Frills 'n' Spills

Waaaay back in November, I first wore my eighties Liz Clairborne blouse and asked you lovely lot how to style it. Since then I have worn it a couple of times but not managed to get any decent pictures but Mark stepped in and managed to snap a few for me :) Now the final product is somewhere between what Eleanor and Kristabel suggested as I paired it with my super comfy Zara shorts, some rather Valentine's appropriate tights which were a gift from my parents, and my Peacocks ankle boots... 

Blouse: Liz Clairborne from a jumble sale, shorts; Zara, tights: gift from Accessorize, boots: Peacocks.

If you had asked me even 6 months ago whether I would be wearing ankle boots, I would have probably laughed uncontrollably in your face, how times have changed! This little blog has made me much more experimental with what I wear and I am constantly amazed at how stylish you all are, [yes it's late and I'm getting soppy again :P]

I think I'm  trying to show you the sleeves but I just look like I am trying to be macho...oh dear!

I took the shoulder pads out which I think made a HUGE difference..there is still some structure in the shoulders which I like but it doesn't look like I am stuck in the decade that taste forgot ;) Since I have done this, I have found myself reaching for the blouse more often as it's not so much of a statement piece but rather slots more easily into my wardrobe. You can see what my hair looked like after my rollers tutorial too. I can only apologise for just how awkward I sounded on that, I'm definitely not a natural on camera although in my defence that was all one take! 




I don't know if the blazer makes it too work like but hopefully the tights balance it out? I mainly wore the blazer for it's bright pink lining which matched my nails...yes I have taken 'matchy matchy' to a new low high ;)




Although they raised a few eyebrows in Sainsbury's, I love these tights so much! I went through a real phase of tights wearing after I first watched Gossip Girl at uni (cool I know!) but recently I have been a lot more boring with my leg wear.. My parents bought me these to cheer me up after a rubbish couple of weeks and I must say, they have done the job nicely :D

At the end of 2010, we asked you what you wanted to see more of on Frills 'n' Spills this year and a few people asked for a tutorial on how to use rollers. I apologise now for how silly I sound on this video, I was super nervous and I hope you don't laugh at me too much! 

 LOL, YO' FACE.

Don't you hate it when you watch yourself back on screen? It's like having to sit through those old family recordings of yourself at birthday parties, and realising what a horrible child you were. This has happened to me. More than once.

Don't you also hate it when you over use a word? Like nice. It's a nice word, don't get me wrong. But it's just....nice. Still, apparently I like it.

And finally, don't you hate it when you realise how miserable you look, and how you always put on that telephone voice when there's a potential that you'll be talking to someone who's never met you?

Yeah, me too. But I've decided to show you this anyway, cos there's some real nice things that you should go out and get! The satchel is my new baby, and a BIG plus is it doesn't answer back. Or need feeding. The website it was from is here [and here is Afeitar's blog, though if you haven't read it, get out from under that rock!]. 

Also, that book is a definite must for all you typographists. Or those who are as nosey as me and just want the chance to snoop into someone elses life for a little while.

So there you go, my first vlog.

And if you can't face listening to me ramble as well as reading this, maybe just play it on mute for a good laugh? Slapstick right there.