CARNAGE!

Last night was Carnage (a popular student night out.) Personally I think it's just like a normal night out but with dearer drinks and everyones wearing the same top! Either way, it always ends up being a good night :) (it's also the only time you can wear your underwear out and get away with it- as the pictures show.)

I bought my Carnage top a good few weeks ago. The only problem is they are just plain baggy t-shirts, and what makes it worse is they only sell in medium and large!
So it's up to you to cut or sew and customise.
I personally:
- Cut down the front of my top to make it lower cut

- Cut the sleeves off in order to make tyes at the top so it's more like a strap top

- And also cut the sides and tyed up both sides with the material leftover

This makes it a lot more fitting and doesn't take long to do, all I used was some scissors!

"Remember that always dressing in understated good taste is the same as playing dead." - Susan Catherine

Internet Shopping

Is it good for students or bad for students?

Personally I was never interested in internet shopping until one of my housemates was always getting packages through the door.. she loves internet shopping. So I thought i'd give it a go to see if I could get any bargains! (as did my other housemates- turned into abit of a craze)

A few websites I fell in love with were:

www.asos.com/ (my favourite)

www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk/

www.boohoo.com/

www.republic.co.uk/

If you're on a budget, always look at the clearance sections!

Another good site to buy goods is obviously http://www.ebay.com/

Despite the credit crunch, ASOS has reported a 108% rise in sales, because of its great bargains.

Below are two dresses that i'm tempted to buy from the clearance section at asos-only £10 each!

However, I have come to realise that its all very well sitting at home buying clothes and getting excited when packages come through the door.. but when i'm a student and my overdrafts getting worse.. it's probably not the best option :(

But in the long run I suppose it saves money on travelling into Hanley/Newcastle-Under-Lyme or Manchester to shop (what an excuse!)

"Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess." - Edna Woolman Chase

Buyers Remorse

This afternoon I wasn't feeling so great, don't know why, just one of those moments soo as I do when i'm down or stressed or fed up or bored or just want to :) ... I go shopping.

Don't you find that everytime you want to make yourself feel better you head straight to the shops (or bed.) When I was looking at the clothes and trying them on I felt great, but when buying them I started to feel a little bit guilty.
But what's worse is that as soon as I got home, I felt soo guilty! For me, this always happens.

I usually end up having an argument with myself- if I don't buy it (say a gorgeous pair of shoes.. you can probably tell by now that shoes are my weakness) then i'll need/want them soon and regret it, but then if I do buy them is it just another waste of my student loan!

Can I not just go shopping in peace?

"Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets." - Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

PriceLess Shoes?

Some people may say PriceLess Shoes in Hanley is a pretty tacky shop but I have bought numerous heels there for only a tenner or less, which look exactly like shoes in all the other shops.

Court Bow shoe below- £15.
Ok, they don't last too long but to be honest my shoes always end up an absolute mess after any night out. Don't quite know how! But they always get dirty and fall apart quite quickly.

However this morning when I was reading the sentinel online, as I do (i'm a Broadcast Journalist.) I spotted an article explaining that the deal to rescue the high street shoe shops PriceLess and Barratts was rejected!
Barratts doesn't bother me to much, as I haven't been there since I was 5 but it's pretty sad for PriceLess as I think it's a great little shop for going out shoes.. at student prices.

"The difference between style and fashion is quality" - Giorgio Armani