Elbow patches and charity shop boots.

Outfit posts are one of my favourite things about reading other people's blogs - I love the inspiration, and I love seeing how other people put clothes together. I'm going to start doing more of these myself, even if it's so I can look back at this in a couple of year's time and have a little giggle at how I look.
This jacket is the best thing that I have ever found in a charity shop; it only cost £12 and I got it just before the whole shearling jacket thing came in, so I was pretty stoked.Jacket - charity shop, jumper - Zara, shirt - New Look men's, denim shorts - G-Star DIYs, boots - charity shop, sunglasses - Ray Bans.
I went trawling around York yesterday and I got thjumper from Zara - as you all know, I have a thing about elbow patches. And I found these boots in a charity shop for a tenner. They're exactly what I've been looking for for ages now. I wanted some with a low heel because I'm an official giant, but I resent spending £80 on a pair from Office. I can tell I'm going to be living in these from now on. There's something so ridiculously satisfying about finding something in a charity shop that you love and that is in your size. It feels like you've made an effort for your clothes.

Leopard print, and £1 shoes.

I had a rare day off work today, so I went with my dad to the coast to visit my aunt and uncle, who live in Flamborough. I lurrve the seaside, but the East coast is cold at the best of times and today it was freezing. Still grand, though.

My concession to colour today was this leopard print fur coat that I got from Topshop a couple of years ago. I'm not very wild when it comes to colour - unless it's my hair - and my wardrobe consists almost entirely of black, white, grey and navy blue, so this is pretty out there for me.Coat - Topshop, top - New Look, jeans - Topshop, shoes - Salvation Army
There are not many benefits to having size 9 feet, but buying men's charity shop shoes is certainly one of them - they always seem to be size 9. I got these from the Salvation Army opposite my uni for the total sum of a one pound coin.

Just while we're talking about this coat, I'll mention that I wore it when I went to meet Gordon Ramsay at his book signing in York a while back, and he told me that he loved it. So just FYI Ramsay fans, wear leopard print fur if you ever meet him. He digs it.
I was very blonde back then.

An actual outfit that I actually wore - Chanel, and a Highland cow.

I like to use my weekends to catch up on sleep, as I get so little of it during the week. Today was no different and, despite having a dissertation proposal to write, I slept in until about 1pm (pretty early for me on a Saturday). This afternoon, me, my mum and my brother (who is home from uni for a couple of nights) got the bus up to York to meet my dad after he finished work, and we went out for tea and then to the theatre. What a cultured family we are.

Umm...ok, maybe not that cultured. But it was grand all the same.

Today I wore:
Jumper - vintage, jeans - Topshop, bag - Chanel, scarf - given to me by my dad, shoes - Office.

That bag is one of my most prized possessions - I have actual physical loving feelings towards it. I don't like to use it all the time, just in case something - anything - happens to it, but sometimes the urge to show off that I own a Chanel 2.55 bag becomes so overwhelming that I simply have to use it, even if I am only wearing jeans and a woolly jumper that I bought from a stall at Leeds Fest.
I bought this jumper entirely because it features a Highland cow. How could I resist?