Desert Booties!

Like ankle boots I think are perfect for Autumn and Winter as they can be warn dressed up and dressed down. Personally I love a pair of desert boots, not sure why but I've always warn them for as long as I remember. There just comfy and can be warn with jeans, skirts shorts...

These desert boots are Clarks Originals, which are the 'real' one. These are the last type I owned. They're £80 which is a lot but I wore them near enough everyday in all weathers, snow, rain, sun, they went in the sea, they went to festivals and lasted 2 year. Definitely think I got my moneys worth out of them.

The shoes I always find myself wearing are Converse and was my desert boots. But as I'm currently bootless I'm feeling pretty lost! And I don't have £80 spare for another pair :( :'( :(

Lately I have been having really good luck out with finding bargains on Ebay, so I returned to the site in search of a cheap pair of the beloved boots, and yay I found some! :D

At the moment I'm torn between getting the savanna pair, dark brown or the sand ones. Any advice?!?

I'll let you know how I get on with them and what colour I decide on. Also they'll be a links to both shoes at the bottom

Ciao Amigos
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Ebay version -  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roamers-Mens-Womens-Ladies-Suede-Leather-Lace-Up-Comfy-Casual-Ankle-Desert-Boots-/261236189709?pt=UK_Men_s_Shoes&var=&hash=item3cd2e3ea0d

Clarks Originals - http://www.clarks.co.uk/c/originals-womens/desert-boots

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Janelle Monáe and Cocos Lovers

Janelle Monáe and Chic

Even though I can't play any instruments or sing music is probably my biggest passion in life! Sounds very cheesy but it is, I actually like and appreciate most genres of music but scream'o and dubstep.

Itunes host a free festival at The Roundhouse in London which is just round the corner from Candom , they have an event on every night for the month.

My Dad won 2 tickets for Chic and Jenelle Monáe, I saw Janelle Monáe on tv at Glastonbury a couple of years back wish looked really good that's why I agreed to go. But she was absolutely amazing! The crowed just loved her and she got everyone to lay on the floor, the whole group just had so much energy. So if you ever do get the chance to see her make sure you take it, I definitely rate her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU

Also I've seen Chic before at Lounge on The Farm but at the Roundhouse they was so much better, it was just like a party and such a good vibe. I think the Roundhouse is such a good venue as its not to big you can see and get close to the stage.

Cocos Lovers

The group are quite local as they're from Deal, I think they're so good! I've seen them quite a few times now at local festivals but by far the best was at Smuggler Festival. Quite a folky band so if thats your thing check them out.

The youtube link below is a link to their new song 'Emily' which I can't seem to get out my head at the moment, so yhh give it a listen and let me know what you think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgmrfHbZkM

http://www.smugglersrecords.com/artists/cocos-lovers/


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The BFI Top 100 Challenge

Bye, Bye Summer 

Summer 2013 has been so amazing, I've had such a good summer and have been lucky enough to go to 6 festivals and in two days I'm off to Spain for the weekend, yay I can't wait! 

Even though the summers almost over I'm quite excited to be going back to college and starting my new course. (TV and Film level 3) also it means Winters coming! Even though it means less party's and nights out I love winter and just the feel about it! Plus Winter outfits are so much more fun and cozy as you've got coats, boots, woolly jumpers and cardigans, more to choose from.


As I'm  a massive film geek and I'm starting a Tv and film course I need to watch a wind variety of films so I've set myself a task to watch The BFI's (The British Film Institute) top 100 Britsh films by the time the time I've finished college.

Wish me luck xx

Rank	Title	Year	Director
1	The Third Man	1949	Carol Reed
2	Brief Encounter	1945	David Lean
3	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	David Lean
4	The 39 Steps	1935	Alfred Hitchcock
5	Great Expectations	1946	David Lean
6	Kind Hearts and Coronets	1949	Robert Hamer
7	Kes	1969	Ken Loach
8	Don't Look Now	1973	Nicolas Roeg
9	The Red Shoes	1948	Powell and Pressburger
10	Trainspotting	1996	Danny Boyle
11	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	David Lean
12	if....	1968	Lindsay Anderson
13	The Ladykillers	1955	Alexander Mackendrick
14	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning	1960	Karel Reisz
15	Brighton Rock	1947	John Boulting
16	Get Carter	1971	Mike Hodges
17	The Lavender Hill Mob	1951	Charles Crichton
18	Henry V	1944	Laurence Olivier
19	Chariots of Fire	1981	Hugh Hudson
20	A Matter of Life and Death	1946	Powell and Pressburger
21	The Long Good Friday	1980	John Mackenzie
22	The Servant	1963	Joseph Losey
23	Four Weddings and a Funeral	1994	Mike Newell
24	Whisky Galore!	1949	Alexander Mackendrick
25	The Full Monty	1997	Peter Cattaneo
26	The Crying Game	1992	Neil Jordan
27	Doctor Zhivago	1965	David Lean
28	Monty Python's Life of Brian	1979	Terry Jones
29	Withnail and I	1987	Bruce Robinson
30	Gregory's Girl	1980	Bill Forsyth
31	Zulu	1964	Cy Endfield
32	Room at the Top	1958	Jack Clayton
33	Alfie	1966	Lewis Gilbert
34	Gandhi	1982	Richard Attenborough
35	The Lady Vanishes	1938	Alfred Hitchcock
36	The Italian Job	1969	Peter Collinson
37	Local Hero	1983	Bill Forsyth
38	The Commitments	1991	Alan Parker
39	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	Charles Crichton
40	Secrets & Lies	1996	Mike Leigh
41	Dr. No	1962	Terence Young
42	The Madness of King George	1994	Nicholas Hytner
43	A Man for All Seasons	1966	Fred Zinnemann
44	Black Narcissus	1947	Powell and Pressburger
45	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	1943	Powell and Pressburger
46	Oliver Twist	1948	David Lean
47	I'm All Right Jack	1959	John Boulting
48	Performance	1970	Donald Cammell Nicolas Roeg
49	Shakespeare in Love	1998	John Madden
50	My Beautiful Laundrette	1985	Stephen Frears
51	Tom Jones	1963	Tony Richardson
52	This Sporting Life	1963	Lindsay Anderson
53	My Left Foot	1989	Jim Sheridan
54	Brazil	1985	Terry Gilliam
55	The English Patient	1996	Anthony Minghella
56	A Taste of Honey	1961	Tony Richardson
57	The Go-Between	1971	Joseph Losey
58	The Man in the White Suit	1951	Alexander Mackendrick
59	The IPCRESS File	1965	Sidney J. Furie
60	Blowup	1966	Michelangelo Antonioni
61	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	1962	Tony Richardson
62	Sense and Sensibility	1995	Ang Lee
63	Passport to Pimlico	1949	Henry Cornelius
64	The Remains of the Day	1993	James Ivory
65	Sunday Bloody Sunday	1971	John Schlesinger
66	The Railway Children	1970	Lionel Jeffries
67	Mona Lisa	1986	Neil Jordan
68	The Dam Busters	1955	Michael Anderson
69	Hamlet	1948	Laurence Olivier
70	Goldfinger	1964	Guy Hamilton
71	Elizabeth	1998	Shekhar Kapur
72	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	1939	Sam Wood
73	A Room with a View	1985	James Ivory
74	The Day of the Jackal	1973	Fred Zinnemann
75	The Cruel Sea	1952	Charles Frend
76	Billy Liar	1963	John Schlesinger
77	Oliver!	1968	Carol Reed
78	Peeping Tom	1960	Michael Powell
79	Far from the Madding Crowd	1967	John Schlesinger
80	The Draughtsman's Contract	1982	Peter Greenaway
81	A Clockwork Orange	1971	Stanley Kubrick
82	Distant Voices, Still Lives	1988	Terence Davies
83	Darling	1965	John Schlesinger
84	Educating Rita	1983	Lewis Gilbert
85	Brassed Off	1996	Mark Herman
86	Genevieve	1953	Henry Cornelius
87	Women in Love	1969	Ken Russell
88	A Hard Day's Night	1964	Richard Lester
89	Fires Were Started	1943	Humphrey Jennings
90	Hope and Glory	1987	John Boorman
91	My Name Is Joe	1998	Ken Loach
92	In Which We Serve	1942	David Lean
93	Caravaggio	1986	Derek Jarman
94	The Belles of St Trinian's	1954	Frank Launder
95	Life is Sweet	1990	Mike Leigh
96	The Wicker Man	1973	Robin Hardy
97	Nil by Mouth	1997	Gary Oldman
98	Small Faces	1995	Gillies MacKinnon
99	Carry On... Up the Khyber	1968	Gerald Thomas
100	The Killing Fields	1984	Roland Joffé