Blonde moment.

Hey there!

Today I went shopping in Glasgow. As much as I love Edinburgh, we have a chronic drought of majorly important high street shops, we lack an American Apparell (though the sweet Diesel shop assistant who directed us to said AA informed us that Edinburgh is soon to have our very own one, please don't say she was toying with me!) a Primark and an Urban Outfitters. This is why our West Coast rival is so often named "fashion capital" whilst we are the real capital - complete with annyoing, poorly dressed tourists. Sea was unable to join us, F and I, which was a bummer but I think after next pay day we'll take a fashionsqueah trip there! This was my outfit, incorporating 75p thift find!

Grey tee - H&M, navy top - thrifted, skirt - Oasis, tights - tightsplease, shoes - Debenhams, bangles - vintage via ebay, necklace - H&M, bag - thrifted.
Took my sailor jacket to ward off rain, always advisable in Scotland - even in June!

This is an outfit I wore yesterday for dinner at my Mum's place as it was Lil Bro's birthday, happy 19th bro! I didn't post it before because there was something not...right about it. I was unable to figure out what though. I tried pinning the belt to make it high-waisted and every belt in my collection but it still didn't work. Not an outfit to be repeated then.

Tops - ebay, skirt - boohoo, tights - tightsplease (don't worry, a different pair! I'm not that skanky...) shoes - H&M.

How thick am I that I saw these legwarmers on tightsplease and assumed they were some kind of awesome ski-pant type of thing, a solution to my woe (ski-pants are one-size-fits-all, I have long legs!). They are just normal legwarmers! Argh how am I to style these without looking...odd? I bought grey by the way, not the brown colour pictured.

I'll be posting my purchases from Glasgow soon, right now I just don't have energy and, as always, I must get up early for work!

Char x x x

Graduation

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Today, after work, I met a friend at uni to (attempt to) sort out some dissertation stuff. We didn't get very far because my brain seemed to wander onto any subject excpet Psychology! Damn my inability to focus! When we came out of our little computer room, the "cubicles" as they are known, this year's graduates were congregating in the building (our Psychology building is old and beautiful) drinking tea and celebrating, in their full gowns and hoods! It was such a pretty sight to see and really began to make me think about my own graduation, which is only a year away now! Actually, Sea's graduation is next month but she remains very reluctant for us to see her all gowned up! So, I changed into this outfit to head to uni:

Dress - vintage via ebay, belt - chartity shop, tights - Primark, black peep toes - H&M, J'aime Paris tee - Dollydagger, bangles - New Look/vintage.

Char x x x

Payday!

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Sorry again for the lack of posts recently, Sea and I are both busy but it should pick up now!Finally, payday is here and I couldn't be more excited! I was actually paid for both my jobs today, which was great. I avoided the high street (and their deliciously tempting sales) and opted instead to go to some charity shops; there are about a thousand charity shops round the corner from mine so I hit them all up on the way home from work. A shocking admission follows: I have never "thirfted" before (I agree with flying saucer on this one, thrifting is a good word!)and have always depended on ebay or specialised vintage shops for my vintage/unique cravings. Recently, I have become disenchanted with Edinburgh's vintage shops, the three I know of and regularly shop at (the two Armstrong's and The Rusty Zip) don't seem to me to gear their stock towards trends or even fashion in general, the stock is often not real vintage (I have seen garments from New Look and Primark, that's not vintage - it's just old!) and often in bad condition. I think a good vintage shop should mean that you don't have to do the searching, but in Edinburgh it doesn't so from now on I'll be checking out the charity shops! It's also a good way to save on the inflated prices of vintage shops, but I do agree that charity shops are raising their prices, many of them are also learning to distinguish designer brands and saught-after items and others have their own "vintage" sections. Today's charity haul was a good one though, expect better pictures/styling soon but right now I am too tired and also busily trying to sort out uni stuff via MSN and email.

SHOE CLIPS! Excuse the block caps, but that was a keyboard version of what happened in my head when I saw these puppies. I have wanted some shoe clips for ages and seeing them on other blogs made me want them more. It's the kind of practical thinking that doesn't happen as much anymore, make something plain beautiful with removable ornaments! They were £2 from one of the charity shops I went to, the last one as it happens.

I thought this belt was quite cool and would make a good stand-in for my ever-present H&M one, which is like surgically attatched to my waist. I thought the H&M one was one of those ubiquitous items that would cause every girl who passed me to roll her eyes and think "H&M, £4.99" but a girl at my work, who dresses awesome, asked where it was from and said it looked expensive so a total replacement may not be neccessary! Long chain of pearls and gold and another, shorter chain of pearls. I have wanted both these items for a while, since I'm planning to wear fake pearls a lot to justify spending money on real ones...you know the old "but I'd wear them all the time..." these were £3.95 each, see what I mean about rising prices? The grey plastic ones were only 50p though since that shop was closing down.
I scored this top from the closing down shop for 75p! It's a size 20, which I am not, but I kinda thought maybe it would work in a baggy kinda way, we shall have to wait and see!
This bag was so fierce it couldn't not be mine! I think it was also £3.95.

Char x x x

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Jeez!
We havent popsted an entry in a little bit, we both apologise! Both of us have been working alot (again!) recently, but the more we work, the more clothes/bags/shoes/acessories we can buy WEEEEEE!
I'm also trying to save for a fltat, I am in desperate need of my own space!
Anyway, I thought I'd post a few outfits I have worn recently to keep the blog from collecting dust and cobwebs;

Sonic Youth tee; eBay. Dress (word as skirt); Zara. Tights; Primark (I think). Shoes; eBay (but are originally from Topshop).

Ooops, I only seem to have the one photo from last week!
Sorry!
Hope everyone is doing well.
Expect more updates soon!
Sea x.x.

Window shopping

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Today I actually wasn't working (for once) and so I had a delicious lunch with my Mum and brother, then me and bro went to do a bit of window shopping. I didn't buy anything, I have no money anyway, but saw one or two things I'll go back for when I'm paid in 10 days time. Payday can not come soon enough at this point...This is what I wore today, how odd that Sea and I both put on grey socks over tights, one of those freaky cosmic things methinks!

Char x x x

Party Talk.

Hello!
Apologies for the lack of updates from me. Been working alot over the past week so I have not had much of an opportunity to post outfits and the like.
Anyway, like Char said, we attended a friends 21st party on Saturday. I decided not to go with the oufit I posted a few days back, I went with an old dress that I've had for a while. I just do not have the funds to buy anything new! *nooooooo*.
Anyway; this is what I wore;

Quite a simple outfit, but anyway!
Dress; ASOS, Bag; Primark (still in love with it ha), Shoes; Dorothy Perkins.
The balloons behind me were awesome and huge! Here is the cake (which was so yummy);

Here is what I am wearing today;

Top (worn as dress, hopefully that does not sound too tacky/horrible/slutty LOL); H&M. Tights; Primark. Socks; Topshop. Shoes; Miss Selfridge. Bag; Vintage. Belt; came with a pair of trousers from Dorothy Perkins.
Running some errands etc, I cannot wait until I get paid again, I am in need of a major shopping fix!
The title of this post seemed fitting, it is an excellent song by Karen Kelly (my love and passion for music/songs from the 1960's and early 1970's is showing here!). Its ace, try and find it, you'l lenjoy it ^_^

Sea x.x.

I dress like a badger...

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Sea and I spent last night at a 21st birthday party, which was so much fun! I love a good party and this one was crazy since the birthday girl's Mum had decided to get a stripper! Personally, I would've been mortified but she took it well...even though he was sick-looking and covered her (and her pretty dress) in baby oil and whipped cream, gross! Anyway, this is what I wore:

This dress is from ebay, aaaages ago but I wear it a LOT! It's really comfy and easy to wear. Shirt - Zara, tights - tightsplease, shoes - ancient silver wedges, the comfiest party shoes I own, my feet were so sore after work! The cuffs are from etsy, just leave a comment if you want the name of the seller.
Sometimes I like to dress like a doll, like last night, in fact one time I wore a similar outfit - a cute skirt and a shirt with a huge collar - and was told by some random guy that I looked "Like a doll....Sylvanian Families, yeah?". I actually never had any Slyvanian Families as a child, I had a "real" doll's house, with old school dolls and tiny cakes glued onto little plates...I still have it actually, I keep it at my Mum's though 'cause it's huge!

Just for reference...this is what a sylvanian family looks like.
The mice actually freak me out a bit because there's a dead mouse in a trap in my flat which I can't bring mysewlf to touch, why did it have to happen when my flatmate was away? I know that in any big city mice are common and they are so small that they can squeeze in alomst anywhere, but I just hate the thought of them being in my home! It makes me feel like I'm not clean enough or something...

I got my exam results yesterday and I managed to get all Bs, so last night was a double celebration for me! It was also a celebration for Sea who has passed her course and will graduate next month, so excited for her! I have one more year to go, I'm looking forward to it but I am so mad that I can't get my dissertation sorted out...

In other news, it's 11 days until I get paid...oh my god I can NOT wait!

Char x x x