Outift Post 20/3/13....Tuesdays with Morrie on Wednesday night

During the week I went to see the play, Tuesdays with Morrie, with a friend. Just a casual outing so nothing too fancy was worn. I highly recommend you go see the play if you get a chance, it was great!

I wore with deep green jeans that I bought during the Christmas sales at DV8,love these jeans , they are so soft and comfy! I chose a cream jumper and patterned red scarf from Dorothy Perkins that I wore many moons ago.My jacket is from New Look,I've gotten so much use out of this jacket lately, it's comfy and surprisingly warm and I got it on sale too...win!

 I decided to wear boots I bought well over a year ago in Penneys,not only do they have a heel so they give a bit of height, but they are also really warm...very much needed these days!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Colette
xx

Lil Red Riding Hood

A little while ago I posted here about the day I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood to help a friend with a project for college.  My ever so talented friend Jen has blogged about her project here , she's far more creative than I'll ever be!   The project is now done and here it is....

Filming this was so fun, I really did love that cape!

Colette
xx

90's rerun

As we all probably know by now 90's fashion is making a comeback.  It's difficult to go into a shop lately without seeing a crop top of some variety. The ones I'm seeing most frequently are ones like this, the high neck stomach baring crop top.

Even the jumpers in this trend are belly baring, like this one for example

This is a style of top and jumper that I will not be wearing because ,quite simply, I don't have the body to wear it.

Another reason I don't think I'll be embracing this 90's trend is the fact that my 29 year old self remembers the 90's quite clearly....I think I'm just too old for this trend.

Maybe this trend brings back bad memories for me of fashion faux pas of the past, since back in the 90's I was more preoccupied these guys than with fashion

I'd like to know how other people feel though. Is this trend simply for the young and the slim? Do you think there are ways to make it work when you're slightly older?

Outfit Post 13/3/13

So today was my niece's confirmation today,which of course meant I had to wear something nice. Couldn't stroll up to the church in my pj's after all. So I decided to wear this.... apologies for the dodgy "selfie" pictures but I simply don't have a blog photographer so I think I'm going to have to learn to master the "selfie". I like to think of it as the inception of photography..a picture within a picture.

I decided to wear a wine coloured pencil skirt form Dorothy Perkins with a cream top that I bought in Penneys during the January sales for €5, bargain! It's really a casual tshirt type top but I'm a firm believer that any item of clothing can be dressed up or down depending on what you wear it with. Due to the fact that it was fa-ree-zing I had to wear black tights,I simply had to. I also had to go with closed toe shoes so I wore my black shoe boots from Dorothy Perkins that I also wore in this post. My bag is also from Penney's,again bought in the January sales for a whopping €3.
I wore a ring from New Look and a mixture of some bangles from Dorothy Perkins and Penneys.

 Because it was so cold (did I mention it was fa-reee-zing?) I,of course,wore a coat. I've had this coat for years,I bought it in Dunnes and it has been such a good investment,I've gotten so much wear out of it.

I decided to go for a pretty natural makeup look,nothing too exciting and recently I've been thinking about getting a new hairstyle so I'm trying to grow my side fringe out(nightmare). Today I parted it down the middle and put some waves in. Is the middle parting a style I should consider? I think I'm kind of liking it. All opinions welcome!

Hope everyone's well

Colette
xx

5 quick facts about me.

I love reading blogs where people list little facts about themselves so I decided to do a quick "5 facts" post about me. I'm sure I'll do more posts with more facts again soon.

1. I love shoes,it's an addiction I'm working on keeping under control, but I can't wear a plain and simple court shoe. I seem to have a really narrow foot and shoes won't stay on without some sort of a strap. My feet even fly out of my flat pumps but I still insist on wearing them.

2. I'm a big,ok very big, fan of New Kids on the Block, 80/90''s boyband extraordinaire. I've even been on 3,yes 3, NKOTB cruises and I'd quite like to go on a 4th.

3. I used to weigh quite a lot more than I do now. I'm sure my weight will be something I'll battle with forever. Even though I've lost the bulk of the weight when I'm on a night out or at any social event really, I still feel like the biggest person in the room and wish I were thinner,fitter,healthier etc. I'm not sure that feeling will ever go away.

4. I love penguins, they're one of my favourite things in the world.

5. I have a weird crush on Stephen Merchant. He's funny, gangly and awkward  and I appear to find this combination attractive.

Once Upon A Time

I love a theme,plain and simple, so imagine my joy when my friend Jen (her blog can be found here ) asked me to be part of her college project where I got to be Little Red Riding Hood ! Jen was filming a 1 minute clip of Little Red Riding Hood walking through the woods. The fabulous cape I got to wear was made by Jen herself (she's ever so creative) and she put together my little picnic basket too. All I had to do was add few waves through my hair,put some red lippy on my face ,throw on a black dress and I was good to go. Unfortunately I had to wear my black ballet pumps as my red ones were no where to be found *sad face*  It was a fun day and thankfully the weather was in our favour,even if it was a little cold.Hopefully soon I'll have the finished clip to share.

My dress is from Dorothy Perkins,bought a few years ago. My pumps,tights and the long sleeve top I wore underneath the dress are all from Penneys (last of the big spenders!) and my lipstick (the red lip seems to be the only time I wear lipstick) is no# 01 in the Kate Moss for Rimmel range.

Hope everyone has a good day,

Colette xx


P.s. If you ever get the chance to go into the woods in the middle of the afternoon dressed as Little Red Riding Hood and carrying a picnic basket...take it ! It's worth it just to see peoples reactions when they turn the corner and see you.