Britain & Ireland Next Top Model LIVE 2011 Show

Hello my Funky Readers,

I'm sorry I've disappeared again. The thing is, when I get overwhelmed with stuff (schoolwork in this instance), I shut everything out and unfortunately my blogs are the first ones to go. Although this time, even Facebook didn't see me as often.... and that is pretty bad! I guess that's a side effect from 8 weeks long classes.

Anyways, yesterday two of my friends and I went to BINTM Live event. I didn't really know what to expect, but we figured why not! So off we went! :) I even have photos of me NOT wearing kimono. The event was fun, although I felt that it was just a glorified shopping event instead of Next Top Model event. The closest we got to the contestants was during the live catwalk show, which I enjoyed a lot. Other than that, Next Top Model was just used for the name. Still, I will most likely go back there next year.

Shoes are by Irregular Choice of course.

I decided to go a little more daring with the polka dot leggings, although it didn't turn out as daring as I thought! That should teach me to wear more fun things in the future :)

We got to try on designer dresses for free from WishWantWear.com, and had out photos taken by their photographer. This is the photo that I took with my phone, hence the socks! :P Hopefully I'll get better photos from the photographer soon! :)

The winner of 2011 season

Did any of you go?

~ Lyuba

Wishing for snow and OOTD

Hello everyone,

I'm still sick and miserable and as a result I don't want to do anything other than lay in bed and sleep. :( Even putting makeup on in the morning is a chore, and if I didn't promise myself to look pretty every day, I'm not so sure I would be even bothering with it. But being me, I have to use the brightest prettiest color everyday, hoping it will lighten up my mood and help me recover faster. What? You didn't know that good mood has healing properties? ;P

Another thing that I'm not-so-quietly wishing for is MORE snow. It seems like Suffolk always misses out on snow when just an hour up north (Norwich) they are covered in it. All we get is few flurries, maybe mini blizzard for a whole 2 minutes... if we're lucky an inch. Yes, snow is annoying to drive it and I will be the first one to say I can't drive in it, but I still want some SNOW! I haven't seen it in almost 10 years now, and I miss snow a lot (that time I went to Michigan for 2 days in winter doesn't count). My friend in Sheffield is making snow men on her balcony, I want to do it too! On the bright side, maybe we still will get some with the way things started out.

Last weekend I went to local Christmas Fair in Bury St. Edmunds and the  moment we got there it started snowing like crazy! I was in Lyuba heaven. :) Suddenly it felt so festive and Christmasy. I got myself some mulled wine (my favorite European thing) and walked around with the hugest grin ever. Sadly the greatness didn't last that long, after we got done with the fair it stopped snowing and the sun came out and all the snow melted lol.

 I got this cape from Jane Norman maybe a week earlier. I was in Norwich with my husband, we walked in to Castle Mall and Jane Norman was having 25% sale on EVERYTHING in the store. I took a look and it was love from the first sight. Hat is from Debenhams, sweater/cardigan  and leggings are from TJMaxx (mom works there and she always sends me clothes and she has an AMAZING taste, 99% of what she sends not only fit me, but also become my favorite), sweater-dress is from shop in Lille, France and boots are from JCPenny I think. Gloves are also from TJMaxx, got them years ago in Florida but never worn them there. Gloves are sold all over the place in FL in 'winter', but do we really need them? I only bought these because they were so cute and I had to have them. Who knew I would be going to England shortly after?