CURRENTLY COVETING:ALL THINGS VELVET

With NYE and some holiday parties coming up I found myself wondering, how does one  look sexy as a grown up... do you lose the sequin dresses? I dunno about all of that I am basically a cat and love sparkly things but for the last year I have been obsessed with all things velvet. I think it is so luxurious and sexy with out trying too hard. Plus the fabric is forgiving , it seems to just slip and slide over any extra lumps and bumps. I found some great plus options for this party season so go against the grain, ditch your itchy sequin dress and slip on some oh so plush velvet. Happy shopping!

Asos Curve

Public Desire Ankle Boots

ASOS Curve

Missguided Sequin & Velvet Dress

CURRENTLY COVETING: WIDE CALF RAIN BOOTS

It's the UK so that means it rains A LOT. I am going to be heading to Dublin and Belfast in 2 weeks and I'm in serious need of a solid pair of wellies. The problem that I run into with all boots is calf width, they are never wide enough. I try and not let myself get frustrated but what I really want to do is yell "my big calves deserve stylish boots too! This is CALF DISCRIMINATION" but I decided to do some research and see what I could find instead. 

*Hunter 

Apparently you just have to bite the bullet and fork over the cash, these babies are not cheap. The Huntress, is the option for a wider calve; although the short and the new adjustable series may be viable options for me.  I have small feet and can actually fit a kids 5 but my calves CANNOT (if your calves are 14 inches or less save yourself some coin and grab the kids). 

adjustable short - £90

Huntress - £95

Joules

 Allegedly the Joules have a wider shaft which mean they are curvy girl friendly; the price on these are a bit more reasonable too. They too have a tall, short, and ankle option. This brand is more my style. I like color and patterns and sparkle. Mindy Lahiri from The Mindy Project is my style icon, which basically means I like to wear all of the above TOGETHER!

Printed Wellies - £39.95

Evedon printed Bow Wellies - £79.95

Printed Wellies - £36.95

*just purchased a pair during the black Friday sales from COUNTRY ATTIRE , brb with my thoughts later.

CURRENTLY COVETING: WINTER WHITE

In honor of the official start to the holiday shopping season, I decided to do a little digital window shopping. There are some really good deals out there and the plus size market is really serving up greatness for us this year. I love white and cream and would wear it more if I could manage to eat with out spilling all the things on myself. I love that I can wear it any time I want here because the Brits don't seem to mind that stupid "no white after labor day" rule, mostly because they don't have a labor day but minor details. Anyway see some of my coveted  items below and happy shopping!

Girls night out tribal dress

alternative NYE dress

knit midi

                   

cozy jumper dress

                

tuxedo party dress 

CHRISTMAS MARKET SEASON

The Brits really love their Christmas Markets. They are full of yummy decadent foods, great hand made items perfect for gifting, and basically Charlie and the Chocolate Factory worth of candy shops. Newcastle has one and it is cute but on Saturday I went on a school sponsored trip to Leeds for their Christmas Market, which was AWESOME.

We had all day to kill so we flittered in and out of shops and just explored the city a bit. It was COLD, like tights under my leggings cold but nothing a few mugs of mulled wine could not handle. The sun was out and shining and hey there was no rain this time! I ate a lot of wonderful things on sticks, ate too many sweets and let me kid flag fly and rode the most beautiful carousel. It was a pretty solid day, exploring another part of England!

A CITY OF LIGHTS

I know when people think of the city of lights they think of Paris, well for a week in November there's another city that gets a magical touch of glittering lights.  Last weekend some friends and I headed out to Durham for the day. The city has this event every year called Lumiere , basically the entire city is filled in lights and installations for a week.  We he had missed the trip with Newcastle University because the tickets quickly sold out so we decided to just hop on a train to Durham for the day and go explore on our own.