My sort-of-summer outfit

Last weekend marked the first day of the year (the first sunny day I wasn't working that is) that I felt sure that I could wear my sandals and not get chilly feet , so I thought I'd share some pictures of my outfit of the day. It wasn't so hot that it was unbearable but just warm enough to know I definitely didn't need a jacket. Ideal for me, a fair-skinned shade seeker. I quite like a relaxed, simple sort of look for the summer and I love loose tops with ankle grazer jeans and sandals.

Loose stripey tee: Topshop, Black waxed skinny jeans: Topshop, Cream and metallic sandals: River Island, Long pendant necklace: Minkpink

 It was a lovely sunny day spent people watching in the park with a Starbucks iced caramel macchiato. Bliss. 

More of these days please, Mr Weatherman!

The Fall

I don't usually watch TV dramas, but after hearing how good Broadchurch was from multiple people I thought maybe I'm missing out. I generally find I don't watch a lot of TV at all - I'm much more likely to pop a DVD on - so I thought this would also be a good opportunity to make the most of the old TV licence!

A few weeks ago my Mum told me about a new murder-type drama coming onto BBC2 called The Fall so I thought I'd give this a go. I don't usually watch anything like this because I find it a bit too disturbing but even though The Fall is definitely disturbing, I found that I was drawn in and now I can't help but watch it.

The third episode was on last night and it was just as gripping as the last two. At one point I was even clutching a pillow in anticipation of the horrible thing that was about to happen (it didn't... yet). As much as it creeps me out I'm desperate to know what the killer's motives are, or whether he'll be found out.

I lightened the mood by watching Made in Chelsea afterwards, but I still made sure all the windows were locked before I went to bed. And all the bows on my bras were intact...

Walk a mile in my dolly shoes...

Recently, a lot of fashion trends I remember from childhood seem to be coming back into style. Crop tops, platform shoes, backpacks... Even though I thought I'd never see 90's fashion make a come back, it does make me feel pleasantly nostalgic.

Something I'm really loving at the moment is dolly shoes. I tried a pair on at the weekend and they brought back fond memories of my very first pair of "fancy" shoes.

I was around 6/7 years old and I thought they were the most beautiful things in the world. After having to contend with a lot of hand-me-down clothing and "sensible hard-wearing" shoes, these were my first brand new pretty shoes that I was so excited to wear. They were a soft pink colour with a single strap across the ankle. Little princess shoes. I would gasp in horror if I got a speck of dirt on them, and would continuously wipe them clean which my friends would tease me mercilessly about. Even though I couldn't keep them pristine for long, I'll always remember the way I felt when I put them on, and I think that maybe triggered a little obsession with footwear. Even though I'm far from a shoe-a-holic, I do love that feeling you get when you know you've found the perfect pair, and they can easily transform a whole look.

Many years later, I think I could still make these dolly shoes work for now. Topshop have some super cute pairs in at the moment, these two being my favourite:

I think they'll be first on my shopping list come pay day, and I'll be wearing them with ankle grazer jeans and a pretty summer top (if the weather allows). And maybe a tiny part of me will feel like my 6 year old self again, when all I had to worry about was keeping my shoes clean.

The Great Gatsby

So I went to see The Great Gatsby last week, and I loved it! It was so corny and over the top and extravagant but so bloody good. I loved the way scenes of party goers dressed to the nines in their 1920's garb, glittering with jewels were accompanied by a bass-y Jay-Z track. It shouldn't work... but it did!

The part I loved most was the depth of the characters. It gave you just enough about each character to make you wonder about them. What really lies within Daisy Buchanan, underneath her fluttering eyelashes? And the idea of a man like Gatsby. So mysterious and wild within, yet so utterly tragic and quite simply... alone. The excerpts from Nick Carraway's book (I assume taken directly from Fitzgerald's novel) made the lit geek in me all giddy. Somehow, I have never read the actual novel, but after watching the movie it's definitely next on my list.

Now, where's my flapper dress? No church in the wild.