Winter Blues

 

Coat - RIVER ISLAND

Top - RIVER ISLAND

Skirt - ASOS

Boots - NEXT

I am so ready for winter now, don't get me wrong, like every other person I love summer but I hate the transitional phases. I just want to wear cute coats, hats, gloves and scarves.

As I mentioned in my previous post here, I am hooked on tartan/check (think I should've been born Scottish). I bought this gorgeous skirt as soon as it came in stock for a friends 21st and I am so glad I did. It's super soft and to size and will be a winter wardrobe staple for me.

This absolute beauty of a coat is from River Island, it was almost impossible to get hold of in smaller sizes but thankfully I was able to get my hands on it through store order (they have extra sizes especially for this!). Elle magazine are also currently running 20% for the October edition which has to be redeemed in the first week of October (I think) but it definitely saved me a few pennies!

River Island should be running a student event with 20% off soon for all fellow students who fancy a lush coat like this!

Tartan Tubes

Trousers - ASOS

Jumper - MISGUIDED

Boots - ZARA (similar here)

Hat - Primark

Bag - Primark

I am still very much getting used to outfit posts and just generally blogging but hopefully I will get better. 

I have been lusting after this jumper for a while which is part of a co-ordinate from Missguided.

It's super fluffy and so comfortable I've seen a lot of people asking on Instagram comments about the sizing of this but it's definitely to size with more than enough room so I'm glad I didn't size up! 

Tartan is my absolute weakness. These pants are a dream. I have been cursed (or blessed, whichever way you want to look at it) with a bum and as most pears/apple shapes know, tube pants are not our friends. 

However, these beauties are definitely a friend everyone needs. Super stretchy and they keep everything in place. Even Nicki Minaj could shoe horn herself into these. 

Unfortunately the boots are now sold out but I was kindly given these by my aunt who has the most sensitive feet ever and can't walk in anything remotely fashionable so I often get her brand new shoes that she has never worn! yay for me! - not so yay for her. 

Finally, unbelievably I have never been in Primark until a few weeks ago. I'm a super lazy shopper so places like Topshop and River Island that colour co-ordinate and put outfits together on my behalf are my holy grail. I am literally the biggest convert ever though, it is so worth the extra shopping time and I have found some amazing buys including this hat which was only £8 compared to the £20+ elsewhere but was the last in black in Manchester (still available in Burgundy!). 

Hopefully I will get better at this blogging business but maybe not?

A peek into Ibiza

So I thought I would do a lifestyle post as I have been home from Ibiza a week now and everyone who has never been there for themselves always asks me what it is like. 

I think people aren't sure what to expect as if you have never been, chances are your opinions will be formed around the news (total over exaggeration) or like me and my boyfriend; Kevin and Perry Go Large. Which is surprisingly a good reflection of the clubs actually. 

People also always ask what it is like to go to Ibiza with your boyfriend and actually it's surprisingly common. I've been four years in a row now and have been five times in those years and I'm seeing more and more couples every time. 

Obviously it isn't the place to go if you are expecting a nice relaxed romantic holiday but if you're both up for a laugh, it's definitely not embarrassing to go clubbing together like people probably think!

Unless you get simultaneously chatted up by the shot girl and a 38 year old man from Burnley whilst stood together at the bar. It's all fun and games though. 

I wanted to blog all the pictures I thought best gave people an idea of the day and nights in Ibiza!

Enjoy!

xo

Ibiza style diary - day seven

Top - ASOS

Skirt - Previous season

Bag - Zara Espana

Sunglasses - Forever 21

I wanted to post these Ibiza posts much sooner but I've been rushed off my feet working and with my best friends 21st so this is my final Ibiza outfit post!

It was the cheapest outfit to put together as the top was just £6, the glasses £4.50 and the bag £10 (about 12 euros). My mum bought me this skirt around 4 years ago and I've never really worn it until this year (it was obviously way too uncool to wear clothes your mum bought you when 16). I found it hidden in my draw and realised my mum had had it spot on all those years way back. 

I am hooked on stripes and nautical fashion and have been for a couple of years, anything with stripes/anchors, I have to have so this look for me was probably my favourite of my day looks.

It's not particularly 'out there' but I think it's definitely good enough for a beach day! 

Ibiza style diary - day six

Body - RIVER ISLAND// Shorts - RIVER ISLAND// Clutch - TOPSHOP// Sandals - BOOHOO

I bought this body at the start of the year mindlessly with no idea when to wear it. Ibiza of course is the home of backless bodies and denim shorts so I finally had the perfect place to wear it!
It was super cheap but with a gorgeous print which a whole collection in River Island was based around.

I blogged about the shorts here but they continue to be the comfiest shorts I own.

Ibiza style diary - day five

Cover Up - ASOS// Sandals - PRIMARK// Bag - ZARA ESPANA// Sunglasses - TOPSHOP

This is my absolute favourite cover up of all, I bagged this beauty in the ASOS mid season sale, such a good summer purchase. It's perfect for covering up post lunch bloating which is exactly what I used it for after lunch at Cafe Mambo. 

These sandals are incredibly comfortable, they were my first ever Primark buy and I am so thankful I bought them. They were my blistered feet saviour and for £8 worth every penny. 

Ibiza style diary - day four

Top - RIVER ISLAND// Skirt - TOPSHOP// Shoes - NEW LOOK// Bag - BOOHOO

I have been pretty terrible at keeping up with blogs whilst in ibiza but it's all pretty busy and I haven't had much time to just sit! I am on my final night in Ibiza but I will catch up on outfit posts once home as I have taken the pictures but just had no time to blog about them. 

I have posted this top before on my Marbella style diary but I wanted to restyle it with a skirt I bought in Newcastle way back in April. I haven't had a chance (or more likely it has been lost in my wardrobe) to wear this skirt so Ibiza was perfect for it. Granted, it is mostly denim shorts and bikini tops everywhere you look here but I definitely can't pull that look off.

I also love the monochrome look so paired this with my favourite boohoo clutch! 

Ibiza style diary - day three

Top - RIVER ISLAND// Skort - RIVER ISLAND// Shoes - NEW LOOK

Although I wanted to post mostly daytime outfit posts, I couldn't miss out some of my favourite evening outfits.

I fell in love with this skort online and went to the shop to find it ASAP. I actually got stuck in it and had to be cut out in the changing rooms as the zipper had broken and came off it's runner (cringe). I had to search everywhere for another as it had sold out and decided to have the concealed zip (nightmare zips) taken out and have my own put in.

I have thankfully not had to be cut out of it since.