Monochrome Set

I just can't seem to wear bright colours these days, they don't suit me. Plus I think my inner goth won't allow me to wear anything other than black. This top is a little silky h&m baseball lookalike top which was £14.99 and I completely love it. I think it looks a bit like a Rihanna for River Island top, I'm going a bit ghetto fab aren't I? The jeans are the best jeans EVER from Topshop called Joni's in white. They come in a few different colours and cost about £45 but I got mine in the sale for £22.50 because they're white summer jeans and autumn is around the corner, yay! My shoes I've shown before on my blog because I adore them so much, they only cost £25 from h&m which makes them even better. My bag is from Urban Outfitters and my love of lumo had me dying to buy it even though I don't usually buy bags that often. It cost me £20 though which isn't bad :) The necklace is Primark because I can't even cope with the price of jewellery these days and they also have great stuff in! 

Sorry that I haven't written anything in a few days but I'm currently waiting on some treats in the post for me to review, so when they arrive I'll be sure to post about them ASAP.

Lots of love and kisses,

Katie xxx

Line up the bitches..

Quick OOTD post here of my new "celine" t-shirt with a little play on the word ;) I'm not actually going to say much about my OOTD pics because I prefer to write loads on my other posts about clothes and clothes websites. I'm not interesting enough to write that much about! As you can probably tell I am a massive fan of monochrome, I live in black and white. These trousers I found at the back of Primark marked down to £5 which made me so giddy, the t-shirt I found on eBay cost me £7-8 I think including postage. I also got these shoes in the Office sale for £5 which is a complete barg! My necklace is also Primark (of course) and my head scarf is just a little charity shop find.

Lots of love and kisses,

Katie. 

Veuxdoo people..

Hey there, back again to tell you all about another amazing online vintage shop I've come across in the last week or so on twitter. I honestly think it's crazy how many great shops are out there that we don't know about because they haven't gotten that much hype, so I'm going to hype them now.
My latest discovery is an online vintage shop called Veuxdoo (http://www.veuxdoo.co.uk) which offers really affordable and unique hand picked items. The great thing about this website is that there's only one of everything so you get yourself a unique piece and you won't have to worry about seeing someone else in it, we all know how annoying that can be.
I've been waiting for the owner to let me know when new stock went up and I had a little peek before I went out last night. I actually considered cancelling my plans and spending the night writing about clothes and I couldn't wait to get home to post about it. I could spend forever talking about how I like everything on the website so I'm going to spare you all the ramblings and pick out my three favourite items like I always do.

The first thing that caught my eye was surprise surprise, a kimono! This kimono isn't like the usual kimonos I would pick out because this looks like an actual silk Chinese kimono whereas most of the ones on the high street aren't silk. The flowery pattern adds to the oriental look of the whole thing and the fact that its only £14 just makes me love it even more.

 

Now this next top is actually something else all together because I've never seen an item of clothing more perfectly suited to me. It's a tie dye t-shirt that has "I love you but I've chosen cats" printed on it. I don't think I need to explain this any further because it speaks for itself. A must have for only £10.

The last item that took my fancy was this velvet waistcoat, I have a bit of an inner hippy/crusty inside me that's dying to buy this and prance about playing an accordion. The pattern on this reminds me of something that Esmeralda from The Hunch back of Notre-Dame would wear and makes me wish I was a beautiful gypsy woman. The product description of "Vintage gold and blue embroidered red velvet waistcoat with satin back and lining, with ornate button fastenings" almost has me salivating. I know I'm promoting this waistcoat but I actually think I have to buy it for myself, it's only £20 after all.

These items aren't the only lovely things on there so have a look for yourself and keep checking every so often for new clothes and goodies. With vintage and one off pieces at this price it really does pay off to spend a few hours searching to find sites like this. Plus it's great to help small businesses like this grow in a time where big companies get richer and the little ones get poorer, power to the little man. 

Lots of love and kisses,

Katie xxx

Omg shoes..

I really am the worst at keeping up a steady flow of blogging but I've been feeling very uninspired this week and generally just being a grumpy shit. Apologies and smiles now as I've stumbled upon the most amazing website with the nicest (and very affordable) shoes! If you haven't realised the recurring theme in my blog is "expensive things that I can't afford so here's the cheap alternative" and this is sticking firmly to this theme. If you're wondering where I find all these boutiques and online shops then get yourself on Instagram and Twitter ASAP! I've always been a massive fan of Instagram but recently I've started to discover the power of Twitter (although if you know me you'll know that I am a Facebook devotee,I'm so last year.) So my latest find is called Shop Lolita and you can find it at www.shoplolita.bigcartel.com/products.
Shop Lolita is a small online store featuring the most on trend shoes, think platforms platforms and more platforms. Everywhere you look nowadays you see people wearing flatforms, platforms, shoes that my mum would refer to as "foot problem correctional shoes". I always say if your parents don't like what you're wearing then you're on the right track. I know these shoes aren't to everyones taste because they're quite high fashion but if they are to your taste then lucky you because they're all under £30!
My absolute favourite pair has to be the Tilly lace up's, I have a thing about white shoes anyway but these are just the best. What I love about them is they're lace up's that aren't even lace ups, there's a zip on the back which for me is great because I absolutely hate lacing up shoes. I work in a shoe shop and you can imagine it's not so fun when you can't lace shoes.

If I told you these were only £27 would you believe me?  I know, just too good.

Next up are the gorgeous Daisy sandals, I never usually wear sandals because my feet are so dainty and they always fall off but these would be perfect because they're made of elastic which means they'd sit close to my feet and stretch a bit for bigger feet. I know summers almost over but I think I have to order these anyway because it's just so rare that I actually like sandals.

These beauties are only £21, what a bargain.

And last but not least the nicest boots I've seen all year, and considering I love nothing more than a good pair of black buckle boots I have seen almost every pair to grace the high street. Usually I expect to pay anything from £60-100 for a decent pair of boots from Topshop or Office, but the fact that these look so expensive yet are only £26 fills me with so much joy. It's actually funny how much clothes and shoes can elevate my mood, definitely got to be a name for this disorder.

Sadly none of these beauties are in stock at the minute because I think anyone who knew about this website snapped up all the goodies as fast as they could, smart girls. So now that we know about them, add the site to your favourites and hope and pray that by the time they're re stocked we all have enough money to stock up on a few pairs. The way I see it, I'm getting three pairs of amazing shoes for the price of one pair of Topshop boots. Sorry Topshop but I only love you when I've been paid.

Now that you've seen some of what the site has to offer go and have a look at all their other shoes and I can guarantee you will love and want most of them and be happy for the rest of the day. There really has to be some kind of name for the way clothes and shoes make me feel, when I'm not buying clothes it's like one big permanent come down of no clothes-ness and when I click "place order" the serotonin in my brain does a little dance of joy. I know you all feel the same.

Lots of love and kisses,

Katie.