Top 5 :

There is nothing I hate more than a sale. I always subconsciously find myself adding item after item to in my online shopping basket before I give myself a bit of a talking to. Do I really want this? Would I pay full price for it? The answer is usually no. Why not save the money to put towards something I really want?

Don't get me wrong, there's no better feeling then finding out the item you've been drooling over for the last two months has 50% off, and there's always one store's sale I do check religiously. If you've not already guessed, that store is Zara. I even braved real-life shopping to see what was left in store!

So that being said, this week's top 5 is a mixture of seriously beautiful new collection and a few old favourites that I'm tempted to splurge on now they're on sale...

Hand Embroidered Velvet Dress : I don't even think this needs a description. Just look at it.

Velvet Blazer : For some reason everything I want right now is either velvet or leather. Not sure how that would look as a daily ensemble. This whole three piece of blazer, cami and trousers are everything I need right now.

Black Ribbed Sweater : Take a good look at that hemline and tell me you don't want to wear that everyday...

Leather Jacket : I can't even choose a favourite out of these five items. Wait, yes I can. This. It's the perfect leather.

Bronze Boots : Another sale item I've had my eye on for a while! Just waiting for the price to drop a little futher... They'd make a nice change from the seventeen pairs of black boots I already own.

What I Wore : New Year's Eve

Yeah, yeah, I know. It's the 5th of January. But I completely forgot to post this in between dying of flu and drinking ridiculous amounts of Kahlua over the new year... 

My boyfriend is the best. Why? Because he bought me first piece of Kooples clothing for Christmas. I know I shouldn't get so excited over a black t-shirt but it's the king of black t-shirts. Seriously. So obviously it was my first choice New Year's Eve attire. Paired with black skinnies and my trusty Vagabonds and various bits of jewellery. Nothing fancy, but I did sequins last year.

Resolutions :

I'm not usually one for the 'New Year, New Me' type proclamations. I've always been under the impression the first day of a new year is in fact, just another day and if you're supposedly that desperate to change your life, why wait until the year is up? It's a continuous cycle of hypocrisy. One minute everybody is all for living in the moment, not waiting for tomorrow because you never know sort-of-thing. The next everybody has compiled a list of things they're going to change in their lives, or things they're going to become as soon as it's New Year. Seems sort of daft to me. The one thing I think about every New Year's Eve, is that time really does fly, so I suppose everyone's reasoning for their resolutions is to try and make the most of the new calender year. Which is what I've tried to do this year... (I think this post has become a ramble - bear with me.)

Last year I decided to become a vegetarian and stuck it out for a whole six months, until I realised that me not eating meat wasn't going to change the meat industry on any level. Also, that for me to starve myself of food I enjoyed and is so readily available to me was selfish, when others are so less fortunate. This year I've actually written a full blown list. It would be easy to be vague and jot things down such as 'Travel more.' 'Learn a new language.' 'Eat healthily.' So instead I've tried to be a little realistic and just think of things that I've always wanted to remind myself of.

1. Make the most out of my final year at uni : 

I have the lesser half of a year left and while that tends to throw me into complete stress-mode, I'm actually enjoying my fourth year. So far I've achieved a First - creating a publication that I'm immensely proud of - and at the moment I'm in the midst of writing my case study on unpaid fashion internships. 

I'm going to be so sad to leave Huddersfield but I've had the best time at university and I really feel like I'm ready for the next step in life - whatever that may be...

2. Find some sort of creative outlet and stick to it! : 

There are never enough hours in the day and I never feel like I have time to just sit down and do something I used to love doing, like drawing, or writing or reading. I started this blog in one of many attempts to be a bit creative alongside writing essays and working in excel. And do you know what? I never thought I'd enjoy it as much as I do. So I'm going to try and make 2015 the year I actually do things with my spare time.

3. Keep my hair short and stop washing it : 

Bit of a weird one really. No I'm not growing dreadlocks. I just wash my hair every single day because... Well I don't even know why. So that needs to stop before my entire head of hair falls out.

4. Do what makes me happy : 

Ugh cheese or what. I feel like I spend a lot of my time running round after other people and accommodating their happiness, because I don't like for other people to have a hard time. But there's times when I just want to be selfish and say no to people. But saying no always makes me feel so guilty... It's a work in progress.

5. Keep a diary : 

My mum bought me this beautiful gold coated leather diary from Zara Home for Christmas and I'm determined to actually write in it. I struggle sleeping sometimes because I always have so many thoughts and ideas running round my head that just need writing down!

Ok, that's all folks. I hope you enjoyed my very typical list of resolutions. Have a fantastical New Year's Eve!

What I Wore : Brussels Day 3

We stayed at Hotel Bloom, in a superior king room which we found at an amazing last minute price on Booking.com. It's a boutique style hotel with completely individual rooms - each has a mural painted by a different artist from a different city from around the world. Ours was an Irish painter who had created a beautiful, pink scene with a woman stood in the corner, supposedly emulating Spring. The decor of the rooms are seriously cool AND you even get a full blown coffee machine to yourself! I would recommend staying in Hotel Bloom a million times over and if I ever go back to Brussels, I'd most definitely stay here again!

We went out for a meal on our last night to an Italian style restaurant called Drug Opera. The buildings of Brussels are beautiful and all at least three storys high, which means the interiors of restaurants and bars have mezzanine style balcony's and staircases overlooking the lower floors. Because it was Christmas time, everywhere was covered in twinkling fairy lights and it was maaagical.

I wore this amazing yet irritatingly itchy jumper dress from H&M which I want to wear every single day of my life. For £14.99 I can kind of deal with scratching my neck off everytime I do wear it...

What I Wore : Brussels Day 2

I've been searching for the perfect camel coloured roll neck jumper for so long before finding this one from Gap at the back of my mum's wardrobe. Apparently it itches. I think not. Therefore it's now mine and I absolutely adore it. I always end up pairing it with my flares - which are my favourite jeans in the entire world. Add some hoop earrings and you have total unintentional seventies vibez. 

We traveled up to Bruges on our second morning to explore their Christmas markets. It's honestly one of the most beautiful places I've been. The multicoloured buildings and little cobbled streets were covered in Christmas decs and there was even a real-life nativity parade featuring a brass band, a few sheep, horses and a donkey!