Outfit: April 17th – PMT Challenge Day 16

The prompt for today included jeans but I couldn’t do that because, well, work and Tuesday so I swapped them for a denim skirt. I had a half a mind to change the skirt for navy trousers but I stuck with it as I hardly wear skirts these days and the weather was supposed to be perking up and getting warmer the week I wore this (though at the time of writing it was grey and dull outside). I liked this with the skirt but I will add the jeans version on to the end of the challenge, if for no other reason than to get another wear out of this top.

Cardi – Next Tall (via eBay)
Top – George at ASDA
Skirt – Long Tall Sally (via eBay)
Shoes – La Redoute (sale)
Necklace – Scope
Earrings – Nickel and Suede

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Outfit: April 2nd - PMT Challenge Day 1 (Also Easter Monday)

Easter Monday is another bank holiday in the UK (yay for 4 day weekends!) and the day that the Putting Me Together spring challenge officially started. My outfit wasn't quite what I would have planned because this:

Yeah, my old nemesis the snow came back for a final (it had BETTER be final) visit of the season. So instead of the blazer I probably would have worn, I opted for a cosy knit as my top layer. But it's still colourful and I felt put together even for just hanging out at home and doing some chores/playing Crush Letters on my iPad. And needless to say I did not actually leave the house in these shoes.

Having finished the Couch to 5K app the day before (a second post about running is coming soon!) I would have liked to have got out and made a start on the 5K to 10K programme that I'm going to attempt next but it wasn't to be.

Cardi - F+F at Tesco
Top - Long Tall Sally
Jeans - Esprit (Tall Girls)
Shoes - George at ASDA (via charity shop)
Necklace - Scope
Earrings - Nickel & Suede

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Outfit: March 14th – More Orange

So apparently I was liking orange the middle week in March. It’s certainly a nice bright shade for spring. And it pairs really well with this striped blazer. I took advantage of the dry weather to wear these fabric slip-on trainers as the threat of the weekend snowmagedon was growing ever more by the day.

Blazer – New Look (via eBay)
Top – Long Tall Sally (sale)
Pants – F+F at Tesco
Shoes – George at ASDA (sale)

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Outfit: January 22nd – Saved From Friday

Another quick mirror/Instagram style snap for you today, my excuse this time being that I had to take my car to the garage first thing for it to be repaired after some kind person drove into me in the post-Christmas snow and dented all the back door in. (And also there were temporary traffic lights right by where I was going so I knew it would take me longer than usual to get there.) I take my pictures right before I leave the house in the morning and so some days it’s either pictures like this or the outfit goes undocumented. And, if it isn’t blogged or Instagrammed, did it even happen? That’s one of life’s great mysteries, huh?*

So these are the shoes I was going to wear the Friday before, but got thwarted by the weather (or lack of it, as there was no snow). Truth be told it wasn’t really warm enough for these shoes in late January, but as I drove to work (I exchanged my car for a courtesy one at the garage) it didn’t really matter.

Cardi – Primark
Top – Long Tall Sally
Trousers – Dorothy Perkins Tall
Shoes – George at ASDA (sale)
Necklace – Scope
Earrings – Ziggy of Clevedon

*Not really.

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Outfit: January 9th – Knit Dress, Boots, Heart Necklace

Just a quick ‘instagram-style’ photo today: I will wear this dress again and get proper photos before too long, I’m sure. The morning I took this picture I was headed into work extra early to go to a meeting in the city centre. I always fear hotel room meetings due to the over-zealous use of air conditioning this country is so fond of. This dress (which is quite a thick knit) turned out to be the perfect option and I was just the right temperature all day.

Dress – Primark
Boots – Geox (c/o Sarenza)
Earrings – Nickel and Suede
Necklace – Scope

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Outfit: January 8th – Black and Army Green

It seems like ages since I wore anything in this shade of green. (I actually wore this top over the Christmas period but it might have gone undocumented. I know I haven’t worn the cardi in ages though.) It was another cold day, the kind that makes you glad you don’t have to scrape your car windscreen because you walk to work. Everywhere was white with frost. I employed my secret weapon: a thermal top layered under my regular top. (And also: EMU boots. Because I am not daft enough to go outside in sub-zero temperatures with bare feet and ballet flats. Just FYI.)

Cardi – Primark
Top – Long Tall Sally
Trousers – Dorothy Perkins Tall (sale)
Shoes – F+F at Tesco
Necklace – Scope
Earrings – Nickel + Suede

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Outfit: September 15th – Stripes and Military Jacket

Different coloured stripes today, rather than my usual navy and white/black and white. I was going to put my leopard print sneakers with this, but thought it might be a bit much, so I went for these neutral ankle boots instead.

The only flaw with this jacket is that it doesn’t have pockets. Other than that it’s a great fit and a lovely, soft moleskin-like fabric.

Jacket – Long Tall Sally (eBay)
Top – Long Tall Sally (sale)
Jeans – New Look Tall (sale)
Boots – F+F at Tesco (sale)
Necklace – gifted
Choker – Primark
Earrings – Primark

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Outfit: September 6th – Orange

The one day I don’t wear army green both my female colleagues do wear it! Guess I didn’t get that memo…

So this orange top is the twin sister of the green Long Tall Sally one that I wear a lot. I figured that as I love the shape so much the orange one would get plenty of wear too. It will, I just need to figure out what else to pair it with. You can’t go wrong with denim and stripes I find.

The zip on this skirt gave up the ghost halfway through the day (I hate plastic zips) but I think I should be able to sew in a new zip and fix it. I hope so as I love this skirt.

Blazer – TK Maxx
Top – Long Tall Sally (sale)
Skirt – Jasper Conran (Debenhams, sale)
Shoes – F+F at Tesco
Earrings – gifted
Necklace – gifted

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Outfit – August 31st – Back To Work

Unfortunately I didn’t have enough leave days to take a full two weeks off, so I ended up going back to work for two days. Sad face. The transition to autumn was definitely in the air, even though it was still August and therefore still (technically) summer. I put my big, plaid scarf on to walk to work and I wasn’t too hot by the time I arrived. The forecast was for rain which was why I put on boots.

I don’t know why my phone camera insists on washing out this shade of green and making it look grey, but it does.

Dress – Boohoo Tall
Cardi – Primark
Boots – Primark
Necklace – Scope
Earrings – Self made

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