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 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

Ermahgerd LEEDS!!

Hello Sweeties!

Basically, this last weekend was WOW and the only bad thing was the toilets. I'll spare you the details, trust me I don't even want to re-live those memories.

"Dirtiest festival in the UK."

We stayed in the Green camp about 20 minute walk from the Main Stage where we got around six hours sleep. Our camp was really friendly, we met people from Newcastle and Manchester. 

Every night people would shout 

'Jesus Christ, FENTON!'.

We'd all join in, also the camps would do a Mexican wave but with cheering.

Until the acts who we wanted to see came on, we sat in the Comedy tent, which was always packed. We seen Al Murray and Chris Ramsey who both asked if any Geordies were in of course we shouted!! We also seen Reginald D Hunter who was amazing as always.
The main bands who we seen were Paramore, Florence + The Machine, Foster The People, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, The Vaccines, Bullet For My Valentine, All Time Low, You Me At Six and Coheed and Cambria.
Those who have me on Instagram seen how close I was to many of them!
I was so surprised at how amazing Foster The People were!

The food is so exspensive, thank god I took my own. £2.20 for a normal sized bottle of Pepsi. A chicken burger was £5.00!!

We got beer thrown on us a few time, which isn't unusual at festivals. Many people said some people even throw pee! Speaking of pee, Chloe and Grace got actually pee'd on by two drunk men. One of them were so drunk the people crowd surfed him out. A guy overdosed in front of us and collapsed on me. On the last night people had brought flares into the arena. One guy got so badly burnt they put him in a body bag, I honestly thought someone had died until I seen the body move inside.

Anyhooo, it really was an amazing weekend. I'll defiantly be doing it again, it was totally worth every single penny.

I also took a disposable camera with me, so when I get the developed I shall put them on here :D

Also, most of my photos have disappeared so once I have time I shall be re-taking them and re-creating NOTD's.

Who would you see if you had the chance?

M! xo

Leeds Festival!

Hey Sweeties, 

My next post won't be until next week as of tomorrow, I shall be on my way to Leeds Festival!!

Seriously can't contain my excitement any longer, I'm currently packing bouncing around the house to Florence + The Machine. 

God, I do LOVE that woman & on Sunday I'll be in front of her screaming my lungs out!

I'm going with Chloe and Grace as Heather her sister can't go any more due to a horrible recovery from her tonsils being taken out.

Get well soon Heather!

I'm so excited, seriously I don't think I've been this excited since I went to see Steps live.

 My childhood was great don't judge :P

I'll be taking my phone so you can follow what I get up to on 

 Instagram @ x_justsmile 

Eeeeeeep! 

Be back soon.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your week & weekend!

M! xo

New phone & Ebay Sale

Hey sweeties!

My contract has ended and I finally have a new phone!!! 

I have the Samsung Galaxy S2. I got such a great deal on it. 

100 minutes (I hardly ring anyone except from Kate and my mam), 1GB internet and unlimited texts! All for £20.50

I went to the Orange shop and a really hot dude advised me on which one would be best.

Then the next day I went to Carphone Warehouse to get the phone, ANOTHER fit dude served me!

Seriously, want some eye candy to occasionally gawk at? Phone shop, GO!

As soon as it was all set up and running I download Temple Run and Instagram!!!

Username is x_justsmile

I've been having a bit of a clear out, so if you're interested in some hardly worn clothes head over to my Ebay page.

Sizes 18-20.

 I'm sorry it's for UK only as P&P prices are extortionate, it's ridiculous.

M! xo