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Day off today and I went up North to see my Daddy who is in the hospital just now. This is a pretty thrown together look but I think it kind of works - H&M shorts, brown tights, cream top from Primark, Berry coloured cardigan from Urban Outfitters and tan brogues.

Black & Gold

Today my outfit is Black trousers, sheer shirt, black vest top & brogues. There seemed to be a black & gold theme going on at work - we have to wear black but almost all of us also had gold accents on our outfits. I spy a trend happening.

Go hard or go home

This week at work is one of the busiest of the year so I've been working a lot. Tonight I was on til 9pm then after a quick dash home to change & eat something it was out again less than an hour later for ES' birthday celebrations. Protip - always have some fresh egg pasta of some sort in the fridge during busy weeks, it takes 2 minutes to cook & is fairly healthy. I favour spinach and ricotta tortellini with some pesto on top. Anyhow after food I headed out to meet everyone at Kuta for a couple of cocktails before moving on to Kushion for a bit of a dance. My friend AD & I left a little before 1am as we were both shattered & I have work in the morning, however other than being tired it was a really fun night.
I am definitely getting the good of my leather skirt. Tonight I dressed it up with a pink and black tuxedo style blouse from ASOS, black tights and black and pink Dune Harry wedges. Ordinarily on an occasion like this I would have used my pale pink clutch bag too, however between what is allegedly the tail end of Hurricane Isaac and my knowledge of how treacherous the pavements of Bath Street can be (I have fallen over on that street and seen friends fall over way more times than I care to remember, even in flat shoes when there have been no cocktails involved) I took my Kate Spade handbag so I could also carry my trusty Marc by Marc Jacobs flats for walking between bar & club & to find a taxi home. Now my feet are grateful I am no longer on them, and I am away to get a solid night's sleep before work again tomorrow.

Supermarket Chic

On today's agenda is a trip to my friendly local supermarket as I appear to be out of food, followed my a continuation of yesterday's cleaning since I didn't get much done. Today's outfit is again Dune Petrol boots, with a tulip print Dorothy Perkins dress I've had for years, black tights and a Miss Selfridge biker jacket.

So I lied in my last blog...

I thought that those shoes would be my only purchase for the month (and they didn't even cost that much) however, upon having a bit of  a break out on my forehead,  I decided it was time to properly start looking after my skin so I went for a consultation with Clinique this afternoon and ended up coming away with their entire 3 step skin care regime and a facial SPF. My mum bought me a similar Clinique range about 10 years ago when I was a teenager. Back then it was the bar soap they had which I wasn't keen on at all, but on the whole I remember liking the other 2 products in the range, especially the moisturiser. They've now developed a liquid soap which I think I will get on much better with. Unfortunately when I became a student they were a little out of my price range but since I'm working pretty much full time now and haven't been spending any money on clothes for over a month now I thought I would take the plunge again. If I remember correctly the products lasted me for ages as well which is a bonus.

For my little excursion out I wore a completely inappropriate outfit for the weather - getting over excited about A/W dressing again today's outfit consisted of leggings with a cosy lining from Primark that everyone at work has been raving about since last winter, leather skirt and H&M stripy jumper with my comfy fur lined Dune ankle boots and Mulberry Alexa bag. I am glad I decided to leave my jacket at home because it is a lot warmer outside than I was expecting and my legs were far too hot! Now I'm home I've changed into jeans as I am away to embark on a cleaning mission. I feel like I need a bit of a life overhaul at the moment so I am starting with clean skin and a clean and tidy flat, which I will then endeavour to keep tidy instead of slipping into my naturally messy ways.

1 month, 3 days down.

Yesterday I had another pyjama day. It's not often I have a Sunday off so I decided to have a properly relaxing one.
Today I went to work and wore the leather skirt & Zara top look I wore on 9th August with black Opaque tights instead of patterned ones and my black DKNY cozy as a cover up incase it was cold (turns out it wasn't). After work I bought a pair of Brogues to replace my favourite ones that finally gave up a couple of weeks back. It was nice knowing that really that's going to be my only purchase this month other than food & a couple of birthday presents. I am set for handbags and footwear until I have to get new season boots/shoes for work in October/November time then that's me sorted with footwear til February pretty much.
I have also been thinking this whole buying your wardrobe round the start of the new season is a great idea. I am definitely going to start investing in a few key pieces to compliment those I already own at the start of each season when this challenge is over instead of buying something new every other week. Hopefully it means I'll be able to spend a bit more on quality things too.

A day of play

Today I went and got my nails done then headed over to my cousin's house for a visit. I ended up spending the afternoon at the local Soft Play with my uncle & my cousin's almost 2 year old which was super fun but tiring since she's still a bit small to climb up through the soft play to the top of the big slide on her own so I had to go up and help her. Later in the afternoon I helped the almost 4 year old with her jigsaw puzzle & was on bath duty for both girls before my cousin's husband made us all chilli con carne for dinner. It's always nice spending the day with them, especially the two girls who are the cutest kids ever. Practicality is a must when visiting my cousin's family because I always end up playing on the floor with the kids/ in a soft play area/ running around at the swing park, so I wore my Topshop jeans, a black vest top, pink jumper from H&M and Dune Petrol boots which are the comfiest boots ever. I also finally got the good of my grey jacket that I bought in Topshop in July since the weather is so awful tonight. My nails were done at Swoon Nails and are from the Calgel limited edition BonBon range in blue with gold studs.

Out for dinner

Last night I went out for dinner with my auntie and uncle after work. We went to Urban Bar & Brasserie which is always one of my favourite restaurants to eat at. The food is always delicious and the portions are never too big. I had a black pudding salad followed by a feta and red pepper strudel with a creamy pesto sauce and then a chocolate pot with grand marnier and orange shortbread. I wore this dress I bought in the Oasis sale back in January with suede shoe boots. Today's agenda so far is getting my nails done at 11. Outfit to follow.