Winter can be beautiful

Even though it is only light for about 8 hours a day and even though I am a complete sun worshipper and flinch from anything cold, there is something beautiful about the winter.
I think it's the skeletal trees and the whole sense of nature renewing itself. If I were a wild human I would be hibernating in a cosy den of feathers and dry moss. Ok, I kind of am (I'm in bed right now).
The main thing I love is the blue-ish light and the super bright anti-cyclone days.

Winter, you're alright man.

You guessed it...

I am ill again. Again!!! I'm not quite sure when it was that I got so sickly but I think it was about 2 and a half weeks ago, about the moment I gave up chocolate and sweets. Boooo :(

Craving a Kinder Bueno White right now. I could murder 4 packs of them!

I wish I could snuggle in under my duvet and what Chris calls the 'Indian blanket' right now.

What I wore to be a goth

I honestly feel most comfortable wearing black. I'm a true goth at heart, I just know it. In fact, I've so far watched Twilight 4 times and I think I like Paramore... Ok, I know Paramore is a bit more emo than goth but the line between the two can be hazy at times. Maybe I only like the Paramore songs that are on the Twilight soundtrack...not sure.

But I bought a black leather mini skirt, so that must mean I'm a goth, right? Only joking. This outfit was inspired by the wonderful Mademoiselle Robot and her leather and lace combo. Leather and lace combo - I like that; kind of sounds like a fast food meal option? I'll have the Leather and Lace Combo meal, please. Kthxbai.

Leather Skirt - vintage from Urban Outfitters
Blouse - Topshop
Shoes - Topshop
Belt - a gift

Again, the photography and the background is awful. I will learn to use my camera properly and find a better backdrop, I promise. Office style blinds are bad enough in a bedroom let alone the background of a photo - damn rented flats. And I need to show the shoes properly - they have this wicked gold strip on the back above the heel. Next time I'll get a better picture.

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X Factor...wtf

For those of you who've been reading since last year, you may have noticed a distinct lack of X Factor blogging. That's because this year is awful! I'm really so sick of it and just watching it now out of habit (and there is a part of me that wants to watch...just a little bit). Tbh, it's more of a guilty pleasure now rather than something I genuinely like.

I wanted Miss Frank to win...now I want Stacey to win. I'm very happy Jedward have gone but it's just no good anymore.

My new fave reality show is Scream Queens! So addictive and bitchy. Love it.

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An apology

I just wanted to say sorry for the lack of posts and the negativity. It's been a weird past few months but things are looking brighter and January 2010 is not only going to be a new year but a new start as well as I am going to be looking for a new job. It's all quite exciting but I still don't know what I want to do with my life. I've learnt a lot about what I don't want to do though! But it's clear that it's time for me to move on and explore new things.

Amatuer photography...?

Only joking. It's not my photography (certainly not) or my great camera but my beautiful buddy.

Only a month or so left of crazy hard work then it's Christmas (which I'm really looking forward to this year) and then...who knows?!

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What I wore to look like John Cusack

This is quite an old outfit that I've been meaning to post for weeks but haven't got round to doing so yet. So, here you go - me as John Cusack (Lloyd Dobler) in 'Say Anything', right? RIGHT?!

Coat - Uniqlo
T-shirt - Boyfriend's
Jeans - Uniqlo
Sneakers - ancient Converse

For lack of a ghetto blaster I've had to use a substitute. This substitute tried to bite my fingers off whilst posing for this pic.

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NEG.ATI.VE

That's how I'm feeling a lot lately.

Brb when I'm feeling more posi.

Break time

I'm on my break at Topshop, Wispa bar and vile vending machine tea. Great!

It's been a really busy past few weeks at work. I've had a bit of a job change (and other things have happened) and I've been doing things on *gasp* week nights! So I've not had lot of time for life in general and I've been really uninspired. I hope from January this will change and I'll have a lot more time for my blog.

I haven't even seen anyone famous in Topshop for ages, apparents Jodie Marsh was in the other day though, wish I'd seen that!

Ill

Hi, I'm ill again. And I've been busy and stressed and tired and my computer is the slowest thing in the world.
Normal blogging will resume soon - I PROMISE! And if I break that promise then I will give you all a present....of, err, something nice...like a song that I will record and put on YouTube to say how sorry I am.
Ha, I will definitely blog now.

What I wore to a comedy night to laugh hard

Two weekends ago I took my boyfriend on a date to Clark's comedy night hosted by Dan Clark from BBC3's How Not To Live Your Life.
It was funny. I laughed. I had to take off my shoes because they had run out of seats and I wasn't about to stand in my heels all night.

Urgh, Kleio hair in my mouth.

Dress: Elizabeth Lau. Jacket: ASOS. Shoes: Topshop. Clutch: Abaco

We've found a new spot for photos - our minging hallway. But we can only do it at night when no one will walk in on us being idiots. And we have to whisper.

Come to the next Clark's! It's on the 7th November at the 100 Club again. Rich Fulcher (aka Bob Fossil from the Mighty Boosh) is one of the stand up acts!

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Ghost Ride the Whip

There was a Ferrari parked in my car park and I got pretty excited about it. Mainly because it really cemented the fact that my car is the shittest and oldest in the car park. At least my 12 year old Peugeot 106 is bright red and more interesting than the boring black, navy and silver Audis and Mercedes! Right? ...right?

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I own 59 pairs of shoes!

Chris has forced me to sort out the mountain of shoes at the bottom of our wardrobe and quite rightly - it's a hazard and I can never find the shoes I want when I'm getting ready in the morning (which, to me, is also a hazard).

By the way, these aren't even all of my shoes! The others are hiding in boxes.

I have counted the following:

7 pairs of Ankle Boots
3 pairs of Tall Boots
12 pairs of Flats
6 pairs of Courts
9 pairs of Sandals
11 (!) pairs of Sneakers (this is weird to me too)
8 pairs of Heels
2 pairs of Brogues
1 pair of Roller Skates

And, to my shame, this isn't even all of them. I think I have at least another 5 pairs of shoes at my mum and dad's house!

What I wore to pretend to be from the 70s

I really need to learn how to use my camera properly and get Chris to hold still ffs!
Once again, another work outfit - I'm lucky that I can wear whatever I want to work - but I've resurrected an old H&M dress that I bought when I was 18 and haven't really worn since. I'm happy to bring it back! It's really 70s groupie style and goes great with my ASOS leather biker jacket (that I've barely taken off all year - it's like a second skin) and lots of gold jewellery.

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BFF

My seeing-eye cat.

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Simon Cowell, what are you doing?!

Thoroughly disappointed with Cowell's choices for the over 25s. Also very annoyed with Cheryl for choosing that strange looking blond boy and Louis for choosing those twin idiots.
Dannii was the only one who got it right!

I'm going to say it now: Miss Frank to win!

Take me back to Ghana

The new Cadburys advert makes me want to go back to Ghana so badly!

I'm part Nigerian so the West African in me wants to pull some ridiculous shapes every time I hear this song!
The first and only time I've been was when I was 12 years old - 10 years ago! I'm lucky to have family living all over the globe and my uncle and his family live in Ghana, running a fish farm. I know that Chris wants to go too so we're going to save for an excellent holiday next year.
I also have another uncle who lives with his family in Grenada - another holiday to save for. The best time to go is during carnival in August so it will be like Notting Hill carnival but proper with the correct weather and rum!

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Today my face got eaten by a wolf

And now I'm covered in slobber and dog hair.

Elizabeth Lau

I bought a beautiful Elizabeth Lau dress from London Fashion Weekend where I was working at last weekend. People Tree had a stand there and it was a great success. It wasn't a great success for my bank account though as I bought this dress and a pair of Zoe and Morgan earrings which I've been wearing nearly everyday since I got them. I guess that means I'll get my moneys worth!


Sorry for the shocking photos - they don't do the dress any justice! I blame the photgrapher (Chris) and me not knowing how to work the camera properly.

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Oh hai!

Hi blogheads, I'm back! Back from the clutches of the most intense month of work ever which I'm still reeling from (headaches galore up in here). But back nonetheless.
Here's what I wore to work the other day.


Yes, I've finally succumbed to the trend for wearing shorts with tights. I was against it then realized it looked pretty good so bloody did it. I'm wearing ancient jeans I cut into shorts, All Saints boots, Chris' t-shirt.


He got this from a car boot sale! It's amazing. Poor boy, I pinched it before he even got a chance to wear it. I've even been wearing his jeans and belts recently. He might as well accept that I own his wardrobe; I just consider it as the masculine third of the wardrobe. Yeah, that's right - he only gets a third. It should really be a quarter...I have a lot of clothes.
(my, those sentences were very short!)

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X factor 2009

It's that time of year again folks! At the moment I'm just watching the auditions so there's not really much to say about it except for the new audition set up - in front of a live crowd with an optional backing track. I suppose it makes it a bit more fun but I miss the old set up! This one is far too much like Britain's Got Talent.

Once the bootcamp and live shows start my Saturday nights are going to be history...but nevermind! The nights are getting colder and I tend to hibernate during the cold months anyway.

So far I have no favourites, it's too hard to have any at this point and there is too much focus on the shit singers at the moment. Bring on the live shows!

Oh - I'm watching it now and I've just seen a girl wearing a People Tree top!