I love parcels!

Oooh my parcel arrived from http://www.americansweets.co.uk, filled with lots of nice treats (not all for me, but mostly).

I can't explain my obsession with American sweets. Most of them are so artificial tasting... which reminds me of how the sweets in Britain used to be when I was young, before they started using natural flavourings and whatnot. Nothing wrong with trying to make us healthy though I guess! 

Plus, it's one of my favourite places in the world. I have family there and always have such an amazing time when I go over. So I guess it's a kind of comfort thing to have treats that remind me of those good times.

Don't know if anyone remembers Pretzel Flipz? I loved them as a kid, but they sadly vanished off our shelves here!

I've always been a massive fan of the regular dots, so thought I'd give these ago. They didn't taste anything like candy corn. Very dissapointing!

Most delicious tasting lip balm ever!

A random picture from my trip across the pond over summer!

Also, a little package arrived from http://www.proopticals.com/

I love the skull feature at the side! Gives them a certain edge. 

Geek chic? Debatable haha. Being a fellow spec wearer before having my eyes lasered, I hated wearing them. Having to rely on them to see well was annoying and inconvenient. So it's great to now have the option of wearing these as an accessory rather than necessity. Also, I'm a massive Ray-ban fan, and these have similar frames to the wayfarers.

Sunday!

I've been lazy with my posts recently, so I'm gonna do a biggish one to make up for it.


Firstly, here are some pics of the Christmas light switch-on the other day. It was pretty traumatising to say the least. Everyone was so rude, pushing and shoving. I didn't think it would be anywhere near as busy. Then I had endure performances from Tinchy Stryder and Nicola Roberts. Not really my cup of tea.

Finally after being crushed for over an hour an a half, the lights came on, followed by lots of lovely fireworks! Really impressive ones at that. Made up for all the standing around.

Our usual Saturday night chill out spot was unfortunately hired out for a private party, and there's not many local back-ups that are good for a social drink (as opposed to dancing for hours like a crazy person) so we ended up at TGI's. After a few cocktails and some shots of Patron, we asked the bartender to make us all a balloon hat! Never too old eh?

My new look in my new jumper!

This week I'm looking forward to the start of the Christmas markets! The stalls are always so amazing!

New converse!

I have a slight obsession with all things stars and stripes. So it was only natural for me to purchase some stars and stripes print converse! Right now they are way too 'new' looking. I prefer the more lived-in look (similar to my cream ones I've had 5 years) I have some major wearing in to do!

I  made a few 'looks' on polyvore. The first one (below) is quite a feminine, soft collection, lots of neutral and pale pink tones. I do tend to stick with the whole jeans and trainers look (sometimes a bit messy and grungy), but for night time I think its nice to dress a little prettier.

Romantic Blush by jenkiln featuring pearl jewelry

In contrast, I've made one thats a little more daytime and slightly more me.

Meet my cat, Maki! And yes that is a lid on her head... which, surprisingly she didn't seem to mind wearing as hat.

I need to go and find some navy shorts for my halloween outfit! It's a lot harder than it sounds, and I don't want too spend much as it's silly if I'm only going to wear them once.

Hello Autumn!

I did eventually find a maxi skirt. Not really in the colour or material I was hoping for, I guess I just settled in the end. I saw some lovely autumnal shades, but unfortunately they only had a deep chocolate brown in my size. Typical, I really wanted a burnt orange! Anywho, I'm going to check out some in American Apparel next week, so fingers crossed they'll have what I'm looking for.

 

I've got a list as long as my arm of new bits and bobs I want for winter. A new coat would be nice, but I'm annoyingly fussy when it comes to coats. Shoes however...

I'm in love with these Liberty for Nike Dunk High trainers. The plane print is really cool! 

And also these lined Converse. I reckon they'll look good with some tall, thick socks and tights. 

One day I might start wearing practical footwear but until  then...

I've noticed there have been some really beautiful sunsets lately. This was one I snapped last night :) xo

Friday feeling

This week's gone super fast! 


This is my latest look. When I say latest, it's actually from about a month ago. Its no where near warm enough to go tightless.

 

I'm actually a bit gutted that summer is over. Well not that we had a proper summer in England. But the slightly warmer weather was a bonus! I was in denial of it getting chillier for a while, but now I've decided to embrace the cold weather. Look forward to the little things like the christmas markets and gingerbread lattes instead. And I also bought a snood. 

From Urban Outfitters. I love their accessories. And I'm a little bit obsessed with navajo print still.

So glad its Friday! Enjoy your weekend! xo