End of time

I'm off to V festival in August with the lovely Lauren and I'm already looking forward to it. I can't afford a holiday this year so the festival is my summer treat. It turns out that being an adult is pretty expensive and I can't just go and do whatever I want. Who knew? I'm keeping an eye out for festival attire and a few things caught my eye in Topshop this weekend when I went for a little browse. I don't normally go into Topshop as I think it's mostly overpriced and you can normally find the same thing somewhere else but something drew me in this time. Aztec style clothes were everywhere and I flitted about like an excited little bird as I picked things up to try on. Of all the patterns and colours, I find Aztec things the most flattering and easy to wear. Mostly monochrome, patterned but not 'loud' and it still looks quite different.

Below are a few things I'm going to be looking for similar versions of. There is no way I am paying £25 for some denim shorts when I could just make them myself! I'm trying to think about practical festival wear this year. Note: maxi dresses and festival toilets are not a good combination. I think the best plan is to layer EVERYTHING and that way I'm prepared for rain or shine. All of the items below are from Topshop - I was being lazy when putting this post together!

I'm not sure if I can still get away with wearing hi-tops but I think they look good on everyone at the moment so they had to go on my wishlist. Then I just thought lots of different tops, some plain shorts and accessories to keep me going. I love the belt although I don't know how bothered I would be to sort a belt out when I'm stuck in a tent feeling gross.

The rain outside is suggesting that my festival shopping might be a little bit early. Think I'll stick to films and ice cream for a while!

Glitter and Trauma

Here are a few things I'm currently loving and thought I'd share...

1. My new car! Can't wait to whiz around in it! Any ideas for new car nicknames?

2. Jessie J's new song 'Who's laughing now?' - Great song, great video, great message.

3. One Day coming out at the cinema. I read the book recently and loved it although the trailer seems to focus mostly on the romantic aspects of it so I guess I'll see how different it is!

4. My number four is a blog written by a girl I know called Rose. Not only is she a fantastic photographer, cook and blogger but she is also ridiculously beautiful. Her recent post about the London riots really gets across everything I would want to say so I thought I might aswell just point you in her direction as she has it all covered! Go and check out The Londoner. 

5. Strawberry Fields Festival! I have blogged about this before but it's getting closer now and excitement levels are on the increase! Any festival that has a sound system made out of a boat gets the thumbs up from me! Can't wait! 

Pieces.

12 packets of quavers, 9 hours driving, 4 albums on repeat, 2 girls and 1 very dodgy tent.

We did it.  Rather than write too much about it, I thought it would be better to show some pictures and let you decipher the madness for yourself!

 

My favourite ♥

 

Pizza Express time

 

 Chase and Status rocking it

VIP guest tent

Meeting Zippy

Happy camper the next day

We had an amazing time, plenty of cider, so much raving we hurt our arms and not enough sleep but it was totally worth it! Not only did I win the tickets, but they got upgraded to VIP when we arrived. We spent most of the time in the Misadventures tent watching Kissysellout, Zane Lowe, Tinie Tempah and Chase & Status (with Plan B).

What a weekend! One of the highlights....



Wakestock 2010 ♥

From platform to welly...

Me and Rosie.

Now it's fair to assume that we are not camping girls. BUT this weekend we are going to embrace our inner festival-goer and head to Wakestock Festival in Wales. I never win anything, but for once, I did! KissySellOut's record company were giving away tickets and all you had to do was write on their facebook wall and finish this sentence...

"If I was put in charge of the Hadron Collider
& asked to smash the atoms of 3 cult film characters together
at unimaginable speeds to create a MOVIE SUPER-BEING, the 3 peeps I
wud obviously chose are...........

(Doing my best to ignore the spelling errors, I wrote...)


Mr Blonde (Reservoir Dogs), Edward Scissorhands and Mia Wallace (Pulp Fiction) - scary, funky and sexy all in one! Just what you need.

... and I won!

So we are off tomorrow on the four hour drive to this...

Wish us luck!