“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”

The weather has been so freakin' wonderful lately! Spring is finally here! This makes me so happy its unbelievable! I have put together a little outfit that would show my appreciation of what can only be described, as a miracle. It's all clothes that I've had hidden away. This winter has lasted five months so they've just been gathering dust. It feels so nice to not have to layer and wear a coat just to keep warm.

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Lilac shirt: Burton (Men's) 

Floral skirt: H&M 

Tan T-bar Shoes: Vintage 

Tan belt: Primark
Gold bird necklace: Primark

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Soon i'll be out riding Daisy (below) in no time! I love this time of year, everything is so fresh and it's the best time for clothing, warm enough to wear a skirt with no tights (YAY) but not too hot to miss out wearing a nice knitted cardi! There are some truly beautiful parks around Leicester that I'll be riding to, one of them even has a small lake with pedalo's.

Dining room windowsill.

Love Madison
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"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

Okay so there are a few white lies in this quote. I am certainly not or ever been to Kansas and i sadly don't have a lovely cute dog like Toto for a pet. But i love the symbolism behind this. I moved to Leicester three years ago and had never quite settled, i have moved five times since being here and have always been on edge. I was lucky to have found such a beautiful home with my best friend Stephanie. We have been here for nearly a year now and it's usually around this time that we need to be packing up and moving on to a new place. Luckily this time round, we don't have to! It's finally becoming home to me. After moving the third time i really did detest trying to make my room personal and cosy because i saw no point. Alas i have now started putting my mark on the house, slowly but surely its getting there. 

My room is fairly small but i like it that way, my things adorn the walls, i have a bookcase full of jewelry pots, patterned boxes and my Cath Kidston sewing box, which is my pride and joy. I have floral and heart shaped bunting that lines two of the walls, I'm not usually a poster type of person, i am very particular about posters as they have a tendency to become tattered. The posters i do have are simple and quaint. Two of which are actually sheets of wrapping paper from the V&A (shhh). The one above my headboard is my favorite, it's of the art-deco Absinthe girl.The other is one of those cliche 'Keep calm' Pastel pink and has the phrase '...and eat a cupcake.' PERFECT for my mentality at times! My bed was from a second hand shop, a swirled black metal frame with fairy lights wrapped around the posts.

My room is very girly and cluttered, i really wouldn't have it any other way. Still working on making my garden lovely for summer so hopefully it'll be nice enough to do a post about.

 Sorry I've been so neglectful recently, been mad busy with my uni application and work at the bar. Looking forward to my blog meet up with Tori, Paige and Chloe in Birmingham! Hopefully the sun will be shining and the trains will be on time! 

Thanks for reading, 
love Madison

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Mild mint obsession.

My current obsession is the colour mint. I literally can't get enough of it. Since the lovely Paige Calvert sent me a beautiful mint chiffon blouse and jumper i have been drawn to its lovely pastel shade everywhere i go. All I've been searching online is mint dresses and pastel green shoes. We're having such a rubbish spring, so far it's just been snow and grey skies. So it makes me feel better to be planning outfits for when the sun finally does arrive. I've came across some absolute mint gems! I don't think i can quite get away with wearing all of things at once (though that would be a sight) but as individual items they are beaut!

From top left: 

Asos two-tone bag, 

Sugarhill Boutique Ice-cream print dress,

 Mint green Diana camera,

 Topshop pastel frill socks,

  Asos gold bead necklace,

 Models Own fruit pastel nail polish,

 Ebay Jelly sandals.



I haven't blogged for ages! It feels refreshing (like mint, bad pun) I've been super busy at work, i have done 54 hours this week, mental! I've also been emailing DMU to see how i should go about applying for the Fashion buying with design course, they said i will have to apply through UCAS but as a mature student i may get a strong consideration from my personal statement alone! So i will be focusing all my attention on that mostly. 
I'm hoping to start doing more outfit posts soon, not got a decent mirror in my house to do successful self shots with but nevertheless i will have a bash! And now that the sun has peaked sort of, maybe some cheeky garden shots! I will most definitely be riding my gorgeous bike soon. It's a old city stroller, pastel yellow with a woven basket, it was a gift from my mom on my 21st birthday last year.

Thanks for reading, and hope this has got all of you addicted to the colour mint like i am!

Love Madison

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