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Denim Jacket: Topshop, Top and Skirt: H&M, Shoes: River Island

I keep taking breaks from blogging as I set up my life. Sorry about that, now I'm home I'm going to get back into the swing of it all again - moving around is super stressful. I'm pretty much settled back at home now, all moved out of uni for the very last time which is really sad. Lots of my friends have jobs and seem to be getting on with their lives, so I'm hoping my turn will come soon.

I went and visited a friend who has just started her dream job in London last weekend. She lives literally five minuets from Oxford Street so we basically just shopped the whole time I was there. I picked up this awesome oversized denim jacket in Topshop. I've been after one for a while as I don't really have any jackety things that are summer appropriate.

I threw on this summery outfit to run a few errands today. It was super comfy and the sandals. THE SANDALS. best things ever. I usually hate wearing sandals and just stick to converse in the summer, but these River Island ones are so structured they feel basically like proper shoes. I absolutely love them. 

Also, yes my hair is different. I got an ombre/dip dye/whatever you want to call it. It was a few months ago now, but I'll do a before and after sometime soon. 

tropicana

Jacket: Dorothy Perkins, Crop Top: H&M, Skirt: New Look, Tights: Primark, Shoes: Office, Bag: Primark

My friend took this super quickly before we headed for another long day in the library. I'm so close to finishing my degree now, another 4000 word essay and then freedom! Although this freedom may include unemployment and lots of crying... we shall see!

This top and skirt are new purchases after I had a meltdown about how few clothes I had. I never really go for bold prints or monochrome, but I really loved this outfit and I think both pieces, the skirt especially,  are great for day and night. They were super cheap too! Once my degree comes to an end hopefully I'll have more time to blog. I bought a new eye shadow palette from Topshop recently that I'm loving so I'll post a review of that soon.

Sorry for the awkward pose, I'm used to taking photos of myself and found it so awkward having someone else taking my photo!

dressy for day

Top and skirt: H&M; Tights: Marks and Spencer; Socks: Topshop, Boots: Office

This is a fairly dressy outfit for me. My usual day time apparel consists of a pair of shorts and some sort of jumper or knitwear. But I've decided this term I want to make a bit more of an effort. I picked up this skirt yesterday in H&M, it's quite different from my normal taste, but I love the school girl chic look it has, and I never wear enough red so it's pretty excellent.

The boots are another new thing for me. My old Topshop lace-up pair have pretty much died, although I'm *hopefully* getting them re-heeled, but I bought these from Office when I was in London a few weeks ago. I love them. They're cut out too, so I can wear adorable socks - like these Topshop pair, with them. I also have some of those cute frilly topped socks that I'll wear with these boots too. 

Smart casual

Dress: H&M, Belt: unknown, Tights: River Island, Shoes: Topshop

This evening I attending my mum's work leaving do. Having only got back from my three week France trip yesterday I was completely exhausted and all my clothes were dirty. Luckily I had this cute H&M shirt dress at the back of my wardrobe, and although it's way too short for this kind of event I chucked on a pair of thick black tights and went with it. In my move from uni to home I seem to have lost all my belts so I had to root around in my mum's stuff for any black belt, this woven number was the only one she owned. I would have loved to have worn a cute brown one as I was wearing my brown leather bag but alas. 

I've been dressing for mid 30 degree weather so coming back to England was a complete shock to the system. I wanted to show off my (now very faded) tan and ditch the tights but it was far too cold and the dress is far too short, sadly. I have missed wearing my big clompy black boots however, I love how 90's grunge they feel and the heel makes an awesomely satisfying sound on hard wood floors.

I'll be posting some France pictures soon. It was so hot (like 40 degrees some days) that I didn't look all that great most of the time, but hopefully some of my outfit photos came out not looking too bad. It feels lovely to be back on British soil though - I didn't realise how much I loved the quirky British sensibilities like queuing until I was away for so long!