Day One: December 13th

    I am writing this a day late as I had such a busy day and just wanted to go to sleep when I got home.
December the 13th and I have already done all of my Christmas Shopping! Well that has got to be a record for me seeing as I don't usually even have my tree up by now. Today was my schools Christmas Carol Concert/Service or whatever it's called now. It was the same as it has been ever since I have been involved in the band at my school: a soprano opens up with the first verse of Once in Royal Davids City and then the choir come in holding candles and it would all be so lovely and atmospheric if I hadn't seen it five times before and although, some people like tradition, this is going a little too far as every year in the rehursal I feel like I have either gone back in time or no time has past because nothing at all has changed. 
    One of the many perks of being in the school band is how much school you get to miss for it. Throughout the whole day I played for around an hour and got to leave the church at around 1.40pm which was amazing and I just went Christmas Shopping with my Dad and Sister. 
    December the 13th: 12 Days until Christmas!

12 Days Of Christmas

Just a quick note to say that I will be blogging every day for the twelve days running up to Christmas. Originally, I had decided to do the twelve days after Christmas but I have exams and think that the period leading up to it would be of more interest so that will hopefully start on Tuesday the 13th! Enjoy.

A Walk in the Woods

    These are pictures from the walk I went on with my family (minus my brother) after we had gone and bought our Christmas tree which there was some controvosy over as me and Lucy wanted to get the biggest one that we could but alas, my parents were not for our idea. It has been a sort of tradition but more to blame of how unorganized we are that we don't put our decorations up until the week before Christmas but what we have found in the trees that are for sale then really aren't very good so we decided, this year to be super organised.
 The woods were stunning and Autumn is still in flow with leaves everywhere. I did wear my wellies which I was very excited about but I was also wearing a skirt and didn't want to change so was a bit restricted. We found some rope swings which I wasn't very well dressed for but being me, I went on them anyway.
    I am very sorry for the poor quality of the top three photos. My dad isn't used to taking pictures with this camera.

Story Telling One

    Yesterday was the first day of the Christmas season which for me, is signified for me by walking along streets lit with Christmas lights. It's sort of a little compensation from the day ending so early and the night ending so late. On the first day of Christmas, I went shopping in Brighton with some of my friends which was, as always, something which I will struggle to forget. 
    We were walking up to Churchill Square from a trip to Lush which is inconveniently placed quite far away from everywhere we wanted to go and me one friend were walking really quite fast so that we could sit down and have some food because have you ever found that after shopping for a little while, you get a tad stressed, and food is always the answer for this. We realised that the rest our little group were no longer behind us and we just thought that they'd stopped and found a shop that they wanted to go into which they do a lot and is rather annoying  but really, they were stood there with bird poo splattered all over them. It was splattered over the four of them and unfortunately, I was the only one who found the funny side but in those situations, you've just got to laugh. They were literally covered in We spent about twenty minutes after that in the disabled toilet de-pooing my friends, but for the most part, I was laughing too much to be of much help so you can imagine how popular I was. 
    I will post a little 'haul' of what I bought and the pictures that I took when I get my camera back later.
    

Clothes Swapping Fundraiser

My little sister is going Kabubbu in Uganda next year to build a house out there with a charity and we are in the process of raising funds this so we held a clothes swapping event which is basically where you bring items from your wardrobe that you don't like any more or don't fit you any more but are still in good condition, and you put them all together with other peoples and then you see if there are any pieces that you like of other peoples. As this was raising money, if you wanted an item of clothing, you payed 50p to £1 depending on what the item was. It was a very enjoyable evening and as some of the pieces were.. well disgusting, we had a lot of fun in making the most hideous outfits. I spent £6 in total and got some really nice things which I was so surprised at. 

These boots are originally from New Look and are a really nice off white colour. I'm not too sure about the chain on the back as it gets stuck on the heel a lot but I love these shoes. They are a size 6 and super comfy!

Sorry that these pictures aren't amazing quality but I took them at night (probably not the best idea) and the lighting was not good. This dress is originally from Rebex or a shop like that I can't remember as I have never heard of it before. I have never really liked the two part dress but I really like this one especially for the holiday party season.

This top is a bit odd I do admit but I really like it. I like wearing it because it's so big and really warm and comfy and it is very loose fitting which I love! It is a size XL but I don't know if that's childerens size or anything but even though I don't really like stripes, this is perfect for a lazy day. I also got these jeans which had also never been worn.

 These shoes are so cute, I couldn't pass them by. I don't know where they are from but they have never been worn. They aren't the comfiest things in the world but I'll live. I got them more for the spring and summer because in the winter, i'd just traipse through mud in them and never be able to wear them again. 

 This is my sister wearing another dress I got. It is a really lovely strapless black lace dress. It looks beautiful on but I think that I am going to attach some ribbon as straps as it looks a little off strapless. 

This is the last thing that I have a picture of to show which I bought. This is a white shirt which was from H&M and I love the rouched detailing it looks lovely! I got this because it will probably be useful at some point in the future for work or a formal event. It is also ultra soft!


    I also got a few more tops but they haven't come out of the wash yet as for some reason they got put into a separate wash to everything else. Even though it feels a little odd buying other peoples clothes, after a while I realised that that is exactly what vintage shopping is and after everything has been washed, it may as well be new and I got all of this for £6!