i met you in a daydream

aw, thanks weheartit, for letting me steal your photographs and dribble over your typography.
what are your weheartit collections?

josie
x x x x

all you people are vampires and all your stories are stale.

title: arctic monkeys. thanks.

busy week. busy busy week; sorry for not updating.
how about some inspiration?

[tumblr]

i love those photos. hope you did too.

josie
x x x x

LOYAL READERS OF SCM WILL REALISE WHAT HUGE NEWS THIS REALLY IS

I LOVE FRANK TURNER
I WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS HIM
GNR CRY?

josie
x x x xx

she attacks me like a leo when my heart is split like rio

title: i belong to you by muse

something i forgot to show you from my yes man day (by the way, to all those MANY readers that asked - ha - the free cd singles were from my friend's dad, who happens to be the editor of a big newspaper, and he gets sent free cd's to review all the time from hopeful bands, and the takeaway is courtesy of a friend - we wanted halloween plans): this pretty black lace bodycon dress from new look for £30. ever since i saw a similar one from topshop last christmas, i have COVETED one. could this be my lucky day?

we went to cineworld and these are my 3D glasses. i forgot to put them back so my friend popped out the lenses. haha. i also got free butterkist popcorn with my combo! i am on a roll with the free stuff, huh?
i went to go see up. it's a very sweet film, very sentimental, and VERY disney pixar. but it's magic. i found doug the talking dog particularly hilarious.
i'm attempting to make haste with my List of Film Josie Wants To See. I've added the following:

• Leon
• The Darjeeling Limited
• Princess Protection Program
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
• Charlie Bartlett
• Observe and Report
• Paris, Je T'aime
• Not Another Teen Movie
• Edward Scissorhands
• Fired Up

Which means I now have a list of 32 films left to watch. It's gonna be a good year.

Josie
x x x x x

tell your boyfriend if he's got beef that i'm a vegetarian and i ain't fucking scared of him.

title: don't trust me - 3oh!3.
i've been fighting it but it's too damn catchy.
OMGOMGOMGOMG regular readers of this blog will understand how exciting this news is; I'M GOING TO SEE FRANK TURNNNNNEEEEERRRRRRR! in march. but still, HOW EXCITING IS THIS!?

loads of exciting things have been happening. on saturday, me and my friend decided to have a spontaneous YES MAN day where we said yes to everything. we ended up getting loads and loads of free stuff: free cd singles (i got shitloads: the xx, kissy sellout, discovery, the blizzards, paramore...), a free aero, a free takeaway, a free ticket to a play...
seriously, you should try it, it was so fun. just tell your friend that you'll go to the nearest bus station and hop on the first bus out, no matter where it goes, and let hilarity ensue.

okay, okay, serious blogging stuff.

jumper, lyle and scott; layered necklace, miss selfridge; deckchair dress, primark; canvas bag, tim minchin live!; green heart ring, miss selfridge

seems to me that i get all my jewellery from miss selfridge. i'm pretty pleased with this outfit. look at me, i'm such a hipster, with my lyle and scott and tim minchin bag. i had to take this photo in my sister's room because my room is such a mess and i'm embarassed of it. ha. ha. ha.

FURTHER NEWS,
i learnt 'the tale' by javier narette (ie. the pan's labyrinth lullaby) on piano, as well as here in your arms by hellogoodbye and hey there delilah by the plain white t's. ALL IN A WEEK!

what have you guys been up to?

josie
x x x x x

coursework, ice skating, house parties and the jets.

busy weekend. friday, i was babysitting, saturday, i was ice skating, sunday, it was a day-long house party to celebrate my mother's 50th and in between doing things i'm catching up on coursework (seems like ALL my teachers want ALL my coursework in next week). now i've got a media project in for two days which i haven't started AT ALL and counts for 30% of my GCSE.

i found out yesterday that i was going on a humanities trip to poland. we're going to visit auschwitz, krakow and a salt mine. i'm very excited, we get to wear helmets.

and ms. anonymous? no, i shan't be dying my hair black. secretly i quite like it ginger.

just a little update. my camera's got no battery and my body's got no energy.

'til half term...

josie
x x x x

dustland fairytale beginning just another white trash country kiss

YES MAAAAATE

these are my new shoes, they were from wyndsor shoes for about £15 (LEMME TELL Y'ALL AMERICANOS THAT YOUR USUAL HEELS COST FROM £20 TO £40, PHEW) and basically today i went out to the theatre and on the long drive back we stopped off to buy my sister some wellington's and i managed to grab these. they've got little studs, a platform, and they're rather gorgeous and make me feel a bit more girly (now i've got boy hair i've just had proper low self-esteem because people just ignore but these shoes make me feel really good).

excuse the major eyeliner smudging, it had been a long day...
i had another clothes swap. i nicked this from my friend, not many people knew that i've had my eye on it the day she bought it! hahah it matches my bargain price knock-off american apparel skirt perfectly. and jeans. and sequins. anything, really. i played dress up with it last night, at about one in the morning, because i'd come back from babysitting and i didn't want to go to bed just then (which makes me sound like a moody toddler...) and i managed to take this particularly classy photograph before crashing into bed...

shoulderpads. i will NEVER like them.

josie
x x x x x

distance kills the best of intentions

title: jet lag by frank turner. i had a dream about him last night... him and derren brown. (those of you who saw my last post will find this all the more funny, for those who didn't, that was a helpful link)
note to self, stop listening to frank turner.

i haven't made any progress on my film list since you last heard of it, but i have bought yet another lyle and scott jumper for cheaps. this one was £11.00, on ebay, and blue, and it's for my friend's birthday and yes she knows it's secondhand. i would never buy someone an £80 birthday present? sorry but it's true.

and now for my opinion on the recent chanel show;

[style.com]

ew.

really, this collection ought to be a blogger's wet dream; it's got pannier hips and pointless shoulders and ugly shoes and charisma-less models and fake tattoos on thighs (?) but i like two outfits from the entire thing. and they were both ruined by the heeled clogs.
YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, HEELED FRICKIN' CLOGS, OH GOD.

might just bury myself in some grass or a sand dune and just cry. goodbye cruel world.

josie
x x x x x

ps. oh and if you're from my school (as some people from my school have managed to stumble across this during google images frenzies), HI. yes i'm a geek. but i'm a geek with 80 followers.

REASONS WHY I LOVE DERREN BROWN

1. he makes me pull this face everytime he does a trick
   
   
   
   

   purple jumper, lyle & scott
   

   
   
2. he made me pull this face when i realised that his enigma tour was coming to my town.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. he pulled this face when he predicted the lottery:
   
   
   


thank you, and goodnight!
josie
x x x xx xx

no, facebook, i do NOT want to find out who my friend of the day is!

wow, look who jumped on the bandwagon:

I DID! I JUMPED ON IT! WOOHOO!
in my defence, it was £19.99 on ebay, vintage, and a golfing one. also, it's purple. also, it's suuuuuuuuper comfy. no sickly golden eagle. no wearing knitted tank tops as dresses. come on. i'm not a chav.
OR AM I?

also went to go see tim minchin. he was absolutely fantastic, seriously. i loved every second. here's a video clip for those of you who have not yet stumbled across his weirdass humour:



the crowd was mostly made up of scene kids who were chugging beer like it was going out of fashion, and middle-aged "artsy" types that describe themselves as "hip" or "loopy". the kind that take their toddlers to edinburgh festival to see psychics and 'faust'. but it was good anyway, and i had a good view, and i'm gonna just leave you with this for now 'til i get some decent outfits posted and ting. now i shall return all your comments from the last two posts!

josie
x x x x x

you ask if i'm okay but it's not the same as being happy.

title: frank turner - jet lag. oh my gosh i really, truly, honestly love his music, ahh!

i've added to my wishlist for a/w 09:

TOPSHOP

lace dress, £40
denim jacket, £40
faded skull tee, £28
slashed dress, £45
box chain ring, £8
kurt tribute tee, £22
sleeveless leather biker, £85
patent velcro sandal, £60

mini cross charm necklace, alex&chloe, £75
spiked choker, santa clara, £138
grey boots, carvela, £160
black sneakers, converse, £35

cry cry. i only have £46. that's sad. that can buy you pretty much one dress in topshop, and maybe a tenth of a designer dress. ah dear. i need a JOB.
thank you for all the feedback on my films to watch list! i've managed to watch anchorman, and the virgin suicides since the last post.. slick, right? i thought anchorman was fantastic, but the virgin suicides was awful. really bad...

josie
x x x x x

WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING AT JOSIE IT'S BEEN LIKE A FRICKIN WEEK SINCE YOUR LAST POST I'M PRETTY SURE THAT A GOOD BLOGGER WOULD'VE POSTED BY NOW

good morning campers! or evening! who knows! might be dark where you are!
yes; i was browsing my own blog (innocently, i was replying to comments) and it struck me that I HAVEN'T POSTED IN LIKE OMG A WEEK THAT'S LIKE SO LONG OMG?
i tell you for why. i've been so busy! in between cadets and day trips and house parties (pretty slick, hm?) and trainer courses and drama clubs and 'going for coffee' and stuff like that, i've been dealing with school and coursework and homework and my BLEEDIN' GCSEs.
"so josie, what have you been doing in the past week?" i hear you cry in unison. ha.
well, somewhere along the line i wore THIS MANY wristbands...

i need to bring back that whole early 2000s wristband thing. that was so good. i had a beat bullying wristband and my friends were jealous for weeks. weeks i tells ya!

other things that happened this week:

• my skin cleared up
• i got invited to a house party!
• the house party got cancelled.
• i bought hercules (BEST. DISNEY. FILM. EVER), nick and norah's infinite playlist and breakfast club on dvd.
• i made a list of FILMS JOSIE WANTS TO WATCH BEFORE HER DEMISE.
  

ooh, do you want to hear about that? i made a list. a list of FILMS JOSIE WANTS TO WATCH. wanna hear it?

1. Eagle vs. Shark

2. The Virgin Suicides

3. Breakfast Club

4. Wayne's World

5. Thirteen

6. The Go-Getter

7. Definitely, Maybe

8. Fight Club

9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

10. Bandslam

11. La Vie en Rose

12. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

13. Sid and Nancy

14. Schindler's List

15. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

16. The Butterfly Effect

17. Robots

18. Star Trek

19. Stand By Me

20. Coraline

21. This is England

22. The September Issue

23. Hancock

24. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

25. Bunny and the Bull

yeah, i watched the breakfast club and the virgin suicides. breakfast club = good. virgin suicides = TERRIBLE. god. i don't know how people in 2001 DEALT with this shitty shitty films. they probably had excellent films to make up for it, like get over it.

that's pretty much all i had to say today, besides I LOVE BO BURNHAM. and FRANK TURNER I ALSO LOVE YOU.

josie
x x x x xx x

p.s. OH MY GOODNESS GUYS, it's been ages since anyone emailed me! my email address is in the sidebar so don't hesitate to email and say hi. i warn you. i'm fucking weird.

i'll bet she sits at home and listens to the smiths, deep down she's just like everybody else.

despite how much i LOATHE and DETEST returning to school (i'm one of those people who freely admits that i think that summer should be all year long) i'm really really glad i'm not so ill anymore. it also means i can sit up to do my blogging! yay! and my school trip was really really good. i even went on one of the big rides, and i posed for the photograph and everything. ah good times?

cardigan, primark; black t-shirt, bay; belt, vintage

outfit post! i wore this out somewhere. i can't even remember where that "somewhere" was. useless, right? but i remember that it was a bad choice because i had dust and chalk all over my tights because i sat on a floor. oh well.

skirt, vintage

my hair's being really idiotic at the moment. even straighteners aren't helping. it's because my cut's growing out but really i'd like to grow my hair out back into a bob, so i can put it into ponytails and stuff like i could in the good old days. ah well.
winter means i'm breaking out the boots again.

i don't even know where these are from, they were a hand-me-down from my sister. i think she got them from somewhere called deep 7. anyone heard of it?
i didn't wear these out in the end, mainly because i can't walk in heels and mainly because when you're 5'9", and your friends are all 5'3", you don't want to wear heels.

i was browsing my own blog today when i was replying to all of your comments and it hit me just how many people read my blog. i mean, i've got 71 followers. that's a lot of people. that's two coaches. or three minibuses. right? the last post i got 12 comments, and of those 2 were from different countries where they speak different languages (ie, english is not their first language). i even put a hit counter on my blog yesterday (it's right at the top of the sidebar) and overnight 201 unique visitors came to my blog. do you know how insane that is? 201 people reading even the title of my blog in one night, let alone what i've got to say. and let's be honest, i just talk shit most of the time.

excuse my french.

the point is, i'd just like to thank EVERYBODY who likes to read my blog. i'm not really used to my voice being heard, and that. i like i said, i talk about the most pointless rubbish, so the fact that someone would like to read it is a bit like, woah.

:)

speak to you all soon!

josie
x x x x x x

yes i know that i'm dying but i'm not finished just yet, yes i'm dying for a drink and for a cigarette.

title: long live the queen by frank turner. i TOLD you i'm in love with him. FRANK TURNER I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU. there. a wondrously dorky declaration of (platonic) love for an obscure folk/rock artist who likes singing about living life to the full and ting. i'm pretty bummed that his tour is sold out in EVERY venue remotely near me. grrrr.

well fellow bloggers and readers, i'm better, besides a rather horrible cough that i cannot seem to shake. it is really quite nasty. COUGH COUGH COUGH. but thank you for all the get well's. maybe they helped? who knows?

yes yes, i'm back in school, wandering the corridors a whole eight weeks after i last set foot in them (this is partially due to me being ill for a week, and also partially due to the fact that for some inexplicable reason we got seven weeks for summer this year?)
zero fashion inspiration, ALL SUMMER. i guess being lazy finally got the better of me. maybe fashion is sort of like, my release from the daily grind. over summer i had all day to get dressed up and eventually i got bored.

[dailybooth]

see? so much for "bloggers don't dress for comfort" (that's lottie's wisdom by the way), i've been living in hoodies and slouchy cardigans all summer, mainly hand-me-downs from la sister! no sawn off denim shorts, my legs are too pale, no cool camis or crop tops because i don't want to show off my jab arm. i could do shots of new york fashion week runway and put amusing captions beneath them but i'm far too lazy. josie; the blogger with human, lazy, crappy tendencies. ah well. hopefully it'll make me more endearing and not annoying!
my highly anticipated american apparel t-shirt arrived and it's everything i would hope for and more in a t-shirt that normally costs FIFTEEN BLOODY QUID:

purple jumper, secondhand; hoodie, guess; wristband, bml

maybe you'll see it pretty soon? i don't know. i'm gonna be wearing it for a school trip to alton towers tomorrow so maybe you'll catch a glimpse of it in an outfit post at some point? man i wish i had an iphone so i could just upload outfit posts like that, BOOM.
hahah i'm just trying to find photos from the past fortnight to show you that's even remotely related to fashion. i can't find a single thing. god i'm the worst blogger ever.

shift dress, last season's primark

i was watching an old carry on film, carry on cleo i think (i'd just like to take this oppurtunity to point out how GREAT kenneth williams is, and how he totally and utterly deserved to get his face on a topshop shirt), and her make-up is just absolutely gorgeous, in a 60s sense. so i dug out this shift dress which is quite 60s, and i decided i'd have a go at creating a "look", and the result was REALLY WEIRD! haha!

aw man i've missed blogging. i promise i'll bring you outfit posts and stuff like that in abundance once i get my head round going back to school. i love you, thank you so much for reading!

josie
x x x x x x

IM SO ILL

its not swine flu, its a virus thats masquerading as swine flu
i went to a music festival called bingley music live on sunday
and i've been ill ever since
oh god, im dying
everyones come down with it. blahh!
josie
xxxx

this made me laugh so so so much.

before i show you it, i just want to let you know something about me. i LOVE the jonas brothers' sitcom. i've been watching it on youtube on repeat for about three weeks. it makes me laugh 'til i cry sort of thing, because the script is so exquisite and the delivery is absolutely wonderful. i just think that their music is terrible; and i'd never want to meet them in real life because in interviews they often seem quite awkward.

ANYWAY, here's what made me laugh...

"That's right ladies, Kevin Jonas is engaged. That means there will only be two Jonas Brothers with purity rings left. At only 21 years-old, Kevin Jonaspopped the question to his long time girlfriend Danielle Deleasa. Evidently, the couple has been together for two years.

in my mind, there are only two reasons to get married this young: 1. you have a purity ring you have to get rid of ifyaknowwhatimsayin or 2. bring out the shotguns. IF they rush this wedding and we see a baby in about nine months, you know it'll be the latter. Unfortunately, I have too much faith in the Jonas Brothers' morals to expect that sort of scandal. Looks like this Jonas Brother will be tossing his purity ring right quick!

Which Jonas Brother is about to have some real fun?"

it just made me giggle, especially the IFYOUKNOWWHATIMSAYIN bit. you can read the full article here.

josie
x x x x x x

let's be young, let's be crass enough to care, let's refuse to live and learn, let's make all our mistakes again.

today's title: love, ire and song - frank turner... go listen to it, i command! frank turner is so lovely, i've fallen a little bit in love with his gritty lyrics and acoustic guitar.
i'm being very boring these days. in an attempt to procrastinate, i'm teaching myself guitar; i can play a couple of chords and i wrote a song and some lyrics. i'm feeling very artsy and boring and serious, and i haven't been able to come up with any decent outfits. however, i did paint my nails a wonderful shade of shocking barbie pink, in rimmel urban princess, number 291. just in case you mind. so, here's a photograph of me, tackling mr. brightside with my BRIGHT PINK nails on a CRAPPY GUITAR. woohoo!

josie
x x x x x x

I'M BACK. and look what i bought!

[american apparel]

in heather/charcoal grey. you have no idea how bloody proud i am of myself. of course you do. i could never afford american apparel; but it's a really quick sale of stuff with limited stock. this would normally have cost me £15. it cost me £5. plus £4 shipping, but still. that's less than normal even when you add it up! wheee!

but yeah i haven't spent money in ages, and i've just got my new debit card (i.. uhm... lost the old one) so i thought i'd treat myself. and the best part? i've still got £36 in my bank account, and i'm expecting another £30 pretty gosh darn soon! yeahh! money money money. that's all we care about these days, isn't it?

if you're a regular reader of scm, you'll know that i'm VERY good at not spending any money. the last thing i bought clothing-wise (and paid for myself) were two necklaces from miss selfridge for £15 way back in JULY. that's two months!

this amazing coat i found in my attic. it was my mum's in the 70s, she bought it in russia, and it has shoulder pads and everything in it! it's gorgeous, i feel like captain jack harkness or something. i'm so so so pleased with it. imagine what i would pay for it?

i also found this jersey skirt with an amazing silver print on it. i've had this skirt since i was about 8, but because it's jersey it stretches right over my hips! i've been wearing it on my waist though, as a miniskirt. i love love love it (ignore my chipped nails).

but yes. i'm back! i've a new computer and i immediately downloaded Spotify, which is my new obsession. downlaod and check out THESE immediately if you haven't already:

• dustin o'halloran
• marina and the diamonds
• frank turner
• the killers (obvzzz)
• bloc party
• imogen heap (hide and seek is especially good)

much love,

josie
x x x x x x

with a heavy heart, i regret to inform you

this is me, trying out my email blogging for the first time! i'm currently on the home computer, and i'm emailing you so as to be discreet, and i'm just basically emailing to let you know that it will probably be a while until i post again.
my computer's gone haywire. terrible, right!? so i've got a clean, shiny new one, which doesn't have microsoft word or itunes or windows live messenger or anything like that. i have to convert ALL my songs into itunes. cry, cry.
but yeah. so i'm currently stressing out about my geography and media courseworks because i have two weeks to complete them and NO COMPUTER. and yeah. so i'm going to be pretty busy until term starts, what with starting my courseworks all over again, etc, etc.
so, for now, hang in there, lots of love!
josie
x x x xx x x x

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you just have to love me til the sun shines.

my title is off of "love me 'til the sun shines..." by the kinks. it's not even one of their BESTEST ones, but i command that you listen to it anyway because the words are stuck in my head. ho ho ho.

so, i know that a few posts ago i was complaining that summer was going and where have all the good times gone wah wah wah etc. etc. but then i realised, HEY! I HATE SUMMER! and do you know why i hate summer, dearest dearest readers? because of the need to show off my pale pale skin next to everyone else's gloriously tanned legs and stomachs and faces and arms and general bodies. also, the summer means you're 'supposed' to wear less make-up (just a tinted moisturiser? pah! what average teenage girl can live off 'just a tinted moisturiser' and clear mascara? what kind of world are we LIVING IN?) and summer means you're 'supposed' to wear more colour (which often leads to heinous fashion crimes) and summer means you're really depressed when it's not sunny even though at any other time of the year you'd go, "awesome, now i can try out my new umbrella!"

[topshop]

here are some of the reasons why autumn and winter are so much better than summer and spring:

1. christmas.
2. january sales.
   
3. autumn/winter gave us luella's terrifying halloween collection and prada's exaggerated, totally unsexy lace.
4. autumn/winter gave us the september issue.
5. autumn/winter means that if you're REALLY pale and don't tan, comme moi, you don't look ridiculous; you just look like a vampire.
6. autumn/winter means that everywhere starts to do darker, slightly more gothic/romantic, edgier stuff. which i love.
   
   that's my topshop wishlist, ahha!
7. autumn/winter means you can wear sequins during the day without blinding people in the sunlight. also, it means you can wear sequins and people think you're wearing clubwear to be "ironic".
8. autumn/winter is going to bring us new moon. end of.
9. autumn/winter means people are going to stop wearing velcro sandals and crocs and go back to normal shoes.
10. autumn/winter gives us clear, crisp starry skies, and you might agree that there's nothing more beautiful or breathtaking than a full, starry sky.
11. bonfire night, and being able to see fireworks properly in the sky.
12. no more awkward "friend of the family's" barbecues where you don't know anyone and just end up watching clips of whose line is it anyway? on your iPod in a corner.
13. ankle boots.
    
    have you got any reasons why autumn/winter is better than spring/summer? tell me!
    
    
    josie
    x x x x x x
    

H&M + Jimmy Choo = HOW DID I NOT HEAR ABOUT THIS?

From November 14, high street shoppers will be able to get their hands on bargain-priced version of the spike heels and ankle boots worn by Hollywood stars such as Cate Blanchett, Halle Berry and Hilary Swank, for between £30 and £170. The Jimmy Choo bags for H&M will be in the same price bracket.

i'm outrageously excited about the marriage between jimmy choo and h&m. it's "hitting stores" (they always like to use phrases like that, those hip, fashiony cool cats) on november 14th, and i for one shall be QUEUEING. screw school, i'll camp outside and eat baked potatoes for warmth and nutrients.
(i read somewhere that you can live off of potatoes and milk. is that true?)
ANYWAY...

The Jimmy Choo collection will be launched in 200 H&M stores worldwide on November 14th and will be available in the UK at the Oxford Circus, London W1 flagship and branches in major cities.

they better come to my city. but then they will won't they? my city's the BEST. and i'm AFTER some cheapo jimmy choos. i'm saving up i'm saving up i'm saving up!

josie
x x x x xx

WASSGWARNING BLOGSPOTTERS?!!??!

oh my goodness, another outfit post, that's two consecutive days, i really am on tip-top form these days aren't i? it's 'cause it's summer and i'm bored silly.

skirt, asda; muggle t-shirt, DIY; nail polish, 17/tropical island

i've just had my mantoux test in preperation for my tb jab. basically, they injected me with something that hurt and made my arm go dead, and if it flares up and goes all 'orrible it means i don't need the tb jab, which is the one that leaves a HORRIBLE massive scar on your bicep. bye bye bicep modelling career...?

anyways, to cheer me up my mum took me and my sister (yeah, my little sister needs a jab too because apparently i was supposed to have this jab YEARS back) clothes shopping. in asda. i kid you not.

but i'm not bothered because i purchased this baby, which reminds me of an american apparel one i've been coveting since the day this blog was born (i really want demi's, haha). it was £5, but on the half price rail, so i got it for a mere £2.50. that's 10% the price of the american apparel one. ha!

do you like how pale my legs are? i swear that like three days ago i was tanned. or at least a peach colour, as opposed to ice white.
i've been spending my summer days twittering, dailyboothing and watching J.O.N.A.S or Jonas or JONAS or whatever it's called back to back. i have to give it to the jonas brothers; their music sucks (i mean, they got famous by ripping off busted! BUSTED!) but their sitcom absolutely pwns. i hope all is well for you :) enjoy what's left of summer.

josie
x x x x x x

VAIR QUICK whilst i'm watching a that mitchell webb re-run on dave!

a quick one.
i made a crown out of some miss selfridge beads and actually wore them out and about. nobody seemed to notice much.
is my dress sense that eccentric that it goes unnoticed?
also tried to get my brand new £11.99 jumper dress (it's so soft my hands have melted, uhm..) from the original factory shop near scarborough into the photograph but it's faded into the equally dark background.
ah, well. hope you're okay, dearest dearest readers. i've been all overcome with upset because summer's nearly over and it's all windy and pooey and stuff. i mean, i tried to catch the perseids but it was too cloudy, how rubbish is that?
how's the weather been near you?

josie
x x x x x x

teen choice awards, cue lots of sarcasm and bitching :) not for the feint hearted, SHOOT MY BLEEDIN' EYEZ

i have a thing about disney. you know, the new disney. as in, the high school musical franchise and the dreadful tweenage sitcoms about "normal girls who are sort of dorks but really quite astonishingly beautiful with huge secrets" (ie, they're secretly a witch/popstar/spy/blahblahlbahh, yes i'm looking at YOU, hannah montanna!). i really despise it. mainly because i tend to think to myself, i could write a much better comedy than half the crap they churn out. i also tend to think i could act a hell of a lot better too.

BUT ANYWAY. i have decided, despite my views, to write all about the teen choice awards, and their choice of outfits. onwards and upwards, tally ho!

[redcarpet-fashionawards]

kristen stewart is really rather pretty. i mean. i love her hair, for a start, the way it's styled and the dark colour suits her. and the dress, the dress is absolutely gorgeous. but why the hell has she put a beautiful rock&republic dress and jerome c. rousseau shoes (i do my research) with a white t-shirt?

why? it looks ridiculous, and it makes her look like she has a triangle for a torso. sad face. however, her eye make-up is simply divine, and her skin is so lovely and flawless, and i think i'll focus on her from the neck up from now on as the white tank is making my eyes water in distress.



selena gomez is very cutesy, isn't she? few can get away with pastel colours, and unfortunately for selena, she isn't one of those few. it makes her look old, and boring, and much paler than she's probably going for, ESPECIALLY with those big ol' dangly earrings. but i like her silver shoes, and her gorgeous gorgeous hair. electric.



my favourite outfit of the night HAD to be courtesy of emma roberts. she's becoming quite the young style icon (heaven knows we need one) despite her many many many many crappy roles in hollywood. what was it, hotel for dogs? wild child? have you SEEN those films? argh.


[redcarpet-fashionawards]

anyyywayyy, she's come up with plenty of absolutely jaw-droppingly gorgeous outfits which you can see here. good god, i do my research for you guyz. i like the neck detail over the simplicity of the dress. also, check the brian atwood ankle boots. stunning!

PEOPLE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED LEAVING THE HOUSE;



ashley tisdale seems to be getting oranger and oranger every time i see her. look at this picture of her with alexa chung on alexa's show, "it's on with alexa chung", and you'll TOTALLY see what i mean. god. i think i need sunglasses so that my eyes aren't harmed by the radiation.


[redcarpet-fashionawards]

amanda bynes, above, and taylor lautner, below, both look like someone stole their necks. just, stole them. and why does amanda insist upon wearing bodycon dresses with her center parting year after year? it's become a uniform, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, AMANDA BABY. IT DOESN'T. god. and taylor ought to refrain from wearing such a stiff collar next time, or a shrunken waistcoat. eek.



and here's some food for thought;
how on earth does miley cyrus manage to make everything she wears look trashy? she's a pretty enough girl.
there's just something about her...



and yes, mileycakes, the whole world can see your bra through your t-shirt.



PEOPLE WHO LOOK MUCH BETTER WITH DESIGNER STUBBLE THAN WITHOUT





hooray for zac and rpattz for getting it right! i don't even like zac efron!

RANT OVER;
josie
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my terribly expensive out-of-reach wishlist for autumn 2009.

my autumn/winter 09 wishlist comprises of a lot of denim, and jumpers. that's essentially it in a nutshell really. denim, and jumpers. so, here we go.

1. object: stella mccartney panther dress, £683.
   why: because ever since i first watched flight of the conchords i've been craving jumpers featuring animals. see my flamingo jumper for proof.
   would wear with: opaque tights, converse for day/ankle boots for night, and i'd dig up an old denim jacket from somewhere to put on over it for chilly english nights.
   
   
   
2. object: black cutout skirt, boutique by topshop, £30
   why: because it will go with everything. and it will work with all the baggy jumpers i'm planning on buying.
   would wear with: a big man's shirt (i'll nick one off my dad), fairly opaque tights and some hi-tops for day. a sequin top and heels for night? i don't know. i don't go clubbing. yet.
   
   
   
3. object: withasianstereotypes cut out skull sweater, $80 (that's £48, unless the economy's changed in the past five seconds)
   why: it's amazing. seriously. just. amazing.
   would wear with: a plain grey t-shirt underneath (obviously), leggings and ANY SHOES I WANT.
   
   
   
4. object: topshop sequin neckline sweatshirt, £45
   why: i've been coveting this for a while. i've actually made a pact to start wearing more sequins, thanks to the samsung jet advert (i absolutely love that advert, it makes me want to LIVE and be glad that i'm alive) which show lots of people having fun and wearing mostly SEQUINS! and this jumper suits me down to the ground.
   would wear with: skinny jeans, a skirt, anything! jeggings, even! hell, let's go crazy!
   
   
   
5. object: alexander wang denim jacket with goatskin sleeves, £355
   why: it's gorgeous. it's fairly grunge. and did i mention it's gorgeous? alexander wang is a genius.
   would wear with: over something really girly like a ditsy floral dress and patent pumps.
   
   
   
6. object: topshop acid wash swing skirt, £35
   why: i like acid wash, and i like skirts. hey presto!
   would wear with: bare legs, preferably (but you can never rely on english weather) and converse (i like converse) with a plain t-shirt.
   
   
   
7. object: marc jacobs quilted leather bag, £686
   why: i would never need another bag again.
   would wear with: everything.
   
   
   
8. object: white converse, £35
   why: i've got some black converse but i think that white converse work with tights better. plus i totally saw dr who wearing some and well, he's amazing, isn't he?
   would wear with: screw that, i'll wear it with whatever i like! cause it goes with most things!
   
   
   
9. object: urban outfitters watch necklace, £17
   why: another one i've been wanting for absolutely ages. topshop also has a cheaper version, at £15, but the chain is shorter and i much prefer longer necklaces. i like it because it's quite quaint without being overly grandfatherly, and it's also a little bit gangster. waheyy!
   would wear with: a scoop neckline t-shirt, preferably a floral one when i get round to buying one.
   

hope you like my list :) i've decided i'm going to start writing more about actual fashion than just myself; this blog has become far too self-indulgent and it's starting to become a bit ridiculous! so, enjoy my list and enjoy this total that justifies the title of this post entirely:

TOTAL: £1,934.

josie
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I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

so, the camping trip only lasted nine days, much to my surprise! but the weather took a turn for the worse (ie., after nine days of GLORIOUS sunshine it started spitting, haha). so, AGAINST ALL ODDS, i have a tan! the ginger has a tan! admittedly, it's at the back of my neck, and there's a huge white stripe running through it due to all the necklaces i wore when i was away, but it's there. my tan. also, my legs are a better colour. i'm so so pleased with myself, like you wouldn't believe.
ALSO. my camera's dead and gone and i need to send it away to be fixed, so it's grainy, dodgy webcam pictures for now, which sucks, yes, but hey. we all need this.

shirt, my brother's; black t-shirt, primark; beads, french market; denim skirt, gap

i quite like the webcam pictures, sort of. in a way i shall be sad when they're gone. but in other ways, i will be very very very very happy.
I'LL UPDATE SOON I PROMISE I PROMISE. and with decent pictures this time around. i hope.

MUCH LOVE,

josie
x x x

i love love love, i love being in love, i don't care what it does to me.

title is courtesy of inches and falling by the format. it features heavily on the soundtrack of 'wedding daze', and it's jolly cute, so GO AND LISTEN. other songs you NEED to listen to are mowlgi's road by marina and the diamonds, and kentucky hymn by paz lenchantin. seek and enjoy!

this is an update really, mainly text but don't be sad.

OKAY (i'm in a really wierd mood so my punctuation probably won't be as magical as it usually is.)

1. i'm going camping for a fortnight and so i shan't be able to update as frequently (well, at all). me, my family, a trailer tent, two weeks. it's going to be poo in a box, seriously. aren't my metaphors magical?
2. sorry about not replying to your amazingo comments. my computer's being a HUGE idiot and not allowing me to access my comments or comment anybody else's blogs, but it is my computer and not blogspot. so. sorry, and once my PREPOSTEROUS machine has been fixed i'll comment/update links/love you all ASAP!

much love!

josie
x x x

NEW HAIRCUT AND OTHER THINGS

okay so, biggest news of the CENTURY is that i went and got my free haircut (saved me £65, 'cause i got it from vidal sassoon you see) and well, she cut it SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER SHORT.

i don't know if i like it, i mean, she took my fringe. MY FRINGE. i have had a fringe since i was born, and she took it. took it away. which means i have started to have to put make-up on my FOREHEAD. i have NEVER put make up on my FOREHEAD. it's a most surreal experience, i think you'll agree, right on the list of "most surreal experiences" after watching "bill + ted's excellent adventure" and playing basketball whilst drunk.

i like this face the most, i don't know why but it kind of reminds me of roz out of monsters, inc. you know the one that in the outtakes hides in cupboards and showers and goes, SURPRISE! my friend got a t-shirt printed with her face on, that's the kind of level we take it to.
yes guys, i reinstalled my webcam just so you could look at me, as i fart around pulling a series of inexplicable faces. you know i might just webcam my way round the blogosphere now. it seems a much easier solution. oh i don't KNOW.

now, drumroll PLEASE...
as some of you may know, if you've been counting (you sad, sad mathmeticians) that this post is my:


da-da-da-la-da-da-daaa! that was a fanfare, yo. a text fanfare. so yeah, she craves mascara/scm is officially 100 posts in. which is pretty cool, i guess. i think it's quite a big milestone in a rookie blogger's life (although i suppose, seven months in, i'm no longer a rookie) although i also think i might be able to type out another hundred posts before my blog's first birthday. isn't this so EXCITING? GOD! i've almost forgotten that i haven't done an actual physical outift post in like, a week and a half.
that's because the summer holidays have made me so lazy with my dressing i've just given up. no inspiration. i'm literally in my PJ's as i type this. with a cosy cardigan thrown over the top for comfort, you understand. and then when i do get changed it's gonna be into sweatpants and a hoodie. ah lazy fashion days.

so much for the summer heatwave, though, hm?
NOW, FURTHER COMEDY from australian guy tim minchin. he's not as scary as he looks in this video, you need to watch the whole of his act really to understand.



that's all from me!

josie
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sometimes life, it knocks you down.

happy summer holidays, everyone! seven weeks for me this year... i feel a little bit privileged and a whole lot happy. i'm going to be going to a camping and caravanning rally (definitely not my idea. when you plant a thought in my mother's head, there's no shaking it) and generally just chilling with my homies. tee hee.

see, girls can be naughty too :') we went bowling on a school trip, fun times.

can you believe it's been so long since i last posted? i started this blog up in the winter holidays to sort of, well, pass the boredom, and i'm really glad i've kept it going but now i have a social life! a social life! me! well, a social life of sorts. i'm not a party girl, but i don't mind some chaos once in a while. i went to a party on friday night. i know, right? a real life party party, a house party party. it was incredible amounts of fun, and i got invited to all these parties and gigs and tingz in the future and oh my gosh i just feel a teeny bit excitable nowadays.

random train station shot, i like.

i was walking through the city the other day and a lady from vidal sassoon ran up and asked me to be her hair model. i'm getting a free haircut from vidal sassoon! how good is that? pretty good, i think. pretty good.

will update properly sometime later,
josie
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smorgasbords, fancy dress and strobe lighting. (long and picture heavy)

i can't believe how close i'm getting to my 100th post. i'm only, what, seven months in.
hang on a minute, seven months? what the hell? what happened to 2009? my first post was on january 20th and suddenly i'm seven months in...?
well, i'll save this speech for some other time, shall i? i'll save it for my actual 100th post and not the 98th, which is what this is. crazy, hm?
speaking of crazy...

i would never wear this outside the house to anywhere besides glastonbury or bestival, teamed with a pink wig, neon wellington boots and a fairy wand, but i felt a little bit dangerous so i decided to wear it lounging around the house. needless to say, my family just don't get it. pah. they're just fashion muggles. AND I AM A WIZARD.

after i typed that i made this t-shirt, because i felt like a needed a t-shirt.

i slashed the neckline. it says I AM NOT A MUGGLE.

it was my little sister's birthday party the other day and she threw a fancy dress party. i wore my gladiators, an extremely short denim skirt which in hindsight i really shouldn't have worn, and a plain black t, so not very exciting. however, some of the costumes were amazing and the photographs that were produced are positively surreal;

perfectly odd. i love it. something else odd? the word 'smorgasbord'. it's my new favourite word. i'm not even sure what it means, but i think it means 'a bit of everything'. so if you go, "ah, here's a smorgasbord of experts", it means, "here's some experts who are experts on a little bit of everything." it's probably wrong, but oh well. i sound rather intellectual when i use it in conversations. like when people see you reading the sunday times. "a fifteen year old reading the sunday times and keeping abreast of today's hot topics? how intellectual." that sort of thing.

i've started to listen to radio 4 podcasts (well, the torchwood plays and the friday night comedy). did anyone watch the torchwood extravaganza on the BBC? brilliant, wasn't it? ah well. and who's been watching psychoville? not funny but enthralling all the same.

ANYHOO, i'll post this and skip off into the sunset.. check out my twitter for far more regular updates and blah de blah de blaaah. oh, and do you like my new layout? green. mmm.

josie
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p.s. i'm thinking of making extra cash by doing that google adsense on this blog. i'm out of cash and i was wondering what you guys think? adverts or non?

more more more.

i like being able to share all sorts with you; clothes AND comedy. i've been ill, so i've LOTS to tell you!

i went to go and see russell howard on sunday. he's lovely jubbly. i mean, i went to see him november 2008 (which was last year, oh my god time flies?) and he was AMAZING, so i decided to go see him again. but he was looking pretty tired this time round and a whole lot grumpier, and the support act wasn't as good. so i preferred november. also, november had that amazing sort of, "oohhh christmas is coming and all the lights are pretty and twinkly and there aren't as many rapists on the streets of ________ because they're out doing their christmas shopping, aah lovely" feeling and it was just me and my sister tentatively stepping into the big wide world of 'stand-up comedy gigs'. and it was lovely. i wore this;

jumper, mum; necklaces, miss selfridge; headband, accessorize; shorts, peacocks

but of course, with tights, because it was bloody cold and raining. i felt like a MASSIVE hipster, and also a pixie because that headband made my ears stick out in a legolas sort of way. (see? clothes AND comedy).
anyway, russell's support act in november was a comedian named steve hall, who was freaking hilarious, and i recognised him but i wasn't sure of where from. well, NOW I KNOW! he's part of a comedy trio named we are klang who featured heavily on a BBC3 late-night comedy show called the wall. i think about 7 people watched it in total, and 2 of those were me and my best friend of the time sophie. we watched it religiously! every week, without fail, we'd watch it on bbc iplayer (because it was on too late, ha!) and every week we'd be quoting we are klang sketches. well, i've been snooping around and here's something that i thought was hilarious.



and if you liked that, you'll ADORE this ('cause i do). "the sausages represent pollution!" it takes some getting used to, don't worry.

see, clothes AND comedy. magical combination. tune in next week for holly walsh, jack whitehall and clips from the new series of mock the week (thursday, bbc2, 9pm, SO EXCITED). kidding. or am i...?

josie
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i just figured out how to use twitpic, so...

be sure to follow me on twitter!



(for all you non-twitter boffins, twitpic means i can show you photographs, so it's kind of like that BONUS UNSEEN FOOTAGE you get on dvds sometimes. it's a win-win situation for everyone.)

love you much,
josie
x x x x x

ps. if you've been wondering where i've been (doubtful, but not entirely impossible), i've been very very sick for the couple of days. lots of fainting and things, but mum insists its swine flu. anyways, i'm all better now, so hope for far more posting and i'll post properly soon!

gladiator sandals, miss selfridge necklaces and chocolate spread

been a busy weekend, guys! wow wow wow!

more about that in a couple of paragraphs, but i'd just like to thank all of my 53 FOLLOWERS for following! my eyes like fell out of my face when i saw that. that's past the big five oh. that's even past the big five two, and stuff.
i'd also like to share a bit more comedy with you. this guy's called alun cochrane, and i watched him on michael mcintyre's comedy roadshow (i don't get the scottish surname), and i fell in love a little bit. look at him! it's a bit like russell howard (who i'm going to see at a gig tonighttt! i'm so excitteeddd!) and nick off of 'my family' had a baby. i love it.



okay, onto this weekend; i woke up and had some breakfast.

cadbury's chocolate spread + toast = my breakfast now and forever. seriously. i was eating it and i thought that i just had to share it with you guys. once you taste the goodness of a chocolatey breakfast treat you never go back.
anywayy, then i went shopping, and i bought some rather sexy miss selfridge necklaces.

cardigan, primark men's section; jeans, primark; top, topshop; massive side-sweeping fringe, dodgy DIY blow-dry, eek.

one was £3 in the sale and it's HUGE and doubles over to make two (still rather large) necklaces and the other was £12, so they sort of balance each other out. i love them and wear them together and i look really really cool, snort.
also, finally got round to buying some oh-so-fashionable gladiator sandals, which i have shortened to "glads" because they make me "glad".

bonjour, new look! £20, bit more than i originally fancied paying but, oh well. i think they're rather worth it, and i'm going to invest in a summer pedicure and it will all be fine and dandy.

au revoir for now, mes amis,

josie
x x x xx x x

sleep on the train to tokyo, google yourself when you get home

title: orange shirt by discovery. i love it, it's quite fuzzy and synthy and rather summery, along the lines of rubber lover by marmaduke duke in its summeriness. oh, you know what i mean.
i've been spending the past week wondering how the hell i got so many followers (fifty one, surely i'm not that witty/interesting/clever/unique, ah well keep doing it, my ego's the size of a small country) , watching stand-up comedy dvd's (lee evans, mainly), going to various village galas (some quaint, others really not), finding new music, and watching the whole of series two of peep show (which i managed in one night, THANK YOU 4OD)

i just adore mitchell and webb at the moment, i think it's something about their friendship as well as their humour. that mitchell and webb look (bbc2, 10pm, thursday nights), despite what everyone says, is absoltely brilliant, and i think this sketch is one of my favourites.



very, very, very, very funny, or is it just me?
now, very exciting things are happening, because a while back me and seven other gifted and talented drama students at my school created two documentaries (one to every four students) for a project run by a company called edcreates. basically, they were documentaries made for pse sessions within schools, so one documentary was on gang crime, another was on abuse.
ANYWAY, long story short, the premiere of these documentaries is on monday, at a rather prestigious cinema, and the documentaries are in competition with each other - the creators of the best documentary gets to go to south africa to shoot three more documentaries over there!
here's what i'm planning to wear to the "premiere".

jumper, friend; skirt, peacocks; heels, new look; headband, sister

i didn't want to look to formal because yeah, there's gonna be girls in prom dresses and stuff, but i can't be bothered with that, to be honest. and it's better to be underdressed than overdressed, i suppose, and everyone will go, "wow, she's so rebellious that she's not dressed 'formal', more like casual/formal!"
and i'll swap the jumper for a cardigan, i think, and lose the headband. what are we thinking?

new nail polish. 'tropical island' by 17. i got it free from boots. i rather fancy it, it matches my plimsolls! i love how the picture turned out, very sharp. and speaking of how photographs turn out;

i admit, i copied wishwishwish and took this photograph through my sunglasses, and i love how it turned out! i have another with flecks of light but this effect is my favourite. couple of tips for photos-through-sunnies;

• let the sunglasses dirty up first
• do it through coloured lenses for the best effects
• catch the frames in the corner of the photograph for a cool effect
• do it in the sunshine, it gets better light effects.

wish me luck for tomorrow and keep commenting and blogging!

josie
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what's funnier than a dead baby?

ugh, dead baby jokes. disgusting. but some of them are funny... sshh.
this blog seems to be making me look like i'm a bad, crude, disgusting person. and for the most part, it's true. i think that human blood is pretty. i think that dead baby jokes are funny. i think that spiders are hilarious. i think most things are hilarious, actually. we watched 'the shining' in media today, and i cried with laughter. no film has ever made me cry with laughter before, and suddenly my eyes were streaming with tears. it was at the "here's johnny!" bit. wierd.

i figured that i haven't done an outfit post in a long while, so, here we go;

black tights; denim shorts, peacocks; tank top, AUSTRALIA (gift from my sister); cardigan, H&M

i've also been watching series four of the o.c. it's my favourite. there you go, now you know about my current television habits. much love,

josie
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this is NEARING ridiculousity

oh my goodness guys; there's light at the end of the tunnel for both you and me. for me because my exams are finishing tomorrow (ee!) and for you because that means i'll have more time to spend BLOGGING and taking photographs of myself, ha. ha. ha.
i haven't posted in a week which is wierd because i've been looking at all the blogs in my blogroll daily (pssht, i was probably just procrastinating) and it's felt like i've blogged recently... ughh, my head is fuzzy.
ANYWAY, here's what i've been up to in the past week (mainly today and yesterday though)...

my little brother messed up this photograph but i still like it in a cheesy-smile sort of way.

not a music festival. i repeat, NOT a music festival. more like, a gala.

ignore the gorgeous blonde and my one red thumbnail, wha...?

also, readers, it's the start of the great british summer today, june 21st, and it gives me great pleasure in announcing that my weekends will probably be filled up with even MORE barbecues and 'gatherings' than they are now, come rain OR shine. i'm not sure if this is a good thing. it is if there's alcohol. hyuk hyuk hyuk.

we should totally organise a blogger.com get together at some point. who's up for it?

josie
x x x x x x x

i'm in the closet and the door is locked.

title: my whole family thinks i'm gay - bo burnham

it's more of a tag than anything, but thank you imogen for nominating me anyways! woohoo!

10 Honest Things About Myself:

1. i'm exceptionally lazy. seriously. i could procrasinate for hours to get out of doing coursework (in fact, that's what i'm doing as we speak). it could be the most important coursework or homework or project in the whole world and i would still procrastinate 'til i had five minutes 'til the deadline, then i'd scrawl something out. god knows how i'm getting A's and A*'s for my gcse's. so far.
2. i'd really like to study at cambridge. hugely dorky, and i'm not actually sure if there's a profession in it, but honestly i want to study linguistics because it does fascinate me. i don't even know if cambridge do a linguistics course, but i wanna go cambridgeeee! and you know why? because of the cambridge footlights and the cute 'university town'. i'm so sad. ha!
3. i don't like how i look or dress on a regular basis. the main reason for me keeping this blog up is because everyone's amazingly supportive comments just feed my deflated ego. pah. also, because i get inspiration from everyone else! yay!
4. i spend more time on the computer than anyone i know besides my dad, because he's an IT consultant for his job. but more than anyone else, including my sister who's at university and my gamer-geek little brother.
5. i spend more time looking at my own reflection than anyone i know. when i walk past a car window that's particularly reflective, i just have to stare at myself. i'm like a budgie, i get trapped in my own reflection. i also hate coming home from an amazing day with my friends only to realise that i've been looking horrendous for the past god-knows-how-many hours.
   
6. i read blogsecret almost religiously. that's blogsecret, the tumblr version of postsecret. i've followed it from day one, and actually posted a couple of secrets myself. can you guess which are mine? of course you can't, you barely know me. but some of them are so sad it's heartbreaking. and some of them are funny. i love it.
7. i hate shoulder pads, and blazers. that's why i barely wear them. we have to wear a blazer for school, and that's got shoulder pads, and i have broad shoulders anyway, and it's put me off them for life. sorry to have misled you...
8. i adore it when people who read my blog email me. my address is in the sidebar, and i love just having a chat. honestly, i could small talk online for england, so email me sometime you're bored.
9. i take singing lessons and i'd love to sing professionally someday, but i know it's an unrealistic goal and i don't want to put myself through the xfactor or britain's got talent or anything like that. so now i'm learning piano so i can accompany myself and i won't just be another manufactured, emaciated, conveyorbelt singer.
10. i'm addicted to stand-up comedy. i once read a quote, "we're all a little bit addicted to something that takes the pain away," and it totally describes my dependence on comedy. i don't see the point in watching or doing anything that you don't enjoy, that doesn't make you smile, and i'm definitely going to edinburgh when i'm old enough to enjoy the festival. anyone coming?

i tag lottie, vanessa, and lydia.

i'm on a boat, motherfucker, don't you ever forget, I'm on a boat and it's going fast and I've got a nautical themed Pashmina Afghan.

i've been listening to 'youtube hits' today. say it's possible by terranaomi, prejudiced wildlife by captainhotknives, my family think i'm gay by boburnham and DEFINITELY i'm on a boat by lonely island. you should check out jizzed in my pants by lonely island too, it sounds crude but i nearly wet myself laughing.

been surfin' topshop.com and oohhh my goodness clothes envy! why on earth does topshop get good only when you have no money?

i love the fact that this is called 'cosmic crop vest'. how good is that? shame it's £32.00 for a bit of fabric.

£28.00 but i need some black lace in my wardrobe. don't ask me how i'd wear it, maybe under a high-waisted skirt or, i don't know, high-waisted jeans, but my god i love i love it love! they had a cut-out tunic a while back in black lace. i'm so angry with myself for not getting it.

nom nom nom, £28.00

GAHHH SOMEBODY BUY ME THIS IMMEDIATELY. its only £32.00, ahem.

just reminds me of summer. like faded polaroids from the 70s, it reminds me of that. lovely jubbly, £25.00 so it's coming into my price range but still, i'd probably be able to find it on ebay for a pound.

then, onto new look;

i quite fancy this with some leggings, and it's only £18! which is well good mate. that's like, $29 for all you yanks. teehee.

wonderfully simple just to pull on. quite american apparel if i'm not mistaken, and £12. not bad not bad not bad.
next up for the chop, asos.

i really liiike. i would tuck it into jeans for the day and wear with really colourful jewellery, an then at night i'm put it with black tights and really tall black shoes. oh, and big hair. don't forget MASSIVE hair. if i had any. £28.00

just gorgeous. so sweet! you'd have to wear with bare legs because it's so bright, and white shoes so i balances out, but god it's lovely. another £28.00.

oh, i want i want i wantt. for £27.50, it's a bargain, and it's very similar to this motel rocks dress i've been coveting. or at least, i reminds me of it. which is enough for me!

words can't describe.

only £22.00. i'm speechless, still.

enjoy your shopping! i've got media and geography coursework to do... great... oh well, my new cd, "original mod classics", is keeping me company. i'm rather enjoy smokey robinson's tears of a clown and the yardbirds. ahh.

josie
x x x x x

i wouldn't let our denise marry a chaffinch

drunk, fat bradfordian man singing about prejudiced wildlife = love

josie
x x x x x

and the cleverest thing i could think to say was, "i just kicked you!"

i got myself poladroid, and couldn't help but show you my new dress from primark;

£11, or £10.77 with the VAT reduction. i really rather like it. it reminds me of ice cream on brighton pier or somethin'.

OMG IT'S JUNE!

i am a bad blogger! arghhh!
how long's it been, like, another week? god, imagine i used to post like three times a day AT LEAST.
i suppose when it's warmer i'm less inclined to stray in and surf the net, but that's totally not true. i've been busying myself with tumblr and because it's exams season suddenly i've had LOADS of coursework to do in all ten of my subjects, which kind of sucks massively.

ANYWAY, now that it's not as sunny anymore and it's nearly the weekend here's something real fun; i DIY'd some jeans and also a t-shirt.
GOODBYE, SKINNY RED JEANS AND PLAIN WHITE T, HELLO EXTREMELY SHORT RED SHORTS AND A WIERD ASSYMETRIC MESS;

short but sweet :)

josie
x x x x x x x

this post is long and picture heavy.

i followed in carrie's footsteps and got a tumblr! yay!
it's shecravesmascara.tumblr.com, obvz, and basically i'm using it just to show all my favourite pictures that i stumble across on another other blogs, or websites, so that we don't get too crowded on this site, aye?

[papertissue]

speaking of this site, i feel really bad about not posting. at all. woops. but mother DRAGGED me away to lincolnshire (i think that's how it's spelt) to go camping in this crappy 3rd hand trailer tent. luckily we went with this fairly rich family who had a static caravan on the campsite and two jet skis and a hot tub and a widescreen telly with freeview or i might have actually died. i need my creature comforts, seriously. and presenting to you, my lifesaver on the trip:

it's primer, i think. it makes my skin all even and nice and lessens the need to make-up. dang country air and no-mirrors and all that "great outdoors" crap. i don't want to live in a tent! i want to live in a huge townhouse with huge amounts of chandeliers and pink carpets!

besides camping, i've been spending my half term holiday doing things like this:

me: shirt, my attic; dress, tom wolfe; tights; heels, new look; pumps, primark
emily (right): cardigan, primark; dress, bulgaria; bag, primark; pumps, primark

[LOL]

pretty good night, all in all, methinks!
RIGHT, now i have to go do my media coursework, my english coursework, my drama coursework and write up my geography homework too... the joys.

josie
x x x x x x x x

KATE; i couldnt comment you for some reason, so i'll write your comment here for all the world to see;
"it's a good job some people like my clothes, most of my friends think i'm exceptionally wierd. i just nicked a lumberjack shirt off my dad, it seems to do the trick..."

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

there was another step, but i just can't be bothered. i'm so sorry. i know you're supposed to accept these kinds of awards with grace and happiness, etc etc, so thank you very much ashita of les nymphs, but i shan't be passing the award on to fifteen other blogs (although i must recommend vodkashots&polkadots, i love it so very much now)... sorry.

more "finding things in the loft" time, i think?

noice shirt, extra noice shirt.
its like my little brothers size but the sleeves are just the perfect length and it's a close fit so you don't notice much.

ANOTHER BLAZER :)
i should really stop dragging them downstairs, i've got about six now.

i love this. it's very comfy and fairly american apparel, as i'm sure you'll agree. nom nom nom. to wear with leggings and a mug of hot chocolate.

CHECK MY EYES! is it the polo thats making them gorgeous mcgorge gorge?
anyways, not to sound TOO self-praising/narcissistic/vain, but this is my brothers size yet again but i REET fancy it.

other things found: a pair of good old school thick woolly leggings like you wore back in't day, a pair of acidwash runner shorts, and an embroidered jacket with poofy shoulders that i ain't too sure about. i won't show you anything on my legs at the minute though unless i'm wearing tights bedause i need to start tanning/ making them less grey and blotchy and generally sickening.

om nom nom.

i think i got hate mail today but i don't really know if it is or not so. it's one of these "is it sarcastic or isnt it?" ones. pahaha. i'm so stupid. i'm like when summer, of THE O.C, said, "are you making fun of me? 'cause i can't tell."
ANYWAYS, tarraaa!

josie
x x x x x x

are you a punk? are you a punk rocker? want to come to my punk rock party?

wow, guys. this weekend has been... different.
me and my friends threw a eurovision party (congrats norway, oh my goodness united kingdom in the top five? what's that about?) and got extremely drunk, which in hindsight wasn't a very clever thing to do, but oh well, it was rather fun. there are some extreme classy photos.
MEANWHILE, check out this awesome jumper i got when i was shopping yesterday;

jumper, pop boutique vintage; plaid shirt, my dad's; shorts, peacocks; black tights

flaMINGos, yes baby!
i felt pretty cool rocking that outfit, yessiree. i was the epitome of geek chic, striding along the streets of the city, searching for the "perfect" skinny jeans (that i am yet to find; my acid wash guys have... uhm... gone missing), searching for the "perfect" primer (FOUND IT), searching for lots of fun fun things. i also had a makeover at the benefit counter in boots and i bought some dr. feelgood stuff, which someone said was actually a primer as well but i don't know. but it sure smells nice! and the sponge is soft.

its a shame that i ruined that jumper by leaning in pizza. i've got a wonderful artistic orange stain up the right elbow, teehee. how mischevious!
AND HERES ONE FOR THE RIDE HOME, KIDS.
seriously. when my friend walks home (which she does, rarely), she walks along a canal and this is there. i quite like it. it somes up my hometown.

josie
x x x x x x x

p.s i'll reply to all your lovely comments in time, its just that im busy at the moment, i swear, so watch this space.

don't upset the rhythm, don't you dare

go baby, go baby, go! don't upset the rhythm though. go baby, go baby, go! don't upset the rhythm.

shirt, my dad's; cardigan, men's section at primark;
plain black skirt, h&m; tights; heart necklace, new look circa 2006;
hat, my mum's

i feel pretty cool in this outfit, NO JOKE. it looked a little better frontways, but i had to show you the brilliant sack hat. originally my mum's hat (she uses it to walk the dog) with the bottom turned up, I TURNED IT INTO THIS FANTASTIC HEADWEAR. are you proud? of course you are.

not much has been occurring recently, it must be said. my mandarin classes are going well. i can say "hello", "my name is...", "how are you?", "i'm fine, thanks," "thank you", "sorry", "that's alright", "goodbye", "please" and "excuse me". i've also learnt how to write "please" and "excuse me". not bad for three one-hour lessons... cough.

see, told you it looked better frontways.
check my necklace, new look circa 2006. haha i love it. remember when these were all the rage? and those dodgy apple pendants as well, that were too expensive everywhere so everyone got ones at primark? ah, those were the days. the days when t-shirts were 2p and everyone was oblivious to child slavery... ack.

ugh, how much has this week just dragged on? i can't believe it's only thursday. i was ready to give up the ghost by tuesday, i tell you that. blah blah blah. it's been wierd. we've been put in charge of a comedy scene in our class's drama peice... the only comedy scene in there... which, to be honest, is an awful choice. me and abi and sarah all share a really WIERD sense of humour. i just hope i can put this week behind me, 100%.

hope you're having a fast-paced, entertaining week! much love...

josie
x x x x x xx

oh, hello seizure-inducing neighbour's size ten stripy t-shirt that was bought from primark when she was massively stoned, AHEM.

q) ah, a neighbourhood clothes swap scheme. what could possibly go wrong?

a) i could look like a butch lethbian/smell funny/cause a driver to have a fit as i'm walking down the road and crash into my future self who came back in time to warn me of some horrible incident in the year 2050 and that i'm the only one who can save us all! etc.

shirt, primark; skirt, h&m; crop, NEW NEW NEW

i like how i look like a kid's tv presenter. it's the combination of the failed "pixie cut" and stripes. maybe i could be the next kirsten o'brien (even though we all know i'd like to be a cooler caroline flack).

i feel like i haven't posted in ages. expect LOTS more soon, about my failed pixie cut, all the enquiries (ARE YOU A BOY, YOU LOOK LIKE A BOY, PHNAR PHNAR, no i dont look like a boy, strange little boy who is evidently in the first year, you're just a dickhead, i'll have you know i have small, feminine features which are perfectly suited to a pixie cut and eyeliner flicks, so just shut up or i'll ram your little kanye west shutter glasses up your -)

josie
x x x x x x

ps,

look at these! they're cupcakes that look like burgers! aah!

having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!

[1] What are your current obsessions?
monty python's flying circus. cinema trips. looking feminine. organising weekend plans and days out. carry on films. jim dale. twiggy. mia farrow's pixie cut. the sixties. MY. NEW. HAIR.

[2] What is your weirdest obsession?
wierdest obsession!?! probably with irregular choice shoes.. they're just so gorgeous.

[3] What are you wearing today?
an old school skirt i found in my attic that's a gorgeous high-waisted one, a purple ruffle top from new look, my gold butterfly headband from new look and a primark cardi. doesn't sound like much, but it looks pretty okay, methinks.

[4] What’s for dinner today?
pizza? maybe? dad's cooking.

[5] Why is today special?
because we're off out to the cinema later to see love you man, which sounds like a fun bromance... because i just got my hair cut, and i think i look like a cross between erin o'connor and a boy, which is a good thing... because it's school band showcase tomorrow and i've got to buy some ben and jerry's so me and charlotte can sit at the back and heckle others.

[6] What would you like to learn to do?
speak chinese mandarin (properly...), fly a kite properly 'cause i still can't do it, learn to stop correcting other people's grammar, do a proper sexy alexa chung eyeliner flick, and FIGURE OUT MY STYLE. am i a sixties throwback? am i glam rock? i don't know. i just don't know.

[7] What’s the last thing you bought?
a haircut.

[8] What are you listening to right now?
meds by placebo... it's alright.

[9] What is your most challenging goal right now?
HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE AND STILL TAKE MY EXAMS AND PWN THEM

[10] What do you think about the person who tagged you?
i love her lovely lovely dress sense (sorry, lottie!, but from what i see it's more of a slick, gothic romance kind of thing you got going on...)

[11] If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
a penthouse in central london, somewhere dead posh near st. regents park or something. and can i have a bicycle too? a proper lovely lilly allen one that's all big and pink or something. lovely.

[12] What would you like to have in your hands right now?
MONEY MCMONEY MONEY. clothing. a fit boy, wahey.

[13] What would you like to get rid of?
my bad habits, my bad skin, aaaaaand my tendency to repeat myself. a lot.
my bad habits, my bad skin, aaaaaand my tendency to repeat myself. a lot.
teehee i'm so witty.

[14] If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
to australia to visit my sister. or maybe the lost city of atlantis! that would be pretty goshdarn cool.

[15] Which language do you want to learn?
chinese mandarin, spanish, and russian sounds fun too.

[16] What do you look for in a friend?
a sense of humour and a sense of style (no joke)

[17] Who do you want to meet in person?
GOK FUCKING WAN

[18] What’s your favorite type of music?
acoustic, melodic, bouncy but not dance.

[19] What’s the favorite piece of clothing in your own closet?
i love my ducks nightie. i was my mums and now its mine. and it has ducks on! what more could you want?

[20] What is your dream job?
a tv presenter alongside simon amstell. or a stand-up comic. teehee.

[21] Any favorite models?
i love alexa chung. and daisy lowe. yup. yup.

[22] What would you mostly likely spend $100 on?
well, $100 is only like £60 so i'd probably by a nice dress from like, topshop, i guess, and buy some nice shoes in primark. ta dahhh!

[23] What would you like an endless supply of?
money money money, just so i don't have to worry about it anymore.

[24] Girl crush?
scarlett johannsen. i love her.

[25] Do you admire anyone’s style?
mary-kate olsen. i hate to say it, but kate moss. also lilly allen dresses quite nice too. plus all the gokettes.

[26] Describe your personal style.
plain clothes but thrown together in a quirky way.

I TAG YOU

"when i turn jet black and you show off your light; i live to let you shine."

"and you can sky rocket away from me, and never come back if you find another galaxy far from here, with more room to fly... just leave me your stardust to remember you by."

cardigan, peacocks; duck t-shirt, my mum's nightie;
skirt, old school skirt; leather jacket, my mum's from the 80s;
hair, WILL BE GONE SOON.

i wear lots of my mum and dads clothes, but i like it.
i'm listening to boats & birds by gregory and the hawk; it's the most beautiful thing i've ever heard... the lyrics are so cute, as you can see. also, check out nefi+girly by asobi seksu, i think i heard it on skins once and i've been trying to find it for ages.

possibly the last time you will ever see my hair at this length..?
i'm cutting it all off, hopefully into a sweet little pixie cut reminiscent of twiggy, tavi and this girl i saw in this advert once, on friday. i'm very excited. i've never had it that short before. except when i was a baby. aaah!

josie
x x x x x x

*EDIT* someone asked me how tall i was... i am a grand total of 5'8", size 8, it's very exciting.

i know it's sad, but i never gave a damn about the weather, and it never gave a damn about me.

eyeshadows, stargazer; plaid shirt, my dad's;
skinny belt, my sister's; gold chain necklace, new look;
acid wash jeans, primark;

josie
x x x x x xx x

procrastinating because your friend is coming round but you can't be bothered tidying up or getting dressed so you'll just do this quiz...

What is your current obsession?
i have a lot: the story of sid and nancy, monty python, OLD SCHOOL fall out boy (you know, of all the gin joints, sugar we're goin' down, etc, etc), stocking up on my dvd collection (check out my wishlist here)

[suzannekek]

Favourite decade for vintage clothing?
mid 60s to mid 80's, sans the whole 'power-dressing' thing that happened. absolutely brillaint, i tell you's. i've hoarded tons of my mums old clothes from the 80s. as you know.

Do you shop a lot?
not really, actually. i just appear to shop a lot... i don't shop as much as other bloggers. there.

What is the last thing you ate?
toasted scotch pancakes, SMOTHERED in cadbury's chocolate spread. it's heaven. try it. nom nom nom.


[flickr]

What was the last thing you bought?
a packet of rolo's off of my best friend at school.

What are you listening to right now?
a little less sixteen candles, a little more touch me by fall out boy. haha. that first question made me want to listen to them, and the video PWNS. you seen it? fantastic.

What is your favourite weather?
warm enough to wear sleeveless t-shirts, not warm enough to sweat.


[bbc]

What is on your bedside table?
a lot of coloured pens, a notebook, 'THE BIG BOOK OF LISTS', a glass of water, a tub of my spare change, an armwarmer, a torch, a lamp, a braclet, some bonjela, some eyeliner, aaand a 265mb memory card.

Say something to the person who tagged you.
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII she didn't even tag me, what am i doing!?

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world where would it be?
oh, newport beach babay! or maybe the centre of new york? nah, newport. that's where the O.C's set, right? and if it isn't.. i can still go surfing.


[times]

Guiltiest pleasure you're willing to admit here?
style magazine that comes free with the sunday times... ahhh. free magazine bliss aimed at bossy, 40-something, 'sexy', middle/upper-class females.

Name the things you can't live without?
my black tights. they're my constant fallback.

What would you like to have in your hands right now?
LOTS OF MONEY, or any of this.


What is your favorite tea flavor?
normal flavour? its the nicest smelling, isnt it.

Are you happy with yourself?
it depends on what mood i'm in, pretty much. at the minute, i'm fairly happy.



What's your favorite brand of jeans?
i just tend to buy my jeans from internacionale because they're cheapies, so... uhm... levi's?

What style trend is the hardest for you to adopt?
anything red/orange/pink/yellow, on account of my hair and pale skin. oh, and the lantern skirt, because it goes over my hips and makes my legs look like matchsticks. bleh

If you could go anywhere in the world in the next hour where would you go?
a party in the park.


[leedsfestivaluk]

What is your favorite scent?
fresh cut grass, woodsmoke, rowntree's fruit pastels. the simple things are the best.

Who is your fashion icon?
daisy lowe, alexa chung, fearne cotton and ladyhawke. plus i love claudia winkleman after i read in the times (look how middle class i am!) that she said about her job, "i just turn up, look orange, go 'ya ya ya' and go home." brilliant.

Tell me your dreams...
well, i can sort of play piano, so i want to write a song. and a good song at that, that i won't be embarassed to sing to people. lovely jubbly.

josie
x x x x xx x x x

few times you been around that track but your ass is still fat, s'gonna stay like that cos i ain't your hollaback boy

is anyone else super-annoyed by that coke advert, starring duffy? she's so awful. i hate her voice. i mean, i'm sure she's a super duper person, but EUGH. if i hear warwick avenue again i will thcweam like a spoilt child on my super sweet 16 or something (i fucking love that programme, ahahah)

on the telly, GOK'S FASHION FIX; acid wash jeans, primark; plaid shirt, my dad's; jumper, my mum's; headband, the fancy dress box

not very good for buying all the items (most of it is from my parents' wardrobes) but hey, good to copy, amirite? i know i said that i'd be posting a big mass outfit thing like a good little blogger, but i shouldn't have said that at all, because when i'm not showing you lot my outfits, i get pretty lazy. silly, isn't it? so you could say, you know, that blogging has SAVED my fashion sense.

oh haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii awkward bloggy teenage pose. i look like i should be hiding in a tree, not standing in a kitchen posing when i should have been tidying up. speaking of procrastinating, i just spent the whole of my science lesson today thinking about those miu miu teacup heels. i've seen various bloggers sporting them, but oh my goodness. they're so alice in wonderland and ornate and beautiful and i just want to put them in a polyvore set and spend my life trying to put my outfit together piece by peice.

i went to my first ever chinese lesson last night. i learnt how to say "hello" (ni hao), "how are you?" (ni hao ma), "my name is", (wo jian, it sounds like wa chow!), "thank you" (xie xie) and "goodbye" (zai jian). chinese mandarin is one of the few languages on this earth that intrigues me; i've already got english and la francais down, i might as well head east. (i don't even like french that much, but my mum's been dragging us to and fro between the continent and here for so long i picked up a pretty decent accent when i speak french... and now apparently i'm a prodigy. NO. LIE.) yeah josie, way to win friends. claim you're a prodigy like will in the inbetweeners, ho ho i watch too much telly for my own good.

wooden beads, french market; black t-shirt, dorothy perkins; wierd eyes, I GOT THEM FROM MY MAMA

my eyes are wierd! i look like i'm coming to get you. but, hey, on the brightside, look how in focus my arm is. wow. good camerawork or what man? and if you like my camerawork that much, and you're a wierd stalker person, i'm doing one of those 365 day projects on flickr... why don't you join me? i'm currently on day 8... oh, time is flying past. NOT. look how 90's i am.

speaking of 90s, you should definitely watch "that 90s show", a simpsons episode which explains what marge and homer were doing during the 90's before bart was born (i'm a massive simpsons addict though so i sat there going, "NO! DURING 1994 YOU WERE WATCHING BART DO CARTWHEELS ON A WASHING LINE!", etc etc), and it sees homer joining a grunge band surprisingly similar to nirvana and wearing flannel shirts. it's brilliant. and while you're at that, you should watch another episode which contains one of the best (and only) sid and nancy parodies which involves lisa and nelson getting addicted to chocolate.

I'M A MASSIVE GEEK, I KNOW,

but i'm sure you won't mind that i've mentioned gok's fashion fix, duffy's coke ad, the inbetweeners and two episodes of the simpsons. haha. i can't help it. it's in my nature to reference everything i say. ANYWAYS, see you round homeskillets!

josie
x x x x x x x x

LUSTLUSTLUSTLUST

LUSTS OF THE DAY/WEEK/MONTH/YEAR;

[etsy]

jersey fringe bandage skirt, $95, iheartnorweiganwood.

ohhhh, lusty mclust lust! i just need to raise $95 (it's about £60, i think) and then i will be beautiful! haha, honestly, this is the way in which is think. "oh! see that jumper! if i buy it then i shall be beautiful!", only to discover i don't have the rest of the outfit and it doesnt look half as good by itself. ahh well. trial and error, really, isn't it?

[net-a-porter]
maggie organza dress, luella, £675

if it were made legal that you could marry items of clothing, i am almost certain that i would marry this dress. this is my ultimate lust of the YEAR. i swear. if i bought this i would treasure it for life. but it's £675. so, here's my plan: i'm going to hide my debit card in such a secret place (like, bury it or something) that i'll forget where it is, and then, in 27 months, or 2.25 years, (which is how long it would take me to earn that money) i shall dig up my debit card and buy that dress! that's how desperate i am. ha. ha. ha.

[asos]

multi-panel shift dress, the kiss principle, £59

this is a fairly new one for me. i was searching asos t'other day and stumbled across it, and actually i think it's rather gorgeous. i like how the neck detail means i don't have to spend further money on necklaces (mwaahaha cheapskate) and i also like the model's fringe (yes i am shallow and yes i am affected by things such as the model's fringe, THUS PROVING that models are tres importante)

[boohoo]
lucy three block colour playsuit, boohoo.com, £15

alright, alright, it's true, i'll admit it: i, too, have been bitten by the playsuit bug. but this one looks much comfier and easier to wear than the full-length jumpsuit (and i always think that jumpsuits make you look like you have sausages for legs... not even gok wan has convinced me). so i'll have this, and i slap it on during the holidays, and i don't even need to worry about what i'l put with it besides shoes, cos its all there for me, and i'm lazy. teehee.

[theoutnet]
textured silk mini dress, alexander wang, £181.06

gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh [insert drooling noise here]. look at the colour, for a start. look at the sweet little bib. ohh. but hang on here! alexander wang doesn't do sweet! he does urban, rock chick cool. apparently. so you have to wear this with leather jackets and full fringes and fierce shoes. and studs. lotsa studs.

GUYS, i'm thinking of having my hair cut. after seeing tavi's cut on style rookie this week, it's sort of given me a little push. i've been wanting to crop for a while, twiggy style, but i've never really had the guts. it's all a bit, "oohh, i don't really know," at the minute, but i'm sure i'll make a decision... sometime.

hope you liked my lusts!
GRAND TOTAL: £1,025.06/$1,502.23/1,114.58 EUR
AMOUNT OF TIME TO EARN THAT MONEY: 41 months, or 3.416 years.

josie
x x x x x x

why are you so wierd and awkward?

since i'm really a narcissistic british twit, i like the idea of competition, and it think that this competition on savile is one of my favourites i've seen on the blogosphere so far. basically, you've got to copy an outfit, and the most creative wins. i'm almost tempted! i'm not sure though, but i thought i'd put the link up so that you guys have a chance.

[half-alive]

i've recently been feeling really down-in-the-dumps, not wanting to talk to people, just quiet really, and then i just saw this and it really, really cheered me up. so if you're feeling rather crap... here you go. just something. that tiny something you need just to turn the corners of your lips upwards a tiddly bit.
in our school library, there's a box of books that sell for 10p. nobody really bothers to look in that box. it's gathered dust, and most of the books in there are awful things that owners have left lying around the library in the hope that someone will read them.

"dear god - i keep waiting for spring but it never come yet. don't forget,"

i looked in the 10p box, and i found one of the sweetest things i've ever seen.
'children's letters to god', a book which compiles letters that schoolchildren have written to the big guy - some of them are sweet, some of them are funny, and some of them are sad, like an innocent postsecret.

also, following the lead of you i want you to know it, i went on wordle. wordle is a thing that makes a picture out of your most commonly used words... i guess i must say 'just' a lot! and 'chuffing' has also put in an appearance. i'm so proud.

[wordle]

AND SO. i just thought i needed to tell you that this has been a TERRIBLE first week back. i have realised that i am a massive social reject, my friends dislike me and the only person besides me who doesn't find me annoying lives fourty minutes away, at least. i am very sad.
but maybe your weeks were better? i don't know, really.

will probably do a mass-outfit post later.

josie
x x x x x

i'm evil, brixton!

big response to my video, in a big way. man you guys are cool; the unanimous vote was that, well, i do more. BUT I SHAN'T. 'cause i'm purest pure evil. and you also said you liked my accent. how exciting! i have an accent?
nah, but seriously, did you recognise how chuffing long it took just for me to put that one video up? goodness gracious me. i spent all my time wondering why ian was suddenly the fit one in smosh (it still baffles me) and complaining about going camping when i could have been making that video.

i changed my layout, YET AGAIN, back to go old courier new (but a smaller font, ooh aren't i fancy?) and a fancy new header to launch my fancy new blog title. no longer am i she craves mascara, that old, empty phrase! i am now SCM, make of it what you will, but i prefer it in lower case with a full stop at the end.
scm. scm. scm.
like scum but, you know. text language.
oh yeah, and in my header, i present, from left to right: mary-kate olsen, audrey hepburn, random girl on facehunter, alexa chung, who am i kidding i can't name all these people they're just pretty. pretty people on my header. made on paint. WOWOWOWOW.
also, REGARD my gorgeous beyond gorgeous sixties shift dress that is just so lovely i want to eat it uppp.

i look like a tiny gremlin all hunched up, but what i was trying to do was show you my knee, which is ill and must be covered up with tights at all costs.
has anyone else noticed that these pictures get bigger with every post? eventually you won't be able to see them :') and then what will we do? we'll make the pictures smaller, of course, what a silly question.
i love this dress, its black and sweet and primark and very flouncy and excellent for pretending that you came from 1963 to see what the future was like. not that i did that...
BUT LOOK AT THE BUTTONS! oh it's so sweet i want to cry. i can hardly believe it's primark (which we're now called primarni amongst my friends, just so's it sounds posher)

if you're wondering how i'm taking photo's, i'm using a different camera which is better 'cause it's MAHOOSIVE but still good, you know what i mean.
in a bit guyss!

josie
x x x x x

presenting, my video.

ah yes, it's the thing we've all been waiting for, for about a month, i believe:
the video to end all videos, the one video that shall prove my eternal dorkiness! ack.
turn your speakers up, i talk real quiet. for reasons that are explained. HOW EXCITING.



if you don't comment on this bad boy i'll rip your spleen open.

aaaaaaaaaaaah FASHION.

just an update; really.
my camera's broken. crappy, I KNOW. i turn it on and it makes this dying noise and then just turns off. it's more broke than the icelandic bankers. so, it was either rubbish phone photographs or nada.i'm picking nada; sorryyyy! no photos for a while.
we broke the 30 comment barrier. apparently there's a barrier; i don't know. but yes! it's so lovely that you keep commenting and reading, and stuff. brilliant!
i tidied my room. the next photos i take (with my current camera or otherwise) shall be in a clutter-free HAVEN. promise.

josie
x x x x x x

mate, i've been messing about.

LOOK AT THE COOLEST EFFECT EVARRRRR;

i'm so ladyhawke it hurts sometimes. look at that fringe!
i was just messing about on photoscape, man i love photoscape. i might cry tears of joy. i can make myself a comic and pretend that i can actually draw! yesss!

and here's the picture sans effect, except that i blurred the background so i stood out more (i'm SO techie, i can do italics and CAPS LOCKK)

t-shirt, vintage (it's my dad's!); stonewash jeans, primark

so yeah, me and the family went to sheffield on good friday, so naturally we went to meadowhall, which is friggin' HUGE and me and my sister ran from primark at one end to topshop at the other end. sprinted, even. i was ready to die, my feet were killing mee.

ANYWAYY, we stopped off at primark and i found these sexy stonewash jeans and i want them because for some reason, at the minute, i'm craving the 60s and the 80s most of all (the 70s can just go die). mainly craving the 60s, but its an 80s spring/summer, really, isn't it? whatever, i should stop talking. i'm so READY FOR THIS.

if you're wondering why i put a random acrobat on my blog, its not random at all!
whilst we were in sheffield, we went to sheffield arena and went to see QUIDAM by the CIRQUE DE SOLEIL. it was one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen in my entire life. honestly. there was no sound of footfall, and they were flying through the air and flippin' and there was this one amazing bit called banquine which was pretty much silent cheerleading, but much more breathtaking. honestly.

the best bit? it was all a surprise. my mum and dad surprised us with the whole trip! it's been some amazing holidays so far :)
how's your holidays goin' guys?

josie
x x x x x x

plenty of girls and boys in love.

god, i've been away ages, haven't i? flippin' ages, honestly. at least, well, six days.
here's what happened since thursday:

• i won battle of the bands in the house competitions, despite not knowing any of the words.
• i enjoyed the gorgeous, sunny, overly cheerful weather.
• i raided my loft and came up with some amazing vintage clothes.
  
• i went to go see a play called "look back in anger" with school, it was awful but it had this guy who used to be in eastenders who spat a lot.
• i broke up from school for easter! (yess!)
• i went to a birthday party with my friends.
• i went camping to lake windermere for two nights.
• i made a documentary about gang crime.
  

and here's what happened again, but with me elaborating more.

i enjoyed the gorgeous, sunny, overly cheerful weather:

amazing weather, though, seriously. i nearly got sunburn. SUNBURN. in england! almost never happened before. of course, the minute i left town the ominous grey clouds loomed and the shorts were replaced by heavy jeans, but it was pleasant enough while it lasted.

i raided my loft and came up with some amazing vintage clothes

i'm pretty amazed that some of them are in such good condition, especially the stuff from the late 70s and early 80s. my parents are good.
here are some pictures i managed to take before i broke down into giggles:

the most BADASS dungarees you will EVER lay your eyes on. no joke, these are amazing, even if they're about six sizes too large. they're hilarious. i love them.

i'm so proud i found that jacket, i've been looking for one for months. that's an old blazer that belonged to my cousin; a grey pleated skirt that i wore to school a few times but now only just fits around my waist; a POKEMON SHIRT (yesss) and some plastic beads from primark. you think i could pull it off as an outfit for my school's "business and enterprise day" after the holidays? if i replace the pokemon top, of course...?

this was the piece de resistance, if you please: my mum's leather jacket. it's original vintage, 1982, tailor made in a russian factory. it's a little big for me, as you might be able to see, but i don't care. it's gorgeous, and mum said it cost her a good £500. i'm pretty pleased that she's letting me have it.

i went to a birthday party with my friends.

t'was good fun, too, although we were camping, and all the condensation made me cold. and it was cold anyway. all my friends left me during the night to go sleep inside, so eventually i was all alone and cold in my friend's garden (which is the size of a field, by the way, as her house is a renovated farm).

yes, that is ice cream they're eating behind me, despite the cold and the wet and stuff. at least it didn't rain, which is more than i can say for windermere (more about that later on, however). i took a LOT of pictures though, and some of them are rather amusing and more about private jokes than anything else (i specialise in private jokes)

her jumper was £16 from a vintage store and just says BAMA on it. probably as in alabama, but she tells everyone that the 'o' in front just fell off so she doesn't look silly. check out the tents in the background. because my friend has such a garden, for her sixteenth birthday she's holding a music festival in her back garden. she's having local bands and a barbecue, and everyone camping over after. SALLYFEST 2010 baby!

i went camping to lake windermere for two nights:

it's a very beautiful lake, but it was so cloudy and rainy the whole time it just ruined my two-night camping trip for me. i like how the water looks in this picture though. it wasn't so nice close up; cold and 'orrible. obviously.

my siblings sat on the pier. there was a cruise that went around the lake every so often but it was like £3 for one trip and we couldn't afford to do it because we were wandering round in a group of about 9 people and there were for stops. you work it out. i worked it out for you. it was £108. for one trip around a lake, in a boat. blah.

OH, and, before i forget!
i got an award! yeaaahhhhh! off of fashion prescription, lovely person, i don't want to say girl but i'm pretty sure it's female. teehee.

so, thank you very very very much, fashion prescription! it still amazes me that people read my drivel, i mean, what have i discussed in this post? besides thrift clothes, lakes and camping? i'm so boring and cheap. BUT OH WELL. so long as i've got 33 followers (and counting). i'm almost on my 70th post! this is my 69th! as if i kept up with this that long?

i can't pass this on because otherwise i'll feel all elitist and superficial, so TAKE THIS and do with it what you will! nick it :) go on. i dare you.

and so, dear readers, i shall leave you with a picture of a crooked tree:

it's very pan's labyrinth, i thought. "i am princess moanna and i am not afraid," kind of thing. which reminds me, i need to give that dvd back. i was leant it absolutely AGES ago. woops.

IN A WHILE CROCODILE!

josie
x x x x x x

P.S i'll go back to posting normal, run-of-the-mill, 'fashiony' things soon, i promise!

TWITTERERS.

follow me! just click:

i'm pretty much addicted, blaaah i update too much for the little amount of followers i have.
look at me, i'm so down with the kids.

josie
x x x x x x

this is me, rebelling.

so, today, friends, i set myself a challenge. a rather extraordinary challenge, nay, an almost impossible challenge. in the 1950s, young women as old as twenty were shunned for wearing any form of make-up, as they longed to pait their lips red. now, in the 21st century, we are shunned for not wearing make-up, human beings recoiling in horror as they see that yes, we CAN blush, as our cheeks are not caked in twelve inches of foundation! and that is what i was battling, by setting myself a challenge. can one girl change the world? i doubt it. but i can try, but challenging myself, josie of she craves mascara, to go into school with NO MAKE-UP!
(dun dun dun dunnn)

oh, alright, i wore mascara, but only after i went swimming in p.e because i had time to spare and i didn't want to sit outside like a loner. but throughout the whole day, throughout my first four lessons, i was as BARE FACED as one of those hairless dogs.

i've decided to not do one of those cheesy, overdone "shoes, new look; tee, primark;" things today, and i've gone down a teen vogue route. you know they do those snapshot things? moohoop even appeared (yes i know her name is brooke). well. i'm havin' a go, methinks.

Describe what you're wearing. Please be as specific as possible.
my striped t-shirt is from primark, but secretly it's my sister's and i took them from her. same with the black t-shirt, originally from dorothy perkins. same with the denim skirt, but i didn't take that skirt, she gave it to me. i don't know where the skirt's from, the label fell out. my tights are primark. yes!

How would you describe your style?
i asked one of my closest friend, who i'd describe as "topshop-meets-70s-rock" and she said i was "simplistic yet quirky". i have no idea. any ideas?

Who are your favorite designers and why?
gaah luella and marc jacobs. those are the two i can think of. especially luella, her summer collections are always gorgeous.

Who inspires your wardrobe and why? (Family member, friend, celebrity, etc.)
other bloggers, definitely other bloggers. usually moohoop, demi, and vintage tea. they've all got really clear, identifiable styles, and i'd like to establish myself like that. i also adore alexa chung, daisy lowe and ladyhawke for their style.

What store can you always count on to find the best items?
topshop, obviously. there's so much quirky stuff in there that you don't really need to look out in other shops for other items. i also love urban outfitters 'cause they stock fred perry and luella and paul & joe sister.

What item of clothing or accessory are you regularly wearing right now?
coloured tights. skirts. love love love skirts, then long-sleeved shirts and thick, thick tights to battle the english weather (of course). i wish i wore more dresses.

What trend from the past would like to make a comeback?
oh, EVERYTHING from the sixties. absolutely everything. i am so excited about the boat that rocked coming out, so so so excited. i honestly believe that i was born in entirely the wrong era... for the television, the fashions, the tribes, the revelations.. i just love it. all.

so, come on, guys, rock the boat and answer these questions. rebel! rebel! and, if you fancy, try out the "no make-up" challenge yourself... you might be surprised.

josie
x x x x x

p.s, you may have noticed the absence of rhymes... MWAHAHAH.

this is my face, covered in freckles.

today's title comes courtesy of ms. kate nash, who penned a song i'm sure we're all sick to the back teeth of by now...?
bit of a crappy post. bit of a crappy DAY. i was out all day at an 'ingenious' (cough) scavenger hunt party with a girl i rather dislike and a lot of other girls (who didn't like me because i got lost and couldn't find them and they said i'd run away and so everyone got angsty with me).

purple ruffle t-bars, new look; socks, gift; black tights, ANYWHERE; tunic, topshop; black cardigan, primark men's section; belt, blue rinse vintage; purple tee, dorothy perkins

my outfit's really bad too. i had to look relatively normal and approachable, as you do in a scavenger hunt, but i also had to look cool. why? i'll tell you a secret.
i didn't really get lost at all. i ran away from the girl (who i hate)'s birthday party so i could meet up with my friend i haven't seen in three months but i've known her all my life and i adore her, because i was bored. and then the girl hangs around with all these indie kids, not wannabes or hipsters but actually pipe-smoking-alexa-worshipping-cable-knit-wearing indie kids, and i wanted to impress them, basically. plus i ran into all these popular kids from my school. so i was pretty pleased with myself, hangin' around with cool indie kids and lookin' cool. yeahh.
bit of a rant there, hey?

BUT THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE OF MY OUTFIT...

these bad boys are four years old. i saved up like crazy for them when i was about eleven because i went through a converse phase when i wanted to be a goth (DON'T. ASK)

i'm actually really pleased that they've kept in such good condition, but i haven't worn them since 2007 so i guess i shouldn't really be surprised that they're healthy and functioning. unfortunately i discovered today why i haven't worn them since 2007; i've got a blister the size of jupiter on my little toe on my right foot. aaaah!

look, none of the artwork's rubbed off the heel, or the rubber bit of the sole that's not really the sole! i'm quite pleased with that, if i'm honest. who said i couldn't be held responsible for anything?

so yeah, our time in 'the city' scavenger hunting was pretty, well, bad, but we went back to the bitch birthday girl's house for pizza and telly and we played on the wii and that broke the frosty ice that had settled between me and everyone else for 'leaving'.

by the way guys, i use a kodak easyshare md1063 (someone asked what camera i use) but for really clear pictures, i upload my photographs on flickr then copy the image location into the photo uploader. the pictures are much much sharper and nicer and warmer.

how's your weekends been so far?

josie
x x x x x x x

is this the way to amarillo? (jeez this post is long)

today's title is one of the classiest songs in the uk pop chart HISTORY. srs.

cardigan, h&m; white polka dot tank, h&m; pink stripy tank, peacocks; wooden beads, french market; wooden bracelet, a random boutique; white beaded bracelet, primark

the editing i did to the picture in order to brighten it has made my cardigan look like it's made or velour or something, which i would not personally touch with a barge pole, so i'll set the record straight and say that it's definitely cotton. and if you think this outfit is wonderfully playful and childish and girly without being feminine, um, at all (because let's be honest, that's EXACTLY what you think when you see this picture), then check out my SOCKS:

ah, topshop socks. always humourous in your ways, comfortable as well as wacky, a way to express ourselves in an otherwise dull existence of school uniforms and 'plain black shoes, no trainers or canvas shoes'. i mean, who invented that rule? what a dumb rule. i think that we should be allowed to express ourselves at least through our footwear. i mean, i can't even wear coral pink laces through my fake keds. ah, woe is me. so i wear rebellious socks beneath my plain black boots. yes i do.

and now for something completely different, a picture of my dog:

i don't really ever include pictures of my homelife on my blog, and that's the way i intend it to stay, but just look at her imporing eyes and side-stepping. what's that all about? she's called millie and she's around about four years of age, and i love her to BITS.
and now, a picture of me playing the piano...

i can just imagine heath ledger, as the joker, creeping up to me and going, "why so serious?", because, let's be honest, i look as though the world's about to implode, the neo nazis are taking over and the survival of life on earth as we know it will cease to exist if i don't figure out how to play the chords 'hallelujah' (as sung by rufus wainwright) properly.
and now? a picture of me with half-dry, towel dried hair:

i know it was kind of random, but i wanted to show you and see what you think. i'd kill to have naturally curly hair, you know? but the idea of curly hair's got a bit silly in my opinion. FOR EXAMPLE, my friend curled her hair t'other day, for funsies, and this guy was like, "oh, you've got curly hair, that's nice, i like natural girls" and i wanted to scream, "NO YOU DONT ITS NOT NATURALLY CURLY YOU JUST LIKE GIRLS WITH CURLY HAIR", there's definitely a difference, im sure you'll agree, between 'natural girls' and 'girls with curly hair'.
plus the guy was beautiful and i wish he'd appreciate my straight hair, pah gingers always get a rough deal.

i like how my hand looks in the picture. very smooth, milky and youthful. thank god for flickr.

in a while crocodile :)

josie
x x x x x x x

p.s. thanks for your opinions on the red lipstick, i think i'll steer clear haha!
p.p.s no SERIOUSLY, i really haven't dyed my hair. honest.
p.p.p.s my vlog is coming, hopefully, in a couple of weeks maybe? i might spring it on you. you'll never know.

not all that glitters is gold;

been a wierd, emotional day. veeerrrry emotional day.
i was trying to dress kind of childish without the whole 'bright colour over the top obviousness' thing. you like my set? it's basically my bed and this wierd inflatable cube cushion thing my sister got for her thirteenth birthday, about six years ago.
ANYWAY, here's what i came up with:

belt, blue rinse vintage; cardigan, primark men's section; tunic, topshop; socks, primark; shoes, camden lock

i'm really enjoying wearing my hair up, although i ditched the hair clip a couple of days ago; it was being silly and boys kept trying to pull it out at school. ha.

and here's a special bonus (like the special features or extras on a dvd, you know the ones) ... WHEN SELF TIMER GOES INCREDIBLY AWRY:

haha i think it's both magical and incredibly funny, you'll probably think differently as you don't know me. and check out my RED EYES. woahhh!
and i tried out red lipstick the other day. i'm not sure if i've got the wrong shade, but it looks a bit wierd on me. plus i managed to smudge it, smudgy smudgy, all over this picture. what do you think?

i like how my eyes 'pop'. teehee.
anyway, that's all for the next two days (i've been posting every other day, have you noticed? wierd, huh?) so i'll see you then!
see you later alligator ;)

josie
x x x x x x

P.S. for those who commented wondering how i edit my photos and get that effect, i use photoscape. it's free to download, super easy to use, and not only can you get lovely old-time effects and vignetting and all that, it has a cool feature where you can assign pictures to grids. i'd most definitely recommend it, yes i would!
P.P.S for those who asked, no i haven't dyed my hair...?

no jk jk jk lololol i heart your fucking makeup omg i love your hair is that a new tattoo did that piercing fucking hurt no jk jk jk lololol

i've had an abysmal day. leave me comments like you usually do that are outrageously sweet and supportive when i'm feeling so down and out of luck at the minute.

stella for rnd t-shirt, tk maxx; cardigan, h&m; beads, french market stall; skirt, h&m; tights, anywhere

i haven't posted in two days, i feel ashamed, so here's a bit fat POST.

i went to go see chicago last night; it was okay. it had that honey girl from eastenders in it. i never realised she could sing, but i guess that's not what you think about when you're focusing on the drama in albert square, is it?

heels, new look; tights, asda; skirt, peacocks; tee, dorothy perkin's; faux fur, tesco;

got my faux fur out for the first time in, well, MONTHS, and i tied my hair up because at the minute it's growing out (as some avid readers may well remember). i think i look okay with it tied up. it just went a bit fluffy because i had a shower and blow-dried my hair, and it ALWAYS goes fluffy. anyone got the same problem? any solutions?
and now for something completely different, a couple of long-awaited pictures from my birthday bonfire back in february...

not passed out, just lying down.

cake! homemade by my little brother, he's only eleven and he's gonna be a chef when he's older. or a fighter pilot. i don't think he's quite decided.

i absolutely adore this girl.
in fact, here's some gossip concerning her. remember this girl? (let's call her B) i said she was mean so i didn't like her outfit? well, she's been going around, talking about how me and the girl in the picture above with me (let's call her A) are going through a honeymoon period (ie., it's all peachy keen for now and lovely and that but in a few months she'll hate me) and saying how A secretly hates me and all that, but i don't believe B because, well, she's a bitch. mwahhahaha!

by the way guys, i love how some of you have picked up on the little quotes i throw in to mix things up. finally, i have found some kindred spirits who recognise "and now for something completely different..."! all my school chums think i'm quite/incredibly wierd.

MEANWHILE, as far as my vlog is concerned, i finished it last night, and clicked "save as movie file..." and then my computer shut down because it had become overheated. and the best bit? i hadn't saved it as any other form. so i have to start ALL. OVER. AGAIN.
ack ack ack.
anyway, i'm off to enjoy the weekend sunshine, so, in a while crocodiles!

josie
x x x x x x

name's shaniqua, and what.

alright, guys?
today i've been marvelling at the beauty of the high street.
i mean. even asda brings us coats and t-shirts and jeans and dresses that are rip-offs of designer labels. see boohoo's version of the louis vuitton graffiti leggings or luella's lady-like dresses from s/s 09. i love it.

jeans, asda; jumper, clothes swap; vest, peacocks

so guys, i found these AWSM jeans in my trousers basket, turns out they're from asda. anyway, i did some massive messing around with the jeans and decided that they looked best rolled up (believe me, i even tried them high-waisted with a belt and a shirt all seventies like). excuse the face blanked out in the second picture, but, well, my expression was friggin' awful.

in the end, well, i put my faux-fur coat on (you remember, the one from tesco. all my stuff is from supermarkets these days, apparently?) because i was chuffing cold, plus an old school chum of mine came round at four o'clock because my mum was given her private french tuition and i wanted to impress her, as you do.

and now for something completely different...

i went for some cleaner, plainer make-up, and i thought i'd show you, becuase i want to show off all my magnificent flickr pictures. i've just discovered how to get sharper, nicer pictures, you see, in bigger as well, so i'm very pleased. mwahahaa.

talk, comment, etc etc, no jump pictures im afraid, in fact this was more of an experimental post with the pictures and that. what do you reckon?
see you later alligator!

josie
x x x x x x x x

p.s my vlog is back up-and-running after a few mishaps with the MPEG difficulties and that, so it should be coming pretty soooooooooon.!

shake shake, shake shake shake it

metro station, aah i love your stupid catchy beat and annoying chorus. even if your frontman is the brother of miley cyrus, and calls her up on radio shows just to annoy their listeners.

FIVE THINGS I QUITE FANCY THIS WEEK

1) first of all, wassup!?
i feel as though i don't actually have much to offer to you today, besides that fact that i am SO saving up £65 for this marc by marc jacobs tee:

it's so sweet, look at all the planets. even if it is £65. but it's far better than luella's my little pony THING. pah. i like how net-a-porter have suggested i wear it with skinny jeans and gladiator flats... since when did we take fashion advice from the internet? ahem... blogs not included... ahem...well, i messed that one up.

2) "i'll take you home if you don't leave me at the front door..." oh god, it's in my head it's in my head. i can't stop thinking about trace's ugly piercings though. oh nohhhh! i wish they'd go away. 'shaking it' isn't on my to-do list.

3) you guys have been adoringly lovely about my (apparently now infamous) jump shots. so i thought that i'd feed your obsessions, with TODAY'S BORING OUTFIT PRESENTED IN A NON-BORING WAY.

ignore my white expanse of stomach; just concentrate on how happy i look, ahah. the feedback from such jump shots actually then leads onto my next thing i like this week, which is...

4) your comments have been simply amazing this week. my comment count has gone from about 8 at the most last week to 24 on my last post. how on earth did we manage that? your support, from the ones who've been reading my babbling from the very very beginning (you know who you are and i'm jolly appreciative) to the ones who've only just started reading... you know, it's a bit, well, flabbergasting. you have no idea how lovely this is to come back to after a couple of crappy exam-filled days. so... thanks. keep reading. i'll always try to comment back.

i'll end it at four and leave on a high note... until the next post,
bye bye mince pie (that rhyme was a contribution from dayna, haha. i might have to make a competition so you can send me your original rhymes that i can steal and use as my own. and then i'll take over the world. teehee),

josie
x x x x x x x x x x x

this one is going to be long.

i feel like i haven't blogged properly in agesss. first i fobbed you off with a video of bo burnham (no matter how much i love him) and then i just gave you photographs of my friend. i feel like, well, like we haven't talked in ages. plus i'm feeling super guilty that i haven't been replying to comments. it's got to the point where i can't even remember who i've commented back.

WELL, fear no more. i went shopping yesterday (SEVEN. HOURS. WALKING. AROUND. excercise is hardly my strong point. i'm really worried my legs are gonna go all muscley and i'll look like a triangle. hahah. it's a real fear.) in 'the city', and it was very exciting and extravagant and we went into all the most expensive shops despite not being able to afford anything. although, we skipped jack wills (remember the oh yah incident?) and the ones where everyone's really 'orrible and snobby (louis vuitton, all saints, donna karan, blaaah) even though they're not supposed to be because they're meant to be enticing customers during the CREDIT CRUNCH.
we're not getting anywhere here.

here's, in a nutshell, what i bought/wore (if you're confused, i got changed in topshop into the clothes i'd bought):

the tunic and the tee are new, that's £14 and £3 respectively, although i've kept the tag on the tunic because i'm still not entirely sure. i was just attracted to grey jersey throughout the entire shopping trip; style bubble's passion for grey jersey must be having an effect.
we went into pop boutique, which is a sweet (supposedly vintage) shop, and all my friends bought jumpers with stuff on, obviously from american camps and stuff (there was one with YMCA on, one with BAMA on, and i tried one that said BEAVER CAMP SOUTH DAKOTA). i was tempted. but i just didn't suit the grey hoodie with EAST HIGH BASEBALL on it. 'cos it said east high. damn high school musical.

tunic, topshop; tee, primark; shoes, primark; tights, primark; belt, my mum's from the 80s.

so so so, who watched comic relief? a random caller rang up a couple of minutes after bed and gave away £6,000,000. i was talking about it with my friends, and one of them (she's really quite self-righteous) was like, I'D GIVE IT ALL AWAY TO CHARITY, and another one (less self-righteous) said, i'd keep some for my kids and give the rest away, and i said, i'd spend it all on clothes, and give what was left to my family.
hahah at least i'm honest.

i ought to stop procrastinating. i was up at 9 this morning, and it's been two hours and i've done just about sod all. i even bought myself a pretty book at paperchase for £3.00 (its soooo cute, i might start writing a diary just so i can buy one of paperchase's gorgeouss butterfly notebooks) to write down all my to-do lists. at the minute it looks something like this:

1. Buy a nice long vintagey necklace
2. Do homework/coursework
3. Feed rabbit
4. Tidy room/hoover
5. Watch 'Heroes'
6. Watch Monty Python's Flying Circus
7. Watch Whose Line Is It Anyway (i still haven't watched the boxset i got for my birthday)
8. Update she craves mascara (i can tick it off!)
9. Shower
10. Learn 'Laila'
11. Learn 'Reptilia'
12. Practice 'Pinball Wizard'
13. Wipe off nail polish in time for tomorrow.
14. Enjoy the sunshine while it's still sunny
15. Think up idea for drama house competitions
16. Draw more robots

For 10, 11 and 12 i'm doing battle of the bands house competitions (it's a bit like harry potter... there are four houses named after the founders of the schools) and i'm in the best one (obvz) but we lost last year to a band who aren't allowed to play this year because they're officially semi-professional. i'm singing for my house, wish me luckkk!

for 15, i need to come up with a concept for my drama house competitions. we've got 9 actors and actresses, it needs to be 5 to 7 minutes long and the theme is 'behind the scenes'. remember, we're up against three other houses! any original ideas we might not have thought of..?

finally... WHO WATCHED SKINS!?
it was so wierd.

in a while crocodile ;)

josie
x x x x x x x x x x

outfits, what a wonderful thing.

today is red nose day, so OF COURSE i celebrated by taking photographs of my school chums out of their uniforms for once!
couple of the nicer outfits:


(this girl above is mean, therefore i dislike her outfit. and yes that's a superdry t-shirt. and apparently it's 'vintage'. but it's not. she just wishes it was so she can be hella retro cool like me :) ARRRGGGGGH)
just because it's the official red nose day t-shirt and she was ingenious enough to wear it. and i wasn't. pahahaa.

WARNING: this is about the time i got sick of scribbled out faces (it's very therapeutic though) and started drawing funky glasses... beware).




pahahahah he's not a transevestite, he was being a girl in order to raise money for comic relief. obviously. ahem....

none of my outfit, guess i wasn't feeling especially vain today (OMG WHAT!?)
in a bit guys :) no rhyme today.

josie
x x x x x xx x

don't worry, i'm hilarious.

i have masssssiiiive cravings for fish and chips. well. sausage and chips. or a bacon cheeseburger from burger king. mm greasy fast food.
sorry, veggies :(

tomorrow is red nose day (of course!) so i'll be in non-uniform, which probably means that i might post one (or more, depending on what my school chums wear) outfit that i actually get to wear outside for once. those dratted school uniforms, the bane of my life!

something to bust the thursday blues until i come up with a more interesting post...


"man, this song is counter-productive?"

josie
x x x x x x x

p.s. i did a drama assessment today and i got an A*! and in my science exams i got an A and an A*! hooraahhh!

it may seem naive but at least it's sincere,

today's title is 1234 by the diskettes. or it might be 12345. i'm not sure. but it's loverly!

i'm supposed to be doing an english gcse essay on poem comparison that's five pages long and in for tomorrow. so far, i've done a grand total of one paragraph.
help!

i got monty python series two on tuesday morning (a pre-op transexual lent it to me. THIS IS NOT A LIE) so i've been watching it in my free time ever since. dad loves it; mum hates it. i think it's brilliant. spanish inquisition!? nobody was expecting that.

MY OUTFIT!?
i was trying to be artsy and doing all these moody and depressing poses like what you see on britain's next top model (i can actually use grammar correctly in real life, it's just that the internet messes my internal dictionary riiight up) because, let's be honest, i'm trying to get hypes on lookbook.

SPEAKING OF LOOKBOOK; i have one invite and i must use it wisely. ANY TAKERS? seriously, now. this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff. well, not really. but y'know.

top, next; skirt, clothes swap party; necklace, french market; tights, asda; boots, clothes swap/primark

hahah i look really wierd proportions.
on't laugh at me just because my t-shirt's from next. look at my boots! and just look at my skirt! i've been agonising how to wear it for weeks, and i finally decided that my skirt should be (in the words of trinny and susannah) the 'key peice' and everything else can be monochromatic and toned down. aaah!

my hair's all flicky becuase i've been wearing it up all week and it's gotten used to being in the hair clip. i've been wearing it up because i got so many lovely comments on my homage to emily from skins and then i got compliments outside of the blogosphere as well, which was added loveliness. plus it's the ideal solution to the 'grow it out or cut it short?' dilemma that is currently facing my hairdo.

anyway, i must be popping off, apparently it's my turn to do the washing up.
peace out girl scout!

josie
x x x x x x x

why does this song not have any lyrics!? it's too goooooood.

today's title is talking about clair de lune by claude debussy. its just piano; and yes, i know it was on twilight. eugh. i'm sick of twilight. twilight is so december 2008. but it was also on skins, jj's episode. and i love jj.

i have a confession to make. and it's terrible.
i haven't been doing my vlog.
I KNOW. I KNOW. IT'S HORRENDOUS.
it's because my camera only shoots in MPEG files (or something, i'm hardly a techie) and my computer can't deal with that so everytime it sees an MPEG file it hides in a corner and cries, and makes a funny "nnnnrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghh" noise. so i've given up.
i found a new camera. but it's going to take ages.

ANYWAY, MY OUTFIT;
i thought i was very clever, teaming a stripy tee with a... uhm... non-stripy tee.

stripy tee, primark; purple tee, new look; jeans, internacionale

oops, you can't see my jeans. i guess this one isn't going on lookbook then.
speaking of lookbook, i have one invite, and i need to use it wisely. i guess if you want it just comment, or email me at the address in the sidebar.

i had my hair up all day (see my homage to emily of skins) but i took it down because i'd been swimming in p.e (man i love swimming in p.e) and i had a shower. aahh.

comic relief on friday! i'm dead excited; i hope lenny henry puts in an appearance. him + dawn french = most brilliant couple ever?

peace out, girl scoutt.

josie
x x x x x x x

here's another song about a gender i'll never understand

(psst...today's title is kill the director by the wombats) annd there's five things i like this week;

1) printed jumpers; but not just any jumpers, quirky jumpers, like christmas jumpers. it's outrageous how much i need a jumper with animals on a la bret mckenzie of flight of the concords... it's practically a bare necessity.



2) summer heights high; for those of you who've never seen it, go watch it now. it's a mockumentary produced by australian comedian chris lilley about an australian high school, and there's three main characters: mr g, the egotistic drama teacher, jonah, the islander badass, and ja'mie, the private school bitch. it's definitely funny, and sometimes embarassing, but i would DEFINITELY recommend.



3) summer's a-coming; it was sunny t'other day, so now i'm very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very excited for the sun and bright colours and chance to not wear three pairs of tights!




4) new hairstyles; "there's something different about you... new clothes? have you had a haircut? different make-up? you're pregnant? you... used a new shampoo?" "no, i've just put my hair up." "oh."




5) quirky online comics; there's some brilliant ones on gURL.com about everything ranging from first dates to trendsetters to what boys think about. and if you're not into anime, try cyanide and happiness. it's updated almost everyday, and some of them do make me chuckle, so check them out, you might be pleasantly surprised.

peace out girl scout,

josie
x x xxxx

p.s. i'm going to finish up my vlog tonight, so look out for it in the next week, okay? i've been really self-conscious, hahah, talking to myself, so if i look like an idiot... don't comment on my idioticness.
:)

there there baby it's just textbook stuff, it's in the abc of growing up.

i'm growing my hair, i've decided, but i'll be keeping my fringe.
i'm sick of my hair at the minute but if i cut it again, i can only cut it into a certain style (because of the layering) and then it will grow into this hairstyle again. it's just really bad at growing out, and i will escape the vicious cycle!

today's outfit is really really boring;

striped tee, primark; jeans, internacionale; pumps, primark

for all those who got confused, i haven't actually cut my hair, i've just put it up. it's so it doesn't annoy the hell out of me while i'm growing it.

also, which numpty described this t-shirt as a t-shirt with two ronnies on!?

it's clearly morecambe & wise, come on guys, get with it ;)
nah, i'm just messin'.
THE WEATHER'S BLEEDING AWFUL TODAY, honestly, it just can't seem to make its mind up, can it? anyway, i'm going to go work on my vlog, remember to keep sending in those questions!
peace out girl scout...

josie
x x x x x

sunday mornings, bllaaah blaahh blahhh.

i got tagged, by my darling lottie of course... who else?

HERE WE GO...

1. Post a picture of the bag, purse, handbag, pocketbook [whatever you call it] that you are carrying. Now, don't you even think about going back there to your closet and getting your very favorite one or that cute little vintage clutch that you carried the last time you went out...I want to see the purse that you carried today!

2. Tell us how much it cost. Oh my, I know what you are thinking - a proper lady would never discuss matters of money, darling. Well, yes, but today we are gonna break that rule and tell. Yes, tell how much it cost. We won't judge. This is for entertainment purposes only. And if there is a story that goes along with this purse, tell it.

Well, this bag was free! Because it was my mum's, in the 80's. Which just makes it very cool, especially because it's leather and suede, and those two fabrics age fabulously. And it's a banana bag. What a good name.

train ticket - i went to the city and bought a boxset of mary-kate and ashley dvd's. they're hilarious.
bracelets - they were annoying me so i took them off and put them in my bag.
playing card purse - i love it.
my ipod - purple, 8gb, i begged my parents for it.
camera - this is actually my crappy camera, but i used my good one to take this picture. i take my camera everywhere. you know, just in case.
dream matte mousse - my god, i couldn't live without this stuff.
balm-balm lip balm - i like the fact that it's odourless and colourless.
rimmel blemish concealer - i'm sand, 002, because they don't have an 001 apparently.
my phone - actually a WP-S1 skype phone. i'm not about to change it, its chunky and cute.
twix biscuit - the world's best biscuit.
black button - it fell off my coat in miss selfridge.
ibuprofen capsules - they're still in my bag from when i had tonsilitus, but i guess they're kind of useful if i'm suddenly struck down by a headache in the middle of the city.
aviator sunglasses - you never know in england.
comb - i don't like hairbrushes, they're scary and make my hair static.
umbrella - shocking red, you really don't know in england.
water bottle - i never actually buy water, i just re-use the bottle, which is why all my water bottles are totally beaten up.

I shall now tag EVERYONE. because you're all lovely, and because i can't be bothered doing links and stuff. pffttt. i'm pure evil, honestly.
peace out girl scout!

josie
x x x x

before you know it you're posting three, four times a day.

i'm currently tidying my room. it really is a horrendous mess. just enlarge the panoramic picture i took on my new (very high-tech, i've never had a camera that can take panoramics before) camera. terrifying.


mainly it's clothes, but some birthday presents are scattered around. i really need to take care of my gifts more; people will think i'm ungrateful.


today's outfit was an epiphany i had whilst watching jj's episode of skins last night. i love how emily dresses, and i think she's absolutely lovely, and i think her hair is gorgeous, so this was my, er, homage to her beautiful style and personality in general (even though she's a fictional character?)


i must say that i much prefer the clothing of the characters in series three than anything i saw in series one and two (with the exception of the ever beautiful cassie played by hannah murray, but all her stuff was impossible to replicate because she wore vintage 1920s nightdresses and stuff. crazy, i know).

black cardigan, primark mens section; green shirt, bay; purple shirt, dorothy perkins; denim shorts, peacocks; black tights, you can buy them everywhere so god knows.

i feel that the whole shorts + tights + cardigan combo is becoming my fall-back outfit. you know, everyone has one that they can always turn to when everything fails? well, this is mine. it just works. with everything. no matter where you're going.
sorry for being so predictable, though.
ANYWAY...
weekend weekend weekend!
my friend's coming over, she's going to help me bust the mess (hopefully, but what she'll probably end up doing is picking various things off of the floor and going, "can i have this?" because apparently my style is 'amazing'. i'm not complaining) and clutter and that.
wish me luck...
peace out girl scout.

josie
x x x x x x

no explanation.

"Only those who are hard enough will succeed. Most people get crushed, but if you fight, in the end life will go, 'Fucking hell. This one's serious. Let him through.'" - Russell Brand, My Booky Wook.

heres the story. i was sleeping, and then i awoke with a magical idea for a q and a vlog thing.

yeah, what the title says.
i had an idea.
i love the idea of Q&A blogs.
and i used to keep a vlog.
SO WHY NOT COMBINE THE TWO!?
oh my days.
i'm going to make a random video for my next post,
and i'll be answering any questions you hand to me.
like, from "where did you get that dress from..."
to "what shampoo do you use..."
to "why are you so ginger?" (i have been asked that before, oddly).
literally, ask me ANYTHING, i will reply, in an exciting blog,
where you will get to hear my voice for the first time.
(it's really annoying. woops)
so please please please,
ASK ME QUESTIONS,
as comments on this posts,
or send them to the email address in the sidebar.
and i will reply,
in video form.
how chuffing exciting!
see you later alligator...

josie
x x x x

p.s how brilliant is janice dickinson's modelling agency? i almost wee'd with laughter, teehee!

i'm embracing my exam-ridden tuesday!

yes, you did read that title correctly!

black tee, dorothy perkins; spotty tee, h&m divided; denim shorts, peacocks; leopard print tights, primark; book, my booky wook by russell brand

(just an outfit from a couple of days ago)

this morning i took my Maths Module 3 GCSE exam (HUGE, HUGE, HUGELY important, for all those outside of UK borders). it was incredibly hard and i'm almost positive i've only got a B or a C. ack. ack. ack.
THEN, this afternoon i did my english speaking & listening asessment (i got an A*, yeahhhh!)
i'm quite pleased that it's all over, really (well, the maths is, until may 2010, thank GOD)

WOW, LOOK AT THIS PICTURE I JUST FOUND
that's beautiful, isn't it? i love how the tiger just looks completely and utterly pissed off.
"HE'S COMING FOR YOU LADS!"
"it's okay, he's underwater."

but what made me embrace my exam-ridden tuesday was the fact that in swimming (we have to take it for p.e. we weren't supposed to but our dance teacher left and all the compulsory year 10 physical education classes had to be juggled around) we played water rugby, and surprisingly i PWND (i guess it's 'cause i'm tall so i can touch the bottom) and we got to wear really dorky caps like in the 1950s with ear guards and everything, so of course laughing at my teammates (it was caps vs. non-caps) cheered me up no end.
i smell like chlorine now. i DESPERATELY need a shower.

jacket, dad's; minidress, random boutique in the middle of cornwall; opaque tights, asda

MY FIRST EVER BATHROOM SHOOT (?)

i'm absolutely shattered though. i couldn't even be bothered to pull together a decent outfit for you, look. two exams and a two-hour swim aren't exactly the laziest things a person can do. plus i have a parent's evening tomorrow, the wierdest night any person has ever concocted. who imagined that it would be a good idea for a child to go to school with their parents at night, make appointments to talk to their kid's teachers and complain a lot? erughh?
wish me luck with it, though, OK?

i want to tell you guys about a beautiful song i heard on skins the other day, which is white films by tujiko noriko. it's absolutely lovely, if you like melodic electronica. which i do. it's quite nostalgic for me, wierd, huh!?

another interesting thing that you should definitely look up is a website called futureme.org. it allows you to send an email to yourself, but it stores the email until the date you specify, so it's like you're emailing yourself, BUT YOUR FUTURE SELF. it's pretty much the funnest thing i've ever done (warning: exaggeration)
i just received an email from my thirteen-year-old self. i was such a try-hard, i almost threw up (warning: exaggeration). i'm all electro and scene-kid-wannabe, and i say "babycakess" too too much.

thought you ought to know about those things,
i should have saved them for 'five things i like this week...' but oh well!
ciao for now m'loves.

josie
x x x

p.s. oh my god. there's no rhyme. there's no rhyme. i think i'm going to hyperventilate. arghhh!
p.p.s i just realised that "ciao" and "now" rhyme. panic over.
p.p.p.s it's not a very good rhyme, is it?
p.p.p.p.s i might change it
p.p.p.p.p.s nahh, i like it.

i've seen those english dramas too, they're cruel

today's title: oxford comma by vampire weekend. i loveee them at the minute (god, i'm a walking indie kid cliche)
oh my gosh! my dad's out seeing metallica at sheffield, i'm so proud of him!
i've just come back from a party, i'm so pleased i'm finally doing all these teenagery things i should be doing (or at least, you'd think)

a couple of outfits:

coat, boohoo.co.uk; scarf, new look; bangle, new look; cardigan, primark; jeans, new look; boots, peacocks

i wore this to an eighteenth birthday party. i didn't know how dressy it was going to be, but all the eighteen-year-olds were out in their clubwear, and it was a bit, "ooerr", but it was alright in the end.

cardigan, primark; red nose day t-shirt by stella mccartney, tk maxx; jeans, clothes swap/primark; bangle, new look; badge (on jeans),random emo shop in leeds

i'm dead pleased that i got hold of my red nose day tee, finally. it's £9.99, for charity, it has morecambe & wise on and its by stella.

NOW, SOME NEWS:
i'll do it in easy-to-read bullet points, shall i? cool stuff i've done between now and thursday.

• went to the launch party of a recording studio. i know! my learning mentor took me and three other girls (i sing and i want to get into the industry, you see, so we went to get some music contacts) and i ended up meeting feargal sharkey. if you don't know who he is, ask your mum and dad, because they'll know. he was in the undertones, the guys who sang teenage kicks. all the adults in the room got starstruck but the teenagers, ie. me and the three other girls (youngest in the room, oh yeah) strode up to him and had a conversation. he gave me tips on my singing career. TIPS! amazing. plus he's irish. wow.

• watched lee evan's live at the O2 dvd, not quite as epic as the first point but still worth a mention, seeing as it's like two hours long. i'm so used to fifty minute stand-up routines and being disappointed but i wasn't this time. i love him because he moves different to other stand-ups. he looks like a clockwork toy.

• went to an eighteenth birthday party, turned out to be a bigger event than i thought it was. the invite said, "meet up at 4pm for a few drinks with friends, nothing fancy", turns out that they invited about 50 people and almost all of them got trashed. this one guy stumbled up to me, going, "di' you mee' feargal shshhharkee." and it was very very funny. plus i played piano (yeah, i can play 'the river flows in you' by yiruma) and another drunk man told me i was a child prodigy (although he slurred it. a lot). funny times.
  

bit of a text-heavy post, i'm afraid, so here's some pics from the parties:
the eighteenth (we went for a walk in the woods for some of it):

launch party:

see you later alligator :)

josie
x x x

oh god, not another one of these?

five things i like this week;

1) chocolate, especially those sweet little plaques from thorntons; there's no denying there's nothing cuter than getting chocolate AND a birthday card in one bite, and sometimes they do special editions for valentine's and mother's day and that. and it's all £4. the best bit? your friends never realise it's uber cheap.


2) sorting out your skin in time for summer; mine's clearing up now, thank god, and hopefully by summer i'll be a fresh-faced summer beauty, good enough to grace television screens, and even get hired by disney. have you ever seen a teenager with acne on there? its not right.


3) ossie clark; recently i've fallen for the whole seventies vibes, plus celia birwell's prints are divine. originally not my cup of tea, but the whole idea has definitely grown on me, you know? i even liked the ossie clark re-invention at fashion week, so it's all good.


4) belated birthday presents; who invented these? because they're genius! two weeks after my birthday and i'm still getting presents and cards from people who forget, etc. it's brilliant. who said you only get your birthday once a year? i think we should have our birthdays for a whole month, that would be awesome.


5) this picture; it just makes me laugh and laugh and laugh a whole lot more. i'll let you wallow in its epicness, shall i?:

and that concludes the five things i like this week, i guess. peace out girl scout!

josie
x x x

you say yes to everything

title is from mowgli's road by marina and the diamonds, it's my myspace profile song and i can't stop listening to it.
RIGHT.
on with the show.
i think we all adored luella's collection in september, but i'm pretty sure that none of us can afford the £600 + price tag that comes with it.


so look what i found, guys! look!

yes, i think i just found luella on a budget. this dress, the second picture, is £20 from boohoo.com and it comes in a variety of colours. i got my coat from boohoo, as some early readers might remember, and all the buttons fell off, but besides that it's still going strong. to be honest, i quite want it (the dress, i mean), but i'm saving money this year, NOT. SPENDING. IT.
i have £26 in my bank account, and about £10 left of birthday money.

i'm posting again as five things we like this week (an increasingly popular weekly installment, i can sense it) so i'll see you in about fifteen minutes :)
peace out girl scout,

josie
x x x

my mercury's in retrograde

today's title, mercury by bloc party. i've started doing that thing where you use the first line from the first song you hear when you open up the shuffle on your media player, you get me? i'm pleased it's a cool song.

i've been like crazy posting recently, i might end up being one of those girls who just posts about sixteen squllion posts a day, i mean, i've already posted one today about luella (not impressed, i'm just going to grit my teeth and thing of summer '08. those glasses? ah, t'was gorgeous), and i'm yet to mention ossie clark:

i want all of it! i'm so, so glad they've got the seventies stuff, you know, the raised waist on the empire dresses (i have no idea what i'm talking about here) and the high-waisted trousers. and the white tights? nom nom nom. i'm really into the 60s/70s glamour thing, as you might see from my inspiration folder. i don't know what it is, i just love love love it.

ANYWAY, guys, i've re-awakened my twitter account (i signed up ages ago but then i heard that darth vader had one so i just have to get one too), so follow me on twitter by clicking here. unless you haven't got a twitter, it's literally just clicking a button. so do it!

i'm going to do a seperate outfit post later on in the week, and just combine all my outfits of the week into one big fat post. i don't want to inundate you with masses of posts.

peace out girl scout!

josie
x x x

PS. i also think that the commenting problems i discussed in my last post are sorted. genius!

but she looks like a wannabe ting ting,

luella, you failed me.

...?

she ain't got no money in the bank

haa, my title's a bit too gangster today! i feel a bit not-myself, you know, not ill as such but just like you want to get away from your own personality for a day, or two? so i chose rap music or whatever that genre is. she ain't got no money in the bank!
guys. i'm upset. shall i tell you why?
because everytime i try and comment you back on your blogs, so you know that i read (and appreciate) every single comment you guys give me, this MONSTROSITY shows up:

if you can't see, it's basically a box that just says "LOADING" at me everytime i try to post a comment.
but it never loads. it never, ever, ever, ever loads.
so thank you, demi, chloe, katie, ariella, and the eternally elusive mademoiselle myrtilo, and anyone else who ever bothers to comment on these boxes. i really love all the lovely comments you leave, whatever my ridiculous blog is talking about, and i'm sorry that i can't return the favour. let's all blame blogspot.

meanwhile, i thought i'd show you these. i got them from ....
oh, bugger, i forgot where i got them from! that's awful! oh, but i remember she had a really gorgeous banner/header thing. let me think. it had something to do with fashion. did it? oh dear. it was a drawing of a girl on a swing, and she had red hair. oh god. now i feel awful!
i don't even know who drew them. that's really bad, isn't it? teehee.

i just love how childish they are and they're kind of cheeky. they remind me of noel fielding's (as in, the mighty boosh noel fielding) drawings because they've got wierd scribblings next to them that could have come from anywhere.
i especially like the second one. the last line just made me giggle... hope you enjoy them too, and don't just think they're wierd and perverted.

peace out, girl scout,

josie
x x x

right, stop it, it's getting too silly

i just decided to quote monty python's flying circus for the title, i'm running out of quirky lyrics (or at least, i'm running out of energy to search for quirky lyrics).

today i thought i'd show you some of the stuff in my 'inspiration' folder, you know the one where you put all your inspirational pictures when you're feeling a bit, well, unfashionable. i'm really nosey so i love looking through them.
don't ask me where i got them from, they're from everywhere.

i honestly can't see anything that's holding the looks together besides a lot of skirts and sweet retro glamour. can you guys help? i mean, i really love these photographs. i swear i should be wearing more 60s stuff. what do you reckon?

josie
x x x

until king of the jungle calls my bluff

today's title is from mowgli's road by marina and the diamonds, i really like it.
and hello, loyal readers! and unloyal readers. whatever.
well, if you are a loyal reader, you'll probably remember that i went out for a curry last night. i ordered a chicken biriyani, and this is what i got:

an egg? that looks as if it's been stuffed with demons?
i really ought to be catching up on coursework (i've just discovered that i had a ton of french to do. erugh. and media) but instead i'll show you some more delightful photographs of last night...


not alcohol. i know you were thinking it! cheeky things.
i'm underage so we couldn't buy any booze you dafty. so i got a litre bottle of water. and took it home with me, of course. i like how dangerous you look when you're swigging from a bottle (don't worry, i'm not THAT much of a dork really)


just a classy photograph.

onto my outfit of the day (i feel like i haven't posted one in ages)...

t-shirt, hand-me-down dress worn as a t-shirt; jeans, new look; cardigan, primark men's section

i love this dress (worn as a t-shirt, don't get confused) because it looks more like a showy leotard and feels like one too without the whole riding up thing. and the belt really defines my waist.
i didn't want to get my legs out though, far too cold for that sort of thing (plus my legs are absolutely awful. seriously) so i hide them with black skinnies. not bad, ehh?

i'm having trouble defining my style at the minute. it's not especially girly but it's not adrogynous either. can you guys help me?

see you later alligator,

josie
x x x

allow me to exaggerate a memory or two, when summers lasted longer than we do

five things i like this week, awsm!


1) having something to look forward to; for me, it's a curry with my friends tonight. i've never been out this late without parents before, i feel quite dangerous. and i'm looking forward to it. but sometimes i can be any small thing... going shopping, going on goliday, even a good lesson in school or seeing your friends. it's good to have that little thing to keep you going through the day.


2) london town; as you may have read (if you're a regularly reader, if not, welcome!) i went to london for my birthday, and i loved it. oxford street, regent's park, madame tussaud's, london eye, big ben, houses of parliament. there's a reason so many tourists are flocking to england (the weak pound. no, i'm kidding. well, not really) and that's because, well, england pwns.


3) monty python; almost as proof that england pwns, we've got the world's best comedy. monty python, ahh. back in the 60s/70s it was drastic and daring but now i just find it comforting to sit back and watch some flying circus, or life of brian. hah. it's probably because my dad quotes it. constantly.


5) getting a new spring wardrobe; or at least reinventing your look for the springtime. it's been 'orrible weather, but as i'm staring out of my windows i see that the sun's out, bright and early (as if it's only 8.49am, it feels like later) and that i could probably get away with wearing just the one pair of tights today. you might not think it's a lot... but it is.

PEACE OUT, girl scout!

josie
x x x

my heart is numb, has no feeling, so while i'm still healing just try and have a little patience

i never realised that patience by take that (today's title) actually had any contents. i just knew it had that "tayyyayyyayyayayyme" bit. woopsadaisy.
if i keep posting at this rate, i'll have 3583689386869840968098360849 posts by christmas time 2009.
as it goes, i'm on my 38th since christmas 2008. i know, that's a bleedin' lot of blog posts.

well, i've been tagged! (sort of, demi just tagged everyone but i really fancied doing this. ha.)

Four places I go over and over:

1) the city, literally i'm in the city centre every other weekend. it's like a half an hour train journey plus a bus journey at my end of the line but i don't care.it's lovely, and there's a huge topshop, and an even huger primark, and this place called the corn exchange where all the emos hang out.
2) my room! because, well, i sleep here, innit. plus it's got my computer in. and my mirror and clothes and make-up and money. ha. it's got everything in. and its got my MASSIVE, COMFY BED. kingsize baby.
>3) friends houses, there's not one in particular, but generally i just invite myself over for an hour or two.
4) school. i go often. i don't enjoy it. but i go often. urgh.

Four people who email me reguarly:
1) spam, hahh some of the stuff just makes me giggle. i keep getting updates on my mental health, its like OPEN THIS IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT HOW SANE YOU ARE! i deleted it.
2) my sister in australia, she actually sends me messages over facebook because apparently hotmail hates her or something but they still count. it's nice to know she's still okay and she tells me all about scuba diving and hurricanes and that.
3) chain mail, from my friends, often with a humourous sarcastic remark at the bottom. and example:
"PASS IT ON OR YOU WILL DIE"
"oh, really."
just those kind of things make me chuckle.
4) amazon.co.uk, i bought one dvd from them and suddenly they're telling me i have to buy books! about crime! argghhhh!

Four favourite smells:
1) boys, my favourite was lynx but then the boys at my school bathe in the stuff, so i decided my new favourite was ted baker, but i don't really care. as long as they're yummy.
2) woodsmoke, i love how clothes smell after a bonfire.
3) wet pavements, generally in summer when it's been a really fine day and then it starts sort of spitting and the pavement smells really fresh.. do you know what i mean or am i just going 'nanas?
>4) freshly cut grass, at school they cut the grass every six weeks, my friends all think i'm wierd.

Four places i'd rather be:
1) the lost city of atlantis, ahhh!
2) at a stand-up gig, i tried out music gigs but i didn't like the fact that they're so impersonal. plus they're less funny.
3) in front of the telly, with a drink and a blanket and a good film in the dvd player :)
4) shopping with my friends, or doing something with my friends like going for a curry. ha.


Four tv shows I watch:
1) skins, every week without fail, even after the old cast went to uni. i don't care. luke pasqualino is tres tres yummy.
2) whose line is it anyway US, the uk version can go cry in a corner, i love ryan stiles so much.
3) coleen's real women, i watch it but she does annoy me, because they're prejudiced against anyone under a size 10. a size 8 got a job for avon or something, and she was like, "oh, i'm so upset, she's not like a real woman and i wish she'd chosen this size 16" and i was like, "ehhh, you can't say you're not prejudiced against ANY sizes. why not call it 'coleen's slightly pudgier women' then?" size 8 is real, it's just less average.
4) being human, bbc3 drama at it's best. it's about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost all living together. and it's absolutely lovely, the werewolf is fantastic BUT THE GHOST GOT KILLED BY HER FIANCEE OMG.

if you understand any of the above answers, let me know in a comment. i'm beginning to think i'm wierder than at first glance.
peace out girl scout!

josie
x x x x

my new dress

new look, £10 on the sale rack. reduced from £30.
it's my new love.
:')

peace out girl scout,

josie
x x x

oh but mr creosote, won't you take just one wafer thin little mint?

today's title is a quote from the film 'monty python's meaning of life'. it's absolutely hilarious, but then again, i have a really wierd sense of humour.
ONTO SPRING FASHIONS.
i feel like i haven't done any posts on fashion. and i haven't. not proper ones, where i actually intend to write about fashion. i haven't done one of these posts since... wednesday 11th february.
is that it? it feels like longer.

ANYWAY.
i have found a dress. that i need. and want. and need.
it's from new look, and it's £22. i can almost afford it (ha). look how lovely it is. i'd put it with opaque black tights and skyscraper heels. i don't think i'd even suit it, but it's tres tres gorgeous.


also, i'm desperately in need of a morecambe and wise tee from tk maxx for red nose day. i mean, come on! THREE REASONS WHY:
a) i've had a long obsession with morecame and wise since my parents bought me a 'best of...' dvd for christmas one year. they're amazing.
b) it's helping a good cause and,
c) they're designed by stella mccartney!
but i don't know if i'll be able to trek into totneitgtbpt (i live by two cities, leeds and 'the-one-that's-near-enough-impossible-to-get-to-by-public-transport', it's an anagram. no, a palindrome. no, a synonym. i don't know. one of those things where you use the first letter of a word to make a new word?) so i'll have to persuade my parents to drive me for the half an hour journey there and back. teehee.


ALSO, i saw a lovely jubbly skirt on rosa c of my fashion blog, and it looked hella cool, so i looked it up and saw that it was £8 from new look, although they only have the grey version left online. it's still cool. and cheap. wahey!

oh. i need to go clothes shopping.
CATCH YOU LATER, alligator.

josie
x x x

all i wanna do is BANG BANG BOOM KACHOW PING! take your money

today's title is my interpretation of the chorus of paper planes by m.i.a


i got one :') again. eeee!
this one's from the lovely jubbly alecca rox (I DON'T KNOW YOUR REAL NAME, i'm ashamed), who said, AND I QUOTE:

This one goes to Josie, whose blog makes my day. "She craves mascara", posts favourite items whether it's fashion or not, has an amazing mood-board wall in her room and her blog's playlist has become an addiction.

i'm so pleased that people read and even bother commenting this blog. it makes me feel like it's worthwhile. who knew anyone would be interested?
9 followers and counting.
i got 8 comments on the last post! overnight! that's the most ever.
how exciting.

anyway, i'm much better equipped to vote for blogs who are truly truly deserving of this wonderful, splendiforous award, even though i won't reach the full ten and i know i won't.

• demi of fashionably early, even though i already gave her one, her blog really is wonderful and she always comments back to everyone, including little ol' me (by the way, i agree that duffy is an idiot. ha.)
  
• alecca of alecca rox, and yeah i know she nominated me and i guess this isn't technically "allowed" but she always leaves the lovliest comments and she has really really great style.
• lottie of thepelicanandme because of her wierd vlogs and her amazing skills when it comes to turning shirts into skirts! and picking up calvin klein shirts from her sister.
• liz from oh so glam. because she has amazing taste in clothing and only posts the nicest runway shots (i hate it when blogs get clogged up with mediocre clothes). oh, and she leaves LOVELY comments. yay!
• abby of abby (teehee), because she likes starbucks and lilly allen, and i'm all for both.

the rules are repost this and blahdeblahdeblah, you've probably already seen it. repost it and nominate ten other bloggers, etc. etc.
i'm not interested in the details, ha, i'm pure evil.

i'll post some pictures from my bonfire birthday party tomorrow, but as you may see it's twenty minutes past midnight, so i'm going to sleep.

see you later alligator!

josie
x x x

p.s. i smell like woodsmoke.

it's a beautiful day and all my troubles just fade away

today's title is from cbbc's excellent programme 'even stevens'. well, i don't think they show it anymore. but it was awesome anyway.
speaking of cbbc, i've recently become aware of something brilliant called 'the legend of dick and dom'. it reminds me of monty python's holy grail, in a wierd way, because it's fantastic and brilliant and wierd and messy. and absolutely hilarious. if you're UK, check it out here (sorry for anyone outside the uk, i think bbc iplayer don't let you watch it).

i'm feeling kinda guilty becuase i haven't posted an outfit in, well, ages. but i thought i'd show you this beauty:

t-shirt, yellowcard gig; hoodie, h&m; coat, boohoo.com; bracelets, primark

it's me in arizona cafe, which is along the road from madame tussaud's waxworks. that's right! me! in a cafe! in london! doing the peace sign? don't ask about the chin. argh.
i can cheat and say it's an outfit post even though it was really just my dad mucking about with the family camera. mwahaha.

i also wanted to show you this...
ok, so call it secretly fishing for compliments but i feel like i haven't taken a properly decent photograph of myself that didn't require heavily photoshopping (see top picture, ahem) so i thought i'd just so you that i don't always look like a total mong. teehee.

i've just been told i shouldn't say mong because it means disabled? sorry if you're offended. my friends use it a lot, i didn't know it was bad. oh dear.

see you later alligator!
(now you say, "in a while crocodile")

josie
x x x x

oh waterloo sunset, i am in paradise

TODAY'S TITLE!? waterloo sunset by the kinks!
i heard it in the national rowing and boating museum (well, it was something alone those lines. and it was in henley. ha), FACT FACT FACT. comin' atchaa.
man, i am BUZZING. i haven't blogged since, well, yesterday, but that was such a god awful post, i think you'll agree?

it was my birthday on sunday, so we (we being my family, and me) went to madame tussaud's, and it was epic. i kept trying to take photographs so it looked like the waxworks were looking straight at the camera, but it was OUTRAGEOUSLY difficult with the crowds. all i managed was gary barlow:ha, the man's such a pleb.
i also joined in the britney dance chain, click this link right here and it will take you to the britney dance chain homepage. from there search 'josie' and i'm the only result, babay! while you're there you might as well check out my outfit in the blurry images. t'wasn't anything too spectacular, mind.

so, here's what i got for my birthday :)

from my older sister (who is in australia, by the way, so these are genuine aussie items which i am very pleased with)

don't worry, i totally hate feet too, but i had to show you my new ankelet. it's so DORKY but it makes me feel tres hardcore, haha!

australia's answer to marmite. it tastes disgusting. i repeat. it. tastes. disgusting. i tried a bit of it and i pulled that face that i pull when i eat sour haribo's. you don't want to see it.

from my younger sister

this stuff is like cheese. it smells like of like off-cheese, but apparently the smell is supposed to be wierd at first and then you get addicted to it. i'm not sure how the general public will react. will my close friends become addicted to my scent? and will my accquaintances, who have not smelt the "wierd-at-first" smell, going to edge away when i sit next to them? the dilemma!
it's this wierd, dark green, nice-smelling shower jelly stuff called 'sweetie pie'. nom nom nom. i can use it on my hair AND my body. ha!

the really awesome thing is that when you order things from lush, they don't send you crappy packaging with those aweful polystyrene kernels that squeak. they send you boxes full of popcorn! (unsalted, my father declared, and therefore rendering them inedible. my family is so adorable and wierd.)
from my brother

i'd like to comment, i have no idea how on earth he managed to get hold on an 18 dvd. it's an 18. he's not 18. maybe he bought it on the internet.

from my crazy, hippy aunt in wales


no, i don't know what it's supposed to be either, but i'm going to use it as an ornament for now. i'm not sure if the world is ready for a beaded, turquoise purse. yet. but when the time does come, i'll be ready. you betcha i'll be ready.

from my parents
it's purple. it's purple. it's purple. well, more of a purpley pink, but who cares? it almost matches my ipod (or as the gangsters say, IPIZZLE). my parents even charged it up for me so i could use it for our day out at madame tussauds, but when i turned it on there was a cracked screen and half of the screen was just white. so we're sending it back :'(

unavailable outside of the usa and canada, but my parents are sneaky and goodness knows where they grabbed these from. but look! whose line is it anyway series one volumes one and two! that's a four disc set! as long as this is on the tv everything's alright.

nom nom nom.
further nom nom nom times infinity.

so now i'm planning my birthday party for thursday. i'm having a bonfire (it's taken me fifteen years of wishing my birthday was in the summer so i could have a bouncy castle to realise that i can make use of the whole 'it-gets-dark-early' thing) so MAYBE i'll bring you pictures.


peace out girl scout,

josie
x x x

t'was my birthday yesterday

i am now fifteen, wheee!
thought you ought to know.
i will show you what i got later, when i get home.
remember i said i was off to london?
yeah, i'm here.
i'll show you pictures LATERR.
see you later alligator.

josie

x x x

i may run away with big chief son-of-a-bear

TODAY'S TITLE: i'm an indian too by don armando. actually i'm not sure who it's by, but there's nothing like retro disco music you stumbled across in a vintage shop to brighten up an otherwise tedious day.

30th post, guys! and six followers! that means that someone has decided to follow me every five posts! long may the success continue (or improve, perhaps!?)
ANYWAYZ, big news today guys. i changed my layout; well, a bit, i actually just changed the header and the font (times new roman, how cliche).

outfit for today! it's my work experience but you can't tell by how i dress. currently i'm dressing like a cross between a nu-raver (eughh) and a 1970s glam rock throwback (definitely less eurghh). i spent the whole of my day doing administration for the administrator, who couldn't be bothered doing it because the work they gave me was so so so so so outrgeously DULL. i spent at least two hours transferring information from a form to a spreadsheet. the only interesting thing about that bit was being nosey and reading the personal information on the forms, but then i felt bad so stopped on my 4th form. then it was boring again.

pink headband, gift; cardigan, men's section primark; t-shirt, retro; skirt, h&m; opaque tights, ANYWHERE

then they asked me to sort out the key cupboard, which is essentially a cupboard full of keys. and i had to switch around the tags and find where the missing keys went and sort out this enormously big mess. i thought i did pretty goshdarn well, even if i do say so myself, but i walked past the main office and i saw my supervisor scrutinising my work. she looked disgusted. i don't think she likes me too much.

tried out a new eyeliner technique; nothing spectacular but it's a helluvalot heavier than i usually do! think i can pull it off? i think i need a ton of piercings to compliment it, but then i've seen amy winehouse one too many times :)

i'm gonna do my five things i like this week, i know how... uh... "popular" those posts are.
kidding. haha. but they do get less hits. mwah. less comments. etc. etc.
see you later alligator (OMG DID SHE JUST CHANGE HER RHYME!?)

josie
x x x x

they call me toast because i get burned so much, now let's go dig some fat air!

FIVE THINGS I LIKE THIS WEEK

1. looking back on 90's fashions and cringing; i kid you not, the title came from mary kate and ashley's horrifying attempt at a feature length film. and why is this film so horrific? because of the clothing. and the attempts at 'cool' language. i miss 90's fashions. remember dungarees? and platform trainers? because I DO.


2. cellophane; excellent for making bad homemade 3D goggles (we can all dream) and if you're very creative, you can make it into an excellent outfit. call me extreme, but i would definitely wear this to my wedding. and i'd hire out that bouncy church. no hard pews, but i'd have to ditch my jimmy choos at the entrance.

3. slapping corey; apparently set up by a member of the public who was SO OUTRAGED that australian teenager corey didn't care that he'd trashed his parents' house when he threw the mother of all parties and allegedly caused $20,000 damage or something, they set up a game so you can slap corey! and come on, it's always fun when you get to slap someone in a game, and i'm getting sick of that spank the monkey game.

4. blink 182 are back; okay, so we all grew out of the pop punk era, but you know that deep down in your heart, blink 182 are still pretty friggin' cool. hopefully you won't scream like a child when you hear that they're making a comeback later this year. yeah baby. offa hiatus, just like THAT!


5. blake lively's tartan coat; look at it. it's just delicious. end. of. plus the scarf, and the boots. they're nom nom nom. i don't care where the hell they came from. i just WANT THEM.

josie
x x x

a kiss with a fist is better than none

TITLE: kiss with a fist by florence and the machine, it's on my playlist, check it out.
my fur coat in the outrageous faux fur coat post (7 comments, my most on one post EVER, i should post less often more...?) was from tesco marked down from £20 to £10. yeah babay. i was gonna get a DARK brown one, but thank god i chose the LIGHT brown one because i saw a teacher in a very very similar dark brown coat, and i nearly cried with relief because no matter what that woman wears she looks like a witch. and i don't want to look like a witch.


speaking of witches (or...not), here's my outfit:

jumper, mum's; jeans, new look

just a completely boring outfit, i'm afraid. it's because i'm on work experience. they've sapped me of inspiration. plus it turns out i can wear jeans after all, so there was no need for the smart shopping spree my mother and i went on a while back.

this one i fell over (don't laugh, my bed's bouncy!) but i thought the end look was a bit abstract. a bit cool, you might say. a bit dorky, others might reply. hm. i'm on the fence.

and to finish, a dodgy one for the end. my face was dodgy and my jumper hung oddly, so i cropped my way into oblivion. now i'm a half-person. but oh well.


i'll tryyyyyy to keep updating, but if i don't, i'll definitely post with news of my london trip (four days to go) and my birthday (five days to go!). i'm jolly excited. keep commenting and following, my lovelies, til another time...
PEACE OUT GIRL SCOUTS!

josie
x x x x

they said i was innocent but i pleaded guilty

TODAY'S TITLE: lust puppet by we smoke fags.
i need new music, no jokes. i quite florence and the machine at the minute, i've got loads of street cred for it as well, ha. florence and the machine are very cool in my circle of friends, yah?

speaking of yah, me and my friend went into the city yesterday (that's why i didn't post, ugh i'm so GUILTY) and we thought it would be a brilliant idea to pop into jack wills. if you haven't heard of it now, you probably will soon. the plastics at my school are obsessed. their ideal outfits consist of jack wills hoodies, jack wills sweatpants and some ugg boots.
ANYWAY, it's your typical upmarket shop. outrageous prices for the typical schoolgirl(£25 for a hat, and they're not that nice) and there was this tiny witch who obviously ran the shop telling a girl about 'dirty dancing pink' and then this boy, about nineteen and about eight foot tall, wearing a tweed blazer, randomly called out, "OUT YAH", and i nearly cried with laughter because it was just so hooray henry.

okay, after that little rant (i'm scatter-brained this morning), here's my outfit what i wore a couple of days back...

faux fur, tesco items; stripey polo neck, clothes swap; jeans, internacionale

not exactly the most fashion forward outfit ever, but i was watching monty python's flying circus so i really didn't care what i looked like. even though i should.

hah, this one makes me laugh. at least i don't look like i'm about to lay an egg. and you can see very clearly the lovely satin lining of the pockets of my coat! if i was clever i'd have said i did it on purpose, but you know i didn't, so there's no point in trying.

red nails, very chic, although the varnish kept chipping off, even after about a million coats.

anyway, in leeds i picked up some maybelline dream matte mousse (my lifesaver, although they didn't have 004 champagne, which is the lightest they do, so i'm probably going to end up looking tangoed with my 010 ivory. i'm realllyyyy pale...) and this delicious headband from new look...

i don't know how much it cost, i just know that i think it's perdy.


right, i'm off to update my playlist in the sidebar. i'll try to keep up with this blog a bit more. i owe it to you guys. peace out girl scout...

josie
x x x x