I have too many shirts | OOTD

 | Shirt - Mango (old) | Cardigan H&M (sale'14) | Jeans - Mango (sale'14) |

 | Shoes - Gifted  (Christmas)| Bag - LYDC (Christmas) |

 

Since working at Mango, I've moved away from my relaxed leggings + tshirt combinations that were wore all too much last year. Although I loved fashion back then, I was still quite the lazy dresser.. Getting up for uni, usually with minutes to spare thanks to the devil that is the snooze button, it was all too easy to grab the nearest pair of jeans & what ever t-shirt or hoody was at the top of the pile.

 

However,  now that I've been working with such gorgeous classically stylish clothes for a year, I've found that my style has become a lot more grown up. My Mama & Nan commented on this last week whilst I was at home too. It seems that the new me, in my ever growing collection of shirts & blouses, is a hit with family as well as my own self esteem.

On another note, I fear I may have a bit of a problem. Sorting through my washing a few days ago I counted how many blouses I actually own... 21.. Not including the ones I have to wear as uniform either.. Wowza!

 

What I'm wearing above is my new favourite cardigan, you might recognise it from my January sales haul. I love the moss green colour, especially against the navy blue of my blouse & ox blood LYDC bag. The blouse I bought when I first started working at Mango, but you can get very similar styles this season too. It's a very classic trend for Mango, and something they tend to reproduce each season. In fact, Mango are fab for repeating styles. So for those of you, like me, who tend to stick to a style when you know it works, it's great to know you don't necessarily have to buy in bulk through fear of the style or cut of that dress or shirt disappearing.

 

Are you a blouse sort of girl?

 

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January sales | Haul

| 3x Floral & check shirts - Primark £12 each | French Bulldog vest - H&M £5 | Green Aztec Cardigan - H&M £7 |

 | Black oversized jumper - Mango £19 | Shoe boots - Deichmann £24 | Blue dress - Warehouse £30 |

| Coral dress - H&M £12 | Bag - Deichmann £7.50 | CKin2u 100ml - Superdrug £19 | Necklace - Primark £5 |

 

Don't you just love a good sale?

I've been steadily purchasing over the past few weeks, and clearing out a lot of my old clothes to make space for a 'new me' vibe in my wardrobe. Can you believe I found 14 pairs of jeans?! I've thrown out over half of them, keeping only my favourites.

 

So I hit Primark last week and found one of the floral shirts & the necklace above. They're weren't on sale, but it always feels like sale prices anyway.. I loved the blouse so much that I went back and bought it in 2 other patterns later on. They're over sized & longer at the back, so look unbelievably flattering with a pair of turned up jeans.

 

I'm in absolute love with my boots & bag. The shoes were a planned buy, I'd seen them a few weeks ago full price at £35, but when I went in looking for suit shoes for Creature I found the last pair of 3's reduced to £24.. Fate! - The bag however was 1/2 price & a complete impulse buy. I love envelope clutches & this one is huge. Perfect to hit all my crap in for a night out & big enough for all occasions.

 

I have a bit of an obsession with shift dresses at the moment, they seem to be the only thing that flatters my figure. So the warehouse dress was reduced from £50 & was like gold dust to get hold of! I eventually tracked it down & bagged the last one in my size too. The powder blue colour is something I don't have in my wardrobe at the moment & I can help but think this would look perfect for my graduation this summer too.

 

Have you hit the January sales?

 

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Tweed & Leather | OOTD

 

| Coat - H&M | Bag - H&M | Top - Matalan | Jeans - Mango | Boots - Zara | Necklace - Mango |



 

Aren't wash days the worst? I found myself wanting to tear my hair out over my wardrobe today. Each and every t-shirt I own was in the wash basket! & what's worse is I don't have a washing machine or dryer, so everything must be hand washed in batches!

 

I did however dig out this really quite old batwing orange t-shirt. I think I bought this one & the royal blue version - which I suspect is at the bottom of the basket too - in the Matalan sales a while a go. It's one of those effortlessly easy to wear tops, & paired with my trusty Mango Elektra jeans I felt comfortable, cosy & embraced the pop of colour.

 

This coat is the second one I've bought from H&M this season (see the first here). At the beginning of AW13 this coat was like gold dust to get hold of, I'd seen it everywhere and even tried it on in store before deciding it wasn't thick enough.. But caved soon after.

I love tweed, & the leather sleeves are bang on trend for this season, however, the day I decided "I must have that coat!".. Was the day I realised it had sold out everywhere. Night-to-the-mare.

 

Giving up all hope, a few weeks later, I was window shopping in the Huddersfield H&M in between lectures when a flash of tweed caught my eye on the fitting room rail. & voila I had found the allusive coat, the last one they had in store & in my size too!

Some might call it luck, I call it fate.

 

Have you invested in any new coats this season?

 



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H&M | £5 Trousers



 

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I have to be honest I am very proud of myself today, I actually managed to walk through H&M Trinity Leeds without spending a penny even though they have a pretty wicked sale on at the moment! Its a miracle I tell you! - Several cute £3 & £5 t-shirts caught my eye, but I really need to be better with my pennies..

 

However, I didn't resist last week when I stumbled across these trousers via Jess UK Fashion & Beauty Blog. After reading Jess' post I was really upset to read she couldn't find the trousers online anymore, so of course, I made it my personal vendetta to find & purchase them before they actually sold out!

As you can see, I did find them & I'm really happy to tell you that not only are these still available, but several other colours have now gone into he sale at £5 with a great range of sizes!
(Buy them here)

 

The necklace is no longer available online unfortunately, or rather like Jess, I couldn't find it.. So if you happen to stumble across it hiding somewhere, please drop by with the link!

I only bought this because I couldn't buy the trousers without spending at least £10 online.. So really this was an impulse buy. But I must admit, I really do love it, it goes with so many of my dresses & I received many compliments at work whilst wearing it!- Plus it was only £5 too!

 

What colour trousers would you buy?

 

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Winter blues | Essential accessories

 

I've been mooching around Leeds today in search of job vacancies (& if you know of any, please inform me as I've had a shocking day searching for them!) Some of you may know I live in Huddersfield but I'll be relocating with the Creature to Leeds in the next few months, so its paramount I find a job so I can afford the commute to Uni.

 

Well I under estimated the weather today, apparently even 3 layers and a fur collar leather jacket isn't enough to keep you warm lately. Which resulted in me running to Next and buying a warmer pair of leggings - Yes I wore leggings in this weather, obviously my noggin' wasn't screwed on this morning... But these new ones are actually lined with fluff & mega warm! & I also bought myself a knit headband with matching mittens.

 

The set including the headband was £7.99 and can only be bought in store. (trust me I've scoured online) & for that price I couldn't resist. I'm one of those people that owns a bobble hat in every colour - Ironic, I wasn't wearing one of the coldest days of the winter.

But I really wish they did it in other colours too, I think I definitely would have bought a few sets if that were the case.
The mittens are adorable, although they are a little on the big side. But thats because I have tiny hands. I'm not actually all that fussed on the size issues really, I mean c'mon look how pretty the jewel detailing is!

I've never actually bought a headband like this before (although I know they are all the rage back home in Merseyside) - Look at me being all Scouse!
I really like the way it looks too, even though I have had to resort to changing my usual fringe into side bangs.. of which the Creature hates! But honestly it didn't look right with my full sweeping fringe... It kept pushing my hair over my face until I looks like an emo!
 

Bank Pompom Scarf | Topshop Earmuffs | River Island Gloves | Riverisland Snood | Newlook hat

 

The Topshop earmuffs are brilliant! & they actually reduced to £5 at the moment so I'm really tempted to buy a pair. I think in the winter weather its really important to try and style up your accessories, with us being wrapped up for the best part of the day a good hat or scarf can uplift a winter outfit.

Everything above (not including the river island gloves and snood) is actually in the sale right now too, so if you want to snap up a warm bargain, click those links and grab them before they're gone!

 

Have you got a winter warmer staple accessory?

 
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Student loan haul

Its what all students have been eagerly awaiting for weeks, the student loan.

I wasn't actually planning on spending any of my pennies on clothes, but whilst taking a well deserved break (for my own sanity) from my Politics essay yesterday, it ended up being a super retail therapy session!

 

I was also planning to show you a couple of things from a little Missguided sales shop I did the other day too, the parcel arrived this morning but unfortunately (and not for the first time either) they have cocked up & sent me the complete wrong dress.

I also have a pair of jeans and an asymmetric top with that order but I'd rather wait until I have this mess with the wrong dress sorted before I show you the full mini haul.

 

Anyway, on with my bigger haul!

(apologies, this is going to be a pretty picture heavy post!)

 

 New Look - Kelly Brook Scallop Lace Bra & matching briefs

£14.99 & £5.99

 

 New Look - Kelly Brook Eyelash polka dot Bra & matching briefs

£14.99 & £6.99

 

 New Look - Rose Mesh Strapless Bra & matching briefs | 2tone balconette Bra & matching briefs

Both bras £9.99 each & briefs £2.99 each

I should really have some reservations about posting my undies on the net.. But I'm shameless and lets be fair, everyone like a good pair of new knickers!

 

New Look - Can you believe it.. According to my receipt I didn't pay for this!

 

 Primark - Red plaid shirt with ribbon collar detail £9

 

Primark - 6x multicolour small spiked rings £3

 

 Topshop - Whisky tshirt £22

River Island - Leather skirt (in the sale) £20

 

H&M - Asymmetric long skull vest £14

 

 

Yep, I think its fair to say I've spent some Wonga!

The Kelly Brook underwear is a new one for me, but after working at LaSenza I never really needed to branch out from my comfort zone. But seems as I was given the heave ho when the company went bust for a short time last year I think its time I updated my undies!

The Kelly brook underwear range for a starter is stunning, I was spoilt for choice & for all the big busted girls out there I can vouch that not only do these bras give you killer cleavage, but they super comfy!

The second two sets I'm actually taking back, they're slightly different sizes to the Kelly Brooks as they're New Looks own brand, so I need the next size up!

 

I think my favourites from this haul are definitely the skull print top & the leather skirt. To be honest all of the other tops were bought as little extras to team with the skirt. & wow, I can't believe I managed to get a real leather skirt for £20! - even on some websites the wet look skirts are not far off that price. *thumbs up*

 

 

So what do you think of my haul?

& if you're a student, have you had a cheeky shopping spree with yours?

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