Caroline Burke | Burkatron

dungarees/overalls: primark

bretton stripe tee: h&m

bag: la moda

watch: river island

chains: h&m

ring: urban outfitters

the suitcase is unpacked and I'm an icelandic tourist no longer *sobs*

since I'm returning to the task of finishing the house renovations it only seems right to don the painter and decorator attire of denim overalls (no builders bum though I have to draw the line somewhere...) these were a steal from primark and perfect longing attire!

once I've caught up I'll pop up some pictures of my time away as I hugely recommend reykjavik as a city break- it's quaint, quirky and I've left a little piece of my heart there! 

back soon

caroline x

well this is a pretty simple outfit; sometimes I like to keep it clean and then add a blingtastic amount of jewellery to balance it out aha! I love my comfy basic tees; I have five of these topshop ones in different colours that I've somehow collected over the past year! I often just wear them with my jeans and a blazer (and also with my pj's on lazy weekends) ...definitely my lazy fashion option!

this khaki colour is the latest one I've purchased and slightly over sized- perfect for the post christmas bulge aha! I picked up this h&m striped skirt in the sale for  a bargain price of £7 and I'm hoping it will be a summer staple in my wardrobe this year! 

I adore my bag; I'm a sucker for a little bit of fashion novelty! it was actually a christmas present from my sister but I've found an identical one from one of my favourite shops chelsea doll when I was looking through their site last week.

bowler hat: h&m old, similar one at topshop 

my first outfit post of 2013... yikes! 

I'll put it out there; along with my love of shopping, trash tv & carbohydrates there's a special place in my heart for the bretton stripe! it's my no brainer outfit pick for casual days when raiding my wardrobe seems like a chore.

if in doubt I'll always throw on a navy & white stripy tee, some skinnies and a red lip for instant easy french chic (well as chic as I can look in my converse anyway.)

I fell for these isabel marant cowboy influenced boots in office a while back; I'm so glad I waited to buy them as there was 50% off them in the sale! needless to say I parted with my card details in a moment of discounted madness and counted down the days until they arrived ..hurrah!

I'm also a little in love with the christmas present that is my new perspex bag (I'm not much of a clutch gal, I tend to go for the cross body hobo style as I'm inherently a lazy pup and hate to carry anything!) it's definitely encouraging me to cut down on the amount of rubbish I cram into my bag on a daily basis... hello streamlined caroline, goodbye mary poppins!

it's saturday, it's fairly gloomy outside and I just found myself watching murder she wrote..ouch. 

thankfully it's not all bad, my latest nails are definitely cheering me up. I didn't have time to do a step by step for these but I though they might give you some ideas for painting your own! 

I love WAH nails it's a great place to find ideas and amazing nail art designs, since they collaborated with models own to create their nail art pens I haven't used anything else. my nails are my take on some of their most iconic nail art patterns!

hope you try them out yourselves!

caroline x