Mistletoe and Wine

I am practically exploding in excitement at all the gift ideas at Urban Outfitters online (UK version)! I've just purchased this for my boyfriend:

And then these for some as yet un-named lucky personage:
I have also written to Santa Claus (my mother) and put in a request for these covetable items:
Excitements indeed!
I'm also loving wrapping up warmly at the moment and LAYERING, even managing to sneak a thermal vest underneath my top on a nite out! Ahhh... suffice to say, I was toasty warm whilst everyone else was shivering in the cool Newcastle night air, haha.
What's on everyone else's Christmas lists this year?
Aww... bless. I can hear my flatmates butch 'Yorkshire lad' of a mate who likes FOOTBALL and BEER asking his mum whether he should buy his grandad pyjamas for Christmas... They're all big softies really!

John, Johnny, my sweetest friend says... "Love should be full of suspense."

I found this photo just now and it made me smile.

Now, I know it's a controversial stance to take in the world of fashion and it's followers/innovators but I am not a fan of Kate Moss. In the slightest. I have never, ever seen her appeal... But I won't go into that now. I just saw this photo and thought it was one of the most honest, beautiful images I'd ever come across. Intimate with no sense of intrusion or staged falseness.
Just put a smile on my face, that's all.

My blog on Plaid Shirts - mostly the crisis I seem to have over the fact that I bought a lovely vintage one to wear as a dress, but it's TOO LONG. Are you allowed to cut plaid?
Anyway, just as soon as I get over this damn cold virus I'll be posting.
Watch this space!

Oh Dress! Oh beautiful leopard print strapless little dress!

If only I had £55 I would surely buy you and wear you with wonder and delight!
And every other dress in the Reko range. I'd neglected Lady Luck for a fair while... But now look what I'm missing out on! It saddens the heart.

Dial Emma

I bought this dress a while back at a vintage shop in Leeds called Blue Rinse (they sell some of their clothes to certain branches of Topshop). I love the shape, colour and fit on me but have a dilemma concerning where to wear it and what to wear it with. Any ideas ladies (and fellas)? Maybe a belt? What colour shoes/jacket? I'm at a loss! I need your help!