Hey! These are the things I bought yesterday in Edinburgh :) I absolutely lovelovelove the reworked levi cut-offs! The two black skirts are for school, one pleated midi and the other a kind of jersey pencil skirt. Also, I bought The Notebook and Charlie St.Cloud from HMV as it was two for £10 and I couldn't resist the bargain! I'm off to Edinburgh again tomorrow with my friends for a look around the festival and maybe another peek around the shops! Stay safe everyone :) x

Went into Edinburgh today with my Mum, this is what I wore. I'm definitely glad I wore the raincoat because it started raining pretty heavily at one point! Looks like we really have missed our Summer here in Scotland. I got some really great stuff today in Edinburgh which I'll post tomorrow after work. Also, I get to see my best friend tomorrow after THREE weeks of her being in California! Looking forward to that a lot! Stay safe and enjoy the weekend everyone x

Sorry for the slightly grainy picture quality, I had to crop them quite a bit! This is just what I was wearing today and a couple of photos of some beautiful flowers we've got in the kitchen. We had to take the pictures super fast because it looked like it was going to rain again! Aaaah, British weather! Not a very exciting day today, did a little homework, went to work then hit the gym for an hour. What have you all been doing today? Well, that's me away for my home made chilli con carne! Can't wait :) Have a great Friday night and to those in areas near the riots - stay safe!


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lucky sale purchase tee

love the embroidery of these shorts - matalan 

love the detail in this dress, another sale purchase

both bags bought in Rhodes on holiday

Today I'm wiling away the rainy hours writing an essay for English that discusses whether or not money can buy happiness. So, whilst I sat here trying to proof read and come up with a list of pros and cons I thought I'd make a little list of what I would buy, if only I had the money. Trust me, if I had the money to buy these things - I'd be a pretty happy lady :)

Spike Necklace - Topshop
Tusk Mini Pendant - Topshop
Cardigan - Urban Outfitters
Shorts  - Bitching and Junkfood
Wedges - Urbanog
Suede Pumps - Schuh
Ring - House of Harlow
Lip Balm - Urban Outfitters
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I've got myself a new found love for the 1960's after rifling through loads of old family photos. The ones that I love the most are of my Gran in the 60's wearing micro-mini dresses and big bouffant hair. I'm loving looking at later photos and watching how she transformed over the years - changing from 60s sweetheart to 70s Mum, whilst keeping her style and infallible grace, raising two children.

Photos from top;

American Vogue Magazine Cover 1962
Big Round Sunglasses a 60s Staple
60s High Fashion Space Age Trend
Twiggy Fashion Icon
Andy Warhol and his muse Nico
Jimi Hendrix Music Ledgend
A Festival Crowd of the 60s

Really?

Glee, one of lifes guilty pleasures for many. Television adverts, one of lifes pains. Now, imagine you are a teenager watching Glee on a Monday night and it goes to the adverts. All of a sudden, an advert appears for a new film - The Mechanic...and it graphically pictures a man's head being blown up. Would your reaction be of shock and disgust at such a vulgar and inappropriate advert on during a teen show? Or would it be of dismissal, perhaps of even no reaction at all? I know what mine would be. What if I was to now tell you that The Mechanic television advert had been banned due to its violent nature? Wait, it gets better. The advert was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after a mere 13 complaints were made regarding the content of the advert.

I suppose the main reason behind the banning of the advert was that adults believed that children should not be exposed to such violence when trying to watch a safe television programme like Glee. However, it could most definitely be argued that the chirpy Glee, would have a much larger mental effect on said children that the movie advert itself. The reason for this being that teenagers relate to the American drama, significantly more that they would relate to a movie about a 40 year old man with an over-active trigger finger. The ups and downs of the characters, have a lot more impact on the British audience of Glee, than a 30 second advert that they may or may not even register. Teens are impressionable, confident, shy and curious. All they want is someone to look up to and follow in the footsteps of. What if there's a 13 year old girl in Edinburgh who one day wants to grow up to be like one of the characters from Glee? What if during the series, the young girl's idol becomes pregnant at 15 or 16 whilst still at high school? Now, that's a dilemma.  On the other hand, the same 13 year old sees the advert for The Mechanic but doesn't connect even slightly with what the advert is selling. She doesn't want to go and see this movie, nor does the 14 year boy watching in Swindon. Really, if they're watching Glee, there's a very slim chance that they will be interested in The Mechanic - however there may  be a few exceptions to this statement.

Moreover, the fact that only 13 people out of the millions who will have viewed the advert, actually complained - must count for something. As a 15 year old, I know that after watching a lot of Glee and admittedly - a lot of scary and perhaps violent movies, I can say that I have in no way been affected in a negative way by either. Also, at the end of the day - it's a movie. Its not real. I mean, they probably used tomato sauce and cooked  chicken to simulate the contents of the victims head that was shot. Let's be honest here, banning the advert was more than a little extreme. If you are effected by a television advert that is on after 9 o'clock, you should probably already be in bed so that you're ready for the next hard day - of playing with the Lego at nursery.