Bank Holiday Weekend OOTD #2: The Orange Blazer

On Sunday, the Bank Holiday weekend celebrations continued...yeaaaaboi!

And even though I'm unemployed and the Monday was in effect just another day in the life of Nish (at the mo anyways), of course I still celebrated the occasion with my friends. It would be rude not to! 

We went to Battersea car boot sale in the day where I picked up a few bargains- Rocketdog boots for a fiver, a Topshop dress for £3 and an American Apparel skirt for £3. Winning.

Afterwards, we planned to head to The Ship in Wandsworth (the best riverside pub in London) but it was refusing entry due to the 18 degree heat and hoards of people desperate to get their tan and drink on! (yes, you heard me correctly, it was 18 degrees...in London!!!). 

So we ventured down Northcote Road and settled for seats outside an Indian restaurant as absolutely all of the pubs and bars with outside space were packed with a capital P....it was like every single person in the South West had just turned from vampire to human and this was their first day experiencing sun. Olaf would've loved it (if you haven't seen Frozen, ignore this reference...but do go and watch it immediately after reading the rest of this post as it is a-m-a-z-i-n-g!)

At the Indian, we ordered chicken/lamb wraps and chips. So well cultured. And of course a bottle of vino! 

Later we ended up at The Windmill, a lovely pub in Clapham South, and I am now in love with the cute beer garden with heaters to keep you warm until close! Definitely a new local! (You can call a pub 45 mins away by public transport a 'local' if you live in London right?!) 

Annnnd then partied away at Vodka Revs on the High Street...clearly can't get enough of Battersea and Clapham these days. Post-drinks back at mine ended in an empty bottle of my parents wine, the birds rising before our bedtime had even begun, 2 hours sleep and a verrrry hungover Nish and Laura. 

Anyways, enough of that. This outfit was great as it took me from day to night. My orange patterned blazer from River Island is one of my favourite statement pieces for spring: 

I Am Wearing

Orange Blazer - River Island 

White Top - Topshop 

Leopard Shorts - Motel 

Cut Out Boots - Missguided 

Bag - Zara 

Necklace - Primark 

Frilly Navy Socks - Topshop

These are some snaps I found from much later on in the night: 

Note to self: never apply makeup when heavily intoxicated. Especially when it's a silvery sparkly eyeshadow stick. It's like handing a kid a crayon next to an old, worse for wear wall. It only makes it doubly unfavourable.

XOXO

Brunch & Carbooting with my Favourites

Evening lovelies,

I'm currently chilling in my zebra onesie by the fire, waiting for X Factor to start, with a roast dinner on its way. The perfect Sunday eve and the perfect time to blog :) 

Today was a rare occasion as I actually left my house and it's a Sunday! I usually spend my Sundays in bed, either because I am too hungover to move or because in my opinion, Sundays were invented for doing absolutely nothing (the big dude in the sky nicknamed it the Day of Rest, so it must be true!) However, today there were two perfectly justifiable reasons for seeing daylight:

1) Brunch

 A promised brunch with ma bezzie. Laura and I had a silly drunken argument on Friday night (which to be honest I don't really remember at all) but I know that my stubborn self was probably partly to blame- so I took her to Jacks in Clapham Junction as a peace offering. It's amaze! And very reasonably priced. £6.10 for the incredibly epic breakfasts pictured below-

Laura's 'Double English Breakfast'

 I went for the 'Yankee Breakfast' y'aaalllll

Standard...may as well have licked the plates clean

2) Battersea Carboot

I've never branched out from the Chiswick carboot before, but Aggie recommended the Battersea one and so after brunch we hopped on a bus and toddled our way to meet Aggie and her boyfriend Dom there. 

Within 2 minutes of entering, I'd already fallen a bit in love with a leopard print coat. I'm definitely going to be mistaken for a leopard one day with the amount of printed items I have.

I managed to get it from £20.00 to £16.00...haggling pro?

LEOPARD OVERLOAD

There was this really cute little old man with an equally cute food stall filled with delicious freshly baked goodies...both sweet and savoury.

Chocolate and banana tings...the best combo

Then we came across glitter land...our idea of heaven. If it were up to us, every item of clothing would sparkle in some way, shape or form. 

making herself at home...

sparrklesss

Nish turns Tudor

So then we came across this stall which confirmed one thing: we are a sales persons dream. 

 We pretty much believe anything anyone tells us...and working in an estate agent, I should probably know better.

We believed a woman selling argan oil when she told us that it was 100% natural, a complete bargain, being three times cheaper than Holland and Barrett and various other high street shops and salons, despite her obviously dry and split ended hair.

We got a bottle each- Two for £15.00...but after leaving the stall, Laura made a good point;

'What if it's actually olive oil and we'll never know?'

Maybe we should've looked it up online first...

gift wrapped 'bargain'

goats in the tree...just chill in'

Either way, I feel like our gullible trait isn't a bad thing...we just like to see the good in people!

Quote of the day: 

Laura Kennedy: 'I just like to keep it real'. Word. 

Other highlights

Although this is at Laura's expense...after the whole argan oil fiasco, she then went and purchased some 'Benefit' foundation for £5.00, only to look it up online and find that it didn't actually exist #fake #conned #standard. 

We also met this guy who gave us directions to the cash point, and who turned out to be a celebrity photographer. He gave me his email address and promised to send 'fresh' snaps of One Direction. (Let's hope by fresh he means naked). Ledge. His name is Steven but he calls himself  'Dappa Pappa'...need I say any more? 

Other Purchases

I may have a slight obsession with shirts at the mo...

Picked this up for £8.00

and this for just £3.00...

At the Chiswick Carboot a few weeks ago, my obsession with statement necklaces was also pretty evident...

£2.00 wowzaaa

also £2.00 woop

yep you guessed it...£2.00

and all of the above were brand new! This is why I love carboots.

aaaaand finally, I also got the below rings from the Chiswick trip. The oval stone ring was £4.00 and the gold was just £1.50. Boom boom powwwww

So all in all I think I've had a pretty productive Sunday, and have decided this will now be a regular occurrence!

Also, X Factor is now over and I have one thing to say...why Lady GaGa, why?

Peace, love & cuddles.

XOXO