Bargain-Bin Ballerina

I wore this bargain-tastic dress from the big P today. I'm never normally in Primark but my sister was home from London and we decided to go holiday shopping. Yes, I realise that I have just come back, however I'm a VERY lucky girl and have booked a week in Cyprus for my birthday in September. My packing left a lot to the imagination in Crete so I wanted to pick up a few things while the shops were still full of their great summer pieces. We went into Primark to find some cheap flip-flops and I stumbled across this little number. It was £15 and so comfy so I thought why not???

Dress - Primark

Belt & Bag - H&M

Ring - Topshop

Lipstick- MAC Rebel

Shes So REEM

Friday night was my wonderful friend Kirstys leaving night. I am devastated that shes going home. Not only did I get to see her all the time at work, we managed to text our way through every episode of TOWIE and spend hours sitting in pubs chatting without running out of things to talk about. She is so effortlessly cool, has pins to die for and just so happens to be a smart cookie too! (Literally the perfect girl) I'll miss her so much. And to make matters worse this was the last photo taken of us together! Cringe. I look like a drunk, orange dwarf and shes barely facing the camera. However I'll cherish it because no matter what we are doing, even if it's a 8 hour shift at work, we always seem to have fun.

And my favourite photo of the night. Shes clearly upset to be going...

Finally.

I finally have a new camera, it only took me 3 months! It was a touch on the expensive side so for a while I was having to talk myself into it, but its just so pretty that I couldn't not have it!

I have just come back from a week in Crete and I love that my skin is no longer the colour of blue chalk! Its such a beautiful island, and the fact that I stayed in a 5 star spa resort meant that I was seriously considering emigrating. I literally spent the week swimming in the sea, lounging by the pool and wandering around little Greek villages. And apart from an extended stay due to a certain ash cloud it was absolutely perfect.

We also squeezed in something a little educational so that we didn't feel like complete ignorant tourists. We went to see the island of Spinalonga which from 1903 to 1957 was used as a leper colony. It was the setting for the book The Island by Victoria Hislop, and is a beautiful, thought provoking place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinalonga

Here are some tourist snaps, and yes that is me strapped to parachute on the back of a speedboat!