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Me: Dress: H&M Cardigan: Camieu  Shoes: New Look Rob: Hoody: American Apparel T-Shirt: Diamond Supply Co. Jeans: Topman Shoes: Vans Sunglasses: Ray-Ban

It may be getting chillier outside as October draws to a close but the sun is still doing its up most to keep the days looking radiant. So this weekend Rob and I (I've been told off for my referral to him on here as 'the boy') to Herne bay in Kent. I have lived in Canterbury for over two years and yet this is my first trip to the seaside which, being a born and bread seaside town girl makes me a little ashamed of myself if I'm honest. It was such a beautiful day as you can see from my 19282748487 photos above filled with pots of tea, walks along the sand and lots of happy snapping. On a less positive note, it also ended in me slipping off a seaweed covered groin right onto that bit where bum meets leg; oh good LORD the pain! You know the kind of pain when you hit your coccyx bone on something and there are no words or sounds to express your pain just open mouthed, wobbly stumblings? It was that kind of pain. But injuries aside it was lovely, followed today by a lunch date in café Boho, Canterbury, which has also taken me over two years to sample. If you ever find yourself in Canterbury's neck of the woods I would definitely recommend eating here, it's so intimate and qwerky and the food is delicious.

In other news I am about to burst with excitement at the pile of presents wrapped on my desk for THE BOY'S birthday. Wrapped in sweet covered wrapping paper they look a treat! I cannot wait to go home tomorrow and see my family and spend some time in little Eastbourne. Lots to celebrate this week as you'll know from my previous post and I canny bloomin' wait!

Oh, and we went with my house mates to a quiz in one of the uni bars on Sunday night and were elated to hear that we had won! Only to find out two minutes later that due to bad maths and maybe one too many pints, we had actually come second. Still, not bad for our first attempt and two bottles of prize wine later we are content! QUIZ-TEAM AGUILERA FTW! 

Work It Out

 1 - Topshop, 2 - Dorothy Perkins, 3 - Dorothy Perkins, 4 - Dorothy Perkins, 5 - Miss Selfridge

1 - River Island, 2 - Asos, 3 - Dorothy Perkins, 4 - Dorothy Perkins

1 - Topshop, 2 - H&M 3 - Fiorelli, 4 - Topshop, 5 - Topshop

I am a little bit excited about tomorrow as I am off to do some work experience with my local newspaper for the week! I'm looking forward to getting a proper insight into what goes into making a newspaper and hopefully I'll come out the other side still set on becoming a writer (hold the tea and coffee making PER-lease!) 

For the past week or so I have been fretting over what I should wear. I think so many people imagine 'smart dress code' to mean limiting yourself to black and white pencil skirts and buttoned up blouses. So, whilst casually browsing through some on line high street sites, I decided that for today's post I would assemble a few outfits that I think fit the 'smart dress code' mould but break the 'black and white is smart' cliché. 

My favourite pieces have got to be the Topshop Klover Gold Trim Suede Shoes and the Miss Selfridge Vintage Leather Briefcase; I want them more than a fat kid wants cake. Gosh darn those extortionate price tags. Now, where's my boyfriend...

Take A Look

In my little town of Eastbourne, you will rarely see me wearing heels. In my little city of Canterbury, after 10pm it is likely that you will see me in heels. Being a petite fille I should probably make better use of the heels that I have, but at home I find my close friends rarely dare to wear their 6 inch skyscrapers and I follow suit; whereas at uni I would be swamped by giants if I didn't cave and bare the pain of them. Does anybody else have this dilemma? Don't get me wrong, I do love heels, but I'm just a bit of a sucker for flats (they're just so comfy!) So, while I was in Southampton I came across these high heeled boots in New Look and as I had a voucher and my 10% student discount AND the girls all had heels to wear I was somehow talked into purchasing them! I tried on several pairs but some were quite weird and made me look like I had midget feet, now I'm talking really tiny! These ones, thankfully, did not and I am now the proud owner of them. Craving some Chelsea boots now though, I'm not gonna lie.