Circus Boutique

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Stumbling across a new favourite place to shop is always a lovely occurrence. The other day thanks to a beauty of a re-tweet I learnt about the launch of a new indie boutique. Clicking over I was greeted by an absolute feast of beautiful clothes laid out before me, calling my name. I caved, quickly and promptly ordered a lovely piece which is currently on its way to me. The rest, above, I've confined to a wish-list for now. Until the funds allow me to stage somewhat of an assault and claim half the shop as my own. 

Circus boutique - the most beautiful boutique I've seen for a while.

Oh, and Bianca - who runs it - is an absolute love, helpful to the max and committed to bringing us a whole range of gorgeousness all day long. 

Heaven.

Quiet Corners

This week has been absolutely manic.

Fulltime work has so far been a mix of daunting, incredible and exciting.

I'm officially a 'Miss' again and despite hearing it over 2000000 times in the last two days - I love it.

However, times like this call for quiet corners and moment to sit back and breathe.

This little section is one such area of my room. 

Hey, if you just saw this you might even think the rest is tidy?!

Lighten Up

Tools :

Foundation - Dainty Doll by Nicola Roberts in '002' 

Blush - MUA 'Shade two'

Lips - Topshop 'Ooh La La'

Eyeliner - Barry M 'wink' 

Mascara - Rimmel London 'Volume flash'

Oh wow. This is unusual. A look that doesn't involve blood red lips and chalk white cheeks!

Sometimes (very rarely) I like to bring a little colour into my life and cheeks and play around with a little bit of blusher. Topped off ironically by good old TOPshop and 'ooh la la' - an absolute favourite lipsick of mine. So vibrant and fun and equally gorgeous on olive skin as well as fair.

Today I've said goodbye to one of the best <3 and am saying goodbye (slowly) to the last day of the holidays. I'm going back to work tomorrow. Big girl style. 

I'd much rather stay home and blog and play with the cat.

Hold me while I cry? 

Quote Unquote 1

"Butterflies are god's proof that there is a second chance in life."

Something to remember. To cling to on those dark days. Just when the caterpillar thought it was all over...

Trinkets

I have a little tooth in here

Which I barely lost today

And I will not even shed a tear

If you will kindly come my way!

When I was three years old I stayed overnight at my grandparents house one Friday night. My mum had recently had my baby sister and in order to give her and my dad a break my grandparents 'borrowed' me as they regularly did throughout my childhood. After feasting on a treat of fish and chips   my grandma gave me a bath and so, as legend goes, left me curled up on the sofa chatting to my granddad whilst wrapped in a huge fluffy towel. 

No more than five minutes later she returned to find me screaming my head off, blood everywhere and an entirely boggled granddad panicking over what I'd done. Once the dust (and blood) had settled it became apparent that I'd somehow managed to pull my very own tooth out whilst chewing on the corner of the towel. 

My grandma has never forgotten or quite gotten over the drama of that night (I think I scarred her for life!) and thanks to this gorgeous trinket box above neither have I. They brought it me for my next birthday I believe, so that I could collect any teeth that happened to be lost in less dramatic circumstances and set them ready for the arrival of the tooth fairy.

Trinkets always divide people ; some labelling them as meaningless tat that should be thrown away and hidden out of site in spotless homes, others (myself included) unable to fathom a home without them. This little box has moved around with me a lot but will always have a little place and space in my home. 

Do any of you have any little trinkets that mean the world to you even if others would merely wrinkle their noses at the sight of them?