Pound Shop Bargains and £2 Cancer Research Sale

Was up bright and early this morning and headed straight to town! First stop was Cancer Research (a charity shop and I'm sure most will know). They were selling most things in store for £2 each. I came away with a River Island tiger print long top / dress for wearing with leggings, a vintage patent black leather handbag and a pair of vintage looking heels with floral bows.

I also popped into Poundland and Home Bargains to pick up a few bits. Home Bargains are still doing the Girls Aloud Festival Lashes for 99p a pair so I got a few of my favourites. Couldn't resist some jelly beans either!! Haha! They're addictive! I got some nail stickers from Pound Land so I might have a go this afternoon and see how they turn out. Also discovered these Hello Kitty body butters for £1 each. The cherry one is particularly lovely, smells just like Cherry Drops! A great consistency too!

April Charity Shop Day Out

I've run out of wardrobe space, drawer space, and even have limited floor space.... so.... I was restrained during my charity shop scavenge today and left a lot of good things behind, but I just couldn't resist these few!

1) Butterfly Print Top, Originally from Debenhams, paid £1.50

2) Demin Shorts with Belt, Originally from E-vie, paid £2.00

3) Tailored Shorts, Originally from Warehouse, paid £2.50

4) Versace belt, Real Leather, seems genuine though I'm no expert, £1.00

5) Guess Jeans Vest Top, Brand New with Tags, £1.50

6) Vintage Pringle Polo Shirt, £2.00

7) Abercrombie & Fitch Hoodie, £2.50 (still can't believe my luck here!)

8) Printed Summer Dress, Originally from Topshop, £3.50

9) Navy & White Floral Print Dress, Originally from Topshop, £3.00

10) Chiffon Floral Print Tea Dress, Originally from NEXT, £3.50

Until next time! xxx

Weekly Bargain Round Up: Summer Clothes & More!

It's Saturday morning and I've just been to the Post Office depot to collect my eBay and Big Wardrobe swap parcels....


Lots of summer clothes this week. I've put on a dress size each year more or less and gone from a 6 at my slimmest, to a 10-12 where I'm at now. So last year's size 8 summer clothes simply won't work!

I received this lovely Miss Selfridge dress in a www.bigwardrobe.com swap this week. So technically that makes it priced at £0. I love how flowing it is since it's pure silk, and I used to have the skirt version of this years ago, which I loved.

These are all other £0 priced items from bigwardrobe swaps. The black cropped cardigan will be perfect over strappy dresses this summer, and both the vest tops are oversized and I'll be able to wear them with tighter shorts, jeans, etc, and not have to worry about showing my lumps and bumps! The belt is a lovely extra that I'm hoping to wear with some of my dresses. I don't tend to wear belts that often but I think this one will add a little 'something' to an otherwise plain outfit. 

Here is a little round up of my non-clothing swaps and purchases of the week. 100ml Vera Wang Princess, a little used, so bought cheaply off eBay for only £23 including postage. The 50ml Vera Wang EDP, 200ml Body Creme and 4ml Parfum came to just under £30 including postage, again from eBay, and a huge bargain since the creme alone retails at £68. The lovely diamante cardigan pin (just visible) is another swap, as is the fluffly hot water bottle which will be perfect for keeping my new baby kitten warm (it's just 6 days old and too young to generate it's own body heat). 

I'm off for a bit of a mooch round the shops now so I may be blogging again very soon! xxx

Up to 70% off Lipsy Sale on Brand Alley

I know I'm not the only obsessive Lipsy fan out there so I'm including a link to Brand Alley, a website which is free to sign up to with regular sales on lots of popular brands. This is the first Lipsy sale I've seen on Brand Alley since signing up a month or so ago.

http://www.brandalley.co.uk/ 

I like this multi coloured gem cuff in particular but can't justify the cost at the moment. It is £19 but P&P wil easily take this over the £20 mark. If it doesn't sell out within a day or so I may reconsider...

As with all good sales, I've been too late and most of the lowest priced items have gone already. Still, if you're quick you could pick this lovely dress for £15:

I get a feeling that some of the dresses are a "too young" for me (I'm 23). If I was younger and slimmer I'd find it even harder to resist them!

Let's see if I can let this sale pass by...... xxx