OUTFIT | #143

top: Zara; skirt: H&M; shoes: Converse; lipstick: Revlon 'Really Red'; nail polish: Barry M Gelly 'Blue Grape'

I'd wanted to take outfit pictures outdoors, in some fields near my mum's house, but the weather hasn't been on my side since I've been home. I got about 10 minutes down the road before it started raining so I decided to come home and eat lollies and watch The Walking Dead instead. I've just started watching it after hearing everyone rave about it for years and I like it a lot. My TV viewing has definitely increased since I've been home and the rain keeps ruining my fun. 

I shouldn't complain about being bored, really. July's going to be a ridiculously busy month for me. I think I worked out that I'll be home for a grand total of 9 days for the whole month. I'm going on holiday to Majorca with my mum, then I'm at Latitude Festival again. I went last year but the line up's even better this year so I can't wait. I even bought a tent this week especially. After that, I'm visiting family in the US so next month will definitely make up for being stranded indoors for days on end this month.

OUTFIT | #142

blazer: H&M; t-shirt: Primark; jeans, boots: Topshop; belt: Zara

Taking pictures back in my old bedroom is going to take some getting used to. This room's a lot smaller  than the one I had at uni this year so trying to set up my tripod and frame everything requires some interesting manoeuvring. Just another of those fun moving-home-for-the-summer things, I guess. Like your family waking you up at 10am because 'you've slept long enough' or seeing everyone you went to high school with anytime you leave the house. It's going to be an interesting few weeks. Luckily I'm travelling or going to music festivals a lot this summer, so I won't spend too long stuck in suburbia.

Dressing at home is also something that requires a bit of adjusting to. Mostly because I don't go anywhere. It's easy to just sit in my pajamas all day since only my family will see me and they don't care what I look like . I'm trying to keep myself busy with little projects though so I don't just sleep all the time. I figure dressing normally will help with the whole keeping busy thing. This is a pretty bog standard outfit that I pull out when lack of inspiration strikes, but it's a start.

OUTFIT | #141

t-shirt: Zara; skirt: American Apparel; shoes: Converse; watch: Casio; nail polish: Barry M Gelly 'Blue Grape'

I moved home for the summer on Sunday. It's kind of weird to be back and I've been unpacking all day, every day since. Who knew I owned so much crap? New summer project: cull all the useless stuff I've accumulated in my lifetime. I threw out my stack of super old copies of Vogue and Elle the other day. I haven't read them since in years, yet I kept finding excuses to keep them. Apparently as a teenager I was kind of a hoarder.

Speaking of old shit I've kept, this t-shirt is probably one of the oldest items of clothing I own. I bought it when I was 15, actually. It was the first purchase I ever made in Zara. You can't see, since I tucked it in, but it also says 'Are You Hungry?' across the front. The back reads 'A family united at breakfast is a family united'. Don't ask me what all that's about but I still like the t-shirt, even though I rarely wear it anymore. It suited my purpose of 'comfy unpacking outfit' today though so I decided to put it to some use, lest it join the pile of clothes I've set out for donation. 

OUTFIT | 140

top: ASOS; shorts: Topshop; watch: Casio; shoes: Converse

When I got back from Ibiza, I was worried the weather in the UK would be typically crap and give me a case of the ol' post-holiday blues. Surprisingly, it's actually been alright. Fairly sunny, pretty warm, can't complain. I even whipped out my favourite summery shorts and crop top combination to celebrate. These shorts always get mixed reviews, having been described as akin to an adult nappy previously. But fuck flattering and all that. They make me feel like I'm the female protagonist of some mid-80s John Hughes film, a.k.a. my ultimate dream realised. 

My life goal of being Molly Ringwald in the Breakfast Club aside, these shorts are super comfy. As is the rest of this outfit so I'm a big fan. I've mostly just been hanging out reading or going on walks in the park by my house this past week, before I move back home and say goodbye to this place. I'm not as sad to be leaving this room as I thought I would be. It's less bittersweet than when I moved out of my room last year. Probably because second year was so busy, I was basically only ever home to eat or sleep. 

OUTFIT | #139

top: H&M; belt: Topshop; skirt: J. Crew; shoes: Converse

It's less than a week until I move out of this bedroom and move home for the summer. I've been moving out in stages and slowly sending various items home. The most recent loss was my full-length mirror. Why did no one tell me how hard it is to dress yourself without a good mirror? I woke up this morning and stood before my wardrobe, at a complete loss, for a good 5 minutes. How do I know what anything looks like on? I'm tempted to just give up and wear leggings and big jumpers until I finally move out. Trying to look at outfits in my tiny make-up mirror is a complete pain in the arse.

At the risk of looking like I got dressed in the dark, I attempted real clothes today. While I feel much less confident in my ability to dress myself sans full-length mirror, I guess this looks alright. The belt, I'm in two minds about however. I'm just never sure about belts at the waist. Usually I'm a strong advocate of saying no to waist belts. They remind me of cheesy makeover shows and being a teenager, stocking on cheap stretchy cinch belts in Primark. This skirt and top looked a little weird to me unbelted though. Or maybe that was just the tiny make-up mirror distorting my outfit perspective. Help. I don't know how to dress myself anymore.