Thanks for the day off!

Been feeling really lucky today - mainly because I found my camera under the sofa!!! Yay! I so nearly bought a new one today in John Lewis. So, the picture above is actually from the day I lost my camera when I went to my Dad's house.

 These pictures have ended up totally out of order! This is what I bought today in Boots on the 3 for 2 make up offer. I've tried them this evening and they all work beautifully :)  Not bad for £10.

Here was what I wore today. You can't really tell, but I have a few cute plaits in my hair. Let me know if you want to know where any of my clothes are from!
I went in to town today with the boyfriend as I had 3 viewings on my house and needed to be out! We met up with my Dad and my family on that side for a lovely Italian lunch and then me and the boyf went to the Andy Warhol exhibition in Southampton.
It was pretty good - the gallery at the Guildhall has a few other modern paintings that I really liked. Sadly, you aren't allowed to take pictures in there but I took a few downstairs of the prints:

I very artistically managed to capture the reflection of the railings..

Upstairs was an activity room where you could try dressing up in random clothes!

This is my Andy Warhol look!

My boyf doing Del boy!

I wanted to "borrow" this velvet jacket..

So that was all quite good fun. We also bought this:

Going back in time to Friday, I watched the Royal Wedding (as you can see from my previous post) then went to the pub for lunch. There is currently a funfair on in the Common which was not particularly good!

I almost forgot....in case some of you have not been to Southampton, then here is an aerial view for you!

Lol. This is a model in the Guildhall. My house is over the back left somewhere.....  :)

A Right Royal Wedding...

I'm currently watching the Royal Wedding along with about 2 billion other people around the world......I'm actually finding it quite exciting and very sweet.
  I especially love Beatrice's Philip Treacy hat - can't find any pictures of it yet on the Internet though. I have however found a picture of her wearing an amazing butterfly headpiece..

Shame she looks so confused! Or is that boredom?

That has been a lot of speculation over Kate's wedding dress. She is wearing a beautiful Alexander McQueen gown...

It is a little bit old fashioned for my tastes but she wears it well. I would prefer something like this:

A girl can dream....

I want to break free!

Went to see "We will rock you" last night at the theatre....definitely recommended! Here's what I wore:

My dress is from Debenhams and my shoes are from Dune. I put on a cream pashmina and tan leather jacket to keep warm. The theatre is very impressive....I've been there a few times over the years.

I'm having to type this one handed as my cat is lying on my other arm! Pesky little thing. I'm also being distracted by My Big Fat Royal Gypsy Wedding so I'm going to go now!

Voyeuristic!

Just a quick post....to let you know that my post of me in my bikini is my second most viewed post! You nosey people! (My most popular post so far is still "Interview with Hannah from Hannah Banana Bakery.)
I'm glad so many of you are interested enough to click on a picture of me in my bikini - own up, how many of you thought something nasty when you looked at the photo! Of course, if you happened to think I look ok then you are more than welcome to let me know and boost my confidence/ego !! :)

I eventually found a setting on the camera that let me photograph my pastel nails....here they are:

You can see from this photo that my cuticles are pretty rubbish at the moment. Luckily my Gran has given me some wonder hand cream that she thinks will make my nails amazing! It's called Smooth and Healthy hand cream by Tesco. I've been using it twice a day since Sunday so we'll see what happens!
Watch this space...
Ps On my nails I used Beth's Blue by Models Own and pink (can' remember the name) by Models Own.

And we'll have fun fun fun....

How gorgeous was the weather today?! Surely that's unheard of for a Bank holiday weekend? I spent several hours this morning in the garden in my bikini, just relaxing. Then me and the boy drove to my Gran's house for tea. Lovely!

I got a couple of Easter eggs to munch on.....they're currently in the fridge until the weather cools down!
I wanted to post a picture of my pastel coloured nail polish but I've left it too late in the day and this camera is complaining about low light. I want my old one back :( it's still M.I.A.

However I do have a picture for you.....me in my bikini! This is probably blogging suicide but I thought that it would make everyone feel better about their own bodies - lol. As a girl with insecurities I know that other girls and going to look at this picture and instantly pick holes in my figure! Be honest, that's what girls do!
I'd just like to say that yes, I would like to be half a stone thinner and a few inches taller. Who doesn't? But generally I'm happy enough with the way look and not bothered enough to join a gym. So here it is:

Let's face it - it could be worse!

An Adorable Easter

Hiya! Everyone enjoying the sun? I know I am. My outfit for today was quite summery....my tan is coming along slowly but surely. I went to Winchester with my mum and had a lovely day out, mostly window shopping.
I used to live in Winchester when I was an art student at the Winchester School of Art and found it to be quite a boring place to live! However, the shopping has improved a lot over the last few years and Winchester now has a very Guildford feel to it. Very cosmopolitan! I always used to feel a bit inadequate compared to the hip, glamorous people that live there and now it feels even more that way!
Here's what I wore:

Top: Gap, skirt: Primark, sandals: Primark, bag: charity shop.

This is the first time this year that I have used one of my favourite bags. It's leather and I got it for £2 in my local charity shop! Absolute bargain. I really need to start photo-shop-ing my photos!
Here's a close up of the little details:

The necklace is from Mikey - I've had it for a few years so you won't be able to buy it now!
  I only bought 2 things today. The first is yet another can of Batiste - an absolute wonder product in my opinion! This is a new scent called "Brit" which I haven't tried yet so no idea what it smells like...

I just thought the packaging was appropriate with the Royal wedding coming up!
The second thing I bought was a coat which I'm hiding as I probably shouldn't have bought it. In my defence it was 70% off and it's designer - Ben De Lisi for Principles. Too good to pass up. You'll have to wait for winter to see it!
I fell in love with several things in Jigsaw, a shop I have never been in before today. It's definitely on the pricey side but the clothes are classic and beautiful quality. I also went into Hobbs and found some equally gorgeous clothes. I'll post some things from their website next time I blog.
Until then, have a Happy Easter weekend! x

Fashion for Easter

I went on a mini shopping spree today! It wasn't intentional.....I went into town with the boy and ended up trying on lots of lovely shoes in Primark. Then we went to check out the River Island sale as it is 50% off sale prices at the moment. I some how ended up with 3 new pairs of shoes and a hat.
And here they are!

My new Primarni summer sandals. One pair was £8, the other were £10. Not sure which way round.. They are reasonably comfortable......and oh so pretty! My lovely boyfriend bought me one of the pairs.  :)
Here are my River Island bargains.....

The boots were from the winter collection and I have been lusting after them for ages so I was quite happy to find them labelled at £25 - therefore only £12.50 on the half price offer! They were actually wrongly labelled as the should have been £50 down to £25 but the lovely manager overided the price for me! Good service from River Island Southampton!
The hat was also wrongly labelled (!) at £5 instead of £7 so I got it for £2.50. Score!
My boyfriend got some boots for just £6:

Hopefully they'll look pretty good with dark jeans. So a lucky day all round!