Urban Pie

I like to think that I'm a lover of all things urban... Urban Outfitters (yes), Urban Dictionary (sort of), Urban Decay and now URBAN PIE (YES X INFINITY). To all those lowly citizens residing outside of Birmingham, you may never have even heard of Urban Pie. I, however, have lived in the Second City my whole life and it wasn't until Friday that I ventured inside Urban Pie (whilst I was in town) and made the decision to choose a chicken and asparagus pie, with mashed potato and lashings of gravy. I had it to take out and the pie was even half price (after 5 pm, Mondays - Fridays), which made it taste all the more better. It came in this cute little box with a little paper bag, cutlery and 100% recyclable serviettes (I'm not really pro-eco-friendly and stuff, I just thought it was cool) and then a cardboard menu for good measure.

What's more, there was a little edible 'Urban Pie' pastry sticker thingy (don't really know what it was) that was stuck on the pie. I ate it. It was good. Thinking back, I really went to town on the whole Urban Pie experience -- AND IT WAS AAAAAWESOME.

Other less important stuff (compared to the Urban Pie adventure) included traipsing round stores and also showcasing my coat which was seen in the previous post. I really do like it :)! Then, finally, cue much chomping of panda biscuits from Selfridges and our incredulity at the luck of getting to the bus stop at Colmore Row to see our bus due in like one minute. Last minute scrabbling of pennies and we were on the way home.

(My sister, Christy, with our friend Lucy (not pictured) on a dash in Boots

(Christy and Lucy)

On a parting note... Anyone following the Australian Open? If so, DOESN'T EVERYONE AGREE THAT ROGER FEDERER SHOULD WIN? I'm really not a fan of Andy Murray. Reading the article in The Times today made me laugh because of the way the British public are reacting to the fact that Murray is in a Grand Slam final. Federer is arguably the greatest tennis player to have ever graced this earth and he has to win tomorrow otherwise I may cry. But even the Australian Open won't drag me out of bed for the eight o'clock start. On a Sunday.

Anyhow, that was a long parting note. And this post will have to end.

But not yet, because I have a little P.S... Check out Anisha and Andie at Acid Washed Apples. They're two girls in year eleven at my school and new to the blogging world; they're both super cool and, I quote, they "have a thing for apples and acid washed jeans."

Check them out, they're almost as awesome as Urban Pie. Almost. And that's really saying something, haha :)!

THIS POST IS OFFICIALLY AT AN END. Finally.

Chloe

Interviews and Coats

Yet again, the weekend was over far too quickly, for my liking. Monday was relatively okay, but I can't bare the thought of another week! The fairly good thing is half term holidays are here in three weeks, but I can't get too excited for that either because I know that on the other side, GCSE Science modules are awaiting me!

An immediate pick-me-up is the 21 Questions interview from Jazmine at Tino'Mino Squared. Her questions were wonderful and I thoroughly enjoyed answering them in detail, probably too much detail..! Nevertheless, I loved the questions and want to thank her for choosing me to answer them. Click here to read my 21 Questions interview!

Another little thing, I've actually unearthed a new (old) coat from the airing cupboard, I got it a while ago from my uncle who got it from America, and I really like it! I have a large array of coats, mostly woollen, with my favourites being my red Burberry duffel, long black Gap coat, red and black, lumberjack-style coat, another similar lumberjack with green, red and black, but my new one is brown! With small little checks, as you'll be able to see from the photo below:


Coat - Unsure (Present from my uncle); Black hoody - H&M (£15); Stripy t-shirt - Mulberry (Really old hand-me-down); Black skinnies - DKNY (Hand-me-down)
I hope you guys like it as much as me and it's definitely here to stay. :D I don't actually mind the cold weather, when I have lovely coats to wear! :) Hope everyone else is staying in the warm still, stay safe and I hope that you all have a great week!

Chloe

Bombay Bicycle Club

Hi, all! As I've mentioned already, it was my birthday on Tuesday 19th January, so I had a really great day at school.
As my form tutor teaches Chemistry, there's a tradition in our form and I got to pop a Hydrogen balloon which was quite cool. Then, I got presents too: I think I accumulated about £110-ish worth of money and clothes vouchers which is good! I got the Malene Birger shirt mentioned in my previous post, as well as a few other bits and bobs. Mine and my sister's friends made us cakes and pancakes which was so lovely! And then my birthday party (bowling and meal at Frankies and Benny's) is gonna be on something like 6th February, so I'm looking forward to that!

I really want to go shopping now, what with the birthday money and stuff, but I really want to save up for a DSLR camera, maybe.. Also, it's a distinct possibility that I'm going to America in the summer with family (to Chicago and NYC) which I'm mega excited about. :-)

Erm, not much else is going on really, I'm kinda bored, but also incredibly glad that it's the weekend. Anyway, the whole subject of this post is Bombay Bicycle Club, who are a really good band from London, I started listening to them a few weeks ago.

Tell me what you think of them! Hope you've all had a good week and have a nice weekend.

Chloe

Malene Birger

Hello all! I'm trying to keep to my resolution to blog more.. seriously. Who knows how well this will keep up but at least I'm trying! Thanks for all the lovely comments on the previous posts, all of the positive compliments are so wonderful to read.

My birthday is looming... only three days away now! I'm gonna be fourteen; not a very big number, I know, but still. I'm actually quite excited for it now!

Anyway, back to the title of this blog post, I went shopping with my mum and my sister today. It was such a lovely day, without any snow on the grounds and a lovely blue sky; it wasn't too cold either, at about 5-6 degrees in the afternoon.

So, there were a few sales still going on and we ventured into Selfridges and we were immediately drawn to the designer sale stand.. I was baffled by an amazing Diane von Furstenberg dress, which I tried on but it looked better on the hanger, unfortunately. I also tried on a D&G dress and a D&G cardigan, but the same principle applied that they looked better on the hanger. However, THEN I tried on this amazing Malene Birger blouse and I fell in love with it!

It's 100% silk and is so delicate, with puffy sleeves and cuffs, amazing spherical black buttons, a beyond-beautiful collar and a ribbon-y thing which can be tied into a bow, to finish off!
But the really amazing thing was the price: it was originally £150, down to £37, but because there were some slight imperfections, the sales assistant knocked off £10 so I got it for £27! I'm so happy with it. I'm gonna wear it on my birthday, with some jeans and nice shoes. It's so classy and elegant, here are some pictures of it:







The link to the actual blouse is on the mywardrobe website here!

Anyway, on to less exciting buys, I also got a brown jumper in the sale from Zara, for £7, I have the same one in black but I just really like the colour, which is a nice change from the dreary weather lately. I swear, the weather is ALL I talk about; but hey, that's part of being British. I also got a nice necklace too, which I think will look really nice with the Malene Birger blouse! Here are pictures of the jumper, the necklace and also another necklace which I got a few weeks ago in Accessorize in London, for £5:

Chloe

London

Oh how I love the capital city of England -- London! It's such a busy city and also the place where everything happens. I love the whole idea of leading a fast-track life there and almost everyone is stylishly dressed! I recently spent the last few days in London (in the Christmas holidays) with some family and I stayed in West Hampstead, a nice area which is relatively close to the centre!

After a two/three hour train delay due to a 'fatality' in Cheddington, we got to the flat at about half eleven on 27th December 2009. Thankfully, on arrival we were presented with lovely gammon steaks which I wolfed down as I was super hungry! Then, we stayed up getting settled in, had a shower, watched TV and went on the laptop for a bit. We opened a few presents too and played some charades, some Guitar Hero, pulled some crackers and such; I got a £10 Accessorize voucher too, yaaay! After a tiring day, I got to bed at about 3.30 am!

 The next morning, after an unearthly start at about 10 am, we got up and had bacon sarnies, then got dressed, brushed our teeth and went into the back garden to look at the chickens. Then, we were out the front door and got on the bus to Oxford Street! Here, we stopped off at various shops; Uniqlo, Topshop, Urban Outfitters, H&M, Zara, Gap... Everywhere was pretty much jam-packed; the most ridiculous of all was Topshop, it was SO crowded in there with everyone rushing round for the sales.

Then, a rest from shopping was needed, so we went for a drink and a snack in Caffe Nero; I had a nice caramelatte... but I tried some of the Chai Latte that my aunty had and it was surprisingly enjoyable. I'm gonna try another one of those again! The sit down was exactly what we needed and the cheese and tuna paninis were lovely. Not to mention, the view of Oxford St from where we were sitting in the window seat was amazing.
 
More shopping commenced and finally, we were all shopped out. Then later on, we went to Trocadero for bowling and then dinner in a Chinese restaurant. Then, we got on the tube/bus to go to the O2 Centre, for shopping in Sainsbury's. Unfortunately, it was closed so we got back to the flat in W. Hampstead, and made some lovely banana muffins. We stayed up, eating the muffins, watching some telly and then playing an epic game of Scrabble! Overall, it was a brill night, albeit another late one; turning in at around 3-4 am again.

The next day, the weather was so miserable, I can't quite believe how horrible it was. We went to some local charity shops on West Hampstead high street. I didn't really see anything that I liked but my sister, Christy, bought a nice chunky knit jumper. Then, we went to Covent Garden for yum char in China Town, which was so yum, and then we went to do some more shopping! I got a skirt in the sale from Urban Outfitters, which I shall be sure to post in a later date... Then, we stayed in Covent Garden, looked at some markets, went to Pop Boutique and then went to have a nice hot drink in a cafe. Then, it was a couple of hours before we had to go; so one last stop at McDonalds for some fast food (nom nom nom) and a pop into Topshop on the Strand (which was surprisingly empty) and then we were good to go. I had so much fun in London, and I urge everyone to go. It's such a fun place, with so much going on... I love it there!

Here are some pictures too:

Chloe

January Update

I officially suck at blogging; too many things to do, too little time and all that.

Anyway, I'm so sick of the snow now, honestly. I wasn't too fussed about it anyway because it just means that I can't get anywhere. I'm notorious for being a Scrooge and I don't like many things, haha, but yeah; the novelty's really worn off. Also, my birthday is in a week and I've never felt so un-excited or pessimistic about it at all!  So any birthday events are probably gonna be postponed, but I'm determined to have a good day, regardless of school. I JUST WANT THE SNOW TO BE GONE. Anyways, I hope everyone else has been having a good week. Thanks for all the lovely comments, as ever!

Anyway, to make up for the lack of blogging, etc. I have an outfit post! It's a bit rubbish, but it's the new blouse that I got from H&M whilst in London, one of the first items I've bought from there in a long, long time. Really liked the sheer, dark emerald-y green material. Very simple but I like it :)

P.S. In the picture, I'm wearing a random blue vest, because the blouse really is very see-through, ha. All my black vests were in the wash, hence the slightly weird blue with the green!


Green blouse - H&M (£15); Brogues - Costume National via eBay (£20); Tights - Random

Chloe

Hermes

So, I guess the blog title sort of gives it away a little... But, firstly I just wanna say that I am eternally grateful for my mum's (and her sisters') penchant for collecting designer items. I can't even begin to explain how ecstatic I got when my sister, Christy, and I were rummaging through our mum's drawers for any nice stuff and we came across two silk scarves...
Christy got first pick and she chose the lovely nautical style Burberry one!

I then got second pick and landed with the amazing Hermes silk scarf. I'm so pleased with this and my mum got it free with an Hermes perfume years ago; the perfume's not particularly nice but she got it just for the scarf, which is lovely! As you can see in the photos, it has an intricate pattern with the back of a woman's head who is riding a horse and it's so beautiful! Also, there are these really small pearls laced along the edge which are so beautiful, winding their way around each other.





I'm so happy with it and can't believe I hadn't found it sooner! I own an Hermes item! I really am so grateful to my mum for having such amazing fashion sense and for loving designer clothes back in the day. I have been pretty lucky to receive a few pieces over the years from her! One particular favourite is a Marc by Marc Jacobs blazer, which she herself received from a friend after she picked it up for a really cheap price in the Harvey Nichols sale!



By the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL. A few hours late, I know but I wish you all the best for 2010 and hope that it'll be a great one. I can't believe it's been a decade since 2000, it seems so surreal. In another decade's time, I'll be 23 and I can't wait to see what I'm up to!
Happy new year, again, and I'll hopefully get some pics of London up soon as well as pictures of some purchases. (P.S., I'm going to be 14 in 17 days!!!)

Chlo