Polka Dots and Poodles.

Peplum Top: c/o George at Asda. Jeans: Matalan. Necklace: Me and Zena. Clutch: Asos. Shoes: Evans.

I took these photos far to long ago but with my massive graduate hand in and the after math of a weddings and my brother and his girlfriend staying for a week I've only just had the chance to sit down and finally write a blog post. Unfortunately I am pretty behind on posts and have an array of fabulous things to show you which I'm hoping to get posted over the next few weeks so please do bare with me. I'm a little refreshed and hopefully have my blogging mojo back!

This style of top is one of my favourites for summer, long enough to pair with leggings for a comfortable look but can equally be dressed up with denim and heels for a less casual look like I've done here. In this I sized up to a UK22 as I like them to be looser for the warm whether and it also means that the top would be longer on me making sure it covered my crotch for wearing with leggings! The back of the neck also have a really lovely scoop and tie at the back which I unfortunately couldn't master getting a decent photo of! I decided to finish the look by mixing prints in the form of this cute clutch back I picked up on sale at Asos (a bag I'll probably use for photos but rarely out as I like to carry a lot of crap around with me!), denim to break up the dark colours and cute hair and make up, which was from a shoot I did at HMS Vintage and can't WAIT to show you when I get a chance! 

Again sorry for the radio silence but I'm glad to be back and I hope you're glad too! 

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Commissioners Ball.

Me, Adam, Joe, Alex and Dan.

A few weeks ago I visited Sandhurst for one of my oldest friends Commissioners Ball (Joe's in the middle!)
Now of course it was a huge deal and we're all super proud, yes I realise I'm beginning to sound like his mum but it's true we were! It's scary because it actually feels like we are grown ups now and I'd quite like to go all peter pan and not grow up anymore for a while just yet, but unfortunately we have to! The ball was pretty snazzy and warm (as usual I got a little to hot...) My friends parents and older brother and his lovely fiance came too, so it was lovely to have a table full of us!

Of course being a ball it was a black tie kind of event, which was fine for the boys but a bit of a dilemma for me! Luckily the lovely Becky from The Ramblings of Mrs BeBe came to my rescue with this lovely fifties style dress. I wore my petticoat underneath to give it a little more shape and definition added a lovely bolero from The Curvy Collection who you can see on my sidebar and some lovely shoes which Evans kindly sent me way back in the summer. Which as much as I loved I can't last more than a few hours in they killed my feet and everyone assumed I was pissed by the end of the night (which I let them as it was easier than just saying I couldn't walk in heels!) My clutch bag you've seen before and was from accessorize and my hair slide you can only just see I picked up at a Vintage Fair back in January.

It was so lovely to spend time with some of my friends, even though I was the only girl (bar his brothers fiance and his mum). Even the 4/5 hour car journey there and back wasn't at all bad considering I was with all boys, they were trying to make sure they were on there best behaviour! Finally my friend Alex isn't Scottish in case you're wondering he just thought he'd go all out!

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#FFF Pastel Time!

Tee/Lace Top: Dorothy Perkins. Bag: Topshop. Trousers: Primark. Shoes: c/o Clarks.

So we're a week behind due to us all being super busy or just loosing our minds slightly (that's probably just me though and I am super late with this one!) So just in case you missed the first post of the Fat Fabulous Four challenge, we're basically just 4 bloggers me, Becky of The Ramblings of Mrs BeBe, Toni of The only way is Toni and Mhairi of Lilybobombs.Tackling different trends/looks every fortnight.  

This week is pastels!

Now I don't see myself as a pastel princess I own very little I did have an amazing dress I wanted to show you but I'm saving that for a future post, then I remembered this little gem of a top I bought last summer! I paired it with a white tee under as it's still nippy here in the north. I loved these trousers as soon as I saw them in Primark this time last year but due to being so ill over last summer they never left my wardrobe and then I just wasn't sure what to pair them with. So I kept it cute with my quilted heart shaped bag and my pretty much now trademark red lips (Ruby Tuesday from Maxfactor was today's choice.) If you have any idea how else I can style these trousers I'd love to know! I'm actually thinking about making them more ankle grazers?

Now onto these beautiful shoes! I was lucky enough to be asked to review these Clarks Chorus Voice Suede Shoes months ago but due to many things adding up in my life I've only just had chance to show them to you! I've never owned a nude coloured shoe but I don't think these will be my last I was originally worried they wouldn't look right with my wardrobe but oh how wrong I was, not only that but they are insanely comfortable and for a girl who try's to avoid heels at all costs that's a big deal! They also look lovely with my vintage and vintage repro clothing, which is another big plus in my book and finally apologies for the moody expression blame my photographer!

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Bertie!

These pictures are from the Dune press event I went to last week from the Bertie section which I have to say is my favourite! I took so many pictures I'm having to split them into a few posts, I never used to be a lover of shoes but now I seriously am!

I just want to say a big thank you to Amy for inviting me to the event it was my first none plus size press event and I did very much enjoy it as I did the clutch bag I got given which will be perfect to brighten up all my black gear so watch out for that in and outfit post over the coming month! All the shoes were amazing and I've always lusted over Bertie's collections and when bloggers wear the shoes, one selection of there shoes which were displayed in a cabbage patch no less were my favourites and they were inspired by festivals primarily coachella I even did a little video in the Bertie Shed about the shoes with Amy (the image second from the top was taken by the lovely Amy in the shed!) I don't know whether the video will ever be seen, but I do recall using the word hip honestly you'd think I was really old!

Over all it was a lovely event even though I did feel a bit out of place going to it all by myself, though I'm very proud that I was brave enough to do so! Hopefully I'll get invited to some others in the future as it was honestly so interesting! And I finally got to meet Amy who I now adore even more!

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Needed in my life.

I just wanted to quickly post about these shoes before they arrived on my doorstep. These may be the highest shoes I've ever bought in my life and I will most likely either topple over in them or walk like a tranny but I just couldn't say no after I originally tried them on in store and could actually walk in them without wobbling to badly!

So after a pretty unsuccessful shopping trip into town at uni I came back and thought I'd look around online for something and after finding nothing I thought I'd try Matalan and they had the type of dress I was kind of looking for and when I found a promotional code for 20% off ( its earlyxmas in case any of you wanted it!) I thought well I may's well buy the shoes of my dreams while I'm at it. If any of you have me on twitter (and if you do your brave or put up with a lot!) you will actually know that I was in fact dreaming about these shoes its how much I wanted them!

I might attempt them for Curves in Couture but I might not... lets just hope it all gets to me in time!!!

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