Short Shorts with an oriental kimono and heels

When i walked down the stairs hubby looked at me and proceeded to ask if i was having a mid-life crisis. I guess what he means by that is this whole outfit is a little bit out of the ordinary on me (i think its the short shorts). And i do admit that i felt a little out of the ol' personal comfort zone.
But then i truly thought, what the heck. Life is short (as short as my shorts haha)
There is a photo of me on my 18th birthday, ready to go clubbing in the big city (Cardiff that is) and i am wearing the teeniest tiniest crop top, tight trousers and a chain metal belt. I remember that day like it was yesterday, i felt amazing in that crop top (i had the washboard stomach to back it back then) and i had the best 18th i could ever have asked for.
I don't look back at that photo and cringe, i look back at that photo and feel proud that i was that brave girl who wore what she wanted and had a damn good time doing it. So i guess i am taking a leaf out of 18 year old Rachel's book.
30 is fast approaching for me. In another 10 years time i want to look back on the photos again and feel the same thing. Happy that i wore what i wanted, knowing i gave it a go and felt good in the process.
I would much rather that than "ohhmmmaaagood what was i thinking!!!", which is also a strong possibility, but hopefully even at 40 i will be throwing caution to the wind and wearing what ever the hell i want.
At 30 i may not have the rock hard ab's any more (no may about that one, definitely do not more like) And my legs are sooo very far from stick skinny, but thats ok. I am learning to be happy in my own skin. I am at a place in my life where i am now a woman, no longer a young girl.
I guess my figure reflects that. I have grown and changed but i'm proud of that.
I have a feeling my 30's will be a good time.

Ok, so that got a little deeper than i envisaged, haha!
I shall counter that by briefly speaking about clothes...
These shorts are SO short, right?
hahahaha

Kimono & Shoes: Tesco

Vest & necklace: New Look

Shorts: River Island

Clutch: Dorothy Perkins

Sunnies: Ray ban c/o the sunglasses shop

So tell me, do you look back at your younger self and feel inspired?

Do you ever challenge yourself and step outside of your comfort zone?Do share in the comments, i love to hear your thoughts!

Kimono's I'm Krazy for

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Biker with Leopard and Stripes

Hey lovelies, we have been enjoying experimenting with our new camera lately ( i say we, i mean hubs, i just stand there while he does the skill-full bit). We recently got us a little upgrade and went from a Canon to a Nikon and the switch over has  been a little rough! Its like a completely different camera experience. But finally with a few tweaks to the settings and a lot of patience i am happy to report some nice photos. What camera do you use? Any advice for a new Nikon user?

 Just another outfit i stole from a pin i had found and fallen in love with, and i totally loved wearing it too. Mixing a few of my favourite things stripes, my brown biker and leopard print!! Saaweeettt!!I've been more Rachel the Scarf than Rachel The Hat of late. My scarf collection is getting kinda crazy (crazy in a good way! i looove me some scarf's!) and this one from Miss Selfridge is big and cosy and one of my favourite remixing colours- mustard. I decided to clash it up a bit with the poppy red clutch i got in the mega Dorothy Perkins sale and called it an outfit. A happy outfit indeed. Simple but effective, my favourite kind.

 I have nothing really to say today (hence the load of waffle above) its just one of those days i guess, its sunday, im sleepy and busy arranging things for the coming week, housework and chores, so really i have nothing of any interest to say (unless you find laundry interesting then i invite you to have a conversation with me about how lovely the fabric softener is im using at the moment) But apart from that i have zilch..nada...nothing. So on that note i wish you a lovely week and and a lovely end to your weekend, whatever it is you're doing.

Biker Jacket: New Look

TShirt: F&F (tesco)

Shoes & Clutch: Dorothy Perkins (on sale £7 clutch, £13 Shoes!!yay)

Jeans: Next

Scarf: Miss Selfridge

Ps have you entered the wonderful $100 giveaway to JollyChic? Go on and enter here to be in with a chance to win a nice shopping spree for yourself!