Outfit Post: Beamish

It wouldn't be a Bank Holiday without a trip to Beamish!

Well that might not be true for everyone but it is to me.

So I bet you can guess where I went last Bank Holiday Monday... that's right Beamish.

I decided to dig deep in my draws (get your minds out the gutter!) and pull out some old items I haven't worn in a long time and this is what I came up with.

Top - H&M

Belt - Off a Lindy Bop Dress

Skirt - eBay

Petticoat - eBay

I chose neutral coloured makeup with a small beehive hairdo. This is the day I sprayed perfume in my eye, hence the watery look.

Sadly I don't have a picture of my whole outfit where my hair isn't in my face so you'll just have to put with with only seeing half my beauty :p

Till next time folks,

Laura Lou x

Outfit Post: Mixing Your Seasons

So it's September and the start of the erratic weather in Britain.

One moment it's hot then one moment it's cold! It is till important to dress fro the weather though, but I hear you ask, how can you when you don't know from one moment to the next if it will snow, rain or be as hot as the desert?

The only thing to do is mix and match your winter and summer wardrobes like I have.

Skirt- eBay

Jumper- H&M

Petticoat- eBay

Shoes- Primark

Bag- Primark

Skirts and jumpers are my new favorite thing, if I owned more of them I would wear that combo a lot more often.

 

 

I really liked the colour combination of this outfit, not too bright and not too dull.

It also looks snazzy in black and white ;)

Aren't we romantic?

Till next time Folks,

Laura Lou x

Just a Little Something I Threw On

Here's a little post to show you the outfit I wore yesterday (mainly because I want to show off my skirt).

 Top- H&M

Skirt- eBay

Glasses- Primark

Flower- H&M

Till next time folks

Laura Lou x

I have a new dress...

 

Saturday was such a hot day... So I wore a woolen dress?

 It got quite a few strange looks from people in the shopping center but the lovely shop 

assistant in H&M said she like it, I must say that one comment made my whole day after someone (whom shall remain nameless) said it looked like a coat.

 

 

I love it when things as nice as this only cost me 99p... thank you eBay :)

Till next time folks,

Laura Lou x

Hardwick Hall

On Saturday the skies blessed the north of England with another sunny, yet quite windy, day so I decided it was time for a picnic at Hardwick Hall Country Park.
I donned my flimsiest dress (which considering the wind was not a good idea) and off we went.

There really is nothing I like more than after a hard week at work dolling myself out for a day out surrounded my beautiful old buildings and nature in all it's glory and Hardwick Hall really does have all of that.

You'll never know how tempted I was to climb up that turret and play the damsel in distress.

unfortunately there was no door and no stairs, the only way up would be to climb and in my dress that was a no no.



My outfit isn't vintage, I wouldn't want to scruffy up and true vintage by lying on the grass (as I am doing above) It's made up of a a dress I bought round about this time last year actually from Dorothy Perkins, a little cardigan from H&M (what would I do without that shop?) and of course so converse lite. You can still buy this dress on eBay for a fraction of the price I paid.

Judging from this photo you'd never guess that on Thursday I had the most horrific hair malfunction.

What happened was I had decided to dye my hair as my roots were coming through rather badly. I want to move away from bleaching though so I went from a slightly darker blonde however my hair did not go blonde at all. Correction, my roots went blonde but my hair went grey!

I never pictured my self as the kind of girl to cry over hair but many tears were shed that night.

However there was a rather strange but brilliant way of the grey.

I crushed up vitamin C tablets and mixed it with water until it became a paste. I then applied to it to my hair (not the roots though as I wanted that colour to stay) and within 15 minuets of applying it I was peroxide blonde again.

Handy little tip for you there ;)

Anyway back to Hardwick Hall...





The only flowers to be seen for miles were daffodils, there was hundreds of them.

Yes, daffodils and ducks were the main features of the day.

Till next time folks...

Do you even lift?

Laura Lou x

Cragside

So the heavens finally gave us some fine weather so on Saturday I donned my newest vintage skirt and headed to Cragside (finally!).

After Pablo and I somehow managed to break into Cragside for a little bit we eventually bought our tickets and (legally) entered the property.

If I'm being completely honest I wasn't too over awed by the house it's self, there were lots of owls :/ but anyway the estate it's self is beautiful!

I have to say (as strange as it sounds) the trees were one of the things I was most fascinated by, they were so tall!

Pablo kindly acted as my photographer for the day

See what I mean about the trees?

So I'll tell you a little about my outfit...

Top- George at ASDA £6

Skirt- vintage eBay £2.99

Cardigan- H&M £9.99

I wore on my feet (which you can't see) converse lite.

although I wasn't bowled over my the inside the outside of the house is very impressive.

Little fact of the day- Cragside was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power ;)

 Some of the flowers from the 'formal gardens'

Aren't we a cute couple aww 

Then on Sunday I attended my first ever football match.

Newcastle obviously ;)

Till next time folks,

Laura Lou x