I seem to be on a near constant hunt for the perfect maxi dress to wear for work, so when the new season Very catalogue dropped onto my doormat not long ago and I saw this dress, I knew it was an instant buy. It's a soft jersey fabric and has a number of really nice details - soft collar and placket buttons, breast...
I do not own any orange shorts and I definitely do not own any orange leather shorts. I had thought that any pair of shorts would have to do, I thought about wearing these, worn for an Inspiration Monday last summer, but whilst in town on Saturday I saw this cute skirt and decided that this would be better. It's not orange but...
I've decided that August is to be frugal, meaning only essential shopping is allowed (food, that sort of thing). I took part in Frugal February back in, erm, February and found it to be a really positive exercise. To take my mind off the fact that clothes shopping can't possibly be seen as essential spending, no matter what angle you look at it...
Dr Jart+ Premium Beauty Balm has established itself as one of my beauty staples At around about the time that my current BB cream (Boots 17) came to an end I heard a buzz about the arrival of Dr Jart's BB creams at Boots, and loving a new product in the way I do, I decided to give it a try. Boots gave...
Monday rolls around so quickly, especially when the sun has finally started to shine and you want the weekend to last just a little longer... I had a fabulous weekend. I shopped for the week's groceries (all on the high street), found my second charity shop purchase of the year (could my charity shop luck be changing?) and spent Saturday evening having a...
I've really started to love the neon trend, which came as quite a surprise. After living through the 80's I didn't think that neon was something I would ever re-visit. I wore fluffy neon ankle socks - one pink and one yellow, and rubber bangles in huge numbers and had a scrunchie in every neon colour available *cringe*. And yet, here I am,...
july challenge
Putting my money where my mouth is - Why I'm giving up Tesco for July.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
This is a little different from the challenges I normally set myself. You may wonder why I would choose to ban myself from such all-under-one-roof convenience but I often grumble about the 'bloody supermarkets' when I see smaller shops close down through lack of trade. I've been known to wax lyrical about how communities should refuse to shop in a new store after they...
After seeing Sophie's entry I decided join Florrie's floral festivities to help her celebrate three year blogiversary. This was a bit of a challenge for me as I don't have many prints in my wardrobe but having recently decided to inject some colour and pattern, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to show off my most recent floral find. As a result of...
Orange and pink. I love this combination and, you never know, it may even be bright enough to liven up this dull day? See the other EBEWers here. Love ...
It's been a Monday today. You know, the kind of Monday that you can spend much of Sunday evening dreading? Yep, that. On a brighter note, it's also Inspiration Monday, which is far less gloomy! Not having an orange top, I added a touch of orange to my nails instead and went for a more casual shoe - as much as I love...
My final instalment of Flying Saucer's May Challenge, albeit rather late! A bit of a long one and lots of pics of me in it (sorry - overload! I tried to keep them to a minimum). See the others here, here and here. 21st. Something that is your favourite brand This begs the question what is my favourite brand? Avon has to be...
How is it possibly Monday again already!? I have to admit that I went shopping in search of something for this week's outfit. This skirt was in White Stuff but when I saw the price, I made a sort of 'pfft!' sound and left it in the shop. I then spent the next 24 hours thinking about it. I drove back into town...
