Pink Coat

I know I'm about 4 years late but I wanted a pink coat for ages, so when I found this one in Primark for £25 it was a no-brainer, as they say. I've been finding, in my old age, that I opt much more for neutral colours, so it's nice to get a bit of colour in my life in something other than lipstick.

Trainers are another thing that I basically live in. Seriously, if I could wear them to bed like my little brother used to do with his cowboy hat, I would (just joking, shoes in bed would be gross.) Santa brought me a very exciting new pair of Nike's for Christmas and I treated myself to a simple black and white Karrimor pair last week. In total I think I have six pairs of proper trainers and that's not including these Reebok's or Converse or NUTTIN! I have a very real problem but seriously comfortable feet, so, swings and roundabouts.

Pink Coat - Primark

Striped Cropped Tee - Primark

White Shirt - ASOS

Ripped Jeans - Primark DIY

Reebok Trainers - Sarenza

Boxy Bag - H&M

Gold Necklace - H&M

Lipstick - Papaya Punch by Sleek

Layering Cropped Tops

Wow, check my ultimate sad face! Taking blog pictures when you have a sad neutral face is no easy task, let me tell you. Also, I am not currently wearing Birkenstock's, I predictably took these back when socks weren't a necessity.

I'm still enjoying my home made ripped jeans which is lucky because I've ordered about fourteen hundred pairs from ASOS and not a single one fit my Beyonce thighs (Beyonce, LOL).

I've recently re-discovered my love of layering thanks to it not being summer any more and I'm particularly enjoying that concept with cropped tees. I get a bit fed up of having to wear high waisted stuff with cropped tops, so it's a nice change to just stick something longer on underneath.

I love autumn dressing but I hate this in between weather where as soon as you've been walking anywhere for five minutes you've got to lose a layer. First world problems, as the youths would say.

Blue Cropped Top - ASOS

White Shirt - ASOS

Ripped Jeans - Primark DIY

Arizona Birkenstocks - Amazon

Mulberry Alexa Bag

Gold Necklace - H&M

Gold Casio Watch - Watch Shop

Red Lipstick - Kate for Rimmel no. 22

Palm Print

Taken shortly after getting back from a sailing trip in Greece, hence my tan and optimistic clothing. That's the problem with going away in September, you get all brown and then come home and have to wear knitted trousers and so on. Not that I'm complaining about going on holiday, it was bladdy marvellous!

I bought this palm print skirt way back before the summer in Primark and what a buy it was! I think it set me back about £8 or something, which is ideal for a statement skirt that you may get bored of. Saying that, I'm still not bored of it but styling it for autumn and winter may be a bit of a challenge.

I swear the oversized t-shirt is the only top I feature on here. I can't help it, it's just so versatile, one of my best ASOS buys.

Oversized Tee - ASOS

Palm Print Skirt - Primark

Arizona Birkenstocks - Amazon

Gold Chain Necklace - River Island

Leather Bag - Glastonbury Festival

Clubmaster Sunglasses - Ray-ban

Gold Casio Watch - Watch Shop

Purple Lipstick - Mystic by Sleek

Jumper Dress

This recent hot weather is making me look like a mug with my backlog of outfit photos from a fresher time. Still, I've got a lot of love for this jumper dress. It's really simple but has this nice quilted arm detail which makes it a little more unique. Going back to the weather issues, I've realised that there is about a five week window between coat weather and no coat weather, which means my lighter jacket collection barely gets a look in. Poor buggers.

This hairstyle is one of my new faves. I used to do it on just one side and then realised it's, like, a million times better doubled up. A plaited updo like this is ideal for hot weather - sweaty neck no more! Plus it's super easy and works well on long hair (long hair ain't always easy to style y'know.)

P.S. If you noticed my alien hand in the first picture, I'm really sorry. I don't know what it is playing at and I can see how genuinely troubling and frightening that could be to an onlooker. So, again, my apologies.

Denim Levi's Jacket - Vintage

Grey Jumper Dress - H&M

Studded Boots - New Look

White Bag - ASOS

Turquoise & Gold Necklace - H&M

Lipstick - Papaya Punch by Sleek

Layered Shirt

Revived my camo jacket of 2012 for this outfit - I don't believe in banishing items to the back of the wardrobe from season to season and weirdly, I find this jacket really versatile.

Still absolutely loving the leather joggers, they're such a nice change from jeans. I was worried they'd be a bit stifling in warmer weather but I haven't noticed any problems yet - phew!

Camo Jacket - Pull & Bear

White Shirt - New Look

Cropped Tee - Primark

Leather Joggers - Topshop

Vans - Amazon

Necklace - H&M

Bag - ASOS

Red Lipstick - Stiletto by Sleek

Dressing for Unpredictable Weather

I think I talk quite regularly about the weather both on this blog and in real life but I'm British, that's my excuse. As I was saying, the weather lately is in that irritating phase where it has no idea what it's doing. It can't decide if it should be warm, whether it should rain or just throw in every meteorological condition it has to offer. As all fashion bloggers know (and everyone else that lives on the planet) this makes for very difficult fashion choices. One minute I'm boiling hot, the next I'm cold and it's raining.

Night.Mare.

So in this scenario, it's always best to layer up - not too many, just layers that can be removed and not cause too much hassle having to be carried around and so on.

My parka is one such coat that lends itself quite nicely to the battle of Britain (referring only to the weather). It's quite warm but not too heavy and sweat-inducing, plus it has a hood. Come at me rain. It's mild enough at the moment to get a cheeky bit of lower leg out but still very much boot weather. I'm fine with that, boots are probably my favourite feet attire. I do feel like I look a bit like a tree-hugger in the parka but that's fine too, I actually like trees quite a lot.

Parka - River Island

Floral Top - H&M

Black & White Trousers - H&M

Studded Boots - New Look

White Structured Bag - ASOS

Gold Necklace - H&M

Lipstick - Papaya Punch by Sleek

Navy

What I learnt while wearing this outfit is that pencil skirts make walking and getting out of cars really difficult. I'd been looking for a neutral pencil skirt and I really liked the sheer panels and texture of this one. I've found it a little difficult to style as I like to keep my stomach area under wraps but this navy jumper sat perfectly and I like the matchy matchy of it.

I went for matching white accessories in a bit of a nod to monochrome. I've been finding myself wearing these all-white Converse a lot lately. What can I say? I just love the comfort.

Navy Jumper - River Island

Navy Pencil Skirt - River Island

White Bag - ASOS

White Converse - Schuh

Pendant Necklace - Topshop

Lipstick - Firecracker by Topshop

Nails - Celestial by Topshop

Thrift Shirt

I found this shirt ages ago in a charity shop after being inspired by endless Clothes Encounters videos. It's been sat in my drawers for a while before I re-discovered it and re-appreciated it once again. It's such a fugly pattern and colour but it has a great shape and a really defined collar, so I sort of love its ugliness.

Since the whole outfit is quite neutral, I jjj-d it up a bit with the statement necklace and my favey fave purple lipstick. Lipstick is the best.

It's definitely getting into in-betweeny weather with regards to coat wearing. I can guarantee if I leave the house in just a shirt (and trousers, you pervert) I'll be cold but if I wear a coat I will be a sweaty mess. How has anyone in history coped with this very real problem?

Paisley Shirt - Thrifted

Oversized Boyfriend Coat - ASOS

Riding Pants - H&M

Chelsea Boots - Peacocks

Mulberry Alexa Bag

Necklace - Primark

Lipstick - Mystic by Sleek