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OOTD | Injecting Colour

On Friday evening I need to get myself ready for a little outing. I can’t say what just yet but let’s put it this way I definitely wanted to make a good impression.

It was a cold February evening & I was just sick of all this bad, windy & rainy weather. So what better way to make you feel better than dress the complete opposite? However, I’m always a big believer in dressing for the seasons but for some reason I decided that this night I was going for the opposite. I needed to stand out! Thus this creation was born.

Along with my gorgeously & newly coloured hair and this outfit, I felt a million dollars, PLUS bang on trend.

I wanted to share with you my outfit & where it’s all from….

Here we have my gorgeous statement black & white statement necklace. I bought this from New Look for about £3 in the sale. I’ve never looked back since as this was my first bold piece of costume jewellery (my absolute FAVE for jazzing up an outfit!) & we also have my amazing lime green jumper from Zara which is ADORE. It is the perfect jumper that makes you stand out for the RIGHT reasons & boy did I? I needed to!

Here we have my Joseph Janard Shirt which would have been a splurge but luckily my husband to be’s Aunty is very glamorous & I tend to get LOVELY hand me downs (which, I never complain about!)

I also finished my look with my wax style black trousers featured in the second photo. Luckily (again!) James’ cousin works for Mango and she can get amazing discount! Perfect for me.

So there you have it – possibly one of my most favourite OOTDs & looks this year and hopefully (fingers crossed!) it will lead to bigger & better things!

I will hopefully be able to share more dazzling looks with you soon. I’d love to hear what you think so please like or comment!

Rebecca xxx

February 9, 2014
Nail Art Review | Academy of Colour

Today is my day off so what better excuse than to get the nail polishes out & create pretty nails?

Just after Christmas I spent a mere £5.96 in the sale on 4 packs of 3d nail art kits. I don’t normally like to buy cheaper versions of nail polish because I like to make sure it lasts longer than few hours before it chips. But on this occasion I thought I would throw caution to the wind & buy something “fun”.

I wanted to create a very dark but glamorous look. So I decided to combine two different sets. I painted four nails black & it actually went on very well. It was easy to apply which is the main thing that makes doing my nails enjoyable. I blame my left handedness for the many mistakes I make when painting my nails! This has to be one of the nicest polishes I’ve used in a long time. On each hand I went with the 3d gold balls on the fourth finger to complete the look.

Overall I loved playing around with this kit & would not hesitate in recommending it to others!

January 22, 2014
Suit shopping

Today we headed into Leeds to arrange the suits for my future husband & the ushers. We’ve had a pretty clear idea of what we have wanted from the beginning (and it’s definitely a “we” rather than an “I”)

I’d seen a few blue suits of Next website when I had been looking for inspiration so that is where we headed. I was shocked that we had been in the shop for at least fifteen minutes & not one staff member came over to ask if we were ok? When we had to finally ask them for more sizes we were inconveniently told that the stock room was closed. I had always known that the suit situ was always going to be a nightmare. Luckily James brother, Tom suggested we head to a suit shop called Slaters & the moment we walked in we just KNEW that were going to be looked after. Suddenly the waves of sickness disappeared and I instantly felt like we were in safe hands. As soon as we told the tailor what we wanted, he whiz zed round the shop to pick out some suits. The first suit was perfect! He didn’t even need to get out a tape measure & he instantly knew what sizes each of the differently shaped men needed. I was already in awe. This place had got me hook, line & sinker. All suited & booted we got the two piece suits for a suave £59 each! I was absolutely DELIGHTED.

I think my best advice to any Bride to Be out there is get yourself to a proper suit shop. Not only did we save a pretty penny from shopping on the High Street (which you would think would be a lot cheaper!) we actually got a high end service which is exactly what you want during these stressful few months.

Happy wedding planning

January 12, 2014
The obligatory round-up of 2013!

2013 you have most definitely been an interesting one. I’ve seen quite a lot of things this year, some beautiful & some not so kind. I can certainly say (as cliché as it may sound) one ~~helluva~~ rollercoaster.

January is always a tough one for me, I work every hour god sends and work full weekends to keep on top of the travelling wanderlusters. It is always our busiest time of the year for holiday bookings and this year was no exception. January feels a lifetime ago now that this year is nearly over & done with. Nothing exciting ever happens except for our annual meal out for my Mama’s birthday which was always a lovely affair. This year was no exception & we enjoyed a meal at our favourite pub www.thefoxandhoundswalton.com where the food is always delicious. If you are in the area I highly recommend it, so much so, we have asked them to do the catering for our impending wedding day! We also booked our wedding day with the Church & we couldn’t have been happier that everything was set in stone for what will be our most magical day.

February is again, a very slow month for us. I still end up working weekends. Whilst February is the month of love, James & I are never ones for celebrating Valentines Day (We are Vday Scrooges!) we actually went all out & I created a steak dinner with a baked cake delight for pudding. He did the obligatory flowers & prosecco which certainly did not disappoint.

March I lived for my week off in March. End. March sadly saw my Grandads first illness and was in hospital for a week or so. I’d never seen my Grandad ill so it was really hard to take it in, luckily he was home but there was a huge difference in him. I only hoped that he would get back to himself very soon. (more…)

December 30, 2013