October Lovin

HEY OCTOBER!

You look kinda cute.
I think I like you.

And it's true. October has to be one of my favourite months of the year (after December obv, coz ye know... Christmas!)

When it hits October, you finally begin to accept it's officially Winter, and therefore Christmas (and my birthday) are just around the corner. It's cheerie bye to Summer shorts and skirts and hello to Winter knits and wooly scarves! Here are a few of my favourite things I love about this month...

1) COLOURS

The leaves falling from the trees look oh so pretty. I love the crisp cold mornings and beautiful warm colours of the leaves clinging for life onto the trees or scattered across the grass. 

Photos from my picturesque autumnal stroll around Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. 


2) FASHION

I surely can't be the only one who walks up the high-street or through the Shopping Centre or surfs the net with a head full of outfit ideas and a purse full of nothing?
(Yes, I have an A-list style with a Z-list budget. Don't most girls have this issue?!)
But Autumn has to be my most FAVOURITE season for fashion. Tying in with the gorgeous warm colours, and the transition from Summer still fresh in mind, it's exciting to come up with new #ootd's drawing inspo from the catwalk and the high street retailers. 
I've already made a few purchases of key pieces and I cannot wait to try them out and style them! 
I also surely can't be the only one that's excited about trying out new trends either, right?


3) BERRY LIPS

Tis the season for a bold lip colour to warm up your complexion now that the summer tan is fading *sigh*.
Berry colours are like, so totally in right now, and if I'm honest I was scared to try one out at first. But some of the colours are so beautiful, I couldn't resist! And it's fun to experiment with colour and come out of your comfort zone every so often. Lipstick isn't something I wear all the time, but when I do, I like to go a bit dramatic, especially with the ol' berry colours this season. 

Current faves: Rimmel Kate Moss colour no. 30
Mac "Dare you"
Revlon "Black Cherry"

4) HOT DRINKS

For those who know me, I am NOT a tea or coffee drinker. At all!
Shock Horror, I know, but it's true.  
Yet, there is something oddly satisfying for me this month when I have walked to work in the mornings and am finding myself craving tea as soon as I unravel my scarf. I think I have officially turned Welsh... or grown-up? 
I don't know which one scares me most.


5) WEEKENDS IN

This is a given.
Saves you money for Christmas. Saturday night TV got a little better and trying to pick a night-out outfit for the Winter months can be a daunting task. I just want to be warm but look fab simultaneously, okay?!?!
Jeeeez.
And I'm more of a "legs oot" kinda gal. I don't like covering my 38" inch legs with black tights because a) I can't find any bloody long enough and b) I can always buy fake tan, right? 


Stace x

Exploring Cardiff

Cardiff is such a beautiful City. 

I've only been here a week and have fallen in love already. After a long first week at my new job and settling into my house and getting to know my housemates, I took the time on Saturday to stroll around the City myself in the warm Autumn sunshine and snapped a few pics. 

As the Rugby World Cup is ongoing, the City is electric with an exciting buzz... (which continues straight on into the night!) I walked from my house in the arty Canton area and into town and along the embankment to see the MASSIVE Millenium Stadium in all it's architectural glory!

I wandered up St Mary Street which is aligned with a variety of retail stores, bars and restaurants. You can also enter Saint David's Shopping centre and Queen's Arcade from here. The area really is a shoppers paradise! (One which I cannot wait to return to on payday...)

I continued straight on until I reached Cardiff Castle, which has adapted it's walls ever so slightly to accommodate the massive rugby ball crashing into the side of it, to advertise the Rugby World Cup. 

I walked along Queen Street with more shops and things and decided to move swiftly on before spending my rent on more clothes I probably don't need, but will tell myself I do. But not before purchasing a frappuccino from Starbucks and pretending to be more of a hipster with my Camera in the other hand and mirrored aviators on.

Maybe it was the sun shining, maybe it was the noise of the street crowds or maybe it was the fact I was alone in this vibrant City with my camera, my frap and a head full of ideas, but I cannot wait to see all this City has to offer. 

Hence, that same evening marked my first official Cardiff night out for the Wales v England Rugby match. My housemates, Angharad and Sophie took me to the Old Arcade pub to watch the game along with a few of their friends. The atmosphere was AMAZING! 

I can't even put it into words. I think I was just shocked at the fact I was watching a rugby game and actually enjoying it! And of course I was swept up in the theatrics of painting a Welsh dragon on my face with red lipstick (worth it) and waving the Welsh flag about on a stick about like there was no tomorrow! I was also taught a Welsh song to join in with the whole pub, although the lyrics started to fade from memory with the more wine I consumed, but still. I have adopted this Country as my own for the next few months and I am absolutely loving it so far!

When's the next night out? 

Stace x

 My gorgeous flatmates, Sophie and Angharad x