London Day Two

skirt, top, rings- Topshop

leather jacket, sunglasses- Nasty Gal

Boots- Jeffrey Campbell Litas

bag- Mulberry Alexa

When else can you wear bold colours and leopard print but when you're in London I suppose?!

I love going to London as it gives me a chance to wear some things that I maybe wouldn't be so brave to wear back home in Ireland. No one looks at you in London when you dress how you want and I suppose I must admit that Dublin is starting to become more accepting, but we still have a long way to go.

Cheers for the candid snaps Mum!

Cheeky snoop around Harrods; always essential.

 The Ballet

dress- Topshop

jacket and bag- as before

shoes- Korkeys

So here's what I wore to the ballet on Friday night, the reason I was over in London in the first place. I got this dress in Topshop recently and although I know the highstreet is riddled with this style of dress at the moment, I can't help but love this one! It's so comfy and I feel really fancy when I wear it. 

Of course I spilled half my dinner down the front of it before the ballet. 

You can't bring me anywhere!

Also, these shoes, yeah, lasted all of ten minutes I'd say. Suffer for fashion or what.

Girl, You'll be a woman soon...

Last Saturday I celebrated turning 21. I can't even begin to describe how great a night was had and how thankful I am to all who came and especially to my family, Dan and the girls I live with for helping out with all the organisation, and of course the clean up. I really couldn't ask for better mates and I couldn't have been happier to be turning 21 with all of ye with me.

Of course, in true Aoife style, my Mum got me a ridiculous cake made that was both ballerina and engineering themed. Possibly the most ridiculous yet best thing I've ever seen.

After lusting after this Kate Moss for Topshop dress for ages I just stumbled across it last month on eBay and thought it was perfect for my 21st. Also couldn't resist wearing my new JC litas my brothers got me for my birthday, had to keep with the large cat theme (also on my nails might I add).

The biggest surprise of the night however was the present from my Dad. I was born on Valentine's Day and the day I was born he had gone out to buy my mum a rose, but when I arrived, he instead gave it to me. My parents kept that rose and pressed it and it's been sitting in a display cabinet at home for the past 21 years. Since then, every year my dad has sent me a single rose on my birthday, except for this year. Little did I know however, that my mum had organised for my original rose to be sent to Holland to be electroplated, forever preserving it for the many years to hopefully come.

A big thank you to everyone who made my birthday so awesome.

Roll on next year!

Birthentine's Day/Night

DAY

shag coat, leather jacket, knit shorts, scarf- NastyGal

Alexa Bag- Mulberry

tshirt- Neil Young band tee

shoes- Urban Outfitters 

NIGHT

shoes- Jeffrey Campbell Litas

leather trousers- NastyGal

So not only was last Tuesday Valentine's Day, but it was also the day I turned 21. I posted already about it I know but I thought I'd do another post about what I wore that day/night.

Dan and I went to Crackbird for lunch as I'd luckily gotten tweetseats which is an incredible offer they do where you tweet them and basically you get a free lunch out of it. I was amazed that there were no strings attached either. Also, even though they've moved location, their food is as good as ever you'll be glad to hear.

That night then, Dan brought me out for cocktails in Capitol on Aungier street and I got a chance to wear my new Jeffrey Campbells which pleased me greatly.

Dan also got me a 50mm lens for my camera  for my birthday that I have been obsessed with since I got so expect lots more rookie photographer photos in the pipeline.

Hope everyone had as  great a Valentine's as I did!