on sunny days like these...

Spending time with your best friends on beautiful hot days is the best thing. Lounging about gossiping, drinking ice cold cocktails, having picnics in the park, walking the dog, sitting on the beach, borrowing each others summer clothes... 

Yesterday myself, Alice and Sinitta met up and went and did all the things above! This is what we wore (great photog skills from me in the first picture, terrible ones from Sinitta in the second!)

Alice wore: H&M black maxi dress, Topshop crochet cardi, ASOS trilby, ASOS shoes, Vintage bag.

Sinitta wore: H&M striped maxi dress, Topshop skinny belt, Superdry sunglasses, Topshop Hat

I wore: Primark vest, shorts & sandals, Topshop belt, Louis Vuitton handbag (handed down from my aunt!) 

Hindsight, I see my outfit and I don't like it as much, it needs an injection of colour... But it was nice to get a tan on my leggys whilst the girls were moaning about being covered up. Tomorrow will feature some colour! 

Tonight I am going to continue with my 'women in banking' essay WHOOPEEEE! (naaaaat- borat styley.) Then monday or tuesday (undecided at the mo!) I'm popping down to southampton to see the southy girls! Mish, wanna go for a cawfeeeeee?? 

Have a lovely week girls! Enjoy the sun whilst it lasts! XOXO AVS

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Working 9-5, what a way to make a living.

In my world there is no 9-5...

There's a 5-2, a 9-6, or a 11-8... That's no way to make a living! 

Today I had my first morning shift at KG, I woke up at 3am and it's now 3.45pm and surprisingly I'm still awake. I'm loving working at the shop, selling something I love whilst talking to all the excited people off on their holidays, talk about job satisfaction haha.  :) 

The ONLY downside of the job (and I mean only; I can deal with the 4 flights of stairs for each pair of shoes a customer wants to try on; I can deal with catching the bus at 4am) is that wearing heels is compulsory at KG. Now if you know me then you'll know that when I go out even if everyone else is wearing flats, I'll be that girl strolling around in the heels; I just hate wearing flats. BUT when you are on your feet for 8+ hours solid then heels are a nightmare, combine that with the 50 times up and down the stairs (no need for gym membership, bum and legs are toned for free!!!) at the end of the day, my feet HURT. Like excruciating pain! (If anyone has any tips for preventing this- chuck 'em my way please!)

Onto brighter news... 

Arabella - £100 - (Click to go to website!) 

These are my new work shoes, they make look a little 'frumpy' or not so sexy but they're practical for me. They're a 3.9inch heel, but they have a teeny platform to make them more comfortable for moi! And I love the contrast of the patent platform and strap to the suede part of the shoe. Sounds like I'm trying to sell them to you! Haha! 

Sorry that this post has been entirely about KG + work, I haven't really had much of a life at the moment as I've been working (clocked up 36 hours in the past 4 days- go me! got myself some nifty commission too!)  I have one more early tomorrow then I can actually start wearing non-uniform clothes again and maybe get some outfit photos up for you girls!

Hope the blogworld is fantastico for you, miss it lots. This is the first time I've switched my lappytop on in days! XOXO AVS

WILDEST WEDNESDAY WISHES (WWW: 13/04/11)

Bonjour ladies! It's Wednesday, that means Wildest Wednesday Wishes! This week, I'm wishing for a lovely holiday away from all this terrible Uni work! Ibiza would be my dream holiday destination right now; me and my bestie have been talking about booking a late one next month after we get our student loans!  

You always see in magazines these glam beach side outfits; and I know for one, I would NEVER dream of wearing heels on a beach. But for this little wish,  seeing as it's quite elaborate I thought I'd go all out! And what better footwear to go with than KG! Yeah, I start the job on Friday and will be purchasing my work shoes shortly after, so when I do I'll show you my 50% off beauts ;)

Uni work has been smothering me, I haven't ventured out of the house properly since Monday (that includes getting dressed & putting make up on) and don't intend to until Friday morning when I set off for my first day at KG! Have a lovely day girls! Oh and hey hey to the new followers :) XOXO AVS

"place ya bets please"

I'm sure you may have heard that the Grand National was on this weekend, at 4:10 (5 minutes before the race started) me and my pal stumbled upon a bookies, 'why not have a cheeky flutter we thought'! 

In we ran to put down our bets, I only put down £2 on one horse for 'each way' (apparently this means it if comes first or second then you win some dosh)... well that little beaut came in 1st! So I walked out £17 richer haha! 

Straight off to the shops I went....

Tan Cork Heels - New Look- £17.99 (with student discount)

Sugabomb - Benefit - £23.50

Black collared sheer shirt - Miss Selfridge - £17

Kristen Black High Waisted Jeans (wished for here) - Topshop - £40 

All in all I was quite happy with my little purchases, I wore my Kristin's to my job interview with some killer wedges and a blouse (and got the job remember, so if you want any tips, you know where to come ;) haha JOKING!) 

Sugabomb is delightful, its got a real cute irredescent shine to it, and you cant choose two different colours out of the four at a time for different looks!

Anything that you're lusting after at the moment? 

Muchos love amigos, XOXO AVS

spring in my step (and wardrobe)...

Bonjour strangers! How ya doodlin'? Right, a lot has changed since we last spoke... I've now moved home for summer, no more Southy nights out for a while (or until the next special occasion).. I've got a hell of a lot of Uni work to be doing, something like 8 units to complete (SHIT)... I've been slightly more inspired lately, with the beautiful weather so I've been reading blogs again and buying a few bits of gorgeous clothing and accessories... 

In other news; I got a job at Kurt Geiger! I had the interview on Saturday and wasn't meant to hear back for at least 6 days but the manager called me yesterday to offer me the job!

Yesterday I went out to celebrate my new job with my famalam, this is what I wore.... 

I wanted to pull my hair off of my face and neck because the sun was soooo hot and no one likes a sweaty neck do they!! So I popped my hair into the doughnut thingy thing, (it's a godsend!) Whacked on my new £9 Primark maxi dress, a multiple chain gold necklace from Dorothy Perkins that I got in the sale for half price (from £12 to £6) 

YA'DIIIIIG?!

If you like the look, here's how to create it my darlings. 

I 100% don't mean that to be bigheaded by the way, (I don't assume you'll love it haha! But just think its such a summery outfit and might aswell make the most of the lovely sunshine!) 

Hope you all have a lovely monday ladybugs! XOXO AVS

dreamin' of denim

Alriiiiight, so you may have seen on my saturday summary that I was loving the american flag shorts- I found this picture of Ke$ha rocking them too! I love love love them! I think ke$ha has such a bad gal attitude, I'm not a fan of the blue lips but I love everything else in the outfit. SO, here for you today I have a selection of my favourite denims from Topshop, it's true love. 

1. Moto USA Flag Stud Skinny Jeans - £62 

2. Moto Camel High Waisted Denim Hotpants - £26

3. Moto Kristen Black High Waisted Jeans - £40

4. Moto Bleached Denim Floral Playsuit - £35 

5. Moto Denim Cropped Jacket - £32 

(All items available here) 

I'm all about summer right now, today is apparently the last day of this gorgeous weather so I'm trying to get myself as excited as possible now... What are you girls going to be wearing this summer? 

In the library til late tonight (unless I'm persuaded to leave for cocktails by my housemates!) Lots and lots of uni work to be getting on with, going home for Easter on saturday, woohoo!! XOXO AVS

(Clockwise:)

♥ Essex is back!!! I'm shamelessy addicted to the trashy programme! The orange-ness of the girls is insane! I think Amy is beyond ridiculous, very attractive, but so dumb! (don't get me started on my dislike for Mark Wright) it's just hideously addictive and cringey! 

♥ Fishtail plaited Katie's hair the other day, I think it looks laaavly, wish I had long hair :( 

♥ Jamie Chung attended the LA Premier of Sucker Punch this week. She wore a beautiful, yellow dress from the Giambattista Valli Spring 2011 collection. Stunning is one word to describe her look! Perfection would be another.... 

♥ The drinks menu at Revolution; this summer they are going for a Royal theme. Me and my friend Dee went to the Southampton Bar the other day to collect our free cocktail, 'The Kings Peach' (If you have a iPhone- download the app 'Vouchercloud' asap, and you can claim yours too!) Other cocktails include 'The Royal Wedding'. 

♥ These shorts are absolutely gorgeous and I want, want, want them! I have no clue where one would even buy them from, so if you have any tips, write below in the comment box girlies! 

♥ I downloaded the sonic app weeks ago and only just got to the second level the other day. I was so proud. 

♥ Yesterday I went to Sindy's, and we took Simba for a walk Simba took me for a walk........ 

♥ Centre text: This week has taught me this message, I saw one of my best friends so upset, so I wanted to remind you girls that (in the words of Pussycat Dolls) we "don't need a man to make it [happiness] happen."

What are you upto today? I'm doing lots of uni work, have a week of tutorials for essays and reports due in next month as well as a presentation on "The Effectiveness and Benefits of a consist Corporate Identity" the only thing keeping me going is the fact that my case study is Christian Dior, so I keep getting distracted and looking at beautiful clothes haha.

Also- Hello to all my lovely new followers who saw my post on Ray's  blog :) I wrote about the summer trends to follow this year!  (Click to check it out) 

Have a freakin' brilliant weekend lovelies! XOXO AVS