Red, Red, Red Step by Step

I've been very busy indeed these past two weeks. I have now finished University for this semester, which means I am constantly on my laptop trying to write an array of reports and essays. Thankfully I only have one Assignment left, and one exam. I finished one last night so I am taking today off as a break and an opportunity to finally make a post. Step by step, I am getting there!

Now I know that it is a little stretched (I can't seem to work out this new laptop) but this is the new book case that my partner and I recently bought. He spent this morning putting it together and it is perfect! I'd been wanting a bookcase for a while and my partner searched high and low and found this for me. I was quite reluctant to buy it at first as I thought the red would not look so good against our red walls. I also thought it would take up too much space, but the boy being the space genius that he is managed to fit it in perfectly, and now I am more than happy with it. As you can see it is beyond perfect for storing records. For the past six months I have been only able to listen to a short selection of 15 records out of my over 100 collection (so far). I cannot wait to bring the rest of my collection over from my parents house to store here at last! I also think it has a little bit of a 60's feel to it. What do you think?

When I think of it, there is so much red in my house. Red walls. Red carpet. Red bookcase. Red tea towels. Red plates. And of course red toenails. I've never been the biggest fan of the colour, but it is really beginning to grow on me. Anyway, I shall definitely update you with another post once we get it filled up and looking even more fabulous.

And here is a fabulous picture of Marianne that my red walls and red bookcase seem to make me think of. In future posts you are probably going to see me making outfit posts in front of all this red in attempt to achieve a look almost like this dolly bird here.

Ruby Red Shoes in a Hot Air Balloon

Outfit:

Ruby red blouse with black tie collar

1960's 267 Chalmer's Street vintage grey skirt

Black kitten heels with bows

1950's vintage black handbag

This morning my boyfriend and I went to our local pancake restaurant for breakfast. And really it is a lovely place. The inside is themed like a hot air balloon. The entire restaurant is lined with wicker basket. The walls are painted with clouds upon a beautiful sky blue and the ceiling is covered with rainbow canvas, all to give the impression that you are floating in a hot air balloon. We ordered two delicious iced chocolates in milkshake glasses, lemon sugar crepes with vanilla ice cream, double chocolate pancakes with chocolate ice cream and I ordered the Vegetarian breakfast. It consisted of a potato pancake, three hash browns, grilled tomato, mushrooms in butter sauce and scrambled eggs. 

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I also wore my new suede ruby red shoes for the first time. I bought them yesterday for a steal, and they are incredibly comfortable. It is almost like wearing a pair of slippers. As you can tell I felt very inspired by the colour red today. Here are some nice red images from the 1960's that I quite like.

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