Strawberry Fields

When I used to work at Cath Kidston I was naturally a massive fan of their prints.  I could pretty much name every single one, old and new, but If I had to pick one of my favourites it would be 'Strawberry fields' (the print on the plimsolls below- excuse the mud!). There is something truly cute, vintage, and summery about it that I adore. I had almost forgotten I owned this pair of plimsolls until I opened the dreaded box of shoes (which is usually a jumble box of everyone's shoes in the house by the front door). I saw a little strawberry print poking out and I had almost completely forgotten about these existing and got all excited to wear them again.

It was most a beautiful spring day we've had so far this year and the sun was shining high and bright in the sky. The gorgeous sunshiny day was really what I needed to give me a well-needed boost as I've had a pretty bad week. Now I'm not one for talking too personally on here, because I am an incredibly positive person who tries to make the best out of everything, but even I too have my bad days. Earlier this week at work I totally lost my cool in a moment of stress and disappointment and burst into tears- which in retrospect is quite embarrassing, but hey I'm only human. (If I do cry it's usually in the privacy of my own home!). I think it was a mixture of stress and frustration on my part and then to top it all off yesterday my car robbed me of £350 for new tyres, a failed MOT, new lights and a new tax disc.

 

 Dress- Swap Shop | Bag- Swap Shop | Necklace- Primark | Shoes- Cath Kidston 

Putting that all aside I decided to wear some softer colours to cheer myself up, and what better than my new dress that I swapped at the Voucher Code's Swap Shop Party? Now Paige actually encouraged me to get this dress when we saw it hanging up and I thought...well it's technically free, so why not? When I got home I was pleasantly surprised to see that the back of the dress was not simple and plain like the front but with a lovely bow and lots of waterfall cut layers surrounding it. I teamed it with a vintage style bag I also got from the swap shop (I cleared up at that party!) and my new pretty pastel Primark necklace which only cost a low and lovely £6. Really looking forward to the weekend as my little sister is getting married to her true love. x