This has been the best summer (of my life shall we say) with a holiday and J and actual friends and said friends' engagement and career prospects to look forward to. But that's all I'm doing now, looking forward. So I'm more than happy to say goodbye to summer, how perfect it all was and all, but to welcome darker evenings and my first spot of a tree decoration in September, the words 'it's all too early' from any man I've ever known and the smell of bonfires and jumper shopping and warmth in such a different way. I'm ready for the cosiness of blankets and when asking for a cup of tea at the pub doesn't seem so silly now.
So goodbye summer and hello Autumn. And please God let me get more original content because I'm cringing at myself already. x
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The thought of wearing trousers in the summer months, quite frankly, scares me. Clingy material from the waist to ankles gets a no from me, but here I am wearing some in August. And here's why.
I'm one of those people who visualises an outfit before picking up the pieces to pair it all together. I had the shirt and I had the trousers, and putting them together literally came to me in a dream one night. In the colder months I'll pair the shirt with a knit and skirt, but shirts themselves aren't thick. Leave a few buttons undone at the bottom, tie the sides together for my favourite kind of cropped top look. I swear against buying tops or shirts already tied when buying, purely because it's never tight enough or at the right place on the hips. So just do it yourself with what you've already got. This shirt is from Newlook. I did say that shirts aren't think, but those flimsy see through cami needing ones might not work as well as a more fitted version. But the choice is yours.
The trousers. Linen is your best friend here. It will need an iron after every sit down or movement. BUT it's thin and airy and perfect if you work in an office. Stone and beige colours work well here with the crisp white shirt. These high waisted ones are from Nasty Gal last year and although a tad big, sit nicely on the waist.
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It's officially spring, by name and possibly not by nature. Outcome the mini skirt and heeled sandles and the bulky knits are banished to our lofts once again. This year I really feel like I know what I want to wear, and the key staple pieces I need to buy.
Midi dresses and skirts
These *hopefully* will never leave us. A flowy skirt in the June winds is a beauty, and paired with both a thin roll neck on the colder days or a strappy cami in the sun, they are a must.
Woven and wooden
As many may know, stilettos are not for me, mainly because I can't walk, and remind myself of a goat when trying. Thicker, shorter heels are a-go. These Miss Selfridge ones are hitting all the trends with the wooden heel and woven material. LOVE.
Floral
Flowers.. for Spring? Groundbreaking. But it's true. A classic. That is all.
Beige.
Obviously.
Gingham
Oh my have I been won over on this one. Imagine year 9 Katie, sitting behind a sewing machine in the tech room, swearing blind she'll never touch another piece of gingham once she's done making her pink pyjamas. What is it, like 7 years later? Here we are. I love it. It's been the only thing I've searched for recently. I want it all (and by all I mean the yellows and beiges, obviously).
A non extensive list. There will be more. There's always more.
Photography by Stacey White Photography
I hate anything touching me. I'm all for skinny jeans and tight tops, but physical pressure is a no go, so chokers aren't for me and my watches usually swing around my wrist. I recently acquired some pieces from Jewellerybox* and thought I'd share with you the things I've been addicted to recently.
RINGS:
Every princess needs a tiara. This princess wears hers as a midi ring on her index finger along with an understated birthstone one whilst she's at it. They're small, simple and they're all I ask in a finger accessory.
Necklace:
I've been branching out recently, to gold. I'm a silver lover. Everything is pearly or silver. But now I own a bit of pearly gold to mix it up a bit. This double chain necklace sits just below the collar line for a subtle addition.
Earrings:
Pearls. The only thing you'll ever find on my ear. I have two piercings per ear, so dainty studs are perfect, especially as I'm not a fan of heavy drooping things that I fear someone'll walk past a rip off. It's a fear.
What's in your summer jewellery collection?
*All items were gifted. This post was not sponsored, in no way requested, and all views are my own.
I'm very much an open book. Ask me a question and I'll go off on a million paths to answer it fully. I'm not however a writer of my life, a self narrator if you will, so the whole 'life update' thing is rare and far between. That being said, heres how the past 7 months have come together to today, where I sit at 10:16am on a Tuesday morning writing about something I don't usually do but am doing. Off we go.
Without a doubt there has only been big thing that stood out between January and May. I headed down to Northern Cyprus with some of my closest family and spent two weeks in the early summer sun, burning my skin, not tanning at all, and most importantly, getting heatstroke on the last few days to which I spent a lot of time with my head over a toilet, being sick on the beach, in my lunch bag on the plane, and a shoe box an hour after we got home. It was the first time my family realised how much my blog and Instagram plans were at the forefront of my mind. The trip was overall a success, and I now realise how lucky I am that my cousins are all extremely close, in age and life.
We have my job, and my uni course as a continuing thing throughout the year, and it shall be for many years to come. So we won't focus on them, but we shall focus on a boy. By focus I mean mention once or twice and document within my life as a large part of it. I'm not a squishy poetical person, but he is honestly one of the smartest humans I've ever met, has a fabulous face, and for some odd reason, is really bloody nice to me. So there we are, he has been documented and officially on the blog.
Mentally, I'm better than I've ever felt in general. I think when I'm having a "calm day" as I call them, I'm the best I'll get. When they're bad, they're the worst they've been. But I am getting there.
It's summer now. The pool is up, the lilo is blown, and the cups of tea are never far away. This is good, it's all really good.
That is it really. A quick roundup of things from the past 7 months. So heres to the next 5 x
At this point in the year, people are either on holiday in palm leaf print swimsuits, looking for umbrellas for the uncertain weather, or buying jumpers for the autumn. For me, my wollys are ready and waiting for a slight chill. Today's post features one of my favourite transitional outfits for the summer, and the winter days that are due to cross.
Top-
I bought this cropped mustard shirt from Topshop just under a year ago. The length sits perfectly on top of any jeans or skirts and I feel this colour only really comes out in autumn, and I love it.
Skirt-
These button up denim skirts are everywhere at the moment and are perfect for a summers day, but also to pop over a pair of tights with some ankle boots for a day in the city.
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