Lose some, Win some

I was going to swing into Summer with a lovely pale yellow 50s style prom dress from Tara Starlet which I haven't worn yet.  I was waiting until I had a bit of a tan to show it off.  Well, my recent holiday gave me that tan, but unfortunately it also gave me a layer of rum and burger fat!  I went to try it on last night and couldn't get it zipped up as easily as when I first got it.  Gave it another tug but the zip wasn't ready for this jelly and busted half way up, leaving me stuck in the dress.  After several minutes of swearing and struggling I had to interrupt Husband from playing LA Noire [which is very retro stylish by the way] and get him to help. This took quite a long embarrassing time until he finally managed to yank the now back to front broken dress off via my head.  Rest in Peace my pretty, I never really knew you.  Maybe my Mum can replace the zip, but for now it's a duff and I have to go back to the soup diet.

So today I needed to boost my wilted ego with something fabulous.  I dug out a dress from before my pre-holiday weightloss in bright red and my 'Lady Dragon' shoes, which are curvy, rubber, smell of bubblegum and have a massive plastic heart on the front!  Instantly feel better. 

Vivienne Westwood for Melissa 'Lady Dragon' heels

Plus I keep looking at my nails and smiling - this week they are painted in a shimmering bright olivey colour called - I kid you not -'It's Not Rocket Science'!  This is from the Orly Cosmic FX collection (which I don't think is available anymore but I got mine from eBay). The photo just doesn't do the polish justice, it's so sparkly in real life!
 

Orly 'It's Not Rocket Science'

Apologies if the photos/layout/links/content/everything of this blog are basic and a bit rubbishy, I'm still trying stuff out. It's not rocket science (see what I did there? GROAN) but I'll learn eventually...

Oh and one dress may be over for now, but this lunchtime I discovered a Hugo Boss Sample Sale just up the road from my work and picked myself up something lovely...and tomorrow there's a French Connection sample sale!  (Should anyone else be in the Camden area, the sales are at 19 Mandela Street NW1 until Sunday, and open from 10am to 8pm I think.) Silver lining!