Throwback Thursday - Twee through the years

Inspired by the spate of first profile pictures and Throwback Thursdays I thought I would share with you a quick peek at me through the years, if it seems a bit narcissistic please feel free to skip.  But here we go.

In the first pic I am probably about 12 so it is 1987, I am wearing the stonewash denim blouson style denim jacket so popular of the time with a very white T shirt I obviously hadn't eaten else it would probably be food splattered with some kind of print skirt.  Although I look happy I was probably riddled with insecurity and felt very fat.  I am sporting my first perm others came they weren't as successful.

In the second picture I am 20 I am obsessed with Drew Barrymore and Pulp and try an look like Drew, although I am a size 16 with a 28 inch waist I always feel fat.  However, this is the first time in my life I realise that boys like me and I exploit this as it makes me feel pretty.

This picture is from early 2003 I have just got married, I never wear anything but trousers or jeans and I feel fat most of the time.  I have just put on about 2 stone and although fatter squeeze myself into whatever fits in Dorothy Perkins and Debenhams.  I am still loving a denim jacket too.

The final picture is my fist profile picture I hated it at the time and thought my face looked huge but I never had pictures taken as I hated them so much so there weren't many to choose from, so this one it was.

The next picture is my first short haircut in 2009 I felt really pretty for the first time in a while and I had just lost about 2 stone that year and it was quite a good period for me in my life.

This is New Year 2011 and that is my first print dress which has become my personal brand really, I am getting more into a retro look.

This is July of 2012 I am again wearing a print dress my Limb fishing girls one, I am a few months away from reading my first plus size blogs but I am getting into my own personal style a bit more and I think it was about this time I decided I would stop dieting.  It was a fun night but I know my mind set hadn't changed that much as I remember seeing the pictures and thinking: "oh I look fat."

My final pic is New Year 2014 I am wearing my first and probably favourite print dress again and I feel happy and pretty through blogging I don't hate having my picture taken any more and I am not as preoccupied with if I look fat, cos well I am fat and that is okay.

Blogtober #1 - Introduction

I am trying to Blog more, because when I do write I really enjoy it it is just work and life sometimes gets in the way, y'know how it is!  Anyway whilst on my week off I have been pretty motivated and wanted to keep that up, so when I saw Nikki from Natty Nikki was doing a blog challenge I thought, right I'm in.

So introducing me I am Vicky I like to write I like dogs, Chocolate, eating in general, retro stuff, print dresses, dying my hair, long to be a domestic goddess but usually fail at it, I spend too much money on clothes and food, am facing 40 head on with a twinkle in my eye and a don't give a shit attitude.  There is loads to say but I cover a lot of it in my about me section on my blog so don't want to witter on.

Photo by Blast photography at Plus London

I am married to The Hub who sometimes gets a mention but usually says I am misrepresenting him and I have a dog called Beyonce who is also known a Po, Bee, Madame Beyonce, Bebe as well as many other variations, she maybe the love of my life.

The 2 loves of my life

Last year I moved to Swansea by mistake (no offence to Swansea I just miss home) so now I am moving back but more of that later.

At the top is a list of topics that I will write on over the next month although I am already ducking out on instagram cos, I'm not on it as I have a Blackberry due to my retro hatred of touch pads.  I'm no good ar Blog design either so techno wizz's feel free to help me out.

Thanks for reading x

Also doing this challenge is:

Nikki

If I become aware of anyone else I will add them later

Me, Me, Marvelous Me!

As well as trying to Blog, myself I read a lot of other people's blogs and I have noticed a lot of these posts, so I thought I would indulge you with these fascinating facts about me.

1. As a child I was obsessed with Hollywood and wanted to be a 50's movie star.  There was a really old book in my house which was a movie star annual from the late 50's and I used to pour over it obsessively.
2. I had skin cancer in my left eye (I know, I didn't know you could get in there either)
3. Not satisfied with having Skin Cancer in my eye I had 2 separate tumors which apparently is unusual.  The eye Geeks at Bart's were very excited about this.
4. I have a brown Staffrador (A Lab cross Staff) called Beyonce.
5. I lived with over 200 people before I was 18.
6. I once bought a wonderful Britvic Pineapple at a jumble sale for 5p when I was about 10 and used it as a teenager to make paper mache in ruining it forever!!!!
7. I have 4 tattoos getting the first one at 30.
8. My best friends tend to be Leo or Gemini although I do have a soft spot for Pisces.
9. When I was 17 I spent a year in America doing the final year of High School.
10. I used to believe that the Devil came up from the toilet when you flushed it (I was about 5)
11. I am slightly obsessed with Jarvis Cocker from Pulp, I once saw him in the crowd at Latitude and tried to talk to him.  He looked at me like I was mad.
12. I have not had my natural colour hair since I was about 11.
13. I am obsessed with kitsch print dresses and own: a wizard of oz, star trek, Gnomes, Care Bears, fishing girls and cowgirl print dresses.
14. I dream of owning a book shop and cafe.
15. I get very angry if my sleep is disturbed by my Husband, who calls me the sleep dragon.
16. My favourite kids show was Charlton and the Wheelies.
17. I got married in Las Vegas, but not by Elvis.
18. Serial Killer films scare me.
19. I lose something at least once a day.
20. I love books and try to read one a week.
21. If I could write like anyone else it would be Maggie O'Farrell.
22. I love to travel and would love to go to Peru and Tokyo,
23. I used to be scared to sleep in case I was a figment of someones imagination and was scared if I went to sleep they would stop imagining me.
24. My favourite colour is Green.
25. I am slightly obsessed with old Vegas, when I went for the first time I was devastated the Desert Inn was gone because I didn't know, as the guide books were still saying it was there.
26. I once was a bar hostess in Greece.
27. I fear I am a very bad driver as I probably have had over a hundred lessons and am still no where near test standard.
28. I love teen movies especially 80's ones and spent most of my teenage years wanting to be Molly Ringwald.
29. I am a massive hoarder and dream of being able to put things in the bin in a ruthless manner.
30. The name for this blog came from my friend Jill from uni, who nicknamed me Twee and used to say when I came out with random things and jumped from subject to subject (as I do) "Ah, the randomness of Twee!"