What I Wore: 02/09

Here's what I wore for my lunch date with Moon on Sunday. I would have loved to have worn a skirt and I should really have worn trousers, I have my fingers and toes crossed for an Indian summer. Although I love autumn, I'm not quite ready to put my sandals away just yet. It's nice to still have a chance to show off what I'm wearing as soon it will be all about wearing the same winter coat day in and day out.

Cardigan: Topshop
Necklace: Gift
Shirt: Vintage — To Be Worn Again, Brighton
Bag: Yucca
Shorts: Uniqlo
Tights: Marks & Spencer
Shoes: Red Herring, Debenhams

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I suppose something nice about having to put my autumn wardrobe to use is getting to discover items I'd forgotten about, so it's like having new clothes. I'm hoping it will curb my spending a little, I've been living in this Topshop chunky knit lately and it's nice to have it back.

If I Do.

Here are some photos from when I went to Brighton a couple of weekends ago. We were going to coincide it with a trip to the Rob Ryan exhibition at Charleston House in Lewes but didn't due to being totally skint as well as it being the perfect day to be by the sea. I guess everyone else thought the same too as Brighton was the most busy I think I ever remember seeing it and it's not as though we don't go there often. This was my first outing of my Nikon 1, it's so neat and I think it's done a pretty good job.

Sunglasses: M:UK at Boots
Necklaces: Topshop & Gift
Dress: Topshop
Belt: eBay
Tote: Alphabet Bags
Sandals: Primark
Hopefully we'll get going to the Rob Ryan exhibition by the time it closes at the end of October as I'll be getting a less disappointing pay cheque at the end of September (words cannot even describe how sad I am today, not like I had to eat or anything...), and we're on the same timetable for the first time probably in forever.

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We breezed passed the traffic thanks to the trusty Satnav, the parking was awful though and we ended up having to park in Hove, a little further away than we would have liked.




We had lunch at The Little Devil Rose in Hove, we had a starter and a main for £4.95, it was my first proper try of Thai food and really tasty considering it was just two ladies running the whole restaurant.




So many people swimming!


Choccywoccydodah.


Interior of a shop I've never had the chance to go into before, England At Home. So lovely, reminds me of InSpitalfields mixed with a real-life Modcloth.



We passed a civil ceremony on our way to The Lanes and this was their perfect, shiny wedding car. ♥




Saturday is vintage market day, the perfect way to prepare for a bit of Snoopers Paradise.





Cooling off in Dave's Comics.







Snoopers Paradise.








Finished the day with ice lollies, wonderful.

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It was such a nice day out, even if we were a little pressed for time thanks to parking so far away and being a slave to the meter. I wish there were more opportunities to do things like this but with what little sun we've had, days like these are few and far between, some consistent weather would be nice. It's only September though so there's still time.

I listened to Spector's album, 'Enjoy It While It Lasts', all day yesterday, it's so good, can't wait to see them at Gathering in October. My favourite song is 'Celestine' but 'Never Fade Away' is a close second. ♥

Lasers! Oh My!

As I'm super behind, if you're a regular reader you may have seen in my last 'Photo An Hour' post that for my birthday Moon and I nipped out to a little place in Oxford called Atomic Pizza, I know it's a duo with it's sister-restaurant being in Bristol but it feels really 'independent' and as the daughter of someone who used to be an independent restaurant owner I often feel more akin to places like this, maybe not necessarily for that reason in this case, but generally I do love trying out local places over large chains.


I actually fancied trying this place out after having a little creep on a girl I worked with at Vue's Instagram, her photos made my mouth water and it looked so cool, I knew I had to go! I always get to go somewhere nice on my birthday so that's where I picked, I had no idea that it would be so up my street or so reasonably priced. There's retro memorabilia everywhere - you may be able to tell that's something I'm really in to from my frequent visits to vintage markets and carboots - right down to the names of the dishes on the menu, a touch I really appreciated. We were sat next to a screen that showed trailers of old Hanna Barbara cartoons like 'Captain Caveman' and 'Wacky Races'. I went for a Coke Float and we had nachos to start, Moon had a pulled pork burger and I went for the 'Babe Ruth' (I had to), which was a burger with mustard, ketchup, onions and hotdogs and the nicest onion rings I've ever eaten, oh my God. For the two of us, including a few drinks it was only a little over £30 which I think is great given the dining experience; our waitress was really attentive and had the neatest nail art.





Kind of wish we'd asked for stickers with our dishes as you can collect them.




Moon went for their chilli fries, which weren't what I thought they would be but really tasty all the same.


Instead of mints we got Vimto lollipops ♥


The best wallpaper I've ever seen.



Outfit details here.





I'd easily recommend it to anyone, even though it's around 40 minutes outside of Newbury, it was worth the drive and I'll definitely be insisting on taking my friends here on their next visit, one of my favourite ever birthday meals.