12.18.2010

CHRISTMAS TRAIL

I'M HOME, AND IT'S QUIET AS ANTICIPATED. NICE TO BE BACK WITH LE FAMILLE, THOUGH BROTHERLY-BICKERING AND SISTERLY-SQUABBLING IS INEVITABLY JUST ON THE HORIZON (especially with the mass-snowfall giving me cabin fever, and it's only day 1).

FORTUNATELY I HAVE A NEW JOB TO KEEP ME BUSY AND DISTRACTED. I'M TEMPING AT NEXT OVER THE HOLIDAYS WHICH SHOULD BE GOOD- EXTRA PENNIES FOR THE SALES AND OF COURSE EXPERIENCE FOR THE ALL IMPORTANT CV (currently in the process of applying for my internship, and anything and everything is a helping hand). 

NOW I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT, I UNDERESTIMATED NEXT; I FIGURED IT WAS THE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR MUMMIES AS THE HIGH-STREET CAPITAL OF CASUALWEAR, BUT OH, I WAS WRONG. RECENT REBRANDING, BACKING FROM VOGUE AND SPLIT COLLECTIONS HAVE MADE IT SO MUCH MORE STYLISH. I'M NOW COVETTING MANY ITEMS FOR MY OWN WARDROBE, AND FORSEE MY WAGES HASTILY RETREATING STRAIGHT BACK TO THE CASH TILL.

(i don't know why i'm so stunned really, i've been a major fan of their print press for ages, though figured they'd just put a good light on mediocre collections. I was so wrong.)
 
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SO, I'VE BEEN SET A CHALLENGE, A CHRISTMAS BLOGGING CHALLENGE LETS SAY. NOW, YOU ALL KNOW THE SONG "TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"- A CLASSIC RIGHT? WELL, CONSIDER THIS A MODERN TAKE ON SAID TRADITION. FOR THE RUN UP TO CHRISTMAS, I'M GOING TO BLOG  (TWICE A DAY AS I'VE ALREADY MISSED THE FIRST 6 DAYS OF TWELVE) AND LET YOU KNOW MY FAVOURITE PIECES, OUTFITS AND IMAGES FROM MY SHIFTS AT NEXT. I'M QUITE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT I COME UP WITH REALLY; I DO HOPE YOU FOLLOW ME ON MY LITTLE FESTIVE TRAIL...


AND PS. YES, I KNOW THE 'OFFICIAL' TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS RUN FROM THE 25TH ONWARDS, BUT BLOGGING ABOUT CHRISTMAS AFTER CHRISTMAS IS JUST SILLY. COME DECEMBER 26TH, EXPECT ONLY SS11 COVERAGE AND IMAGES.


 



SO, SING ALONG PLEASE. ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO MEEEEE.... 


THESE LOVELY LOVELY SHOE BOOTS. (or 'shboots' if it was my sister giving them to me)

£50, NEXT -real leather too! 


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