Day 1039 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes: Miu Miu 'Spectator' ruffle brogue

I've been a bit exasperated this past week. I am the procrastination queen! Seriously, I spend so much time on things that never materialise, because I think the photos aren't good enough, I have writers block, I'm not happy with this or that and I've been like this 95% of the time recently. Hence the reason for no The Shoe Girl Styles It posts last week, because none of my sets were "good enough". It makes blogging really hard, because I end up getting nothing done, for stressing and worrying about it and that's not at all proactive (which I know) and in turn that makes me stress more! Tell me I'm not alone in this? It all came to a head yesterday, when I realised I must've accidentally deleted the second part of my shoe room post that was in my drafts. It was very lengthy and just waiting for photos and I recall deleting old drafts a few weeks ago ensuring I was extra careful NOT to delete that one. Blogger sometimes duplicates posts and I think this is what's happened, I've deleted the duplicate, but actually it never existed or it deleted both. I don't know, but I didn't notice until I went to work on it yesterday and I just wanted to cry. I hate the process of re-doing anything, but especially writing. You never quite get it back to the way it was or remember everything you covered. So yeah, me and blogging have been at odds and I feel like I'm always chasing my tail and never achieving anything. A vicious cycle that I'm struggling to break. So that's where my head's at!

Day 1027 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes:  Miu Miu green satin courts

Last week the shoe Gods were shining on me and I added a few more pairs to my collection. I like to be a little extravagant when my parents aren't here to catch me with parcels. Seems a shame to waste such an opportunity! You know that way when you see something and want it, then it becomes the only thing you can think about? Well I got like that with these shoes (very quickly) and yet they are very plain for me. You may recognise them though, as I have them in pink (with gold ties) and wear those often. I bought them from Yoox years ago for a really decent price but at one point even considered selling them to make way for fancier styles. This was before I'd worn them. Once I put them on, I just fell in love with them. I've developed a 'thing' for satin shoes, which definitely stemmed from this pair and they are such a vivid colour they always make an impact, even if they aren't patterned or fancy. Sometimes I change them up (removing the straps, adding shoe clips) but there are times I'm in need of and thankful for a simple, classic court.

Day 953 - Fear Is Only in Our Minds

Shoes: Embellished suede courts Miu Miu 

Second day running I'm dressed like I'm going to a Christmas party! Not that I have any parties to go to, so every day has to be one for me! These shoes are just too fabulous and there's so many bits and bobs on them to look at. I feel the metal heel sometimes goes unnoticed due to all the jewels and sequins surrounding. This dress is one of my most worn and I don't even remember being overly enamoured with it before it launched. However it's proved so versatile and you can wear all kinds of tights and shoes and boots with it, it's great. The light was playing havoc with my photo taking, as it has been all week. I kept getting a big vertical stripe of light down my middle in the full length shots. Like one of those 'slimming' dresses with the lighter coloured panels!

Wearing: Black and gold star dress Pearl Lowe, black house tights House Of Holland, belt Dorothy Perkins, hairband Primark.
Fit: True to size, if anything, a little long. Heel 4 1/2".
Comfort: No issues.

Day 949 - Under The Sea We Off The Hook

Shoes: Pink satin shoes Miu Miu 

I cannot wait to show you this outfit as I'm wearing an Ariel dress! Yes, The Little Mermaid on an adults dress, it's the best thing EVER!!  I had a hard time getting it as it's by American brand Hot Topic and so I trawled eBay one weekend and eventually found a few US sellers with them. Just as I totted up how much it would cost and who had my size, somebody else bought it. The only one left. I was gutted. The website had sold out of the biggest sizes too, so I thought all was lost. I began stalking the hell out of eBay and Hot Topic. Eventually, after it completely sold out, they restocked all sizes! Long story short I didn't delay and after a hefty customs charge and expensive delivery, it arrived and fits perfectly! I ordered another (gorgeous) dress with it and wanted tonnes of other things but knew customs/postage would be too much. It's worked out pretty expensive, but it's a Little Mermaid dress!!! Fit wise if anything it was slightly big, it's cosy as it's fully lined and it's super soft and comfy to wear. I love it!

Wearing: Little Mermaid Ariel dress Hot Topic, leggings and spotty coat Primark, swallow cardigan Dorothy Perkins, wine belt Swan by Clements Ribeiro, hair flower ASOS.
Fit: True to size. 4 1/2" heel.
Comfort: No problems with these.

Day 921 - I Need A Moment To Deliberate

Shoes: Pink satin shoes Miu Miu 

I didn't plan on going anywhere yesterday. Actually I didn't even think I'd bother getting dressed, but I ended up on a very random outing. Making you all curious right?  Long story short, I saw this Vivienne Westwood notebook that is ridiculously gorgeous and currently free (from various places) with the fragrance. I was going to buy online from Escentual, but I already own Boudoir (don't need another one) and couldn't remember what the others smelt like. Yesterday morning, checking my emails, I notice Escentual had a bank holiday offer where you were getting an extra 10 or 15% off and I realised I needed to buy the fragrance NOW. So I get dressed and Mum and I go off to Dundee, pop into Debenhams, then all the way home again. Yes, that WHOLE trip, just to spray perfume. Yes, I'm slightly mental! Debenhams still have an old gwp online, but instore they had the notebook and it's stunning. Anyway I decided on Flirty Alice which reminds me of Parma Violets (do you still get them?) and placed a very expensive and very indulgent (but I'm so excited about) order from Escentual last night. The fragrance, Dior and Guerlain goodies are on their way, whoopee! I hardly had any time to take photos of my outfit and was too tired when I got home. It was super easy to edit them today, because there were so few and so many were for the bin! Unfortunately you don't get to see my cute sparkly teal eyeshadow because I wore my glasses and the handbag photo is an old one because I forgot to take a pic of that. Oh my gosh I just remembered, this was my first time using this bag and I found a gold bracelet in the inside pocket yesterday!!  It's broken in a couple of places, but someone must've dropped it into the bag.

Wearing:  Green patterned dress and black leggings Primark, black cardigan Bonmarche, Jeepers Peepers vintage cat eye glasses ASOS, unicorn ring and gold horse wings necklace Topshop, diamond midi ring my Granny's, flower ring Miss Selfridge, 'Layna' handbag J by Jasper Conran.  
Fit: True to size. 4 1/2" heel.
Comfort: Did pinch my toes after a while.  

Day 916 - You Change Your Mind, Like A Girl Changes Clothes

Shoes: Pewter sandals Miu Miu 

As you can probably tell, lunch with my friend last week took it's toll. I haven't been out of the house since. It's a bit frustrating, but my health is just a mess right now and I have to roll with it. However I did manage to get out today as our town is host to a street fair for a few days, with market stalls and funfair rides taking over the town centre (these huge rides are plonked smack bang in the middle of the road between all the old buildings, with the streets closed to traffic). It's one of the oldest markets of it's kind in Europe dating back to medieval times. When I was little it was this amazing big event that signified the end of the school holidays, but it's kinda lost it's magic now. Anyway, history lesson over, although I didn't totally feel up to it, I haven't been for years and rather than wait yet another year (it's the last day today), we popped down for a wee nosey. It's quite hard for me to get to when in the wheelchair, cobbled streets, lots of people and obstacles do not mix. It was dry though (Mum got soaked taking my nephews yesterday) so I got up and dressed quickly. I'm wearing the same shoes I wore in the last post, purely because they were still sitting out! Despite only being out for an hour, I'm already hardly able to move, so I doubt I'll get out much this week either. However, my hair is straight today in preparation for me colouring it (much to the amusement of my sister this morning, who laughed at my pathetic, wispy, flat hair-although I did manage a wee beehive as you can see), so hopefully I'll get that done this week. I'm quite excited as it's been so bleugh lately and a colour refresh always makes me feel better.

Wearing: Red floral dress H By Henry Holland, black leggings and green cardigan Primark, Fafi scarf MAC, earrings Mawi.
Fit: True to size, tie front, 4 1/2" heel.
Comfort: Generally pretty comfortable and easy to walk in.

Day 915 - I Promise I'm Not Trying To Make Your Life Harder

Shoes: Pewter sandals Miu Miu

At very short notice, my old friend from Uni announced that she was coming to visit. I haven't seen her in at least 10 years, although we keep in touch via Facebook and with cards and presents on birthdays, Christmas etc, so I was really excited that she was able to come and see me. I can remember her being one of the first people (outside of the girls on my floor at the Halls) that I met and luckily it turned out she was in my class (nobody else on my floor was, which may not sound strange to some, but our Uni was very small and the rest of the girls were split between two courses and already had buddies to start the first day with and I was stressing that I knew nobody!).  Before I'd even properly spoken to her, I knew we'd be friends and she became my closest classmate.  I didn't have the bond with her that I had with my flatmates (we were like sisters), but we share a lot of interests and tastes, so she's always been really easy to get along with and yesterday was no different.   I was absolutely exhausted by the end of the day (we went out for a very long lunch) as we talked constantly and she's slightly mental (always has been) and giggles almost non-stop, which can be annoying and yet contagious! I haven't laughed so much in years, my face actually hurt!  I'm paying for it today (and last night) with headaches and pain all over, but sometimes you just have to push yourself, if it's a one-off thing and it meant I got to feel a little 'normal' for the day.

Wearing: Floral dress Dorothy Perkins, grey leopard print cardigan Be Beau at Matalan, brooch Primark, pony ring, bracelet and pearl ring gifts, turquoise ring my Granny's, orchid hair clips ASOS, Minimal Baroque sunglasses (not shown) Prada, pink floral Charming bag Love Moschino.
Fit: True to size, tie front, 4 1/2" heel.
Comfort: Generally pretty comfortable and easy to walk in.