Minnie Love.

Hey Sweeties.

I done this post just after Christmas though I've never came around to actually publishing it.

Christmas makes me forgetful, 

but perhaps it's just the wine.

I've been painting my nails a lot recently, sadly I keep picking the varnishes off.

Naughty Michelle.

So they mostly stay nice for a day or two.

For Christmas my Grandma kindly bought me OPI's Vintage Minnie Minis.

I simply love them the colours make me feel so girly :)

 I used: OPI's I'm all ears. 

In other news:

2013 hasn't started the way I imagined it to, I lost my job.

Simply Be just wasn't making enough money in store to keep me on.

*Sad face*

I loved it there.

Much Love,

M! xo

One dress, two ways.

Hey sweeties,

Once again I do apologize for being M.I.A.  

Now as well as work and uni I've taken on a nursery placement which means I only get one whole day off.

Busy bee!!

Any way, as I'm getting paid this week I'm browsing Simply Be as to what I want for my uniform.

I thought I'd share what I've bought as uniform so far, granted its not much.

One dress two ways.

On my first shift I was so happy as we had just had our first delivery from AX Paris Curve. So with my discount I purchased this beautiful item!

AX Paris Heart Print Cross Over Dress. 

Unfortunately it is now sold out in this colour, but we still have the black/stone version for £35.

The Leather Effect Skater Skirt is all so from Simply Be. I absolutely love it, it looks better on than it did on the hanger. I really can't stop wearing it :)

Another combo I've worn for work is...

The most gorgeous Long Sleeve Peplum Lace Top! As soon as I saw it I was like ':O NEED!' Then bought it after my shift, looked online when I got home and it comes in a Berry colour too another ':O NEED!'. I love how the arms are see through too. For £30 I think its great easy to wear and comfortable, brilliant quality too.

The Aubergine skirt is from Dorothy Perkins in their recent sale.

With Love

M! xo

P.s I'm taking part in Photo A day #December on Instagram so if you fancy checking that out or getting involved yourself it's never too late. 

http://instagram.com/x_justsmile 

My hat collection...

Hey Sweeties! 

Hats, hats and hats I love them. Whenever I go into a department store I always try them on I swear the staff at Debenhams are like 'Oh god she's back'. I don't ever care what I look like in them it's fun! 

I never really wore hats until I started 6th form, where there was no uniform, you could wear what ever you'd like.

 I've bought 3 hats in the past month so I thought I'd share my collection, however small it is unfortunately.

1. £10 Simply Be 2. £4 Primark
 3. £5 Matalan 4. £8 Primark
5. River Island £8 6. £2 (sale) Matalan

I've been nominated for the Liebster award by the lovely Kirsty over at Just Like Heaven!
Thank you m'dear!

11 Random Facts...
1. I hate my bum, it's far too small. 
2. I'm addicted to chicken. 
3. I miss painting.
4. I take too many photographs.
5. I'd be lost without my friends.
6. Me and Kate have booked our seats for the last ever midnight showing of Twilight.
7. I'm gutted that I don't have tickets to see Nicki Minaj.
8. Each time I hear Little Talks - Of Monster and Men I fall in love with it more and more.

9. Just encase I ever win the lottery, I have a list of people in my purse who I'd share the money with.
10. Every Sunday the first thing I do is reading Postsecret.
11. I've watched every episode of Grey's Anatomy, True Blood, NCIS, Castle and Rizzoli & Isles.

Kirsty's Questions...

Why did you decide to start blogging?

I wanted to create something that I could look back on and see how I've developed as a person and in life.

Were you a trouble-maker or a good kid in school?

I wasn't really a trouble maker, I got a few detentions for not doing my homework but that was about it.

 What are your favourite TV shows?

It'd have to be the ones in fact 11. Grey's Anatomy, True Blood, NCIS, Castle and Rizzoli & Isles.

Do you prefer dressing for summer or winter?

Defiantly summer.

What is your natural hair colour?

Light Brown.

If you could wish for one book/tv/film/comic universe to be real which would it be? (Weird question I know but I’m dying to go to Hogwarts haha)

Haha, I'd love to go to Hogwarts too! I am a member of Pottermore. I'd love the Hunger Games to be real, but I'd be living in The Capitol though not the Districts.

What one thing do you want to achieve within the next year?

To finally have a tattoo done for my Grandad. Now that I have a job, I should be able to save enough for it.

Have you ever had any embarrassing hair/make-up/wardrobe disasters? Do tell :)

When I was 6 my cousin and I decided to play hairdressers. She got a pair of real scissors and started to cut. I had long hair, so one side was long and the other short, in the end I had to get a mushroom cut.

What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done?

Abseiled down a steep cliff, I was pooping myself! I actually stood in cow poo before I done it so that was all I could smell on the way down.

What beauty/hair product do you swear by?

Lush's Cynthia Sylvia Stout Shampoo. Made with Lemons and Beer, gives an amazing shine and smells great.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

There are many places I want to travel, but right now I want tickets to Hong Kong to see my dad since he now lives out there. I haven't seen him for 4 months.

With Love, 

M! xo

My 20th!

Hey sweeties!

Well it's finally over, my teenage years have wasted away; adult life is now upon me.

I thought I'd share with you what I wore on my birthday, some people would've seen this on Instagram.

(x_JustSmile)

Blouse, George - Maxi skirt, Grazia.

As I don't have a Tri-pod yet, I used the seat of my exercise bike =) 

I love the pattern on this top, I don't have another like it. I bought this last year from George (Asda). I've worn it quite a few times and the quality is the same as when I got it. Extremely easy to wash and iron which is always a bonus.

I've wanted a bluey green skirt for ages to wear with this top, when I was re-doing the sales rack at work, NO ONE ELSE WAS GETTING IT! 

Mwhaha, so I just put 'hold for Michelle' on the back.

Oh the perks of the job, it was £40 to £10 by Grazia but sold in Simply Be.

I know the socks don't quite go but whenever I wear leggings I always feel as if they're going to slide up my leg, so I put socks on just encase, yes I've already told you a numerous of time I'm weird :D I'm normally a size 20 but with it having an elasticated waist I chose an 18 as most of the clothes at Simply Be are quite generous with sizing, it turned out to be a perfect fit. 

As you can see it has an underskirt which is just at knee length.

Me and the guys just went to our usual quiz night, thankfully they didn't sing happy birthday to me, I would've have been redder than a tomato! 

I've finally tasted Krispy Kremes, ermahgerd! 

DELICIOUS!

With Love,

M! xo

Busy bee....

Hey sweeties,

I'm sorry I haven't posted sooner, I've been incredibly busy for a change and I'm loving it!

Work is incredible, I always thought I'd hate my first job and do it just for the experience and money. I'm so happy that I love it. All the staff are more than lovely, half of the staff are roughly my age (18-25's) then the rest are (40-50's) I feel as if I have 2 mothers at work. 

My first day consisted of greeting the staff, reading my daily targets (hate them!), seeing to the customers, bringing out the new AX Paris stock (AMAZING, I want everything) and checking the stock.

Pretty much thrown in at the deep end considering I've had no training, I loved every minute of it.

Simply Be's uniform has to be their own products, so when the shop was quiet, Karen (a fellow employee) insisted I try on some clothes so when pay day comes around I'll have an idea of what I want.

 Of course I picked up far too many pieces, could you resist? 

What's even more amazing is the staff discount, I'm sure they said it was 80% off!

Simply Be £70

I tried on this dress, sorry for the quality this is off my phone as my photo copier isn't working.
 Karen insisted I printed it out from the magic mirror.
Magic Mirror you ask?
If you are unsure on the dress, you can take a photo and email it to yourself!

As I've just started I don't have any Simply Be clothes, so I took ages deciding what to wear. I do apologise to people who follow me on instagram (x_Justsmile) as you would've already seen this.

I bought all of this from a charity shop, the skirt comes originally from H&M.

Once again its that time of year, being my birthday on Sunday this is officially the last week of my teenage years, yup I'm hitting the big 20 and I'm at work for it, but all is good, it's quiz night :D

Which is quite good as I don't like big celebrations, though I'm gonna buy some Krispy Kreme doughnuts after work as the shop is directly behind mine! Yeah, I know how to party. 

Also the last few months have been hard for me, so I'd like to thank you all immensely for your encouraging words and support, I really do appreciate it all.

Thank you.

With love,

M! xo

Whirlwind.

Hey Sweeties!

Well this past week has been amazing.

1. As most of you know I started University.

2. I've finally made new friends!!

3. I had another job interview :D

1. I was so nervous travelling to uni, my stomach was uneasy. First day of high school, all over again. Though I need'nt have worried, my lecturer is so down to earth and funny. I'm in a class of 19 girls, no boys (slightly dissapointed by that), our class has a variety of ages which is great.
2. When I went to reception to find which class I was in, I over heard a girl infront asking for the same class so I introduced myself and we spent the whole day together.
3. On Saturday, I had a job for Simply Be. It has to be one of the best interviews I've had everyone was so down to earth and the tasks were fun, one of which was to create an outfit.

What I wore to the interview:

Red Dress: Ex-Catalogue Shop (Also bought one in black.) £3.50

Floral Shawl: Dorothy Perkins I think it was £10-£15

I normally wear a nice top and my black jeans, but I wanted this job. So after an hour or two deciding on what to wear I went for my red dress and black floral shawl. I changed the buttons on the dress as I personally thought they were hideous. I love this dress, it excuentates my chest and draws in my hips which are huge!  Unfortunatley, I'm not exaggerating.

As I can't walk in heels and my pumps look so tatty I decided to put my new boots on which suprisingly went.

Bronx Boots: Scorpio £65.

This way my whole outfit looked smart and bussiness like with a hint of casual.

Also this week I re-created an outfit I wore at Leeds Fest, I need to go back next year. It was lovely and hot I'm liking our Autum so far.

Army Jacket: Dad, Royal Engineers.

Foo Fighter's top: £20 Leeds Festival.

Denim Shorts: Primark. I can't remember the price bought them years ago.

AS I'VE BEEN WRITING THIS POST I GOT A PHONE CALL.

PRIVATE NUMBER, I HESITATE.

I GOT THE SIMPLY BE JOB, 14 HOURS AS A STYLE CONSULTANT!!!

AND MY FRIENDS JUST PHONED AND WE'RE GOING TO FRESHERS TONIGHT!!

SO HAPPY!

MUCHOS LOVE SWEETIES!

M! xo