Christmas Dress!

So my final order from my online Christmas spending arrived today - my Christmas dress! It was from H&M, and took quite a bit longer to arrive than the parcels from ASOS and New Look, although to be fair they did say it could take up until today to arrive. This dress actually fits as well - as stated in my previous post, I find it hard to get dresses that fit both my top and bottom half, as I'm a bit top-heavy. I also bought a wide belt to go with the dress - not that I really needed one, I do have them already, but I just thought it would go better than the ones I already have. This fits as well, although it's obviously not as difficult buying belts online. The only problem is that because I'm so short, the gap between the bottom of my boobs and my hips is literally the same width as a wide belt - so I end up with no middle when I wear a wide belt. I'm used to it though!

Here's what I bought:

I love the colour of the sequins, and they seem pretty well attached, unlike some garments I've bought elsewhere previously - my house is still covered in sequins from that! I'm planning to wear it with some black wedges, and I'm undecided about accessories as yet, but I've still got over a month to decide :)

New things :)

So most of the time, although I'm a fashion student, I don't get to buy much that isn't food, just because I don't have the money! So a lot of the time, I don't have much to blog about in terms of what I've bought.

However! I've been looking for Christmas presents online recently, and couldn't help but throw a few things into the basket for me too...

First, I bought a set of No 7 nail varnishes, which was in the 3 for 2 range at Boots so it doesn't count anyway ;) I decided to try out the gold first - I plan to move onto the metallic red next! (Sorry for the rubbish image quality)

I also ended up buying a pair of leggings in the ASOS sale, I can't remember how much now, but I think they were 9 pounds (the pound sign on my keyboard appears to not work anymore :( ) I can't find the same pair on ASOS anymore as they must have sold out, but they look pretty similar to these:

I was thinking they'd go well with black (as it shows here anyway) and I could dress them up for going out, or dress them down for casual, going to uni. They're a bit long for me as I am very short, butI'm happy with them! 

I also bought a couple of dresses in the New Look online sale, but because my top half is bigger than my bottom half, it's difficult to get clothes that fit both (damn you boobs!) so the dresses will have to go back... I know it's my own fault for shopping online, but I forget what an awkward shape I am! 

This is my favourite of the dresses, that I was thinking could be good for going out or wearing around Christmas:

Pregnancy shoot

It seems I never have time for an update these days! Sorry for the silence, once again - I'm so busy! The weekend before last, however, I did find time to do a personal shoot to build my portfolio, thanks to Hannah & Dan, who are expecting, and Ph2o for the use of their studio and equipment. I wanted to expand my portfolio, in this case by adding some maternity shots, and so I contacted Hannah, who was a vague acquaintance through Facebook (my ex-boyfriend's cousin's best friend, to be exact!) She was keen to have some photos done, but she was due in 6 days from when I first asked her! So, we did the shoot 3 days later, 3 days before she was due. She still hasn't had Willow yet, but she's very excited for when she finally arrives!

Anyway, I'm glad to have had the opportunity to expand my portfolio - here are a few of the final shots. To see more, visit my Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jo-Drury-Photography/187808734657741