Monica Vinader Jun necklace and Ava pendant

Hi Guys!

For Christmas I got a few Monica Vinader bits and bobs. My obsession came out of nowhere and my first baby was my gold chain fiji bracelet birthday present, and now I have a few babies, whom I all love dearly.

I can't remember if I said in the fiji bracelet post or not, but the online service - both the customer service and the dispatch/delivery are really impressive. And I love the little bag and packaging. 

I chose all the items myself (because I'm too fussy) and I am really happy with my choices.
After stocking up on arm candy I decided I wanted to dip my toe into some neck bling. I chose the Jun necklace as it's 32 inches long so is a good length for my baby buffalo neck - 18 inches is not a necklace for me. It was £90 but is nw on sale on monicavindaer.com (omg I am so tempted to buy more!). I've worn it a few times and the length is great. i must admit that having a long necklace is not very practical and I live in fear of it snagging and breaking on something but I just have to be more mindful of it. It's also weird having that colour breaking up my usually black top. Obviously it's only a thin bit of gold but I'm use to a sea of block black. Sometimes I just wear it tucked under my top - I just like knowing it's there. 

To go with my Jun necklace I picked one pendant. The idea is to have loads but as I was not sure if I would get a lot of wear out of my necklace I didn't want money to be wasted on pendants that would not get to leave the house. The one I chose to be my first was the Ava Oval Pendant. I thought it is a nice simple design and not too small in proportion to me (I can't be having a tiny delicate chain with a cute dainty pendant - I would love to be able to wear that...but no). Sadly I just looked on the site and it doesn't seem to be there anymore? But there are loads of other pendants to have a look at. (I can't remember how much this was - I think maybe £70?)

The other reason I liked the Ava Oval Pendant is because Monica Vinader offers free engraving - and this can be engraved on both sides. On one side I got 555 - 5 in Thai is 'ha', so 55 is hahaha = lol = laughing. Bless my mum - she loves texting and we're always having 555 moments so this engraving makes me smile so much.

The other side - I hope this doesn't offend anyone - is a bible verse - Colossians 3:14 - to me basically, it's about living a good life and loving each other and just being a great person.

My fiji and the pendant basically are my interpretation of....LIVE (Col 3.14)  LAUGH (555) and LOVE (saranghae)!!!

I know LLL is cliched but that's kind of what I like about it - it captures 'this' moment of time - I'll be the generation where everyone has either a YOLO or LLL tattoo, and I've captured it in my jewelry. But I thought my interpretation gave it a more personal touch, and doesn't make me look too immature when I'm at work or whatever. So yeah. It makes sense to me.

If you like simple jewelry I would honestly recommend Monica Vinader. 

OOTD: is that an egg?*

Hello Guys!

I am so excited to share this OOTD with you guys!I loved this outfit so much and felt really happy wearing it. And I got to wear a bunch of previously unworn stuff so that was fun. Jesus I am so shallow but whatever.

I am wearing:

Chiffon blouse with dip back from Tesco (loving tesco!)

Mid blue skinny jeans from Forever21

Pendant from Ebay

And once on road also wore:

My beloved Gap coat

Dirty nude suede pumps from Primark

My black Focco

[ABOVE]

Close up of my pendant (and non existent cleavage - where are my boobs hiding!?). I got this off ebay...I can't remember for how much exactly but it was under £2 (inc p+p). The chain is really long (bust length) but I did it up so that it would just peek out from under my collar. It looked really nice like this when my collar was done up all the way but settled with a few buttons undone because otherwise I would have suffocated.

*The title for this outfit of the day is due to SF's babygirl (aged 5). She seemed to find my pendant fascinating and kept asking "what is that?", I told her it was a stone (I don't think 'pendant' is in a child's vocab) and she said that she thought it was an egg. How cute is that!? (I hope she meant it looked like a really nice egg lol)

[BELOW]

Loving my new jeans! I got these from the Forever21 in Westfield Stratford City branch. I will post about my experience in another post but jeans wise I am so pleased! Buying plus sized skinny jeans in store is no easy feat. Firstly, there aren't many stores that do plus size (FYI there is no Evans in the new Westfield) and even stores that do plus size (i.e Dorothy Perkins, Newlook, Next) don't often stock the range is store, and if they do, it's pretty lame with, ironically, slim pickings. But anyway, the important thing is I got my jeans and they were only £15.25!!!! They are a tad long for me, bit they fit great and I can even walk properly and sit down and stand up. Happy days!!

On a side note - it's really weird that my two favourite OOTD's have been different from my usual look. I think I am known for my skirts and dresses but my favourite looks have been my homage to chanel and this one - both featuring...well, no skirt or dress.

This is really sad, but I can't wait until pay day, not for the obvious reason (kerching) but because we usually get a non uniform day at work (actually, we don't wear a uniform so it's official dress down day) on payday and I am soooooooo wearing this entire outfit. *excited squeal*!!!!

OOTD x3

Hi Guys :)

Just a few outfit of the day's to share:

First up, black caped asos dress with milk maid braids (which provided endless entertainment for my work mates);

My teal primark dress again. I think I love it. I liked wearing it the 2nd time much more than the first. Teamed it with my leopard print shoes, american apparrel leather large clutch and my new ebay purchase - owl pendant.

This owl pendant is my new favourite thing. Ebay for about £1.38 inc p+p. It came on a long necklace but due to my skin allergies I transferred the pendant to a leather necklace I also got on ebay (I got it ages ago - I think it was around £3.00).

As friends and regular blog readers might notice, I don't usually (ever!) wear jewelry so I felt very feminine and a bit flashy with my owl friend. Since I enjoyed wearing it so much, I went a bit crazy and have ordered lots of pendants off ebay - oops!

Once they arrive I shall of course be sharing with you :)

Super duper casual OOTD: oversized peacock asos t shirt (purchased to wear for my marie curie 10k walk last year), primark leggings, primark peachy nude studded pumps, and my owl necklace :)

On a sidenote...

I love living near work. Extra time in bed. No travel costs. No panic attacks on public transport. No need to endlessly snack on the journey (I worry I'll starve on any sort of journey).

BUT....

Argh. Sometimes a girl wants to pop to the post office on the weekend in her big t shirt, ponytail and leggings with a few holes in it without bumping into colleagues who are doing overtime weekend!! You know what I'm saying?! lol

I feel that 'all' the effort I put into my work clothes is lost once someone see's me without eye shadow, hair spray and a clinched waist lol

lovelinks

I want to talk about my new obsession: LOVELINKS.

Here is a link if you don't know about lovelinks (I didn't until yesterday!)

http://www.lesterandbrown.com/p1325-lovelinks-gold-plated-90cm-black-leather-necklacebracelet-ref-0732334-90.html

Background: So basically I can't wear (most) jewelry. I'm allergic to just about all metals and even gold gets me all itchy and stainless steel (watch backs) is a no no for me also, which is a shame. I can wear my darling pearls as there is no metal; my necklace has a silver clasp but it's a really cute chunky one so i wear it to the front so that it rests on my clothes and not on my skin. Anyway, for some reason last night I just really really wanted a bracelet or/and necklace so I was looking up leather bracelets/necklaces on ebay and came across a 90cm leather lovelinks necklace for £15. I thought that was a bit steep because you can get just a long leather 'thong' for £2 so I googled lovelinks and BAM my life as I knew it changed (RRP £25 btw).

My dilemma now is: do I just get a £2 thing or a rip off £25 thing, only difference being is the lovelinks 'polo' at the end of the string...the polo that I'm allergic too? I know it doesn't seem much of a dilemma but I swear to god I could not sleep last night I was fretting about it loads.

The nice thing about the lovelinks is that I would be able to wear it without any charms/pendants but if i got a 'string' then I would have to put something in it.

Is it sad for a girl to buy her own 'jewelry'?

And randomly, if I ever do find someone to marry I won't be able to wear my engagement/wedding ring....unless I string it onto my lovelinks!!!!!!