sequins, shoulder pads and smugness

I've had this top for a fair few months now but always chickened out of wearing it. Then that bloody sequinned t-shirt was in H&M and mine didn't seem so special anymore but HAHA, mine was a fiver from the St Francis  Charity Shop in Upminster.I thought it was appropriate for New Years as it is rather festive and blingy and good for dressing up jeans, which are not my strong point, which means the whole smart/casual look sort of evades me. I'm usually either dressed like a teenage boy or trussed up like a teen prostitute. I'm hoping I pulled it off though.

I went back again more recently to the St Francis shop and managed to buy my secret santa from there too; I think it might be my favourite charity shop in Upminster, either that or the RSPCA one. Both have great prices and amazing stock. At Christmas, St Francis' had a whole circular hanging rail of VELOUR! How I managed to not buy anything from it is baffling. Although the same day I got this sequinned top I did get a beautiful blue velvet skirt from the Sue Ryder shop in Upminster too. I have worn it a couple of times but have not had a chance to photograph but it must be added asap. Happy New Year yaddayaddayadda....

protect ya neck

my other bolo tie from the Sue Ryder charity shop. I'm like accessories central at the mo. Apparently this shirt (Primark, £10) is in Look magazine with several ways to wear, but with a bolo tie is not one of them, swish. 

The lipstick I'm wearimg (MAC, 'Rebel') does not go with the shirt but I asked my make-up artist friend Simone to try out an exciting lipstick shade on me that I wouldn't normally wear and she picked this, I love it but don't know if I'm brave enough to wear it!

I've also rediscovered this suede patchwork bag which I wanted to show as it is from the little RSPCA shop in Upminster and was only £2.50. When I worked in a charity shop they always used to laugh at me because I woud save all the old patchwork bags for the vintage sales I did for the charity, they thought they were really naff and old lady but they always sold!

brown and black and birthdayed all over

Saturday night I managed to have yet another faux birthday, but closer to my actual birthday and still awesome. My actual birthday was kind of lame in the day and then better in the evening, but leading up to it I have been completely spoiled with love and generous gifts, which I will blog when appropriate, as I am basically too lazy to document it all arbitrarily. I don't like how I looked on the night as such, the tranny eyelashes were a huge mistake (again, I think its time to send them to early retirement) and my outfit would have looked nice on a wee waif but on me was just unflattering. However, I like to use this blog to record my charity shop and second hand finds, and this outfit contained a few doozies. I didn't have the foresight (or time) to photograph it so I have robbed these pics from Elle to demonstrate. And Simone had backcombed my hair something fantastic... A classic picture demonstrating how ridiculous Furr and I look together. I've really helped the situation with the frou-grab. The suede jacket was a tenner from my (ex) charity shop, its ginuwine Pioneer Wear, made in the U.S of A, baby. I love its pronounced shoulders. The skirt is vintage Topshop - not from the vintage section in Topshop, actual vintage Topshop. TopshopTopshopTopshopTopshop. I got it from a charity shop in Worcester Park a couple of years ago for a fiver and it was - what is very fashionable now but incomprehensible to me then - midi length, so I had it taken up, although it is still just above the knee, not mini. Wish I had left it alone now but how could I have known that a fashion that accentuates a bulky calf would be something I would want to wear? The print is all kinds of rad animal prints and animals. You can just see my new Little Wing earring, a gift from Elle which has skull beads on the top.

I will eat your heart. Creepy right?
Waaa I wanna be blonde

In the other ear I had a loooong feather earring from Topshop (which pre-dates Little Wing so is allowed...) and I wore a silky nightie from Asda as a top. Oooo look at all my hair. Elle also gave me a necklace and this Dia de los muertos skull bead bag charm. I am mad sick in love with it: .... yes this was the bag I took out on Saturday, I have some perverse matching problem. Incidentally, the bag was £2.50 from the second hand clothes shop that is opposite, and rival to, my ex charity shop.

Next up will be my sissys 21st birthday and I can't wait to see her!

the killer

I picked up this bizarre, sheer-with-shiny-leopard-print-cuffs bedjacket for a pound at Chiswick car boot. Ligthing in my room (AND THE STATE OF IT, soz mum) and my indecision mean I've included a few pics. I like how it has that 1950s via the 1980s vibe, it reminds a bit of the jacket with leopard print collar and cuffs that Jerry Lee Lewis wore when he married his cousin.....

90p will get you to California

but only if you are a little Christmas card. I went to post three internationally and one to the big smoke. The weather was a shocker but luckily I am the queen of practical dressing. Obviously my cat was stalking me in the background at the time, give me fudz.


I've had the green coat for a few years but for the last couple have been using a range of thin waist belts on it; gives it a bit of a dramatic flare which I like. The boots, perfectly waterproof but if you accidentally scrape them together they make a fart noise. The bag adds a bit of tack and bling and I am really in love with it, almost inexplicably so. I haven't stopped using it since I bought it from my shop a few weeks back. And the last pic is to demonstrate yet more earring wearing from the earring fearer! I have been wearing these little pearly 'uns for the last 3 days, I'm converted. Love the pearly glamour combined with a plain grey sweatshirt.