OOTD: Polka dot tights

T-shirt: H&M

Hoodie: Marks and Spencer

Handbag: Michael Kors

Boots: Dorothy Perkins

Tights: M&Co

Miniskirt: a gift

Restaurant review: BIRD (Camden Town)

Last Wednesday, my friends from my old company and I had our monthly catchup and Bird, an American fried chicken restaurant in Camden, the venue of choice. To my surprise given the busy time of year, the place was fairly empty and we were seated immediately.

It being a Wednesday, the deal on offer was a dozen chicken wings and the house beer for a tenner, which I was all over. I also had some cheesy Korean fries, delicious and reasonably priced at £4.50. The chips were so good they wouldn't have been out of place at the equally high quality On the Bab restaurant, a Korean venue.

I think your choice of dips makes a huge impact on how much you enjoy your wings. I had the sticky soy sauce and the Nashville hot, and both complemented the chicken brilliantly - I was tearing into it with my fingers, table manners be damned.

However, my friend Nick had a different sauce (it may have been buffalo), which was poured all over his wings before served, and thus, removed the crunchy quality of the wings that is one of the main sources of its appeal. Thus, if ordering anything with sauce, I would recommend you ask them not to pour it over your wings and arrive separately in a pot, like the ones pictured below.

Apart from that minor foible, I had the time of my life at this restaurant. The waiters were attentive whenever we needed extra serviettes, but more than that, astutely judged that we were four friends who had a lot to say to each other, so thus were not IN YOUR FACE in the thirsty pursuit of a tip like some central London waiters are, so let us be, which was  much appreciated.

The final bill was very affordable, and management kindly let us sit in our booths and chat long after we'd finished consumption of dinner, which really is a welcome change from haughty places which allocate you a 1 hour 15 minute time window (or something along those lines) and are all but chasing you out with a broom once you've used up your allocated time.

My brother loves fried chicken too, so I will definitely be visiting Bird again, if not this venue, then one of its other London ones. I recommend you do so too!

Grade: A

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This is us. I'mma do a quick Outfit of the Day, because why not?!

Cardigan: Primark

T-shirt: H&M

Skirt: TK Maxx

Tights: Calzedonia

Earrings: Monsoon Accessorize

OOTD: going to pick up A-level results with my brother

It was A-level results today, and my brother did OK. ("OK" is an understatement: he got into his first choice Uni and was singled out on two websites for his exceptional performance. But I've raved about him on several social media outlets already, so to avoid getting repetitive because I never repeat myself. Cara Delevingne was shit in Suicide Squad, by the way, I'll just display my grungy outfit!

Glasses: Red or Dead

Homer Simpson T-shirt: H&M

Cardigan: H&M

Here he is breaking the good news to mum. Why so serious mate?

Sorry, I know I just said I wasn't gonna repeat myself but... TOM ABSOLUTELY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK, YOOOOOOOO. #LIKEABOSS Could not be more proud to call myself his sister. Boy is clever, compassionate, kind, and doesn't take himself too seriously. All things I'm not.

He's gonna go far. 💯

Retrospective OOTD: my first ever cricket game at The Oval.

The cricket match, which I attended last Friday, was dull AF (I'm a football girl and a football girl only. All other sports bore me to tears), but a day spent drinking Pimm's in the sun is never a day wasted, if you ask me.

Toga: Monsoon Accessorize

Brooch: Greenwich market

Cardigan (tied around waist): H&M

Sunglasses: New Look

A few other photos I took from the day at The Oval:

Outfit of the Day: Watching France v Germany in Euro 2016 in the Slug and Lettuce.

T-shirt: H&M

Skirt: Miss Selfridge (procured in the sales for £15.30 earlier in the week 🐺)

Glasses: Twiggy for Aurora

Earrings: Dorothy Perkins

OOTD: posing in front of some gorgeous Covent Garden advertising.

T-shirt: H&M

skirt: TK Maxx

Hold-ups: Calzedonia

Brooch: Covent Garden market stall 

Earrings: M&Co

OOTD: glasses steaming up in TGI Friday's

Sigh, a perfectly decent picture ruined by my glasses getting steamed up.

Earrings: won on the internet

Dress: John Lewis

cardigan: H&M

And the cocktail deserves a close-up, it's that fierce:

Bubblegum daiquiri is the one (unless you want to get drunk, because there was barely any alcohol in it). It tasted boss tho.

OOTD: drinks in a beer garden in west London with colleagues.

Cardigan: H&M

Dress: Monsoon

Belt: River Island

Ring: Accessorize

Stud earrings (barely visible): Accessorize

Purse: Accessorize

The pub was The Grange in Ealing. The beer garden was absolutely lovely, extremely comfortable and spacious. However, drinks were frigging extortionate. The pint in my hand was £4.80, which was just about tolerable, but my friend had a double gin + tonic, which came to £8.15! Central London prices in zone 3, not happy about that. The cheapest packs of crisps were £1.40, which is just beyond a joke.

However, if you are graced with more money than sense and want a nice garden to chill in, this is the place for you.

Grade: C

What I Wore on my 24th Birthday.

Cardigan: Dorothy Perkins

White T-shirt: H&M

Skirt: River Island

Handbag: Accessorize

Heels: Barratts

And fall into my arms instead.

A couple of outfits I've worn recently:

Party!Bung.

Top: £2.50, Primark

skirt: £3, H&M sales

heels: £15, Dorothy Perkins sales

necklace: a friend's

Festival gal

Cardigan: £9.99, H&M

top: £8, Dorothy Perkins sales

jeans: £15, TK Maxx

clutch: £5, originally from River Island, bought in charity shop

Ladies who lunch

Flowery top: £12.75, Forever 21

cardigan:  £9.99, H&M (exactly the same style as in the previous cardigan)

Prom

Heels: as per before, dress: £17, Dorothy Perkins sales

necklace: a gift from Italy