Vintage Fair & Thrifty Times! ♥

Oh Hai Der! >.<

So yesterday I went to a Vintage fair at my local town hall, and MAN was it busy! I knew it was going to be popular, but I didn't realise it was going to be a can't-even-get-a-look-in jobby. Fighting through all the hustle and bustle, I managed to get some sneaky pics with my phone of some of the stalls. They aren't great but if you haven't been to a vintage fair before, it gives you the idea of what it is all about. I love them, but there aren't many round here. I like that with a bit of imagination and thriftyness, you can get some lovely pieces!

Here was a stand with handmade bag pins. I didn't have any money left at this point but I thought they were pretty cute! There is a pink 'T' I had my eye on towards the bottom of the picture, but I was all spent out! To be honest, I could probably make these myself with a bit of practice!

Gotta love a bargain bin! If you do go to a fair like this, make sure you have a good rummage through things like this. I found a gorgeous scarf in this one that I am going to use as a headscarf for that 'rockabilly' look, as you will see in a picture further down.

Cupcakes! Theres always plenty of yummy cupcakes at a vintage fair! But me being on a diet, couldn't indulge in the pleasure. I bought Ed a red velvet one though!

A Sweet stall! Everything with sugary goodness you can think of.

They had some entertainment on called The Pin-Ups, and they were really great actually. Singing and dancing with all the vintage gear on, they looked the part! All the men that had been dragged there were soon glad they came.

This was a stall that had loads of pieces, I was eyeing up a gold chain that I really liked because it was short, so it would look great under a shirt collar. It was a fiver and I only had about £20 with me so I carried on looking around, but I kept wishing I had got it. So I went back to the stall and a lady had it in her hand! I was like nooooo! Then my Mom saw her put it down so I grabbed it! I'm glad I did I love it. Picture further down.

Some cute little pins!

Here are my purchases. A scarf from the bargain bin at £1.00, a gold chain for £5.00, some turquoise and gold clip on earrings for £3.50 and some exfoliating sugar scrub in berrylicious for £5.25 - which smells yummy! I think I did fairly well and really like everything I purchased! If you get chance to go to a vintage fair, I'd definitely check it out, because it's interesting and there are always quirky, weird and wonderful people there! I feel right at home!

We then popped to one of our local charity shops as we were in the thrifty mood, and I just loved this big pink wedding hat! Was a wickedly pink colour, but I am not or won't be a mother of a bride for quite some time yet! Lipstick = Force of Love by the MAC Chenman Ltd Edition Range.

I did however, come across this mint green shirt. Mint and pastel colours are all in this season as you probably know, so this just stuck out to me. It obviously looks extremely old granny, but you will have to work with me here! I love the criss cross detail along the collar and button strip, so what I am going to do is put some gold buttons on it, and material on the inside about halfway up the sleeve, to enable to sleeves to be rolled up and buttoned. 

Here is the detail a little closer. I think it will look pretty good when it is finished, for £3.95 you can't go wrong!

So that is all I have for now really. We have had confirmation that the wedding date is set! Wahoooo! So just going to be our trip up in May now to go and put the deposit down. I have also found a dress I really like, but it is way too early to be posting pictures like that so nearer to the time I will!

Ciao for now! xXx

It's About Time ♥

Finally. I have been feeling a little down as I have previously mentioned, and I'm sure I have mentioned how much I loved turquoise! So to cheer myself up, I thought I'd go drastic and put some colour back in my life. So welcome back to the turquoise hair! Dodgy photo I am sorry, it was taken really late and I had no make up on so had to hide the face! But you get the gist. There are really green tones in this pic too, but they are covered with the black when my hair done properly. I feel more myself. Just wish I could shift the weight now. 

For work I am just going to put a wide hair band over it. I look like a bit of a hippy but that's ok if I get to be myself every weekend! People also automatically assume that I am like an 'emo' when I have this hair too, not that there is anything wrong with that...but I just personally am not like that! I am 21 and have way passed that stage, I just love the colour turquoise, so I have it in my hair. I don't dress any different, still in 'normal' sort of clothes and dress how I want. I love the art of expressing yourself, I am not going to be this age forever, so I should try and embrace it now. Just like everyone should. It is really difficult when you have restrictions like jobs, and growing of age when it becomes a little less 'socially unacceptable' to express yourself, but who cares! All it is, is a colour in my fringe, no biggie. So if you are itching to do something, just go for it, and be yourself <3

Just thought I would show you Ed's HUGE chip! We went to The Green Man in middleton, and he had fish and chips, but they were HUGE! It doesn't look so big on this picture, but if you can compare it to the fork, you can see what I mean. 

So I am going to do more beauty blogs very soon, I appear to have been distracted by other subjects! By the way, the hair colour I used was Turquoise by Directions which I way prefer to stargazer. It is in a little tub so you can just use as much as you need and put the lid back on. Every sort of 3 to 4 washes I tend to re-apply it, it will last longer than that, it will just be more faded, and I like to keep it vibrant. For the black, I used Loreal Feria in 'Blackest Black'. I will put a picture of both products on a blog very soon, and a proper picture. We are seeing Marina and the Diamonds again tomorrow in Cambridge and I am excited! We aren't going to Brighton tomorrow any more because the hotel had the most awful reviews on tripadvisor, and we are having some building work done on our office so Ed needs to be home to keep an eye on the job. Hopefully we will have some good fun though! 

Right I have waffled for long enough, time for bed. 

Have a great day/night! 

Ciao For Now xXx

Poorly and pancakes!

Hi everyone, long time no blog again, I know. I haven't really had anything great to blog about I guess. I am in my new job now, feels all a bit strange but there you go. I have been ill with the flu too, got over that for a couple of days, and now I have the worst cold ever. I don't know what appears to be cracking on with my immune system, it's gone out the window for some reason, and I am generally not someone who ever gets ill. Bad times.

My head feels a bit full of late. I don't know, feeling a bit down and stuff, probably because of all the changes, and illness and things, but just can't seem to bring myself back up. I really miss my friends, and I guess I am feeling a little cut off. I am seeing two of them tonight so I can't wait for that, although I'm sure they can wait, having to spend the evening with a snot-monster. Nice.

I attempted to do a make up tutorial video the other day, with Ed's sister Maria. However, Ed and Maria's boyfriend Jonny were in the room, do you think we could film it? Nope. They were messing about, all the make up wasn't good because I couldn't concentrate, and although the foundation looked really bad on camera, the finish result photos were great, and it looked good in real life. So here is the messed up video, definitely worth a watch if you need a laugh!

Also, yesterday was pancake day! My poppa (or grandad if you prefer) is a mean pancake maker, so we went to Nan and Pops for it. They were really yummy, and took me straight back to when he used to do them for me when I was a little'un. We had lemon and sugar, strawberries and cream, nutella, golden syrup mmmmmm! The best! 

Thats pretty much it. Oo apart from we are going to see Marina and the Diamonds again this weekend! Friday night down to Cambridge, and Saturday carrying on to Brighton. Should be fun with Maria and Jonny. I shall probably blog via my phone while we are away, or do a vlog. 

Thanks for reading if you are still with me.

Ciao for now xXx