OOTD: Spring Chick Vs. Grunge Goth

Just a quick little post for you guys showing you how I styled my most recent purchases, which you can read about in this post here. I really wanted to wear some colour because spring was taking sooooooo long to come around. It seems to have arrived now and I like to think this outfit had something do with that ;)

I also enjoy how cute my spring colours are on top and how grungy and dark my bottom half is, I just love my creepers too much and when summer comes around they are too hot to wear so I'm getting as much out of them now as possible! I can't believe I've had them for 3 years either! Literally the best wearing pair of shoes I've owned, they look like I got them out of the box yesterday.

Cardigan- Vintage £6    Shirt- American Apparel £51    Leggings- Zara £20    Creepers- Underground £89

Necklace- Matalan £10

What do you think of my outfit mash up? Are you as insanely happy as me that spring has turned up FINALLY?!

love&'ugs

bakes x

Not Really Supposed To Be Shopping Mini-Spree

Yesterday I made a little trip down to a couple of nearby towns (Ware and Hertford if you're interested) to have a browse because I was going a little stir crazy sitting around at home.

I'm not realllllly supposed to buying anything at the moment due to lack of job (anyone out there feel like throwing one my way?! Seriously I don't think I can fill out any more applications without gouging my own eyes out), but decided only looking in the charity shops would be allowed, since you can never really spend too much in them, well unless you buy the whole shop.

First stop was Isabel Hospice my favourite charity shop in Ware, for some reason it always has the best pieces, like my Jaeger trouser from my last post. Anyway I found this perfect little signet ring, I realise none of my name has a 'D' in it but I couldn't just leave it there for a meagre £3. Also it was the only ring to fit my ridiculously small fingers and it's still too big to fit on my little finger so I have to settle for my ring finger, but it's all good.

Engraved Signet Ring-  Isabel Hospice £3

Recently opened in Ware is a Vintage Shop/Tea Room called Vintage Wares (clever) so I popped in there to see what I could spy, there were quite a few lovely things including a Topshop navy lace slip dress that I wanted to get my paws on but being £20 was slightly out of my budget, so I settled on a pastel mint cardigan I thought was perfect for spring.

Pastel Mint Green Cardy- Vintage Wares £6

Next I decided to drive over to the Matalan in Hertford. I get the impression from a lot of people that they really don't like Matalan because they think it's a bit rubbish and only for mumsy mums and old people, but I actually think it's pretty decent. I mean obviously there's the 'old person' parts to it but I usually always find something there I would wear and a lot of their jewellery is on par with Topshop or River Island styles and for a fraction of the price.

I've been searching for a statement necklace for a while now but the afore mention highstreet shops like Topshop's prices have put me off, with some of them reaching over £20-25 for basically a piece of costume jewellery! Anyway I found this beauty in Matalan for £10, it has everything I was looking for- gold and silver chains, pastel hues, spikes, sparkles and glitter. A killer piece I think you'll agree.

Statement Necklace- Matalan £10

Definitely going to wear it under a shirt collar and with my new cardigan! Also picked up these stackable animal rings for £3 down from £7. I do love a good animal ring.

Stackable Animal Rings- £3 (down from £7)

Just one more photo to show you my collar/necklace detail from my outfit yesterday. The rest of my outfit wasn't super interesting just leggings and a wooly jumper, but god damn I love this shirt, it is so unnecessarily loud haha.

Shirt- Charity Shop in Nottingham £4    Necklace- Isabel Hospice £2.50

Anyone else had any charity/vintage shop finds recently?

love&'ugs

bakes x

OOTD: Sparkly Jumper Workwear

Ahhhh it's Monday again, I swear they come around wayyyy too quickly :( I had a pretty lovely weekend, one of my besties was back from a holiday from India so I heard lots of amazing stories from her that made me very jealous! Butttt... I have booked my summer holiday- hooray :D Five girls, two weeks, one Ibiza! Going to be absolutely ridiculous and crazy and brilliant. Only have to wait 5 months haha!

Here's my outfit from work today, since it's still pretty chilly I'm still wearing big knits and the obligatory tights under leggings and an extra pair of socks just to keep warm! This is probably my favourite jumper at the moment, I got it in the after Christmas sales from Topshop and the gold thread running through it make rather special, I feel a bit like a unicorn or fairy or something! I decided to nip it in at the waist with a cheapy Primark belt just to give my body a bit of shape!

Jumper- Topshop £20 (was £45)    Belt- Primark £3    Leggings- Anywhere!                                  Chelsea Boots- Matalan £10 (were £20?)

The bow in my hair was an attempt to keep my hair under control and I think it did a pretty good job, especially since it's just a piece of cutoff material. Work is crazy busy at the moment too, all the lovely new collections for Spring and Summer are being delivered and are being put in store and online. Busy busy bee!

Anyone else have a favourite jumper for the wintery season? Any advice of warm but fashionable outfits I can wear to work?

love&'ugs

bakes x

OOTD: Pastel Checks & Fur

This is what I wore last Saturday I think, so a bit late, but better late than never! And I really liked this outfit :D

I did a bit of charity shopping that Saturday and you can see the amazeball bag I got for £3!!! I also got a pair of Jaeger trousers (for £3 too!) that I'm hoping to feature in the blog soon, just need to work out how to style them!

On Saturday night I went and watched fireworks (v.late I know!) with my parents and my sister and her boyfriend, and then we went for indian and I ate wayyyyy too much haha! Tasty though.

Shirt- Monki £19    Leggings- Topshop £12    Boots- Matalan £10 (sale)    Faux Fur Scarf- New Look (old)

Probably the best bag I have or will own & only £3!!!

Final parting shot ;)

So this blog was short and sweet wasn't it! Been super busy at work, with lots of changes going on, but good ones :) I'm off to a bar in London called the Moustache Bar on Saturday, so I should have a little 'going out' outfit for you guys :)

Hope you have all had great weeks. Any fun plans for the weekend?

love&'ugs

bakes x

A/W 2012 Lustlist

September is truly upon us now and it's about time I took my head out of the last summer clouds and resign myself to the fact that I can't be wearing denim cutoffs unless I'm wearing some wooly tights too- boohoo! To cheer myself up I have decided to compile a little wishlist of some goodies I wouldn't mind wearing this Autumn/Winter.

1. Ebay- £11.99

Love this pleather skirt too much and it's a steal! OK, OK... I might have already caved and brought this beauty but it was too much to resist and the little studs were just screaming 'BUY ME!"

2. Tatty Divine- £89
Tatty Divine always have masses of pieces I want every season but this Autumn I'm lusting over this Leopard Necklace, but at £89.00 it's a definite stay on the wishlist but I love it none-the-less.

3. Gloves- Topshop- £10    Chain Link Snood- Accessorize- £22    Pom Pom Beanie- ASOS with Piers Atkinsons- £13.50
Everything else on my list is a bit dark so I thought I'd brighten things up with some lush knitwear in some colours to remind us that summer does come back one day... They don't match but I don't care!

4. River Island- £30
I think these shoes might be a marmite situation with people, but I really like them. A great transition from summer boat shoes to winter fur lined boat booties! Not sure if I like them in brown or silver best...

5. Topshop & J.W. Anderson- £69.99

Finally I couldn't leave putting on something from the Topshop and J.W. Anderson collaboration and this jumper jumped (harhar terrible pun!) out at me when I first saw the collection. Perfect for Halloween (or any other time for that matter).

Now I've finished this list I'm actually pretty excited about the cold (weirdo) and the layering of woollens and hats and scarves and gloves! So I guess my list did the trick of making me excited for winter (along with the prospect of Christmas!).

Goodbye short shorts and tiny croptops- see you in the Spring!

love&'ugs
bakes x

P.S. I really like this aztec shawl from Matalan, is it wrong? I don't know!? It is only a tenner...

OOTD: Space Bandit!

I think this outfit makes me look a bit like a space bandit/gypsy!

I wore this to work today and because the top half is a bit plain I decided to jazz it up with huuuuuuge hoops that I have developed a huuuuuuge love for! And a black bow since my hair was definitely not behaving this morning!
I know loads of people think Black Milk are way overpriced but to be honest I have worn my leggings so much now, they have probably cost about £1 per wear and I got lots of nice compliments about them :)

Here are some of my usual crazy photos that I took on landing haha!

T-Shirt- ASOS    Galaxy Leggings- Black Milk

Sorry for the bum shot, but I wanted to show you the beaut detail on the leggings!

GRUMPY! 

I made the bow myself with an off-cut of fabric when I was cutting up a top! My hoop earrings were from Matalan about a year a go. 

You can just about see the remainder of what my makeup looked like this morning- I had little dots of eyeliner just in the middle of my bottom lashes which I think looked quite cute and different from usual.

I had a really great day at work today and did some good work I was told so I'm still on a high from that I think and it's only Tuesday, can you believe!? Hope you have all had lush days.

love&'ugs
bakes x