Wind, rain and chills litter London.

I feel like autumn has snuck up on us this year quickly and swiftly. I still feel like summer never really arrived and then cold wet mornings came exceptionally quickly. The weather news were claiming for an Indian summer, but now they have turned to forecasts predicting the coldest most bitter winter in the last 50 years. Looking ahead a month I was feeling hopefully that half way through September going into October it was predicting 20+ and sun, now its saying it will be  sunnier than it has been but highs of 14-18 which would be considerably cooler than 20+.

 Last year I remember it cooling down at the end of August but in September and October we had quite a lot of warm sunny weather. I guess it can all change still, but I am hoping for dry sunny weather for my week off. I don’t care if its freezing as long as it is dry and sunny!

I do love autumn though it is my favourite time of the year. I do love summer fashion (little dresses, denim jackets etc) but autumn fashion is amazing too. I get to wear rich colours, snuggly clothes and I like to try and layer up a bit, although I’m not that great at that but I might try it more this year. Then there are all the beautiful jumpers! My heart just swells when I see piles of jumpers.

At this rate though we will be sailing to work rather than walking! I'm hoping it will dry up before the end of the week. 

On a more summer related note, there were two swimsuits this summer I was eyeing up but didn't have a reason to buy one, until the first one was SLASHED to £11 from £38. While browsing online yesterday I noticed the other one was also slashed in price down to £16.49..... so I ordered it.

Hell Bunny sea sparkle swimsuit - Soho's

I knew if I didn't at least give it a go and it sold out I would highly regret it! I ordered a medium and a large as I know Hell Bunny come up quite large (my bust is now to small for a large dress). If this fits I will have 2 swimsuits so if do get to vacation somewhere I will be set! Wahey!

I do welcome Autumn this year though (although I wish it were drier), I cannot wait to get the coat out and the scarfs, and as I keep rattling on about I have so many autumnal plans!

I hope you keep dry and have a fab week!

Hello Autumn, hello chills.

So GOOD NEWS I got my Mumford and Son’s tickets. Woohoo! It was a tense half an hour, they went on sale at 9am but I believe the website must have gone down and it wasn’t until around 9:30am that I actually got in and got 2 standing tickets for the 9th December. I am so excited and I have booked the day off to go and queue early on, I think it will be amazing I am hoping to get to the front! Sarah has offered to pay for the parking which means we could take a blanket and supplies and queue and there are loads of places to eat so there will be lots of chance to get foods. I am really excited. When we hit October I have so much planned and to look forward to I cannot wait.

The weekend just gone was pretty dull, I am pretty sure this is what I will day at the beginning of post so perhaps unless it was eventful we can just assume it was dull haha!

Friday we put everything in the flat away, we had been airing it out all week. My Grandma amazingly washed so much stuff for me and I filled bin bag with charity shop clothes too! I believe the dehumidifier is working well as there is none or very little moisture on the window in the mornings. I have also done some research and feel more confident in keeping the damp away. All is back in its place now, and I believe I can get the washing finished this weekend so no more bags of stuff laying around. At least I know where to check in the rooms to see if there is a problem starting.

 It does mean that I need to invest in a dehumidifier though, that is a fair chunk of money so that kind of sucks but it is a small price to pay if it means I won’t get mold and damp. I am going to test my mum’s one for a few weeks and see how it goes, if no sign of it coming back then I know it will be worth it, I also need tyres for the car. Life is one big list of paying out money, crikey!

So this week is flying by again. I am glad as I have 2 weeks and 2 days to go before my week break. I am so excited for some time off I keep writing about it and going on about it, but I really feel like I need it!

 

I can really feel autumn setting in and so early this year. I even got gloves out this morning to keep the chill of my fragile hands. I’ve been wearing jackets and scarfs for a good 2 weeks now, I still feel like our summer never really came but I am now looking forward to all the things that come with autumn! Snuggly clothes, scarfs, hot drinks and lots of warm colours, and OF COURSE my winter/autumn dresses!

Including this one!

Sugarhill Boutique dress

I am having this for my Birthday it is a Sugarhill Boutique dress. So far I don’t have much on my wish list. My love for Harry Potter has exploded recently so I may just get money and get lots of Harry Potter stuff at the studio tour! I actually ordered another dress with that one (toucan dress) but it fitted really badly and the straps sat so strangely on me and just looked awkward so alas that went back (I was gutted as the fabric was stunning) I thought the above dress was a great all year round piece! The colour is bright enough for wearing in the summer but the style and cut means it can be worn when it's cooler too.

With the joys of lovely autumnal clothes coming in the shops I also picked up some new shoes. I have a little haul of shoes really, woops!

I wore some new pumps yesterday I got in the sale from Office a few weeks ago and they TORE my feet apart. My feet are covered in sores and blisters today, I knew I wouldn’t be able to get home in them so I popped/hobbled to Primark to get a plain pair to get home in. I however got carried away and left with 5 pairs in total (the black pair not pictured below were just their £4 plain black ones they always do)

I know 5 is quite a lot, but £34 for the lot I was pleased. I have been living off of 1 pair of grey pumps Laura bought be almost 2 years ago for about a year now, but the sole is falling off now. I also get fed up with putting together a lovely dress or outfit and not having any shoes to choose from and sometimes grey just doesn’t look great.

I loved all of these for the autumnal colours and I can’t wait to start pairing them with outfits and the brown pair are lovely and soft and actually practical! As much as I have tried to buy more practical shoes I still love my crappy little pumps. I think they look cute and I am most comfortable in them! I just REALLY want navy blue pair; which are always sold out in my size! Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a pair soon!

In the spirit of autumn coming I have actually done a new design too and I am pretty happy with it! I am pretty sure its almost finished and I hope to complete it this weekend! I wanted to get brooches printed and made but money is a little tight and I bought 5 pairs of shoes instead ahah :p

 I hope everyone else is enjoying the chill in the air (although the sun is out in full force this afternoon!) and looking forward to autumn fun!

Last bank holiday weekend of 2014 done and dusted

This weekend was nice in some ways and not so nice in other ways. We had 4 whole days off which was pretty nice. I’ve tried to space my holidays well this year. A week off at the end of June and a week off at the end of September, and I just found out today that Matt has had his Christmas holiday approved. I’m so excited about that as from the 19^th December I will be off until the 2^nd January as long as my holiday is approved but I can’t see why it wouldn’t be! That is 13 whole days off in a row (only 6 being holiday days so yay) I am so crazy over Christmas I seriously cannot wait! I really feel like this year will be a really good one!

I was feeling pretty meh about the summer coming to an end as I was rather enjoying it so! But now we have had about two weeks of cooler weather and about a years’ worth of rain in the last 2 days I think that I am feeling a little more accepting of the autumn that is fast approaching (only 4 more days left until it’s officially here). Slowly the jumpers and warmer clothes are creeping into the shops and I couldn’t help myself but try a few pieces on! Both are from Debenhams (blue one is Red Herring and the Grey one is H! by Henry Holland)

So I am a little more excited about the seasons changing although not so much about this wet weather we have had. I got this rain mac 2 weeks ago after a very long painful relationship with it haha! I ordered it back in the spring/summer and it came and was too big so I sent it back and never ordered a replacement as I was racked with guilt (moneywise). I then reordered two sizes the 12 fitted better but the sleeves were too sort and then I decided £35 was just way too much for it and both went back. Then they slashed the price to £17! I spent all morning torn whether to order it AGAIN! I ended up ordering 3 macs all in the sale and annoyingly enough I kept the pink one I had been debating with for soo long ahah! I’m terrible sometimes at make a decision, I think it is the fact we are saving all our money at the moment I didn’t want to waste it!

But here it is in all its glory and it is great, it is actually completely water proof and it’s darn comfortable, I just wish it was more portable, but then I would most likely lose the water proofness of it that way!

So anyhow, I am trying to save up hence why the jumpers are just on my wish list at the moment. I would like to have a few for winter so we shall see I guess. I did pick up 3 cardigans in Forever 21 the other day (I returned the asda ones in previous post) as the the forever21 ones were much nicer and I got 3 for less than the price of two!

I also thought I’d mention the fact that I am getting rather into Anime at the moment! We watched Toradora a few weeks ago and I fell in love. We are watching Clannad now and I also have Black Butler going along side that too! There have been a few more Matt has got me to watch but I can’t remember what they are called but I enjoyed those too. Tonight I plan to get in make dinner (as I am starving marvin) and watch back to back Clannad. We gave in last night and ordered pizza hut. To be honest way too much pizza hut and I ended up with a pretty lame stomach ache. I’m not used to eating that much food especially when it is that greasy too lol. So chicken, mash and some veg I think my body will be appreciated of it! All this Anime watching is getting me even more excited about MCM now at the end of October!

It's getting sooo cool outside!

Well summer has left us! I am hoping it will be back and will grace us with its warmth again for maybe a couple more weeks. ‘Arctic winds will plunge parts of Britain into the coldest spell of August weather for almost a century - just in time for the late summer Bank Holiday.’

It has been a bit of a shock to go from 20°c+ to about 12°c. There is a really bitter cold feeling in the air! I have struggled all week to get out of bed as I have been FREEZING and been wondering around wrapped up in a blanket refusing to get out of it for those few moments where you are all exposed to the world. I suppose I should suck it up because it will just get colder from here on in as August is fast coming to an end, so autumn will soon be on our door steps.

With this sudden chill in the air it got me thinking about some warmer clothes. This summer I have been happy in a t-shirt and a skirt or shorts for my more casual wear. I love my dresses the most but I like to have a selection of casual clothes, not much fun putting on a fancy dress to sit in bed all day, or go to Tesco..and hoodys are the best for evenings at the cinema!

My style over the last year has changed a fair amount. I wanted to wear jumpers and what not this year but to be honest I can’t find any I suit, and not to mention I feel quite uncomfortable in them! :(

So I think this winter I will stick to my new hoody (that fits well rather than a big cover up) and I also invested in some cardigans for chucking over my t-shirts!

I actually came up with a pretty cute school girl look with some cardigans!

I think they are pretty cute little outfits that will look nice before the winter actually comes around. Means I don’t have to put my t-shirts away completely till next summer :)

I am a bit strange with clothes. It’s a bit of a control thing I like to have everything planned and ready to go. I like to know exactly what I am going to wear through summer or winter or whatever season and I also like to have a style kind of and stick to that. Hence why I end up with same clothes in lots of different colours!

But as I said above I do hope we see a few more warmer weeks before autumn comes completely, hopefully a few more shorts and sandals days!

I’m getting excited about heading off to France soon. Just wish I had a better idea of the weather as that would be very helpful as I LOVE TO PACK and plan to pack but at the moment it is hard to plan as I have no idea what the weather will do! I’m hoping for cool dry days maybe 15°c to 20°c that would be spot on thank you very much!

I have also started a birthday list bwahah, currently it involves a coat from my Mum and Dad (yes I have a coat problem, but I SWEAR this will be the only one I get this year and I will sell at least one old one!) and some shoes from my sister. I know it’s a bit early but the shoes were in the sale and I couldn’t afford them as I am saving saving saving and the coat was just sooo lovely I couldn’t leave it behind heh he!

This week is a short week and so is next week as I took Friday off and it is bank holiday Monday too. So two 4 day weeks and a 4 day weekend yay! Let’s hope today goes quickly and it is Thursday evening before I know it!

New wardrobe! New me I hope.

I wanted to share these! I have lost about 3 stone in the last year and 5 stone in the last few years. SO this winter I wanted some new bits and pieces and I needed some bits as not everything fitted very well anymore.

I feel much more confident and rather than hiding in clothes I never really liked and pinning for jumpers and little dresses this year I finally feel confident enough to pull them off. I firmly believe in everyone is beautiful whatever shape you are and I see girls much bigger than I ever was pulling off the styles I longed to wear and looking amazing. I however as much as I tried couldn’t bring myself to do it and hated what I saw when I tried to dress like that. So this year its great to put on things I have wanted to wear for years and think woo I look good. Well some days some days not so much but that is something I need to work on my confidence!

SOOO I am loving jumpers at the moment. Festive sorts are my favourite with fairisle patterns and anything soft and warm or polka dot related! :)

Skater skirts are obviously a must with them for me! And denim ones are still my favourites as they go with anything and everything!

I’m loving little skater style dresses and smock dresses. Generally feeling like a small child :D Any cute pattern will suit and I am loving the tartan and checked look which I didn’t ever think I would go for.

So here are some of the bits I have picked up in the last month and I am very very pleased with most of them! Now I must stop buying things as I never bloody have time to wear them! 

1. Primark jumper…. Not great quality. IT’S LOVELY! but it was exceptionally itchy so i washed it before I worn it to try and soften it. It then shrunk on the white bits?? So It is a little uncomfortable now. Was about £12.

2. Forever 21 jumper! Love forever21 jumpers at the moment. So soft and comfy and fit great! That was around £18 I think.

3. South Dress from Very…. omg i saw this fell in love and found it on very for £12.50 in the sale :o Fits lovely and feels very fancy, so happy i had a nice smart going out dress and the foxes are to die for!

4. Yumi Dress. Saw this on modcloth for a lot of monies. Realised it was a english brand and was on House of Fraser for half price around £26. Looked amazing with black tights and heels. Almost didn’t order as i didn’t know what size to get between 3 >.< went smack bang in the middle and fitted perfectly.

5. Primark dress…. so cute makes me think of a school girl dress. My dad treated me to it. Really comfy not as flattering as the rest as its a smock style rather than being really skater style. So comfy though and only £12

6. Primark dress.. Loved this really different from what I normally wear! Nice and comfy wore it to MCM and was really nice to wear.

7. Forever 21 cardigan! Really loved this lovely festive print but not too festive so it can be worn in winter not just at Christmas. Had to size up as it was tight around the bust and I wish the sleeves were longer. I think this was around £18ish

8. Christmas Jumper, Primark around £12 Primark is FAB for xmas jumpers a little bit of silly for really cheap. I prefer mine from last year which i never really wore and this came up huge I had to go for an XS so it means the arms are very short. Pretty decent for the price though and not insanely itchy!

I’m so torn with Primark. They make great patterned and styled things. Things that was a little most adventurous or different! The dresses I love and think are great fits and quality for how cheap they are.

However things like my jumper put me off. Still itchy and fits a bit weird now! I’m not sure how much jumper wise I would buy from them which is a shame as they do awesome patterns.

I think I prefer to have quality over quantity although I do love their dresses I can't fault those.

So I went for an interview last Monday and I have been shortlisted out of two people for a 2^nd interview and mine is tomorrow. I am craping myself as I want this job sooo much! I went for it back in June and didn’t get it and the same position in a different part of the company had popped up and I got a phone call about it! I was so gutted I burst into tears lol I really really want a fresh new start for the new year. New people in my life a new environment to work in and a new direction in my life too! Plus a new look as I continue to lose weight and feel better about myself.  The place seems amazing and I love the atmosphere unlike where I am now. Plus its casual dress and I gots lots of clothes that need wearing :D

I know I am a nice person I really think I deserve a new start and a better year next years because the last two have been pretty fucking wank.

Boo it's Monday morning. The autumn is coming for sure!

Monday morning AGAIN! Sigh. Weekend was a quiet one, especially compared to last weekend, although right now I am wishing SO HARD that I could go back a week. I would have a lovely meal tonight and my birthday and Lonleat tomorrow. Alas, I do not own a time machine, yet….. so I will have to get on with a normal mundane week.

So I went out with a friend for lunch/dinner on Saturday and me and matt went shopping afterwards. I got myself a winter coat which I wore in the car this morning but it’s really hurting my arm. This seems to be an issue I have in coats and I’m not sure why :/ i think it is because I have quite a broad back alas. I may have to take it back, if its uncomfortable I will never wear it not 100% sure if I am going to return it or exchange it for the next size up! I guess I will have a look at the weekend.

I also got a really nice hello kitty hoody in the sale in Forever 21 reduced from around £19 to £7.99. I love a good hoody to bum around in at home! I also spent my birthday monies on two jumpers I have been eyeing up for some time on ASOS.

I LOVE LOVE the fox one, but it’s more than I usually spend (£35) so I was waiting for a sale, but I noticed a lot of sizes had sold out so I thought I better act quick! And the star one was £22 and just looks really practical and comfy.! They should be here tomorrow so I really hope they look nice on me!

I hope they all look nice! I really like them.

Sunday was very quiet for me, just spent some time with family. And now its Monday and I have to drag my ass swimming. 

My weight loss has slowed to a halt pretty much since France! Now my birthday and holiday are long gone it's time to get back on track. The plan is to turn the 40lbs lost into 50lbs lost by Christmas! :D They that will be a loss of 3.5 stone... Maybe I could make it to a loss of 56lbs and that will be 4 stone lost! We shall see anyway!

I will do a post when my jumper arrive! :D

Back from France and back to work.

So my week off, my glorious week off I have been planning and looking forward to for months now has GONE, its passed and behind me. It is a horrible feeling. Its a Monday and the first day back today double wammy of shit. 

So now just to get through the next two weeks and I will have a 4 day weekend for my birthday....eeep I hope they go quickly.

So I will start with France and the weekend before. Left work a very happy girl on Friday. Went home then Saturday got up later than planned and had a breakfast at popin café. Me and Matt then bought all cake ingredients to make Ruxandra’s cakes as part of her birthday presents. That was a major caffale! But we got it all together and it took a fair few hours to make. But they turned out pretty darn good.

Butter Beer Cakes for a Harry Potter crazy fan!

The recipe came from here!

Now keeping in mind I have never baked on my own from scratch I think I did pretty good! I made the ganache too and the butter cream on top. It took longer as I made the cakes then the rest but I had to wait so long for the ganache to cool down, if I made them again I would do the ganache first as that takes the longest to cool.

Now I don’t like cake but I did rather like these. I couldn't eat more than one as they were so sweet and they made my teeth hurt a little but I did enjoy them! Ruxandra ate them all within a week and Matt put away most the ones I kept at home.

So overall I am very happy with them and it’s kinda made me want to try baking other bits and pieces now!

So the evening was lovely me and Matt met Luke and Ruxandra in a pub in Epsom. I was worried things might be strange with Ruxandra as I worried she didn’t really want to go but it was really nice. Food was good and she seemed really pleased with her gifts and I’m super chuffed as I didn’t think she would like them as much as she did! :)

Sunday was pretty boring the weather was naff if I remember correctly and then Monday rolled around really quickly. I was packed and ready had brunch/lunch and headed to the airport!

We got to France pretty late maybe 6ish in the evening and went to buy food with Matt’s Dad and Julie. We had a really nice pizza thing and chips and then watched a film and went to bed. Tuesday was a chilled out kind of day. We just sat indoors and watched TV. I’m kinda glad as I couldn't get rid of my headache. Wednesday was much of the same except we popped out for a little bit to a store and then we went out to a grill place and I had a lovely beef burger!

Then on Thursday we took a trip to a zoo. It was a long drive that made me feel pretty ick but it was worth it when we got there. There were animals I hadn't seen before like a bear or a panda. The weather even brightened up a little for us too!

I had a really lovely time there and we came home and had dinner and watched Unstoppable which I also really enjoyed. I woke the next morning and started to pack my bags in disbelief that 5 days had flown by :(

We didn't have to fly until 5ish again so it was a late flight. Had a big fry up brunch thing for lunch and it was LUSH! Soo good! And then we flew home. As we had to drive past Lakeside from the airport so we popped in and had dinner and did a little shopping so we didn't have to pay the toll on the way back. Then before we knew it we were home and it was the weekend again!

It was lovely just having time away and relaxing and also seeing Matt’s Dad and Julie. I know how much Matt misses his Dad at times. I think they are planning  a trip to England in October so we may end up seeing them very soon.

So this weekend was ok. Went to Croydon on Saturday bought a AWESOME adventure time scarf. Then on Sunday Luke invited us to a BBQ, That was a really nice end to the week. I like spending time with Luke and his friend was nice too! Wish Ruxandra hadn’t had to of worked but I still got to spend some time with her!

So as I said before I am on a count down until my birthday now! Two whole weeks and then a 4 day weekend! At the moment I actually have some plans for my birthday.

• 6^th October – Winter London film and comic con (bought my tickets today)
• 7^th Dinner with Matt, Mum, Dad and Sarah (sister)!
• Then the 8^th which is my actual birthday me and Matt are going to Longleat which I am excited about. Although didn’t know it was a 2.5hour drive eeep!

I ordered these yesterday too and I’m going to have them from my Grandma for my birthday I love them! I am so into jumpers this year they are just so comfy!

They are both from NewLook and they just have the cutest print for Autumn  on them!

I think they are a good price too at £14.99 each!

I’m getting excited. My mum said I could have the coat too this is the first time in years where I have actually wanted stuffs for my birthday :)

There is only 15minutes left at work now so I will wrap this up. I wanted to show my nails as I thought they looked pretty awesome, like mermaids! They are a light blue/turquoise Barry M colour with a turquoise glitter on top! I usually put the glitter on darker colours and it can look a little heavy but I think it works really nicely on the lighter colour. 

I stumbled across some orange colours today on Tumblr which I love! I can’t seem to find the OPI version but I have a gold and I think I may get an orange and put the gold on top. Great for Halloween and autumn!

                         

Both images above taken from Tumblr!

I just LOVE all the autumn colours! They are so pretty and make me feel festive! I guess that is all for today I am going to head home eat and go for a swim!

Autumn days! Bring on all the jumpers!

So I think it is safe to say that autumn has arrived. The mornings are FREEZING and the little radiator has gone on in our room! The trees are slowly going golden and I can see my breath in the mornings. Being England though it has also bought grey skies and rain. Lots of blinking rain. But I’m hoping the rain will pass and we will be blessed with lovely sunny chilly days with all the oranges, reds and yellows that autumn brings.!

So I was rattling on last time about getting some jumpers for my birthday. I ended up getting none of the ones I looked at haha! Well actually I got the black version of the grey one!

The thing that really sold it to me was the inside is reversed so if you role the sleeves up you get white with black spots instead of black with white! Lovely little jumper. I am still pretty set on getting the start print one! I think I will have that from grandma.

I got that jumper from forever 21, and me and Matt looked in the likes of Primark. Although the jumpers are cheaper (only by around £5) the quality difference was shocking! The materials were itchy and just felt horrible, the patterns were poorly done and bleed into each other. I think I will be aiming slightly higher. I’m not a throw away fashion person and I am going off of primark! They are good for shirts and kickers and pj's but that’s about it!

So I did manage to get what I went for which was Pj's they are sooo cute with little foxes on them. I don't have a picture of the top but that has a cute fox on the front and is just a plain navy blue. The fit really nicely and I was pretty happy with them they are sooo snuggly and comfy!

I will have to take some photos of the others when I put them on, but they are long sleeved and more for winter. Although I will HAVE to get some more tbh as I love them so much.

SO I have one more day of work and 30minutes of today left! Then I will be on my week holiday. A WHOLE 9 days off. I can't even explain how excited I am! Off to France on the Monday back on the Friday! 

I am also going for a drink and dinner with Ruxandra and Luke. I was really looking forward to it but after the weekend I worry shes just coming because she feels she has too. I really hope that's not the case and I'm being paranoid but I don't know.

Swimming tonight then a nice sleep as I am SHATTERED, but first I need to kill the last half an hour of the day!