jump in the line, rock your body in time

hiyaaa! long time no post, but my life has been well boring & uneventful lately, and i felt no need to burden you with my dull, dull ramblings. i did, however, decide that i will be doing english literature at university. only a year late in deciding, thanks brain!!1!

anyway, couldn't resist doing a hallowe'en related post today, as it totally is one of my favourite holidays. i don't actually have any plans for tonight apart from watching beetlejuice (ps. those who recognise the post title, i love you forever) and eating enough gummy sweets to reverse the effects of all the good flossing i've been doing lately, but i did wear a hallowe'en-themed outfit to college today!

(i know that this skirt featured in the last outfit post i put on here for you guys, but hey, i really like it)

cardigan - h&m, skirt - miss selfridge, blouse - car boot sale (miss selfridge), tights - mother's, shoes - new look, necklace - made by me & available here.

flash & blurred pictures used for full creep mode.

me doing my best ~teen witch vibes~ pose.

being a creep, as per. (it really irritates me that my necklace isn't on straight in this shot)

this skirt is fast becoming one of  my favourite pieces in my wardrobe to style. it makes me feel very florence-welch-pre-raphaelite-y & all amazonian all at the same time. plus, i think it goes with loads of different colours - including black & turquoise which i wore it with today.

someone at college also told me i really suit black, which seems completely bizarre to me as it feels like such a non colour for me to wear!

close up of my bat necklace! i made these for halloween to put in the shop, & my friend matthew bought one the other day!

felt like i had to get my nails in there somewhere, even though you can hardly see them here! they've faded to this awesome turquoise colour with flecks of silver.

sorry for doing the obligatory cutesy girl pose with one claw hand btw, i actually want to vom just looking at myself like this, paha. a certain mean girls quote springs to mind.

being hilarious on webcam with my bat necklace. lol @ myself & my completely un-lucid state of mind. (i'm sure there's an actual word that means the opposite of lucid, but i really can't think of it right now!)

anyway, happy halloween y feliz día de los muertos para mañana!

(lo siento, estoy convencida de que eso no es correcto! y esto tambien)

shakespeare's sister

so, i've bought a fair few things lately & felt it was time to inform you all (:

some brass buttons i bought at an incredible flea market in spain, i think they were about 2 euros.

i can't decide what to do with them, i've thought about either sewing them onto a cardigan or making them into jewellery.

another purchase from spain! i have a bit of a penchant for hairbands, & at only 3 euros it seemed fairly reasonable!

that is the end of my purchases from spain, unfortunately we didn't get out & about much so i didn't have a huge opportunity to buy things.

in my past few posts, i've talked about working at a vintage fair that came to my hometown recently. it was a really lovely fair, & although i didn't get a chance to buy the things that were on my wishlist, i bought some lovely things all the same!

i bought this brooch from the dolls & molls stall i was working on for my mum's birthday. my mum is really into 50s & 60s fashion, & she's just finished a pattern-cutting course at a local college which she really loved. she's bought a few vintage patterns off ebay recently, & freakishly this exactly matches the picture from the front of one of them!

somehow in the past few months, i have developed a complete scarf obsession! anyway, i bought these two for £4 together. the blue one has the cuuutest palette pattern!

there weren't as many craft stalls as there normally are at these fairs, which i was a bit disappointed at because i always love browsing them - even if i don't buy anything. there was only one this time, which was actually pretty expensive in my opinion.

i bought an old postcard for £1 (expensive, right?) & some assorted buttons for £3. i was still a bit miffed at how expensive this was, especially when the woman on the stall tried to charge me a fiver for them. one + three is clearly not five, dear.

the postcard had a little message & address on the back written in a lovely script, which is part of the reason i bought them! i know some people might think it's a bit weird to buy what is essentially someone else's memories, but i think it's kind of sad that those things have been thrown out & don't have a home any more.
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my friend is having a hallowe'en party next saturday (as october 31st itself rather unconveniently falls on a saturday) & i can't quite decide what to go as. i'm thinking either david bowie, alex from a clockwork orange or morrissey. although i feel like morrissey might be a bit dull, & i don't really have the hair for it. i really want to go as something a bit unusual, but i can't decide! if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to make them.
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i can't remember if i mentioned that i'm off to rome on sunday with my family, so i might schedule a post or two!
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