OOTD: Lacy Sheffield Night Out!

At the weekend it was one of my best friend's 24th birthday, however she lives up in Sheffield, so we don't see her much :( But we went up to see her and party for her big day!

We had the day off work on Friday so we could travel up early and not have to rush too much getting ready and going out. We went out for a crazy cheap Chinese meal first, I think I spent like £7 and got spring rolls and the most massive bowl of satay chicken I have EVER SEEN! Mega tasty too.

We went out to a night called Bunga Bunga which was on the industrial estate of Sheffield town, at a venue called The Yellow Arches. The night actually happened on Saturday too, but we just went for the Friday (not sure I could have done it 2 nights in a row!).

Croptop- Topshop £10    Lace Shorts- American Apparel £29 (I got them for £10 in the sale though!)     Pumps- Vivienne Westwood & Melissa £80ish

I was so excited by these shorts! I realise they are pretty much lingerie BUT I did wear v.thick tights- no bum could be seen haha! And it matched so nicely with my shoes and crop, I just couldn't not wear this outfit. It's definitely a favourite now. Now I just need to work out how to style it for summer without getting my whole arse out LOL.

What do you think? Have I taken it too far with my lace/lingerie shorts haha.

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: Nottingham Night Out

A couple weeks ago me and some friends went up to Nottingham to help celebrate one of their little sister's 20th birthday.

On the way up we stopped off at OK Diner on the A1 and I had the most amazing peanut butter and chocolate milkshake, it was insanely delicious. If you ever need a pitstop driving on the A1 then I highly recommend it.

While in Nottingham I did a tiny bit of shopping at local vintage/charity shop, where I got a quilted coat originally from River Island for £8!!! And the crazy 80's shirt I am wearing for £4.
It was a really fun night, including running around the club raging, lots of crazy dancing and general drunk antics! RL Grime was playing and was ridiculously good, hence the dancing (which hopefully burned off all the alcohol calories haha).

Shirt- Charity/Vintage Shop £4    CropTop- Sparkle & Fade £16    Shorts- Ragged Priest £20ish    Bag- Vintage £4   Creepers- Underground £89

My new friend ;)

Peter the cat who just seemed to like living at their house even though it didn't really live there!

Two posts in one week I must be having a very good week! I'll try to keep up the good work :P

love&'ugs

bakes x

OOTD: leather & flatforms

This is an outfit I wore to the pub the other evening, pretty simple really! I got the leather jacket for Christmas which I was really chuffed about :) Well actually I got it in the Boxing Day sales after Christmas because I couldn't decide on a leather jacket before Christmas! But it was lucky really since it was half the price in the sales, so better for the 'rents :P

And I'm wearing jeans! Who would have thunk it, I hardly ever ever wear jeans, but this pair from New Look are my new favourites, not that I had a pair of favourite jeans before...

Oh and the flatform converses were from the Boxing Day sales too, so glad I didn't buy a pair before, otherwise I would have spent double on them.

Leather Jacket- Topshop Boutique £90 (down from £180)    Shirt- Urban Outfitters (old)    Jeans- New Look £19.99(I think they are on sale atm)    Flatform Converse- Schuh £16 (down from £32)    

iPhone Case- ebay £5 (I think)

Just another view of the shoes, yum.

That's about it at the moment! Been really bust at work, but hopefully I can post some work outfits up soon (they have really good full length mirrors, perfect for outfit shots haha).

love&'ugs

bakes x

New Year, New Start, New Gwynedds Collection!

I've been AWOL for quite a while- sorry!! I have no excuse other than laziness and Christmas/New Years events taking over my life and then the inevitable slump and blues that comes with January! But January is almost over and I'm motivating myself to get back on the blogging train- YAY!

You might remember my last post on Gwynedds- a premium casual and luxury basics brand from Germany and I wrote about some of my favourite pieces. Well they have just released their Spring and Summer collection for 2013 and it's looking really great and I wanted to share some of my favourite pieces with you all again!

They describe their SS collection as-

"Keeping with their easy-wear aesthetic and focus on comfort dressing, the new season sees the brand add to their loungewear basics with skirts, silk and sparkles, to create a collection that works day to night.  The pieces are designed to be layered and styled your way, with different ways to combine and wear the range.  A palette of muted brights make the new collection summer-ready, or great for injecting a touch of zest in to these early Spring days."

My favourite pieces are:

Boggel Tie-Dye T-Shirt

Who can resist tie-dye? I definitely can/t!

Sillow Skirt

This silk cut skirt is just perfect, I can just imagine myself flowing around in a summer daze wearing this skirt!

Fespo T-Shirt

I love sequins and I love cute birds = this is the perfect t-shirt for me.

I think the new beautiful skirts, silks and sparkles are perfect for every girl's wardrobe! I want them all :P

Gwynedds believe 2013 is the year to embrace your personal style and I couldn't agree more! :D
What do you guys think of the new collection? Any favourites you want to add to your Spring/Summer wardrobe?

love&'ugs
bakes x

Check out Gwynedds online at- www.gwynedds.com
Or shop the collection at- www.misscouture.co.uk