Mood Elephant

I found this trawling through some old stuff of mine, it seems to be stuck on navy so I thought it was broken but a quick look on the internet tells me..Green: Happy, Orange: Upset, Navy: Totally stressed out with loads of work on. Creepy.

Coat: H&M, Dress: Topshop via eBay, Belt:...might be a necklace, I found it on the floor at work

Like I can play guitar..it's my housemates.

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Spotted and topp-ed.

Top: £1 Vintage place, Belt: Vintage off my Mum, Skirt: Oxfam

Oh, I'm sorry you caught me drinking tea! And almost caught me doing this...

Love a belly top. In the right context.

I got the skirt from an Oxfam in Liverpool on Saturday and it was £4 which to me seemed a bit pricey. I accept that charity shops are exactly that, charity, but I would have bought more stuff if everything hadn't been £4. There's a big difference between a casual £8 and a not so casual over the £10 mark £12, at least to an impoverished student. And know the clothes I bought hadn't been cleaned before sale...the lady I shuffled away from a million times because I was convinced it was her that smelt so bad probably isn't so aware of that.

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Notage: Bizarrely I just popped over to Fashion Pearls of Wisdom and found this Grazia spread:

what can I say, I hadn't seen any of this, but I'm quite clearly fashion psychic. All I need to do now is look half as good in my vintage version.

DIY multi-purpose bow

I feel this is a bit of a cheat really as it's a bit too simple to class as a proper DIY, but I whipped this together on a whim last Friday and it's been pretty successful. Simply get a bow tie (Blue Rinse Vintage on Oldham Street has a whole suitcase of £3 each ones for Manc. peeps)

Then hack at the thing with a pair of scissors to get the bow off the tie, realizing in the process this makes the bow fall apart. So do a quick bit of frankenstitching..

And that's pretty much it. After that you simply slide in your attachments for any purpose you want.

Easy pie!

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All the pretty horses

Dress: Take Two (? - some sort of dicount cos it's broken shop in Liverpool), Slip: M&S, Necklace: China+Topshop

I was pretty bummed when only two weeks after buying this topshop necklace the chain was so orange it looks stupid. I only wore it for a few days. Definitely reminded me why I don't buy jewellery from most places. Luckily the struggle necklace came through for me as it always does.

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Pick-me-up

Sunnies: charity shop, Shirt: TBA, Jeans: Topshop, Boots: KK

How sulky do I look? Actually I was in a bit of a bad mood, hence the pick-me-up shirt. I completely love this shirt/dress, the silks silkiness makes me feel all expensive and high quality - which I just ain't in real life. Pick-me-up sunglasses as well, I get all 'Yeah I'm an assassin - what's that Leon? You know who killed my family? Let's drink milk together and have a quasi-sexual/paedophilic relationship'.
If you know what I mean.
Clothes, they make you feel better/help you slip further into your fantasies of being things you're not.

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Gggrrrreat minds think a-...what!?

Walking through Liverpool One yesterday I spotted this little coincidence which me and boyfriend found pretty funny so we took a piccie. I was about to post - just for lolz, when a little bit of research tells me:
Me: eBay Vintage Top + Blue Rinse Vintage Shorts = £45
Flannels: D&G Top + Acne Shorts = £365

Whooooweeee. Stuff's expensive, maybe the shorts (£130) are a great fit yadayadayada but a D&G oversized T for £235? Mines a silk oversized T and it was £26 on eBay (£13 of which was postage from America), and I can roll up the sleeves too!
Gosh.

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Same same but different

Dress(as skirt): TK Maxx, Jackets: Korea/H&M, Jumpers:Huk/Coast

You wouldn't think this was me going 'I have an essay hand-in so I'll just pop on the same thing as yesterday'...No, hesitation, repetition or deviation.
The dress I bought for a Murder Mystery night I went to a few weeks back and it's gorgeous. I was supposed to be a 16 year old in the 20s (actually the 40s but I read the invite wrong...) and it was just right.

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Heathcliff!

Thats right! The jig is up, it's me the soon-to-be-princess-formerly-known-as-waity-Katie Catherine Middleton!
Only kidding. The upcoming royal wedding is giving me prime reason to indulge in a little royal kitchanalia. Personally I think it's great, why shouldn't people be pleased other people are getting married? Our tax money is funding the police officers? Well Glastonbury gets police officers too...so it's alright (there's a line of logic there somewhere).
So hoorah for a little more happiness on a grey April day.

Ring: Sainsburys (£3)

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