Easter Pastels

I am so behind with my posts at the moment. These photos are from the Easter weekend, when I decided to paint my nails all different colours a la Pixie Lott. As spring is in the air, these are the colours I put together, from left to right: Eyeko Vintage Green, Barry M Bright Pink, Rimmel Twinkle, Barry M Flamingo Pink, Barry M Baby Blue, Eyeko Nude, Eyeko Lilac.

I picked my favourite five to do my finger nails and did the right hand matching.

This is my Easter Sunday outfit when we had the best weather - Miss Selfridge lace vest and cropped top, they didn't come together but I thought that the colours matched perfectly. Topshop necklace, Accessorize bangle.

River Island grey cropped combats and nude bow sandals.

I love these sandals. I did my toes in all the pastel nail paints, well I did have four days off work relaxing!

This was Easter Monday, when the weather went rubbish. Topshop stripey tunic and tan waist belt.

Accessorize pearl necklace.

Cute buttoned sleeve.

I also wore black leggings and, as it was so disappointingly unsummery, Ugg boots. I had a lovely Easter weekend though, lots of cider, Easter roast and chocolate bunnies!

This was yesterday, another nice warm day. I actually went jogging really early and again this morning. We indulge so much on weekends I have felt so sluggish lately. It feels refreshing to go outside and just run when there is no one else around. Anyway, at a more normal hour when the sun had come out me and the bf went to the park and ate strawberries. I wore this River Island nude jacket...

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Miss Selfridge quilted bag, with Accessorize rose bag charm,

My River Island green tapered trousers again and some Office sandals from last summer. This weekend has gone so quick but at least it will be easier to go to work if the weather is nice. I got a letter from a college about a second interview for the Early Years course I applied to so I am feeling a bit better about the teaching thing now. I will have to do a presentation (aaargh) but I have plenty of time to prepare it. I have sorted out a load of things to sell to save money for when I am studying, this time next month I might have a place confirmed, it's v exciting :)

Outfits, Outfits, Outfits!

I haven't done a post in aaaages as I've had loads on, and not in a good way unfortunately. I had to go to a funeral on wednesday and I've had two course interviews since I last blogged. One of them was good but the other was a complete waste of time. I wanted to go into teaching and thought there would be no problem with that as I have a good degree and I did a bit of work experience at a local school. But last week I was told I had no chance whatsoever as I was competing against people who have been volunteering or even working in schools for several years. The person who interviewed me actually said it was "impossible to get onto a PGCE English course". I read that teaching applications have gone up by 35% this year and so it's really competitive now. I had another interview for another uni before Xmas and I got a complete grilling from course tutor, if I wanted to beg and plead and prove how much I want it I would go on the X-factor!

Anyway I was rejected from both of those and have applied for a postgraduate Early Years course instead. That interview was a lot more promising and the work sounded really interesting and I really hope I get in because I can't wait to leave the completely rubbish job I do at the moment!

After that rant, these are the best outfits I have worn at weekends recently. This is a grey Topshop tunic with a lace insert.

The lace goes all the way down the back and it's really comfy. The necklace is Topshop as well.

River Island leather look leggings...

And Primark patent buckle boots, background is a pub carpet, nice! I wore this when I went for drinks and to the cinema the weekend before last. We went to see Shutter Island, its a thriller but not too graphic, Leonardo DiCaprio is a detective in it and it was honestly the best film I have ever seen at the cinema. Leo is very good in it and the story is so clever, it has a completely unpredictable twist at the end, definitely go and see it!

This was me last Saturday, Topshop pale denim jacket and purple and silver ASOS scarf...

Topshop heart badge...

Miss Selfridge feather earrings

Miss Selfridge bracelet set, love the white studded one!

Zara fridged top...

River Island khaki trousers, these have a nice light silky feel and are gathered at the ankle - would be great with high heeled sandals in summer.

Ri sparkly pumps, had these ages.

And finally last Sunday, Topshop sequinned peacock oversized t-shirt, as seen in my profile pic!

Primark black lace insert leggings, loads of people said they would buy these after seeing them on me as they are such a bargain!

With Miss Selfridge taupe shoe boots, these, the Miss Self jewellery and the khaki trousers are the only brand new items I have featured.

The shoes from another angle, I wore them to work yesterday as well.

Hope everyone is having a nice bank holiday, I am just going to have a lovely long rest, chill out at home and start a new book :)

Weekend Haul

I went out for a payday shopping trip on Saturday and debuted a denim shirt I have been meaning to wear. It was eighteen pounds from New Look, worn with a pale pink Topshop vest underneath and a brown leather Topshop waist belt over the top.

I wore black short shorts underneath and leggings as it was a tiny bit too short for leggings on their own.

And onto the haul, a very tiny one for me but I was trying to be good and discerning :) Two pairs of River Island earrings...

Zara black top with fringed shoulders...

and a pale pink cropped tee with stud and rivet detail, also from Zara.

On the scrapbook front I picked up a nice cheap one from WHSmith with a pink cover and black pages. I started it on Sunday, I went through a huge pile of magazines cutting out the prettiest pics and looking at them all together it gives me a better idea of what my style is. I am going to do a few more pages and then post some pics...

Belated Valentine's Post

On a boring mid-week day, I thought I would share a few heart-felt photos from the weekend. First of all, a cute cupcake I bought from Greggs...

My Saturday outfit - all Topshop...

This is the first time I have worn this Parisian tee...

A couple of Accessorize bangles and the ring that decorated my cupcake.

My lovely bf created a bistro-inspired setting for my surprise Valentine's meal.

We had pasta bolognase in our own apartment - more romantic I think than a packed restaurant. He also made me a card and chose 2 poems to go in it - the old softie.

I was bad and broke my spending ban, but I felt it was justified as I had an embarrassing falling over incedent and bruised and took the skin off both my knees :( I needed cheering up and so I popped into Topshop and got a bit of pretty lace...

in the form of this vest top, in my favourite pinky lilac. The tiny thing in the centre of the pic is...

cupcakes again! I LOVE these, and am proud of myself for waiting so long to get them as I saw an assistant in Topman wearing them two weeks previously, but held out as I had just decided to give my purse a rest. I think I am coming down with yet another cold, can't wait for the weekend already...

I Love Lilac

This week I have been obsessing about a particular shade of pinky lilac which is my favourite colour at the moment. I picked up a Barry M lipstick in Palest Lavender..

Close-up of the lips, I thought they might be too dark to take such a light colour but actually it covered ok. I also thought it would highlight all the imperfections in my lips but after applying a homemade lip scrub of Vaseline and sugar they were perfectly soft and smooth. I just added some ordinary sugar to half a tin of Vaseline and mixed together, then left it on my lips until it soaked in. I nicked this idea from another blog, have been meaning to try it for ages.

This is the actual lipstick, more pinky on than it looks in the tube.

I also purchased Barry M blush in Pink Orchid, I have read reviews of this product on several blogs and it looks such a pretty sugar pink. Pretty things really cheer me up in winter :)

After buying the lipstick I decided to hunt down a matching nail varnish, the only one I could find close to the shade I had imagined was this Rimmel one - its called Twinkle and has a subtle glittery sheen to it - actually nicer than I had hoped!

I am also a bit overly keen on hand cream at the moment, I have been applying my Cath Kidston Rose cream twice a day and worrying that it was going down too fast I bought a minature version to take out in my handbag. This is Lilac & Lavender and the cream is actually pale purple!

Even the design on the back is lovely. I got this tiny tube on ebay, the cream also comes in tins which were super pretty aswell.

I couldnt resist going back to Zara yesterday and got this cute t-shirt for just 14.99. I love the dip-dyed purple fringing.

And finally these bangles from Accessorize. The top one says Forget Me Not on it, I really like bangles with writing on but I thought only expensive designer brands made them.

All these pastels are making me feel like it's spring already, hope everyone is having a nice weekend.