Bright new things

For a while now I’ve had cherry red hair with a couple of blonde flashes, but like I usually do along with my roots, I grow out of my hair colour.

I love my red and blonde hair, but I felt I needed something new and refreshing.

And so my monthly text to Lucille had a colour change idea which caused much excitement for the both of us.

Lucille is the only person I have ever wholly trusted with my tresses and with my constant colour change, I know I can rely on the right person to look after me and keep my hair from giving up all hope of quiet life. And we’ve been through quite a few bottles and different dyes over the past few years.

Here are the results to last week’s new hair adventure. We’re both quite surprised at how well it came out on the first go it was amazing to watch the water change to an incredible rich fuchsia when giving its final rinse.

This isn't the very end result we're after as another sessions required to get the base colour correct and then the perfect pink can sit better.

However, after living with the pink for a few weeks, though if has faded and the old base colour is showing slightly, I'm not feeling that the pink hair colour is 100% me and I feel much more confident with the red colour and I've missed it, so the next plan is to get back to a fabulous red, perhaps picking a slightly different tone to what I used to be.

Anyway here's a few images of the results we achieved!

The hair adventures are never over as in sure Lucille and I will spark a new creation soon! Keep your eyes peeled.

I can’t wait! :D

Rose xx

Gin, cocktails and fuschia

After the fresh new beginnings of January, February felt a bit like a mid period of procrastination. Perhaps it was the big flurry of adventures and planning that I got quite a bit done at first that then I hit a bit of a speed bump.

I was determined not to get stuck so I pushed through and cleared even more crap that I didn't know we had and clutter that I was ruthless with thinking that if it had no use then it had to go.

To reiterate some of a previous post, this determination also meant that I took the bull by the horns and got some costuming remade, repaired and near completion, I also started work on a new act that will be ready for the summer.

I feel like I'm repeating some already posted and rambling now so I'll post are few outfits from February. I think the weather also got a bit stuck and in a frump and couldn't decide what to do...

Here's a couple of my outfits to compensate and battle the frumpy grey clouds - though please excuse the awful quality gained from snapping some pictures in the work loo's. The glamour!

We also celebrating my mans Birthday with great food and cocktails shared with great friends...pehaps resulting in a little bit of silliness, a very good night! :)

With my best girlfriends

And blurry boy friends :)

What cocktails??

I did get to go back to the coast, this time down to Hastings for a break with the family. I'm really looking forward to the next coast adventures back to Croyde with friends for my birthday in June! :D

I also got a fabulous feature on my very good girlfriend, and as BooBoo Kitty perfectly put it "cocktail guzzling partner in crime", BooBoo Kitty couture blog. If you havent read it already, go check it out HERE!

I also popped up a couple of times in this BBKC blog post amongst lots of pretty ladies sporting our chiffon scarves!

Speaking of the incredibly talented lady, here's a sneak peek at part of my new costume in the making...I looked like tinkerbell when I was pinned into it :P I may be petite but I promise that's not the theme of the costume!

I'm so excited to perform in this new costume - no fairy wings included!

We also spent the weekend at a gin tea party where we tasted many gins and gin based cocktails! It was a great afternoon followed by a steady stagger to some cocktail bars to end the night off. Keep you eyes peeled for a more detailed BooBoo Kitty Couture blogpost!



I'm also so glad that we're starting to leave winter behind with spring flowers starting to poke their little heads out of the ground and our mornings and evenings are staying a little lighter each day. I'm looking forward to longer days and summer dresses with fruity gin cocktails of course!

cocktrail guzzling partners in crime!

 Rose x

South coast adventures

I must admit I wasn’t fully anticipating the upcoming trip to Hastings’s earlier in the month. I had visions of it being cold, wet and a little drab and quickly running out of things to do and see.

I was, however looking forward to leaving my desk along with its horrible work behind for a few days and spend some quality time with the my in-laws. I ended up packing super last minute as things had caught up with me, this didn’t bode well for me as I’m quite an organised person. Not off to a great start...

Pretty pebble beaches in Hastings

Just arrived!

When we arrives at Hastings it was so nice to be greeted with fair weather and lung full of clean, sea air.  

Each morning was like summer! being greeted by bright blue and sunny skies each morning was bliss and made me feel like I really was on holiday for our little break.

Theres so much to see and do including lots of history all around which I always find interesting.

The steel ball on the right of the window is an original canon ball that got stuck when fired from a Dutch war ship in the 17th Century, the left ball was made to match and make a feature of the canon ball ;) This is about half a mile from the beach...

A propeller recovered from the ocean from a WW2 plane

Hastings has a lot of history but is also a large fishing town

Fresh from the sea only a few feet away

Mmm fresh mussles

There's also so many antique and vintage shops at every turn as well as plenty of cute boutiques too. It's a good job we didn't have a van with us as I'd have easily filled it.

Original features still play a role in the shops keeping tradition

I did manage to get a lovely bamboo tiki mug that didn't take up too much room to add to my collection.

My cute bamboo mug find in one of the many antique shops

Adventure golf with my tiki guide!

The house we stayed at was lovely and was only a few steps away from the sea front so when we weren’t out exploring the many fascinating and historical areas and playing Adventure Golf (I hear it’s a step up from crazy golf) which of course was my idea, we played card games until late at night with gin, tea and of course propper fish and chips! Perfect!

Riding on the funicular railway was a new (nail biting) experience!!

Incredible views on the East hill

 Theres lots of beautiful old buildings inlcuding lots of preserved deco beach houses and hotels like this one.

Something on my list for next time as I didnt get chance to dine here this time

I got a bit excited at this kitsch carpet in an arcade!

Hastings pier unfortunatly burnt down a few years ago :( but is soon to be restored :)

Incredible veiws at Beachy Head

After doing so many different things we did every day theres still so much more that it has to offer and I'm already looking forward to a return visit!

Rose x

Tiki for size

It's safe to say that I love tiki!! Anyone that knows me knows that I’m tiki obsessed.

My collection is building and I’m waiting to finish a few bits in the house before redecorating my dining room and making it oh so tiki!

I particularly love the clothes too! Anything tropical print and bamboo, I’m all over it and it’s a super bonus if it’s vintage too!

Anyway, I cant wait to share this new piece I’m so very in love with. Of course I had to put in an order with my good friend BooBoo Kitty Couture who kindly made me this incredible dress!

Together, we browsed a few of her suppliers online and after deciding on the print she put the order in from the states with squeals of excitement from me!

it makes my mouth water just looking at it

All my dresses, if not vintage, are of BooBoo Kitty Couture. You just can’t beat that perfect fit. Made to order to my measurements means that it’s super comfy and I feel fantastic in them all day and night. With an 11 inch difference between my hips and waist I am unable to fit comfortably, if at all in high street shops.

Accessorized accordingly and ready for cocktiails

Of course I’m sure there will be more tiki dresses to follow, and there may be something else (or more) on her table for me for me to share with you soon, something I’m very excited about indeed!! ;D

hinty hint!

I also loved my pin curl set that night, especially now that my hair is a growin'! :)

If you haven't seen it already BooBoo Kitty feature my guest post on her blog here, have a nosey see what its like backstage ;)

Rose x

Beating February's frumps

This month, so far, seems very quiet and slow, both at work and at home.

After a rather productive few weeks of tidying and de-cluttering some of the things I no longer needed at home I felt like I’m was at a point of where I was eager for something else to get my teeth into.

At the weekend I decided to crack on with a costume I’ve been biting and bobbing with for a while now and decided to stop procrastinating and look at it again and get the damn thing out of my head and off my sketch book and get it completed. The thing is, as soon as I looked at it and dug my crafty bits out needed to finish this piece, it all fell into place in my head and so I cracked on with stitching and gluing and already I’m much happier with its direction.

I have decided to alter a few bits which may mean going back and cutting and stitching a couple of bits and changing the headdress but it’s a new part of the project that I’m looking forward to getting complete mainly because I cant wait to dress up in it and finally share it on stage. But not before I get some exciting photos of it, which is another fun and exciting reason to get it finished.

My other new act is in construction as we speak. It’s in such a luscious and mouth watering (to me at least) combination of colours and is something else I’m working on by thinking more about and shopping for the embellishments. This one will be easy for me as it’s something I’m very, very excited about and has been created for a song I love and so there’s not that awful burly girls conundrum and panic of creating a great act and struggling to find or decide on the perfect piece of music.

So now I have a few things that I want to start looking at to get over that new slump. I’m always looking forward and planning ahead so that there is always that something to look forward to. I’m also keeping busy by helping my very good friend, who got engaged at the beginning of the year, plan her wedding. I’m also a bridesmaid which excites me no end! :D

I’ve been thinking more and more about buying a new house and my lunch times now mostly consist of browsing property websites. It’s always good to keep an eye on the market and keep searching for what you want, you never know!

We have a lot planned this year including a big holiday back to Mexico later this year and lots of other fun trips.

It’s also the Mr's birthday this week and we’ve both booked the day off work to spend it together spoiling him and doing some of his favourite things together including eating lots of yummy food, shopping and ice skating. Until recently he regularly played ice hockey and since he had to give it up a couple of years ago, he hasn’t touched the ice. I love ice skating, especially when it’s nice and quite and the ice in smooth and open, so I’m too also looking forward to busting the boots back out. I had a quick go at Christmas time on a work outing, after a few years off ice myself, and I forgot how much I loved it. Plus it’s a great and fun way to get a bit of a work out too.

I’m also looking forward to seeing all of our friends when we gather for a birthday meal out. I’ve not seen everyone together since new years, though I’ve seen everyone individually since, it’s nice for us all to get together and socialise with some great food and yummy cocktails.

I’m sure there’ll be photos to follow ;)

As you can tell, I like to keep busy and planning, planning, planning and of course fulfilling those plans!

For now, here's some sneaky pics of my costume in some of its progress

Rose x

January Outfit post - snow and ice

I've started posting my daily outfits on Instagram and they're proving popular so I thought I'd share on here too. They're mostly from work - Not having a uniform to be swollowed in I get to wear what I want to work and dont chnage how I dress normally forit either. Its safe to say that I stand out at my place of work as its a uniformed and a strict establishment (for the main employees) and even the othe ladies/civillians have their work wear. I like to feel like me and I'm happiest when dressing so, so heres a few snaps from some of January's outfits.

Battling with January's snow and ice with bright colours and fruity accessories!

Wooly tight to brave the snow!