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Five Years of Blogging!

01/01/2021
Today marks the five year anniversary of The Fashion Faux Pas of Gabrielle and to say I’m stunned that I’ve been at it this long would be an understatement! I will apologise in advance to those of you that have read this story on previous anniversaries, but I will tell you how it all began…
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How COVID-19 has changed my shopping habits

Well hello there! It’s been a while and I thought I’d better put something up on here before everyone thinks I’ve thrown the towel in on the whole blogging world – as a heads up, this post is likely to be a bit rambley...

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Secondhand shopping during a pandemic

If you haven’t yet ventured out into the world of secondhand shopping since government restrictions were lifted, here’s an overview of my first experience

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Ideas for keeping busy during lockdown

I didn’t really want to write a post related to the Coronavirus pandemic, but as I’ve been at home for the last few weeks I thought it was about time that I put something together that would help keep everyone busy (even if only...

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What’s your excess in life?

I was listening to one of my favourite podcasts, The Emma Guns Show, on my way into work where Emma was interviewing Trinny Woodall (remember her from What Not to Wear?!) and they were discussing excesses in life and how certain things have an...

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Happy Fourth Anniversary to The Fashion Faux Pas of Gabrielle!

Four years. Four whole years of learning, growing and establishing my blog into what it is today. The time has flown by and it only feels like yesterday that I was laying awake in bed (the time when all great ideas come), thinking that...

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The Adult Christmas/ New Year Limbo

I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that the spirit of Christmas and come down between then and New Year has a cycle of events that I wanted to chronicle for you all, because we all know everyone is laying around, scrolling through...

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Overcoming your fears and the day I overcame one of mine

A story about how I overcame one of my biggest fears

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What 10 Years Has Done To Me

I’ve been seeing these 10 year comparison posts pop up all over Facebook and thought it an apt time to talk about how my own face has aged over the last decade. I’m always told that I don’t look my age and have endless...

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And the final day of 2020 is upon us! I decided to And the final day of 2020 is upon us! I decided to make myself feel like I was going somewhere tonight by putting a full face of makeup on, with the intention of sitting on the sofa sharing a bottle of Disaronno with Aaron to see the new year in! We might hit up the kitchen, the living room and Aaron suggested the bathroom but I wasn’t sure 😂 what have you got planned for tonight? And Happy New Year to everyone!
And that’s Christmas over for another year (alth And that’s Christmas over for another year (although let’s be honest, 2020 may as well not have happened!) and I just hope to god 2021 is a damn site better for everyone! Since I’ve been attempting to cut out purchasing brand new clothing all together, bar a few items such as underwear and pyjamas, I’m hoping once Hertfordshire is out of Tier 4 that I can head to the shops and do some serious secondhand shopping and use the vouchers I got to buy myself some new beauty bits. How was your quiet Christmas and have you got any beauty recommendations for me? #hertsbloggers #fashionbloggeruk #ukfashionblogger #ukstyleblogger #hertsbloggerlove #sustainablefashionblogger #secondhandfashionblogger #petitebloggeruk #petitefashionbloggeruk #outfitinspo #mylookoftheday #ootdshare #ukfashionblog #petitestyle #hertfordshirebloggers #funkyfashion #ukfashion #ootdinspo #canon700d #canon #amatuerphotography #aspiringfashionblogger #aspiringblogger
Hello strangers! Thought I should pop on here and Hello strangers! Thought I should pop on here and let you all know I haven’t forgotten about this online world, I’ve just needed some time to myself after almost 5 years of continuous life sharing! I also haven’t been heading off anywhere glam or buying much to share on here, so today’s snap is a bit of a throw back to just before the first lockdown when I found this gorgeous wool blazer in @british_heart_foundation from @poloralphlauren 🥰 how are you all and have you managed to find any bargain secondhand finds?! ♻️🌿
I’ll be honest and say that I’ve completely go I’ll be honest and say that I’ve completely gone off of Instagram over the last few months and popped on here this morning for the first time in weeks to see if I could get back into the swing again. To be honest I’ve been so busy with work most days, that when it comes to having some free time all I want to do is slob out, watch something on the telly and do nothing - I spend most of my life on my laptop or work phone, that the last thing I want to do when I’m finished is churn out more content. But I’ve come to realise that’s okay - I don’t need to let my social media dictate how I live my life, or feel bad about the fact that I don’t have certain things, can’t go certain places or live a certain life - because social media (and especially Instagram), is where people showcase their best selves and not necessarily what’s going on off screen. I realised a while ago that jealousy isn’t going to get me anywhere; I might look at someone online and envy their life, but should be thankful (and am!) for the life that I’ve already got - there’s always going to be someone worse off and everyone has different goals or ideals in life, so there’s no use in getting bogged down when I can’t afford to go certain places, have certain things, when I’ll get where I need to be in my own time. I just need to carry on doing my own thing and not let the Instagram envy get me down ❤️
{GIFTED} Thank you so much to @kaolin.kiln for sen {GIFTED} Thank you so much to @kaolin.kiln for sending me these gorgeous earrings from her Etsy store - everything is zero waste and all packaging is 100% recyclable!  I hope you’re all enjoying the gorgeous sunshine and making sure your skin is well protected from the sun - you don’t want to end up tossing and turning because you got burnt and turned into a radiator in a day! We went food shopping and out to the in-laws for our weekly Sunday roast, so I’m now spending the afternoon keeping as cool as I can in the flat, readying myself for another week of work in the heat!
What a gorgeous day we have today! I’ve spent mo What a gorgeous day we have today! I’ve spent most of the weekend holed up at home, sweating my tits off and binge watching Empire, but it was nice to leave the flat to do some food shopping and have a Sunday roast with the in-laws! On the way home we stopped at a field near home to take some photos for today’s post and it was fun to try out a new location, rocking my #secondhanddress I picked up from @scopecharity last weekend!
Finally managed to grab a few photos this afternoo Finally managed to grab a few photos this afternoon and was so excited to share this #secondhand dress I picked up from a vintage shop in Hitchin yesterday, along with a load of other bits from various charity shops! We luckily managed to miss the rain both today and yesterday, so got to enjoy some sunshine for a little while! What have you been up to this weekend and have you managed to hit the shops since they introduced the mandatory face masks in shops?
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