I dress like a badger...

Hey!

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

The Challenge

Things are about to get ugly. I have devised a "challenge" for myself, which basically entails no shopping until *gulp* July! It's really more of a depressing reality of skintness and debt, but calling it a "challenge" will perhaps prevent maddening Hamlet-like craziness and a descent into madness and horrible documentary-on-channel-4 style poverty...too far? I like to shop! The aquisition of new things makes my life complete, I am a consumerist! So yes, I have no money, mainly due to my inability to just not shop. Challenge is like a competition, against myself, and in the words of Monica "That's the best kind!", so yeah "In your face last year's me!". Actually, if I wasn't me, I'd put money on my failure, for sure.

Also, another smaller challenge is not wearing cardigans for a week. Tough since my wardrobe is 90% cardigans...

Wish me luck! Tomorrow is the first official day of The Challenge.

Char x x x

Eye of the tiger, obviously. Tigers don't shop, good Challenge mascot!