The Benefits of Being Messy

I'm not a naturally tidy person.

You know what? There are benefits to this. Admittedly there are mostly negatives to it - having to hurdle and leap your way into bed because there's no visible carpet, being constantly surrounded by towering piles of stuff, having a purse that looks brilliantly full of money until you realise it's just six months worth of receipts, getting your foot stuck in the handle of a bag you've left lying on the floor and faceplanting the carpet, knowing that you own approximately 6 million bobbles but not ever being able to locate one when you need it... the list goes on.

BUT. When you do eventually get round to tidying up those pile of stuff, you find awesome things! Books you've forgotten about, USB sticks and stray earrings that have been lost for ages, lovely notebooks and the pièce de résistance: Arcadia vouchers!

Tidy people will never understand the joy I felt.  Those vouchers would long since have been neatly filed away in their purse, not languishing in a heap of stuff for months and months.  My way is the messy way, but it's definitely more fun.

What did I buy? This pretty yellow frock, which I spotted and then whipped out of a rail of discarded dresses in the changing rooms at my local Dotty P's store. There were no others to be spotted anywhere in the shop. I do love a good random find.

Dress - Dorothy Perkins sale
Cardi - H&M
Pumps - Primark
Necklace - c/o Naive Melodies
Earrings - Wolf & Moon

An Etsy Discovery

Oh Etsy.  I love it, I really do.  It's a veritable treasure trove of amazing stuff.  Yet it's so very big (and, let's be honest, not the easiest website in the world to navigate) that I tend to go "oof" at the thought of idly browsing through it for pleasure.  I haven't got the patience.  I have to brace myself and do it all in one huge go when I've got my Christmas presents list in front of me instead.

I cope much better with Etsy when someone goes "OI ALEX, LOVELY STUFF ALERT!"  That way I can add it to my favourites, check back every now and then for shiny new things and not have to go through the whole palaver of browsing through 987623 pages of stuff that I don't want to find the one perfect thing that I do want. 

Louise from Naive Melodies got in touch with me a couple of weeks ago to let me know about her Etsy shop which sells v. pretty jewellery.

She very kindly sent me the rectangle charm necklace. Isn't it lovely? I know the trendy fashion blogger thing at the moment is for massive, chunky, neon necklaces but I do not like them. At all. Massive jewellery, whether that be necklaces, earrings or rings, is for other people. It's not for me. It weighs me down and irritates me.  Big or long necklaces are the worst.  I have a terrible habit of getting them caught on things (especially door handles, which hate me) and either breaking them or nearly garroting myself. I like my necklaces pretty and, even if they're not exactly what you'd call little and dainty, on the simple side.  This is perfect.

I did want to do a proper outfit post but, well, I've got the plague and my face isn't fit to make an appearance on the blog right now.  The hedgehog jumper is from ASOS btw.

Louise has very kindly provided me (and you!) with a discount code for 33% off all purchases at Naive Melodies - just enter SOCKS33 in the appropriate box when you're paying. I'm sure you'll find something you like on there! I think I'll treat myself to the arrowhead necklace.  I need a bit more gold coloured jewellery in my life.