Me Again...

Right I'm back with a bang! Well a bunch of tea bags and a few ideas. I have well and truly been out of the blogosphere for a good few months and whilst I've bought a few new products, OK I tell a lie, a LOT of new products I haven't really had the drive to sit at my laptop and put finger to keyboard; as it were.

One of the main reasons I have shied away from writing is because the thing I want to write about most is fashion and the outfits I have put together, however my ongoing battle with my weight has left me more than a little camera-shy. 

So the new inspiration for this little burst of writing? 

In three short weeks I shall be boarding a plane with three... how to put it? Well kept? Boys. Lol basically they look good and I am frantically trying to sort out my beach bod so I don't look like the dumpling floating in the pool. Of course I know there is no miracle cure for a gigantic arse and bingo wings which have a mind of their own. Consequently I have been running twice weekly and going to the gym once a week with a friend, but my sister suggested I try out the new fad that everyone is going on about- 'Bootea'. I thought instead of hiding away the fact that I'm trying to lose weight I should embrace it and share my stories and experiences with others as I complete the 14 DAY TEATOX. 

The idea behind the teatox is that you have one of the daytime teabags every morning and one of the night time every other evening. [I have been warned by my sister to watch out for the evening teabags the next day as they produce quite a profuse laxative effect]... Can't wait ...

Now I'm not a great lover of tea, in fact I find it repulsive, so you can imagine my enthusiasm and excitement at the prospect of drinking the stuff every day, it sort of tastes like a green tea but even so I'm not a convert, yet. The night time cleanse is infused with lots of mint and you'd think this would make it tastier. It doesn't. The evening tea is pretty vile but I will power through in the name self confidence and, I suppose you could say, vanity, but whatever. Let me know if you want to hear all the gory details of the night time cleanse, it supposedly takes 12 hours to kick in so I tried to time it so I wouldn't be at work haha.

XO

This week I downloaded Lana Del Rey's latest album Ultraviolence and I've absolutely been loving it. My favourite track off it so far has got to be West Coast. It's so laid back and I can't wait to be sitting by our pool in Malta sipping a mojito and listening to this! Perfection! 

Winter Wishlist

Right now I am very much embracing my 90's grunge teen and have in fact recently purchased my own pair of "Mum Jeans", which to my delight my mum insisted on telling (on numerous occasions) that she used to own back in the 90's. I then went on to explain that they were actually called "Mum Jeans" and were actually based on the jeans that mums used to wear in the 90's. You'd think that would have cleared it all up but no, every time I don them for a casual day my mum pulls out the line, "I had a pair just like that when you were growing up." Yes mum I get it. 

On to the wishlist then...

Before I start I just want to put it out there that if anyone would be so kind as to buy me these items I will love you forever and pay you in home-made cookies and Thai fish cakes (my specialities FYI).

1. Lena Parental Print T-Shirt Dress in Black 
    £16.99 Missguided
A lot of the time I have to wear black for work (I work in a bar most days) and so I am very limited in what I can wear. Sure there are no shortage of black clothes, but I don't want to simply wear black jeans and a black t-shirt like most of my co-workers do. I want to add a bit of my own style to it and this t-shirt dress allows me to. I'd probably style it up with some black knee-high socks, a big gold chain and creepers or my Jeffrey Campbell red velvet Slingin Boots.  
2. Enchanted Ring
    £32.00 Shop Dixi
This beaut of a ring just came onto the Shop Dixi website and of course, like all of their stuff, I want it. It's so unusual and sort of resembles a snake I think. Just need to save a few pennies before I can splash out again.
3.Louise Lace Cami Slip Dress in Peach
   £29.99 Missguided
So apparently the whole wearing your underwear as outerwear is back in, except this time we're flashing our slips. I really love this dress and think it taps into the trend subtly. I would definitely either rock it up with my Docs and a black leather jacket or go for soft look with a floral kimono and maybe tan sandals or wedges in the summer.
4. Blue Palm Print Jacquard Skort
    £36.00 Topshop
I do love a skort and think its an eclectic way to jazz up an outfit especially with this print, which is reminiscent of a Hawaiian shirt, which I totally adore. I am a Hawaiian shirt addict. Anyway I think this would look cool with a plain white tee, maybe a blazer or a light denim jacket. 
5. The Aggy by Agyness Deyn X Dr Marten
    £140 Solestruck
As far as I know these are sold out everywhere, so I'm keeping a close eye on the ebay listings. I already own two pairs of docs, but since I do have an obsession with platforms and creepers it just seems silly (probably only to me) that I don't own these platform docs, which combines my love of both styles.
6. Moonstone Poison Box Ring
    £32.00 Shop Dixi 
I have wanted this ring ever since it came onto the site, however every time I went to buy it it was sold out and then when it came back in stock; I was broke. I think it's actually sold out again but I love it so much it has to be on my wishlist.

OK so that concludes my current wishlist, the actual one is a whole longer but I thought I wouldn't bore you completely with me moaning endlessly about all the things I can't afford haha. Anything major you're saving towards or just constantly lusting over?

XO

The Beginning

Hi,

So I have been procrastinating for years about starting a blog and tonight at 2.30 in the morning I have finally given in to said procrastination and done it. I'm not really sure where exactly one starts when beginning their blog, I don't suppose there is a massively wrong or right way to it and for that reason I'll start by introducing myself and my blog. Can't really go wrong there can I? 

We'll see...

I'm Kat, a 22 year old girl from London (Christ that's reminiscent of the old MSN days where we'd always start a conversation with "ASL?"). ASL, in case you were wondering, stands for Age, Sex, Location. I have recently finished university and moved from Brighton back to London, and am now adjusting to life living under the same roof as the mother. I'm currently occupying two jobs, although a replacement third one is on the way, for now I am enjoying the high life of working for an events company and at a bar, which despite the antisocial hours, I absolutely adore.

My interests include the usual:

- hanging out with friends

- MAKE UP/PERFUME/JEWELLERY (in particular rings)

- TATTOOS (I have six and I'm not done yet)

- going to gigs/music

- reading 

- SLEEPING

- poetry (any poetry fans might notice the poetry reference in my blog name, but I'll address that in a separate post)

- American Horror Story (sorry I'm addicted)

Onto the blog...

My blog will predominantly centre around fashion, make up reviews and lifestyle posts, although from time to time I may do some literature reviews or just whatever I fancy talking about. For me writing this blog is a place for me to develop my voice and hopefully some of y'all will want to listen. 

I guess I'll leave it there and get thinking on a few ideas for my first proper post.

xo