repeats

Both of these dresses (from yesterday and today) have been fairly recently worn for blog posts. I used to think it was a bad thing to repeat outfits, or perhaps not bad…just boring. I’m starting to re-think that now having seen many wonderful bloggers restyle things and make the most of what they have. Contrary to popular belief, I do not own an awful lot of clothes and the days I don’t post outfits are usually days where I’m wearing something I wore perhaps only two days ago.

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To this dress I added cotton legwarmers and shorter boots. I’m not sure I overly love the effect as it seemed to shorted my legs and make me appear more frumpy.

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This dress cost me all of £5 and is one of my most worn pieces, usually with an array of different coloured tights. These dark orange 80 denier tights from tabio are making their blog debut and are quite possibly my favourite coloured tights I own. The quality is AMAZING and they pick up the tone of this dress to perfection.
The fringed boots are a couple of years old now, but wearing very well for a £7 impulse buy.

On a final note, if anyone is interested in buying these necklace, please e-mail me. It’s crying out for a loving owner.

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Enjoy your Thursday everyone; we’re almost at another weekend!

xxx

everything

Clearly the computer fixing people don’t share the same sense of urgency as I do, because my laptop is STILL not back,
but with a lot of patience I am able to update the blog, and even comment on a few…but not as many as I’d like, because this beast tends to crash every couple of sites.

Well, it’s Saturday again, weekends are coming around way too fast for my liking; I mean, it’s pretty much almost Christmas. Fear.

Life has started to pick up it’s pace a bit around here which is great. I’ve had a fairly hectic week and loved every second of it. Yesterday was the best day, by far. Shopping in the morning followed by a trip to the theatre with my Best Friend to see Beauty and the Beast in the evening. If you get a chance, go and see it…so much fun (though the songs WILL be stuck in your head for days!)

A crisis of confidence (and lack of suitable bra) meant I didn’t wear my dress kindly sent by Vera Moda as planned, I opted for my black and white Anna Sui instead that I got for a steal in the outnet birthday sale earlier this year. I did however snap a few pictures of the dress, and jeans that I was sent. And expect to see them feature in up-coming posts.

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The dress is the perfect mix of fabric and leather and has the most amazing back detail that makes me think of a tuxedo for some reason.

The jeans are also fabulous, although a tad too small at the moment, but given a few months, when things have settled they should be perfect!

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Don’t forget Vera Moda are opening their London flagship store next Thursday (the 4th). Follow them on twitter and head on down to Oxford Street for you chance to win amazing prizes.

Tabio also very kindly sent me a thank you package this week…check out the haul!

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Other new things this week include some wedge heel ankle boots and an awful lot of Nail Polish.
Welcome to broke-dom Laura. Congratulations.

And finally, here is an outfit I wore this week. I bought this dress back in the summer in a fit of online shopping to make up for not being able to visit the shops. Luckily it still fits and can be adapted for winter just fine!

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Sorry for the epic post!
I hope your having an awesome weekend…what are your Halloween plans? Mine; staying in, watching x-factor and scaring the trick or treaters when they dare knock on our door.
Aren’t I just lovely?!

xxx

Tights Love at Tabio

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It’s no secret that I am tights obsessed and Tabio have been on my radar, to some extent for a while. When Gem posted her awesome giveaway the other day I decided to see what was new in the land of Tabio and oh man I was impressed.

With Winter weather well established their 110 (LOVE the dark orange) and 210 denier tights are going to be essential over the coming months.
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The less practical side of me is totally besotted with the garter detail tights…so fun and party perfect.

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But my one true love? Well, that would be these…
pricey at £30…but we all know Santa reads my blog!

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Everything is available in their online store the socks are amazing too, and don’t get me started on the faux fur legwarmers…

Make sure you follow Tabio on Twitter too, to stay fully up to date.

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Thank you for your suggestions on my last post, one that came up quite a bit was about my tights, and how do I store my forty odd pairs?
Well, since I had my bedroom re-done I now have a designated tights storage area! I’ll admit, it’s already overflowing, perhaps I *do* have a slight obsession going on.

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There is some method in my madness, coloured tights are in one space, patterned in another and black style ones in another. Well, that’s the theory…it doesn’t often work out that way.

Outfit wise, this is an old dress, and old shoes. I’m enjoying being able to wear heels again.

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And here is a close up of the necklace

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Have a great day xxx

Black Milk part three and ecosystem

Hello, I hope your week has kicked off with a bang. You get a double post from me today; an outfit AND a review, to make up for what might be a lack of posting and commenting from tomorrow as my week gets hectic with Birthday (non) celebrations spending time with my family, and then a flurry of appointments.
Hopefully by the weekend I’ll be back with you 100% 😉

So firstly, I know that like me a lot of you are suckers for gorgeous stationary. Well, look at these beauties:

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Are they not the most bright and cheerful notebooks ever?
Not only do they LOOK gorgeous, these books by ecosystem are totally environmentally sound, too.
The lovely Ivy was kind enough to send me three of their Author journals (in watermelon, clementine and kiwi) so I could see for myself.
The books are also available in several other vibrant colours and styles including blank, architect and advisor making them perfect for all your fashion musings.

Here’s some information for you:
“Like all of us, each ecosystem has a unique past, present and future. From the packaging to the paper, the book’s past brings together recycled parts to create a new chapter in the life of each component. Every ecosystem product is made from 100-percent post-consumer recycled materials using low-impact processes that are environmentally savvy and responsible. Made entirely in compliance with U.S. Fair Trade standards, ecosystem moves notebooks forward.

Want the full story? Just register your ecosystem online (www.ecosystemlife.com) using its unique ID number to learn the origin of every component in your book and the innovative way it was constructed and if your ecosystem become separated, we’ve got a way to reunite the two of you.”

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Like I said above, the books are so bright and cheerful and I just love that you can register and learn about exactly where your book came from! The quality is just fantastic and you can order inserts to extend the capabilities of your book such as a to-do list or calendar.

Check out the website for more information, stockists or order online!

Phew, this is turning in to a longer post than I anticipated! But I have to show you the third pair of leggings sent to me by James at Black Milk! I apologise now as the photos DO NOT do these babies justice, un-cooperative lighting and camera frustrate me!

This is the teardrop laces (side) style, available here. It was a bit chilly here yesterday so I added pink tights under mine for additional warmth and a cool contrast.

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I have one more pair to share with you, but that will have to wait!
And well,
if you made it through this entire post then you deserve a cookie/cupcake/slice of birthday cake!

I’ll be updating and commenting when life allows me too! Stay safe and have fun!

xxx