Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

'Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.' - Marilyn Monroe

Obviously, no girl has yet to conquer the world. And why? Because she obviously hasn't found the right shoes yet!

And that is the best answer any girl can give the next time someone says:
'You have a lot of shoes already - why do you need more?!'

I realised after writing my first few entries with my OOTD that it may look as though I only own one pair of shoes...and I laughed for quite a while at that thought!

In fact when I was in my 3rd & 4th years at college, my friend Rowan nicknamed me Caligula - or Kiggy for short.

Those of you who aren't so brushed up on history I'll give a quick explanation - 

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; was Roman Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD. 

The young Gaius earned the nickname Caligula (meaning "little soldier's boot" or "Little Boots".) the diminutive form of caliga.

Ok so History is done for today...back to shoes...

I have tiny size 3 Feet (UK) and back at college I managed to go 3 weeks wearing a different pair of boots every day.

That's right - at one time in my life I owned 15 pairs of boots. 

All shapes & colours! Now most of those have fallen apart, and I haven't quite got round to replacing all of them (yet!)

But I do have a pretty impressive shoe collection for someone with small feet, and lucky for you I am willing to share it - even the not so glamorous ones!

Iter Progressus!!

(Forward March!!)

 Pink Suede Gold Studs - Primark

 Teal Suede with rhinestones - Primark

 Blue & White Tiger Stripe Patent -  Asos

 Black & white houndstooth with pink platform - River Island

 Taupe Suede & Patent - New Look

 Purple Suede & Patent Platform sling Backs - Office

 Satin Strappy Bows - Brantanos

 High Heel Gem Gladiators - Aldo

 Taupe Suede & Patent Lace up Wedges - New Look

 Satin Slingbacks - New Look

 Black Suede Gold Zip Wedges - New Look

 Suede Effect Wedge Plimsoles - New Look

 Rhinestone Mesh Black Zip ups - Jane Norman

 Beige Suede Effect Buckle Ankle Boots - F&F

 White cut out Canvas Wedges - Primark

 Taupe Lace Up Calf High Boots - French Connection

 High Heel Biker Boots - My Friend's Mum gave these to me, they don't have a brand name in them

 That's All  of the 17 pairs of  high heels done... onto the Flats!

 Tan Brouges - Primark

 Chain Bow Leopard Print Ballerinas - Primark

 Black Suede effect silpper shoes - Primark

Grey Jersey Lace up pumps - George

 Brown Leather Ballerinas - George

 Iovry Beaded slipper shoes - A Boutique in a Turkish bazaar

Gold and turquoise DC - Qube 

 Red converse All stars - eBay bargain!

 Adidas Trainers - Some Sport shop! 

 Black canvas espadrilles - New Look

 Magenta T-Bar Buckle up Ballerinas - Miss Selfridge

 Lace & Bow Gem Ballerinas - TU

 Taupe Studded Slipper Shoes - A Birthday Present - New Look

 White embroidered Ballerinas - A Present from my Mum - not sure what store

 Floral Ballerinas - Same as above & sorry about the photo quality - not sure what happened there!

 Buckle up Flip flops with flowers - TU

 Brown Leather slipper shoes - Faith - they used to have these dangley things across the top but they broke off!

 White embellished zip up flip flops - George

 Gold flip flops - Primark

Knee high zip up suede, stud & tassel gladiators - Warehouse

 My Beautiful Pull out shoe rack only holds 16 pairs...

 Slouchy Weekend boots - brown ones from TU have been chewed on by a friend's chihuahua so, ultimately demoted to dog friendly shoes!

Grey ones are from primark 

 Tan cowboy boots with stars and outsize zip - eBay bargain!

 Dark brown cowboy boots - eBay bargain!

Tan cowboy/ slouch boots - eBay bargain!

Ok so here's my confession... there may be 40+ Pairs of shoes and boots there...

That's not all of my shoes and boots.... The rest are packed up somewhere in my boxes!

But I promise as soon as I dig them out, I will update you!

Anything you can't stop yourself buying? Do you have a huge shoe collection too?

Is it bad that I still want MORE!?

(Purely so I can conquer the world...)

Hailie

xo

You've got mail.

My fiancé said to me earlier:

'...I wouldn't even know how to follow a blog!'

And it got me thinking... I wasn't even 100% sure until I did some research!

Not all of you will know how to follow a blog or even want to get an account just so you can.

So, if you wish to follow my blog and be notified of when I've written a new entry then just scroll all the way to the bottom of this page... 

Type your email into the bar...

Click 'submit'...

and you're all done!

You'll get email updates to your already existing address without having to sign up to anything!

Enjoy!

Hailie

xo

Okay...Moving On...

Today me & my fella moved out of our first flat, and like most of you who have ever moved home will know - it's super stressful.

We literally didn't realise exactly how much stuff we had collected in our 6 short months living there until it rolled around to 2.30 a.m. and we still hadn't finished packing!

AND we ran out of parcel tape...AGAIN!

Seriously.

The worst part about this morning was, my parents were due to be at our flat at 8 a.m. to go grab the hired van to move everything...and waking up at 7 a.m. was torture! So working on 4 hours sleep, no breakfast (due to me accidentally packing all the bowls, plates and spoons etc) and a lot of driving up & down the motor way... we're shattered.

What I wore: Sugar skull tank - Miss Selfridge, Skinny fit boyfriend jeans - Pull & Bear London, Chunky Hoop Earrings - Bijoux Brigette. 

Subtle make up & a huge messy bun help with the relaxed feel of this outfit... 

or 

 'its 7a.m. & I can't be bothered with hair in my face'!

Unfortunately quite early on with all the moving etc, my back really started to hurt and I had just become useless in any sort of help at all...

On another note though, Gimli (our 1 year old bearded dragon) thoroughly enjoyed her road trip in the van! She did cling on to me for dear life but she loved watching out the window, and even fell asleep against my chest because of the gentle rocking...kind of like a baby in that sense.

 Meet the Inspiration for my Blog Name - Gimli the Citrus-Fire bearded dragon! She looks so dark here, but we were in a van & she was getting a little cold...even though she's lying on a leopard print hot water bottle!

You have to admit that she looks so adorable & stylish in her pink diamanté harness!

 A slightly better view of my jeans - they came with detachable braces which I love but on moving day they're impractical!

My chunky knit body warmer is from Zara, but from quite a few years ago now...

The hood has a faux fur cream lining which Gimli took full advantage this morning riding around in it!

Surrounded by my dissembled bed frame in my old room...which is now my new room again...I am so glad to have my HUGE wardrobe back though! 

It's 2.5 Metres high by 2 metres wide & has a pull out shoe rack...

(yes you're allowed to be jealous!)

Once it's re-stocked & tidy I may give you a sneak insider peek!

Now I'm enjoying a nice relaxing sit down, with a cool glass of diet coca-cola and chilling with my spiked princess before the process of unpacking EVERYTHING i spent all of last night packing...

Ugh!

Do any of you relate to the stresses of moving house or into student digs?

Hailie

xo

OOTD: All Packed Up...

Hasta la Vista Ba...singstoke!

And that's it, the final weekend living in our own little flat has finally arrived, and it's bitter-sweet.
While I am sad in leaving after only a short time, due to recent health issues interrupting my earnings, I am actually rather excited to be living back with my parents again.

In a last minute mad dash to finalise packing Friday morning, we had managed to finish both rolls of parcel tape, all the newspapers and marker pens at the same time...with a lot still left to pack!

So this morning we took a quick (albeit unsuccessful) trip into town to re-stock on the packing essentials but, just because I'm packing everything I own into boxes, why can't I look cute doing it?

 What I wore: Oversize boyfriend shirt, plain black camisole - both from H&M, Crochet shorts - eBay, Magenta flats - Miss Selfridge.

 I kept this look airy & casual with minimal girly elements. Keep the hair & make-up relaxed and neutral.

 Close up of my gorgeous shoes!

I made these earrings myself - I am very proud of them & they match my shoes perfectly!

I also wore two faux pearl stretchy bracelets on my right wrist but I forgot to take a close up picture...doh!

What's been your best excuse to dress it up on a casual day?

Hailie 

xo