-in-law

Swimming in the hotel pool

Room 21 <3

Feeling like a princess

My lovely parents

Demonstrating new walking boots

All of us

There's only one thing I'd change if I could and that's for my brother and sister-in-law to have been there but I'll be seeing them for the first time in 14 months in 3 weeks - excited is not the word! :D