Cause I May Be Bad But I'm Perfectly Good At It ♥

Evening lovelies .. 

It's been a little while since I've bestowed upon you all an 'Outfit of the Night' post and so low and behold here I am with one for you now! 

I've definitely been loving wearing all black recently. I'm not sure if this is because I've been finding it just 'easy' or whether my style is developing into a more 'classic' look, but either way here is the outfit in question!

Underneath all of the layers I have a simple black bandeau top - All Saints

Black V-neck T-shirt - Zara

Leggings with 'leather' effect detailing at waistband - Zara 

Leather & Suede Waterfall effect jacket - Oasis

Block heel boots - River Island

I really loved this look when it was all pulled together, I felt dressed up enough to go out for a meal & drinks yet comfortable and not worrying about what I looked like in the slightest! 

My love for Zara is ever expanding, I seem to buy almost everything I purchase from that store.. Rarely a day goes by when I'm not wearing anything from there! Love it :)

Hope you're all well & I'd love to hear what you think? 

Xx

Keeping Chic in Black...

Evening Lovelies! 

It's been such a while since I posted a proper 'OOTD', I know my New Year post included my outfit from the night, but it was also an opportunity to say that I hoped you had all had a fabulous night! 

So here we have my first 'proper' OOTD post from 2011! 

Yesterday I had my 4000 word dissertation (part one) to hand in at Uni, it had been sent to the printers on Friday to be printed & bound and so all I had to do was pick it up and make the drive into Newcastle and hand it in!.. Afterwards I decided, along with my gorgeous little sister to have a little bit of a shopping spree as a reward for all of my hard work.. So off we trotted to The Metro Centre! 

This is what I chose to wear, from top to toe...

Long Black Cardigan - Ted Baker

Mauve Silk Shirt - Zara 

Leather effect topped leggings - Zara

Thigh high boots - Dune

I wore Barry M's Dusky Mauve on my nails and teemed the outfit with my Pandora & my Bibi Alhaja Bijoux charm bracelet..

Hope you're all well

Muchos Love Xx

P.S. Remember, if you have any questions you wish to ask but don't want to e-mail me about you can contact me via my Formspring account by clicking here...

Practically Fashionable...

So as you may have seen in my last post, I'm currently loving this summers recycled trend: the crop top! 

The crop top is a trend which first took a stronghold in the 1980's, and was originally inspired by American Footballers tops, which were cut short in order for the players to be kept cool whilst playing in the heat. It seems like everyone wanted a piece of the look as they were popular for both men and women alike :) - Can you picture your other half sporting one?.. I'm not so sure!

Now, in 2010 they're back with a vengeance and boy am I pleased. As much as I'd like to sit here and lie to you all and tell you that 'I too wear my crop top to keep me cool while playing sport', we both know this isn't in fact true hehe.. I do however work in a rather stuffy environment which is by far lacking in the air-con department! 

This look was put together with comfort, practicality and aesthetics in mind...

Crop Top *River Island Sale*

Jeans *Jamie Ultimate Skinny - Topshop*

Sandal Boots * Zara*

Besides being an ideal choice for me to wear to work, this was a perfect choice for my day off, which I spent mooching round the sales at the Metro Centre and in our rather large TK Maxx store (..They've started selling Calvin Klein & Lancaster Makeup!?)

I do realise this is my second OOTD post in a row, it's just I'm again super busy this week and when I decided to wear this I thought it was possibly worthy of a post :)

P:S...Don't forget, I now have a Formspring so get asking away...

Xxx

♥ Delicious Bargains from the Zara Summer Sale ♥

Evening girlies :) 

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend! - Mine has so far consisted of work, work & more work! 

I am desperately trying to not let the fact that I don't have a day off until Wednesday depress me ha.. I do however have a casting for a hair & makeup competition with Aveda on Monday; needless to say, the mere insinuation of a 'makeup' casting was enough to bring about a major breakout in my chin region... Let's just say Laura won't be getting the job! ha 

To put an end to my rambling I thought I'd show you all a few things I managed to pick up in the Zara sale in the last couple of weeks. I have to admit I totally love Zara after falling in love with the brand on a holiday to Tenerife 5 years ago; they have a fabulous flagship store there :) - I'm hoping to go back in October for my 22nd Birthday!

These little, or should I say rather chunky, beauts were first spotted by myself and my sister when they first arrived in store, probably back in March sometime. We were silly in not picking them up straight away, and ummed and ahhed over them.. Consequently they all sold out, aside from 3 pairs which were in the shop window on mannequins! We then asked a member of staff and the lovely girl told us they would either be a size 5 or 6 and we could put our name down for them, to be called when they eventually changed the display. Lo and behold, we got a call when the shop went into sale telling us that in fact they were a size 5 and we could come and pick them up :) .. Their original retail price was £89.99, but due to them being part of the display I got them for just £49.99!

As the wedge also has a platform, they are super comfy to walk in, a major plus! 

When I was in the store picking these up, I also spotted out of the corner of my eye these other two pairs of summery sandals...

These ones here are reminiscent of so many on the high street, the familiar style of this seasons footwear; the 'sandalboot' - At first I was really quite wary of this concept as I have a major hangup about cutting my legs off at the ankle, I feel it makes me look stubby, even though I'm a fairly tall 5'8ish.. However, the material these have been made out of is a really soft slouchy denim. As you can see by the tootsie marks on the sole, I've been wearing these quite a lot! Mostly for work, with jersey or denim hareem style pants (eliminates the illusion of a cut off leg)... These were originally £39.99 but I got my hands on them for a mere £19.99

Finally, under a pile of messed up t-shirts, I found these little gems! How cute are these please?!

I'm yet to wear these, but I think they'll work really well with a maxi dress for an evening... They'll also be ideal to take away on my holiday...(that I'm yet to book! hehe) - Again, I think these were supposed to be £39.99 and I got them for a steal at £19.99 :)

So there we have it, my lovely purchases from Zara! - I bought quite a bit in the Topshop sale too, which was surprisingly really good up here (Topshop Metro Centre & Debenhams) - Although a lot of the things I bought were cute little jumpers which will be ideal to take me through into Autumn *shudders* at the thought of cold weather :( 

I may do another post on what I picked up at Topshop, so if you'd like to see what I got my hands on just leave it in a comment below :) 

I'm hopefully going to post the winner of my blog giveaway tomorrow as well, so stay tuneddd :) 

Nighty night princesses :)

Mwahh xx