Saturday, 8 February 2014

Monthly Wishlist: February

So many things, so little money, isn't life just harsh!  But hey a girl can dream, and this my friends is what I am dreaming of...




What can I say, I seem to be loving all things yellow right now!  Oh and a bit of grunge/eighties...

I have a bit of a request here, if you know where I can get something similar to that Superdry coat for less than the £99.99 they are asking please can you let me know.  I desperately want a yellow rain coat but I am also a massively tight assed cow who doesn't want to spend all her months pennies in one go.  Cheers m'dears!

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Stay Sexy,




Thursday, 6 February 2014

Before I Go To Sleep: A Review

Memories define us.
So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?
Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.
And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.
Welcome to Christine's life.



Having picked this up off of a charity shop shelf and reading the description I knew that this book was right up my street. 

Christine is the central character in this book, and it is from her perspective and narrative through which this story is told.  She awakes in her forties and cannot retain any information or memories; each day is like a blank sheet of paper and she is reliant on her husband to fill in the missing pieces for her.  As the story continues Christine slowly learns of how she came to be this way, who the people are around her and exactly how she lives her life.  We learn all these details the same time as Christine, piecing together her story with her.

The story is told in diary style format, but is this I think that is what threw me and has made me lose the initial excitement I felt about this book.  The perspective in this book is all off for me, one minute the story seems to be told in real time with details of conversation etc, then the next it seems like all these details are being written down in her diary, which although not massively confusing, for me kind of ruins what should have been an amazing piece of literature.  I understand where the author was coming from and how it must be extremely difficult to write a story in such a way, effectively telling the same details over and over, but I think the perspective could have been better formatted and less focus given on it being in diary style.  Naturally this diary is important to the story line as it is the journal she keeps that help her rebuild her memories every day, but like I said, I think, had it been a different author it could have been done a little better.  That being said, this is the author’s very first novel, so I think I can forgive them.

I did love the premise of this story and you really do feel for Christine and sense the anticipation and anxiety building as everyday you hear the lies told to her and ever changing stories of her life and so wish for someone, anyone to just tell her the truth.  The point at which it all starts unravelling is when it really grips you and I found that I just had to find out what really was going on here.  The ending was good, but wasn’t exactly something that you didn’t have an inkling of as you were going along, but none the less it definitely did not disappoint.


Generally this book is definitely worth a read especially if you liked Room by Emma Donoghue (which by the way is an amazing book), as it follows the same kind of narrative.

I give this book:



You can buy the book on amazon here, and check out the author S J Watson here.

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Stay Sexy,




Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Here Comes your Man

“Outside there’s a box car waiting,
Outside the family stew...”

This post’s TUNE comes from the Pixies.  When I was younger I used to live and breathe MTV2 (is it still going?!?!) and this was always one of those tunes that they used to play because they were so cool.  The Pixies are somewhat legendary; they are just one of those bands that if you mention you like them, it gives you instant cool.  I don’t know if this has worked for me mind, but hey, give it a try, you might want to check out their video here first and have a little look at their website here.



Onto the clothes...




Top: Primark (£6.00)
Jeans: New Look (old)
Trainers: Primark (£8.00)
Gola Bag: Old
Watch: Casio
Coat: Next (old)

Last week I went to see Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, don't know if you have ever heard of them, but I'm sure at some point I'll have them as my post tune in a desperate bid to introduce you to their genius music.  They were amazing as usual, their shows are something else, and it's always nice to see an artist actually talk to the audience instead of just talk at them, it's the beauty of little gigs.  Anywho, there is a point to this little bit of information, this is infact what I wore to that gig, there you go happy days, lets carry on shall we!

Anywho, I'm loving the whole 'I know, lets stick a pair of trainers on with a nice coat' look, it's right up my street, and I have decided to jump on the band wagon.  Now, I would love a good old pair of Nike's or something, I will be investing in a pair shortly but until then these little looky likey ones from Primark are doing the trick nicely.  Not only do they look damn good, are nicely priced at a bargain eight pounds, but are also sooo comfy, could you ask for more?

I've paired my trainers with my sheeeiiiiny black jeans from new look, my newly bought black and white collared top from primark, my lovely Next coat and my boyfriends Gola messenger bag.  Overall it's most definitely quite dark look, but I have tried to spice it up with a bit of colour on my face, otherwise known as makeup.

As an aside, I visited Bristol on the weekend and discovered Pull and Bear, I think I'm in love.  Hope you've all had a lovely weekend, let me know what you've been up to and any thoughts on the old outfit would be much appreciated!

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Stay Cool,




Sunday, 2 February 2014

Sponsor Appreciation: February

Another month has once again gone by, and with a new month comes new sponsors.

Without further ado, I give to you, my February advertisers:



Just a lovely little online shop that just must Must check out.


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