A Sunday Well Spent Brings A Week Of Content...

Today is the kind of grey Sunday that calls for Bob Dylan, green tea, Aaron Johnson film-perving, filling online shopping baskets with clothes (but not continuing to checkout...), blog-browsing, trying on ancient lipsticks and creating new outfits from clothes right at the back of the wardrobe you forgot you had.

Sunshine, where have you gone and are you returning soon, please?

Listening to The Beta Band on my bed, eating cheese and crackers, desperately wishing I had sufficient funds to afford these (all Nasty Gal):

Happy Bank Holiday all you's, hope you're all having a slobtastic time revelling in the fact that it's MONDAY and you're NOT AT WORK, wahey!

Fringe Fest

Clockwise from top left:

1. Rokit renewal T-shirt £25
2. Topshop cream crochet top £30
3. Urban Outfitters fringe rucksack £60
4. Minnetonka fringed moc £62
5. Urban Outfitters seed bead fringe necklace £28
6. Ebay Glam-Belles fringe hot pant shorts £8.99

I'm definitely feeling these for my summer festival wardrobe...

...Hi There

Jeez, first post in almost 2 months? Thats shameful blogger behaviour, I hang my head. I've been a little swamped with trying to settle into a new job in the bright lights of the big city. But I will do my best to appease you with this beautiful song that I like to imagine is being sung directly to and for me. It's the only song about an "Emma" I can think of, so this is for all us unsung-about Emma's out there. You can suck it Jolene, Lola, Layla, Caroline, Delilah, Maria, Lucy, Mandy.....

Audacity of Huge

Working at my local animal shelter over the weekend I was faced with a rabbit that looked a little like this:

What are you supposed to do when faced with a rabbit that is the size of a dog and too heavy to lift single-handed??!
Stare in awe, I reckon, which is exactly what I did. And give it double helpings of food...

Love for the ridiculously gargantuan
♥

Blue Monday

So, apparently today was officially "the most depressing day of the year". Well, that might explain the mood of yesterday's post! Something in me clearly realised that summer is still a million miles off, Christmas even further off, and there's officially no excuse to be eating a trillion calories a day anymore.

Call it churnalism, call it psychological nonsense, (call it a great 80's tune by New Order), how was your "Blue Monday"?

(Note: weird moment of the day. Reading through an article on tips for surviving "Blue Monday" on the guardian website today, I came across this paragraph -
"With that in mind, the charity is attempting to spread a little cheer through the City of London today using space hoppers, smoothies and massages. There is also talk of fluffy blue monsters, although it's not immediately clear how they fit in to proceedings."
To understand the freakiness of this, please refer to the first picture in the post below which I found at random to cheer me up....C'EST BIZARRE, NON?)

Visual Cheer

I'm feeling bummed today. Can't really explain it, but maybe thats ok.
So here are some visual pick-me-ups for anyone else out there feeling a bit blue.

Bojangles

I want to adorn my arms with goodies until I can barely lift them
♥

2011

Happy New Year people!

With every new year celebration comes the inevitable issue of new year resolutions. Bah.

I think it's a good idea to look to improve yourself or your situation or whatever, but I don't necessarily think you have to make resolutions to cut things out of your life, or do less of something. I think a refreshing look at new years resolutions would be to consider things you want to add to your life, whether it be a new skill or friend or outlook on life.

So with this in mind, here are my resolutions for 2011 (which, inevitably, will not all be kept but the more there are, the more chance I have of seeing one through. Right?)

1. Learn to bake cupcakes
2. Pick up the guitar again
3. Draw more and get the creative juices going
   
4. Be more active
5. Drop a couple of pounds (well, it wouldn't be a new years resolution without weight loss in there somewhere....)
6. Make some new friends at new job
7. MOVE OUT OF FAMILY HOME INTO LONDON (can you tell i'm excited about this one?)
   

But most importantly, keep things in perspective and if you slip up on a resolution, don't self-flagellate over it. It's really not that important...

Here's a happy video to send you smiling into the new year. x

Love/Hate

Oh the sales....its a love/hate relationship. I love all the amazing bargains to be found, but I hate the inevitable draining of the bank account as a result. Bah.
(I especially hate when something that you have purchased at the full retail price is suddenly a fraction of what you paid for it in a sale that started a week later)

Isn't this the most beautiful dress you've ever seen? (Mango sales)

It's so delicate and elegant and covered in gorgeous shimmery goodness. I'm desperately trying to find an excuse to buy it. At £100 there really has to be a good reason to justify the spend.

But its so beautiful....I want!

Would I ever wear it?

Does it matter?

The tumultuous relationship continues...

Happy bargain hunting people!
x

Merry Christmas
x

Filigree, apogee, epigee...

This is what I want to happen next time I visit Portobello Road market please.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is an absolute childhood favourite. I'm currently watching it at home alone singing along to all the songs that I still know, word perfect.

"Bobbing alooong, bobbing aloong on the bottom of the beautiful briiiiiiiny seeeaa"

Her Name Was Layla, She Was a Shoe Girl

So I have never really been much of a shoe girl. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do love a good shoe and they are totally necessary to complete an outfit but I don't often find many that I really, truly love. However, over the past couple of months I have found myself getting giddy over almost every shoe I see.

My new shoe lust for this week is the Layla block heel strappy wonder from Topshop. Even it's name is beautiful (shotgun "Layla" for my first daughter's name). Not to mention it's relatively cheap (for Topshop) price tag of just £65.

I have decided that to console myself after my scary-ass interview in London on Monday I will treat myself to these.
Well, you never know, I may just have a regular income by the new year...

Of all the people in the world, she is the one I can't bear him seeing.
this mess just gets better and better.

jeez.

Lust of the Week 4

Daaaamn those are some fine shoes
(Jeffrey Campbell Mumm wedge, Me and Zena Giant broken heart necklace)

Been perusing the internet all day today as i'm at home with the lurgy, pretending to look for christmas presents for family but really lusting after things for me...

Ode to Movember

Remember, remember, the month of Movember,
Bristles above the top lip,
I see no reason, why moustache season,
Should ever be given the slip

I LOVE FACIAL HAIR.
keep it up guys


(Brandon Flowers, Justin Bobby, Johnny Depp, Josh Hartnett, Caleb Followill)

Happy Halloween

Possibly my favourite holiday. Great for getting arts 'n' craftsy with your friends. And of course OD-ing on sugary halloween-themed treats (Cadburys "Dead Heads" filled with red coloured caramel anyone?) whilst getting freaked out watching horror films in the dark.
BOO

I pass this poster for the new Levi's 519 skinny fit jean every morning on my commute into London and it really perks up my day. Largely due to the deliciously hairy, jean-clad member of the Gaslight Anthem on the far left....

Bring on Monday morning

"Hold me like before.
Hold me like you used to.
Control me like you used to"

My new fashion blog obsession. Rumi Neely of blog fashiontoast is obscenely gorgeous and lives a fashionista's dream lifestyle.

Check it out and lust after her looks, her wardrobe and her lifestyle
&hearts