Glastonbury O.O.T.F

I am back again this year for my O.O.T.F (Outfit of the Festival). This happens to be one of my most popular posts and also one of my favourites to do as I LOVE shopping and I love sharing my finds with you guys even more!

After a year away from Glastonbury I cannot help but get overly excited about the festival that means so much to me and with only a couple of weeks to go I need to think about packing my bag soon (and then repacking with less items in it!).

SO without further ado here are the outfit choices for Glasto 2015!

Wednesday

As always Wednesday is travel day and I don't know about you but I only ever want to be comfortable when I'm travelling. For this purpose I picked up some on trend print trousers, which I will wear with a black t-shirt. I know from experience that any top you wear normally becomes a little bit sweaty after carrying a heavy backpack so I want something to hide that!

Trousers and T-Shirt

Thursday

The 'getting to explore and drink' day. Every one is starting to gear up for the weekend and people are still arriving and settling in. I'm going for a dress (because I'm hoping for sun!) to lounge around in and hopefully start topping up my tan in!

Floral Dress

Friday

There is going to be a whole lot of jumping around when I see the Foo Fighters on Friday night which only means a dress might not be ideal so I'm braving it once again, the only time I wear them, shorts. These ones are gorgeously crocheted and I will be wearing them with a baggy white T during the day to keep it slightly more casual before changing into something a little more glam for the evening.

White Top and Shorts and Black Top

Saturday

Second day of music and I am planning on going full glam with this gorgeous little dress. I have suddenly remembered that I am a BIG fan of off the shoulder, reminiscent of my younger days when I used to wear little gypsy tops. I'll be spending the day watching George Ezra, Years & Years, Pharrell and Kanye so will be in the party spirit!

Bardot Dress

Sunday

I'm not normally a denim girl but I saw a dress when I was in Primark that I loved! Unfortunately it is not this dress as I cannot find it online but it is similar to the one below with a crotchet neckline and will scale up the festival chic when paired with a white crocheted jacket. What better thing to wear but 70's denim when singing to Lionel Richie on a Sunday afternoon.

 Dress and Jacket

Accessories 

Sunglasses / Hairbands  / Daisy Topknot band

I am trying terribly hard not to over pack this year so will be sticking to what you see here, plus leggings and a big jumper for the evening. As usual I am overcome with excitement and counting down the days! Hurrah!

C x

Pay Day Mad - Shopping Haul

So as usual pay day has come and I have gone a little bit shopping mad and spent all my money. OOPS :/

I was trying to make myself feel better as it's Glastonbury tomorrow and I am not going for the first time in years and it's making me cry a little bit inside.

It also gives me an excuse to show you all my purchases!

I don't know if I've mentioned but I AM GOING ON HOLIDAY IN 3 WEEKS! It coincides very nicely with Sale season which means I can buy even more things!

Dorothy Perkins

As usual DP manages to drain my bank account...

 Tropical Bird Dress - £12 in the sale - I thought this would be quite nice to throw on over a bikini

 

Port Cami Maxi Dress - £10 in the sale - I love the colour of this dress and you can never have enough maxi dresses

 

Tropical Printed Skirt - £10 in the sale - Nothing screams HOLIDAY like a tropical print

 

 

Rose Palazzo Trousers - £20 in the sale - These are the most beautiful trousers in the whole entire world. I'm doing to wear them with a light blue cami top.

 

Hawaian Joggers - £24 - Are these a bit loud? I couldn't decide if they were fantastic or a bit much!

 

 

George - Asda

 

I have never shopped in George before but when I was reading the Metro this morning they were advertising a lovely fringed white lace kimono which is just what I've been after. Unfortunately everyone else seemed to have the same idea as by the time I went to buy it they had sold out of my size HOWEVER I found some other gorgeous things.

 

Floral Full Midi Skirt - £14 - I love floral and I love midi length so this is perfect!

Swimsuit - £6 - Perhaps not the most exciting but you can't beat a plain black swimsuit sometimes



 



Moda Floral Maxi Skirt - £14 - Another floral skirt, I sense a theme.... 

 

 

Swimsuit - £12 - This is a lot of fun and very colourful. George had quite a few nice swimwear bits in 

 

New Look

 

With over 100 kimonos available at the moment New Look is where you want to be for all your kimono needs. I finally found a white fringed one here after the disappointment of George.

 

Cream Lace Tassal Kimono - £16.99 - I just love kimonos, they are perfect for throwing over a swimsuit at the pool

White Gladiator Sandals - £17.99 - A summer essential!

 

That's it for now but I need to have a quick look in Primark at the weekend to get some 'essential' bits ie. cheap cami tops.

 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I bought, and try not to judge me too harshly for spending all this money - I am in a whole heap of sadness due to my absense from Glasto 2014. I know what will cheer me up......I still haven't been to ASOS, H&M or Zara!

 

C xxx



Ikea Haul

Quite possibly one of my favourite  places in the whole world has to be IKEA. I get a little bit too excited when I see that blue and yellow sign and as a result I try and limit my trips because I don't think my inner child could handle the excitement.

However my friend had a car and has just moved house so a trip to THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH was on the cards. I took Leigh along so he could keep an eye on my spending and off we went.

I didn't pick up any furniture, although I had my eye on a £25 frame (somebody wouldn't let me get it...). I did manage to get a few little bits and pieces though.

First up this gorgeous little plant pot which now has pride of place on my dining room table. I also got the flowers separately, they are real and are actually cheaper than some of the fake ones. I just have to remember to water them!

 Pot - £4 Flowers - £2.50

I also picked up a new throw which I am using as a tablecloth in all these pictures because it's such a lovely colour and I wanted to show it off. I do love grey!

 Throw - £5.50

I also love to keep things in jars so I picked up a couple of large-ish jars so I can keep my pasta and cereal in. They just look so ascetically pleasing sitting around my kitchen and much nicer than bags and boxes.

Jars - £2 each

Going along the same theme I also picked up this Carafe which I am going to use as a vase on the off chance a certain someone buys flowers for me....

I also got this clear glass bottle with a stopper lid for when I make home made lemonade in the summer. This will probably never happen but I just liked the look of it too much to put it back.

Bottle - £2.50 Carafe - £1.50 

Because I do a lot of cooking and recipe blogs I like to display my ingredients. For this I picked up 4 small glass bowls, which actually also serve quite well as dessert bowls. I picked up some white dishes too - a plate and a couple of bowls - as I find the presentation of food when I'm taking pictures for the blog looks better on white.

Glass bowls - 70p each  Plate - 80p  Deep bowls - £2

I also picked up a set of 2 new white mixing bowls as we were using our old ones to catch the rain when our ceiling collapsed in so I thought this was an excuse to buy new ones!

 

Set of 2 mixing bowls - £3.50

I already have this pot in white but when I saw they now did it in pink AND sea-foam green I had to pick them up. No idea what I'm going to use them for but I'm sure I can think of some surface they can clutter up.

 Pot - £2.00 each

We picked up some tealights as standard, vanilla is one of my favourite smells and I do seem to get through these so quickly.

 Tealights - £1.50

Last but not least, the one big item we got which required man power on Leigh's side was a coat stand. We have been meaning to get on for the last 3 years but have never got round to it but I'd had enough of finding coats everywhere so now they are neatly hung instead!

Coat stand - £25

There was so much more that I wanted to pick up but I wasn't allowed to. I will have to box away my inner child until next time it seems!

xxx

Autumn/Winter Mini Shop

I went away for 2 weeks and when I came back it was autumn, which is fine by me because Autumn/Winter are my favourite seasons and conveniently I had just got paid!

I am also lucky enough to work a 10min walk away from Westfields, Stratford so it is just a hop, skip and a jump away from lots of lovely shops. 

Unfortunately however I only had 40mins as I popped over in my lunch break so I might have to go back and have a proper look but the below are some bits that caught my eye that I think will be brilliant in my new wardrobe.

Firstly; every year I say to myself that I am going to buy some nice sensible leather gloves because I am a grown up but then every year gloves like these come along and I just can't help myself. Look at their faces!! How was I meant to leave them on the shelf?!

 Primark - £2

I got a plain black baggy warm jumper as well which I can wear to work and also for tv days.

 Primark - £7

The top also goes really well with the below midi-skirt which has an elasticated waist (perfect for allowing for those warm carby winter meals). The fabric is stretchy and a in a very autumny green colour with black threaded through

Primark - £8

I also picked up this tartan long sleeved top. I have never worn anything tartan before so I am a bit unsure how I feel about this but it looked really warm and tartan is doing the fashion rounds at the moment so I thought why not. I've been wearing this with leggings and boots.

Primark - £6

This was my favourite clothes item that I bought, although it was from Primark it has a Dorothy Perkins feel about it and the material is quite thick which I find sometimes lacks in Primark clothes. It comes to just below the knee and although not ideal with the short sleeves I plan on wearing this with a black cardi over the top on colder days.

 Primark - £13

I also needed a new scarf and after looking around and picking up some plain black ones (ideal when you have to get on the underground as the dirt wont show) I found this one  artfully arranged on a hanger. It is super soft and quite long which I find important. Although I normally prefer snoods the colours on this made it too pretty to pass up and as I used my student discount in Dorothy Perkins this scarf actually only cost me £3 with the savings!

Dorothy Perkins - £12

I also picked up these earrings because you can never have enough jewellery and the looks a bit like autumn leaves! 

Primark - £1.50 

And finally - my favourite item that I picked up have to be these boots. I was looking at some Chelsea boots but the ones I had last year fell apart quite quickly and I wanted something quite sturdy. I found it in these boots. They are black - so versatile with outfits, they have a small heel to them which provides a thicker sole with a decent grip which will be fantastic if it starts to snow. They have the softest fur around the top for keeping my feet warm and they are SO comfortable. I love these shoes!

Dorothy Perkins - £32

Like I said I haven't quite finished my Autumn/Winter shop yet but I need to wait for my bank balance to top back up again as unfortunately Leigh tells me that paying bills is more important that buying new clothes........

xxx 

Decorative Nails

So I'm not one to write beauty posts however I can't help but mention what I have found!

I might not have the time to do my make-up every day or lotion all the time but the one thing I do care about is having nice nails. Unfortunately I bite my nails and no matter how hard I try I just can't stop, so instead I have perfected the art of sticking on my own.

Imagine my delight then when I found some brilliant artificial nails in Primark. They were only £1 so I thought "Why not!"

They turned out to be one of the best things I have ever bought. I have had so many compliments on them, from friends, family and complete strangers! I don't know if I should spread the word in case they all run out.....

Look how completely and utterly gorgeous they are!

So I did what any sane person would do and I went and bought 4 packs before they ran out. And I may have bought some other kinds as well, but at £1 a pack you can't really blame me.

Who doesn't want tiny mustaches on their fingers?!

 Just a little bit amazing, even if they do make your eyes go funny.

There are no words to describe the above nails. I almost don't want to wear them because they are so bloody perfect.

You get 24 nails in a pack which does 1 set happily and perhaps another at a push, I didn't try the glue that came with them as I have my own special nail glue so I can't say how well it lasts but I've had the nails on for a week now and they haven't cracked and are sturdy. Also something that is very important to me as I work in an office and do lots of typing is that they are the right length to still be able to type quickly. These weren't the only types either - they had about 20 different nails, from a music note print to solid gold.

These nails are my new favourite thing and I sincerely hope that they stick around (if you will excuse the pun).


xxx