Wardrobe Weekly

Monday

 Thank goodness I had the foresight to take Monday as holiday after a a weekend away. I felt like I'd spent the last 3 days sweating and was just exhausted! Wore this outfit to go and do some grocery shopping. As it turns out, still too hot for a jacket (even a super thin one!).

Jumpsuit 24 - George

Jacket 26 - Simply Be

Flip Flops - Ipanema

Tuesday

 Something a bit OTT for a hot day!

 I love these dresses (I have a similar one in white & red) because they are super girly and a little bit like wearing a period costume!

Dress 26 - K&D London via ebay

Flip flops - Ipanema

Wednesday

 I was off to the ballet (Coppelia) after work so I wanted to look relatively smart. I also wanted sleeves in case the air-con was a bit cold in the theatre, but I needed something lightweight to combat the heat everywhere else. Double silk to the rescue!

 I wore all rose gold accessories and then managed to leave all 5 rings in the toilets at the ballet - classy clientèle though as thankfully they were handed in!

 I always think the London Coliseum looks like it was decorated by Elton John!

Dress 22 - Anna Scholz White Label

Rose gold rings & earrings - Silvershake

Sandals - Primark

Thursday

 I was planning to go for a swim after work at my local lido (scuppered because Thursday nights it closes at 6.30... BOO!) so I wore something that would be easy to put on over a swimsuit. This is a  great jumpsuit (you can see how much it has loosened up with a bit of wear - good old Primark, accidentally clothing fatties again!) but the open back meant I had to wear a jacket with it.... don't think my colleagues have any desire to see my bra!

Jumpsuit 20 - Primark

Jacket 20 - New Look Inspire

Flip Flops - Ipanema

Friday

 I've had this dress for a while but I saved it for hot weather. It's really see through as it turns out, so good job I had shorts on underneath!

 Shame I don't have any nude bras!

 Dress 24 - Vintage Evans via ebay

Earrings - Can't remember where I got these, had them years!

Flip Flops - Ipanema

Saturday

T-shirt 22 - Asos Curve

Trousers 22 - Dorothy Perkins

Sandals - Primark

Sunday

I'm dying my mega white hair today, and chances are I'm not going to get dressed because it's too hot for clothes!

ootd's

I'm so behind with my ootd's on here! I've been wearing some summer faves recently, so I'm just chucking it all together on a night when it's not too hot to sit at my computer! There may be mosquitoes out there, but I do love having loads of big trees to look at!

Monday (Last week!)

 This is a dress I break out when it gets hot. I love it! It's Anna Scholz and is one of the dresses I got with my £100 winnings from her blogs customer competition. 

Close up you can see the print is made up of scarab beetles. And the colours! It's too cool for school frankly!

 For Lunch we headed out to Grosvenor Square, where they are hosting 'summer in the square'.

There's free music and games and chill out zones. It's a lovely little sanctuary right in central London! It's on until the end of this week, so if you work round here go and get yourself an icecream and enjoy a bit of opera! Summer in the Square.

 

Dress - Anna Scholz Black label

Cardi - Primark

Flip flops - Ipanema

Tuesday

I totally forgot to take a picture of me in my outfit, but I wore my lovely George Jumpsuit (with a lightweight blazer from new look. I looked mighty smart, honest!

Wednesday

 Busy busy busy! Boiling hot day, so I opted for a super lightweight Asos Curve classic. It's the first dress I ever bought from Curve, and also therefore the first to be quite different from the pictures! Luckily in this case I'd been worried that the dress would be too short for me (it was well above the knee on the model!) but it's actually a midi, and I LOVE IT!

 Me and my work mates went for some cider festival action after work, only to discover the pub with all the flyers / posters didn't actually have ANY of the advertised ciders (name and shame, BARLEY MOW!). Thats why we stumbled over this super cute raised garden...

 I've worked in this area for 7 years, and I never knew about Brown Heart Gardens! Quite fascinating. I also tried the new blackberry & elderflower pimms... tastes like ice pops!

 

I left the ladies to meet the boyf in Wimbledon to eat lush food (at Bills - the prawn cocktail.... ummmmm!) and then watch Monsters University. I enjoyed it, the boyfriend was left a bit cold by it - but Monsters Inc is his favourite movie so it was never going to live up to the original was it?! Anyway, I was particularly taken with Wimbledons Morrisons. Awesome sauce!

Dress - Asos Curve

Flip flops - Ipanema

Thursday

Casual and loose.... Tired. An early night followed!

T-shirt - Asos Curve (available here in white)

Trousers - Dorothy Perkins

Friday

So then, I got this dress in the 24 remember? I didn't need to size up because it's made of a sort of jersey material, not a 'silky fabric' as Advertised! I started the day like this....

.... It wasn't long before I discarded the cardi thanks to the super hot weather! Nice dress huh? It's sort of an a-line swing dress (the description makes more sense if you read the standard sized version!)

When I left work for a meeting I pulled it in at the waist with the cardi. Love this dress like this! Sadly it's now sold out.

Dress - Asos Curve

Cardi - primark

Sandals - Ipanema

Saturday

The Lambeth Country show (a free festival put on by the council in the park next to me) was so much fun.

 I completely forgot to take an outfit picture but you've seen me in this before anyways...

I wore another Anna Scholz Black label number!

We had food, drink (a slush puppy in my case because I like drinks made for children!), looked at some crafts and listened to some music. Lovely day!

Sunday (didn't get dressed!)

Monday

I love this Asos Curve dress, it's lightweight and cute, so I wore it again!

I also wore a plastic ankle bracelet..... I've had it for so long that I can't remember where it's from!

Tuesday... Today... We've caught up!

Getting my arms out has felt so good recently. It's too hot to cover everything up! I ended up with what I would describe as a 'romantic' look today. I guess the dress is pretty lady-like, but the bun took it into period film territory. Love it, I felt beautiful today, didn't care what anyone else thought!

Dress - China via Ebay!

Earrings - Forever 21

Sandals - Ipanema

This happened today (BASTARDS!) which means that my Mod Cloth dress is nearly with me. Fingers crossed it fits... I have no idea what to expect if I'm honest, the sizing made no damn sense! I actually have a few new things to show you, but I've had to re-order 2 dresses that didn't fit, so I'm waiting for their replacements before blogging about them!

Don't you know it's like a heat wave?!

I love it when the weather heats up... mainly because I love my summer wardrobe! Here are my shitty snaps of this weeks outfits! xx

Monday

 Dress - Anna Scholz (White Label)

Aviators - Ray ban

Flip flops - Ipanema

Tuesday

 I really wanted a trapeze / tented maxi dress this summer. I regretted not buying this dress when I saw it a few years ago so I was chuffed to snap it up on ebay a couple of months ago!

Dress - Primark (size 16!) via ebay

cardi - dorothy perkins

Gold hoops - Silvershake

Wednesday

Dress - Ruby Rocks for Evans (available on ebay size 22 here)

Cardi - Primark

Leggings - h&m

Sandals - Ipanema

Thursday

When it's hot, I break out the jumpsuits!

 Jacket - TKmaxx

Jumpsuit - Forever 21+

Sandals - Primark

 Friday

Cardi - Primark

Dress - New Look Inspire

Sandals - Ipanema

Asos Parcel... being returned :(

Working week tweets

 

Monday 

Aviators - Vintage Versace

Denim jacket - New Look Inspire

Dress - Anna Scholz 

Bag - Dorothy Perkins

Sandals - Primark

 

 

I fucking LOVE my crayon print dress!  And I love my (pale!) bare legs too

 

Tuesday

Dress - Evans

Cardi - Primark

Flip flops - Ipanema

 

   

I took a trip to Primark this week and got these awesome sunglasses - I've wanted some heart shaped ones for ages, but had no intention of paying more than a fiver for 'em. Perfect!

  

I also picked up this cute monochrome jumpsuit from Primark for £10. The 20 is pretty generous and I love that it's got cuffed ankles and pockets!

 

Wednesday

Cardi - Dorothy Perkins

Top - primark

Trousers - Very (similar here)

Sandals - Primark (current, and on sale for £6 in black & tan - I have both of course!)

  

One of my favourite ever rings came out of the box today - this is a classic from Primark, I ended up getting one for my sister too because she was quite jealous!

 

Felt a bit like I was in a Harem wearing this outfit!

  

I got a 'mood' ring from ebay (here) and I love watching the colours change when it heats up on my finger!)

  

Thursday

Aviators - Ray-Ban

Jacket - Clements Ribeiro for Evans (1st Swan collection)

Dress - Clements Ribeiro for Evans (3rd Swan Collection, similar here)

Leggings - Primark

Flip flops - Ipanema (similar here)

 

  

This coat is one of the 2 items I got from the 1st Swan collection. Still love this jacket, it's great for this kind of weather, although admittedly the shape means that it only goes with a few things!

  

So then, in my review of this dress (here) I said that it wouldn't necessarily be good in hot weather because the fabrics a bit synthetic, but I completely take that back, it was great in the heat and kept me very cool! I do however stick by my claim that it is not very good quality for £45. It's quite see-through so I'm wearing a nude body shaper underneath (little bit like this one). It's got much baggier throughout the day, and despite it being quite spacious on me now I spent my lunch hour sewing up the button holes because they kept coming apart every 2 minutes..... just walking from room to room seemed to be enough to pop them open which is fucking ridiculous! It also creased up really badly on the back of the skirt, and because the fabric is so flimsy there is not weight to pull it back down! BUT.....

  

....... it just LOOKS so beautiful! If this had been a firmer fabric with a bit of stretch to it I don't think I would have had so many problems with it today (and more people would have fitted into it!) but I'm not a designer so what do I know?! Anyway, I've got a long weekend full of activities coming up, so my next post will be outfit-tastic! xx