Photographic memories

I was looking through a big ol' pile of photos at my Mum's the other day and I felt so nostalgic, looking back at memories from all the years past and smiling thinking about that day or that moment in time.

It got me thinking... with everything being digital now, we (well, I at least) don't 'develop' photos anymore. Some people may be really good at printing out every photo they take but I admit I'm not so good at this. I'll maybe print the odd few, if I want to give them to family or frame them but I never just print a load off aiming to pop them in a photo album to create memories years down the line. Looking at photos on a computer screen is nice but there's nothing better than holding actual photographs in your hands. In 10, 20 years time will I have piles of old photos to look through like I do from my childhood? Or will they all be stored on a computer, or an SD card somewhere? Takes away some of the magic dontcha think?

I've also realised that apart from taking the odd photo on my phone, I don't capture memories anymore. I can't really remember the last time I got my camera out and took some photos of my friends/family/boyfriend/etc. However this may be because my current digital camera is infuriatingly USELESS. So I have decided that at the end of the month I'm going to buy a new digital camera so I can take lots of photos for me to sift through and remember the good old days in years to come.

After all, I'll only ever be this age, in this moment, once.

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.