50p

I am thoroughly excited to share my latest bargain/gem/find/thrift/amazing quality item that I purchased for a mere 50p (yes that right,you heard me correctly!50p!woohoo!)

I love my new high waisted front pleat trousers from the 50p rail and they fit like a glove!
Never underestimate a bargain bin, even in a charity shop (where I bought these beauties!)

Necklace-Charity, Top/body/leotard thingy £6-New Look, Navy tights M&S,

Shoes £30-Zara, Trousers 50p-Charity.

I love charity shopping and ten years or so of refining my craft has left me with considerable skill in the area! But I do encourage EVERYONE to start charity/thrift shopping because the benefits far outweigh the negatives.

If like me you are poor but a shopaholic (not usually a good mix!) or even if you aren't, it is an amazing way to keep up with trends and keep you looking creative and presentable. Most fashion designers take some form of inspiration from the past, so often I will look in high street shops or editorial magazines (vogue,i-d,pop etc) decide what I like and then hunt out a vintage something similar in charity shops. For me it is fantastic because it is a way of being able to afford things that are completely out of my budget and acts as a type of nicotine patch for the addicted! It curbs over-spending as everything is dirt cheap and you are recycling instead of increasing demand for fast, mass production on the high street. This makes it an ethical and environmentally friendly pastime and to top it all off if you are often donating to a good cause. Phew!

So apart from occasional musty smells and the odd crazy/drunk/high person following you round the shop (all part of the fun!) charity/second hand shopping is a top fashion tip!

Listening To:

To Kingdom Come- Passion Pit                   

Quelqu'n M'a Dit- Carla Bruni

Being bad feels pretty good- Does it Offend you yeah?

Real World- The Buzzcocks

Eat that up,its good for you- Two Door Cinema Club

A Room of One's Own

'A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.' Virginia Woolf  

'A room of her own would provide a woman with the time and the space to engage in uninterrupted writing time.'

'But Woolf is concerned with more than just the room itself. She uses the room as a symbol for many larger issues, such as privacy, leisure time, and financial independence, each of which is an essential component of the countless inequalities between men and women.'

'When the narrator is interrupted in A Room of One’s Own, she generally fails to regain her original concentration, suggesting that women without private spaces of their own, free of interruptions, are doomed to difficulty and even failure in their work.'

 http://www.thestylerookie.com/

'For the narrator of A Room of One’s Own, money is the primary element that prevents women from having a room of their own, and thus, having money is of the utmost importance. Because women do not have power, their creativity has been systematically stifled throughout the ages. The narrator writes, “Intellectual freedom depends upon material things. Poetry depends upon intellectual freedom."

analysis from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/roomofonesown/

 

 http://yvanrodic.blogspot.com/

http://www.theselby.com/

This is the room I call my own

This is the room where I am not alone

This is the room where I feel so free

This is the room I can be with me

These are the walls all covered in stars

This is my mum’s and this is my pa’s

This is the room I can think alone

And dream of things I would love to own

This is my room where my thoughts are good

I’m going to live my life like I know I should.

Grandad

xxxx

xx

A poem for me by Grandad Bob.

Listening To: 'Paris Nights/New York Mornings' Corinne Bailey Rae, The Sea