Flippy Skirt Delight

OK the spending diet is broken for the month - If you read my last haul post you could probably guess that this was going to happen and what was the straw the broke the camels back, a flippy skirt of course :)
I received an email about the George sale and I couldn't resist having a little peak :) I have to say I love Barbara Hulanicki, not only her original Biba designs but also her more recent collaboration with Top Shop -her first Asda collection didn't wow me as much as I thought it would but low and behold in the sale there was the Barbara Hulanicki Flippy Skirt

Down from £14 to £9 this is just a plain jersey flippy, flarey skirt - it has a roll down elasticated waist which means you can wear it as a dress as well. I really love skirts like this and I still have a Primark one from a few years ago which comes out every summer. I sized down with this because of the elastication and I'm glad I did there is a lot of give in it, but my flippy skirt and flip flop fantasy can be fulfilled, just need the weather to hold out ;)

I also got this top which was only £5 - I love these ruffle / frill style tops - this one is in black and has sort of bronze splatters on it - really nice for evening wear.
So my spending diet for the month is blown already whoops I am going to try and be super good for the rest of the month, honest :)
Never mind I can try and recoup some of it back with a blog sale update :) Check out my blog sale page from Sunday afternoon for the first in a number of updates - this one will included some limited edition MAC items, some Bare Minerals, some Revlon and much more x I'll stick a post in my main section and tweet when it's live. Any questions give me a yell x

(Pictures taken from Asda )

Shopping Trip :)

Well I made it to the Metro Centre yesterday - sorry the post is late but I really was beyond exhausted last night and I'm still in a bit of pain today - with ME every positive is followed by a negative :( Still I had a nice day (despite the kids still being off argh) and spent just under £20 of my own money and also some of the funds kindly donated by my mummy :) I also got some other stuff which my mum is putting aside for my birthday next month :) Anyway with my own money I picked up a few bits -from Superdrug I got the new Collection 2000 Mascara Big Fake False Lash Effect

Fingers crossed it performs better than the last Collection 2000 one I tried - the tube is certainly more streamlined but I'll let you know what I think x I also got a free liquid eyeliner with it but I don't use it so I'll be passing this on ;)
I also went to Lush and picked up some Tea Tree Water and a Space Girl Ballistic (this smells gorgeous it's been in my room overnight and wow!) - I also handed over 5empty black pots and got a free Cupcake Face Mask - freebie :)

My next stop was Accessorize :) I'm sorry I can't get a decent picture of this but it was a wishlist item - a tiny little Statue of Liberty and an I Heart NY on a thin gold tone chain

These little bits came to just under my £20 limit for the day but I did dabble a bit with my Boots advantage card and picked up this - my hyped, much talked about and now much loved the new Revlon Lipgloss in 150 Peach Petal - thank you Boots points - free lipgloss :)

The rest of my bits were paid for by my amazing mummy love her lots and lots xx and a rather useless checkout assistant in Primark more on that later ;)
Anyway I'd wanted this bag for a while initially in black but when I saw it in the lovely summer cream - I had to have it

I also got this lovely nude /blush petal top


This floral vest / dress


This gorgeous floaty blush top

These sandals which I've seen on lots of blogs and you tube hauls


and these super cute bow pumps


I also got some other things but it wasn't till I got home and checked my receipt that I realised I hadn't been charged for them!!! To be honest I wasn't surprised the lad on the till just grunted and was too busy talking to his mate on the next checkout - their loss!
Anyway I got these nude stud pumps


and this cute Love pendant that I know a few bloggers have.

I was desperately looking for the lovely Primark ring that the lovely Topshop Princess has but alas I couldn't find it :( If anyone sees it in a large I would be eternally grateful if you could pick me one up I would of course reimburse you for costs x
I also got some not so interesting bits including this months Hello Kitty magazine with a free comb and mirror ;), some razors and these

Galaxy Counters - faint - these were the sweet of my very early childhood large ish chocolate buttons that used to be in white packet with animals on - anyway due to pressure from the Facebook group Galaxy have reintroduced them although they are no longer in the cute packaging I remember :(

Yesterdays Goodies and Spending Diet = Fail

OK as I said yesterday I went shopping with Godmother to a Boundary Mill Stores close to where I live. For those that don't know Boundary Mill Stores is an huge outlet store located in various location throughout the UK, my local one is in Shiremoor. They sell fashion, shoes, homewares, and some beauty items. The clothes aren't always geared toward the younger generation but you can sometimes find a few bits. Anyway I received a little bit of cash from my Godmother and my mum so I didn't have to break into my own money too much. My generous contributions paid for a few bits including a lovely Yankee candle, and some candle plates, a piggin figure (yes I still collect my piggy's), a lovely chunky cream scarf and some black Pretty Polly opaque tights and also a couple of tops from a company called CMD Womenswear I hadn't heard of them before but on reflection I've noticed I do have a couple of thing by them already. First of all I got this sparkly grey sequin detail vest / tunic - I like the random distribution of the sequins as much as it won't matter if they start to come off because the pattern is so random (sorry it's a bit blurry too sparkly I guess)



I also got this long slinky tunic style top with black sequin detail on the shoulders - it looks blue in the pic but its actually a gorgeous royal purple - oh and it also comes with a skinny black patent belt - I'm not to keen on the belt so I might cut the loops off but I'll have to wait and see


Both of these tops were just £5 each which was a bargain x What was a bigger bargain though was something I bought myself - they had a huge box of By Caprice bras which were only £3 each - after pulling virtually half the box out I eventually found a gorgeous black and white floral one in my size - alas I couldn't find the matching knickers but I am sure plain black will look fine - see as it was originally tagged at £20 I was super happy with my bargain but then I got to the till there was another surprise - there was another 10% off it meaning I got if for £2.70 result :)
I also bought another ickle thing - you've guessed it make up :) Now my local store doesn't usually have that many beauty goodies but I was delighted to see that they had a few NYX palettes :)Well I had little look and I decided to get this - it was £6.99 and it's the Smokey Look Kit


It's a super cute little compact which is ideal for on the go - it contains 9 little eyeshadows ideal for doing various smokey eye looks not only that but in a little drawer underneath you get two gorgeous lip colours in a pale milky pink and a peachy nude - I am super happy with this kit x



So as it's now blatantly obvious by those last two little purchases my spending diet for February is now an abject and utter fail - so what did I do I made it worse and placed a couple of orders one with ELF who were giving away a free lipgloss set with any purchase and Littlewoods who offered me a lovely £10 discount on my next purchase -sod! I've always said I am sucker for an offer -I'll stick pics etc, up when they come - so what do I do in the meantime try and reign myself in for the rest of February or do some more shopping - we'll see xx

One Month To Go

Argh I can't believe that it will Christmas Day a month today ! I have done quite a bit of shopping so far so I am not too worried but I still have my cards to make which usually takes me a few days argh!
I did manage to pick up this yesterday how cute!

It's not that Christmassy which is more often than not my biggest failing with advent calendars but its cute. My mum has bagged herself a dairy milk one which I have to say is much more festive than mine with Santa and his elves, even the cats have one again this year which I have to say is way more festive than mine, but ho hum (or should I say ho ho ho lol)

Anyways in the same shop which we got our advent calendars they also sell a whole load of ex catalogue and chain store clothing - my mum very kindly bought me this top / tunic for the festive season - Sorry for the bad pic but it's a gorgeous electric blue colour with gunmetal sequins and seed beads :) very pretty I am thinking of wearing it for Christmas lunch with my jeggings which give plenty of room for expansion but we'll see I have a few family and friend things to do over Christmas so I need to sort out a few outfits :)

Talking of Christmas the lovely Sarah at I Heart Cosmetics is hosting a super generous Christmas giveaway so don't forget to check her out x

I have a few things planned for the rest of the week including a visit to the Vampires (the nurse for bloods:(), and the hairdressers on Friday -bye bye roots !! and potentially something exciting over the weekend but I'll try and get a few posts in xxx

Partial Redemption

Well my La Redoute order came today and you'll be pleased to know half of it is going back ! The checked shirt (see pic) and the star print t-shirt are keepers but the halter tops gave me a mono boob so they are going back -that's over £18 saved- well done me :)