Manic Monday

Oh there is something in the air today, this morning at work has been MAD and I'm going back for more, shortly.

Outfit today involves polka dots and peter pan collars...a winning combination in my book!





(why yes, I have had my hair chopped off...Mum got sick enough of it and my hairdresser phobia to take four inches off yesterday!)

I'm pleased to announce the winner of the Pixie Knitwear giveaway IS Becca (who doesn't blog...yet...)

Congratulations Becca and thank you to everyone that took part

xxx

Pick a Pixie

Remember the post where I declared my love for Pixie?
I'm going to guess you do because the feedback was immense...so much so that Pixie Knitwear have teamed up with me to offer YOU the chance to win any piece you like!

What will you pick? Top of my lust list right now are the following...



Dear Birthday Santa,
I really have been a very good girl this year...

Anyway, this isn't about me, this is about you. Here's how you enter:

- Hop along to the Pixie Knitwear facebook page and add them (if you don't have facebook, make sure to add that in your comment on this post)

- Leave a comment RIGHT HERE on this post telling me what you'd pick from Pixie.

- Make sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win...email address is ideal.

- Be sure to enter before the closing date, which is MONDAY 18th April.

- This giveaway is open to everyone!

Good Luck
(I hope this cheers up your Monday)


The website is currently down, but should be up by Monday evening, you can still enter!
xxx

Softly Softly

You know when you get one of those days that REALLY doesn't go to plan? Yeah, that would be yesterday. I got home from work expecting to be able to chill out and unwind but ended up with some unexpected stresses that had to be dealt with and it really dragged me down.

Pfft. The trials of being a grown up, eh? By the evening, thanks largely to the wonders of twitter and my ever understanding parents things were on the up and this morning I was able to dust my hands of the biggest problem!

It did give me some insight though, on how stress makes me view myself. Instantly I had gained 20lbs and was worthless. Instead of the strong, capable (and not every expanding) girl I had seen earlier that day.
A learning curve, for sure...and the residual negativity this morning I am pushing to one side and carrying on as usual.

Which brings me to my outfit,
the second item from Pixie Knitwear which no one guessed correctly! Most people thought I'd gone for the maxi dress, and whilst I did toy with that idea, I wanted to break out of my comfort zone a bit and go for something girly and feminine (and pale...I don't do pale, I drink too much black coffee and eat too much ketchup to do pale!)







And a close up of the tights, which were on super sale in Accessorize and I was forced in to buying by my shopping partner in crime (who knows who she is!)



I mentioned on twitter last night that I'm expanding my blogging horizons a bit and shall be venturing in to some food reviews soon. This is something I have wanted to do for a long time and I finally feel more comfortable in making it a regular thing. I hope you'll enjoy them and share some foodie favourites with me, too.

But before all that, comes a giveaway....that goes up tomorrow, watch this space!

xxx

P.S. Charli has featured me on her blog Feminine Bravery

I'm a Pixie Girl!

Helllooo! Happy Mid-Week! Allow me to introduce you to a new found wonder! PIXIE KNITWEAR

Please note the very exciting SALE sign that means you get pretties for less! As you know by now I am hopeless at descriptions so I will let the website speak for itself.

"Pixie is an independent UK based fashion label specialising in knitwear. Founded in 2008 Pixie was born on a foundation
of love for gorgeous, fun, great quality, sexy knitwear.

Always at the forefront of fashion, Pixie was snapped up in its first season by Topshop and stocked in its iconic Oxford Street
store. Pixie is now stocked in some of the best retailers from the UK through Europe, Canada and the USA.

Pixie is fast becoming the knitwear brand of choice for the fashion concious crowd as well as its celebrity followers from
Mischa Barton and Katie Price to Fearne Cotton, bloggers also love Pixie and can often be found styled up on lookbook nu"

I found Pixie through another blog that had recently featured them (speak up if it was you!) and started to stalk/follow them on twitter. The next day an e-mail popped up from the sweetheart brains behind the movement offering me the chance to try a couple of pieces from the store.

Here's a small sampling of the goods on offer!



These are the bold, graphic pieces from the collection...with my choices I decided to go down the softer, more girly look and I'm wearing one of those pieces today.

The Stripe and Bow Sweater (quite possibly the softest and most beautifully made sweater I have ever owned in my life)







Have you heard of Pixie Knitwear before?
Who wants to guess the second item that I picked?

xxx