I'm on safari.

I got a bit stuck for todays trend so I've gone for a, and I quote Vogue on this, the 'Afrocentric' look. I had a nightmare journey getting home last night and had no time to think about what to wear today. This morning the decision was made at haste which is why today's outfit is a bit boring. I'm wearing a black dress I bought in LA and a vintage animal print jumper and a navajo print jacket which is about as waterproof as a sponge. Tomorrow I hope to try harder and actually look like I'm taking this challenge seriously.

 Onto todays proceedings, I'm not sure about anyone else but I have found today an extremely stressful one. I'm not sure if it's the weather or just my life, but the day has had a strange vibe to it. This rain is quite simply testing my patience and I hope it to stop very soon. I know this month is all about showers but this take the biscuit. April, my dear, you have made your point. I get it you're great at showers, but please can you now turn off the water, get out of the bathroom and put on the heating. Give the sun a chance, poor thing, it's his time to shine now.

 The only plus point of today is that I managed to get away with sitting in first class on the train into Paddington without any of the train people catching me. I feel such a rebel but let's face it I was born to be first class! 

Today's must must must have is this Valentino dress from the SS12 collection. Even though I could never look as good in it as this I can but dream. All I need is a hot summers day, a glamourous wedding and a hot man on my arm. As Gabrielle once said 'dreams can come true'.

Until tomorrow my fellow fashionistas xxx

Day 2, trend 2

Today's trend is 'Peplums'. They are big this season and can be seen on dresses to skirts to blouses. Today I have gone for a vintage blue peplum blouse I bought from a vintage shop in Hertfordshire called 'Flo's Place' with some skinny black jeans from Primark and floral wedges from Office. Peplums are going to be huge next winter too so my top tip is to buy one now, wear it now and then wear it come winter. I'm really just a money saving expert in the disguise of a vintage wearing, fashion loving, Pinot drinking girl.

 I'm now on the countdown to the lovely Lindsay McAloon's wedding which takes place this Sunday. I believe it's going to be real Celtic affair so I'm going to pack my Irish roots, make sure I have somewhere to plant them once I'm there (probably the bar) and enjoy.

Today's must have is sleep, sleep and more sleep. I couldn't be more excited to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire. The only thing getting through the week (besides the wedding) is that I have a week off next week. God bless holiday allowances. Until tomorrow x

7 days, 7 trends

For the next 7 days I am going to try 7 different trends in a vintage stylee! So today I am trying the monochrome trend in my Miss Haversham dress and my trusty black opaques. Everyone loves the mono, dress is Topshop, tights are wintery. Ideally I would be Miss Haversham without the black accessories and instead with a aqua slip dress underneath and bare legs. Alas that will not be, I fear, until June. I need the sun to put his hat on so I can embrace the summer trends head on and not with half a foot still in winter (or both legs in my case today).

Saturday 21st April brought us the wedding of Jo and Matt. I wore a purple dress from ASOS, a vintage short sleeve jacket and some floral stilts, I mean heels from Forever 21. Let me tell you these heels are certainly not made for walking. I literally feared for my life each time I got up from my chair. That was however until I had a few pinots, a glass of bubbles and a vodka shot. I caught the bouquet and burnt a whole in the dance floor whilst they were still on my feet. They did eventually come off the more I went to the bar. These are the kind of shoes that should come with a shot of vodka and a health warning!

The wedding reception was quite frankly a bloody good night. The speeches made us cry, the henography made us laugh (well done Miss Holdaway, a superb job) and the vodka shots made us drunk. A beautiful venue, a beautiful bride, a beautiful wedding

Today I need in my life a bikini diet that actually lets me eat the food I like i.e bread and crisps. I booked my Ibiza flights today and if I don't find a eating plan that actually works I'll have to book another seat on the plane for my thighs! Come back tomorrow for trend number 2 xxxx

Stuck in the middle with you.

Ah poor Wednesday, it's just stuck in the middle of the week not knowing if it belongs to the middle of the end, so it just stays were it is holding the to 2 parts together. My Wednesday was simply average not better nor worse than the day before, just average. I do however have a new found respect for that bloke off 'Groundhog Day', my Monday to Fridays may as well be one long day stretching out across the whole week. I think I need a life change.

The weather still belongs to winter which means I'm still in my black opaques and long coat. Today I went for a Laura Lees animal print dress and Topshop shoes. I even had my scarf and gloves on. Seriously weather you need to a copy of Vogue because you are soooo last season.

Today I am lusting after New Looks pastel T bar's. I don't care which colour I have I just need them in my life. Maybe the purple ones, or the mint, or maybe the yellow....oh sod it I'll just have them all.

Until tomorrow my fashion peeps xxxx

Cloudy with a chance of tears.

Tuesday you had such high hopes today and then you really let me down. I thought we were about to form this wonderful friendship after you gave me 2 hotties on the Victoria line but alas our friendship had ended once I reached Paddington. Delays to trains dear Tuesday does not a friendship make. Then you gave us this horrendous weather which means I have no idea what to wear each day. I want to crack out the pastels but instead I'm having to reach for the dreary each morning. I just hope that next week you do better because you haven't just let me down, you've let yourself down.

Talking of reaching for the dreary, today I am wearing a paisley dress from Primark, a Primark jumper and New Look brogues. Is it obvious who I work for? Not that any of these items are dreary of course it's just a bit too wintery for my liking. I want to look like a neapolitan ice cream everyday.

Talking of spring fashion I was a bit naughty today and bought a short suit before pay day Thursday. I found this tropical print number in Primark (feel a bit like this blog is sponsored by Primark today). Not only does it tick 2 trends but it's also an absolute bargain, 30 quid for the lot. A Brucey bargain if ever I saw one. I can't wait to wear it, so come on sunshine help me make my dreams come true.

Until tomorrow xxx

I feel a bit sorry for Monday's, no one really likes them. I think it's because it's a bit smug, It almost says to us 'enjoy your weekend did you? Well enjoy no more because I'm back to start you're working week (cue evil laugh) hahahaha'. See its smug and a little bit mean. Bank holiday Mondays are different though, they are kind and smugless. They give us cheesy family films to watch and episodes of Agatha Christie. Sometimes even Mondays need a day off. Today though it was on full time mode and really sunk its teeth in, I wasn't it's biggest fan today. I hope Tuesday is a little kinder to me.

Today's outfit comes right out of the comfortable side of my wardrobe (the chest of drawers to be exact) this is where all the clothes that don't require ironing live. I had to pick something quickly last night because the hangover had taken over my whole being and would only function properly if I was horizontal at all times. This is why I have gone for black and white leggings from Primark, a black tunic from Topshop (this is about as old as Stonehenge) and mint ballet pumps from Primark. I know I look like I haven't really tried and that's because I haven't, sometimes just like a Monday I need a day off too.

I am massively in need of a short suit like yesterday and have seen this one from ASOS which Santander will know about come Thursday. Payday me up and let me spend.

Until tomorrow xxxxx

It's a kind of magic!

So it's safe to say that I am officially on the hangover highway today, so much so that I have stayed in my pj and Duncan's all the day long. I will spare you a photo because let's face it no one wants to see a 29 year old girl in her bed clothes looking as rough as rough can be.

The reason for my hungover state is caused by Winners' hen party. It was such a great night that consisted of cocktail making (I was shit at it, surprising I know), a magician (FYI he was soooooo hoooooooooot), Mr and Mrs Quiz (we all know winners a little more now) and a game of 'pick up the cereal box with your mouth'(turns out I have the flexibility of 2 tonne Elephant). All this was happened whilst we were dressed to the nines as flapper girls. Doop doop doop doop!

That really is all for today folks. My head is having a party but I havent been invited so I need to tell them to keep the noise down and put down the Pinot.

Back tomorrow.....promise xxx

I think horses are fabulous!

Today is Winners hen party, excited.com, but before that is the Grand National and watching it I will be. I've placed my bet, I have ordered the Pinot and I have chosen my seat in the pub all I need now is for Junior, Seabass, Shakalakaboomboom and Sunnyhillboy to come in and win me some money! Come on my loves run, run like the wind.....and also do a few jumps! At at each way I could be quids in.

I've got my commarde in arms with me today. Me and the lovely Genevieve have arrived in Newbury on the train from London town looking like we have just stepped out of London Fashion Week. I've gone for a 'Miss Haversham' look by wearing a white lace dress from Topshop and back Topshop shoes. Now where have my Pip and Estelle gone!?

On the countdown for the gee gee's to start running and then Winners' hen party.

Stay tuned for more tales of mine and Gen's Ab Fab adventure xxxx

I go to NYU.

Right I'm proper back now for good, as Take That once said. I've been away because I have had a lot of partying to do, a 29th birthday party and 3 hen parties to be exact. All these events were extremely good fun but they all gave me hangovers from another level which meant I was unable to even write a text message let alone a blog entry.

Anyway I am now back to entertain you with my anecdotes and give you an insight to my slightly strange vintage wardrobe.

Let's go back to last weekend and Lindsay's hen weekend in sunny(ish) Falmouth. It all started off as quite a civilised event. Friday night we ate Rick Steins fish and chips, had afternoon tea and a lovely walk to a castle ruin on Saturday afternoon......and then the foam began! Yes, that's right ladies gentleman we went to a foam party and we all (well nearly all) got in and embraced the fairy liquid. I have to admit I was one the last to 'get in', so to speak, as I was head to toe in vintage and was worried about my black vintage hush puppies shoes. FYI they are amazing. It is quite interesting through what a few watered down vodkas and a couple of tequilas can do to your responsible self, as soon as the said liquor settled into my blood stream I didn't think twice about my hush puppies and dived right in. Glad I was too because I was right back to being 18 again living it up on the dance floor at Utopia. It was quite simply one of the best nights ever....and in case you are wondering the hush puppies dried out and still fit like a dream. So the moral of this story is....don't worry about the shoes they will survive, they are shoes after all.

Today is all about the Friday and how I love it so. I've gone for a peppy androgynous look with cobalt blue shorts from M&S Limited Edition, a vintage white shirt, Ralph Lauren jumper and brogues from New Look. If I was an American I would be 21, go to NYU have a bank balance like Blair Wardolf and my biggest daily decision would be 'do I take the Chanel or Mulberry'. Instead I live in uneventful Hertfordshire, am 29, have a bank balance that quite frankly doesn't even deserve an account number and my biggest daily decision is 'shall I stand up on the train or risk sitting down next to the smelly/loud/talking on the phone/listening to music loudly individual' (delete as appropriate). Miss Wardolf you do not know how lucky you are!

Today I am seriously lusting after these Charlotte Olympia cat ballet pumps. They are fairly old news now but I am still very much in need of them. Im not even a cat person but for these I make an exception and if Alexa Chung can wear them then I can too. How amazing these would be with some pastel trousers and a vintage knit. Come on kitty.

I have another lovely hen party this weekend. Sam, or Winners as I like to call her, is having her send of into married life and I for one cannot wait to help her celebrate. Go Winners!

I hope to be back tomorrow with some more tales to tell....so please stayed tuned.

Until next time xxxx

Overdrawn

So Im officially back on the blog. It's been a busy couple of weeks so I've been somewhat quiet on the posting side of things. Saturday night however was the lovely Laura Hardy's hen party in Bournemouth organised by the equally lovely Lisa Halls and Sam Purton. Not only was it 80's tastic but it was bloody brilliant too. We danced, we drank, we watched a comedy show and then we stayed out until 4am. No wait that was just me and 2 other naughty hens. Note to self; you are not 25 anymore and cannot handle nights out until 4am. The truth is though me and said hens would of stayed out longer if we could of done. I was also seen trying to open the door of the closed bar in the hotel. Is it really any wonder I'm still single? I am paying for this drunken night so much that I fear I will always be in debt. Will someone please remind me of this for the next 2 hen parties. I must be sensible, responsible and adult like at all times. Lets see how long that lasts then, I'm sure by Thursday my taste for the Pinot will be back and the weekend will be defined by another glass of wine.

I am actually now on the countdown to the lovely Lindsay McAloon's hen weekend in Falmouth. I'm very excited although right now I can barely keep my eyes open let alone think of 'getting on it' again. I'm pretty sure by August I'll be in rehab after all these hen parties and weddings!!! It'll be worth it though.

So another Monday is over and they certainly don't get any easier. Mine was only brightened up today by the impromptu lunch with Kim and Katie (girls, you sound like TV presenters). Lovely lunch, lovely company. The rest of the day was a blur because quite frankly my eyes were blurry (damn that 4am Pinot filled night out) lets hope tomorrow brings more promise and I hope to be back to normal again, although I'm not sure I ever was in the first place?!

I also promise to get my vintage vibe back on tomorrow, I'm seriously lacking in the vintage outfit department and should be ashamed of myself. Must try harder.

Last but by no means least......God bless a 4 day week! Loves it.

Until tomorrow xxx