Two worlds colliding

song of the day - Never Tear Us Apart by INXS

Flu has descended on my household, which has turned us (me and my parents) into a right miserable lot. Thankfully I'd already ordered my mum some flowers for mothers day a few weeks ago, so I didn't have to worry about that this weekend. And there arrival on Friday cheered us both up.

To cheer myself up even more I've done a bit of online window shopping. I was going make a little purchase, but by the time it arrived I wouldn't be ill anymore, and won't need cheering up. This is me trying to be an adult.

Anyway, here's a little Asos wishlist of things I've found on my browsing.

1. Pop Boutique Playsuit 2. Love Aztec Trousers  3. Asos Cut Shoulder Playsuit 

4. River Island Smock Dress 5. River Island Mini Satchel 6. Venom Holland Houses Iphone 4 Case

Rubi xxx

Come And Jump With Me

song of they day - Gold Dust by DJ Fresh.

All of my old posts have been reverted to drafts as part of my do-over. I may republish a few of my posts, but for now here are some of my favourite outfit pictures.

Rubi xxx

To Days of Inspiration

song of the day - La Vie Boheme by the cast of RENT

Hi

I've had a bit of a blogger-life crisis, and I've decided to just take it back to the beginning. After thinking about it for a while I finally decided to just wipe the slate clean. I'll still be blogging about anything and everything (OOTD's, books, lifestyle, beauty, etc), but hopefully more often than I have been doing in the past six months.

I've been feeling a little uninspired lately, so to get myself motivated I started searching for various challenges online. I've done a few small challenges in the past, and participated in GISHWHES for the past three years, but this time I wanted something a little longer. Something to give myself goals, and that I know I can do complete.

So I found 101 things in 1001 days, which is a project that was set up in 2009 challenging people to create a list of 101 things to do within 1001 days, and I've decided to take on this challenge with my own list.  I'm starting the challenge today 20/3/2014, and it will finish on 15/12/2016. As you can see below my list isn't complete yet, so if you have any ideas I'd be grateful (list completed 25/4/2014).

   (date)     means the task is complete, and the date is was completed on. 

complete 33/101

Here's my list

1. Take 101 related photos with my canon. (101/101)   (5/15) 
2. Take 10 related photos with my instax. (10/10)   (6/14) click-a-day    
3. Complete a alphabet photo series. (0/26)
4. Take pictures in a photo booth.
5. Get a new lens for my camera.    25/12/14    (christmas present from my brother)
6. Photograph a day in my life (must have at least 10 photos).
7. Take a photo of a place through all four seasons. (1/4)
8. Complete a photography challenge.    (30/6/14) click-a-day    
9. Take a young me-now me photo.
10. Make a year in pictures collage in January 2015.   (5/1/15) 
11. Take a self portrait once a month for the duration of the challenge. (1/34) failed
12. Draw everyday for one month. 
13. Draw outside.
14. Sew something.    9/10/14     
15. Enter 5 creative competitions. (3/5)
16. Organise my art supplies. Get rid of anything I don't need.
17. Create an inspiration board.
18. Create a photo wall.    8/14    
19. Complete my Wreck This Journal. 
20. Go to Manchester Craft & Design Centre, and Fred Aldous and buy something as a reward for organising my art supplies. (0/2)
21. Complete 5 pinterest DIY projects. (4/5)
22. Compete in GISHWHES at least one more time.    9/8/14   
23. Read a self help book.
24. Choose 10 countries and read a book by an author from each. (0/10)
25. Read at least 10 books from the ALA 100 most frequently banned/challenged books list. (2/10) (of mice and men, animal farm)
26. Take part in bout of books (next bout starts 12/5).     12-18/5/14     blog post
27. Finish reading Notes from Underground, Flatland, and The Prince. (0/3)
28. Memorise a poem.
29. Read 10,000 pages. (10,000/10,000)    6/15    
30. Leave a note inside a book for someone to find.
31. Take a free online class.
32. Learn to knit.    10/14    
33. Knit a scarf.    20/12/14   
34. Take a first aid class.
35. See a film by myself.
36. Have a John Hughes movie marathon.
37. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet. (0/26)
38. Watch 5 foreign language films. (0/5)
39. Watch Breaking Bad.
40. Watch all 5 seasons of In The House. (5/5)     7/4/14    
41. Rewatch Sister, Sister.     30/3/14    
42. Rewatch Smart Guy (I'm recapturing my youth).    5/4/14   
43. Go to the beach. twice. (0/2)
44. Visit a lake. Take pictures.
45. Go on a nature walk.
46. Go to 5 different museums/galleries. (4/5) 
47. Attend some sort of festival.    9/10/14    
48. Go out of the England.
49. Go to Sea Life.
50. Visit a castle.    1/5/14     Blog post
51. Visit someplace haunted.
52. Visit a zoo.
53. Make a list of 50 places I would like to visit in my lifetime. (10/50)
54. Dance in the rain.   (3/15) 
55. Go a month without drinking fizzy pop.
56. Stay out of Greggs for a month.    7/14   
57. Eat at Missoula in Manchester. 
58. Go to Room Four Desserts.    3/12/14    Instagram post
59. Have a picnic.
60. Have afternoon tea.
61. Try 5 new foods. (3/5) Barburrito 3/7/14
62. Bake cupcakes.    22/5/14    Blog post
63. Bake a cake for someone else (helping my mum bake a cake counts).    6/14   
64. Make a homemade pizza. 
65. Learn to eat with chopsticks. 
66. Open a cookbook to a random page and make whatever is on it.
67. Make Piñata Cookies. 
68. Run a marathon.
69. Walk home from Barnardo's every other day that I volunteer.    1/9/14    
70. Get a job.    4/9/14   
71. Learn to cash up.
72. Redesign my blog. Either by myself, or pay someone to do it.   20/3/14    
73. Blog at least once a week. (failed)
74. Blog for 7 days in a row. 
75. Attend a fashion week event.
76. Attend a literary event.
77. List 101 things that make me happy. (0/101)
78. Do 10 random acts of kindness. (10/10)    9/5/14  
79. Watch the sun rise and se on the same day.    7/4/14   
80. Get rid of 101 things (clothing, books, dvds, etc, things that can be donated). (90/101)
81. Send a secret to postsecret.
82. Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind".
83. Don't buy anything from Primark for a month (x2) (2/2) June 2014 Jan 2015
84. Don't cut my hair for 12 months. (12/12)    31/12/14   
85. Save up for a new macbook.    28/7/14   
86. Build a house of cards.
87. Learn all the words to Rappers Delight by The Sugarhill Gang.
88. Buy some mendi. Go wild.
89. Create a budget and stick to it for a month.   (2/15) 
90. Give money to a street musician. 
91. Make an iTunes playlist of 101 of my favorite songs.
92. Sort out both of my desks, and keep them that way for 3 months. 
93. Complete 7 goals in a week.
94. Learn how to make origami cranes. 
95. Write a list of 101 things I’ve already achieved in this lifetime.
96. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween.
97. Complete an entire Sudoku book.  
98. Make a daisy chain.
99. Make a new friend.     1/5/14   
100. Try a basic meditation technique.     22/7/14   
101. Donate 50,000 grains on freerice.com. (500/50,000) 

You can keep up to date with how I'm doing by checking out this post, and I'll also do a few posts along the way. Wish me luck!

Rubi xxxhttp://the-den.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/get-mentions-for-it.html

Ever Thought Of Calling When You've Had A Few?

song of the day - Do I wanna Know by Arctic Monkeys

 maxi dress, leggings, cuff & rings  - H&M. shoes - George@Asda.

Rubi xxx

Roaming All These Streets

song of the day - Lost In London by Kid British

Hi guys,
Earlier this week I went to London, and did the whole tourist thing. It was three very long days, but I can now say that I've walked up the Thames... or by the Thames, I haven't mastered walking on water yet, been on the tube (it wasn't as skanky as I thought it would be), and had a stroll through Hyde Park.

The rest of this post will be very photo heavy, so be prepared!

Rubi xxx

drink up sweet decadence

song of the day - Good Enough by Evanescence

Hey there sports fans!
So I've already done 2 fictional character style icons, seen here & here, and now it's time for a actual real person whose style I love. I've loved this woman's style for years now, everything I've seen her in is just amazing, and she always looks beautiful.
This person is Amy Lee, front woman of Evanescence.

I find this woman stunningly beautiful! The first time I heard Evanescence would have been around 2004, and I fell in love with the band. Bring me to life was the first song I'd listened to from them, and from then on Evanescence have been one of my favourite bands. Amy has an amazing voice, and the band in general are just so great, the music so powerful for me.
I think it was during the video for Going Under that I started to fall in love with Amy's clothes as well. In the video Amy has multiple outfits, but the main one for me is a red gothic dress with black detailing. It's a gorgeous dress, with stunning detail, and fits Amy really well.

And my love for Amy's clothes has just grown from there!

I can't wait to see what she'll be wearing next, and Evanescences new video (which I think is supposed to be from My Heart Is Broken)


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these are screenshots from the lastest Evanescence video, and again, I love the dresses! such stunning detail.
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What about you guys? Who is your style icon? Whose style do you admire?

Rubi x

It’s only fear after all

song of the day - Fear by Pauley Perrette

I am a huge fan of Pauley Perrette, and the first thing I ever saw her in was NCIS. Pauley plays the cheerful goth forensic scientist, Abby Scuito, who is just one of my favourite characters of all time!

But my love for them is not what I'm here to talk about, it's Abby's clothing that this post is dedicated to. A few months ago I did a post called "my fictional style icon" where I told y'all about how I love the costume designs for Charmed, and most of all for the character Phoebe Halliwell. Just think of this at my fictional style icon 2.0.

I love gothic fashion, there's just something about the clothing that I find amazing. And the wardrobe department at NCIS always style Pauley brilliantly.

I don't know what I can say about the clothes, other than I love them. I also think Pauley looks amazing in them, she's just gorgeous. I think my favourite part of Abby's look is the footwear; platorm boots are a firm favourite of mine.

You may have noticed that i don't actually wear anything gothic, this is mostly because there's only one place that I know of where I can actually go and buy the clothes. But also because the majority of online alt clothing stores are so hard to navigate.

Here's a video I found on youtube with some behind-the-wardrobe action

NCIS wardrobe department, you are awesome.
Rubi x