Evening lovelies,
Last night I promised you that I'd try to give you an outfit of the day today, so that is what I'm here to do!
I'm sorry they've been few and far between recently. The only excuse I can give you is an honest one; my mobility and pain levels have worsened since I began physiotherapy and hydrotherapy at my local hospital, so I just haven't been able to. Hopefully one of these days I'll be able to believe the phrase 'no pain, no gain'.
I've been wearing this Hummingbird print skirt a lot since I bought it. I love the fit and style. Today, I wore it with my beautiful new cobalt blue cardigan that arrived just yesterday. I have to say, I felt very lady-like in this ensemble.
The cardigan is so soft, and has mother of pearl buttons on the sleeves as well as down the centre of the cardi. Though, they aren't showing up well in the photos. I got this cardigan from Matalan for the bargain price of £10. I'm planning to get it in a smaller size to wear open, and get it in other colours, too. I can't fault the quality, design, or colour of this cardigan. It's might possibly be the best cardigan I've ever come across.
I decided to complement the bright cobalt blue with equally vibrant tomato red accessories.
The red flower came from New Look (last year) and can be worn as a corsage or hair clip. I love how this shade of red looks against the blue. I think the two colours work really well together.
I also wore this pretty red ring. It has lots of red and silver hearts joined together at different angles to look like a flower. I quickly painted my nails whilst waiting for my camera battery to charge; don't look too closely because I hadn't cleaned them up before snapping photos!
Sorry I haven't added a photo of me wearing the cherry earrings. I really hate my ears, and currently have hair dye on my ears and neck! I finally managed to give my hair a long over due dye last night with the help of my Mum. I can't deny that the results always turn out brilliantly when she helps me, but she always ends up getting a generous coating on my neck, ears, and around my hair line. I scrubbed most of it off, but missed a few spots.
It's been so long since I last managed to dye my hair. Not because I'm lazy, but because how difficult my back turns every situation in to. I really feel like crap when my roots are on show, so I'm going to try to dye it every month and build the vibrancy of the red back up. It used to look much brighter! I use Schwarzkopf Live XXL Real Red, in case you wondered.
As for the skirt... I actually wore the skirt bare legged to my hospital appointment on Monday, which was a huge step for me. I haven't bared my legs in public in this country for at least five or six years. I had to walk across a busy car park and through a busy hospital, and y'know what? Nobody stared. Nobody recoiled in horror. Nobody appeared to notice. And I soon forgot there was anything different about how I was dressed, and felt as comfortable walking around as I do when they're covered up! It felt so good to do something I'm nervous about. It was also far easier to redress after forty minutes in a hot hydrotherapy pool than it was last week. (FYI you will battle to pull leggings back on after a swim).
This is the little satchel you can see on my shoulder in the outfit photos. I bought this River Island satchel in the ASOS sale. It was originally £25, on sale for £15, and with the extra 10% offer that's running on sale items at the moment I paid just £13.50 for it!
As far as I can tell, this is a new season line on the River Island website! I really love River Island's satchels, so when I came across this bag I knew I had to buy it; either for myself, or to put away as a Christmas present for my Sister. It was delivered this afternoon, and I liked it too much to give away as a present. Sorry, Sis. It's as soft as butter, and I love the way it folds over to clasp together. It's a good medium sized bag and long enough to be worn over the body or on the arm. It's sold out on the ASOS website now, so I'm glad I took the plunge when I did!
Skirt: Dorothy Perkins
Cardigan: Matalan
Satchel: River Island via ASOS
Corsage: New Look
Earrings: River Island
Ring: Evans
I hope you've had a great Thursday. As always, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my blog posts. I don't say it enough, but I really do appreciate it!
Night guys,
