The Weekend

So as it turns out I didn't go to Cragside, that trip has been postponed till next Saturday due to the weather but I have a little catch up with a friend... Jessie Grace.
We went for a curry on the famous Ocean Road at the Royal Tandoori, it was absolutely delicious!

And of course there was drink involved...

On Saturday Myself and Pablo went for a Mexican, I thought it appropriate to dress in a 70s all in one suit.

Sadly it's not vintage, it's only about a year old and I found it in my sisters wardrobe and rescued it before it was sold on eBay but It does look rather groovy I think from the front...

and from the back.

The belt you see did not come with it, I had to take it off a Lindy Bop dress. It was almost an exact match colour wise.

I teamed it with a small green jacket to keep out the cold. It didn't work.

Till next time folks,

Laura Lou x

New Vintage

It's here!

It's Finally arrived!

So about a week and a half ago I won a cute little dress on eBay and after much impatient waiting yesterday it was delivered to my door.

I was so excited that I snatched it from the postman's hands and ran up stairs to try it on, of course I took a few snaps to show you all.

It's from the 1980s which does sort of go against my likes but it's adorable.

It has shoulder pads!

Sarah Lou would aprove.

I plan on wearing it on Saturday when Pablo takes me to Cragside for the day... even though it is forecast for rain and snow, I'm sure my beaver will keep me warm.

I think I may be the only person in the word that does like this dress though, the only 'nice' comment my family could offer when I came down to parade it was 'it's like something off Little House on the Prairie'.

...thanks.

Before I go here's a little snap of the mug Sarah Lou got me for my birthday.

Till next time folks,

Laura Lou x

Mothering Sunday

Well I hope you all had a lovely mothers day, I had a very stressful one as I was cooking dinner and making pavlova (which isn't as easy as it looks).
The reason it was so stressful was because I rose early, half past seven in the morning to be precise, and went straight into the kitchen to make my pavlova and when I had made that I began work on my second pavlova... because the first looked like this...

As you can see it's rather over cooked, my second attempt was much better though.

It doesn't look fantastic but it tasted rather good.

As I said, it was a stressful day, I think I must have spent a solid 7 hours in that darn kitchen!

Here's a quick shot of the flowers me and my sisters got my lovely mother

After the chaos of dinner we got dressed to go watch Bethan perform in 'A Night Of Musicals (a Hopper production).

I couldn't decide what look I wanted to go for so I just threw some stuff together and I ended up looking like so strange kind of Doctor Who.

The following photos where not taken by me but taken by Mr Kevin Ho of Kevin Ho photography.

Enjoy

 

They sang songs from Cabaret, Hair, The Book of Mormon and Rent (plus many more I can't remember) and put on a great show that I'm jolly well over the moon they will be performing it again very soon!

It was such a brilliantly performed and produced/directed show and I would just like the congratulated everyone involved (especially David John Hopper as it was his first production).

My Family (minus 2)
 and here's a few vain shots of me looking dramatically down, or rather up, my staircase.

Till next time folks,
Laura Lou x

Apologies

Dear readers I must apologies and most sincerely for I have completely neglected you and this blog.
I've just been so busy with work lately that I've had no time to do anything vintage inspired :( and to tell the thruth after a hard days work I often can't be bothered to do anything but sleep.
Naughty Laura Lou! I know.
In fact I'm so busy that I even have to miss out of 'Judy's affordable vintage fair' this Saturday and I can tell you it's killing me. I mean the words 'affordable' and 'vintage' in once sentence and I have to miss it?!? are you kidding me?
Well sadly I'm not but I do promise to try and blog more than I have of recent times because frankly the way I've been going on is atrocious!
My sincerest and heart felt apologies are all virtually sent to you (for give me?).
Well since I'm on here I may as well share with you the outfit I wore last night.
My boyfriend Pablo cooked my Spaghetti and Meats balls and boy were they delicious!

You can't tell in this photo but this dress is rather old and raggy. It's not vintage, I've just worn it that much that it has holes and rips everywhere.

I must say I'm loving having shorter hair right now, it makes pin curls look a lot more authentic. Sadly my hair has grown quite a lot since I got it cut in December so these curls didn't hold for more than a few hours.

My parting words to you all shall be... go on eBay! They is some great vintage on there at the moment.
Till next time,
Laura Lou x