101 Spotty Dottys

Me and trousers don't have the best relationship. They're always too long for my lil legs. Whenever they fit around my waist, they don't around my hips. They either swamp me and look like a dwarf, or are so skinny that I feel like I'm gonna faint at any time for the circulation being cut off in my legs.

But in an attempt to break out my wardrobe ruts, when I saw this dreamy, spotty, watercolor 2-legged creation, I just had to take them for a test drive.

They're so fun yet elegant. I don't know if I feel more like I'm part of a pointillism painting, or like I'm a Dalmatian puppy.

When leaving a lecture wearing this, one of my friend's commented how I looked like I was about to jet off and jump onto a boat for a little getaway (i wish!)

With the sun making more of an appearance these days, it's been new to whack out the sunshades again, which also gets to hide my terrible dark circles under my eyes! (I'm such a night owl, it's terrible...)

With such busy, patterned legs galloping through Sheffield, the rest of me was kept plain and simple, topped off with a dangling and tasseled necklace.

I'm so glad that Spring seems to be on it's way now! Are you guys looking forward to a change of weather and wardrobe?

tshirt:ASOS, trousers:H&M, necklace:Topshop, shoes:Topshop, sunglasses: RayBans, bag:Mulberry

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x

The future's bright!

Last week, me and the rest of the magazine journalism group at uni took a lil trip down to the Big Smoke to see what the big wide world of magazines held for us when we finished this masters degree.

Now, controversial statement, but I used to be very anti-London. I hated how busy it was. I hated how you had to battle through a sea of people to get anywhere. I hated how everyone seemed to rushed to even say 'hello' in the morning.

But then, I lived there for a month while I did an internship, and after just day 2, although tired and sweaty, I had fallen in love with the capital.

There's a different vibe and atmosphere around every corner. Whether you're looking for something bright and fun, or sophisticated and quintessentially British. There's something for everybody.

So I was more than happy to be thrown back into the city, especially with new friends along for the ride.

As if I didn't love the city enough already, spending 3 days going around magazine offices imagining what my life could be, can be, and will be, just made me 10 times more determined to get where I want to be with my career. 

There were encouraging talks from inspiring people, locked-out mishaps at offices, good ol' British pub grub, cocktails at night, dim-sum in China Town, singing Les Mis songs outside of the musical, and of course, a trip to London wouldn't be complete without a visit to one of my favourite places in the entire world: Liberty's

A treasure trove of beautiful items inside a even more beautiful building, and one of my favourite things are the fresh flowers outside.

I even got to pop over to Hogwarts for a flying visit....

...and go over to Sherlock's for a cuppa!

It was an amazing trip that opened my eyes to all the possibilities the future holds. It's inspired me, enlightened a world of knowledge onto me and has pushed me to put in nothing less than 110%.

And, I bought myself a cheeky lil treat as well while I was there...opps!

Gin and macarons...what else does a girl need?!

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x

I'm gonna fly away

I have a stupidly over-proportioned, large head, so finding a hat to fit on it is a monumental mission.

So when I found this burgundy baby, I was jumping for joy! I can throw it on when I cannot be bothered to do anything with my hair, or don't have the time (which is 90% of the time!), and still look put together and like I made an effort.

I've been enjoying not needing to wear 10 different layers before I leave the house these days, to only have to take them off again after 5 minutes walking into a building. My trusty leather biker jacket has become my best buddy again!

With a slick of berry lipstick and top of the same tone to coincide with my hat, I zipped up my boots and hopped on out to meet my friend.

I love how this skirt has tiers of layers overlapping one another, with the prints of the birds looking like they're flocking together, with a belt added on top with chains cascading down like a waterfall with the rest of the skirt.

With pastel colours being the basis of my wardrobe and colour palette in life, it's nice to break out of norm and exchange the ribbons for a hat to tip off to the sun.

hat: Topshop, top: Topshop, skirt: Ted Baker, belt: Asos, boots: Timbaland, jacket: Urban Code

Hope you're all well,

Speak soon,

A.x