July 15

Hey there!
Wow! A whole week since our last post, can you tell that we're working a lot? Ten days till payday though so all is well. I want to thank everyone who is reading this blog, despite our periodic absences from the blogosphere, and especially those who have been commenting, those little comments make my day! I'm in the process of updating the links list so if you want to be added drop us a little comment...I'm always looking for new blogs to add to my long list of compulsive daily reads! Warning: a lot of text lies before you (feel free to skip to the pictures!).

At work today a guy told me I dress in an "unusual" way, which I found a bit odd because I really do tone it down for work and thought I was (almost) blending in with the sea of black/grey suits and crisp shirts. It was definatly intended in a complimetary way though, and of course I took it as such. When I told him that my work wardrobe was really just a toned-down version of how I dress the rest of the time, he looked shocked and said "How do you normally dress?", I suppose my response summed up my attitude towards clothes, "I'm just not really a jeans and a t-shirt girl". Jeans, yes. I do own (and wear) a good few pairs of jeans (not a lot though, maybe 5 pairs?) and I do own t-shirts, but I don't often wear the two together. Rant over, I just hadn't ever considered before how I'm perceived at work or that the way I dress is particularly crazy...I take small risks with my outfits, but nothing compared to some other bloggers (who I admire immensly). Also, didn't expect compliments today as I forgot to wear a vest top under my white (and unironed!) shirt and had on a yellow bra! Not neon or anything but still not a good look...

I had a pleasant walk home from work today, not least because of my unplanned stop at one of Edinburgh's best known vintage shops, Armstrong's. I know I had mentioned previously my disapointment with Edinburgh's vintage offerings but today I suddenly remembered a pretty lace slip I seen before last month's payday, which had played through my mind for days and which I had sworn I would own at the first opportunity. The fickle fashionista that I am, I forgot all about it once my trip to Glasgow was planned. I was pleasantly surprised that it was still there when I returned today.

My pretty new lace slip and the view from my kitchen window, an attempt to make photos more interesting! After a delicious dinner of baked potato I played around a bit with the slip and came up with a few ways to wear it, turns out to be very versatile...
Worn as a dress, over a black dress - Miss Selfridge, grey tights (in all the photos as I had them on for work) - tightsplease, shoes - vintage via ebay.
As a skirt, top - H&M, tights and shoes as before. Obviously I still had the black dress on underneath, hence the rugby player shoulders!

And finally as a top! I think this is maybe my favourite of the outfits so I may wear it in real life soon...whenever my next day off or fun activity is. Shoes - H&M, skirt - vintage via ebay (I couldn't figure out what to wear this skirt with, until now. Matching vintage with vintage seems so obvious in retrospect) belt - came with another skirt (Primark), bag - thrifted, vest (underneath) - Topshop. Lace is everywhere on the A/W 08 runways so I think I got a good bargain there.

How sweet are my new socks from sox-populi? I was informed by flying saucer of their sale, and there are some pretty awesome socks to be had for anyone who is even nearly as obsessed with leg wear as me! They have some tights too, but I guess that's not their real focus.
With the same grey tights as before, H&M wedges and pink ankle socks from tightsplease.


After all the pretend outfits from earlier, I actually do have a real outfit! Sea and I had a few drinks with some friends on Saturday night and this is what I wore...
Outift details: shoes - New Look, tights - Primark, skirt - Primark, belt - Dorothy perkins, vest - Topshop, shirt - asos, bracelet - gift from lil bruv, pearls - ebay, ballerina necklace - Topshop.
Close up of shirt/necklaces. The weird black stripe is just part of my mirror!

This is another outfit I wore recently, to have dinner with my mum and brother. It was bit rubbish as I just stuck a skirt on over the shirt I'd worn to work that day (which is really baggy and hence unflattering) but I'm showing it because I wore my new legwamers and I didn't think they looked too bad! They look a bit like knee-highs I suppose. I said to my brother that i was bringing legwarmers back and he replied "Yes, I can see that's what you're trying to do.". He's a bit metro and loves clothes nearly as much as I do and is almost as bitchy.

Shirt - H&M (New York!), skirt - Oasis, tights and legwarmers - tightsplease.

I hope the uber long-ness of this post makes up for the haitus!

Char x x x

Beware the bad ebayer...

A cautionary tale.

Remember the pretty pink tuxedo dress I purchased a while ago? How excited was I when it finally arrived today! I say finally, but it obviously wasn't going to get here any sooner since they only posted it yesterday ie over a week after the auction ended...and I know 'cause it says on the parcel. That's not even my beef with these people. This dress, advertised as in "good vintage condition" and as having "no flaws" is covered in stains, the type that will not wash out and also full of holes! I mean really, don't lie about it, if it's in rubbish condition say so. I definatly wouldn't have paid what I did for this mess. I tried to photograph the dress but it doesn't work too well, you'll have to take my word for it! Oh and the hem, which they described as "unfinished" has been wonkily cut with blunt scissors and is frayed to within an inch of its life, pffft!

Char x x x

Retail therapy

Hey there! Char here, hope you guys are all well and I'd like to thank you guys for your comments, it is actually awesome to know that people whos blogs I've been reading for months are now reading ours!

In celebration of my first exam being over, Sea and I went shopping today. When I came home from the shops (tired and laden down with bags) I was revived by the pile of ebay purchases waiting for me and also decided that today a good time to review new purchases! First things first though, here is today's outfit:

Scarf (worn as headband) - Primark. Grey skinny jeans - Miss Selfridge. Dress (again, worn as top since I am tall, like 5"11, so you'll be seeing a lot of this!) - some random shop in Edinburgh. Wooden cuff - Oasis. Other bracelet (camera hand!) - vintage, ebay. Cardigan and belt - vintage, ebay.
I wore these shoes today since I found them right at the back under my wardrobe (where I keep all me shoes) and thought "hmmm...not worn these for a while". I probably didn't literally think that but, ya know, if I was in a comic book that's what the thought bubble would've said. They're from New Look, approximatly a million years ago (I love their shoes but they make your feet HOT! Anyone else find that?).

About a million pairs of socks/tights which I will add to my overflowing footwear drawer with glee (and a little difficulty). Mostly ebay, some Topshop. Searching for odd/vintage tights on ebay is my new "thing", Mary Quant's are particularly intriguiging, if tights can be such a thing. Not quite sure yet how the heck I'll wear those lightening ones but I HAD to have them...

I've been looking for a ring set for ages so was pretty pleased to find this one in the Topshop sale bit (half price, score!). There's a fair few on etsy, but they're all forged by dragons in Norway using precious metals for the Earth's core or something and therefore really expensive. I also has to get these little white bracelets with tiny stars (alas, not in the sale). The giraffe brooches arrived today from ebay USA, don't know what I'll stick them on yet but I'm sure they'll look sweet.

This dress is for a wedding I'm going to in about a month. I had a peach vintage creation from ebay lined up but it's in need of some adjustment (I'll get a photo later) as it's rather long and also kinda large. It's a shame navy doesn't photograph well, because this dress is nice in real life!

I also got this top from River Island (hardly ever shop there since their overly-embellished things annoy me). You'll have to excuse the crapness of this photo, but you can (sorta) see the cute buttons on the shoulders!

I also got some jeans, Dorothy Perkins (another shop I don't visit all that often) had this awesome 2 pairs for £25 deal that Sea had spotted online and the jeans in it are fairly nice! We did notice that they're made of really thin material, but who gives when it's almost Spring? Also there's Gok stuff everywhere in there and we actually love that man, it's fun to pretend he's complimenting you whilst you're trying stuff on, I am that sad. Also, there was 20% off everything so two pairs of jeans for £20, basically.

Later days!

Char x x x