Christmas day

Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the festivities. I had a lovely Christmas and New Year, interspersed with illness which is making me attempt a healthier new year. I'm bored of being ill now.

Anyway, this is what I wore on Christmas day. The top was a Christmas present (picked by me) from Evans and it's one of my current favourites. The jeans got a lot of wear over Christmas too, they look almost leather like and make a nice change to 'normal' jeans. The amazing moustache shoes were another present and are also getting a lot of wear!

The month of January see's me fairly skint, so I am not buying any new clothes this month. Plus I was very lucky and received a lot of new items for Christmas, hopefully once I look less like Rudolph  you'll see a few more outfit posts from me this month. 

Lace front blouse (20) - Evans

Coated Jeans (24) - Evans (similar)

Moustache pumps - Primark (similar)

Jersey Cardigan (18) - Matalan

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star....

I finally found some tights that fit!! It's a miracle at Christmas! Ater seeing a couple of reviews, I took the plunge and ordered a pair of Lycra Xceptionelle 40 denier 3D tights from Yours Clothing. They are the answer to my prayers. These are the size 22-26 and they are actually true to size, they stay up, they're comfy and I have no baggy ankles or baggy crotches! Please Yours Clothing, more colours!

Anyway, enough of my gushing about hosiery. Onto all things bright and beautiful. This top is amazing, so ridiculously bright that it caused a bit of a stir in my office when I wore it. I saw it on ASOS in the summer, but didn't buy it, then I saw it eBay and it had to be mine. I've kept the rest of the outfit simple to really show off that pink.

There's nothing like a bit of neon to cheer up a dreary winter day.

Midi Skirt (22) - ASOS Curve

Neon pink star vest (24) - ASOS Curve via Ebay

Jersey Cardigan (18) - Matalan

Tights - Yours Clothing

Studded slippers - Matalan

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Black lace

Look, it's me actually wearing some new stuff.

Last weekend saw me and the boy spend the weekend in London. I know we only live 25 mins outside, but every Christmas we treat ourselves to a cheeky weekend in the big city instead of buying Christmas presents and generally have a lovely time going to fancy restaurants and getting in the festive spirit.

This was a little something I threw on upon arrival at our hotel on Friday.

No clue why I'm standing like a freak, but you get the gist.

Everything about this outfit is in my current festive favourites. I bought the top from Next when I was supposed to be buying new jumpers and the jeans are 'coated' which makes them look shiny. Innit.

Lace peplum top (20) - Next

Coated skinny jeans (24) - Evans

Studded Velvet slippers - Matalan

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Tell me about it, stud.

As soon as I saw this coat on ASOS Curve, I wanted it. I popped it in my shopping bag awaiting pay day, and then it was gone. So it became an obsession. I was checking the website daily, and it was never in stock. I tweeted the ASOS Curve buyer and she told me unfortunately that was the end of it. I was distraught (well not quite, but I was disappointed) so I gave up. Then on Saturday I was checking my saved items on ASOS and low and behold, it was available in my size. It was meant to be.

Now I have my usual problem with this coat, in that my massive bum means I'd need to size up to get it to fasten properly, but then it looks like I am wearing my dad's coat, so I went for the "ability to only fasten the top buttons" option. I'm ok with that. 

Studs, military and pleather... what's not to love? Well - apart from the dodgy fish like smell from the pleather which I am currently febreezing the heck out of, I think this coat was worth my obsessing. 

I wore it with a slouchy jumper and a striped pencil skirt. The quest for tights continues. I ordered a couple of pairs from Evans but they were round my knees by lunch time so I'm going to check out "We Love Colors" as recommended by the lovely Hanna. If that fails me, it's back to leggings for me.

I'm quite fond of the pencil skirt, slouchy top look at the moment. 

 Studded Coat (22) - ASOS Curve (similar at Very)

Slouchy Dip Hem Jumper (22) - Simply Be

Striped pencil skirt (20) - Dorothy Perkins

Studded flats - Steve Madden

Tights (size 3) - Evans

Polka Dots and spending a lot....

I've not posted for a while, a combination of illness, work stress and generally looking like crap has left me feeling a little bit of a mess of late. However, I'm now feeling a bit more healthy and I've been spending money like it's going out of fashion, so I've some new stuff to show you. You lucky people.

These photo's are pretty rubbish. I keep trying to get photos taken by my dear husband, but the lighting has been really crap, or we've been too drunk to take any decent ones (ha, we sound like lushes). Anyway, nothing exciting about this outfit, but the jeans are spotted!

I managed to get them from Evans when they had a 24% off event, along with Dorothy Perkins and their 25% off extravaganza, I was shopping all over the place. I also eventually had my chest properly measured, so ended up almost bankrupting myself in Bravissimo..

Spotty jeans, what's not to love? I've toned them down with a comfy jumper, but I can very much see these being worn for a night out as well.

Black skinny spotted jeans (24) - Evans

Grey/White dipped hem jumper (XL) - Dorothy Perkins

Studded Flats - Oasis

Tight trauma

I am constantly on the look out for decent tights that don't wrinkle round the ankles or end up making me walk around like a penguin. Fine if I want plain black tights (although that has been a struggle), but in anything other than that - well it's no mean feat.

Last week I ordered (against my shopping ban, I know but I was desperate), 4 pairs of Pamela Mann plus sized tights. They aren't cheap, but given they are size 20-26, I was fairly confident I'd found the answer.

I was pretty pleased when the tights arrived, they looked like everything I hoped they'd be.

I happily pulled on the leopard print pair this morning, only to discover that they don't even cover half of my backside. Given these cost me just shy of a tenner, I am pretty pee'd off. I've had to adopt a granny style and wear a pair of pants over the top of them to stop them completely falling down. Currently the waistband is somewhere mid thigh, my dignity only spared by my extra pants. Now these are plus size tights and I am pretty much always a size 22/24 on my bottom half, so why don't these blooming well fit? The waistband is pretty rubbish - far too flimsy so even if I could fit my bum into them, I'd not be confident that they'd stay put.

They look kinda nice if you can't see what's happening under my dress...

Can anyone tell me where I can get decent, colourful tights, that won't sag or fall down? 

Tickled Pink

I need a new coat, this one is 3 years old and starting to look worn. I love it though and I've struggled to find anything that comes close. The rest of the outfit seems to be following suit with me at the moment, all a bit 'meh'. I need to stop turning to black trousers and cardigans when the weather takes a turn for the worse. 

The top was from the ASOS Sale and it's a bit risqué for work, it's a size too big and tend to slip down exposing most of my bra via the lace panel, but I can live with that. The pink in real life is a lot more vibrant than it looks on the website and not normally a colour I'd go for, but I like it. 

Military Coat (20) - Clothing at Tesco

Snood - Dorothy Perkins (similar)

Lace front camisole (22) - ASOS Curve

Ankle length Trousers (24) - Simply Be (similar)

Boyfriend Cardigan (20) - Evans (similar)

Studded Ballet Flats - Oasis