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Helloooo :) Happy Tuesday!
I came home early today after only two lessons. As I was walking to the bus stop I accidentally happened to wander in to New Look (something I 'accidentally' do quite often), and fell completely in love with this dress.
I also fell in love with the price tag - £10! Unusual for New Look. Is it me, or are they getting really expensive lately? I think I preferred it when we were in the recession, not coming out of it!
I always get really slack with outfit posts during the winter months because I like to make my pictures out in the woods - but when it's below freezing outside, the woods aren't quite so tempting any more. One of the benefits of moving my furniture around is that I now have lots more space in my bedroom to take outfit posts, so hopefully you'll see more of them in future.
These shoes are my new favourites -- they're authentic ballet shoes with a sole stitched on to the bottom so that I can wear them outside. Predictably they're not the most practical of shoes and I imagine I'll be getting through a few pairs (and at £16 a pair it won't be the cheapest of habits..), but I love them so much. They're impossibly sweet, and really make me wish I was still doing ballet.
Speaking of which, I think I'll be going to see the Russian Ballet perform Swan Lake in Bristol sometime soon :) Exciting!

Today I also did something that I've been meaning to do for a long time but, for various reasons, haven't been able too.
I vlogged!
Please watch, and please let me know what you think :)



dress: new look
tights: accessorize
cardigan & shoes: topshop

EDIT: youtube's being horribly glitchy lately - so if it doesn't start, just check back later and hopefully it'll have sorted itself out :) follow this link if it doesn't work ♥

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Hi! Sorry for my sudden absence -- it's been snowing like crazy here in Blighty, and so Thursday morning when I saw that it WASN'T snowing, I seized the opportunity and got the first train I could to Exeter, to see my boyfriend. I took the above picture on the train home :)

I'll be back soon, but if you want to see what I've been doing this morning you can take a look at the entry I posted this morning on the 'ourbedrooms' community of livejournal, here ♥

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today me & my family went on a long & snowy walk over some of the valleys and mountains of south wales, which i'm fortunate enough to live near. and when i say snowy, i mean very snowy - it was right up to my knees! we had a race down a hill that was coated with snow and i was the only one left standing :) winner!

i'm loving your response to my formspring by the way - i wasn't really expecting anybody to have any interest in me at all! if you do have anything to ask please feel free, no matter how personal/random/general/specific/whatever - i'm perfectly content to talk about myself as much as you want :D
the link is at the top left of this page.

it's back to school for me tomorrow, so i'm soaking up the final remainders of christmas spirit by listening to fairytale of new york by the pogues, my very very favourite christmas song. what's yours? ♥

a year of fawned ♥

happy new year!
how did you celebrate?
i spent mine with my friends :) ♥

why i love the holidays ♥

♥ staying in bed all morning with a cat & a book...




♥ wearing my new favourite dress just to laze around the house...




♥ pretty decorations still up...




♥ working my way through my christmas present...




♥ eating whatever i want...
(pasta & cheese - my specialty dish!)




♥ walking the dog through wintery woods...




♥ and a warm cup of tea when i get home...




what's your favourite thing about the holidays? ♥

dress: USC
cardigan & coat: topshop
tights & boots: new look
hat: accessorize
necklace: vintage

EDIT: also, i got a formspring! if anybody is even vaguely interested, do feel free to ask me anything :)

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happy christmaaass! a few days late :)
christmas this year was spent with family, which is always interesting,
but it was generally alright :)
i was a very spoilt girl! i had my laptop back in the summer as an early christmas present,
so i really wasn't expecting anything,
but ended up with perfume, underwear, chocolate (om nom nom) & some very sexy new ghd stylers,
which - as you can tell - i've been playing about with already :D

i hit the christmas sales yesterday (eep!)
but luckily it wasn't anywhere near as busy as anticipated.
i bought lots of lovely things which i'm sure you'll see soon --
i also finally caved and bought this coat,
cause although it's been all over the blogosphere lately, i just couldn't resist :)
and my boyfriend said i look like a sailor, so that's just swell.





my mum bought this dress for me -
it's not the kind of thing i'd pick for myself (far too grown up!), but i liked the ruffley collar,
and i'm certainly not one to turn down free clothes!
it's definitely growing on me, and i love the vintage feel it has when paired with white & lacey tights.

what did you all get for christmas? have you braved the sales yet?!

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dress: next
tights: accessorize
necklace: santa :)

EDIT: although i still don't have a camera, mum's become a lot more flexible letting me borrow hers as of late, so hopefully normal posts will resume soon :D thank you all for being so lovely & patient!

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christmas is comingggg! :D
it's without a doubt my favourite holiday -
no matter how old i get, i'll never be able to fall asleep on christmas eve :)
here's my christmas wishlist!



the funny thing is, this year, i don't really want anything!
of course, i wouldn't mind any of these lovely things,
but i think the best part of christmas is giving gifts, not getting them,
so i don't really mind what comes my way!
it's about boyfriend & baking this year ♥

what's on your christmas wishlist?

(everything above is from topshop, past times, amazon & modcloth.)