Outfit idea #12: Resort - island sightseeing

Resort: island sightseeing by sinead-mermaid featuring white shoes

Black Long Sleeve Contrast Trims Pockets Suit / Jane Norman , $47 / White shoes / Red bag / ASOS plastic sunglasses

Currently dreaming of flying off & exploring a new place...somewhere sunny and beautiful like Greece, which I've never been to before.
 
Lots of navy and monochrome with the occasional startlingly scarlet accessory sounds perfect...I thought this would also look great with a Vivienne Westwood Chancery Heart Bag, but I couldn't quite find one in the right shade of red online.
 
If you could travel anywhere right now where would you go?

instagram update #10 - chandeliers, sunshine & advice

a perfect day ♥ the whole going to France thing just became diary-official! ♥ trying new snacks at work ♥ we now have a chandelier in our garden?! ♥ maaassive watermelons ♥ my stationery drawer - aka my proudest achievement ♥ enjoying the weather 

froyo! ♥ dinner ♥ cute tea times ♥ picnic by the cathedral ♥ ootd ♥ prada without the price tag

I've literally just spent the last few weeks working, with the occasional day off here and there...it's nice to have routine. At the weekends I've been going home and just generally enjoying the sunshine with my family, which has been looovely!

Starting to feel a little sad though as I'm now in my final week staying in student halls! When I first moved in I never thought I'd feel any sort of homely attachment to the place, but I've really enjoyed making it 'my own' and it just feels so natural now! I've decided to do a series of 'starting uni' posts over the summer; sharing my experiences, what I'm glad I did, what I wish I'd done, thing's I've learnt etc. I hope they'll be able to help people who'll be heading off in September!

So, if you started uni this year, what tips would you give next year's freshers? What kind of posts would you have liked to see?

And, if you're heading off this September, what are you most worried about! It can be anything! 

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♦ ootd: that's the gospel truth ♦

♥ scarf - charity shop ♥ navy jacket - primark ♥ embellished top - charity shop ♥ matte leather skirt - mum's old ♥ mary jane doc martens - t k maxx ♥ earrings - charity shop ♥

❥ charity shop finds: may 2013 ♡

I've had some tremendous luck with charity shops this past month and found some real treasures, all of which I'm very excited about! One of my favourite things about living in Winchester is how good the charity shops are, I think I've finally managed to perfect the art of hunting around to find the best bargains!

outfit idea #11: a summer alternative

outfit idea #10 by sinead-mermaid featuring spiral jewelry

Topshop jacquard pants / Zara ankle wrap heels / Nina Peter mini handbag, $460 / Spiral jewelry, $20 / Elizabeth and James chain sunglasses / White Short Sleeve "COCO MADE ME DO IT" Print T-Shirt - Sheinside.com

On the rare occasion it does get warm enough to wear 'summery' clothes in this country; floral dresses and floaty maxis seem to be the the general 'go-to' items. Of course, there's nothing wrong with this - if you can't wear these now then when can you? But if you're like me and suffer from clothing ADD, it's nice to change it up once in a while.

Here, I've paired tailored cigarette pants with a slouchy, baggy tshirt (how great is the slogan on it?!), which I think would look perfect either tucked in as it is here, or simply chucked over the trousers. And the trousers - I think now's the perfect time to experiment with the rainbow of colours available! Topshop have an amazing spectrum to choose from at the moment so take a look! I think this could be smartened up really easily too with a button up blouse & blazer.

Oh - and the shoes: I doubt I would ever be able to walk in these for a whole day, but for the purposes of creating this outfit set, they looked far better than the strappy black flat sandals that I'd probably pair this with.

Pair with gold jewelry, a contrasting bag, grab your favourite statement sunglasses and you're good to go!

Do you have a favourite summer outfit? What would you pair bright trousers with?