pictures are nice.

1. Phoebe. 
2. Sunday night.I love how the light looks here, my mum made this little postcard collage a couple of days ago. It makes sitting my the computer for hours a lot nicer.
3. Books. The first thing people say when they come into my house is "wow, you have a lot of books". I like the way they look.
4. A ring I got for my birthday & one I got at the vintage fair. And some Barry M grey nail varnish that seems so change colour depending on how cold my hands are.


I've been really into taking pictures around my house lately. I love my house so expect to see a lot of it.


A lot of people from my school protested today, which is good. Apart from the fact the majority of them neither knew or cared what they were protesting for, they just wanted to miss school, which I think is sad.


lily x

weekend catch up

I had such a nice weekend.

Cardigan - River Island
Dress- Vintage 
Tights - Primark
Belt - My Dads
Assorted Necklaces - Assorted Places


On Friday I was at the V&A for this event, which was so interesting. My favourite talk was by Olaf Parker, the designer behind Burro, about being a fashion designer. Although I'm not sure that a fashion designer is what I ant to be, I do want to work in fashion or something to do with clothes and hearing about how he got into the industry was really inspiring.
I got this dress at Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair on Saturday, it was so so good! I got some really great things, post about that later - but make sure you check it out if it comes to somewhere near you, well worth the two pounds entry fee. :D

lots of love from lily xx

p.s. maybe a Harry Potter post later, if you're lucky :)
p.p.s haha my bed and my dress match a bit :)

Please Me.

I bought a proper lipstick.

MAC matte lip colour in "Please Me"
I'd had a MAC giftcard sitting in my purse since my birthday, and even though I chose this lipstick about a week after I was always too cautious to actually buy it. So, after a month and a bit unnecessary mulling over last week I bought it. The soft pinky colour is very helpful in hiding my zombie lips (usual colour - blue).

It was so weird taking a picture of my face. I've never been into self loving face pictures so obviously hated them all, apart from this one. I like the blurryness achieved by partially dropping my camera. Trippyyyy.

love from lily x

p.s. I made a formspring for the blog, the linky widgety thing is just above the most recent post but I'll put one here for the lazies.

I'm a giver

I made my first reasonably large charity shop purchase.

And it's perfect. Acid wash denim & shearling for only ten pounds? Yes please. With some severely washed chewing gum, paracetamol, a couple of coins & a key thrown in for free. Thank you, pockets of a stranger.

I admit I don't browse the charity shops as much as I would like. And I'm a bit of a nervous second hand shopper, so I think outerwear a good way to phase myself in because it probably hasn't touched much naked skin before. 

love lily xx

p.s. obviously the paracetamol & chewing gum went straight in the bin, don't think I'm the kind of person that eats out of the pockets of used clothes.

I may be grumpy sometimes.

But all I need to cheer me up is a Toffee Nut Latte (!!!) and a piece of cake.
This month I am definitely in the mood for posting, this is my second so far & I have a couple more prepared all ready. You will also be treated to pictures from my upcoming trip to the V&A with school where I am attending a few really interesting looking talks, and you may even catch a glimpse of my Harry Potter costume. Still haven't decided who I'm going to be, though I'm leaning towards Dobby. It is quite an easy option since all I would need is some odd socks, a jumper & a few hats. Possibly a tie.

Top - H&M
Skirt - Primark
Belt - Charity Shop
Scarf - H&M (from a friend)
Worn to Starbucks for two hours of nice catching up and eating.

love from lily x

p.s. extra sorry for my angry post, I think that's why I'm posting again so quickly - to hide my nasty side.

I'm now a tea drinker.

I've not been too great lately. I feel ill and sniffy and sleepy. School is bad. Friends are bad. Everything is bad.

Everything Primark. Not sure how I feel about that. I have nothing (not much anyway) against Primark, but a whole outfit from one shop? I feel so bland. However, Primark consists of mounds of knock offs from other shops - so what difference does it make? I feel so awkward writing that, it sounds so angry. I'm not angry at Primark. I suppose everything is a knock off of something these days.

I wanted this top a lot after Lily of LLYMLRS wore it. I love the pinky colour and the sheerness, a the horse shoe print is so pretty. I especially like how hand drawn it looks.
And after lusting for a while, I own something velvet. Hopefully the first of many. I want something dark red, like the matching top and skirt set I had when I was little.

Sorry for being such a Negative Nelly, hopefully I will feel more inspired soon.

lily

p.s. It is my opinion that no-one "likes" tea, we just learn to accept it.