Ghotic Collection

Here I go again with the culottes, I told you it was an obsession!  I've got another pair to blog in the next week too so sorry for the culotte overload but they are a must-wear for next season :)  Culottes are also a good piece to wear for this transition period where you want to introduce next season's trends to your daily looks but don't want to freeze your ass off.  Obviously you will need to add skin coloured tights which I know some peeps aren't a fan of, but so long as you buy the non-granny ones and carry a spare pare (in case of ladderage!) you'll be set. These culottes are from River Island and come with the little chain belt (they also come in a shorter length if these don't tickle your fancy).  For those office workers these might be a nice alternative to pencil skirts for your spring/summer work wear wardrobe.

Time for the first outfit post of the year, and with the new do!  Unfortunately due to this utterly shite weather, today wouldn't permit me to go to a more 'exotic' location in London other than my rather shabby looking back garden *apologies* through fear of being swept away in a not-so Mary-Poppins fashion.  Today like an eager shopping beaver I'm sporting some of my new sale purchases.  You may recognise the blazer and bag from yesterdays post, but I also bought a few pairs of sale jeans from Bershka and Zara (seen here) which I didn't add in, after all, jeans are jeans y'know.

Sale time, hurrah!  I wouldn't say I'm a total hardcore sale shopper, (otherwise known as lunatics), I don't camp outside Selfridges the night before nor do I rise at 4am to get to a Next sale (that shit cray!).  Throughout the year I do get gifted an awful lots of products and obviously I buy my fair share too, so more often than not, the bits that have gone into sale, I already have, booooo!  That said there are some things that simply must be bought when you see them in the sale.  Some people might not agree, but over the years there have been very few sale-purchase-disasters (bar the metallic space-style jumpsuit of 09', let us forget!).  So here's a few snippets of my Sale purchases thus far, stores are now starting their further markdowns and the one to watch is Zara!  As I used to work for them I know how they operate their sales.  They have so much stock that by the time the 3rd of 4th markdowns come into play, there's still stock that's not even been out on the shop floor yet, so that's the stuff you'll get at truly bargainous prices!

Check out all my purchases below and also some of my top tips for shopping the sales :)

I had to share this with you all because for me this is quite an achievement!  I am in this weeks issue of Grazia magazine (UK edition)!  I'm sure you all remember THAT Coast 'Rita' skirt from my 'Carrie Moment' post back in November, well that was spotted by Grazia mag and they emailed me asking if I wouldn't mind being featured!  I love Grazia, I always buy the mag (along with LOOK) on a Tuesday when it comes out and it's an absolute honour to be in it.  I would never have thought that I would be featured in anything like Grazia because I'm a high street blogger, but I am and here it is!  This is such a positive start to 2014 for me :)

So this happened today.  New year, new hair.  I'd been toying with the idea of having a long bob for a while now and I often change my hair through getting bored so it was definitely time for a new look.  I looked at endless pictures on Pinterest last night and then just decided to go for it when I woke up this morning.  I love it and not all of my ombre was cut off, I've just got some slightly lighter bits right on the ends which looks kinda' cool.  I might add some highlights in there at some point but for now, I'm lovin' my new do :)