Dress to impress: Next

Just a quick post after doing my daily pretend online shop. If I actually bought all of the things that I wanted then I would be in some serious debt! Luckily I'm quite restrained and will only buy something if I keep thinking about it and know that it will definitely get lots of use. I use my blog to kind of bookmark things I've seen and then if I'm looking for something similar I can just look back through things I've already seen.

My favourite five from Next at the moment are all dresses. I really like the tea dresses with the cute prints. I can definitely imagine myself wearing the apple print dress in springtime with some sandals. The blue lace dress would work for day and night so I'd love to own that one.

I went into Next the other day for a look around and saw some pretty jumpers and cardigans. I'm still in winter mode at the moment so I was tempted to buy a camel coloured top. I held back so that I can spend more on a nice summer wardrobe! Hurry up summertime. I miss having a tan!

Home Sweet Home #4

As I sit in my freezing cold flat shivering, I like to imagine that I am infact in some sort of palatial house filled with fresh flowers and big soft cushions. My latest interior fancies are below:

If I had money to splurge on some pretty things then this is what I might buy...

The products above are from Oliver Bonas who also happen to do jewellery and clothes. I had to stop myself buying a pretty tea dress. And several silver rings. And a purse. Now that is restraint.

I love #8

I love arty things. I don't look at art enough nowadays.

Ahh sparklers.

Florals, bag, tan. Hurry up summer time.

I want to be here. Right now.

I can't decide which is cuter. This or...

This! Cutest lunchbox everrrr.

If I could put me into a bag...

I want to own this dog.

Blossom and books = perfection

 Pictures from weheartit.com

Bookworm #6: The Road

You can probably tell from the front cover of this book that it wasn't a jolly read. The novel is set in a postapocalyptic world where danger is a constant threat. Father and son are travelling along 'the road' towards the coast and facing the ever growing realisation that there is no hope left. All they have is each other. The pair are nameless and the narrative is simplistic; I found this hard to get into at first but it soon had me hooked and wanting to know what would happen to both characters in the face of total devastation. Although the depiction of this world is terrifying, it serves to highlight the tenderness between the father and son and the true nature of love.


The novel is very dark and features some incredibly emotive moments, particularly when the young boy is involved. I find it very hard not to deconstruct things and ask a million questions when reading, so this book tested me to hold back my English teacher tendencies and try to immerse myself fully in the plot. It has been made into a film which I'm sure is equally as grim and haunting. I haven't seen it and I don't think I will. I don't want to ruin the book. Despite the depressing subject matter, this novel was great to read and I felt really concerned for the characters. It leaves many questions unanswered and doesn't wrap anything up neatly.

It's a fantastic book and I would recommend it to everyone. It makes you appreciate what you have and begin to consider things on a larger scale. 

N.B. I'm not writing full book reviews, just my little opinion, but if you do want to know more about the novel then check out The Guardian for good reviews. One more thing, although I'm an English teacher I don't put tons of time into writing my blog and considering grammar/punctuation/sophistication so for anyone judging me then go for it. I don't care. :)