Often ill-prepared...~

Top - H&M

Jeans - Topshop

Jacket - Miss Selfridge

Scarf - Miss Selfridge (<--- my favourite scarf!)

Necklace - Lovisa

Beanie - Tally Weijl

Boots - ASOS

Photo credit - Ama Charles-Adarkwa

So... welcome to my first OOTD of 2018! Woo!

I attempted to start the year looking a little more put together than usual, and I'm sure I would have almost pulled it off, had it not been severely raining during the shoot, thus, resulting in a sort of I'm-nuts-and-awkward-as-hell me instead. However, no hate on the outfit at all, the downfall is all my terrible posing!

Now, for the most part, I'm not typically a jeans/trousers kinda person. In fact, come to think about it, I'm pretty sure this will be my first OOTD featuring jeans! Well, I do love my shorts... 

There is something to be said about a good pair of black skinny jeans, however, in the sense that they are very easy to dress up or down, and as I mentioned at the beginning of this post I was going for a more put together, almost mature look, which is sometimes a bit tricky with shorts.

Do expect the shorts to be back in my next OOTD though! xD

-Philippa. x

PS.: mind the soft photos, btw; as i said, it was raining, plus we were kind of on a tight schedule, PLUS ama was holding a lot of things (including the umbrella to protect my precious camera!) whilst trying to shoot me being stupid, so yeah... sorry, not sorry?!

Photographer's Block?! + Super Awesome Pressies~

Had a photoshoot for the first time in ages yesterday, and I've got to say, I really did not know what I was doing! I was sooo out of practice and just all over the place! So yeah, this'll be the first time posting my photography on here, but seriously, it's not my best work, so please don't judge me from this alone!

See what I mean? In terms of composition, I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but meh, it's not exactly spectacular or amazing in any way, is it? AND, I can't even take credit for composition! Ama (right) suggested this exact spot for some photos, so really all I did was frame and shoot. Laaame! What kind of useless photographer am I? I really do have to commend her and Felix (left) for working super well without direction for this shoot; I was really nervous as this was my first time shooting a guy AND the first shoot I'd done in ages, so yeah, wasn't totally prepared or confident... xP

Anyway, grim photography aside, just thought I'd share snaps of my 2 favourite Christmas pressies I received this year, so here they are!

This first one is the 'I Love Crafty' Cat Nap ring from the Motel Rocks website which featured in my 'All I Want For Christmas Is You~' post a while back, and I am sooo happy with it! I wasn't actually expecting to get anything from that list, so was super chuffed when my friend Isabel not only got me this from the list, but also the Motel Rocks body top I had been lusting after! Woooo!

This gift was a total surprise to me; I seriously was not expecting something as awesome as this! According to my friend Ama, I showed her a brooch version of this to her a couple of years ago and she somehow managed to remember it and find a necklace version for me, which is super convenient as I don't even wear brooches, so yayyy! Thank you so much for the awesome necklace, Ama!!

I got too lazy before I could be bothered to get out the few other things I got from Christmas, so they will have to wait before being featured in a post, but yeah, got some nice things and apparently have more to come from some people, so coolies, looking forward to that. 

And if you're still reading this then please do me the favour of sparing a few more seconds to visit my photography page (link featured under my 'about me' section) so you can see what my photography normally looks when I'm not in total fail mode! ><" (oh, and if you think what you see there is better then please don't hesitate to click the 'like' button too!)

-Philippa. x
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Snowwwwwwwwww!~

Wolf hat - The Original Factory Shop 
Jumper - New Look 
Denim shorts - River Island via eBay 
Tights & Knee high socks - Tesco 
Boots - F&F @ Tesco via eBay

I realise that my outfit can barely be seen, but regardless, I figured I'd put up the details anyway, you know, just for the sake of it. So, I haven't posted in AGES because even though I have loads of stuffs I'd like to show, my SD card readers (yes, plural) have all suddenly gone bust, so am currently looking for some decent replacements. This photo was taken with my mum's camera which can upload via USB, so if you were wondering how I could then upload this hideous picture, well, that's why.

Ah, I love the snow. I mean, it's cold, wet, get's disgusting really quickly and turns walking into a major hazard, but is absolutely gorgeous when it comes to photography. The lighting of everywhere just becomes so perfect and the snow works wonderfully for light reflection. As well as that, as far as I'm concerned, just about everyone looks good when surrounded by loads of snow, so really, snow + photography = win!

-Philippa. x
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PS.: apologies for the funny colouring, by the way. the camera used isn't mine and my brother took the picture, so that, plus some excessive photo manipulation, has resulted in inaccurate portrayal of colours. i mean, bet you can't tell that jumper is purple, huh?!

There's No Place Like Home~

Oh dear. It seems I have fallen one step further to the dark side. So, I know I said this wasn't going to be like a fashion blog or whatever, but meh, what the hey, the poser and show off in me just couldn't resist, and I'm afraid that this entry will be the first of many containing outfits of the day (though it won't be every day, mind you, i haven't the time, motivation, or the clothes to pull that off!), so here it is I guess:

Coat - H&M 
Jumper - White Stuff 
Dress (worn as a top) & Denim Shorts - Topshop via eBay  
Tights - New Look 
Boots - F&F @ Tesco via eBay

 Cardigan - White Stuff 
Dress - Topshop via eBay 
Tights - La Redoute 
Boots - F&F @ Tesco via eBay 
Alice band - Claire's Accessories

So, these were my outfits for my 2 day trip to London. Apologies for the first photo, but my face was just too hideous and I couldn't bear letting the world see it. Oh, and apologies for the second photo as well, I was just being silly there. I must say, for the first time in ages I was actually quite happy with my entire ensemble, which is a huge plus for my self-esteem / ego, though at the cost of my legs taking a beating from this harsh, British winter. ><"

Note, also, the first photo, in which you see that I gave into my mother's pressuring and bought for myself the White Stuff jumper from my wish list. I know, I know, I'm not supposed to buy stuff from my own wish list but I was too paranoid it was going to sell out in my size, so I couldn't let it get away! Sadly, it's not as warm as I'd hoped (which was a little silly of me anyway, as white stuff clothing is so rarely warm in the slightest) but the concept is cute and I guess for now that's good enough for me (don't really want to complain too much after paying £41 approx. for it either... and that's WITH a discount as well!!).

-Philippa. x
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