SEEING GREEN

wearing:   h&m knitted top   |   zara faux leather trousers   |   zara sheepskin coat   |   asos loafers |       zara checked scarf       marc jacobs watch

Green. Strange colour. The colour of these trousers immediately reminds me of my repulsive bottle green uniform, endured for a very long 5 years at school. But at the same time I can't help but love it - maybe in a heart-warming, endearing fondness kind of way? Ha. A bargain at £10 in Zara sale last year (sorry, old news but similar here), I immediately snapped these up in black too. I can't help but love a wallet-friendly leather look trouser! And with one of Zara's ah-mazing scarves from this season, school uniform memories are quickly fading. A very Zara themed outfit, no?

                                                                                                                                                                                     x                                           *Hannah Colligan photography, see more here and on Facebook woo!

AUTUMNAL GOODNESS

haul:   river island beaded cami   |   asos oxblood leather loafers   |   missguided green velvet dress (similar)   |   topshop cut-out heels   |   river island grey felt fedora   |   mac studio fix fluid   |   nars laguna bronzer   |   benefit playstick   |   essie polish in eternal optimist 

Autumn, autumn, oh how I've missed you...kind of. Autumn weather? Not really. Autumn fashion? Now were talking. Some of these pieces I've had a few weeks but due to my severe lack of blogging (oops, sorryyyy) I never got around to posting about them. But here they are, finally. HOLLA.

Obviously, my complete lack of self control when it comes to spending has gone into overdrive (victim of consumerism at its finest). Over the past month I've aquired some absolute treasures and with all of the student discount offers being thrown around during freshers week, I couldn't resist. Everyone needs new clothes for a new semester, correct? Yes, correct. And a new face. Hello, accidental make-up splurge. Oops...

New obsession? Oxblood for winter. 20% off both Asos and River Island... no brainer.

And a delightful new dress from Missguided. Plus I finally accomplished my cut out boot and grey fedora dreams - Winner!

 

And some makeup replacements thrown in for good luck (excuse my rank infills). But discount, remember? It would be rude not to.

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Hannah Colligan Photography and Facebook, yeyah.

PVC VS. PASTELS

wearing:   topshop pink pvc skirts   |   topshop blue fluffy jumper   |   h&m leather belt   |
 converse shoes   |   ebay and vintage rings 

PVC.  A strange topic area. Sugar-coated mini trend of the season or something you now associate with the once so innocent Miley Cyrus? (Panic not, no twerking will be going down in this number. I hope). Love it or loathe it, Topshop seem to be having a 'vinyl moment' - and a mighty fine moment at that, may I add. From coats to skirts to satchels, Topshop have got it covered this season and I had to grab myself some of the action. With colours this sweet, how could I resist?

On first sightings, I was a little bit dubious about this skirt. Baby pink and PVC? Neither are usually my thing and when I asked for the opinion of my all-knowing family, one's response of 'thats a nice vase' didn't exactly raise my confidence levels, but nearly out of stock? I'll run the risk of looking like an ornament. Paired with a fluffy baby blue jumper, I'll admit the outfit is a bit of an ice cream-dream, but I seem to be going through a 'winter' pastels phase. Don't judge.


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Photos courtesy of the lovely Hannah Colligan. Visit her Facebook here too, yar.

FLORALS? CHECK

wearing:   zara dress   |   h&m jewellery 

Zara Autumn/ Winter 13 collection is perfection, there's no denying it. So when I saw this trf dress in my local store a few weeks ago, I knew I needed it straight away, no messing around. BUT when they didn't have my size my heart broke a little bit (dramatic, yes, but very true). So, I did the best thing you can do and  took a road trip down the motorway to Leeds where they had it! It was mine! And obviously I wasn't waiting to wear it after this whole kerfuffel! Straight on it went..

Far too excited for Winter now and to get my mitts on more of Zara's beautiful collection! Roll on payday, woo.

Don't forget to have a browse of my gorgeous friend Hannah's amazing photography at http://hannahcolligan.wix.com/hannahcolligan or https://www.facebook.com/HannahColliganPhotography

dress - here

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THE NEW THING

haul:   boohoo heels  |   boohoo cream bralet   |   boohoo striped bralet   |   primark earrings    

I'm calling this an 'accidental haul', perhaps to try and make myself feel better about the fact I bought these ah-maaazing shoes and tops when I currently have £0.00p in my bank account. Sigh.

The truth? This wasn't accidental AT ALL. I've had my eye on these Boohoo 'Cady' heels for a while and after trying to spend as little as possible whilst my bank balance recovers from my most recent excursion (London living + unpaid internship = my bank balance crying itself to sleep), I decided that I really deserve these babies. Pah! But I'm in love with them and I don't care who knows it. 

I also managed to snap up the 'Skye Scuba Bralet' in cream which I also needed, as it now means I don't have to steal my flatmates cream bralet whenever we go out. Surely that makes this all justifiable, no? And then there's the Striped knot-front bralet, which is gorgeous. If you can't already tell I was going through a bralet-loving, mad half hour when I purchased these. But who can blame a girl when it's free delivery over £35?! That's right, nobody. Ha!

These cute earrings from Primark were supposed to be 2 'L's', but luckily the pair I picked up had been arranged in my initials, therefore I couldn't leave them in the shop for £1...it was fate (and I love a good Kim Kardashian inspired earring haha!) 

Ps, please excuse my insanely creased bedding. My mother would be ashamed of me, but I ain't no domestic goddess! 

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