Saturday 11 January 2014

WHEN THE SUN SET: OOTD...

Hello all! It's been a pretty hectic few days - what first week back to school and not forgetting that I TURNED 18 ON TUESDAY!!!!! (which I still haven't got used to). As my new years resolution finally got the 'no no' (several slices of birthday cake later), I thought I'd post little outfit of the day featuring my lovely birthday present off my fab friends!

I couldn't have asked for a better 18th birthday, I had chance to see family and friends over the weekend at my party, and the day itself was well spent eating my favourite foods and sipping red wine (like the adult I am) while watching every chick flick possible with my mom and sister! My parents gave me a stunning antique ring with my birthstone in for my birthday, and are kindly paying for my exotic - exotic as it can be on my budget -holiday with my favourite girlie's!


Today's outfit was centred around my lovely new purchase from New Look. The dress is a black and white lace detailed dress, which shifts over an under layer. I loved the length as its perfect for a day out somewhere, and it because the material was so lightweight the ends floated in the wind! Because the pattern is so detailed, I could be a bit lazy and get away with simple accessories! I wore it with a George green cardigan, my all time favourite brogues and charity shop purchase handbag. I also tweaked my hair in a little experiment, by putting half back in a bobble, then sweeping the pony tail back through the centre of my hair to create a twisted look.

Talking of birthday presents, one of my favourite surprises was this lovely Daniel Wellington wrist watch. I've wanted a brown leather watch to keep me in time (kind of) for so long, so I was overjoyed when I opened the present, knowing my friends had all contributed to buy it for me! It has a gold framed ring with Swarovski stones on the face and brown leather strap - and called the 'Classy Cardiff' if you wanted to take a look at the watches for yourself. It's also water resistant - which means someone definitely had blonde's like myself in mind when designing it! All in all it was a fab purchase by my friends, who no longer have to cope with me asking the time every 5 minutes - so thank you girls!


That's all from me today - I need to get my ass into gear and start getting ready for another friends 18th tonight, and at the moment I'm heading there in my onesie!

Have a lovely weekend!

13 comments:

  1. Well a huge Happy Birthday to you!!!! You look really lovely and here's to a wonderful year!
    xo
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  2. Nice dress, I like its print
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  4. Happy belated birthday! 18 was a long time ago for me, but it was a lovely time. I thoroughly enjoyed being so young and energetic. Really pretty dress. Also love the watch.
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  5. What a beautiful dress, it looks lovely on you! Xx

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  6. That olive green cardigan is so cute on this dress!

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  7. What a sweet dress - I love the lace detailing and this cardigan looks fantastic over it! Very cute! Have a lovely start to your week!
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  8. Happy belated 18th! Glad you had a lovely birthday, you look so pretty, your dress is gorgeous!
    x Hayley-Eszti

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  9. I love this dress, it's great on you! Glad you enjoyed your birthday! I'm already following you on GFC and bloglovin, but I followed you on twitter too =)

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  10. beautiful dress. Wish I was 18 again! I've just started to follow you. Would love it if you follow me back.

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