I really like this look that I wore yesterday, it's quite smart and more thought out than normal. I've been looking for a blouse to layer under jumpers and have the collar poking out for ages and this ASOS one fits the bill perfectly. I had also just come back from the hair dresses so my hair is looking much better than normal. I need to have a hairdresser friend who can do my hair before work for me every morning, and someone to do my make up and someone to make my breakfast....





The Skirt was provided by Zalando which has a HUGE selection of items from brands like Oasis, Darling and Vero Moda.Its from a brand called Great Plains which I've not heard of before but a lot of their stuff reminds me of Whistles and French Connection. I really want the dress with the same print now, aren't the bicycles cute? It's such a light and silky material and I like that it comes to my knees which makes it acceptable for work.

If you sign up to the newsletter on Zalando you get £5 discount off your first order and they also have free delivery. I wish they had a paid delivery option so you could get your parcel the next day but I suppose a 3-5 day wait isn't too bad when you don't have to pay. I love the fact that you can buy from so many brands on one site and also avoid the £4 delivery fees that a lot of stores charge.

I'm off to Birmingham for the weekend now which I'm really looking forward to. I hope you all have fun this Easter weekend and eat as much chocolate as you possibly can! Creme eggs are perfectly acceptable for breakfast on Easter Sunday, right?

This is becoming one of my favourite dresses. I don't have to think about what to pair it with, I just throw it on with some black shoes and a cardigan and I'm ready for work. I picked it up in the ASOS sale for about £18 just after Christmas and it has already had plenty of wear.

As the title state; tigers never change its stripes, the same could essentially be said about us humans. Humankind haven’t turned the Breton stripe trend down since it first was introduced by French navy seaman’s more than 100 years ago. What is it about these stripes that make us keeping going back to them?
It is one of them fabulous basic pieces that if you have it in your wardrobe, it would be used frequently. Maybe it is the perfect colour combo of navy blue and white, that makes us dream of nostalgic sea, sun and French sailors? Or is it that it goes with absolute everything? It is easy to dress both up and down. Either it is after work drinks (match with red lipstick) or a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park – the Breton stripe top makes the perfect fit. 


This spring you could wear your Breton top with some of the latest trends like white heels, boyfriends’ jeans or bomber jacket. Or why not wear a nice white lace skirt or an emerald pair of shorts? Neon, which entered the fashion scene again last season, is certainly hot this year as well. First and foremost neon accessories will be trending, think clutches, shoes and big bold necklaces. If you are daring enough a yellow neon blazer would look great with a white pair of shorts and your Breton top! Inspired by Breton stripes the big talk of fashion SS13 is the monochrome and geometric patterns. It is everywhere, on pants, tops and dresses, a definitely must have this season if you are a self-proclaimed fashionista. All these styles and colours are going to be hot this spring and following summer.

I spent the weekend with some lovely blogger friends at Norbury Manor in Derbyshire. A relaxing weekend away was just what I needed and I had such a wonderful time. I was more than a little sad to leave and had a full on strop when I returned to work after such a perfect trip. I do wish all weekends could be like this, it was such fun pretending to be lady of the manor. I want to say a big thank you to to Alex 
for organising the trip, Chloe (for ordering and preparing all the food) Sarah (for making some amazing cake), Alice, Sophie, Sarah, Char, Bex, Lucy, Rosie and Maria for putting up with me on the train and having to share a room with me. I really don't shut up so well done Maria.

I've already shared a few snaps of my weekend away with you in my previous post but I took over 200 photos that weekend and wanted to show you how beautiful the house was so prepare yourself for a photo heavy post...




Posing in front of Rosie's camera on self timer, there are some hilarious outtakes from these group photos.

This weekend I visited Norbury Manor with some of my blogging friends and thought the pretty garden of the house would make a great location to take some snaps of my new favourite dress. I will do a full post about my weekend in a couple of days but for now I have some outfit photos to share with you.

This dress was an impulse buy from Pepperberry which is sold in Bravissimo shops. The brand makes  clothes designed with your boobs in mind. If you have ever had the frustration of having to buy a bigger size than you need  just to avoid gaping buttons across your bust, then Pepperberry is great for you. I would normally have to wear a vest top under this style dress so avoid looking trashy but this brand have three size options depending on how much extra room you need for your bust. You can hoose from Curvy, Really Curvy or Super Curvy. I opted for Really Curvy in a size 14 (normally wear a 16 to accommodate my bust and waist). It wasn't cheap, coming in at just under £60 but I think it's a pretty special dress and worth the money I paid for it.


Posing in front of the Medieval hall which is attached to the much later 17th C house that we stayed in.

This outfit is very different from what I normally wear, for a start I'm not wearing black tights which I live in. I always love how Liv styles a classic striped top but I don't own any trousers so I paired mine with a black pencil skirt and my favourite shoes. I think this is a fairly chic look for work for me considering I sometimes turn up in converse and a hoody.

I've got something a little different for you on here today. I wanted to introduce you to Rai from Blargle Fargle, one of my favourite bloggers. I think Rai's blog was one of the first ones I ever subscribed to and I always make sure I read her latest posts. I have also been  lucky enough to hang out with Rai on a few occasions now, she's such a lovely lady!

Just a brief post today to share some of my party photos with you from the weekend. I've been planning and looking forward to this 90s themed party for ages and I had a blast. Most of my favourite people were there and it got a bit carried away with all the decorations and ordered 100 glowsticks from eBay... The party was inspired by My Mad Fat Diary and its amazing soundtrack, if you haven't seen it yet you should catch up on E4. You will watch all six episodes in one go and end up laughing and crying at the same time.

I only took photos on my instax and a disposable camera so hopefully it will look like the party was actually in 1996 not 2013. I've not has a disposable camera since a school trip to France so I can't wait to see what they look like once they have been developed!

I've been wearing a variation of this outfit to work for about two months now. I've ditched the super girly and floral dresses and I'm loving a more casual look, it makes getting dressed up on weekends feel a bit more special. The skirt is a new purchase which I've been lusting after it for months, looking at it in store and online and waiting for the sales. It was originally £45 in Oasis which is a crazy price, it dropped to £30 in the ASOS sale but I managed to get it for £15 in the Oasis sale with free delivery. Patience is a virtue!

It looks dark in the photo but it's a lovely purple colour and matches my bracelet perfectly. I had forgotten all about this bracelet so it was nice to dig it out and get some use out if it. I've clearly got too much stuff if I forget what I own...

This week has been very busy again, I'm really starting to miss working part time. I feel like there's never enough hours in the day and taking any photos for the blog is becoming impossible because my official photographer (my reluctant brother) also has a full time job now. Time to invest in a tripod? Enough of the moaning though, it's been very busy but also a rather lovely week.

I thought I would share what I've been doing in work all week as I don't talk about my job on here that often. It can be a little dull sometimes, with the same routines everyday but I like to get stuck in with the fun marketing initiatives in work. We wanted to gather feedback about the libraries from the students but also promote our collections and make the students aware of the history of Wales.

Apparently St David's last words were 'Do the little things' so we asked the students what little things can we do to make a big improvement to the libraries? I handed out free mini Welsh cakes to bribe the students to leave feedback on a post-it note and I made a little display about some famous Welsh people and displayed some lovely books from our Welsh collection.


I also bought copies of some new releases this week like the Bastille album and the Christopher Owens one, I'm loving both. I try to make an effort to buy dircect from the bands so they get more of a share of the profit and you benefit too because they usually sign them or include some free gifts. I've always bought my music online but I popped into Spillers Records to pick up the Christopher Owens album and managed to get loads of free music mags to read on the train home.