White is the new black

Recently and quite evidently to my friends, I have become completely obsessed with monochrome, again.

There is something about a strikingly crisp white that catches my eye and gets my hands itching. Matched with a pitch black - magic.

Excuse the excitement, but I did forewarn you.

Now black on bottom and white on top can really give off the office, stuffy vibe. I tried it the other weekend and it didn't work. But, match it with some quirky white shoes and the look is way more exciting.

I 'happened' to stroll through Selfridges the other night past the Topshop section and instantly fell in love with numerous of their pieces in which resulted in me creating this Topshop Monochrome mood board. I've been desperate for a summer, smart jacket and this white blazer was perfect - great cut, quality weight, smart, fitted and clean white. At £48 I thought this was a great price in which my bank balance will have to agree.

The shoes was an adventurous try on and I was really surprised how light weight and slimming they were. £46 is normally more than I spend on shoes, I'm quite tight with shoe spend but these are definitely are on the wish list.

A skort is my new go-to for nights out and I have this in white and LOVE IT. I would definitely invest another £38. I am loving the sports luxe look with this tee (£14) and a dark, smoky eye is always my night look with flirty lace (£22). The rucksack, well, it was just perfect for my monochrome obsession (but expensive at £100).

Oh a girl can dream...

The return of the shopaholic

Hello, Merry Christmas, a happy New Year and all that jazz!

So it's been a while but I am not going to waste anyones time with excuses, I am back or giving it another whirl at least..

I won't lie, i've had quite a bit of down time recently but not put it to much use. I am one of those people that is always more productive with less time on my hands so fingers cross, I can take another jab at this.

Today I haven't left the house which is unusual for a Saturday. Something seems almost wrong about it. Saturday has always felt like a shopping day and not making my way into the busy streets and crowded shops seems unnatural but actually, quite refreshing for my mind, body and sorry looking bank account.

However I visited the Saturday shopping spirit in digital form today with the world wide web and have set my heart on these beauties from Topshop. Topshop is always a hit and miss with me. I either love everything in there, find it either tends to go all indie on me that I can't even imagine wearing anything without turning into some posing, wining, charity shopping kid or without feeling I've wasted my money on something ridiculously expensive that every other person has.

Luckily, today Topshop has met my good side with my heart racing at the thought of this pretty cool outfit. I may have to purchase this fluffy white jumper before its out of my reach. What do you think?