Bad Hair Day

Dress All Saints // Vivienne Westwood choker // leopard print tights // Office red boots // disastrous hair // hair bobble around wrist

Booty-Licious!

I'm off to another wedding this evening and bought my dress in the All Saints sale at the beginning of the month. But, I've been racking my brains for weeks trying to think what on earth I'm going to wear on my feet. Basically the dress is quite casual - usual All Saints style - and black (I'll post outfit pics tomorrow) and really requires heels to dress it up. BUT, I'm shit in heels. I feel like a tottering fairy elephant in them and my feet just can't hack the pain after about an hour - misery.
So I figured I'd have a quick look down Buchanan Street on Wednesday after work to see if there were any really good bargains to be had that I might actually be able to walk in. Nothing. Too late. Sales are practically over and nothing jumped out at me until...

WHAM!!

BAM!!

THANK YOU MAM!!

Office strikes again! *squeal*
Of course they were full price and WAY out of my budget for this month. I deliberately tried on a size too small, so that I couldn't get the 'full-effect' and tried to fool my brain into thinking they were too uncomfortable... After fighting with the sales assistant (I wouldn't let go and they wanted to close the store) I left... empty-handed...

I tossed and turned all night. Oufit after fantastic outfit just kept going round and round in my head. I posted a message on Facebook about my horrible dilema: desperately needed work clothes or bright red boots with zips and buckles??

This was the response from my wonderful wee mammy:

"just dae it, buy them and i will give you half the price, yer maw x"

So the very next day...

Wham! Bam! Thank you Mam! xxx

P.S. These photos were taken at 7.45 this morning by a rather sleepy and perplexed Mr G. I'm standing on a kitchen chair!

Scratch My Back

Super cute! Reminds me of the croquet game in Alice in Wonderland.
It's a cheese grater designed by a group of Belgians for a design competition called Dining in 2015

Black Is The New Black

I've got quite greasy hair and therefore wash it every single day, without fail. I know, it's a bad habit and only perpetuates the need to wash it, but there's no way I'm leaving the house with my fringe stuck to my forehead like I've been hanging over a chip pan for for hours.

Every day the routine's the same: two healthy plunges of Black Malva shampoo followed by a pea sized dollop of Black Malva conditioner. In fact, I was trying to remember what my hair, and by association, my life, was like before the use of Aveda hair products. I adore these two beauty products even though they cost around £40 for a set of bottles. Then I did some maths (in my head!) and realised that the last bottle of shampoo I bought was over 3 months ago and there's still a good 1/4 bottle left.

The conditioner? Well, it's almost done, but, the last time I bought a tube was, wait for it... last November! That's 9 whole months ago! Now for the calculator:

£18 / 9 months = £2 a month
£2 / 30 days = 6.5p per day

That's value for money! Not to mention that the black tea ingredient helps keep my hair nice and dark so I don't have to dye it as often.

Aveda also supports sustainable and organic agriculture and encourages economic independence.

What does everyone else use? Any good beauty product tips?

The Ink Spot

Sorry I've not posted all weekend. Been a bit cheeky and spent some time starting up a new Tumblr blog: The Ink Spot.
I'm always inspired by other people's tattoos and have a backlog of images on my hard drive (at work!) and want to create a sort of accessible database of them. I'm also fascinated by the history, anthropology and sociology surrounding tattoos and plan to post links to interesting, controversial and thought-provoking articles on the web. If you have a Tumblr and like what you see, please follow. Leave a comment below so I know who you are and I can follow back x

Furry Fantastic

A wee cheeky last minute sale bargain? Down to £32.50 in the Office sale.

Lanvin Lovin

Just can't get enough of Lanvin bling at the moment. Probably because all of it is so far out of my budget that I can't even be tempted. So, if anyone would like to sell a kidney and make me a very happy gal, knock yourself out. The one directly above would be preferable, but I'd take the ladybugs as a close second. Cheers.