First Christmas night of the season!

I ended up wearing a completely different dress tonight to the ones I was trying to decide between in my last blog post. This is a Monsoon Fusion dress I wore to a work night out a few years ago that had an unfortunate incident involving a washing machine (it is hand wash only, got machine washed by accident and 4 rows of sequins came off) however, the lovely people at Monsoon had planned for this and the dress came with plenty of spare sequins and thread to sew them on with. I was mighty impressed with this and last night sat and sewed them back on so I could wear it again. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of my whole outfit before I took it off but I really love the dress and it is totally the right cut for having a big turkey dinner and remaining comfortable all night for drinks and dancing. I was less impressed with the handbag I used which fell open lots when I was dancing the Macarena (embarrassing I know, but we were at a club night called Cheesy Pop and it had to be done) causing my keys to fall on the floor 3 times.

Decisions, Decisions...

I almost caved in and bought a dress today. Well 2 dresses actually, I was planning to be an awful customer and return whichever one I preferred least. I have a Christmas event I am attending next Friday evening and I had pretty much decided to recycle the grey dress I wore to my 21st Birthday, however finding shoes is proving to be a nightmare. I have these silver ones but I think they're a bit too light for the dress and also too low for my liking since I shall be with a few friends who are taller than me. Anyway completely despairing after an unsuccessful shoe shopping mission I hit up inlovewithfashion.com because they sent me an e-mail about a Cyber Monday money off offer. I even went so far as going to the checkout before stopping myself and deciding to revisit my wardrobe and try a few things on. To my delight I discovered actually I have a few options that would be appropriate for the occasion that I would be happy wearing. Now I just need to decide which combination I'd be happiest with! At the moment I'm leaning towards the berry beaded dress which is actually my mum's with black Dune Gaga slingbacks or the floral prom dress with the same shoes because they are super comfortable.

Apologies I am half asleep right now...

Crazy work hours this week including 2 midnight finishes. Need sleep now but loved my outfit today so much I had to blog it. Layered H&M dress with Topshop sheer blouse, black opaque tights and Dune Plymouth boots. I also wore my elephant pendant necklace that my Dad brought me home as a gift after a trip to South Africa. I now have 2 elephant necklaces, the one I wore today is the original which my Dad got me after a running joke between us that he would bring me home an elephant. I love jewellery that has sentimental value and I rarely wear costume jewellery.

Update

It's been a drama filled few weeks hence the lack of posts. I basically spent any time not at work at the end of September on a train up to visit my Dad in the hospital. Thankfully in 1st week of October I had a week off from work so was able to be there for him getting out of hospital & beginning his recovery. Amazingly over the course of all this I have still been resisting the lure of new clothes despite spending a lot of time in the shopping centre next to the train station. The most I bought there was dinner. October flew past in a whirl of visits home, work, wobbling about with Labyrinthitis (not fun), spending time with friends and a small drama with my boiler which is getting sorted today. Now, almost a week into November my thoughts turn to Christmas and buying gifts for people. I find it's always better to spread the cost over a couple of months and today after some housework I intend to begin researching gift ideas for people. Today's outfit is red Topshop Jeans, black vest top and Love popcorn cross motif jumper.