Birthday Wishlist 2016

It's coming up to my 23rd birthday in a few weeks, 26th of November to be exact. Just in case you want to make a note for your diary... I have some mixed feelings about it. It seems only yesterday that I was even leaving my teens behind, to be now heading directly into my 20s is a little crazy to me... I sometimes panic that I'm not going to have enough time to do everything I want to do! Even when I tell coworkers or people of an "older generation" that I'm getting old, they just laugh at me & say I've got my whole life ahead of me. I don't think it helps when my baby face is staring at them, talking about ageing. So I have to try and remind myself what I have seen and done so far, as well as realising people are living right up to their 90s nowadays. Not that I think I should ignore the fact that time is passing by significantly quicker than it used too... But It does make me more determined to conquer the world, to see & hear as much of it as possible. Because there is still so much more to be done!

So since it is coming up to my birthday, I thought it would be pretty cool to share what I'm currently eyeing up. As well as giving some hints to my nearest & dearest... I'm not expecting to receive everything here, some of these things I'm hoping to maybe catch in the Black Friday sale. It's actually fallen on the weekend of my birthday this year. I went crazy last black Friday, but I'm not planning to this year. If anything from this list has money off during black friday and I haven't gotten it as a present, then yes I will probably buy it myself to say Happy Birthday. I'm not embarrassed to treat myself just because I'm getting older, any excuse to get a little treat. This year I'm more interested in the boxing day sales. Just because there isn't anything I'm overly desperate to get, but it will be great to see what deals there are after Christmas. So if I get any money, I think I'm just going to save it this year.

Who knows, since it is coming up to that time of year. Maybe you'll take inspiration from this yourselves. Maybe you'll see something for a family member, or a close friend. Or maybe you'll even see something you would like for yourself! Let me know what you think in the comments below. I would love to hear what you're asking for this year. For your birthday or Christmas!

Tweety Pie Clutch
White BackPack
SD Card
Floral Embroidered Skirt also in black
Embroidered Mom Jeans
Knee High Fringe Boots
Iphone Case
Portable Phone Charger
Colourpop Liquid Lipsticks
Colourpop Lipstick Set
Wedged Jelly Shoes
Cath Kidston Pocket Purse
Cath Kidston Tote Bag

Wear Some Attitude With Those Boots

Yay, I have another outfit post! Originally on wednesday I had planned to shoot some outfits i'd worn but due to the weather or lighting I was unable to get photos. That didn't happen. Then today, I woke up it was nice weather I thought, yes, today is the day. But again, it was not meant to be. As I began to get ready the rain started so I didn't really want to spend time re-applying makeup and getting dressed up just for it to not happen. Plus, with the way our weather and short days are, you have to be really quick! So it's better to get something else shot rather than nothing at all. So as I was just jumping to the pharmacy to get some medication and doing a small food shop, I didn't really need to dress up too much. So casual & chic it was!

I know I said I didn't have the weather to put my other outfits on, but that would of taken time and time in Scotland at this time of the year is precious! I had things needing to get done and it was beginning to get late so it wasn't long before we would lose the light... I'd say that about an hour or so after we took these photos the evening grey skies had already began to set in. I have to say, i'm enjoying making casual outfits a bit more chic again. About a year ago I would just throw any old rubbish I could find. Most of the time that was just an oversized jumper and some doc martens... Not that there's anything wrong with that, I just wasn't even trying to make it look cool. I wanted to blend in the background.

I'm hoping to be able to get more outfit posts, but the weather is so unpredictable in Scotland! That's why Chris and I are thinking about getting up earlier one day a week and just shooting everything I've worn! I know I normally post what i've worn that day on the day, but you will only get 1-2 post every 2 weeks if you are lucky! Even though I've made changes on the blog, I still want to keep posting outfit posts as much as I can, as I do enjoy doing them and keeping to what this blog was originally about!

Jacket- Topshop
Shirt- Topshop at Charity Shop
Jeans- Next
Boots- H&M
Bag- River Island
Hat- H&M

Outfit Details
Chris and I went out last night for dinner for a date night and I wore this shirt. In all honesty, when I woke up this morning, it was lying on the floor. I didn't hesitate in grabbing it whatsoever. I'm not even ashamed. Its great to add a little more "put together in outfit". I thought the corduroy jeans would look great, keeping the casual in this outfit very firmly on the ground. Also, I adore them. I'm loving that they are cords as well as being bootcut rather than the safe skinny jeans we all know & love. Once I picked these two pieces everything else seem to fall into place. The cardigan with the burgundy details & being cozy, the bomber jacket with its cool & casual edge. As well as my trusty three. My hat, one of my all time favourite go tos to make an outfit cool, my burgundy bag. Which has sadly broken. And my burgundy suede & leather ankle boots. The day these give up on me will be another sad day.

Misty Evenings

So here it is, my first outfit post since coming back! I've been pretty excited about coming back to blogging again, and it feels particularly special going back to my old roots with a good ol'outfit post! Im hoping to post at least one outfit post a week, I'm trying not to set myself too many out of reach goals. Im hoping by doing this it means I do actually reach them, rather than setting them too high, failing. Then giving up because I'm annoyed at myself.

I'm also hoping that by blogging again It pushes me to take care of myself more, taking more pride in my appearance again. It's been awhile since I done that. What I mean by taking more pride in my appearance again, is I need to start having fun with outfits and dressing myself again. When I stopped blogging, I stopped dressing up altogether, I just lived in my skinny jeans and hoodies! And to be honest with you all, I have far too many clothes (embarrassing as that it is to admit) to live in the same outfit for over a year... One of the main reasons this happened, is because I did get a job. Monday to Friday I was wearing my work uniform, so when I was off I just wanted to be lazy and be cozy in oversized jumpers!

So, speaking of work. I had to get new work uniform and I hadn't seen a couple of friends out of work in quite a while. So we decided to make an evening of it. Its always quite nerve wrecking I feel, as you need to get it checked by the managers, just to make sure its suitable! But everything went good, as it always does really and a got quite a lot of items that I was quite happy with. I was a bit sad that one of the dresses I first had my eye on look horrendous on! It was a beautiful dress, but the style was just too big for me, 5ft life eh?

We then ended up going to Pizza Hut and stuffing our faces. It was great. The foodie that I am, ended up convincing the other two to get starters... I can't NOT get a starter. Am I the only one? As we were too busy chatting I forgot to film any for my weekly vlog or take any instagram photos... Plus as I've just started doing this again, I didn't really want to shove it in their faces or be weird filming & taking photos... But, they have both assured me that this is ok to do in the future!

Top- (cant remember)

Skirt- Ebay

Cardigan- Next

Boots- River Island at Asos

Hat- H&M

Bag- River Island 

Watch- Michael Kors

Outfit Details

I actually wore this outfit a couple of weeks ago visiting my cousin, so I just decided to recycle it. Its comfy and great for a casual meal with your friends. It also kept my cosy with this lovely cardigan I picked up in the sale. It's a great extra layer you can just pop on. I think all the pieces work great together & a little kooky like I like to have my outfits. I think the hat keeps it chic while the chunky boots and the rocky top keeps the edge I crave.

THE COLD WINTER AIR

Hiya how are you all today? This is my first official outfit post of 2014! I know i have posted some outfits, but they were from last year, so they don't really count! So i have a bit of a cold at the moment so right now im just running a nice warm bath to relax in! I was planning on getting my birthday haul filmed as well as the first half of my christmas haul filmed, but im sniffling every 2 minutes and it really isn't great to listen too! As well as my man voice and the coughing... So as i said im having my bath and relaxing instead! Its ok though as it gives me time to work on my last holiday post as well as the video that will be uploaded a day later. 

So today was a pretty relaxed day, we met Chris' mum for some lunch then popped up to Glasgow. As we needed to pick up Chris' new pairs of glasses. Which reminds me, i really need to get my eyes tested! I haven't had them checked in sooo long, which is quite bad. Especially with being diabetic i'm meant to keep on top of those things. But i just forget sometimes what im meant to be sorting out and doing. Hence why im trying so hard to learn to organise myself, as this year really is a huge year for planning and organising... MY WEDDING! But i guess all that stuff sorts itself out with time and age.

Italian Sausage & Pepper pasta in a tomato sauce for lunch today 

Instagram- @hayley_mg

Coat- Vintage/Charity Shop

Jumper- (mens) Next

Dress- Georges at Asda (supermarket in the uk)

Shoes- River Island

Bag- Market Abroad

Necklace*- Persunmall  buy here

Tights- New Look

Lipstick- Chanel in Legende

OUTFIT DETAILS

I wanted to have loads of warm layers on today, i originally even had a cardigan on with this. The air up here now has a very cold nip to it and the fact i have a sniffly nose i just wanted to be snuggled up and warm! But as i do get hot too easily i thought i better take off my cardigan... So i started with the dress and as i put on my grey tights i decided a thick brown jumper to layer with would go perfectly. Then i could through on my brown ankle boots, as well as my huge oversized vintage green jacket. I wanted the flat boots on as we would be walking in Glasgow and i didn't think i could really be bothered with heels. Again i was just keeping it casual with the bag, i wasn't carrying much! I really love this necklace, i feel like im wearing armour. You should totally check out Persunmalls jewellery as they have some AMAZING pieces on there but the prices are so low!

MY FIANCE PICKED MY OUTFIT 1)

A few posts ago (2 or 3) i mentioned that i was going to get Chris to pick an outfit for me once or twice a month as a feature on my blog. So today i thought i would give it ago. He is quite good to be honest, he knows my style and hes really really good at picking out things i like. The presents he got me from New York were fantastic, you've all seen the green polka dot dress, but ive yet to show the best one. But im saving that for another time to show you all! The dress im wearing here aswell Chris bought me! :) I went to try somethng on in the shop and he sneaked away and when i came back he d bought it!

Rules-  So what the plan is for this is whatever he picks, which is everything clothes to bags and shoes i will HAVE to wear. Not a bad plan right? I can give little hints like, if i want to wear a dress or an outfit that includes heels but that is it. Like today, i really wanted to wear heels because ive been wearing alot of flats at the moment due to college and comfyness. But i have total faith in him! He really is good and i kind of just want to show him off a little :P

Today me and Chris went out for lunch to TGI's so the outfit went pretty well for the occasion. We weren't at college today as we're off on a Tuesday, Wednesday and a Thursday afternoon so its pretty easy going! Means you can work and rest which is a goos way of doing. Means we can work really hard for a day or two then have a few days off to rest or get on with any work.

Glasses- Asos

Heels- New Look

Socks- Topshop buy here

Dress- Mela Loves London buy this brand at new look here 

Bag- River Island