Top - Primark, Skirt - Vintage, Shoes - Topshop

This Autumn, I'm all about long tartan skirts ♡

Stay Rad

Hat - P&Co, Jumper - Ragged Priest, Jeans - Rokit, Shoes - Vans, Necklace & Earrings - Forever 21, 

graphics in photo - found here

Hat - H&M, ribbon - craft shop, jumper & socks- Forever 21, skirt - BHS, shoes - Dr Martens

Dress - hand me down from my Mum, boots - Office
I miss my blue hair & I'm not wearing any make up cause I feel like poop but my new style muse is Mathilda from Léon <3 (extended post on this soon).
Sorry for the lack of posts recently! Between work & not having a lot of money, I haven't been going out very much so I've spent a lot of time watching Breaking Bad (!!!), sleeping, salvaging furniture & baking cakes. 

Poop cakes

110g/4oz butter or margarine, softened at room temperature
110g/4oz caster sugar
2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
110g/4oz self-raising flour
1-2 tbsp milk
4 Ferrero Rocher chopped/crushed
8 squares of Galaxy (or whatever) chopped
2 tbsp Nutella

For the buttercream:
Icing Sugar
Butter
Water
Nutella



✿ Preheat oven to gas mark 4/180°C & line a baking tray with paper cases.
✿ Cream together butter & sugar, beat in the eggs & mix in the Nutella.
✿ Fold in the flour and add the milk. Mix until everything is mixed and at a soft consistency, kinda like slightly melted ice cream. 
✿ Spoon the mixture in to the cases filling them about half way.
✿ Bake for 8-10 minutes (poke with a skewer to check if they're done - if they are it should come out clean)
✿ Once the cakes are done, leave them to cool.
✿ To make the buttercream we mixed icing sugar and butter as per the box instructions with a little water and then mixed in a couple of spoonfuls of Nutella. 
✿ Spoon the buttercream in to a sandwich bag and snip off the corner to make a DIY icing bag then starting from the outside, pipe on to the top of the cakes in a spiral, finishing in the middle with a little peak.
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I made these for my Mum's Birthday and I hadn't planned for them to come out how they did, but luckily she has the same sense of humour I do and they were totally yummy too, so she loved them anyway. Recipe adapted from this one I found on the BBC site here.
Heres a little summary of my month in Instagram photos:

Forever commuting, best cider <3, cute little seaside trip

xo

EVENT: Rochester Flea

Last weekend I went along to the Rochester Flea market at the Gordon Hotel. There used to be a regular flea market under an old car wash in Rochester which stopped running a  good 10 years ago, before I really gained my love for rifling through old treasures, so I was really excited to hear something new had been organised.

The first of a monthly event saw a beautiful collection of artists, vintage clothing, home ware, records and bric-a-brac. There was even a little retro gaming area courtesy of CoFWD and a food stall run by the most amazing lady who was singing to try and entice people to buy chips and reminded me so much of my Grandma.

I didn't have a lot of money to spend but bought a couple of things and also had a good look around the charity shops too.



You can see a list of all the artists and stallholders here. 

Bobble hat - New Look, earrings - Forever 21, crop top - Topshop, jeans - Urban Outfiters, 

boots - eBay, jacket - Red or Dead, cardigan - made by my Grandma

xo

Heatwave

Sunglasses - Forever 21, shirt - charity shop, swimsuit top - Floozy, shorts - Levi's, shoes - Dr Martens

Sorry about the bikini shots, but I got this one in the sale at Debenhams for £20 and it's so adorable I just wanted to share it! 

It's been such a beautiful week! We spent a couple of days at Robs, his garden is so beautiful & he has a pool (!!) I live in a 2 bed terrace in the middle of Gillingham so a pool in the garden is something I've not encountered much/at all.

I'm wearing my DMs in 30 degree heat partly because they rarely leave my feet and also because I really need to get some sandals. Year after year I look and never find anything, I'm not a fan of feet and don't feel comfortable having mine on show so the options/styles are limited. There were some lovely ones at Topshop but alas I can't find them in my size :(
Maybe next year!

xo

Chatham High Street doesn't want me for a sunbeam.

Sunglasses & body suit - Forever 21, shorts & skirt - American Apparel, shoes - Dr Martens

I've been wearing this skirt a lot since I bought it, it's really versatile and goes with so much. I also like that whilst I'm wearing an ankle length skirt I can be a bit cheeky & wear short shorts underneath that I wouldn't normally wear out in the middle of the day.

Today I went for lunch with my mama 'cause it's my birthday tomorrow & she's working so I wont really get to see her. We went to a cafe that we used to go to when I was little & did a bit of pre birthday shopping (photos to come later as some of the stuff has been taken hostage til my actual birthday!).

xo

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Today I experienced my first day of Summer this year! I've been a vampire recluse so far but today I actually went out in the sunshine. 

Sunglasses - Forever 21, t-shirt - eBay, shorts - Topshop, shoes  - Dr Martens 
Rings (clockwise from left) :  Asos, China Town, Forever 21

I bought these shorts in the Topshop sale & I'm so in love with them! They're such a nice fit & the pastel pink & blue are two of my favourite colours right now, so I was stoked when I found them. 

xo

People are rude.

I got told I looked a mess by a stranger today. It's bothered me purely because of how rude and stupid people are. I don't care what the guy in the Hollister t-shirt thinks of the way I look, but I care that he thinks I do/should. It's definitely not the first time I've had someone pass judgement but some times more than others it bothers me that people have such over inflated self importance and belief that their own opinion is the be all and end all.

Anyway, it's just made me wanna look even 'weirder'. 

I do however look incredibly tiered cause I got about 3 hours sleep and did a 7 hour shift at work. I'm not sure why, I just woke up at 5.30am for no reason and couldn't get back to sleep.

Headband - Primark, shirt & necklace - Forever 21, skirt - American Apparel, shoes - Urban Outfitters

xo

Taco Belle

I bought this top a couple of years ago when I visited a friend in Nottingham and have never worn it. It's one of many things that have just sat in my wardrobe for far too long. I think from now on, maybe once a week, I'll  take something I've never worn before and try working it in to an outfit. And if I can't then I'll sell it. Because I have far too many clothes and not enough space!

Top - Vintage

Shirt - Primark

Skirt - Second hand

Boots - Office

Since Rob started working, we've not had a lot of time together so today we decided to do something really romantic & go on a long anticipated pilgrimage to Taco Bell. It was beautiful. Someone told me that they give you free Taco Bell if you have a Taco Bell tattoo. I need to find out if this is true because if it is, I'm getting a Taco Bell tattoo.

We also finally tried the bubblegum ice cream milk shakes from Millie's Cookies & they were amazing. 

Despite the afore mentioned abundance of clothes, I was in the middle of a shopping centre and there were sales everywhere so I ended up coming home with some new things. 

Black cropped sweatshirt, pink jumper, blue & pink high waist shorts - all Topshop, jeans & ring - Forever 21

Does anyone else have the terrible habit of buying stuff they never end up wearing? If you do, what's your solution? 

xo

✧♡ Come on Barbie, let's go party ♡✧

Gold rope chain - Cancer Research, Barbie long sleeve crop top - eBay, high waist acid wash Levis - Urban Outfitters, black hi top Nikes - Outlet

Since finding my mum's no doubt CD's around the age of 13, I've been super in love with Gwen Stefani & she's always been a big influence on how I dress. She's the reason I bleached my hair when I was 17 and first dared to wear red lipstick. I think she might have even been partly responsible for me falling for pin up style. 

After having black hair for two years, I needed a change, and not being one to do things by halves, I went blue. Since then I've found myself channeling 90's Gwen Stefani as you may or may not be able to tell. Ha. xo

Flower headband, polka dot pinafore & white socks - Primark, long sleeve black top - GAP, Dr Martens 1461's

I picked up this really cute little 90's style print pinafore dress today. Aside from basics, I don't go in to Primark a lot, but when I do go in I always have to go check out what's in the kids section! I'm usually a 6-8 but apparently I have the build of a 12-13 year old girl. If it means I can pick up cute dresses like this for £8, I'm totally fine with that. 

I also cut a whole load of my hair off today! I was going to wait and get it done properly, but as I always I got impatient and just went at it with my cheapo hair dressing scissors. It's kinda 1960's bouffant-esque and minus 3 inches of split ends, it looks a lot healthier!

✿ Gunning for Summer, stuck in Spring ✿

Cropped fur coat & body suit - Forever 21, gold rope chain & netball skirt - charity shop, super sparkly ring & pink pastel socks - Primark, Dr Martens 1461s

I've been co ordinating everything with my hair since dying it and there's been so many things at work that I've been tempted by. I'm in love with this bodysuit, it looks like it should be vintage and the colours in it are just perfect. The photo doesn't show them very well but my socks are the same pink as the bodysuit. They were a 4 pack of pastel colours from Primark and ideal for adding the finishing touches to an outfit. 

More pre emptive summer purchases - all from Forever 21

Summer has been taking it's sweet time arriving but I'm hoping for a late summer so it's nice and sunny for Bestival!

xo

China Town

Black bobble hat - New Look, oversized cut off shirt - eBay, tulle skirt - H&M, black glitter socks - Topshop, platforms - Office, gold chain - Claires

One of my favourite places in London is China town so when my boyfriend had a job interview in Soho so we decided to make a day of it and have a little impromptu date. We went for noodles, got bubble tea, had a look around the shops, got some cinnamon rolls from Cinnabon & went to the arcades in Leicester Square. 

xo

Black sheer shirt dress - Sister Jane 

Brown fur coat - From my Grandma

Black socks rolled down

Black 1401 DM Shoes (not pictured)

Polka dot head scarf - stolen from my Mumma
Vintage brown and grey 1950s shirt - stolen from my mum too
Brown fur coat - from my grandma
Black cotton strapless dress - All Saints
Black socks rolled down with black Chelsea boots (not pictured) - Salvation Army

Last night I went to Soho to check out rockabilly club night; The Golden Pompadour. Hosted every Friday night at St Moritz on Wardour Street, a really lovely little venue with lots of character, it seemed like it could be a great night. Unfortunately I had to leave before the bands started to catch the last train home.
I actually ended up missing the train and had to stay at my cousins, got about two hours sleep before getting up at 5.30am to wander the streets of Acton (new territory to me) to try and find the tube station, travel halfway across London to Victoria to get the train home and then back out again half hour after I got home to get to work. Calamity!

xo

About

Flo 22 Kent

Cat enthusiast, appreciator of Hip Hop, owner of the fan page for Jason Schwartzman's moustache, old woman before my time.

Inspired and fueled by a plethora of things including but not limited to; the internet, video games, beer, junk food, listening to Anthrax, drinking too much tea, scouring eBay for Ren & Stimpy shirts, conversations with old ladies on the bus, stopping in the street to talk to cats, wishing on eyelashes & picking up pennies for good luck.

This is my online visual diary (: