Saturday, November 27, 2010

Let it Snow....

Ok, so I've been a crap blogger as of late. You may all give out to me.. it's ok.. I can take it! Due to reasons beyond my control and reasons that were fully in my control I just haven't had time to take outfit posts. 


Firstly I'd like to blame it on the weather. No matter how many photographers and websites and manuals I've consulted I just can't get my camera to do what i want it to... and considering I go to work in dull light and come home in darkness my days off are my only chance for photos. Now... In theory this should still give me at least 2 to 3 photos a week... but.. I've been busy on my days off. I'd like to be able to say that I've been doing REALLY important, life changing things... but I haven't.... I've been on exciting adventures to other cities and abroad and generally just having fun :) 


So..... sorry blog land, I hang my head in shame... but I intend to get back to it in the run up to Christmas. I have super exciting things planned for my future and this blog will play a big part in it, so I'm gonna start taking it seriously.


In the meantime....


SNOW!!! IT'S SNOWING IN IRELAND!!! I love it :) Check out the view from my mum's room this afternoon:




I would now like to reveal a little bit about my personality that came to light today. Basically, if you want to have light hearted snowman making fun, don't invite me. I am the dictator of snow construction.. If we're going to make a snowman, we're going to make a snowman and it's going to be brilliant! Having said that... despite my leadership skills this is what we ended up with, not the best... but hey.. I tried (I hope one of my snowman companions reads this..teeeehee):




Given the fact I've been stuck inside most of the day, I've been catching up on tv on the RTE Player (what a great invention). I feel compelled to declare to you all my LOVE for Fade Street... (this is Ireland's answer to the Hills for those of you who aren't familiar). While the acting is awful, it's obviously staged and in real life the two main girls would never be friends... it's just brilliant. I find myself completely bewildered and shocked by each episode.. it's a kind of "is this really happening?? is this REALLY on tv?? WHO ARE THEY KIDDING??" feeling. I urge you all to check it out, it doesn't take much commitment either, the episodes are 20 mins long. In this weeks episode look out for Paul and Dani's fight.... it's all very amusing... Paul does some pushing, everyone is shocked.. and he storms off. It's a gem.


Ok Blog... I must be off, but never fear.. I will be back with proper fashion posts







Love,

El :)xx

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Co-ownership! The recessionista way!

So...both my mum and I have been pining after leopard print coats all of autumn. We both already have our own creamy coloured plain fur coats and she also has a black one but these beautiful leopard prints appearing all over shops were just too tempting to ignore. While watching Xpose on tv3 during the week this Warehouse gem appeared: 


Everybody say "ooooooo".... "aaaahhhh"

So, after the initial lust subsided I came up with this amazing idea........... wait for it:

Lets buy the fur coat together! 
(cue alarm bells, flashing lights, sirens!)


Due to work and other stuff me and my mum will be living in the same vicinity for atleast 2 years so we don't have to worry about who gets custody of the coat till at least then. Plus it worked out around 62 euro each, that's so cheap! What I like about it most (besides the insane softness) is the colour. Because I have red hair, I've found that orange leopard print can make me look a bit tacky and my mum feels the same. 

I'll be featuring this baby in an outfit post soon enough but until then here's the pretty model showing it off:






Love,

El :)xx

Monday, November 1, 2010

Rain, rain go away..... please?

So it's the first day of November and the weather seems to be letting me know this. It's getting in the way of what could have been a very productive day off (lies). I had big plans for a long walk (lie), maybe doing some bank related things (more lies) and catching up on all the jobs I've been putting off (yes I'm still lying).. To be honest, I kind of like rain, as long as it's not constant of course. The weather in Ireland has been pretty alright for the past while so as long is it doesn't stay for much longer I'm happy to be cozied up at home with tea, a fire and 'The Princess Diaries' today :)

Last night was Halloween and as usual we got one set of trick or treaters, meaning that I have two bags of chocolate to get through over the next week... :) I didn't have a camera to document my finished costume for Saturday night but I'm hoping a decent photo will crop up on Facebook over the next few weeks so I can post it up here.

In the meantime, here's what I'm wearing today. I'd also like to point out it's my FIRST outfit post ever! :) I've been wearing the snood on and off all day, depending on which room of the house I'm in, it's sooo snuggly :)






(Snood - Primark/Penneys, Stripy Top - H&M, Green cardigan - H&M, Jeans - H&M, Clock necklace - H&M)

I really like this outfit for lounging around the house. The stripy top is actually longer than I'm showing it here. I fold it up with jeans and leave it long to turn it into a dress. I'm currently on the look out for a REAL clock necklace that tells the time (and that's not too expensive), but this will do for now. Any suggestions of where to get one??






Love,

El :)xx