Date Night Outfit - dinner and Pitch Perfect

Yesterday the boyf and I took a spontaneous late night dinner/cinema trip to Westfield, where he treated to me to dinner in a yummy but pricey brazilian restaurant and we watched Pitch Perfect (ahmaazing - I'll get to that!).

I took a few snaps of what I wore beforehand, they are awful quality so massive apologies, but I just thought I'd share those with you.

I've been wearing these red trousers a lot recently. They were one of the freebies I picked when I worked at the Motel Rocks Sample Sale (blog post here), as was the top, and they fit snug as! They're on the Motel website here, and come in lots of gorgeous shades. The black and white top is a loose fitting crop top and I nabbed quite a few in different prints and colours as I really like the way it fits.

The blazer I fell in love with - code for purchased immediately - a few months back from Missguided. I do love a Missguided purchase. It fits really nicely and the inner lining feels soft and light yet at the same time it's cosy to wear. The studded shoulders sealed the deal though for me, they just perfectly enhance a simple black blazer without going over board, so I can still get away with wearing it to work too.

The pumps I bought only a few weeks ago from New Look. I bought them as a relatively smart pair to wear at work but I've ended up just wearing them out a lot instead. They also have studs on the back which again = *hearts*.

Finally, the bag I bought quiiite a while back from Topshop and I really love the style and shape. I don't usually do little bags, I like to haul huge Mary Poppins' style ones around filled with pretty much anything I can convince myself 'I might need'. But I saw this one and thought it was far too cute, I love the bow and the little handle, and hoped it might train me into carrying around less stuff.

So we watched Pitch Perfect, which looked really funny in the trailers. I loved it! I instantly liked the main characters, it was hilarious in places, (some) of the song mash-ups were really good, and overall it really entertained me. I had heard it compared to Glee a lot which made me think I'd hate it (not a Glee fan) but I wouldn't compare the two at all and Pitch Perfect is FAR better (in my opinion)! It's a lot more fun and the characters are so much more loveable and charismatic.

Have any of you seen Pitch Perfect and if so what did you think? What else is everyone watching and liking in cinema at the moment?

Love,

Jx

Christmas Party Outfit

Hey y'all,

Merry Christmasssss eep! I hope everyone has had a lovely day, spent it in good company, eaten lots of yummy food and got lots of awesome presents!

It was pretty low key today at my house. I just spent it with my immediate family, eating an insane amount of delicious food, exchanging presents and watching some really disappointingly unChristmassy TV! 

Boxing day in our house is the day when all the extended family come around though, bringing mayhem and chaos with them. Its so nice to have everyone altogether every once in a while though, and it's always been tradition in my family to have the huge full on Christmas dinner both days which I LOVE!
I'll add a few photos of both days in a little while :)

Last week was full of Christmas parties and work dos so I got lots of opportunities to wear some of the Motel pieces I picked up from the Sample Sale. I just wanted to share a particularly Christmassy one I wore to one of my works' Christmas party's last Thursday! The whole outfit was mostly red and black which I've been rocking a lot this December and the dress is glittery in places too which makes it even more perfect for this time of year. I styled it pretty simply with some black tights, red ankle socks and gorgeous black wedges which I bought recently. I also added some tacky Christmas gloves and Santa hat - gettin' in the spirit an' all! ;)

Hope you like the look, the white furry coat is also from Motel Rocks from quite a few seasons back and I'm still so in love with it. It's surprisingly light and I just throw it over anything and it keeps me cosy as!

Furry Coat: Motel Rocks
Dress: Motel Rocks
Gloves: Ann Summers
Ankle Socks: Topshop
Wedges: New Look

So what did Santa bring you all this year?

I'm planning to share a few of the lovely presents I got with you all over the next few days so keep your eyes peeled for them!

But for now, enjoy those leftovers and if you've got more days off work enjoy them! I'm going to stuff myself some more tomorrow yay!

Christmas love,

Jx