Day 1144 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes:  I Give You...Dumbo! ankle boots, Irregular Choice Disney Dumbo

Hello! Feels nice, if a little strange, to get back into blogging after a week of doing nothing other than sleeping. I've been in so much pain lately and had another 48 hour migraine last week, which I quite honestly would've appreciated someone drilling a hole in my skull to release pressure, it hurt that much. Medication, sleep and rest did nothing to help, there was no escape and obviously blogging and the internet were the last things on my mind. I'm still trying to take it easy, thus this post has taken a little longer to write and I'm still a bit hesitant to get back into Instagram and Facebook. I also did a  bit of rearranging in the shoe room at the weekend, which nearly killed me, whilst sorting out some bits and pieces to sell on eBay (another thing I'm trying to get back into).  It's all been quite physically demanding and I'm pretty limited in that department these days. 

Day 1131 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes: Irregular Choice Disney Toy Story 'You Are A Toy!*  

Hello gang! It's been a long time since I've been able to post here. I've been sitting on these photos for a looong time!  Since May actually and I was editing them on the train during my London trip, hoping nobody was sneaking a look over my shoulder and seeing them before they should!  Without fail though, every Tuesday, I've had a migraine and/or spent the entire day sleeping. It's been rather freaky how regular it's been, so Shoesday was never getting a look in! This week though, I'm going for it, so here's my first pair of Toy Story boots. 

Day 1064 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes: Irregular Choice Alice pink White Rabbit 

I have my final Alice shoe for you this week, the beautiful pink White Rabbit.

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 1010 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes: Black 'True Boo' Irregular Choice 

Hello, another pair of gorgeous boots for you this week from Irregular Choice.  I was immediately drawn to these, having seen them in a preview, because they very much reminded me of Sophia Webster 'Dora' ankle boots.

Day 950 - Summer Turned To Winter And The Snow It Turned To Rain

Shoes: Lilac floral frill wedges Irregular Choice 

Ok, so here's the other dress I bought with my Ariel one...My Little Pony!!!! "Skinny and bony, made out of plastic, life is fantastic", sorry is it only me that still sings that, like 25 years on?! How freakin' fabulous is this dress anyway? I've drooled over the MLP stuff on Truffle Shuffle especially the dresses, but they only do small sizes and I knew they wouldn't fit. Then I stumble upon this one on Hot Topic and it's actually in a nice floaty fabric and a style I'd totally wear!! My only complaint is the square neckline is rather low once you've got it on (and especially when you're above your ample bosoms, looking down), so I added a little vest top underneath, which I needed for warmth anyway (wow when did winter hit)? I decided I may as well go all-out on girly stuff, although I did add some black leggings and a cardi, so I wasn't too twee! We went shopping this day (Wednesday) and I actually had an awesome time for once, probably because I hit the beauty counters and got spoiled (well I paid for it, so I spoiled myself) and I also got the flowery Primark dress I was after. So I can breathe until the next one comes out and I have to track that down!

Wearing: My Little Pony dress Iron Fist, lace camisole (worn underneath) M&Co, black leggings Primark, cardigan Red Herring, peach skull bow gift, flower ring Primark, middle finger rings Miss Selfridge, other rings my Grannys, cream horse necklace Topshop, pink floral bag (not shown) Love Moschino.
Fit: True to size, 4 1/4" heel.
Comfort: No issues with these.

Day 942 - Incompatible, It Don't Matter Though

Shoes: Green suede 'Dolly Mixture' Irregular Choice 

Yesterday was excitement central with a trip to the doctors. I'm kidding of course! It was soooo cold, that I ended up wearing two cardigans and a scarf and was warm enough, but you could feel the bitter wind, brrrr. Today my eyelids are slightly stained from this amazing Lancome pencil! I wore it right up to the crease for a really bright pop of colour as I liked the contrast against my blue hair. So yes it's awesome, but does stain. I was a mish-mash of green actually, not all matching, but I wasn't trying to.  I'm loving these £8 Primark bargain dresses, so pretty and so cheap. I now own 6 of the most recent styles in different prints.  I took three photos of the close-up of my necklace and it wasn't until it came to editing them that I realised his head was stuck down my dress in them all!  I apologise for the rude pony!

Wearing:  Green print dress and leggings Primark, cardigan Red Herring, black patent belt taken from another dress, horse scarf gift, horse necklace Topshop, emerald and midi ring my Grannys, green ring Mawi, other ring (taken from a set) Miss Selfridge.  
Fit: True to size, 3 1/4" heel.
Comfort: No issues with these.

Day 941 - When She Dances, She Moves Me To A Smile

Shoes: Green 'Petrisha' Irregular Choice 

I had a complete mental block when it came to remembering the name of these shoes. I had to do some digging through my archives to find them! It's been some time since I wore them, but now that it's turned (bitterly) cold, I'm trying to find heavier shoes like these. I feel like I'm in a bit of a rut shoe-wise currently, permanently rotating the same 'few' pairs. I replaced my winter shoes and boots with summer ones in Spring, but now I really don't want to go to the trouble of switching back. I thought I'd have my shoe room almost sorted by now and recall switching pairs into the wrong boxes because I was exhausted at the time and so now have no idea where anything is. Plus anything that involves 'shoe-mountain' always seems to unearth hidden spiders, so I'm a bit dubious about digging around in there. Unless I want to wear peep toed jellies in the snow though, I'm going to have to! It'll be nice to think that next time the seasons change, I'll have an easier time of it and won't have to do any digging at all. Anyway, I love these shoes even if they aren't the comfiest. The inners are quite scratchy and sometimes my arches ache, but they are so easy to walk in and look ridiculously cool, plus I love that colour.

Wearing: Neon floral dress H By Henry Holland, leggings and cardigan Primark, belt Swan by Clements Ribeiro.
Fit: Small, I needed a size-up. Heel just under 5 1/2" with a 2" platform.
Comfort: A good solid base to walk on.

Day 857 - For You, I'd Wait 'Til Kingdom Come

Shoes: Black ruffle front strappy shoes Matalan 

Sometimes an outfit comes together in a rather haphazard type of way (not always a bad thing). Take today as an example; I picked out a pair of shoes (not these), thought they could maybe work with these floral tights. Picked out a dress to match the two, then none of it felt right. I decided to look for black shoes instead and found these. Then I realised I didn't need the dress I originally picked as I was choosing that purely for the other shoes. I ended up in this plain black one and my outfit was nothing liked I planned! I felt a little wintry, especially as my initial outfit was brighter, but I decided to stick with this because I haven't worn the tights for ages nor the shoes. I didn't 'feel' like wearing this dress though (my style is very mood dictated) and the tights are a little too 'hipster' for me and after all the Easter eggs (how quickly did they disappear btw?), I had a line across my belly where the tights stopped and I have to admit I would have felt comfier in something else. That's just the way it goes sometimes though and it's nothing to stress about, it just happens.  Maybe I'll find a much better outfit for the shoes I originally hauled out!

Wearing: Black shift dress and floral tights Primark, wine belt Swan by Clements Ribeiro, flower hair clips Debenhams, flower and ribbon comb Yama Yama Pretty Mama.
Fit: Narrow toe box, although these are my regular size. 4 straps with adjustable buckles. Heel 4 3/4" and small concealed platform.
Comfort: With the narrow toe, they will probably ache after a few hours, but I didn't have any issues today.

Day 647 - I Ain't Got A Motorboat But I Can Float Ya Boat

Shoes: Lilac floral frill wedges Irregular Choice

It felt a little more summery today, so I wanted to wear some pretty, pastel shoes.  I couldn't decide between my mint green Alexander McQueen courts or these floral wedges that I'd had for a couple of months and never worn.  I decided on the latter (as you can see!), they are "old-school" Irregular Choice and oh so fabulous!  Although wedges, they do have the cortesan style toe (the roomier version) and have loads of typical IC over-fussy details, which I love!  I'm also wearing my new ASOS sunglasses which I adore.  The shape is great-I just wish the weather was better so I could wear them more often.

Wearing:  Turquoise floral dress Dorothy Perkins, cardigan Be Beau at Matalan, leggings Primark, turquoise hair bows H&M, sunglasses ASOS.  
Fit:  True to size, 4 1/4" heel.
Comfort:  No issues with these.
 

Day 632 - I Act Real Shallow But I'm In Too Deep

Shoes: Green 'Petrisha' Irregular Choice

Hello! So I wasn't much quicker today with Photobucket, it's still taking forever for me to find my way around and figure out what I'm doing.  It was kinda wintery feeling today and I was really unsure what to wear.  I just purchased this dress last week and was trying to think what boots to wear with it when I spotted my Petrisha which are a perfect colour match.  I've been rearranging the shoes in my room lately, so I'm struggling to find anything and spend ages just staring or trying to remember where I put what (a bit like Photobucket!).  Well, we'll see if I can manage a quicker edit tomorrow!

Wearing: Vintage bird print tunic Dorothy Perkins, black leggings,vest and cardigan Primark.
Fit: Feel small, I needed a size-up. Heel just under 5 1/2" with a 2" platform.
Comfort: A good solid base to walk on.