AMSTERDAM.

I'll keep it fairly short, just like the holiday *smiles*

Right, so yeah, I obviously went to Amsterdam as you can see from the title and picture.. It was AMAZING!!! Gert may be in love... Annd not to encourage the stereotype but i did smell weed the second I stepped off the train *chuckles* twas o so amusing.

I think one of my favourite parts were the bikes, if you don't know me already then you may not know that I have a mini obsession with bikes, and I'm pretty sure they do in Amsterdam too...

Bike multi story 'car' park

They're cool they have this weird braking system 'coaster brakes' on them, similar to fixed gear bikes where you brake by stopping the pedals but you can coast. It's very cool. And not to sound stupid but everyone has dutch bikes *chuckles* obviously aye?

There are also like millions of flea markets scattered around the place, which was awesome. Got these.. nice and sophisticated!!!

Tasty shirt

Blue pin stripped Levis

Flowery shorts

Awesome I'm cool leggings

Adidas hat

Hat+Shirt €2

Levis+Shorts+Leggings €6

Total €8.

SCORE!

clothes scanned in.

And now last but very not least, the main thing about Amsterdam is that it is BEAUTIFUL. Don't forget that sonny jim!!!

even when its raining.

O also, just have to add that from next weekend I shall promise (promises are made 'not' to be broken, I may brake it, sorry) that I will start regularly updating it.. from then I shall hopefully have my camera *crosses fingers*. The pain that I have been through not having a camera has been unbearable.. I didn't even have one in Amsterdam, woe is me, only my mothers silly compact which makes me angry and my Nikkormat film, but I'm poor so can't afford film or to get the photos developed. This made me very sad. but from next weekend I shall be set freeeeee. YAY. *again crosses fingers*

MOtHerS camErA - ME mODeL - CLOtheS MINe - blazer-charity shop £4, tshirt-hasumi bday pressie, pocket watch necklace-jack cus he's loverly, belt-vintage rumble, shorts-whitstable charity shop 99p, chair-awesome - dats de fing ima standin in.

I also see a slight wedgie ;)

My loverly Jack and I at the V&A. as stated in previous post BEST GALLERY EVER.

This is how much my friends love me.

facebook, posted today by 'friend' isabella : saw this and thought of you :P xx

me: Lav you too BABES. (I don't really say babes, eww eww eww)

although I have to say, it really is a rather fetching dress.

Gert needs a good old talking to...

Basically I've been a very PHAT little grill and not moved from my mummy bear chair for like 3287412057823 years. Its not good.

small lie. i've maybe been out too much and not been concentrating and been supremely distracted by things that really don't matter in life like watching 'young dumb and living off mum' and drinking cider on street corners.

if only that was a lie.

But no, in all seriousness, the main reason why I haven't posted is because I've been selling my camera so I can get an upgrade.. but things have been taking longer than I thought so I haven't got my new one yet. *tear runs from eye*

Best things Gert's done since her last post:

• Went to a vintage jumble thing - bank holiday special, meaning large bag was only £10 YAYME
• The V&A with Jack, I think I could live there, it's so quiet and spooky and everything a museum should be!
• Finished my bike - FINALLY!!! the pain and suffering I had to go through to get it finally finished still brings me nightmares, will post a picture of it when I get my new camera.

I believe that's about as interesting as my life gets, then of course I think I've spent about my whole summer taking in/up dresses, o so time consuming.

I also like pictures, so here are some oldies - something like 'I HAVE AMAZING CAMERA SKILLS'

Mc D's mega whopper

People on london transport at new year are awesome!!

This scares me.

all taken on my petri 7s 35mm

p.s. i does start schoolies next thursday, soo will have trillions of things to post about. first day of 6th form. im scared. lots of big scary old people. well my age. but i feel old now.

bye.

HATS HATS HATS.

This week I've been in Whitstable. A little seaside town in Kent, unfortunately the weather has been rather unfortunate, that being said its still been o so wonderbubbles!!!

BECAUSE.

i did get THREE hats.

embarrassingly every time I come here, the thing that I am most excited about is the charity shops... not the sea. shameful shameful. its like SHOPPING but cheap!! although these day charity shops have become rather pricey... I BLAME MARY QUEEN OF SHOPS. a charity shop is not a trendy place nor a clean place but a place with cheap dirty clothes that nobody would ever want!

Anyways, to the point .

Basically Gert loves hats

and she got three amazing specimens.. along with two pairs on shorts, two jumpers and about three hundred and sixty five videos. YAY ME.

take a nosey at my little treasures...

Hand made boater - £3

White Kangol hat - £2

excuse my ridiculous face, I couldn't control myself

Straw wide brimmed summer hat - £1.50 (best buy)

White dress - Vintage jumble sale £20 for fill a giant bag, and stuff it as full as you can

Blue granny sandals - £2.99 charity shop, originally M&S.

ME BIRTHDAY.

Had a most fantabulous day yesterday - 2nd of August

the story goes:

1. woke up and opened pressents - Woody Doll (Yes I am 16 now, and No I am not obsessed, one day I'll make a post about my beanie baby collection pehe), £50 from dad (extremely surprised as my father is a self employed artist 'painter/sculptor' and doesn't even make enough money to pay his bill pah, must have got lucky this month! thanks dad!!), £20 from canadian grandparents (may combine my dads money with my grandparents and buy a brooks saddle for my new fixie bike), a Greyson Perry scarf (although I'm gonna get the money from this and get something more sentimental and long lasting - from my mum), and chocolate cake from Patisserie Valerie... then like a couple of weeks ago had my early bday party, twas a dress up tea party thing and got lots of clothes, and nom noms.

2. ate cake at 9 in the morning

3. 10 minutes later made PROPER canadian pancakes, with blue berries and bacon and maple syrup and cream and yum - no pictures though, fail Gert!! couldn't quite finish it, had to get my mum to have the last bites :D

4. got on the 19 but after like half an hour after missing like 2 and my mum fuming (the most embarrassing thing is your mum shouting at london transport in the middle of the street). Got off at Kings Road and went to Worlds End. Its was pretty awesome, especially the HATS!

5. then we saw like all these charity shops and couldn't hold back so we had a little browse. I got The Basketball Diaries on video.

6. walked up to the Saachi gallery - interesting exhibition

7. acted like giggly little girls and went to the Vivienne Westwood shop, Liberty's andSelfridges. It was VERY fun.

8. got PONYO from hmv...

9. got o soo much sushi... nom noM NOM!

10. watched the movie - it was incredibly adorable, seriously has to be watched!!

11. slept.

my incredibly nomy cake :)

I look sad, but I promise you I was VERY happy. PINK collar - made by me, PINK t-shirt - sisters, PINK corduroy high waited trousers - £1 from a textiles craft church in Norwich, PINK socks - sisters, PINK nike shoes - sisters. note: I don't actually like pink..

Saachi gallery - me being cool!

Fellow Bloggers..

http://styleeast.blogspot.com

Picture take by 'Styleeast blogger' - Don't actually know her name

Silk scarf - camden, Dress - Vintage jumble sale thing at East End Thrift Store, Loafers - £2 Whitstable car boot.

Got my picture taken by a street style blogger today, it's happened before but they never seem to tell me what their blog is actually called. No fair!!

But today she did, she was lovely. I'm jealous of her 'asking to take peoples picture skills'.

If you look back to one of my older posts you will see I mentioned that I wanted to start doing this, however I have yet to start as I get shy then run away and can't ask. Well dressed people are even more scarier than normal people :O

p.s. why o why o why do I always look so pissed off in photos, GERT NEEDS TO LEARN TO SHMILE!

Charity shop + Henry Holland = VERY happy Gert.

I went to the charity shop round the corner from my house (which one this is however is a secret) and purchased some pretty cool findings. YEEE. Ooo and I got two FREE videos (yes Gert does still watch video's, THEY'RE CHEAPER!!), Dirty Dancing and Cocktail.

Three pairs of House of Holland tights, and two pairs of Pretty Polly tights.. They're all nomy nomy nomy.

Unfortunately two were in pink, which is a colour that scares me a little. But they are such yum things that they had to be bought. And to replace my old ripped, kind of dirty grey ones.seebellow. (yellow and faded.. 'YAY VINTAGE' pah or maybe not). They actually had the ones I had, the one with all the house's all over, I'm kinda regretting not buying them.. may go back tomorrow.

My old pair, laddered and shriveled - I used nail polish to stop them laddering.. I only had black. Fail me.

All for only £10 (£2 each), I say £10, that's actually quite a lot for me.. But I made £15 baby sitting last night and have been working at Leila's Shop, so thought I could splash out!!

p.s. yes they were all new and not opened. ha.

My favorite are the blue ones they get lighter as you go down (:

I sound like a small child :)

One day I shall post a picture of me wearing them.

One day..

I have extremely lovely friends!

My friend Angelica came back from America last week,and because she's sooo lovely she brought me back all these Reece's nomy noms!! YAY ME.

p.s. yes I did eat some already.. I couldn't bare the suspense. food always comes before photo taking, and omg there is no cereal in this world that beats reece's puffs!

Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes.

For a girl I'm pretty rubbish with shoes really, I mean I love brogues, loafers, trainers and sandals, buuut high heels wise I'm not really that fussed.

However, once upon a time there was a pair of BIG PHAT PINK SWADE ones. Gert really liked these, they made her laugh, she thought that they were so crazy and ridiculous that they just had to be worn.

She couldn't resist...

Do excuse the awful pictures..

The problem with being into photography is once you start getting reasonably good, you can't bare for anybody to take you your photo. It just starts to feel so wrong and awkward, you get so used to giving the directions, that you forget how to smile.

You love them already don't you?

note: rhetorical question.

HAIR.

So yesterday while my sister was shopping she got scouted by Vidal Sassoon to be a hair model (it is very likely that this may be because of her previously beautiful hair style *cough*cough* or perhaps not so beautiful, I think they kinda clocked that she didn't really give a f**ck and therefor they could really do what they wanted... YAY THEM!!).

Anyways enough of me being rude about her and her choice of hair doos, I am suposed to be telling a positive story.

*slaps cheek*

Right, so today while I was braking nails trying to get the bottom bracket off my bike (me being extremely UN-successful) my sister 'Nelly' went to Vidal Sassoon to get her hair cut, FOR FREE.

She was made to sit on this stage in front of about 50 students, while she got her hair cut, styled and dyed by a 'professional'.

And now this is where I cry..

*Gert crys*

Yes thats right, I is o so very jealous, it's awesome and weird and wacky and wonderful, and it's not fair!

I bet you want to see don't you. Welllllll you smell so no, you not allowed.

*Slaps cheek*

Okay okay I'll show you, stop shouting!!

Wait, annnnnd guess what, not only is it awesome, it was also kinda what I wanted to do.. I wanted to dye my hair blue then let it turn grey. POO HER.

O sorry, the pictures, right, here you go!!!

Three days of drink drugs nd rock n roll does not do one much good. see bellow >

wow I am just way too attractive

p.s. I still haven’t showered so please don’t judge.

har har har.

So yeah, this weekend I was at lounge on the farm festival.. and I have to say it was o so amazing. The combination of perfect weather and amazing bands just made the weekend.

Unfortunately I didn’t manage to take any photos, not a single one...

*Sigh*

*Tear runs down face*

It is very likely that this was because of the extreme amount of fun that I was having.

No time to take silly little photos!

So here, This is my tan, Take a peek, I’m rather proud of it, considering the fact that my normal skin colour has a yellowy tinge to it, which seems to make me look rather ill.

Ah well not any more... YAY ME.

note: arm on top belongs to sister

Oo and last but very not least, I thought I would have to tell you the very best act of the weekend (in my opinion) was Nimmo and The Gauntletts.

http://www.myspace.com/nimmoandthegauntlettsuk

FREE CLOTHES!!!

This is a little late, although saying that the trill of it has still not left me.

Two weekends ago, I had my very early birthday party... you see as my ‘real’ birthday is on the 2nd of August this means that no one is ever around as its right in the middle of the summer holidays.

*sad face*

Anyways yeah, that being so meant I had it on the 2nd of July rather than the 2nd of august.

It was really cool actually, it was like a dress up party, with like nomy cakes and little triangle sandwiches.

Anyway let me get to the point.

My birthday present from Jack (Jack being my best friend from like forever), I got all these clothes of his mums that they found when cleaning out her room, (Well actually it wasn’t my ‘real’ birthday present, it was more of a “here take these as its not actually your birthday yet but I have to give you something so take these as they are really cool and don’t worry deary I still have your other birthday present but I’m going to give it to you nearer the time.”

Few.

*Takes breath*

So I thought that some of the stuff was so wonderbubbles that I took some pictures for all the world to see!

Paper Horse Jacket - this is like the best thing ever ever EVER! Not only does it have

horses on, but its also made out of this weird paper type material.. I know your jealous really.

Uth Blazer

Yak Magik Leather Shirt - extremely random but coooool, will definitely post some

pictures of me wearing it at some point.

Silk Gap Skirt - Looks great pulled up over the waist

Found an issue of Nova magazine from July 2000 today, all about Kate Moss!!

How exciting I hear you say..

Yes, this I true.

I also hear your teeth chattering in earnest..

The article was quite interesting actually, kinda a question and answer type thing. I would have taken better pictures of the article and linked it to my flickr so you could have read it, but nahhh I is a lazy fella you see.

Listen to this rambling.

Here I shan't drag it out any longer....

"I don't feel exploited. It's my choice"

"I like them because they are provocative, but not in a sexy way, and because I felt so comfortable shooting the story. I wasn't like 'Oh I've got my tits out.' I was in my own environment and I think the pictures show a kind of intimacy."

FLICKR.

Do take a peek...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gertysquirty

:D

Lets start again...

I have decided that I should really start this up again, so yah hear it goes!

*slaps wrist*

I am yet to have anything up to date and interesting, but I must post something soo I'll post an outfit.

Ralph lauren Blazer - free from jack, Crab shirt - Gap from when I was like 7,

High wasted levi jeans (501's) - From dad, Topshop socks - christmas pressie daisy,

Brogues - £5 charity shop.

I have also decided that since it is the summer and I have wayyy to much time I am going to start doing some street style photography.

I need to bite my lip now and get out there!!!