15.52.FlORALS

Boycotted Topshop/Primark/RiverIsland this Summer and refused to buy any kind of floral related hair accessory, namely because my head seemed to always be too big, so channeled my inner country girl and donned wild flowers instead. I seriously need to get over S/S now it's November though. Time to buy hats!

MAJOR.KINDA.

Forever and a day without posting and all I have to offer is lazy phone pictures, so bad. I'm sorry. I thought about having a massive catch up sesh to get back up to speed, but when I tried to back track over everything that's happened since my last post in January, I ended up just thinking-shit! I (somehow) completed my final year at uni, graduated, turned 21, moved house, ran away to America, came back and landed my dream career. Vaguely in that order. Determined to be a better blogger from now on, but Christmas coming up and with an imminent move to London somewhere on the cards, it doesn't look like i'm gonna catch my breath any time soon.

So for now, a few snaps from my latest New York adventure. Fallen in love all over again.

[Belated Paris]

No one likes a whinge, but what I would give to be anywhere but here right now. I think work related exhaustion and living in my p-jams has given me a touch of the January blues- nothing a pair of heels, smudge of lippy and a glass of vino couldn't sort out though I'm sure. Anyway, on the subject of places I'd rather be, I realised never shared any of my Paris pictures from a year or so ago as I broke my camera and wiped my phone. All image credit therefore goes to Emily of themimimanifesto.

[Glam Bam]

So pleased I stumbled across these fiercely glamorous images via 10th Muse today (check my blog roll.) A (fake) fur jacket similar to this gorgeous leopard print number is something I'm on the hunt for right now, not too short but not too long, so I can pair it with indigo skinnies, a floaty waist skirt or even a black maxi. My hairs about ready for the chop too and I think this is the style I want to go for next. Considering hanging on until the Summer though, centre partings in the rain is not something that works for me, sadly I speak from experience.

[Think Positive?]

I feel like this image is appropriate right now, seeings how coffee is about the only thing getting me though. I'm not even back at uni yet and work is already dominating my life. Stress makes me work better though I'm sure, so I'm going to embrace it, even if it does make me scared to go to sleep in case I wake up in the dark having a minor panic attack.

[Sparkle]

That magical time of year is finally upon us and I can't deny I'm more than a little excited.

Photo sadly not my own.

[Worthy]

No rhyme or reason. Just a whole bunch of skanked pictures that seemed good enough to right click at the time.

[00.22]

I know this might seem like some kind of cringe tribute to my bf but honestly, it's not, I just have a few hipsta pictures around that I'd been meaning to post for a while. Naturally, as he's the one with the i-phone, he is always about when I'm snapping. If anything he would hate to feature on my blog, which is exactly why I'm including all the ones he's in.

[Summer Somewhere]

From Talula to Tallulah. This girl has been inspiring me so much recently. Love how she works that mango and miss-matched nail varnish.

[Talula Revisited]

Found these sweet as Talula images earlier whilst flicking through my Photobucket, God knows why I never got round to posting them. I know you've probably already seen them as they swamped the blog scene when they were first published but seriously, I just can't not share them in case someone had the misfortune of missing them first time round. And hey, they're still incred so why not. Gonna stock pile on jewellery with my Christmas money and pray for spring to come early so I can get my cycle shorts back on.

[ Soakers ]

Oh boy oh boy, my first day off after 20 days of working straight. Nightmare..but it looks like I could be back, so what better way to get the ball rolling again than with these little cool kids. It's like they were made for Fash Tub.

[ The Inspiration Backlog ]

Recent and not so recent muses I've been accumulating for a while.

[ Concrete Garden ]

I've never done an outfit post before, but given the amount of fabulous inspiration and tips I'm constantly absorbing from all my wonderful new followers I though it was about time I did.
I'm so lucky to live with the lovely photographer Hayley Roos too, so hopefully we will start making time to do lots and lots more shoots in the future...studies permitting! I've absolutely lived in my denims these last few days and am so glad I added that vintage belt to my wardrobe, this is just one of the ways I've been wearing them by day.

Vest top, Urban Outfitters
Shorts, Topshop
Belt, Vintage
Cardigan, Mango
Cycle shorts, tights I D.I.Y'd
Necklace, I D.I.I'd
Sunnies, Ray Ban
Watch, Forever21

Don't forget to check out the rest of Hayley's photography at www.hayleyroosphotography.co.uk