OUTFIT | #187

jumper, skirt, boots: Topshop

(I took these pictures before the Great Hair Chop of 2014, hence the long locks. Don't worry. All future outfits will feature my new 'do.)

This skirt may be one of my proudest Topshop sale purchases. I coveted it from afar when it was full price but coudn't justify the price. One of my friends bought it but still, I restrained myself. Then I spotted a single one left in the sale at my local Topshop, in my size no less. Clearly this skirt and I were meant to be. I shall henceforth refer to it as my Cher Skirt. Cher Horowitz, that is. Not as in Sonny and Cher. It fulfills all my Clueless-based dreams, and looks ridiculously cute on. What's not to love?

This is a pretty Topshop heavy outfit in general. There might be a lot of that coming up in future blog posts. Soz. I did some serious damage in their Boxing Day sale this year. I went in with a list of everything I wanted and found every single item. Queen of the Sales. But that means no more new clothes for a while now. I'm pretty much set until summer now.

HAIR | The Chop

If you follow me on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, or basically any social media outlet, you'll have already seen that I chopped my hair off. It's been a long time coming. I'm a firm believer in drastic hair changes. Change is good, if a little scary. Embrace it. Whenever I feel like I'm entering a new 'phase' of my life, corny as that sounds, I do something to my hair. When I was 17 and first identifying as a feminist, I cut it into a short pixie cut. In my first year of uni, I dyed it red. Now I'm six months away from graduating and no longer being an undergrad. Shit's getting real and my hair made me feel like I was still a teenager, not a woman in her early twenties. 

I always knew in the back of my head that, when I was tired of the long, mermaid hair, my next hair cut would be a long bob. I had one a few years back, when I was growing out the aforementioned pixie cut, and loved it. My hair's super thick and my natural curl and volume was really getting dragged down by all the weight of that long, heavy hair. It had to go. I love my new 'do. If you've never drastically changed your hair or cut it all off, I'd highly recommend it. It's super liberating, and you'll save a bomb in shampoo and conditioner. 

OUTFIT | #186

shirt: BDG; jeans: Topshop; shoes: Nike

Another day, another trip to the library to work on my dissertation. I still can't tell if I'm stressed about it or not. I tend to work well to deadlines and maintain an eery level of calm when things get down to the wire, but we'll see. I still have a week left to freak out. Pulled out my new Nike Blazers for today. I received, or bought myself, a lot of new shoes over Christmas. They were basically all I wanted. 2013 was definitely the year I became a 'shoe person'. I really wanted grey Blazers but apparently they're a discontinued colour, so I chose this cute baby blue colour instead. 

Whenever I wear this shirt, I wonder why I don't own more soft plaid shirts. It is absurdly comfortable. Perhaps a clothing item to keep an eye out for this year. I need more button-down shirts like a hole in the head, but surely that's half the fun? I did go through my wardrobe and put a lot of stuff away to donate recently after the amount of stuff I bought in the Boxing Day sales. I'm not a hoarder, I try and make sure I wear all the stuff I own. I swear.

OUTFIT | #185

jumper, jeans, necklace: Topshop; boots: H&M

Wearing blue jeans feels odd. I have so many black pairs now I almost never wear anything else. I wanted to wear my brown boots today though and you know my issues with brown shoes by now. Wearing black jeans and brown shoes just never looks right to me. Enter blue jeans. These are my second pair of Topshop Leigh jeans now. I pretty much exclusively wear Topshop or BDG jeans these days. I'm really not into the low-rise look anymore, and they both offer great high-waisted options. Plus, in the past, I've struggled to find jeans that fit because my waist is much smaller than my hips, and I haven't found that to be an issue with Topshop or BDG. Would highly recommend.

This is a pretty Topshop heavy outfit. Lately they've been dead on point. I used to be a big H&M girl, but since their revamp this year they've been pretty hit or miss for me. Whereas I've been walking into Topshop and leaving a lot poorer than I went in on several occasions recently. Oops. I think after the damage I did in the Boxing Day sales this year, I should be set for new clothes for a while now. Probably best to give my credit card a little recovery time.

OUTFITS | 2013 in Outfits

I love a good bit of New Year's nostalgia, so I went through the blog and picked my favourite outfit from all my posts each month of 2013. My blogging resolution for 2014 should definitely be to remember to take more outfit pictures, because I know I wore some great outfits that never made it into posts. Until next year though, these are my picks from the past 12 months.

January, February, March

April, May, June

July, August, September

October, November, December