Alice Ballet

My Week in Photos

By Gem - 13:22:00


1. I wore this on Monday to work and then I met up with some friends after work for some shopping. I got the top with my 40% Peacocks discount, I usually go mad when the 40% off offer comes around every few months but I already had all the dresses I liked from there!

 
2. My ballet outfit, I didn't get too dressed up because it was a modern ballet and I saw it down the Bay in Cardiff so it wasn't very formal. I got the dress from Evans last year, it makes a nice change from florals.

 
3-6. I saw the ballet in the Millennium centre which is one of the nicest buildings in Cardiff, I'm not usually a fan of modern architecture but I love that the building looks natural and the bands of different colour slate are beautiful. I'm such a Dr Who/Torchwood geek so I had to take a photo of the tower and the little memorial to Ianto and character that died in the last series of Torchwood. There are messages on the wall from New Zealand and America. RIP Ianto!

 
7. I really enjoyed the Scottish Ballet production of Alice and you can go and see the New Zealand Ballet when it comes to Cardiff for only £10 if you are under 26. It's something that I didn't think I would like but I really enjoyed it, it's good to do things a little different. The story of the ballet was a little tricky to follow because it was a mix of Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking glass. Alice in the ballet was a mix of the fictional Alice and the real life Alice- Alice Liddell. The ballet also drew on Lewis Carroll's interest in photography, Alice falls through a camera lens rather then a rabbit hole. The court executioner was the Jabberwock and stalked the stage with a cube on his head... it was all rather odd but splendid!
8. I bought a pair of denim shorts from New Look, I've never had a pair of shorts before! They aren't too sort which means I can wear them without tights in the summer to the beach or when I'm walking the dog.
Have you had a nice week?

Check out Where Are My Knees? at about 6pm tonight to see our weekly round up and there are also lots of great recipes on there for you to make something lovely to eat this afternoon.
xx

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18 comments

  1. Unknown8 May 2011 at 13:26

    Yay Torchwood! hehe c: I adore your dress in the second photo <3

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  2. VanessaValkyria8 May 2011 at 14:39

    Oh, Ianto's shrine :___( how I miss it and the bay U_U

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  3. kate louise.8 May 2011 at 15:05

    I work at the BBC and when Ianto died we received millions of packages filled with tea and coffee from people all over the world protesting! Love Torchwood! <3 x x

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  4. KLEE8 May 2011 at 15:41

    ah the shorts look nice! i have a pair from dotty p's but theyre too short to wear without tights :( glad you enjoyed the ballet lovely. id love to go! xx

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  5. Ffion8 May 2011 at 16:02

    I love the shorts! I've got a pair, but they are starting to look really scruffy so I'm on the lookout for a new pair!

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  6. Anonymous8 May 2011 at 16:55

    When I was about 17 I used to wear denim shorts all the time. I'm doing them again twenty years later because I think they great.

    I always call Torchwood "Touchwood" after the shopping centre in Solihull. I do it everytime and the more I try not to, the more I do it.

    Caroline
    xxx

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  7. Sarah8 May 2011 at 17:23

    Aww it sounds like you had a lovely week :)
    x

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  8. Joy8 May 2011 at 17:31

    Must watch ballet again. Glad you had a fab time.
    Hope you're having a good weekend.
    j❤Y

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  9. Sharlxo8 May 2011 at 17:40

    well done on buying some shorts, nothing better than trying some new or different :D
    you look gorgeous in the top two photos

    sharlxo.blogspot.com

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  10. Emma x8 May 2011 at 20:16

    I love that first outfit, so pretty x

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  11. FromGemWithLove8 May 2011 at 20:44

    Sounds like a fab week Gem, I love the ballet xxxx

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  12. Anonymous9 May 2011 at 09:05

    Hey - new reader *waves* and coincidentally I went to the Alice ballet too (I have an obsession with all things Wonderland related, hence the name of my Etsy store - wonderlandboutique!) in the Bay, and it was just spectacular!

    Amy at Wonderland Boutique x.

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  13. char9 May 2011 at 10:43

    love that checked dress! i have never been to the ballet, but it is something i would like to do :) more so now that i've heard so much about alice from various bloggers - v glad you enjoyed it! Xx

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  14. Sophie9 May 2011 at 11:47

    Looks like you have had a lovely week!
    Sophie
    x

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  15. Maria Fallon9 May 2011 at 13:20

    Love these outfits, you definitely look like you have lost a load of weight too, gorgeous! :)

    Maria xxx

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  16. Cat9 May 2011 at 19:37

    Ooh, I'm off to see Alice this weekend - can't wait!

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  17. Jazzy E (Hivenn)10 May 2011 at 15:16

    Love the architecture photos! x hivenn

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  18. Chantele Cross-Jones11 May 2011 at 20:33

    I adore the ballet, sadly didnt make Alice but saw Cleopatra a few weeks before!

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