30% off moving house sale!

As I'm sure many of you will have gathered, I'm moving from Manchester to London in little over two weeks! I desperately need to whittle down the boxes of clothes I have stuffed in every crevice of my increasingly damp room. That's not to say the clothes are damp - they are sealed tightly in vacuums - but the heavy rainfall of late, combined with a domicile that receives approximately one hour of sunlight per day and has a glistening damp patch nearly two metres across, on the wall parallel with my bed, has resulted in an environment which is a little on the grim side. I wouldn't be in the least surprised to walk in one day to discover stalactites hanging from the ceiling. It literally is a cave.

So, please take 30% off all my vintage threads by entering the code MOVINGHOUSE at checkout. The discount even applies to items in the $10 sale and so, yes, I am literally giving things away! I shall also be adding things from my own chaotic wardrobe as I downsize and pack and attempt a zen-like harmony of simplicity in what is essentially a wardrobe concealing a mound of knotted garments, rags and litter.

Happy shopping!

With balconies and bicycles

Vintage cardigan from charity shop // Blouse from China // Jeans by Topshop Boutique // Crochet bag from Oxfam

An outfit from a day spent pottering around the Northern Quarter, drinking oreo milkshakes and hunting down straw bags. I found the seventies' cardi in a charity shop in Sheffield when visiting my sister a couple of months ago. It was only 99p and is the best shade of mustard ever. Unfortunately I snagged it really badly when pulling it out of my locker at work but it still has some life left in it. The jeans are a recent purchase with uniform allowance, not the best fit but beggars can't be choosers. I bought the bag about an hour before from the Oxfam emporium and the blouse was bought for peanuts on my gap year in China.

I'm spending this week at our new house in London, intending to do some hardcore revision in an internet-free zone (and to keep things alive in the greenhouse) so it may get a little quiet around here! But I have lots of pictures in various stages of development and so expect a flurry of posts once my exams have been sat.

Hope you're all enjoying some sunshine.

Peeps

Some sneak peeps at our new house in London, all photos taken by Jian Wei.

My late uncle was immensely green fingered and so his house is full of plants and, to my adult delight, wonderful examples of midcentury design just everywhere! From the cork tiles on the walls to space age legs on furniture, the house is a veritably untouched sixties time capsule. I cannot wait to move in and I'm also getting concerned that it might be a house full of dead plants if I don't go down to London soon and give them a drink. Once I've found if work have granted me the holiday I requested, I'm planning on spending a little over a week there as an internet-free study retreat.

Recent acquisitions

Pretty little vintage Mary Janes that will be trotting into the shop shortly.



I bought this Liberty print peter pan collared top in a hurry and changed my mind when I got home. I thought I'd pass on the discount and so if it takes your fancy I'm offering it at £20 (plus £1.50 postage UK or £3.50 international) whereas in store it would cost £34. It's brand new with tags attached and is a UK size 8. It's from Topshop and you can see all the details here as it's current stock. Although it's from the petite range I didn't really notice any difference from the standard sizing and it has a 36" bust and measures 23" from top to bottom. If you're interested send me an email and we'll arrange paypal payment.



I'd been hoping to obtain a couple of straw/crochet bags for the summer and miraculously two came along at once. As they're both from Oxfam, my wallet is smiling and I just love the fact I have a choice between 'colourful' and 'neutral'. I think the one on the right will be just perfect with outfits involving bretons and navy whereas the one on the left is more suited to seventies looks. I actually have an outfit post on the way involving it, I just need to find a reason to trek into town and get the film developed...



Penguin Classics are always a joy to own especially when they have funny phallic sci-fi illustrations on the front and the espadrilles are my new perfect sandals! I got them as part of my new season's work uniform for Topshop and I think they're a rather sensible investment piece. They're incredibly comfortable, the perfect mix of a sandal with just a pinch of height and I love the simplicity of the leather and straw. (Although I'm not sure if 'straw' is the correct technical term?)

Jian Wei went back to London this weekend and it's just been dawning on us that this might be his last visit to Manchester to visit me as a student! A rather alien thought to come to terms with after three years of to-ing and fro-ing and certainly bittersweet. I have plenty of revision to keep me busy until my finals (on the 31st of May and 8th June) but I'm also itching to 'get started' on our new home in London. But this evening I'm reading Bram Stoker's Dracula, for the final seminar of my degree tomorrow, and making roast Mediterranean vegetable pasta with goat's cheese. Nom.