RIP My Favourite Starbucks

This is my favourite Starbucks in my hometown of Leicester, five minutes away from university.  I love it because I can sit in the big windows and blog, or sit downstairs with friends and gossip and just relax.  My very first Starbucks was here - I had a tall mango and passionfruit juice drink (yummy) and fell in love with the place.  However I think most of all I'll miss the staff as they always seem to be happy and you can actually have a conversation with them!    RIP Gallowtree Gate Starbucks! Sniff..

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Playsuits revisited.

Summer of 2010 I pretty much lived in my  H! By Henry Holland purple playsuit.  I loved that I could run around Weymouth comfortably, fashionable and most importantly without revealing my modesty.  I bought a River Island playsuit from.. ASOS in December and instantly fell in love with it again when I wore it to see Ghost and to eat amazing Chinese food from Chinatown.  Imagine how excited I am to discover that ASOS now have more in stock!  I want them all!

Lipsy Playsuit - £55

ASOS Stripe Nautical Playsuit - £45

River Island Poppy Playsuit - £45

ASOS Pussybow Denim playsuit - £40

Boutique by Jaeger star print playsuit - £199

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Sequins and Bow-ties - Brad Goreski has got his own show!

I got addicted to The Rachel Zoe project at the start of December and immediately fell in love with her assistant turned style director Brad Goreski.  His nerdy preppy style is amazing (I love a good bow-tie) and makes me want a gay best friend just like him! Whenever he cries I end up in tears like when he realised he was going to the Oscars with Anne Hathaway.  After leaving Rachel Zoe behind to go solo in the styling world he picked up his own show - 'It's a Brad Brad world' which is currently on Bravo.  Obviously the show follows his styling career but also his homelife with his boyfriend and his adorable adorable doggies!   I'm totes jealous of his style and he's a guy!

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"I need to go to IKEA"

Illness has taken me down once again and as usual I've found myself another little project aside from my uni work to take my mind off of my sore throat and back ache.  I adore the my bedroom - the red carpet against the white walls, the black and white posters and my ever so helpful magazine rack but lately something else has been bothering me - clutter!   My room is so cluttered with... stuff that it's becoming embarrassing when people walk in.  My bookcase is full of magazines from 2007 to the present day (and that's just one magazines worth!) and my shelves are full of office bits and bobs that looking at them now are just painful to look at.  I always say that a room should represent your personality and currently mine isn't doing that, so enough is enough!  

The first thing to do was to look in the IKEA book (yes I do have an addiction to IKEA) to find some inspiration and then to the internet to find pretty pictures of rooms to inspire me.  This is what I have found so far..

My next step is what I am currently on right now - producing a list of things I desire my room to contain.

1. Everything should have a place - everything is being thrown everywhere currently and a happy bedroom is a happy Charlotte right?

2. More photos - 2011 was amazing and I have some great photos that make me smile.  As well as personal photos, I hope to add quotes or sentimental ticket stubs to really make the room feel more like me.  

3. Storage is key - The clutter has got to go somewhere and I think drawers are the answer! 

4.  Special places for those special things - My tickets and things I want to keep forever need to be in a special case.  Ditto my shoes, bags and coat need to be organised so I don't have a panic attack every time I lose my Louis Vuitton. 

5.  My magazines must be safe - I refuse to recycle my magazines.  If it's good enough for Anna Wintour to put magazines on a bookcase it's good enough for me!

The next step is to gain opinions from the person that will be helping me with the mini transformation - my Dad.   After showing him fashion editorials and generally talking at him about trends I was so proud a few months ago when he bought me a very useful and perfect new poster for my red white and blue room - a London Underground map. 

 Stay tuned to see how it goes and if my Billy Bookcase falls on me.. 

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I Play Ukulele Now

One of my best friends bought me a Ukulele and a training book for Christmas!  Immediately I thought of Taylor Swift playing Fearless on her Ukulele and then discovered Zooey Deschanel playing and singing with Joseph-Gordon-Levitt.  With 500 Days Of Summer being my favourite film you can be sure that I have not stopped hitting replay, they are so adorable!  'Ukulele' is really fun to type too..

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A touch of Marc & Kurt - London Purchases

I bought these babies on Tuesday and Wednesday.  I'm still swooning over them as I add the photos.

Shoes - KG By Kurt Geiger - £100 down to £45

Bracelet - Marc By Marc Jacobs - £75 down to £45

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I Heart 2011

If you told me this time last year that the year ahead would be even better than 2010 I would have told you that it was impossible.  Whilst 2010 changed my life for the better, 2011 was about living in the moment and doing things I dream about doing.

2011 was the year I finally became a redhead and found a guy that tolerates my endless babbling about fashion, TV shows and my love of all things geek.  I also took a solo trip to London which was more liberating than daunting and managed to keep a 7 hour secret that my best friend was about to get engaged (so much harder than it sounds!). Obviously there have been some low points, mostly centred around all assignments (eight!) being due in the space of one week and the crippling cold and flu of November but with my best friends around I JUST managed to pull through. This was also the year I was to be hopelessly addicted to every TV show I watched with Chuck, Downton Abbey, The Rachel Zoe Project, Big Bang Theory, Happy Endings and of course New Girl being added to my weekly list. Bridesmaids, 50/50 and One Day dominated my favourite 2011 film choices and I finally watched and enjoyed The Dark Knight!  Fashion wise I tried to curb the spending but the subscription of Vogue, Elle and ASOS Premier made sure that my wardrobe stayed a little fresher with the purchase of wedges that are comfy to run in and a gorgeous black fitted Topshop dress that needs to be worn regularly because it is so damn amazing.

So what does 2012 bring?  Sitting here now I'm apprehensive about what's going to happen but I know that it'll be filled with smiles, red and falling over a million times.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Memorable moments this year.

I cried as soon as she got out of the car.  Knew I should have put some money on McQueen the day the engagement was announced. 

Possibly my favourite red carpet moment of the year, totes cried at their speeches.

Two weeks ago I got addicted to Downton Abbey and I've never looked back.  Mary is totes my favourite character.   Mary & Matthew <3

Inspiration for my hair colour

The hilarious Jenna Marbles is my current favourite you tuber.  Seriously GO WATCH!

Ditto the beautiful Louis Vuitton S/S 2012 show.

I'm still addicted to Gossip Girl, more specifically Dan & Blair!

My favourite musical of the year.  I was a wreck after. 

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