velvet, sequins and more sequins

Sequins everywhere.

I'm rarely lucky in the January sales, but when this baby twinkled at me from a sad looking rail in Topshop, I knew that I had to take it home. Call it fate if you like. The skirt has my friend Adrienne's name written all over it - She wants to be a mermaid when she grows up. Personally, I think that a mermaid would have a hard time keeping up with this shimmery vision.

If you're an itsy size 6 the skirt is still on sale here. 

Adrienne has her own beauty blog, beautyasthekatwalks.

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life lately #2

1. I turned 19 at the beginning of December and on my celebratory night out this guy happened to be strutting around.  My cherry cocktail fuelled brain found the fire dancing highly entertaining at the time, though panic ensued the next morning when I woke up to find the black soot up my nose.

2. My cat is sad because she wishes she had Christmas pyjama's like mine...

3. Pulling our best club photo poses out of the bag.

4. Christmas day calls for a red lip.

5. My bro and I rarely take nice photos together (see 9.) but I'm glad that this one made it through the Boxing Day shoot silliness. 

6. A quiet NYE spent at home.

7. Who the hell wants steak pie when my mum's killer paella's around?!

8.Taken 10 minutes from where I live. So beautiful.

9. 'Do people still do duck faces?'

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edinburgh christmas market

Edinburgh Christmas market | Tapas at Cafe Andaluz

This'll be my last post of 2013, Happy New Year everyone!!

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i'm dreaming of a white christmas

I'm a firm believer in that Christmas Eve should be for doing absolutely nada. If you've had to work today, especially in retail, I'm truly sorry. I was one of the lucky ones. My afternoon was spent watching Christmas films and resisting temptation from the kitchen - my mum has been cooking up a storm.

Kishi Bashi // It's Christmas, But It's Not White Here In Our Town

I was happily perusing Spotify and 8tracks for alternative Christmas music over the last fortnight when I found this track. Beautifully woozy, and ridiculously relevant - I'm extremely unimpressed by the lack of snow round here.

I hope you have a lovely Christmas - I'm planning on being in a food coma by this time tomorrow!

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christmas shopping companion: zara mini city bag

Mini Office City Bag

You definitely need two free hands to have a successful Christmas shopping day. Two pointy elbows are helpful too! That's where this baby comes in: the Zara city bags have proved popular over the blogging world throughout the year but it's only recently that I've joined the pack. I've always liked Zara's offerings when it comes to handbags, so it was my first port of call when I needed to replace mine. I originally wanted the larger, black city bag, but after realising that it was much bigger than I needed, I turned my attention to this mini berry beaut. Three sections of the bag mean that there's more than enough room for all the junk that I insist on carrying around, with the zippy compartment providing a more secure place for my wallet as the side pockets are a little open. The long strap has meant that this has accompanied me on several Christmas shopping trips, I get a little carried away when the shops are busy!

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if you just say the words i'll up and run

#nowplaying

George Ezra - Budapest

'Budapest' makes for such chilled easy listening - I can't get enough of George Ezra's lovely voice. I'm definitely going to try and catch him at King Tut's in February, as one of the acts on the BBC's Sound of 2014 longlist, he sure seems to be one to keep an eye on. 

On another note, Happy December 1st - I hope your advent calender was demolished as quickly as mine was.

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a kick up the arse

If someone could come and stand beside my desk and shout this repeatedly at me, I'd be extremely grateful. I'll pay you in Hobnobs and cups of tea. 

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