Outfit: July 6th – All In Navy

We were predicted thunderstorms the day I wore this so I put on my trainers to walk to and from work and stashed my sandals in my bag. Heavy rain and open shoes do not a good combination make: for one thing you get wet feet, and for another, your shoes get really slippery and hard to walk in.

I didn’t really need the cardi but this top doesn’t have sleeves and I like to have the option to cover up in the office. I got this top in TK Maxx a couple of months ago before I went to Italy. I seemed to be short of tops that were sleeveless but which didn’t have ridiculously low necklines so that they were suitable for hot weather in the office. This top and the striped one I wore on July 2nd fit the bill perfectly. It’s always worth a rummage in TK Maxx. There’s a lot of cr*p, granted, but there is often a gem or two too.

Cardi – Next Tall
Top – TK Maxx
Skirt – Next (via charity shop)
Shoes – Primark
Necklace – gifted
Earrings – self made

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Outfit: July 5th – Too Much Leopard Print?

Is there such a thing as too much leopard print though? Perhaps a full on catsuit made of the stuff would be too much but other than that? No. I don’t think there is such a thing.

So you know those mornings when you just want to scream? Yeah, I had one of those this day. I got up, checked the forecast, checked out of the windows: dry, overcast in the morning with bright sunshine in the afternoon. I put a load of washing on. The washing finished, I put it in the basket, stepped out of the door to hang it on the line: drizzling. Gah. Got the airer down, put it in the conservatory, hung all the washing on it, got ready, stepped out of the door again. Dry. Gah. Took the airer out of the conservatory, stepped out of the door to put it in the garden (didn’t have time to take everything off the airer and hang it all on the line): raining again. GAAAAAHH! Decided to just leave the airer in the garden and hope it dried up as forecast. Gah. (Also, #firstworldproblems)

Anyway, I am getting my hair cut in a couple of weeks and I CANNOT WAIT. I feel like the ends just look so scraggy and I’m ready for it doing. By the time this post goes live I might even have had it done. Yay!

Cardi – Primark (eBay)
Dress – Boohoo Tall
Shoes – George at Asda
Choker – Primark
Earrings – self made

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Outfit: 4th of July

It was only after I got dressed that morning I realised I should have worn red, white and blue but as I’m not in the US I didn’t dwell on it. I countered it by playing Martina McBride’s Independence Day on repeat later in the day.

I hadn’t worn these striped trousers in months so I pulled them out and paired them with my current favourite top. I would have added my tan lace up flats, but I’ve done my old trick of walking a hole in the bottom and they’re currently awaiting repair. So I went with the snakeskin pair instead.

Top – Long Tall Sally (sale)
Trousers – Forever 21
Shoes – TK Maxx
Necklace – gifted
Earrings – self made

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Outfit: July 3rd – Orange, Grey and Black

It was a dreary Monday morning – warm but damp, so a bright pop of colour was definitely in order. And I don’t own anything brighter than this jacket. It also meant that I could co-ordinate with the beads, which were my grandmother’s.

Jacket – c/o TM Lewin
Top – Boohoo
Pants – F+F at Tesco
Shoes – New Look
Necklace – vintage

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Outfit: July 2nd – Back to School

Every summer my old high school hosts a family fun day and my sister and I usually attend with my nieces. We went there last Sunday and it was a lovely afternoon – there were two bouncy castles and one of our old teachers took us for a tour round the school to show us what had changed since we left. Quite a lot apparently – they’ve spent £20 million on facilities in the last 20 years.

It was warm and sunny so I wore a tank top under my blazer, and distressed denim for some ventilation on my legs.

Blazer – George at ASDA
Top – TK Maxx
Jeans – F+F at Tesco
Shoes – Primark
Earrings – self made
Necklace – gifted

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Outfit: June 29th - Still Raining

We reached pretty much the end of June and it was still raining. And it wasn’t particularly warm either. I read several posts on Facebook the previous evening about people putting their heating on (and rightly so, it was all of 9˚C at tea time that day). I knew I wouldn’t be warm enough in my ¾ sleeve top so I put a blazer over the top for warmth, and to smarten up what is really just a jeans and t shirt outfit. I was going to go with my faux-leather jacket, but thought it was better to go for something I could keep on all day, and the blazer allowed me to put my rain mac over the top. The rain mac was a much-needed addition for walking to work. As were the ankle boots I switched out my shoe for to walk up the hill.

I love this LTS top – it’s the Relaxed Weekend T and it has a lovely drape to the fabric. It’ll be really useful for cooler days when I want longer sleeves than my beloved New Look and Boohoo shirts have.

Blazer – Forever 21 (sale)
Top – Long Tall Sally (sale)
Pants – F+F at Tesco
Shoes – George at Asda (eBay)
Choker – Primark
Earrings – self made

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Outfit: June 28th – Although It Is June and The Sun Is Not Sunny…

At the time of writing the summer appeared to be over. We had two days of heavy rain, with two more forecast. The young man thought it was great as the garden and the lawn was in need of a good watering, but when you have to walk to work? Not so much. Hence the boots in this outfit. I hate having wet feet so even at the end of June I will wear boots if it is raining. And there was no danger of it being too warm for boots either: the top temperature this day was just 12˚C. See? Summer: over.

Sweater – Primark
Skirt – Next (via charity shop)
Boots – Primark
Choker – Primark
Earrings – self made

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Outfit: June 27th – For A Change

I hadn’t worn this top in ages, and I thought I’d wear it the right way round for a change (I often wear it backwards as I like the cross over straps that are supposed to go at the back to be on show at the front. The neckline dips around the same amount at the back and front so it doesn’t really matter which way around you wear it.

The rain that was forecast arrived and I actually carried these turquoise shoes to work in my bag and wore boots to walk in as it was so wet.

Top – New Look Tall
Pants – F+F at Tesco
Shoes – Primark
Necklace – self made

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Outfit: June 26th – Dry Monday

Monday was the only day of last week that was forecast to be dry, so I made sure to get a load of washing on before work as the torrential rain that was forecast for the rest of the week would make it impossible to get any dry.

I’d been away to visit my friend S in Bristol that past weekend so eased myself back into the work week with a simple pants and blouse outfit. I added the fancy beaded necklace I made the week before at my craft group. Did I tell you I’d joined a craft group? It was a new venture that started up in my village back in January. I’m not particularly crafty, but I went along anyway as I didn’t know many people who live in my village and I thought it would be a good way to meet people. The group is craft and chat and I do more chatting than crafting most weeks so it was definitely a good way to meet people.

Top – Primark
Pants – F+F at Tesco
Shoes – Georgia Rose c/o Sarenza
Necklace – self made

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Outfit: June 22nd – Crossed Out

Do you like how I’m matching the cross detail on my top to the cross detail on my shoes? I didn’t even think about it until I put the shoes on and looked in the full length mirror. The heat abated a bit this day – I mean, it was still warm but not sweltering like the previous few days. I didn’t really need the blazer, but sometimes I get chilly just sat in the office so it’s good to have it just in case.

Blazer – New Look (eBay)
Top – New Look
Skirt – Jasper Conran (Debenhams, sale)
Shoes – New Look
Necklace – self made
Bangles – Diamonds and Pearls

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Outfit: June 21st – Scorchio!

And so, the longest day was upon us and it was another hot one. I am sorry if I am boring you with this dress (and its green counterpart) but when it’s this hot all I want to wear is an oversized t shirt that passes for an outfit. That, and my denim shorts of course, but they’re not really suitable for work. I look at some blogs and think yeah, beautiful photography, lovely outfit but really? Did you really walk around in those heels/that dress/whatever all day? Maybe some of them do, but I’m sure they don’t all do it. I’m not knocking anyone else’s way of blogging – I’d love to be sent lots of shoes/pieces of clothing to style up and feature in a blog post but that just doesn’t happen. Over here what you see is actually what I wore that day.

Looking at the weather map for this day, it was like a Fast Show forecast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZMUAd7OJc8 (remember Caroline Aherne as the Spanish weather girl on Channel 9 News, with sun symbols all over the map and just saying “Scorchio!”?).

Dress – Boohoo Tall
Shoes – ASDA
Necklace – Scope
Bangles – Dorothy Perkins

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