Monday, 28 January 2013

Under Your Spell - Zara bag and Topshop bodycon midi dress.

Another blog post title chosen from the Drive soundtrack. The inspiration for this may have come from the fact that it's all I've listened to for as long as I can remember and I just happened to lunch at Revolution with my sister today and it was playing there too!

So as I've already said I had a cheeky Revolution lunch to mark my final day of work holidays this week. It's half price on Monday's and as my sister is due to go back to work from maternity leave very soon we decided to make the most of today! My sister went for the Revolution vodka burger while I chose the mushroom and cheeseburger, both with a side of fries, naturally. I am continuously torn between garlic mushroom denver fries and everything else on the menu but today, since fries and garlic and mushrooms are included in the burger I couldn't resist this! Anyway, the food tasted sensational and it came to under £10, can't complain about that at all!

Today I wore the plain black Topshop midi bodycon dress, I know what you're thinking, food plus bodycon, sacrilege! I thought the same so for that reason I wore a Topshop shirt with a vintage inspired pattern. Along with thick tights, ASOS Mighty studded shoes and my leopard collar Topshop coat the outfit was complete. I also painted my nails with a Topshop glitter over Chanel blue satin, they look like a star filled sky!
A quick mention on the bag I chose today, a few months ago I was in Zara and discovered this beautiful city bag as I passed the checkout, I immediately fell in love. It was only when I noticed the pocket in the back I knew it had to be mine, it took me a few moments to realise it was actually an iPad pocket and we've been in love ever since. It's adorable, so elegant and striking and I had to wait a while but now I finally have an iPad to put in it! I cannot describe how I love that bag.

I received a text while I was lunching from my dad telling me my ASOS parcel had arrived, yey and yey! As soon as I got home I ran upstairs to try on. The box was so tiny I almost thought they'd actually forgotten to put the dress in! I hastily unwrapped and found both of my items perfectly squished in! I'll start with the dress, now I know I ordered a smock dress and yes, I did expect something oversized but I certainly did not quite expect what I got. It is massive, I was shocked but tried it on anyway and as much as I was unsure at first, it's really grown on me. I need to style it up a bit to make sure it's me but I'm starting to really like it. I'm thinking with the correct accessories and the right shoes it'll be a really cool look. The marl isn't quite as I expected, it looks more printed but I like it. So if anyone is planning on ordering it, get a 6!
I've already received the off shoulder top which I shall show you eventually, it just looks like a plain black top on the hanger, so the only thing left in the I'd was the present I'd purchased for my boyfriend.
I was going to hang on and not say anything about it until the 14th of February but they were just far too gorgeous. So he suddenly (after I'd bought all of his Christmas presents!!!) decided he'd like cuff links! I'd already gone way beyond the budget and bought his some pretty awesome presents, if I do say so myself, so I just couldn't justify buying them! February I decided was the perfect opportunity. I purchased the Hugo Boss round cuff links, I was a little reluctant with them being online but they've arrived and they are so much better than I expected. I managed to get my 25% student discount on them too so they were an absolute steal. They're a mirrored silver circle with an outer line of black, this was what I was unsure about but as you'll see from the pictures the are absolutely delicious and I have no doubt he will love them!







































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