time warps in the city corners

coat - topshop, jumper - h&m, snood - Urban Revisions, shoes - vintage, basket - vintage, necklace - from france.

Spent a lovely morning knitting in bed with a mocha! How sad am I?! It's so addictive, I'm making a scarf (terribly complex, you know) and want to get it finished before it gets too warm! Then we went down to the shop to see how the floor was coming along - it's done! It's a great colour and looks like it's been down there for years - I love it! The changing room was being constructed this afternoon and hopefully we'll get the lighting done this week. It's great to see it coming to life and it's all happening so quickly! So far, so good! It's very tiring though - me and my Mum were up until 1 last night looking at light fittings!

Took some snaps in the wind today in front of a lovely phone box before heading off to get a Mint Frappe form Nero's. Why did we get rid of all the cool old English stuff like the red London buses and phone boothes like these? They were so iconic and lovely and perfectly British. It's sad to see them rusting away in forgotten corners. Anyway, I threw on an old stripey jumper and tights today for fear of being splattered by paint in the shop! I know I tend to wear longer skirts and dresses but sometimes it's nice for a change to wear something shorter. I've had this black pea-coat for years now, like these shoes, it goes with anything. I'm wearing my Urban Revisions snood again, I love the colour and it's already shredded so if it snags in my basket it doesn't matter. I bought some amazing jeans today, they're so 70s - flared at the bottom and that gorgeous deep-blue denim. They are now my one and only pair of jeans. I have so many nice tops and don't always want to wear skirts with them, so these are perfect! 

Oh by the way, I'm so pleased I got this basket! I like it so much I've put all my handbags into our shop stock (not the Chanel before you get your hopes up!) I will never look at a bag in the same way! It's ironic really because in the old days real flower girls used to carry flowers around in baskets.

Giveaway coming up soon! I feel like I need to hold a blogger event when we open to say thank you!

xxx

Ribbons and Butterflies

 Apologies for my boring outfit - again. But I stood for ages in front of my wardrobe for ages and felt so uninspired. I guess I'm in some sort of outfit funk.

I've been tying ribbons in my hair for years and it's finally grown enough for me to wear one again. This is one of the laces from my brogues. And I've decided I don't wear enough broaches - this butterfly is so cute and it makes my staple cardi a little more interesting.

Happy weekend everyone. Finally the snow is melting and me and my Sister can get out to do some Christmas shopping. I always leave it so late and then I'm left in a rush, but luckily we all made lists this year, so shopping should be relatively easy. (My list was considerably longer than everyone else's).

My cardi is Gap, my top is vintage, my jeans are Topshop, my boots are from a charity shop, my bag is Chanel, my butterfly broach was from my Nan and my ribbon is from my shoes.

Luella. It's a fun word to say.

I hardly ever wear jeans anymore, but I just wanted a simple t-shirt and jeans combo today. This is one of my 2 pairs of trousers, and I've been thinking I might get a pair of black cropped trousers maybe to wear with my growing collection of bretons and white printed tees. Maybe a good xmas present to myself.

 Loving this Luella jacket, it's the perfect mix of equestrian and preppy style. It's a little big for me, in the arms especially, otherwise this baby would never ever end up in our shop, but sadly it won't be mine to keep.

Had a fairly lazy day again - the snow hasn't melted much, but Mum and I got out to do some food shopping (a task I loathe). My cats are also going stir crazy, they hate the snow and so I've been tugging around a cat toy for them to play with all afternoon. 

Going to paint my nails, have a long bubbly bath and watch a mooovie with Rose tonight. What colour should I paint my virtually always red nails? I fancy a change.

My jacket is Luella, my cardi is gap, my t-shirt is American Apparel, my jeans are Topshop, my boots are thrifted, my ring is Topshop, my skull cameo was a prezzie and my bag is Chanel. I will always love this bag. I will have it my entrie life and never get bored of it.  But I guess that's Chanel for you. How did she do it? 

Oh, and Happy weekend lovelies!

Chanel, is it love?

I bagged myself this vintage Chanel baby today.

It was a good day.

I promise my posts won't always be this ram-shackle, but I was too darn excited to wait.