moon in the water

NECKLACE:CRYSTALS BELT:GIFT

This is just a mini post with some details for an outfit I wore a couple weeks back. I love moonstone and this necklace is especially pretty, the photo doesn't do it justice.

I've been performing for one of my modules of late (hello second biggest part in the play!) on top of doing the farewell for xmas rounds so basically, it's been a bit manic. I'm at home in Exeter now, sans tripod and 99% of my clothes so as soon as I'm at Grandma's with more luggage and equipment I'm gonna post more often.

Apologies for the absence, if you even noticed it :)

To cover me for the next couple of days i'm going to schedule some random picture posts from nights out where I managed to capture an outfit, or most of one anyway!

Hope everyone is having a good run up to Christmas and if you've already celebrated some or all of your winter festivities then I hope they were brilliant too <3

Details

Went to a friend's gig last night. Hadn't had my eardrums torn to shreds by live hardcore in a while and plus my beautiful friend Lauren was there so i got to say farewell to her.
Put together what i thought was a crackin' outfit but i've packed my tripod so decided to focus on detail shots of a few things.

 

 

I'm so i love with the skull and axes earring. I found it with some beads and buttons; turns out it used to be my dad's! From back in his biker/rocker/punk days. The rest of of the ear stuff is fairly standard and for those interested i'm wearing a Doroth Perkins dress and an Evil Twin shirt from ASOS.

In other news i am all packed up and ready to move into my new room at uni tomorrow. Just have to pack away this beast of a laptop and i'm done. Tonight i'm off to my Grandparent's house which is pretty much the halfway point distance wise, we're going out for a meal to celebrate a couple of birthdays and my move into higher education and hopefully doing something worthwhile with my life :)
I'll probably be offline for a couple of days whilst i settle in but should be back in full force by the middle of next week.
Wish me luck 'all!

Sunday

Spent the day packing, for an assortment of lame reasons; i gotta switch up my accommodation.

I got particularly bored at one point and took these

nothing like a nice flannel shirt : )
nothing too fancy.

I'm currently being bombarded by reports of Pimms weather at home. BBQ's, days sat in beer gardens, picnics and such are all going on without me!
I knew this would happen though, you come to the rainy city then the sun is bound to start shining at home!

aeroporto

Just a few pictures from the departures "lounge" where i had to sit and wait for 3 hours yesterday, i suppose i'd rather that than have the Phalanges or whatever explode halfway through the flight, but still i did let out a little groan when they made the announcement.

not really an OOTD but BOOTS,LEGGINGS & SCARF:EVANS DRESS:H&M

this little lady was flapping around the B gates at Heathrow, she sat on my bench for quite a while so i took some pictures and even had time to draw her.
I decided that she was a good omen.
(i'm assuming it was female due to the lack of fance in the feathers)

++ LDN (part three)

Okay, this is likely to be the most unorganised post about Plus London just because i completely forgot to write things down so it's all gonna come back to me in little chunks!
I carry a note book everywhere so i can write this shit down, i feel a proper fool.

So first of all, i am really grateful to those who sponsored the event because it's amazing to know there is support for the plus sized community out there and also because i got to bring home a stack of free stuff which is without a doubt always nice : )

There were some collection previews and I saw stuff from

CARMAKOMA

H&M INCLUSIVE

YOURS

TORRID

ASOS CURVE

ANNA SCHOLZ

Carmakoma:
I've looked at their website a handful of times and was impressed with what i saw but now i've seen the clothes for realz and not just on the internets i am sure i will buy from them. They have a really good mix of garments at reasonable prices and from what i could tell inspecting their samples everything is great quality.
Both me and Theresa loved this shirt:

Detail Shot

I also loved the colours on this, which i think was a dress/top/tunic but it was a week ago so don't hold me to that!

The Carmakoma rep who was there was also lovely, and beautiful (it kills me to say this but i have no idea what her name is!) she wandered about taking photos and asking for people's blog names and just generally being awesome so yeah, props for that, very good job. Carmakoma Blog Link.


H&M Inclusive:
Only 3 pieces from this line there and i didn't take any photos but i do remember being impressed by the focus on detail. There was a white cardigan that got a lot of love from people which had sequins/beading on the front and there was a green dress that had ruffle sorta things that were really well constructed.

Yours:
Never bought anything from them but have read plenty of good reviews, their stuff generally doesn't appeal to me and i find the website a bit messy so i very rarely even look. However i do remember seeing some amazing promo shots a while back that were styled to perfection and the few items they previewed were nice enough.

Torrid:
Oooohh Torrid. I just feel like 80% of the stuff looks like cheap market fodder. That is very much a personal opinion and i have seen some good stuff on many bloggers but a pink netting and black jersey bustier thing? Not my cup of tea at all. And i haven't heard amazing things about quality either. I'm going to the states in April and plan to check some stuff out in person and maybe then i can do a better review.

ASOS Curve:
Y'all know my love for this brand and the things they previewed just cemented that love. I'll let the pictures talk.

My Favourite!

T's Favourite, I told her she looked like a sexy Inspector Gadget

Anna Scholz:
Okay, i am not a fan of this brand. I can easily see why people are and i think it does what it does amazingly well, however most of the stuff just is not for me. That point aside the reps for Anna Scholz were amazing, helpful and friendly, the amount of clothes they had there was insane and i left with a good handful of leaflets and a cd of high res pictures so i am very impressed. The company is clearly built on having a good relationship with it's customers and i think that is awesome.
I did really love one print they had though because it reminded me on Matthew Williamson's Fall 2008 Digital Flower Print which is one of my favourite prints ever!

So there is my little round up of things, i have probably left some maayyjahhh thing out and if i have i'm sorry, but i'm only human : )

++ LDN (part two)

This post covers the day it's self, everything that went on etc. etc.

I planned on getting off the train and walking to Evans for the meeting up but due to my delay, i got the tube (£6-ish for a day ticket seemed like quite a smack in the face but i did use it a whole lot!)
I was totally hit by a wave of nerves upon seeing the shop and a tiny part of me thought, fuck it, just go shopping in London alone for the day, i am so glad i did not listen!
I could be here for hours going into details about meeting all the bloggers so i'm going to genuinely say right now that everyone was lovely.
I didn't chat to tons of people but i made sure to smile at every single person i saw so i didn't look like a right mardy cow!

During the day we all just hit up various shops and tings. I broke off with Theresa, which sounds like a cop out because i've known her forever, but we only see each other like 3 times a year, so i had to take advantage! I spent practically all of my money getting to London (i had to buy a railcard because i have a few other train journeys coming up) so i only spent £19 on two pairs of sunnies from Primark and a Mac Liquidlast that i was gonna buy online anyways, so yeah i don't really have an awesome purchases post lined up, but i do have pictures:

Woaahhh, a whole two pictures! I know it sucks but i got wrapped up in everything and forgot i owned a camera.
Lucky for you by the evening I'd adjusted enough to function properly as a picture taking machine!

 East Dulwich Thugz Fo Life

 How Come Every Time You Come Around My London London Bridge...

Nice, But Boring....

....So We Decided To Be Jessie J

 Theresa's Killa Shoes

I Saw The Word Seattle And Freaked With Excitement (54 days!!!!!!!)

Katie's Super Cute Pin

Getting Scene With Her Freebies

Carla and Stephanie

Pretend To Talk And Laugh, Act Natural

I Can't Remember Your Name, Girl With A Camera!!!!

 Lovelies!

 ASOS Cape, She Is Buying It

It was a really amazing evening and i spent my time either laughing, talking, eating, drinking or looking at clothes and those are like 5 of my top 10 favourite things to do so yeah; good times!

I'm going to do two more posts on the meet. Not just to make the material last longer but also because it seemed logical to do it this way : )

The next one will detail my thoughts on the sponsors and previews of the event!