Jean obsession

Recently jeans have appealed to me a lot more than skirts and shorts. Maybe it's partly growing up and not wanting to wear the whole shorts and tights combination as much or maybe I'm just getting lazy and would rather throw on a pair of jeans and a jumper than an elaborate outfit involving a skirt or a dress.

So even though I like jeans, I'm not a very good example of someone who does. I only own one pair of jeans. They're from Peacocks and I've had them for about 6 years (they are starting to get a bit small now). 

I'm running a bit low on money at the moment so it's time for a wishlist about the things I want but can't afford. 

I see this photo all over Tumblr and each time I see it I want these jeans more. I have no idea how much they are because I looked on the Acne website and couldn't find them. But I NEED them - they're probably a little out of my price range though. 

I recently saw these black Lana super skinny jeans from River Island on Ellen's blog and saw that they were only £25 so they are a definite want. Next pay day I will be buying these. 

I was once going to buy some Topshop Joni jeans but the idea of a pinafore dress seemed a lot more appealing. But now part of me wishes I had chosen the Joni jeans because they are a lot more versatile and never go out of fashion, much unlike the pinafore dress. I like these jeans because they're not boring. I've always though of jeans as being the safe option and a bit boring but these have a gingham pattern so are in trend for Spring and look a bit more interesting. Does anyone know if the Topshop Joni jeans are worth £38?

It's so hard deciding what jeans to buy that I'll probably just go for the safe option and buy black jeans. 

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

30 random questions!

Look at this cat wearing a flower crown!!

Ellen from Ellen underwater tagged me in her 30 questions so I thought I'd have a go. 

1. What are you wearing today? Creamy coloured Fred Perry polo top, jeans and my mint cardigan.
2. What are you listening to right now? Noah and the Whale, Blue Skies. I've been obsessed with the whole First Days of Spring album recently, it's so perfect. 
3. Do you like the beach? Yes, it's my favourite place ever and I want to live near the seaside one day.
4. What's something you really want right now? I want another cup of tea hm...
5. Who was the last person you added to your contacts? I can't remember
6. Do you have any piercings? I have two piercings in my lobes (but ones stretched to 8mm) and a cartilage piercing. I want so many more though!
7. What are your favourite stores? I like all the vintage shops in Nottingham, H&M, Topshop, Urban Outfitters (even though I can't actually afford their clothes), Ark and American Apparel.
8. Favourite nail polish brand? I like Topshop and Rimmel, but mainly anything that's a pretty colour and not too expensive.
9. Ever failed a test? Erm... can't remember, I think I got a D in an RE exam once.
10. Do you prefer shorts or skirts? Skirts
11. Favourite social media? Tumblr, Twitter and Bloglovin'
12. Do you play any sports? Nope, I'm really lazy.
13. Long or short hair? My hair's quite short but I'm trying to grow it.
14. Favourite quote? I like the quote in 'The Great Gatsby' (F. Scott Fitzgerald) were Nick Carraway shouts to Gatsby 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together'. And the quote from 'As I walked out one evening' by WH Auden 'You shall love your crooked neighbour with all your crooked heart'. I have so many but those are the first ones I can think of.
15. What colour is your room? White but with one bright pink wall.
16. Are you outgoing or shy? It really depends on the situation but most of the time I'm probably more towards the shy side.
17. What was the last text message you sent? Telling my mum that we'd ran out of printer ink (we still have no printer ink sigh..)
18. Have you ever won a competition? I won a Christmas card competition in year 8 woo.
19. How many pillows do you sleep with? Two
20. Who was the first person you talked to today? My Mum
21. How many hoodies do you have? Who knows.. I probably have about 6 all scattered around the house.
22. What should you be doing? Getting ready for college.
23. Can you keep your shoes clean? Nope, not at all, my Dr Martens are covered in mud because I went to the park on Wednesday, I'm quite messy.
24. If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I quite like my name. I think I'd like a cute nickname though.
25. Do you prefer milk, dark or white chocolate? Milk.
26. Open a book closest to you and turn to page 13. What does the first line say on that page? 'Hooee, look at the way this bird holds his cards, showin' to everybody in a block' One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest, Ken Kasey (everyone should read this it's amazing)
27. Do you still watch Disney? Sometimes because I have a six year old sister and I really want to see Frozen, so yeah I'm still into it. 
28. What do you usually eat for breakfast? Muffins or toast. I don't really like breakfast.
29. Do you have any pets? I have two cats 
30. What's your favourite holiday? Christmas! 

So I hope you liked the little insight into my life! I quite like doing these question things. 

I am going to tag...

Bas from Anything Bas

Lorna from City Light Maverick

Chelsea from Chelsea Jade Loves

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

ps. I'm going shopping later and if I buy anything I might do a haul ooooh

Month of photos - January

You may have noticed that there isn't nearly as many photos as last month. January is normally a really quiet month in general, with work and social life, especially compared to December which is full of festivities. 

1. This photos sort of sums up this month for me. I've spent a lot of time recently eating food, watching films and doing coursework. I have two deadlines next week ah 

2. I know today is technically February but I thought I'd squeeze this photo into the January post. Today I had an interview day at the University of Lincoln for the journalism degree. It was so much fun and I got to do a little radio workshop which was a new experience. I suppose a selfie of what I wore doesn't really explain the fact I had an interview today but excuse for a selfie woo.

3. Although I'm 18 I'm basically still a child so I bought the new Pokemon game last month for 3DS. It's a really good game, it's a lot different to the old ones as it's more 3D, which I prefer. 

4. My boyfriend and two of his friends are making a short film about a man contemplating whether or he should propose to his girlfriend. It's quite a lighthearted, humorous, probably with little sad bits, kind of film. They need funding in order to make the film so if you could share (or possibly pledge?) to their Kickstarter they will be eternally grateful. If you pledge certain amounts you will be rewarded with things like posters, badges and a thank you in the credits, so please have a look!

I've also started using Instagram more recently since I discovered that I can download it on my iPad. I got a bit bored of Instagram before but I've followed more people, there's new filters and a cute little video option that you can apply filter too as well, so it's a bit more interesting than before.

I'll try to make February a bit more interesting and take more photos so I have more to talk about next month!

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

Month of photos - December 2013

I was going through my iPad photos the other day and realised I should probably do something with them. So, I've decided to do a month in photos kind of post (which also helps with another one of my resolutions, blogging more). I've seen other bloggers do weekly ones but I don't think my life is interesting enough for that to work. 

1. The wrapping paper my boyfriend used to wrap up my birthday presents (who knew you could get personalised Ryan Gosling wrapping paper!?)

2. Another birthday related photo, my boyfriend got me a My Neighbour Totoro tshirt and I wore it for three days one week.

3. More birthday things, my boyfriend got me a lucky Chinese cat and my cat Lotti got a bit confused

4. As a joint birthday and Christmas present my parents bought me a car. I can't legally drive it though, which I know is a bit backwards.. but I am slowly learning!

5. Hello Kitty advent calendar!

6. Me, my mum and my sister Daisy when we went out for my birthday

7. Our Christmas tree

8. Me, my boyfriend and his little brother with the Hello Kitty that his family got me for my birthday (anyone notice a theme here?)

So there are some things that happened this month, I've noticed it's quite birthday related..

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

Leather jacket

Today I decided I'd use my iPad to take outfit post photos... But as you can tell this wasn't a good idea as the quality is terrible. Next time I will remember to charge my camera (new years resolution no.1)

I am wearing

Faux leather jacket - Topshop - £26 (in the sale yay)

Tartan scarf - Chatworth house - Christmas present

Levi's shorts - Cow Vintage

Desert boots - Wild Vintage - £29.99

Jumper - H&M

On boxing day I reluctantly followed my boyfriend to the sales and was a bit sad about waking up at 8 in the morning. But, I came home with this really pretty leather jacket! I went into Topshop hoping to find a big snuggly boyfriend coat and didn't have much luck, then I saw the rail of leather jackets. After digging through for about ten minutes I found this one, and it was only £26! I've wanted a leather jacket for years and I finally have one, it's so much better than the boring beige spring jacket I used to wear.

This scarf was a Christmas present from my mum and I love it. I now have three tartan scarves but this is my favourite because it's actually long enough to keep me warm.

I bough these desert boots on New Years Eve from a vintage shop in Nottingham called Wild Clothing. They sell new and old clothes and these boots are from the new bit. They have lots of other different colours like pink, blue, and beige. I like mine because they aren't the typical brown colour and the purple makes them a bit more feminine.

Also, meet my fluffy grumpy cat Monty.

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

Merry Christmas!

I've been really busy the past few days with all the Christmas food and presents and cheese and food etc.. so I know it's a bit late! 

In these photos I am wearing...

Green velvet dress - Ark (Hearts&Bows) - £24.99

Black bowler hat - Ark - £12.99

Grey cardigan - Hollister

Watch - Marc Jacobs

Bracelet - Pandora

Necklace - Birthday present

(I am also wearing black ankle boots from Matalan)

I love the velvet look for Winter because it's really warm and cozy. I don't really wear Hollister but someone bought me this cardigan a couple of years ago and I needed something to keep me warm, I like it because it's fitted so it doesn't drown me in fabric. I bought the hat and the dress about a week before Christmas when I was buying presents and realised that I didn't really have anything nice to wear on Christmas day. I've loved bowler hats for ages but never really had the confidence to wear them, so it was more of an impulse buy/mum pressured me to buy it. 

I dyed my hair pink using Directions hair dye on my birthday (3 days before these photos were taken), and it's probably hard to tell. It fades so quickly, but that's probably a good thing because I can't turn up at work with pink hair. If I did want something more permanent though, I wouldn't use Directions again. 

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas! 

Lots of Love

Sophie

xxx

(ps. Sorry about the rambly-ness of this post, I haven't blogged in a while and wanted to ramble)

Christmas outfits

I can't really afford to buy new clothes recently because I've been doing Christmas shopping but I have loads of ideas for pretty Christmas outfits. So, instead of buying loads of things, I am going to make collages of all the Christmas outfits I want. 

I thought the contrast of the boots with the elegant shift dress made something more comfortable and appropriate for Christmas with the right amount of formality. This really makes me want to pair my purple Dr Martens with a simple shift dress now.

This outfit is more comfortable with the jumper but still elegant and formal with the jewelry. I would probably wear an outfit like this for Christmas if I hadn't worn my tartan skirt last Christmas (I don't like repeating outfits).

Cheesey christmas outfit in case you want to get really christmassy. If this was me I would pair these items with something simple like jeans. Personally, I wouldn't be that confident and just go for the socks or the hat but why not wear as many Christmas things as you can?

Velvet is a perfect winter material because it's so warm and cosy. I also love the colour because red is a typical christmassy colour. The tights are really different because they have interesting detail rather than just being plain black. This is my favourite out of my Christmas outfits and if I could afford it, I would buy something red velvet to wear.


So let's hope I can find something pretty to wear for Christmas then I can do an outfit post about it!

Lots of Love
Sophie
xxx