High street lust #2.

This week's high street lust is from New Look. I am a total sucker for sailor-esque garments. The colour block dress with a plain jersey top has been quite trendy and various styles can be seen all over the high street. This version from New Look costs £25, which seems a little steep for them!

You can smarten it up with a red button blazer (limited edition so get it quick), but keep it fun with red wicker-style wedges, dark sunglasses and nail polish. Finish off the ensemble with a big metal strap ring handbag to tote around your summer essentials. This anchor necklace is a small nod towards this outfit's nautical roots. All this will leave you £91.50 short.

What's in my flight bag?

Here's a little twist on the "what's inside my handbag" post. This is the stuff inside my onboard flight bag. My flight is only 3 hours, so I'll probably leave the Nintendo DS and a book behind. I'm taking the iPod to drown out the chatter of my friends (ha!).

The essentials:

- passport - purse with travel money and insurance

- mobile phone

- keys

- glasses / contact lenses

- list of emergency phone numbers

"Luxury" items (things that are easier to replace):

- digital camera

- iPod

- magazine / book

- pen and scraps of paper for scribbling notes

- sunglasses

- cosmetics, hair grips, moisturiser

- empty bottle of water (so I can refil it later)

Obviously, the length of flight and your destination will probably dictate what you take onboard. My bag looked nothing like this when I went to Lapland in freezing February! What things do you take on a plane?

High street lust #1.

I admit it, sometimes I really really like Topshop. Am totally loving these KRUZ-leather lace up shoes. They aren't too girly but they aren't terribly masculine either. £50 is fairly decent for a leather shoe and look at that stud detailing!

Combine with a denim pocket tunic and a patent butterfly crossbody bag. Accessorise with a chain mail headband, silver interlinked engraved bangle, a premium mesh umbrella (for those rainy summer days) and some plastic aviators. That comes to £117, so it's a total of £167 for this outfit. I'd recommend some grey knee high socks too.

A day in my life.

This is an idea that I took from the "A day in the life" community on LiveJournal. Basically, you take a photo every hour or so to document your day. Most of my days aren't particularly exciting though. These photos are from yesterday (5th June).

10am - wake up to do my face.

11am - arrive at Renault/Nissan to do some test driving.

12pm - I check out the other cars whilst my dad talks money with the salesman. He looks a bit like John Sergeant mixed with Sean Astin.

1pm - I have some blueberry tea to ease my boredom.

1:45pm - we get home in time to watch Neighbours and Home & Away.

2pm - yum yum wanton noodles for lunch.

3pm - I do my daily internet stuffs.

3:30pm - my dad attempts to remove the malware on the computer so I play some Pokemon Pearl instead. I'm ready to capture Palkia now. Exciting stuff!

4:30pm - still fixing up my Xero-kun (computer). Suddenly it's pouring with rain.

5pm - I wanted to watch "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" in preparation for my holiday but it didn't work so I watched "Clueless" instead.

6:30pm - my brother arrived home from uni for the day.

7pm - porkchops for dinner; I don't really like pig meat.

8pm - my brother and I went shopping. He went to buy trousers whilst I scoured the shoe shops.

9pm - came home (I bought some oxford-esque shoes) and showered.

10:30pm - tuned into Jonathan Ross with Hugh Laurie (d'aww), Eric Cantona (aww) and Dustin Hoffman (more "awww" than I thought he'd be).

11pm - I wanted some Oreos but couldn't be bothered going downstairs so I ate an Alpen bar that's been sitting in my bag for six months.

Zoom zoom zoom.

Dress – Miss Selfridge
Cardigan – Topshop
Tights – Asda
Shoes – River Island
Glasses – Osiris

My hair doesn’t behave. I want it to be big and messy, but it’s just flat and sleek with a few whisps. I just wanted to wear the pink tights so I could put them in the wash. I hope they don’t run and stain everything pink.

Exercising my right.

T-shirt – Marks and Spencers Kids
Trousers – Topshop
Glasses – Osiris
Shoes – Gabor

Apparently I’m loving these trousers and shoes. I only went out for 10 minutes so couldn’t be bothered making an effort. Went to vote for the European parliamentary elections with my daddy. If you are wondering, I definitely did not vote for the BNP.

Run run run to make your heart shake.

T-shirt – Super Lovers
Trousers – Topshop
Shoes – Gabor (they’re my mother’s)
Bag – River Island
Aviator sunglasses – Ray Ban

Made a quick trip to the bank to deposit some money before someone cashed a cheque and makes me overdrawn. I just reused a few pieces from yesterday. Less sunny today but warm enough. The soles of the heels on the shoes broke on the way. Now I can see the nails on the bottom and they suddenly click so loudly. I hate people being able to hear me walk.

3 down, 1 to go.

Tank – Topshop
Cropped cardigan – Dorothy Perkins
Trousers – Topshop
Shoes – Topshop
Hairclip – Claire’s
Glasses – Affleck’s Palace
Bag – River Island

Very very hot and sunny day! Absolutely basting. Therefore a very simple outfit. I thought I looked like a total wannabe though. My exam this morning was okay. Could have done with more time, but hopefully I did a decent job. I wonder if telling the marker that I hadn’t slept for 23 hours before the exam could boost my grade.