I am a wolf among the sheep gnawing at the wool over my eyes

Happy Wednesday, stylish ladies,

At the start of the week, I received an email telling me a pair of match stick trousers I'd ordered and was looking forward to wearing, couldn't be supplied. I was a little disappointed, to say the least. To console myself, I took to the Dorothy Perkins website and started browsing the sale. A dress I'd set my sights on, but had long been out of stock of sizes I could fit in to, came in to view. I clicked on the listing for another admiring glance, and what do you know? My size was back in stock! Hurray! I quickly made the purchase before it could slip away, and treated myself to next day delivery.

And yesterday, the dress arrived; (I wore it like this) and we lived happily ever after...

Sorry about the quality of the pictures above; for some reason the self timer photos come out rather grainy.

I told myself I had to slow down on ordering new dresses, since I've bought so many recently, and the seasons will be changing in the not too distant future. (How depressing is that? We've not even had much of a summer in England this year! Just rain, rain, and more rain!) But, I was happy to make an exception for this lovely dress.

I already have the same dress in the navy polka dot design- although that one is cotton, and this one is made for viscose so the fabric is heavier. It's a good length on me; has an elasticated waist band; and a scalloped trim to the capped sleeves (which I love). The pattern is a mix of flowers and butterflies on a dark lavender background. Not bad for £15 in the sale.

I wore the dress over purple leggings (as they're softer than black) with my new off-white Lovedrobe shrug. I picked up the shrug a couple of weeks ago, and am in love with the design- so much that I now have it in three colours. I accessorised with a cobalt blue keeper belt; my new frog prince ring; and a silver triple necklace.

I've had this necklace for years. And when I say years, I mean I've had it so long I could probably call it vintage. My guess is I've had it for a decade. I've not worn it in a really long time, and I spent three determined hours untangling it  a couple of weeks ago! I don't know how it got in so many knots but the challenge resulted in bruised, numb index fingers and thumbs for me.

The necklace is made of three 'necklaces', with the chains all joined together. It has two faux lockets, and a key.

I would have liked to accessorize this dress with a lilac belt, but I don't own one, so went for the cobalt blue one with a little hint of dark pink. I don't feel comfortable in wide belts, but these particular skinny Dorothy Perkins keeper belts are fantastic and comfortable on the waist. I actually bought this belt is several colours as I love them so much.

This is the ASOS frog prince ring I ordered on the weekend, and wore with this dress. Isn't it amazing?!

I won't go in to detail about it now, as I'm going to devote a separate post to my new jewellery finds to keep the length of this post down. Be sure to check back later today for it!

Dress: Dorothy Perkins

Shrug: Lovedrobe at New Look

Leggings: New Look

Belt: Dorothy Perkins

Ring: ASOS

Necklace: I'm not sure- I think possibly New Look or Dorothy Perkins a very long time ago

Nail Polish: Barry M Racing Green