A graduation outfit

 

 Dress - Red Herring 

Cardigan - Dorothy Perkins 

Shoes - Schuh 

  

Last Friday, (November 30th), was my boyfriend Raymond's graduation and I thought I do a short post on what I wore seeing as I wrote a post about finding a new dress for it. I wasn't feeling a 100% hence the odd expressions in both photos but the last photo was the only near enough full length photo that was taken that I am. I forgot that the uni's colour was red and didn't wear the red to match, I wanted to wear my gold sparkly cardigan but with glittery shoes it felt abit too much for daytime and my red cardigan is warmer! There are more photos of him as it was a day to make him feel special. I am proud of him for sticking at uni :)

The dress was on offer and I got it for £28. I liked the gold studs on it but something wasn't right with it and after a while I decided to take the belt off and it looked so much better. The belt looks different in this photo, but in reality it is a very cheap belt and the gold colour made the dress look cheap even though it is priced at £38! The bottom half of the dress fitted nicely but the top half seemed too big and made it hang too low for me. My mum worked some magic and added acouple of stitches to stop gaping at the front and back as well as under the arms. I still decided to wear a top underneath cause it was cold and just to cover up abit more for daytime. Below is a stock photo of my shoes I wore, I forgot to take a photo of them on. I got them back in July in the Schuh sale with some money I got given for my graduation.

I probably won't be posting very often upto christmas anyway, as now I am working two jobs! One is in a shop and one as a followspot volunteer for the pantomime at the local theatre that is re-opening after being shut for nearly 5 years. Today has been my first day off for 7 days! Hope everyone managed to enjoy their weekend.

Kids Don't Behave Like This.

Dress - Dorothy Perkins 

Cardigan - TU  

Blazer - Vintage 

Necklace - Dorothy Perkins 

Hairband - River Island 

Shoes - Urban Outfitters  

This is what I wore to see on a cinema date with the boyfriend to see Looper the other week. Our date was short lived as we ended up running into some friends from uni so sat with them, went to the pub after, then met up with some others from uni for £1 pizza. It was an impromptu meet up, but those kind of days are normally those that turn out better than days that have been planned for ages. I very much enjoyed Looper, much different from what I excepted but in a good way. I am not going to spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen it but I have seen reviews of it being compared to Inception. I am a big fan of Inception but Looper is in no way similar to it. The concepts are completely different! Has anyone seen Looper? What are your thoughts on it?  

I took these photos when it was dark outside and it was not until editing that I realised what a difference daylight makes. My tights were actually purple not black as they appear. I am not skilled enough at editing to make them their true colour. The blazer was a lucky find at Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair in Glasgow. It was lucky that we managed to even find the place as we got lost trying to find QMU only to find out when we eventually found it that it had been moved to Glasgow Union. It was very confusing! There were some very nice things at the fair but as always everything is mostly too small for me, my friend Claire had the opposite problem as everything was too big for her. I picked up this Blazer for a tenner after to the stall twice to try it on. It would be annoying to have gone through an ordeal to find the fair and leave empty handed ;) It keeps me very very warm as it is made of wool, I should be able to wear it long into winter which here in Scotland is saying something! The brogues were bought at Urban Outfitters at the back at beginning of the year and have been worn a lot after stretching the leather round the ball of my foot sits. The thing I love most about these brogues are the punched heart pattern on the front as it's just an usual thing to find on brogues. 

The title of this post is one of my favourite songs from Northern Irish band, A Plastic Rose, I have become somewhat friendly with them speaking to them over twitter and finally going to see them in May after first falling in love with their music years ago (found them on myspace, so that is how long ago we're talking!). I've seen and met them four times now, last time being the week before last. With their long awaited debut album Camera.Shutter.Life. due out next week, they are currently touring to promote it. They still have some dates left so you should check them out if they are playing near you, (I probably should have posted about this sooner mind). They'll be touring again in the new year, as I've been told. Anyway go listen to Kids Don't Behave Like This.

Heartsink.

Dress - New Look 

Cardigan - F+F (old)

Shoes - Red or Dead @ Schuh (old)

Hair bow - Dorothy Perkins  

These photos were taken at my boyfriend's flat which will probably become a frequent back drop for photos as it is a vast improvement on a brown kitchen door behind me. This is what I wore to meet some friends for a birthday lunch at a little cupcake Cafe in town the other week. It is my favourite place to eat, I will need to capture some good quality photos on my camera of the cupcakes. This cardigan I got for my birthday many years ago, (I think it might have been my 19th!) It is my favourite cardigan and will probably frequent outfit posts often. Also goes to show that supermarket clothes can last a long time! I love these brogues but they feel rather heavy on my feet (does anyone else get that?) and sometimes pinch my heel but with some heel saving tricks I have picked up they will stop being bad to my poor foot. This was also my first attempt at a bun using a bun doughnut, it is a bit too messy but then again it won't help that my hair is in dire need of a hair cut!  

Today's post title is from Brighton band Blood Red Shoes - Heartsink. I do love the video as all the people in the video are fans of Blood Red Shoes, They told fans they could be in the video buy sending in photos of their unusual items given by former lovers that they wanted to wreck and it looks like it was a fun thing to do.