Smells like Autumn.

I start my degree on Monday and I'm pretty much just desperate to start already! I need a bit of something new in my life, and a fresh-start, or something.

And then I was on Tumblr the other day and saw this picture and I was like YES. This is what I want. I want hats and scarves and boots and autumn.

So I bought myself some boots and I dug out my scarves and I am looking forwad to being able to wear them. And this picture generally just emulates what I'm into for this Winter. I did a little hunting on my favourite websites, New Look, River Island, Dorothy Perkins, ASOS (I cannot WAIT until H&M open their online store!).

I'm totally buying into the whole chunky socks and boots trend, too, I want to hit up River Island and buy me some. The heeled boots with aviator-style-fluff are from New Look and I want them so badly. I just can't think where I would wear them, and as a five-ten girl, I don't really need boots like this, haha. So I compensated and bought the black boots in the bottom left, courtesy of River Island. They were only £40 and thought they would be useful for winter times and slogging about uni. I definitely want a big fairisle-style scarf, like the black and white River Island one or the grey New Look one in the bottom left. I also really want a parka. I'll have to see about that one.

In conclusion, it has rained all day and I want to start at uni already! Going to check out my friends halls down at Maidstone tomorrow, hoping this will get me all geared up for it. (:

What are you wearing this winter? Show me!

Shopping: It's an awful, awful addiction.

And someone needs to take my credit card away from me! Argh!

As I said a few days ago, I went to Westfields on Monday, in London. After minimal hassle getting there (like my dad leaving the sat-nav cable in his car at work...!) and going the wrong way in Shepherd's Bush.. we got there.
And I had my serious shopping head on! I wanted to find a dress to wear out on Tuesday night as I was going on a night out with some friends and I'm just fed up of everything I own! Plus my crazy-overtime made it possible to go on shopping-frenzies.
I got two dresses. (:
I went and had a good look around New Look, and this was where I aimed to find something. Say of New Look what you will, I love it. I have too much boob and hip for the likes of Topshop or something like that, and think that Topshop is waaaay overrated, personally. I like buying stuff from places like Dorothy Perkins and New Look and making it my style, instead of buying someone else's style, if this makes sense!
Anyway, to New Look we went, and I couldn't really find anything at first, if I'm honest. We tried on jumpsuits which were horrendous! Haha, clearly 5'10 is not a good height for an average person jumpsuit. My crotch.. well it weren't pretty, and let's leave it at that.
Then I tried on this dress, and wasn't a massive fan on the hanger, if I'm honest. Got it on, and I loveeed it! It makes my boobs look really good, sucks my waist in just about right thanks to the elastic band around the middle, and the poofy skirt. If you follow me on Twitter, you'll see I posted a picture of me (excuse my stupid face! haha) in it, but this is it;
2 in 1 Mesh Dress, £28
I'm not sure about the flower, but it is just pinned on so i might take it off and put it in my hair or something. I want to wear this with big curly hair and black smoky eyes and lots of baby-pink lipstick. It was a bit pricey at £28 but I liked so I didn't really mind. Bad times my student-discount has expired until September. ):
I didn't buy it straight away, and went to look in H&M, as I usually find some great finds in there. I tried on a few things that I liked, but then I got to this one and it was just very me. This is an awful picture, sorry, and I don't have one of it on butttt;


I well love it. Haha. It's quite long, but I'm tall, and it's very comfy. It was £19.99 which is pretty good, I feel. It comes with extra bits incase any fall off, which is also handy. I wore it out on Tuesday night, in fact, paired with brown gladiator sandals, golden-brown nail varnish and straightened hair. Here you can see my hair and makeup, but I didn't get any full length shots, I'm afraid!

I also picked up a couple of nail-polishes when I was in Inglot. I love these because they're super good quality for not so much dollarr. These are £7! And for that you get 15ml, which is the same as an OPI or Illamasqua polish (China Glaze are 14ml and MAC are 10ml, for comparison). Which to be honest, for a good quality polish I don't mind paying for. And they have a fantastic range of colours. I'd link you to their website.. but you can't buy their products from it which is incredibly frustrating.


320 and 851.
I kinda hate that they don't have names because numbers are so tricky to remember! But anyway, I got these two. The darker one, I adoree. I wore it on my nails Tuesday night because it's a super dark brownish-black with gold flecks and it looks awesome when it catches the light. And the green one.. well I went to put it on last night and it was just a ball of frost, really. In the shop I swatched it over some leftover polish on my nail (MAC's Blue India) and it was much prettier. So I'm not sure what to do with this one! I think it might have to be one for layering. Sigh.

Today I needed to get my moisturiser because I just couldn't cope without it for much longer, and my friend needed to take some shoes back that had broken on her.


I feel like the glowing halo behind this picture is accurate because it is my One True Love. No moisturiser will ever compete with this bad boy. It is beyond fantastic and I am very glad it is back in my life. All is well, now.
And then my other friend needed some leggings from H&M and so I picked up a couple of basic things, which H&M do very well.


Black 'Satin' Headband, £2.99 / 10 Brown Hair-Ties, £1.99 / Eyeliner Sharpener, 99p
I also picked up a couple of sneaky black cardigans/wraps from New Look because one, I need them, and two, both of them were down in price. One was long and drapey and down from £17.99 to £12, and the other was shorter and had a sort of mottled-pattern and down from £16 to £9! So y'know.. kinda had to, really..! But shh, don't tell my mum.. I'm telling myself they'll be good for the autumn.

And another quick picture of my makeup today. I want to wear this kind of makeup with that first dress and the new headband and curl my hair.. so now I need an excuse to do that! This is Creme Cup lipstick by MAC, fyi. (:

Well I can't really go naked, can I?

Recently.. I have spent far far far too much money and bought quite a bit of clothes! I can't help that I love summery dresses and they're in all the shops at the moment.. Understandably I've bought a few bits and pieces, and thought I'd share and tell you where to find such items.. (: I've linked to a couple of things, so you can see how things differ from the internet image, too.


Flowery bandeau dress, £7.99, H&M
This top has been absolutely perfect for sunbathing in, and just lounging about when it's really hot out. I love that it's just about long enough on me to wear with leggings underneath. My friend Laura got it in black, too, but I fancied something a bit different as I own a lot of black!


Grey-blue striped dress, £9.99, H&M
I've worn this a lot recently, and I really love it. Unfortunately with various bras, I have to be careful about showing off too much boob! It came in a green-stripe too, but it reminded me too much of old school dresses, so I went for the blackish-grey striped one. It looks a bit blue in some lights, too. An odd colour, we'll say, but nice for hot days, also.


Long green dress, £24.99, Apricot at New Look
I am desperate for it to get really warm and I can wear this on many of the beach and BBQ trips we have planned! It's on the long side, so I'm hoping it'll be good for hanging out at the beach or my garden with bare legs - I hate my legs! haha.


Hummingbird shirt, £4.99, H&M
Definitely love this. I adore hummingbirds and really want to own them.. so I pretty much buy anything with them on! Haha. And it was only a fiver! Super comfy. I've been slobbing about uni and town in this with leggings and some summery flats, and a light cardi.. love it. On the hanger, it looks like it has a bit of an odd-placed line around the middle, but it comes to just under my chest, which is good, but I've worn it a few times with a belt around me middle. It comes in other colours, too.


Striped nautical ballet-flats, £12, New Look
These were priced at £12, but I got them when New Look was doing a 20% off with a student card month, so they were a bit cheaper than that. I was trying to stock up on cute flats for the summer, and it's a pain to find things in my size, so I pounced on these when I saw them. They also come in yellow and red. I quite like the red ones, actually.. hmn..


Flamingo necklace, £4, Accessorize / Love bracelet, £4, Accessorize / Bow ring, £4, Dorothy Perkins
I've bought a great deal of jewellry recently, but I'm just showing you my favourite pieces. I've been into gold, too, which I hated when I was little, but I think it works better with my skintone, for whatever reason.

The next were a few things I got for my birthday, so I'm not 100% sure on the price!

Lime green dress, £3.99 H&M
This is supposed to be one of those beachy cover-up's and as such, it's made out of really thin material (which is why it's so cheap), which makes it a little bit see-through, but it's hella comfy and I have a bra the same cololur.. so I'm set. (:


Parrot vest, £10, New Look
I just thought this was really cute! Haha.


Blue maxi dress, £35, Dorothy Perkins
I realllly wanted a maxi-dress. I was hunting for them. This should really be pre-empted by the fact I am five foot ten and a half. Maxi dresses in normal shops aren't really maxi dresses on me.. more like.. calf-dresses. it's awkward, in all. I found this in the Tall section in Dorothy Perkins and it was the absolute perfect length. I wore this the day of my birthday BBQ, which was pretty lovely. (: It's amazingly comfotable, and I love the design.


White leggings with brown stitching, £5ish, H&M / Brown Leggings, £10, New Look
I needed some new leggings because I basically live in them, and fancied something that was a bit different from my usual black. The white ones are what I guess you would call 'jeggings' but I hate that word, and I they're basically legging material, just with the stitching. The brown ones are very comfy, too. (:
And that's all folks! Hope you liked this and it wasn't too picture heavy for you.. (: