American Apparel maxi skirts;Some day I will own one. Until then, I admire them from afar and ponder the question; "what are the perfect shoes to wear with these?"
Hummus;Mmm, can't get enough of the M&S humus. It is absolutely delicious. I also recently tried the red pepper one- I'm hooked on the stuff! It's great with pittas, crudités or on plain tortilla chips! It's quite healthy too, though I believe it's got a relatively high fat content..
Burgundy;Honestly, who cares if this is considered quite Wintery? I intend to carry the hue all the way into Summer with me. New favourite colour, hands down. And here's a pretty nice vintage car to demonstrate!
Long, straightish and rather plain hair, and I don't mean "grunge" style rats tails, a la Taylor Momsen;I'm fed up with my fringe, and I'm fed up with short and unruly strands of hair.
So I'm beginning 2011 by attempting to grow out my hair, completely. It's gonna be a long road baby, but you'll be worth it.
(let's see how long I actually last before I start mourning the loss of my permanent fringe).
Here's Cory Kennedy with said hairstyle.
Collared shirts;Pointed collars and Peter Pan collars alike, I am in love, and drawn to purchase absolutely every collared item of clothing I can get my hands on. Well perhaps this is a slight exaggeration. Every
nice collared item of clothing I can get my hands on. They're so cute, and rather austere, I believe.
Dark lips;Ok, so I haven't actually tested this look out on myself yet (I'm waiting until I have a spare €20 lying around with which I can buy a nice new Mac lipstick). But I absolutely love how it looks, from what I've seen lately. The other great thing about this look in my opinion, is that it seems to suit all colouring and skin tones alike. Love it, just like I love Daisy Lowe..
..and camel nails;I searched for
ages to find this colour nail varnish in Cork, seeing as I've been down here since December 20th, and am here until some day next week. Alas, it was impossible to find! I checked all my usual high street makeup haunts; Boots, Sam McCauley's.. Then moved on to the less reasonably priced Brown Thomas, but just simply could not locate a bottle of the stuff! I suspected that American Apparel probably stocked it, but not having one in Cork, I couldn't check. At long last, Topshop got a shade called 'Geography Teacher' into stock, and I wasted no time purchasing a bottle.
The King's Speech;Absolutely amazing film with a star studded cast including Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Gambon.. One of the best I've seen in a while, five stars.
Lazy Days;I'm still on my Christmas holidays- how generous of Trinity. I have enjoyed masses of time lying around my house or friends houses watching Come Dine With Me (best show ever), keeping disgracefully late hours and doing absolutely nothing strenuous. I'm certainly not looking forward to being jolted back to reality on the 17th.
Chai tea lattes;
They're such a warm and lovely combination of tea, spices and milk.. I had a really good one last weekend from Cork Coffee Roasters, the coffee shop I go to every time I get a chance because I adore the vibe in there and it's probably my favourite coffee shop ever. I like the Starbucks one a lot too though, and it's a perfect Winter drink for me due to the fact that there's only about three types of hot chocolate that I enjoy. And though I don't usually take sugar in my tea or coffee, chai tea lattes are perfectly complimented by honey.
Cork Coffee Roasters, Bridge St., Cork.
