Oh I hate decisions

My list of blogs I read everyday is getting out of control. It's even longer than the blogroll on here because there are also newish blogs that I'm waiting to make sure they keep going before I add them, and non-fashion blogs, and friend's journal-type blogs. It's got to the stage where I can only do half the list each day and have to make sure I start at the top one day and the bottom the next or I would never get to Thrills and Frills at all. So I'm going to have to prune the list, maybe to things to read everyday and things to try and catch up on at the weekend. The blogroll list on here will stay as it is, but may have to be renamed "daily reads if only I had the time"!

For one day only...summer!

The sun is out today so I took the opportunity to leap into this dress as it is probably my favourite and last summer was so awful that I only got to wear it once.



Dress and sandals Topshop, vest New Look.

*Sniff*

Sorry for the lack of posts, I have an icky cold and have been devoting myself to sleeping and taking vitamins rather than fashion. I can however give you a mental picture: I am currently wearing a woolly cardigan, one of my boyfriend's t'shirts, and leggings *hangs head in shame*. I hasten to assure you that I would not leave the house in this outfit, it was just the closest thing to pyjamas!

Glastonbury weekend? That explains the rain then!

Jacket Topshop, T'shirt Realitee at Topshop, jeans New Look, shoes F&F at Tesco.

Music to something or other by

I've been tagged by Annah of Fashion, art and mess to do that 7 songs you're into thingy. This is going to make everyone think that I am a) old and b) weird but here goes:

"That's not my name" The Ting Tings
Great song that oddly sounds better coming out of a radio or the lousy speakers in my car than it does on the fancy amp and speakers in the livingroom.

"Let me think about it" Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
I don't generally do dance-type music but I do play it when I'm exercising or attempting to psyche myself into doing housework. This one is guarranteed to make me bounce around.

"Pour some sugar on me" Def Leppard
Probably my all time favourite song. I've been a fan since the 80's. I love rock music, but only if I can still hear the words and they don't have up-their-own-bottoms 5 minute guitar solos (yes Van Halen, I am looking at you!).

"Mistress Mabel" The Fratellis
New song from the Fratellis that is being played a lot on the radio. I like their music because it is upbeat and retro sounding.

"Time Warp" Rocky Horror Show cast
Love this film. Go watch it! Then find a singalong/stage show and go in costume!

"Psychosis safari" Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster
I don't even know how to describe this one. High intensity rock maybe? Anyway, mad band with strange songs.

"The Carny" Nick Cave
Another weird one. This is a very creepy atmospheric song. I wouldn't say I liked it as such but it is oddly very compelling.



I tag:
A cat of impossible colour &
Cheapskate chic because everyone else I would have picked has already been tagged.

Good grief

And this is why I need to sell things on ebay!



That tiny 6 inch wide section on the left is for my other half's clothes. Poor boy :-)

Shameless advertising

I have a few ebay auctions running, including:



I believe Agathe of Style Bytes included the same net skirt in some of her outfits but obviously I can't check :-(

Also some really random things that we do not need hanging round the house any more. Check here if you're interested.

I look unnaturally angelic in today's picture!



Jeans New Look, top H&M, shrug thingy Bay Trading, sandals and pendant Topshop.

Ooh, something good I noticed the other day that I thought I'd share; many of the bangles in H&M's Divided jewellery range come in two sizes. I am very happy about this as I have silly little hands and wrists and so solid bangles tend to fall off when I wear them.

The necessity of shoes?

Today I gave up battling the wind and went back to the conservatory:


Top H&M, vest Topshop, skirt some market stall in Harlow about 10 years ago, boots New Look.

If you look really closely, you can see the 'real leather' tag on one of the boots! I mention this only because it links to a post on Painfully Hip where Amber expressed her dislike of Wardrobe Remix pictures where the remixer is not wearing shoes. I suggested that if your outfit is only intended to be worn around your house, you might not include shoes in the ensemble and that doesn't mean it's not a valid, fully thought-out outfit. So the question is, should you add shoes, bags, jackets etc. to an outfit that you're not going out in, just for the pictures?

I add shoes if I'm taking the photos outside, for obvious reasons, but I also do it for indoor pictures if I think the outfit is improved by them. I don't add a bag if I'm not actually going to carry one, or a jacket/coat, unless I'm taking outdoor pictures and it's cold. Conversely, if I've put on extra, less than stunning, clothes for warmth, I take them off for the photo. So my outfits are the actual ones I wear, but the best possible version, rather than the absolute truth. And one day I might actually make my mind up about those boots and take the tags off!

Today's outfit pictured in another howling gale!



Dress and top H&M, jeans and sandals New Look, necklace Miss Selfridge.