Pink Dress, Black Lace

Dress: So Fabulous
Blazer: New Look

Cheeeeeese! This is what I was going to wear out last night, before I decided that an evening of doing absolutely nothing sounded far more appealing. I did go to bed at 6am on Saturday morning, and only had four hours sleep so it's understandable. I know, I'm 26, I promise I'll start acting like an adult soon..

I do love this dress, but I'm not so keen on the style - it looks nice on the model but bodycons just do not suit me. Even with the obligatory shapewear to hold in all of the wobbly bits, it's still too clingy for my liking; hence no full length shots. I'm tempted to take it to the seamstress down the road from me to see if she can work any kind of magic and if not then I may have to pair it with a black skater skirt instead. First world woes..

Happy Barfday

I don't really post much about my friends on here, in fact, I hardly post anything anymore (this will change soon...she keeps saying). I was going to write a post about my incredible 26th birthday last weekend up in London but I actually can't remember much of it - which obviously means it was a good'un. But less about my birthday...

My friend Lindsey and I have been friends since we were 5 and 6. She moved here from London as a child, and started at my school. I still remember walking into class on the first day of year 1, and choosing to sit on the floor next to the skinny new girl with the crazy red jumper. Lindsey remembers me, a chubby blonde girl with a pinafore and pigtails plonking down beside her and introducing herself; from that moment we have been inseparable.

Today is her 27th birthday and we had a fun day out. I even used her for a few moments as a model (and caused severe discomfort by trying to stick twigs and flowers in her hair..) - doesn't she look beautiful?

After our impromptu shoot we headed to the seafront for a classy burger and lots of in-car giggling.

 I hope you had the fantastic day you deserve Stanley! Lots of love, Ollie xx


 

Spikes and Life

  I love this top from ASOS, nothing makes you feel more rebel than some spikes. Rawr. Please excuse the pesky label making an appearance, boo hiss.

I apologise for the distinct lack of everything (other than drunken tweets), the past month has been a mix of sorrowful shit smears (metaphorical) and being on such a high that it feels like I could eat stars. J and I mutually agreed to call quits on our 5 and a half year relationship and I've moved back to my Dad's house, back into the bedroom I spent all of my life and sometimes it feels like the past 5 and a half years didn't even happen. I don't have anything bad to say about J, what's been said has been said and what has been done has been done. We're remaining good friends and I find comfort in the fact that we will be much more sterling as friends than what we were as a couple and I know one day we'll look back on the fiery times and roll around laughing. I'm SO thankful for the solid network of utterly fantastic friends who have plied me with wine during the dark times, who were on the end of the phone when I needed to cry and put me back on the road when I felt like I couldn't move forward. 

As I approach my 26th (!!) birthday this Thursday, I am so excited and optimistic about the future - the world really is my oyster and I'm going to grab it by the balls. Life is most definitely not a dress rehearsal, you only get one shot so I'm going to make the most of everything, say yes to everything and have a lot of fun while I'm at it! Life really is too short!

A lot of my stuff is still at my old house, including my computer so blogging will still be ludicrously sporadic but I've had a lot of time to think about the direction I wish to take this so it may take a while, but watch this space...