The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair.

Guys, I know. It's a KIMONO!

I bought it on a whim yesterday from Primark (£10) and I wasn't really too sure about it at first; I really love that it's a kimono (that's a real novelty), but it's just a bit ice creams and pastels... Colours that aren't really "me". It has grown on me since purchase, though, and I can see it being perfect for sunny Bestival (please be sunny, please) so I probably will keep it.

I'll leave the labels on a few days longer though, just in case...

In other, just as exciting but nevertheless un-kimono-related news, I am seeing Morrissey in just TWO DAYS. Oh, it's been a long time coming, but TWO DAYS! I was supposed to see him late 2009 but he fell ill and had to cancel a few shows, one of those being the Bournemouth gig two minutes from my house, and they never got rescheduled. I was gutted, but c'est la vie, it's all worked out in the end. That's providing he doesn't cancel/walk off/fall ill this time round...

And finally, in even more exciting news, I just reached 500 followers (literally just on it -cue the spiteful follower drop!) - so thank you very much! I'll be holding a competition to celebrate soon, so watch this space.

Now, time for the amazing show that is Four in a Bed.

yes, that's a wink

P.S. What are your thoughts on the "vintage" feel photographs? I've been fiddling around with a few of my settings today and, if I may say so myself, they're quite snazzy. It's crazy what CinemaScape and a few rounded edges can do... oh, aesthetics.

"Get a van, Jez, and we can be Men with Ven."

Opening Ceremony stripe top, £110.00
Denim short shorts, £45.00
Melissa shoes, £82.00
Yves Saint Laurent patent leather clutch, £125.00
Tom Ford cat-eye sunglasses, £192.00
Chanel Hydrabase Lipstick, £24.00
SUP! Sorry for the break in blogging, I've not found myself with much time to put anything together this week what with London frivolities, Father's Day celebrations and Edinburgh planning; not to forget all the writing in cafés and skinny lattes with Emily, too. We are just so bloody cool and cosmopolitan.

My trip back to London was lots of fun, though I did spend the majority of my stay drunk in Camden (always camden), doing shots and hassling the DJ ("play some blur, go on!" "i can't, it's 80s night."), by the end of my stay I didn't really want to come back... had a little Jack Penate moment on the platform and everything. Oh, London, what you do to me. It's a good job I've got a few things planned to tide me over until September or I'd probably go insane.

Wish I had something planned for now, though; bit jealous of everyone heading to Glastonbury! Secretly hoping it pisses down Bestival 2008 style on you all...

Only joking.

Kind of.

p.s. how brilliant is that purse?!

Style Inspiration: Marina Diamandis

Oh Marina, you babe.

Who said I lied, because I never. I never.

I didn't really plan on doing an "outfit post" today but I've come to realise recently that I NEVER do them, and they're kind of vital for a "fashion" blog, aren't they? I'm hoping to start doing more, but I've not quite yet mastered the not-looking-awkward thing/taken the initiative to charge up my camera batteries, hence the less than professional webcam photographs. Apologies!

I seem to have subconsciously gone nautical today. The stripey top is Whistles, as you probably know (it appeared in my last "outfit post" - go-to piece), the navy skirt featuring good old gold buttons is charity shop (originally ankle length and fondly named sally army skirt until i took it up), and as for the necklace, well, that's an old Topshop buy and used to be a full-bodied owl until it started falling apart a few months back. I kind of like it as just a head though, so I've not thrown it out despite my friend Nadia telling me it's like a "bad omen". As for shoes, I am wearing some (my patent russ & brom loafers) but you just can't see 'em! Probably best, really - the right heel has worn right down and they're filthy.

So there you go, a (semi) outfit post; hope it'll suffice. Do let me know if outfit posts (or anything else for that matter) are something you'd like to see more of on my blog - I'll be more than happy to oblige if it's something my readers are interested in.

Anyway, going to wrap this up - my Edinburgh Fringe programmed arrived this morning (anyone reading this going? tell me if you are!), so I'm going to go have a good read and try make some plans!

Wales

Sorry for the lack of blogging recently. As you may or may not know, I just got back from holidaying in Wales! I must say, along with being quite beautiful, Wales met all other stereotypical expectations brilliantly; rain on the first day (surprisingly sunny the rest of the time though), a ridiculous amount of sheep and hundreds of places with little to no vowels in their names. ;)

The only bad point of the whole trip was when the car decided to conk out on the way home, resulting in us being towed to a nearby car garage in the middle of nowhere by FRANK GRIMES (anyone get the reference? 10 points if you do) and then having to wait a good couple of hours for the car to get fixed. During this time went exploring and discovered a huge car graveyard nearby, which was kind of cool, in a creepy, unnerving way; like something out of a horror film (anyone remember the awful film Wrong Turn?), or a Doctor Who episode...

Just two victims of Car Graveyard

You'll be pleased to know we didn't meet our fate in Car Graveyard, though, and we did eventually get home too (albeit in a completely different car, and quite a lot later than originally planned...), which was both a relief and a little saddening. I wouldn't have minded a little longer in the countryside...