SMALL LEEK, BIG SHIP

When hearing of a North West bloggers' meet I excitedly agreed to attend despite not knowing exactly (read: vaguely) where it was being held, naïvely thinking that Manchester is half an hour tops away from everywhere in the North West. I even set off driving on Sunday, still completely unaware where I was going, blindly following road signs to take me to my destination. An hour and a quarter later I was in Leek; slightly bewildered at how far I'd come, but pleasantly surprised to find that bloggers had travelled from all over the North of England to make A Girl I Know's blogger meet.

The meet-up was held at cute cafe Spout, whose delicious (and bountiful) afternoon tea went down a storm for all bloggers. Cue furious photographing of cakes and Instagramming of fingers sandwichers.. bloggers gon' blog. I got to see blogger pal Hello, Terri Lowe, meet long time favourite reads Sara Waiste and Vicky of #GOLLYGOSH, plus added a new fave to my list in Charl from Ginger Girl Says. I loved seeing designer Jessica Shaw's new riot-grrl-esque collection, who I heard is due to start selling her pieces on ASOS Marketplace soon. Put me down for a glittery pom-pom crop top, please!

Sara and I left a few minutes early with the intention of hitting Dougal's Den to buy cat presents.. it was sadly closed but offered the opportunity of photographing an impressive window display: a labour of love if I ever did see one. Or should that be a labour of woof?

I wore:

Beyond Retro elephant knit

H&M sample dungarees

Topshop jacket

Vans x Hello Kitty trainers

Wildfox bag (serious Selfridges sale bargain) & sunglasses via Self Service
Betty Jackson.Black necklace c/o Jon Richard

No present sorry but still woof you, Hen... where does the cat end and jacket begin?