It’s that time of the year where there are lots of parties, events and family gatherings where you want to look your best and wear something glamorous. I'm sure a lot of you are experiencing "What do I wear to the Christmas party?"dread, but fear not! There are some cracking dresses on the high street at the moment and I have selected my favourites for all your festive party needs.


Every girl should own a LBD, you can’t go wrong with classic black. For a bit of a spin on the classic bodycon  you could try the Silence + Noise Faux Leather Dress from Urban Outfitters. I think this would look great with some spike detail jewellery and a dark, vampish coloured lipstick.
The Dark Green chiffon and lace dress from New Look is less dressy and would be great for Christmas day with the family or you could wear this work work and pop some heels on with it for post work festive drinks.
The AX Paris Sequin crochet waist dress is another twist on the classic LDB with a bit of added Christmas sparkle.


If you’re feeling a bit more daring and want to splash on some some colour or pattern you could go for the Leopard print wrap dress from Miss Selfridge or the Sequin dress from boohoo.com. The leopard print dress is my personal favourite from all of my picks, I'm obsessed with leopard print and would wear this all year round. Finally, the Black lace sleeve dress from Dorothy Perkins was too pretty to leave off my list. I love the delicate lace on the sleeves and the sparkly detail on the waist.

Have you spotted the perfect party dress yet or is it still way too early for you to be thinking about Christmas and the party season?

I had such a wonderful time in London yesterday, it would be great if all Saturdays could be like that. I got the 7.30am coach from Cardiff (it felt wrong to be up that early on a Saturday) and spent the entire day in Covent Garden.
I wore my new dress that I mentioned in this post. It has a lovely big collar which you can't really see in the photo and it is the perfect length. Why are dresses all so short now? I also wore my new hat which I was a little self conscious in, not sure if I'm a hat person.


As a bit of a crazy Dr Who and Harry Potter fan I was obviously there to see Arthur Darvill (Rory in Dr Who) and Matthew Lewis (Neville in Harry Potter)



I met all the cast at the stage door and they were all very charming. Matthew Lewis felt like his performance wasn't as good as the others in the cast but he had nothing to worry about. I tried to play it cool but I was so excited to meet Arthur Darvill.

I headed off to Byron Burger to calm my nerves after meeting Darvill, pretty sure I was having palpitations. I'm a bit obsessed with Byron burgers after trying them at Bestival and I wasn't disappointed when I had one in one of their restaurants. The courgette fries were amazing, going to try and make these myself at home.



Going to see Our Boys has got me thinking about what play I'm going to see next. Currently on the lookout for cheap tickets to see Peter and Alice with Ben Whishaw and Judi Dench. Got any recommendations for what I should go and see next?

There are lots of mid season sales on at the moment so its the perfect time to snap up a bargain. I'm avoiding all the old summer stock and pastels like the plague and trying to find items that will last me throughout the winter. Here are my top sale picks (I'm waiting for a few of these to arrive, can't say no to a bargain)




The Urban Outiftters mid season sale was launched today and there is free standard delivery all month with no minimum spend.You can also use UO10 for 10% off full price items.

There is  20% off all dresses in Dorothy Perkins this weekend.

There is 20% off all orders and free delivery at Wallis with the code VCFREE2 but this ends tomorrow. Also try FRIEND20.

You can also use the code DAISY10 to get 10% off full price items from Daisy Street.

WELCOME20 will get you 20% off your first order with AX Paris


Hope you find these codes of use, let me know if you get anything nice.

I got a holiday bonus in my pay recently and rather than being cautious with it I blew it all on shoes, make up in Paris and booking trips to London. Life is too short to be sensible, right? Well I was a little sensible, I scoured the Internet for discount codes to use on all my purchases before buying. I wanted to treat myself to some nice things and even 10% off pricey items can make a huge difference. I used the code AUTUMN15 to get 15% off my Vivienne Westwood purse from Spartoo. I thought that it was about time that I got an adult purse, all my previous ones have been from Paperchase with cakes or animals on. I think this is much more grown up and hopefully it will last me for years.


I got to try out lots of new drinks at Bubblebase including original with tapioca (my favourite), green apple fruity with green tea and green apple jellies and a few more. It is the only bubble tea retailer in Wales and they are very odd but tasty. You can read a great review by Hannah here.

I need a break from  A Song of Ice and Fire series and the trashy Jenny Colgan books that I've been reading recently and I picked up The Virgin Suicides and Bonjour Tristesse, both of which I've been dying to read for ages. I managed to get both for £1 each plus p&p on eBay, bargain!

I've had my eye on a pair of Vivienne Westwood Melissa for a while and a holiday bonus and 20% off unidays code were the final push I needed to finally get a pair. The 20% off code has expired now but you can still use the codes UO10 or AUTM15 to get a discount on shoes like these (or anything) at Urban Outfitters.  


I bought all the make up and skincare items at a huge Sephora store in Paris and I've only just had the chance to try them all out. I LOVE the Bioderma cleanser, it's such a huge bottle and was around 10 euros which is think is a pretty good price. I am taking pretty strong antibiotics for my acne at the moment (sigh) which make my skin very dry, I find this cleanser stop my skin from drying out and reduces some of the redness, it also stops the itchiness when my skin is healing. I bought some miniature shower gels, eye make up remover and cleansers to try out before I buy full size products when I return to Paris or get my Parisian friends to send me some. All these products are good but I really liked the eye makeup remover, not too greasy at all.

The Outrageous Volume Mascara was nothing special, it didn't give me the length or volume that my Lancome one does and runs throughout the day. Don't want to waste it so I will wear this to work or when I'm out running errands. I loved the primer but you only get a small bottle, will be re-purchasing this.