"I'm the Pink Sheep of the Family"

^ -Alexander McQueen. You were a great man and a true inspiration. Although you are gone, you continue to inspire so many people that your work shall remain immortal. RIP.

...it still hasn't quite sunk in yet that my second favourite designer is gone, which means this post might be a little bit sombre even though I do have two things to tell you about.

one

As I mentioned before, I recieved a very intriguing email inviting me to take part in vouchercodes.co.uk's 'Bargainista Challenge.' The winner, along with a friend, get to attend London Fashion Weekend and the second prize is some pretty generous Topshop Vouchers.

The aim of the competition is to put together your best bargain finds then put a picture on your blog along with bargain-y tips.

My tip is to conventionally raid other people's closets! Grandmas work especially well... also, you never know what you could find at a boot sale! (that's a swap meet for you americans.)

Scarf, Hermes - (Grandma) £0 (told you, grandmas are great!), undery-vest - Primark £1, On topy-vest, J Crew (Mum) £0, Shorts, rokit £10, Jacket - Givenchy (Boot Sale) £1, Leopard coat, Vintage (Grandma) £0, Tights - Primark £1

Total Cost £13! yeah.

two

I'm going to visit my family in Miami for about a week, so I doubt I'll be able to make any posts :( However, I may have internet at the hotel so there could be time for a little blogwalking/comment returning :)

my week BOOM

and what a stressful one it has been.
Last week consisted of:

dressing up as a leopard

I finally inherited this coat from my Grandma after bugging her about it for ages. I actually wore this outfit on Monday... and. omg! My headteacher saw me in this outift and told me, "young lady, you look very mysterious. I like your coat." lml :)

Oh and that's a pocky in my hand. I wanted a cigarette in a long holder like audrey but the pocky had to suffice :)

and it's on lookbook too WORD :D

drawing

This was inspired by 'Petals' by the Honorary Title. (Does anyone know what that is???)

Vyu eet in hiyur resolooshun heer

baking conceptual cakes

cupcakes are a human right of passage. These were actually baked to keep my little cousin busy but after she left I couldn't help but get a little artsy :p

OBSERVE!

zipper cake

Chanel cakes

Cakes which observe YOU :o

pacman cake and friends

patriotic cake (I didn't have any blue...)

CAKEEEEEES :)

making gcse choices

stress! Other year nines will know how I feel. Only at my school we have to choose four extra subjects instead of three. AGH. well, as it stands, my gcses are:

English English Lit. Maths (grr) Blodge Chem Physics German

and my extras are: Art (yeeaah) RS History Drama

only my Dad wants me to do Latin instead of Drama 'cause it's family tradition or some shit. grraaaaaah.

and I've been reading Lord of The Rings and dancing and singing and thinking about dying my hair :)

AND ONE LAST THING! (this is important...)

thanks for all the support after my drawing of michelle! (I'm almost at 60 followers! keep em coming!) SO. If you commented asking to be drawn... email me at bella.englisheccentric@googlemail.com and it shall be done :)

I'm not trying to impress you but..... I'm Batman.

so here is my gentlemanly outfit :]
I tried doodling it and thought the two pictures looked kinda cool next to one another.
wwowooooooo

jeans - Topshop, Creepers :D, shirt - brother's, bracespenders, the hat! woot!

oh and then I put it up on lookbook :)

I nicked the abe hat off my friend. I have been saying "fourscore and thirty years ago....." nonstop over the last few days :D fo shizz. I mean... for the shizz-eth (???) The braces/suspenders (whatever the hell you wanna call them... they both have alternate meanings...) are my latest purchase, from a store called "crazy vintage" in portobello :)

also, I have been considering a little new-years revamp. Maybe change my layout and header a little?
Thoughts?

Remember back in '09?

this just went up on lookbook too :]

random photos :]

I'm saving my 14 things (no I haven't forgotten!) untill the end of the holiday so I can do a sorta holiday-14-things list :] that's in about a week (yeh, my school's holiday system is weeeeirdd)

Fail Nails (and other tales)

The Fail Nails

OMFG I PAINTED UNION JACKS ON MY NAILS! Nothing says patriotism like wearing one's flag on one's manicure. It was a bit of a fail...and you're not seeing the other hand (it turned into modern art.)

The Other Tales

An outfit I wore ages ago that was decidedly blog-worthy.
Batman top (you now have the batman theme tune stuck in your head.) - Portobello/DIY, Velvet shorts - vintage, tights - topshop, cardi - uummmm new look?, geek glasses - boutique-ish place full of art students


Not only is there a rosette in my hair, but it's a FIRST PLACE rosette which was actually won by my dog... (my mom/dad/brother got bored of me raiding their wardrobes.... but the dog can't speak english so....)

it looks a little better bigger

and lastly, my friend Autumn asked my to draw her. If you want to be drawn, drop me an email. I'm pretty lazy about drawing and will never do it if people don't ask me.

sorry this was so overdue, agghhhhh, I'm behind on my blogging and commenting! (speaking of which, 37 comments on my boingy photos :D)

Hey, Teacher, leave my shorts alone!

Yes, I did get a scolding at school today for wearing too-short-shorts. I feel I give a new meaning to the phrase "suffering for fashion" :p
speaking of school, (which started last thursday, by the way,) I've seen a lot of first-day-of-school posts and wanted to do one. I snapped this slightly crappy picture before I walked out the door :] Vivienne Westwood-ish, no?

Jacket- thrifted, TShirt- Little Boots gig :D, shorts- homemade, tights- who cares, boots- garage sale, necklaces- primark/King's road, bow- King's road

It is also an exciting time for me, as Jonah has allowed me sub-ownership of his semi-proffessional camera :D this was taken with it, but it is not done much justice because..

1) I have a ridiculously early wakeup time and the sun was not even out at this point/I was extremely tired...

2) I have no idea how to work it (he didn't think to give me the manual :p)

3) We have just had this wallpaper put in and I doubt I can stand in front of it for too long without passing out/going silly from the fumes :]

and I now have a few "separate notes" which may be somewhat interesting...

Some of you may know my incredibly fluffy dog, Cosmo....

(with Abbs)

legend :D

Anyway, in exchange for my picture of her (thanks for all the lovely comments on it :D) abbie gave me this rendition:

Thanks, love :]

and, last but not least, Alice, my incredibly chic friend, has created Little Miss London 09 , she's done a few great posts already so please check it out :]

cheerio for now :D