Wedding Outfit and Nails Of The Day x

Hi Guys
If you follow me on twitter you'll know that yesterday I went to my cousins Suzanne's wedding. Me and my mum had a really nice day, due to my ME/CFS I don't get to go out and see some of my family as often as I would like, so it was really nice to see people and catch up a little, it's only a shame every time I do anything nice I pay for it the day after grrr. Anyways I thought you might like to see a few pics of my outfit.

I couldn't find anything I liked in the shops, so I headed to ebay I ended up buying 3 dresses from the same ebay seller, so on Thursday night I had to decide which one I wanted to wear. The two dresses above were the rejects lol instead I went for another dress in the autumnal tones of brown, mustard, orange, cream and black. Although it's the same colour as the one above it's a different style and features elastication and bow detailing on the chest, and frills on the bottom. I teamed it up with black tights, mustard shoes, this necklace I got in Cyprus, a black mac and my black leather Prada bag (which my cousin managed to throw wine all over eek I'll forgive her it survived unscathed and it was her wedding day lol ;)

What I Wore

Autumnal Colour Dress - ebay

120 Denier Black Opaque Tights - Primark

Silver, Mustard, Brown and Orange Necklace - Cyprus

Mustard Cave Heels - Office

Black Mac - South at Littlewoods

Black Leather Bag - Prada

Sorry for the pretty picture instead of my face, I looked a complete loon - that's what happens when your in a total rush lol 

I just had time to do my nails but even that was eventful - the colour I went for was Leighton Denny - Sunset Lovin - This is a funny shade to describe in natural light it has a definite bronze / orange appearance but in the pictures it looking very pink / red - I've taken some pics with and without the flash, but to be honest it's still not showing it correctly - first up with the flash

and then without

It's such a shame I can't capture the colour properly it's a really lovely burnt sunset shade, which went perfectly with the colours of my dress.

So that was yesterday - I'm going to end the post by sharing with you the songs my cousin used to go up and down the aisle to - neither of them are conventional but when you listen to the words you can really understand the meaning and the sentiment behind them.

Hope you enjoyed that bit of retro britpop - I certainly had I haven't heard that for ages moment with both of those songs, Any questions or ramblings you want to share please leave me a comment x and I'll see you tomorrow with a collective haul xx 

Crafty Bits

I haven't posted any pictures of my cards for a while so I thought I'd share with you one that I made for my cousins new baby boy x




Hope you enjoy - Oh and I will be popping the second part of my make up collection video on You Tube later so don't forget to check out my channel - DurhamLouLou xx

Happiness Is...

I haven't done one of these posts for ages - Plenty of stuff has made me happy over the last few months but I am prone to major periods of self doubt and even self hatred which builds up inside me and often makes even the happiest thing seem negative. Anyways it all came to a head yesterday (not necessarily in a good way though) and today I feel relatively calm again so I am going to do one of my famous happiness is posts :)

1)A New Family Member - after nearly 9 and a half months my cousin Suzanne finally gave birth in the early hours of this morning to a little boy Sonny - I am so pleased everything went well - I know she was so fed up especially as the 9 month date passed by

2)Weight Loss - Although its not as much as I would have liked I have managed to drop another pound this week

3)Potential Make Up Swaps - I am potentially going to be doing a couple of make up swaps with some lovely fellow bloggers over the next few months - so so excited about this :)

4)Shopping - I am going shopping for a couple of hours tomorrow - so, so excited about this - because of my ME I don't do shopping malls that often and when I do I really look forward to it. I don't want much really just a few bits for my holidays and my mums birthday pressie, but I have some spends so I should have some much needed fun

5) Holidays - less than a month to go till Cyprus I can't wait - sunshine!!!!

6) You Tube - I've said it previously but I was always quite apprehensive about putting myself out there and making You Tube videos but I am pleased to say so far so peoples responses have been brilliant - my videos may not be the best or the most polished but they are certainly helping me self confidence wise- Thank You x

7)My Followers OMG as it stands I have 99 followers to my blog huge, huge thanks to all of you again I really appreciate your support and your feedback - I will be hosting another giveaway when I reach the magical 100!

8)Lydia - I am so excited I won this lovely lady's blog giveaway of some lovely Italian brand cosmetics I can't wait till my goodies come - thank you honey