Banana Yellow

It's been a while since I've done a proper fashion related post with all the events that have happened this year! It's been a pretty busy & eventful year so far to say the least with hopefully more to come to share with you all!

I'm loving all things yellow this summer to go with this amazing weather we're having! It definitely is the right colour to go with it. This time last year I would say I wasn't a fan but this year I don't know what's changed but I really want a yellow dress!

I seen this on tumblr & have no idea where it's from which is really annoying when it comes to tumblr. People always posts nice clothes, shoes, bags etc but don't say where they're from which is so annoying!! I think there should be a rule if you posted an item on tumblr you need to state where it's from.. Anyone else with me with this rule??

H&M Sleeveless Dress £29.99 reduced to £17

I really like the style of this dress & was after it for a while but they didn't sell it in the Liverpool stores which is annoying. They only had the teal & navy one. It's now in the sale & sold out online!

Topshop

Pleated Mini Dress £38

This is a nice summer dress to wear but is a bit pricey at £38 from Topshop even with student discount £34.20 is a bit much for what it is!

Daisy Embroidery Midi Skirt £70

So I thought £38 was much for a dress but £63 (£70) for a skirt?! Ridiculously over priced I know the daisies are embroidered on but still no way would I pay that much for this skirt! It is nice though!

Cara Crop Jacket £55

I'm loving blazers lately but it's way too hot to be needing a jacket at the moment, that's how hot it actually is in England! It's a bit chilly at night but still don't really need a blazer just a thin jacket will do to cover the shoulders!

Knitted Chevron Jumper £42

I don't really know why Topshop are selling jumpers because you must be crazy if you're wearing a jumper out in this amazing weather. You will be sweating buckets! Yet again it is an overpriced item of clothing from Topshop. 

Knitted Fluffy Crop Jumper £34

Metal Bar Cross Body Bag - £22

Zara

Crotchet Shorts - £25.99 reduced to £12.99

Love these yellow crotchet shorts, they're just simple & can be worn with anything !

Piped Bermuda Swimming Shorts - £10.99 reduced to £5.99

Before you click on the link these are actually little boys shorts from Zara! But they're exactly the type of runner shorts I want! I think 13-14 years will fit me right even though I'm turning 21 next month?

Zara have other nice yellow things, dress & jackets which they haven't got online but I seen in the Manchester store when I went last week. The Liverpool one is STILL closed, it's been closed for 2 months now which is so annoying & surely losing so much money, it needs to hurry up with the refurbishments!

Other stores such as H&M, Forever 21, Miss Selfridge & New Look have other nice yellow things which they don't have online so go in store & have a look round!

Pinaeapples

I've noticed Pineapple print seems to also be in at the moment as pretty much all the high street shops have pineapple printed clothing.

Topshop

Pineapple Print Sun Dress £36

Rare Pineapple Print Playsuit (can get from Topshop) £39

White Pineapple Crop Tee - £24

Pineapple Embroidered Shorts - £22

I love this 2 piece but it is pricey as together it'll cost you £46 (£41.40 student discount) for such a basic 2 piece!!

They all have pieces from Flamingo if you go onto Topshop & search for Pineapple.

Zara

Printed Crop Top £25.99 Reduced to £12.99

Forever 21

I'm in love with this 2 piece from Forever 21 - Passport to Paradise which I seen on their website! But you can't get it from the UK which is so annoying!! You can only get it from America & the American site but also what is just as annoying is my cousin said she seen it in store when we were in Florida but I didn't!! If I had seen it I'd definitely would have bought it. I don't know why they show this as part of the Lookbook on the UK site when you can't see it because it's just torture being able to see it but not buy it. I hate when shops do that. H&M do it all the time in their catalogue & posters. Why show advertise it if you can't buy it?!

Pretty much all the high street shops are also selling pineapple printed stuff but these are just some of the pieces I've found online, so have a shop around to see what pieces you like!

Julie

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Apples

My dad got a pack shortcrust pastry block from Sainsbury's which was reduced to only 60p! We also had a bag of cooking apples dad brought back home from work, from a colleague's garden which we had to use up so decided to make an apple pie. 

Shortcrust Pastry Apple Pie

I cut the pastry in half then rolled it out to size & thickness I wanted. Line the plate I was baking it into then chopped the apples & filled it.

My dad sprinkled some brown sugar over the apple to make it a bit sweeter

Then put the other half of the pastry over & pressed the edges down with a fork & put some holes on the top to let steam out. Dad trimmed the edges off & did a milk wash over the top.

We baked it until it went golden which took about 30mins at 200°C.

Ta da apple pie! As we didn't add any sugar to it, it doesn't really have much taste but we like eating it with custard anyway so don't want it to be too sweet!

Apple, Pineapple Pie

We chopped up a pineapple & put it with apple to use up the left over pastry. It didn't have a base we just put the fruit onto a try then covered it with pastry & did a milk wash.

We baked it until it was golden about 30mins at 200°C

The pastry shrunk a bit & has come off the edge of the dish!

Whilst getting the pie's out the oven I burnt my wrist on the oven! My wrist only touched the inside for a second & it's left a horrible scar! It's gone white :( I'm not even exaggerating as I am so squeamish but it's horrible! I ran it under cold water straight away & put aloe vera on it but it hasn't helped it hurts :( I'd take a picture but it's not very nice!

Apple Tourte with Nuts & Raisins

My dad has made this a couple of times as he really likes it but I'm not really a fan. He got the recipe online here if you want to try it. It's nice but I'd only make it once & wouldn't think of making it again.

I'm in uni tomorrow 9-10 seminar, 1-2 dissertation lecture, 4-5 lecture. Worst day ever. Uni should start at 10 & finish at 4. Like 9 & 5 is just the worst time for traffic we don't need to add to it by going to uni! Urghh, a start of a long week uni & working whilst having to actually start to do some uni work!

Julie

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