i never rode my bike down to the sea

today my father returned home after being away the whole day & asked me why i was still wearing my pyjamas.

i was not still wearing my pyjamas.

i was actually wearing my new laura marling tshirt.

i really, really love it!

apart from the fact that it is seriously huge. i'm not kidding, it goes almost to my knees. they had no smalls left at the stall so i went for a medium. whatever, it's clearly a dude's medium.

it also says laura marling underneath the "i speak because i can" bit, but you can't see that because i had to tuck it into my skirt, so that you could actually see my skirt. i did tell you it was huge.

here's the whole outfit.

i put it with some turquoise tights (mother's) because some of the filled in bits of the letters (i literally have no idea how else to say that) are a really pretty blue/green colour which seemed to suit the tights.

i think they sort of go with the skirt as well, in a quirkyish way.

hey, it doesn't have to match!

also, hello curly hair.

i'm growing to like my hair now i think, although the fringe still sucks. so yay! for hair accessories.

i don't think i've actually put a photo up of this finished before, but anyway, this is a bag i bought in a charity shop & then added a chain & some ribbon to it. which i think (hope) is kind of cute.

anyways, i took this to the laura marling concert so obviously (in my head) this made sense for a themed outfit.

did anybody else watch frock me today? i thought it was bloody awesome, i love alexa chung & henry holland! it's great to have something british & fashiony on the telly again, & i loved marina & the diamonds' teddy bear print dress!

i've been doing quite a bit of sewing over the weekend for trials for my mock net curtain thing i'm making for my art project, i'll take a few photos & post them later in the week when i've got a bit more time.

i wrote an epic letter to you

it's twenty two pages front and back, but it's too good to be used,

and i tried to be a girl who likes to be used, i'm too good for that,

there's a mind under this hat.

my friend jess & i went to see laura marling yesterday which was possibly one of the best concerts i have everrrrr been to! the theatre was a really old, really beautiful place so unfortunatley i wasn't allowed to take any photos, because a man shined a torch & shouted at me.

she was supported by an australian band called boy and bear who were a lovely folk group, reminscent of mumford & sons crossed with a bit of nick drake & bob dylan. so yeah, awesome. then there was another girl called alessi's ark which was a good act, but a little twee i think.

laura marling herself was lovely, she had two "act" type of things, first a country-folk set with her more lively numbers, and then an acoustic set which was just beautiful. she was really funny & lovely as well, i love it when artists actually connect with the audience, because really they owe most of their success to us, to be frank.

i thought some of the music was really inventive & original, she played quite a few new songs (for another new album out later this year, eeep!) & her backing band - who seemed to be made up of lots of other different bands, probably given to her "troubles with the fiddle player" who i presume is her ex charlie fink of noah & the whale - seemed to be made up of all the other acts that night. there were double basses, bass guitars played as cellos, maracas & banjos everrrrywhere!

oh, i bought a tshirt as well which hopefully i will post about at the weeeeeekend.

i speak because i can

last weekend, my pre-ordered copy of laura marling's new album & live dvd came in the post.

YAY!

i've been looking forward to this for quite some time (like, ever since i heard her old album!) so i was extremely excited to listen to it.

it came in a very unique card box, & it also had a free poster which is of the same picture. i haven't put it up yet; i'm saving it a spot next to my vintage clash poster for when we move to the new house.

the cd & dvd cases.

i love how the illustrations are whimsical, yet so lovely & simple.

another nice surprise was the lyrics book it came with! i love how cute the coloured-in bits in the letters are.

close-up of one of my favourite songs on the album (you may recognise the quote from my "about me" section)

i listened to the album the old-school way; all the way through on a stereo. to me, it's really the only way you can properly listen to an album the first time, otherwise it makes less sense to m, & i don't feel like i fully understand it. i mean, the artists must have spent so long deciding on the order it would seem a waste to me to stick it on shuffle. especially as laura marling's songs often segue into each other.

it also came with some beautifully illustrated postcards (the one above is my favourite) which have codes one where i can "redeem some songs from laura's friends". i'm quite excited about this as she has some amazing folk musician friends, but i haven't had time to put all the codes in yet.

i've had quite a good weekend so far, it was my friend's birthday party yesterday night so we had a bit of a rave & a sleepover which was awesome. i might post some pictures from it later in the week - after my art exam on tuesday, eek!

oh, and i made a tumblr;

http://www.inthisnewromanticway.tumblr.com/

i would much appreciate it if you took a look, althought currently there's not much on it.