Ever since I was a kid, I've had this incredible fascination for anything British (especially the accents). I think it started when I was about nine years old and my step dad introduced us kids to the BBC network, specifically on Sunday nights. It became a sort of tradition for so many years that we all gathered around the "telly" to watch "As Time Goes By", "Are You Being Served?", and my personal favorite, "Keeping Up Appearances" starring Patricia Routledge as the snooty yet charming (and hilarious!) Hyacinth Bucket - her last name is one of the many running jokes on the show as she insists it's pronounced Bouquet. It was recently taken off Netflix, but for the last year-ish I had rewatched all the episodes I remembered enjoying so much as a child. Pure nostalgia and absolute bliss while watching it. If you run across this show somewhere and haven't seen it, do get to it.
Don't mind the broken fence in our backyard - folks have not seen it when backing up.
Dress: ModCloth (old)// Tee: Metropark (even older)// Hat & sunnies: UO// Shoes: Irregular Choice
So this outfit was worn a couple months ago, during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee actually. I had gotten the shoes for the occasion and because, they're just cute really. My Mini Cooper completed this look ;) One day I will live in England! For now, it's cruising around like a bad ass in my Mini while listening to British pop music - The Smiths are/have been one of my favorite bands ever - and telling arseholes to get out of my bloody way.
Anywho, I've found myself lacking in outfit taking photos lately so, since this never made the blog, I figured this could do until I remember to start whipping out the camera on an almost daily basis again.
Welp, gotta go mimis now! It's way past my bedtime and I've got an early class. Happy hump day!
You look amazing! Thoes glasses look amazing! also dont think ive mentioned it but your layout looks amazing too!
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Thanks, Eloise! :)
DeleteWOW! I love those shoes! The tee is so darn cute and the heart sunnies just drive home the CUTE factor! You should wear hats more often; they suit you well, esp. this one!
ReplyDeleteIsn't if funny how it makes you feel when you watch something that you used to watch when you were a child? Some fuzzy and loved and safe! Just like being back home in your childhood home!
I actually watched Desperately Seeking Susan (all time fave) and boy! did it bring back some major fun memories of me and my best friends dressing up as Madonna! I wish I had those boots and that jacket now!
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Thanks, Dana! I do love wearing hats, more specifically bowler hats! I think I look good in those. Gah, I sound like such a narcissist! But really.
DeleteYesss, I love that feeling. It's like there's a good comforting feeling in that part of me will never change. I will always have love for the little things from childhood. Desperately Seeking Susan was a movie I watched many times!!! That and Who's That Girl, also with Madonna! haha We are so twins. :D
Loooovveeee your shirt! I want it like yesterday! And your shoes are mega cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sissy! I need to get you a pair of Irregular Choice shoes, too. But you never even wear the Poetic Licence ones I got you :( Or those black cat heels :(
DeleteI love the accent so much, I think I've perfected it and could pass for British if I wanted!!! I absolutely LOVE that tee and the shoes are too freggin cute!
ReplyDeleteI want to hear your take on the Brit accent!! hahaa I used to do it all the time at work when I was a teen. Some days I'd only speak in that accent and I'd actually food people into thinking I was from there. I bet I suck at it now, but I could take lessons from you! ;)
DeleteNew follower here and I just had to comment! Fellow Jersey girl here married to a Brit who also got to spend a year living in England. This post is just so awesome! It's so wonderful to see another gal after my own heart. If you're looking for those shows on television now, I usually catch them either on PBS, NJTV, or WLIW. Just a head's up! Awesome blog!
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My friend Jen is also here in Jersey and married to a Brit! haha What are the odds of that? So cool! You lucky, lucky girl! I want to live in England for at least a year, longer would be good too. Thanks for the heads up! I found the shows on PBS a month or so ago but I didn't know the schedule/airing time and haven't caught it on since. You are the best!
DeleteThose shoes are adorable!!! Love the sunnies as well. Cute look!
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DeleteOh god, my mother LOVED that show! I was very young when she used to watch it though, so I don't remember it very well, but I do remember her fat in-laws and how she insisted on her last name being pronounced 'bouquet' haha. :P
ReplyDeleteI am totally with you on british accents though. I often youtube make up reviews and stuff by girls with british accents simply to hear them ramble on.. not because I'm interested in the product lol. Does that make me creepy?
Lovely outfit by the way! I really like that top. :)
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Haha Your mom sounds like an awesome lady! Bouquet is the best last name ever, but Bucket is just hilarious. And pretty bad ass, too. I love me some Hyacinth.
DeleteNo way, dude! Not creepy at all. I'd so do the same thing if I thought of it! Accents are beautiful, but the British accent is the best and I could just listen to it all day. I love movies with British actors. I'm just in heaven listening to them. Don't even care what they look like, haha.
Thanks for the comment, Felicity! It made me smile and chuckle. :)
Ha! super cute! i actually just read a documentation about the queens life...it was very interesting. It would be so cool to live in England. I hear the beaches are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI actually haven't heard anything about the beaches, but now I'm going to google them. :)
DeleteThanks for the comment, Brittany!
Stopped by to sayyyyyy.... I love your long comments, I look so forward to them. And no worries about mailing out the stuff. If you're swamped, seriously do it when you can, no rush.. I understand completely! xo
ReplyDeleteHaha I am always leaving the longest comments ever on blogs. I can't help it! But I'm always touched when I hear that they are greeted with love and/or smiles. :) I try.
DeleteGirl, I will definitely do it on Friday! Not too swamped then with that 4.5 hour break! ;)
Oh those cutle little shoes are adorable! But I am big big fan of the US rather than UK. I love the american accent better than the uk one and Roni think about the weather and the natural beauties of the US, nothing compares to them! I lived in DC an LA for quite sometime and I enjoyed my stay so much!
ReplyDeleteBut I will check that show on youtube!
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Aww on behalf of the USA I appreciate your sweet words. ;) I love the USA. Don't get me wrong - proud US Vet right here, I just have always had a 'thing' for the UK. It just needs to be fulfilled by me living there for at least a year. Not saying I want to throw my US citizenship away or anything, haha. I love my country. I am just fascinated with theirs, too. Mainly because of the culture in the media that I've been drawn to since childhood.
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Oh man I need those shoes in my life! I heart them big time. I'm also a huge fan of anything British and would love to have that pretty accent instead of my southern drawl (although I do enjoy saying y'all). One of my college friends lived in London for a little over a month and loved it but said it was wicked expensive. Maybe when I win the lottery we can all move :)
ReplyDeleteI will never ever reject my usage of the word y'all! It will always be one of the many reminders that I'll always be a Texan first.
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love those cute shoes<3
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DeleteHahaha, I love throwing "bloody" in conversations sometimes. Makes me feel sophisticated ;)
ReplyDeleteThe Smiths have seriously been one of my favorites since I was a kid. I remember so vividly watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off as a kid and in the museum scene when they play the instrumental version of "please let me get what I want" I would sing along. I thought it was so beautiful. Every song of theirs in all the 80s movies was my favorite. I used to sing all the words to "I AM THE SUN, I AM THE AIR" when I was a kid before I even knew who it was. Technically not the Smiths, but close enough ;)
That's so true - "bloody" does make me feel sophisticated. So does saying "bollocks" :)
DeleteOoh Ferris Bueller!! How I love that movie. That scene is one of my favorites, aside from the parade scene of course! I remember when I was a kid I thought that Matthew Broderick was actually singing hahahahaha What a dummy.
Violet, you're the coolest.
Being British it does make me happy when people like this little grouping of countries we have on our island. I haven't actually watched so much of the old tv, but if you want classic British tv of the moment you should watch Sherlock with Bendict Cumberbatch and Doctor Who. They are totally the best. Oh and if you like the old stuff I love the Goon show which is an old radio show with Spike Milligan in. Very witty stuff.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the recommendations! I really appreciate it. I do enjoy the old stuff, so I'm sure I'll like the Goon show :)
DeleteAw such a sweet little outfit! I love the comment about the fence--didn't even notice it to begin with! And I love your pigtails. And those sunnies. You're fun.
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Haha yeah, I was worried people might notice the fence and be like, "Oh, my, what a junkyard she lives in" haha
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nice blog.. i like your outfit.. is pretty.. :)
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Deleteare you bloody kidding me?! this is amazing. it is now confirmed we would definitely be bff's and i now knight you an honorary brit chick for this awesome outfit (i asked queenie if thats ok and she said hells ye!) haha
ReplyDeletei cant believe you watched keeping up appearances! i thought only Brits were subjected to that hahah. it so reminds me of being a kid, fyi i have an aunty who is TOTALLY Hyacinth. Me and paul always used to say "Bucket residence, lady of the house speaking" behind her back lol!!
Have you seen The Good Life and Fawlty Towers and another classic, Only Fools and Horses. all are complete classics and are on constant rotation in my house. Think you'll love them.
And please come to the UK sometime. i would love to meet you and show you the sights!!xxxx
Best intro to a comment ever!!!!! hahahaha
DeleteRachel, if I ever....let me start over...WHEN I visit the UK one day, I WILL most definitely be calling/emailing/whatever you up to hang out. Get some tea and biscuits or some pints, I don't care. I want to meet you badly! We'd be the best gals ever together. Even "Queenie" (haha!) would think so :D
I used to jokingly answer my phone the same way! Hyacinth was like a role model, lol. I haven't heard of the shows you've mentioned but I'm very interested in seeing them. I love love love British comedies and will always open up my heart to fit more in. They're just that special to me. So, thanks for the recommendations! Thank you for the darling comment, sweetheart ♥!
What sweet memories to have from your childhood. I love England and their accents. I am pretty sure I would love that show as well. Those shoes are just TOO GOOD!! Oh my goodness. I would wear them every day.
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You have to watch the show! I just somehow know you'd enjoy it. :)
DeleteSchool is going great. It's always such a rush to find out who my teachers and new fellow classmates are! Nerdy, I know. haha :)
I am the same way with British television much to Christopher Robin's dismay I must add... I have recently been watching Mongrels --not for the faint of heart-- but extremely funny! Love your outfit and that first pic in your sunnies is too darn cute!!
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Never heard of Mongrels either! I guess there's still plenty of Brit tv shows I do not know.
DeleteP.s. I might have mentioned this before but, I just love your hubby's name. What a charming, charming name! :)
Love those shoes! This whole outfit makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually going to America in a weeks time and I'm thinking I might up my English-ness since y'all seem to love it so much. Haha
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Thank you, doll!
DeleteWe do love it!!! haha How exciting! I hope you enjoy your trip :))))