Can you hear me now....?

Hello!!


Finally, an outfit post! I spent all day Saturday morning reshooting dark and awful outfit photos from the last few weeks. Unfortunately I had to change rooms to the spare room so excuse the naff wardrobes in the background... check out the door handles! How retro!? I still had to spend a good bit of time editing but at least I have photos!


I have so many pretty floral summer dresses that I ignored most of Autumn but I got bored of the jeans, boots and thousands of layers look, so I've started wearing black long sleeved tops under all my dresses.

(Dress - Local Waterford Shop "Swamp", Black long-sleeved top - Penneys/Primark, Grey cardigan - Penneys/Primark, Leggings - NEXT, Black snood - John Rocha at Debenhams, Clock necklace - H&M, Boots - OFFICE)

Ok.... I NEED to dedicate a paragraph to my boots. I bought these in January last year in Kingston-upon-Thames while I was over for my brothers graduation. I had been on the search for a pair that were the right height on my calf, not too shiney and nicely rounded at the front... and then I found these babies in Office... and fell in love. My mum paid for them on her credit card so it wasn't exactly aware of the price until after... but I'm glad I didn't see the tag or I may have been a bit weary of spending over 100 euro on them. Now, i'm so glad I did because I literally wear them around 5 times a week if not more. They're so versatile and because they're not black they go with navy (which I like to wear quite a bit.. exhibit A above). The good news is they're still available on the OFFICE website :)

Do you have a pair of shoes you can't get out of?? Or a nevertakenoff item of clothing?? Or do you have an inventive way of restyling summer dresses you could share? Most important question though, can someone PLEASE tell me where I can get decent black leggings that don't sag at the knees and lose shape after one wear? 


Let me know your thoughts :)

Before I go (need to finish Christmas shopping) I must point out that my post title is a lyric from a Villagers song called That Day. Now I know this isn't a music blog, but I'm just really in love with this band AND I'm going to see them live tonight, so I have to tell ye about them :D I'm far too excited about this gig... aaaahhh1h11!!! EXCITEMENT!! They're Irish and they have a beautiful album out called Becoming A Jackal. I can't choose just one favourite song to recommend but because I stole my title from these lyrics, have a listen to 'That Day': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-HDkpgWZDM

(If someone could tell me how to embed a video into my blog that would be great)

Love,

El :)xx

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