Dress - Matalan

Belt - Asos

Sandals - George

I have been a little MIA over on the blog lately and if I'm being honest I'm a little bit gutted.  We have had some glorious days and I've had so many outfits planned to share on the blog, but after thinking I'd had a lucky escape my hayfever kicked in full force.  My eyes were so sore and puffy that I was barely able to wear makeup for over a week.  As much as I am trying to work on being confident in my own skin, I am definitely not ready to go bare faced!  So instead of making the most of the sun I have been trying to stay indoors as much as I can until my antihistamines kicked in and my hayfever started to settle.  I sympathise with anyone who has hayfever, it can be a right pain and affect you a lot more than you even realise.  For some reason it makes me feel stupidly tired and like I have a never-ending cold.

As much as it has been getting me down I have been making the most of enjoying being stuck indoors by baking and starting some new Netflix shows.  I have just started watching the second season of 13 Reasons Why and also started watching The Sinner, which I am absolutely obsessed with.  If you haven't seen it I'd definitely recommend it, especially if you love a good mystery.  It stars Jessica Beil as a woman who randomly kills a guy she has never met on a beach and then the mystery that led her to that day starts to unravel.  I only have a couple of episodes left to watch and I can't wait to see how it ends!  I also went to see Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and I have to admit as much as I quite like the Jurassic Park franchise, I wasn't so keen on this one.  I don't want to give any spoilers to anyone who hasn't seen it yet but I did find it quite difficult viewing.

What have you been binge-watching recently?  I'm always on the hunt for great new shows to watch.

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Dress - Boohoo

Hat - Matalan

Boots - New Look

It's been a while since my last post but I have been working hard on my anxiety and depression, and am happy to report that I have made a bit of progress.  I am finally starting to feel like I'm actually getting somewhere, but it's been hard work and my lack of internet for for the past week has meant the blog has had to take a bit of a backseat over the last couple of weeks.  However I did find these pictures of this outfit I wore back in September and completely forgot to post, so thought I'd share them with you.  This dress is from my first ever order from Boohoo, I have always put off ordering from there as I had never ordered from there before and as their clothes are fairly cheap I was a bit worried about the quality and how the clothes would fit.  When this dress arrived though, along with a couple of other bits I ordered, I was really impressed with the quality and the fit.  As you can see it is slightly long on me (every maxi dress should have a petite version for us shorties, haha!) which was fine during the drier weather but now the wet winter weather is here I think I am going to have to get it shortened.  It will be a great dress for layering during the winter months but definitely not one I want dragging in muddy puddles!

Speaking of winter months is it just me or has the temperature suddenly dropped?!! It seems to have gone from being unseasonably warm to absolutely freezing.  I hate the cold weather but am a tad excited to be able to start wearing my new winter coat (which I'm sure will be on here soon).  The cold weather is also the perfect excuse to cosy up with a hot chocolate though, and with the lack of internet I have been catching up on some TV shows, mainly The Walking Dead and Game Of Thrones.  I watched the first episode of the new season of The Walking Dead last night and OH MY GOD, I am still traumatised!!  Not the best bedtime viewing, haha!

What TV shows are you loving at the moment?

Dress - H&M

Bag - Primark

Hat - H&M

I've really been loving H&M recently, to be honest I think I lot of my winter wardrobe has come from there so don't be surprised if it features in my next few outfit posts, my only problem is their sizing making it impossible for me to order online.  Take this dress for example, when I spotted it in store I thought it'd make a perfect winter dress with it's length and long sleeves and even better was the price, making it an absolute steal at £14.99!  It would've been rude to leave it on the rail!  However, I felt a wave of disappointment when I saw that the only sizes left were a 6 and a 14, but being a size 8 I thought I'd attempt to squeeze into the 6 seeing as it had an elasticated waste.  Once I got to the changing rooms and tried it on I was surprised at how roomy it was, if anything I could've even gone a size smaller.  It absolutely baffles me how in the same store I sometimes have to go up to a size 10 or 12 in jeans and am then able to more than comfortably fit into a size 6 dress.  Don't get me wrong, I love H&M and think their clothes are great value for money but just don't understand how their sizing can be so varied in different items of clothing.  It's probably a good thing because if I had been able to order online this winter I may have been penniless.

Unfortunately this dress doesn't seem to be available online anymore but there are some similar styles in different patterns.  I'm really tempted to get another because this one is just so comfortable to wear and is probably the only maxi dress I've ever found that doesn't drag on the floor, being a short 5'3" that's a feat in itself.

Do you prefer maxi dresses in the winter?  Have you ever had trouble with the sizing in H&M?