Parma Violet Spree

Just bought the Topshop nail varnish I was stalking, and grabbed the sun-shower crayon and a maxi skirt and a ruffle AMAZING top while I was there. Argh why do I do this? Of course, this was after a spree in H&M where I nearly had to body slam a woman out of the way to get the last one of this beaut...

[H&M, £39.99]

I swear, as soon as you buy one little thing, it loosens you up and then you just don't get a chance to shut your damn purse. Well, this happens to me anyway... i'm a spendy spendaholic. Some of my spoils...

[Topshop, fiver]

[H&M, £9.99]

[Topshop, £25]

There was more, dear reader, but you care not. Also, I don't want to document the true extent of my shopping addiction in a public place.

The last photo shows what I think may be the most amazing top I have ever owned. I would never normally buy a full price top from Toppers, as they are usually overpriced, but the detail on this, and the soft fabric, and the fact that it's in lilac pas-tell, and it goes so nice with the navy maxi skirt I bought...I just had to.

H&M have got lots of plain (and not so plain) skirts and tops for £2.99...and little dresses for £4.99, so I stocked up on some of those bad boys in preperation for Barcelona, and SONAR festival. Too excited.

Just finished reading 'Modern Baptists' by James Wilcox. It made me want to move to the American South and go to dusty bars with guys called FX and girls called Burma (I'm pretty sure this was not the author's intention). It was very funny, anyway.

What I'm Wearing

Rainy London has tried its best to ruin all my summer outfit plans. I don't know about you, but once it starts to rain I just add opaque tights to whatever I was going to wear anyway. It's the only practical option as there is nothing worse than traipsing round in sodden jeans that suction onto your thighs, or having dubious wet patches on a grey marl maxi skirt, or trackie bottoms so heavy with water they start to fall down.

Anyway, for this rather miserable bank holiday weekend I have mostly been wearing...

...this H&M T-shirt dress. It was a total bargain at £12, and I have worn it every week in the couple of months since I bought it. Apologies for the terrible photography, it means you can't see the nice detail on the sleeves, which are quite fitted and nicely cuffed. 

These are my two latest purchases that I just can't reconcile with opaque tights and massive dirty puddles, respectively. The Topshop pleat shorts are what I like to call my 'archaeologist' shorts. I'm thinking about getting some tortoiseshell flip up sunglasses like these to go with them. I bought the Office jelly shoes about a month ago while I was waiting around in Covent Garden, a bit of an impulse purchase, and I have only got to wear them once. They were pretty comfy and left the most amazing patterns on my feet once I took them off! Absolutely perfect for my upcoming holiday - now I can paddle in the sea with shoes on, neatly negating the worry of stepping on a jellyfish or sea urchin while also looking super-stylin.