Guilty Pleasures.

It's Sunday evening, I should be relaxing after doing a few household chores and prepping for the week ahead. Instead I'm off to Tesco to buy a family size bag of cheese balls and dusting off my 'Keep Calm & Stay Reem' mug ready for the first TOWIE episode of Season 11 tonight. Yep, that's right. I LOVE the only way is Essex. I love the terrible tans, awkward moments, cringe worthy 'acting' and bitchy cat fights. I know it's terrible but TOWIE is one of my guilty pleasures.

It got me thinking about my other guilty pleasures and so I thought I'd share a few with you and maybe some of you will have the same ones and make me feel a little less guilty about them?!

I'm a 23 year-old who loves One Direction and I am completely ashamed of it. I'm ashamed I own all their albums, I'm ashamed I follow them on twitter and I'm ashamed of defending them every time somebody in my presence makes some sort of 'manufactured egotistical boyband' remark but I just can't stop loving them! I've been to see the movie, have a picture of Zayn on my desk and even a 1D eyemask (this was a gift, don't judge too much). I haven't been able to justify paying extortionate prices for their tour tickets though so I do have some boundaries which are definitely reassuring.

Now this one is more of a guilty crush, you know those guys that you really shouldn't fancy but you do? Or those ones you're attracted to for the most bizarre reasons?! Well For a few years now I've had the biggest crush on the comedian John Richardson. You know the grumpy, OCD guy from 8 Out of 10 Cats? Yeah him. For years he didn't have a girlfriend and would tell tales of spending nights in alone without friends as they all settled down. Something about this guy I find unbelievably attractive. There's definitely something attractive about a guy who can make you laugh.

Will you be watching TOWIE tonight? I'd love to know if you have any guilty pleasures?
Lucy ox

Lame crushes

Something that's recently dawned on me is how easily I fall for guys. I'm not talking about head over heels in love, trying to get them down the aisle by any means possible, I'm talking about having a crush on a guy. I can pretty much develop a crush on most guys for the most bizarre reasons and for some reason I've decided to share some of the funniest.

He complimented my handwriting

He let me get on the bus infront of him

When it rained he offered me his coat

He claps during the opening credits of friends

We support the same football team

He knows my subway order off by heart

He complimented me on my nail art

He wears checked shirts

He held open the door for me

He looks good in a black leather jacket and plain white T

I could think of so many more but I'll keep them quiet.. for now. What silly reasons do you have for crushing on a guy? My current crush reminds me of Sebstian Kydd from the Carrie Diaries haha.

Happy Friday!

Lucy ox

Thai Red Curry Prawn Wrap

I absolutely love this recipe, it can be adapted depending on how much spice you prefer and is so quick and cheap to make. I often have it for lunch but sometimes substitute the wrap for rice and have it for my evening meal. Here's what you'll need to make it:

• Garlic clove
• Spring onions
• Thai curry paste
• Prawns (if frozen, thoroughly thaw fist)
• Coconut milk
• Fish sauce
• Mixed veg (I use a stir fry mix from Tesco that includes red cabbage, Sugarsnap peas, carrots and tender stem broccoli 
• Tortilla

On a medium heat sauté a crushed garlic clove and a handful of chopped spring onions in a wok or frying pan.

Once softened add a heaped teaspoon of thai curry paste and stir. I always use red but if you prefer something less spicy then green will work just as well.

Add the prawns, I find 6-8 are enough but that depends on the size so use your culinary instinct and sauté for 2-3 minutes or until the prawns are cooked.

Two tablespoons of coconut milk is now added and can be used to reduce the heat of the curry paste. At this point, a teaspoon of fish sauce with it, throw in your mixed veg and let it simmer on a low heat until they're tender.

In the meantime, heat the tortilla in the oven or microwave.

When it's ready, plonk the curry onto the tortilla, wrap it up in such a manner that will prevent fall out and gobble it down.

I usually put some fresh spinach in the tortilla before folding it but that's just because my idol is Popeye.

Lucy ox

Style Inspiration: Skorts

Style inspiration: Skorts by lalala-lucy showing how to wear a skort skirt

River Island cami tank top / Cameo Rose skort skirt / Jeffrey Campbell black platform booties, £145 / Marie Turnor leather clutch, £170 / Wet Seal cluster necklace, £7.47 / Topshop moisturizing lipstick, £9.56

With spring on the horizon we can finally think about pretty pastels, wearing shorts without tights and not having to take numerous layers out with us only to have to strip them all off when we get to our over heated indoor destination.

I always choose my outfits by first selecting a base colour and another to compliment it to form the base. As I can't pull off too much pastel I always opt to pair them with black garments and this flowing lilac cami sits beautifully with the structured skorts. 

This floral necklace keeps the outfit on trend for spring whilst the platform boots give the outfit an edge I always aim for. Overly feminine outfits just aren't me and I'm always pairing pretty dresses with leather jackets to tone it down. I'm in love with lunch style bags, at the minute I only own one but I'll be hopefully adding to my collection soon. This ivory one is perfect to go with most outfits.

I'd keep my make up natural, just adding a set of lashes and eye liner for definition. I'd tie the look together with a pink lipstick that lies somewhere between a natural and pastel tone. This one from Topshop seems perfect but I've never tried their lipsticks so may have to investigate :)

Have you got any outfit posts featuring skorts? I'd love to see them. How excited are you for spring? I cannot wait!

Lucy ox