Monday 31.10.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

I will start off with a picture of my gorgeous girlie in her costume! It is an Easter chick costume, but she thinks that she is a duck!! She ran around at her playgroup party shouting "duck, duck". It was very cute!!

3 weeks today and I shall be on my merry way to Orlando with my family for 13 days!! Yippee! I can not wait. The difference in Miss O since we were last there is huge and I just know that she is going to have a ball. With the holiday looming I am having a huge clear out of clothes that do not get worn - on eBay - in the hope that I can create space (before Christmas) and to try and up the spending money fund!!

This dress is in the sell pile! However, last night when I was taking pictures of the items to be listed I thought I would give this one more chance! It is still going! I just do not love it enough!! I am going to launder it this week and make sure that I goes to someone that will give it more wear!

Today's outfit is:

Dress - Soo Lee
Cardigan - Primark
Tights - Tesco
Shoes - Christian Louboutin

Saturday 29.10.

Saturday was another "meh" kind of a day! They are just not the kind of busy days that they used to be around here. I am hoping that it is just the calm before the Christmas storm! Anyway, I wasted time watching things on the Internet and planning my Christmas cake baking and crafts that Miss O and I are going to have a go at. However, this week I shook my mood off before I went home.

I love this top and I like to wear it. But since losing weight it has become too big and it now does not sit as well as it did. I think it may be a piece that I am going to have to get rid of.

Saturday's look was:

Top - Forever 21
Jeans - Primark
Shoes - Nine West

Wednesday 26.10.

I am feeling very 60's today!!

I love this sweater dress, but I fear that it may just be too short for me?! Then there are the boots, I had forgotten all about these. In the last 2 years with me being pregnant then having a new baby/new body I over looked lots of things that I had loved before. Now that I have lost weight and I am fully back into the working routine I am re-discovering things again! It is good as they feel like new clothes.

I thought that these boots were uncomfortable, but so far they are quite the opposite. I hope to give them lots of wear this winter!

Today's look is:

Dress - H&M
Tights - SkunkFunk
Boots - Topshop
Necklace - Forever 21

Monday 24.10.

My hours in the shop are all set to change over the coming weeks. My dad has recently retired and very kindly looks after Miss O one day a week. He has decided to take himself off to Orlando for a month so I am down a days childcare!! With a lot of favours and switching about I think it is all sorted out.

I got this skirt in March and I have not worn it as much as I thought that I would. I love it, the colours the pattern and the fit. I am really glad that I tried it with these boots as I think I will wear it more as a winter piece now!!

The boots are practically vintage!!! I may be exaggerating very slightly there!! I bought these boots in 2005 from Aldo and they are like new! They have never needed re-heeled or soled and the leather is still beautiful with almost no scuffs! I have a pair of much newer leather boots that have dried out at lot.

Monday's look was:

Skirt - Forever 21
T-shirt - Target
Cardigan - Forever 21
Tights - Tesco
Necklace - Molten
Boots - Aldo

Saturday 22.10.

I love this outfit. This fabulous gold, jersey, wrap cardigan came into the shop a few weeks ago. They have not been a huge hit so far as they hang terribly on the hanger! I often find that styles that look awful hanging make people unable to picture how they could look!

I have quite a few other outfits planned for this cardigan and I will certainly be wearing it like this again!!

Saturday was a very "meh" day and I was in a very "meh" mood and got very little done - hence posting Saturday's outfit now.......
My mood continued into the evening and made me feel like I had wasted a bit of family time!! Not good!

Sunday was fabulous, we had friends round for lunch (I made sweet potato and chilli soup and homemade bread) and we then went for a walk to a local park with a duck pond and fed the ducks. Afterwards we stopped at the tearoom for coffee and cake to heat us all up!

I hope that you all had fabulous weekends?

Saturday's outfit was:

Jeans - Primark
Cami - Primark
Jersey Wrap - Blend
Shoes - Dorothy Perkins

Tuesday 18.10.

This waistcoat/dress/tunic has been in my eBay pile for longer than I care to admit. I saw it this morning and decided to give it one last wear - well see if I like it enough to bring it out of the pile. I have to say that I am unsure. I do not dislike it but it now is a little too big for me and I just do not think that it is me anymore.

So, it is 5 weeks until we are heading off on holiday to Orlando and I really need to list a huge amount of things on eBay to get some funds together. I just can not seem to motivate myself to actually get this done. Wish me luck for this evening - N is working late so I need to spend an hour just doing it!

Today's look is:

Waistcoat - SkunkFunk
Leggings - Blend
T-shirt - Primark
Boots - Bakers

Date Night!

N and I had a date night last night and it was great!

Little Miss O stays with my parents on a Monday night as I work on a Tuesday, so we decided that us going out on a Monday in no way affects her routine. We decided to go to Glasgow for the evening, get some dinner and have a few drinks. It was a lovely night and we both felt great for just having a few hours of just being us (not Mummy & Daddy).

I got N to snap a quick picture of me before we dashed out in the rain to get the bus.

The look for date night was:

Shorts - American Eagle
Tights - New Look
Vest - Stark
Belt - Diesel
Shoes - Forever 21

Saturday 15.10.

Happy weekend everyone!!

I was out on a girls night out last night and it was great fun, but I am so sleepy today. I thought that jeans a tee and a jacket were the way to go today. I am happy with the outfit but I do wish that I had taken a little more time with my make up. I feel a bit washed out!!

I did not think to take a picture of my outfit from last night - rookie mistake. I must try harder. We have a family birthday tomorrow afternoon, so I will try and make sure that I get pictures before we head out.

Today's look is:

Jeans - French Connection
T-shirt - H&M
Jacket - Primark
Shoes - Barratt

Wednesday 12.10.

Yesterday I realised a few things...

1. I have been wearing a lot of stripes lately.
2. I had not shown you guys my fabulous printed leggings.
3. I really wanted to wear my wedge shoe boots.

So, with all of the above in mind......Today we have no stripes, I am showing you my fabulous leggings and I am wearing the wedge shoe boots. I really wanted to wear the shoe boots and the leggings together, but in typical "me" style I did not plan my outfit in advance. I had little time this morning (thanks to Miss O and her wanting to play for an hour from 3.28am) and the entire look is not one that I am sure that I would go with again, but I do not hate it!

My pictures today are OK - I would even go as far as to say that I am kind of happy with them. I decided to snap a picture of my jacket as I almost never show my outerwear. I love this coat it is from the Blend spring collection and I have never been so happy for something to be damaged (this had a watermark/stain on the front - nothing a few washes and plenty of sun could not fix) as it meant that I actually got one when they were selling like hot cakes!

Today's look is:

Leggings - Blend
Tunic - Topshop
Cami - Primark
Boots - Forever 21
Necklace - Forever 21
Coat - Blend

Tuesday 11.10.

I included the next picture to show you that I really am still getting used to the self timer!!


Back to work today - why do weekends away always go in so fast??

I had not planned an outfit for today in advance and I had very little time to get ready as Miss O slept late and I had a pre-work dental appointment. So I went for my new go-to, easy yet smart look! This for me is almost always skinny jeans, chiffon blouse and flat shoes. With a necklace thrown in for good measure!

As you can see I am still very much getting used to the tripod and self timer on the camera (hello picture of me adjusting my tops). I received comments from bloggers that I love and look up to (Allie and Fi) last week regarding the new pics and how they liked that they can now see the shop. I thought that I would move my position a bit this morning to show off some more. But, I am not that happy with these so not sure that I will be standing there again!!

Today's look is:

Skinny jeans - Vila
Cami - Primark
Blouse - Forever 21
Necklace - Forever 21
Shoes - Charlotte Russe

Monday 10.10.

We were away for a few days visiting family in Liverpool and this is what I wore to do some shopping before we had a 4 hour drive home - sorry that the picture is not the best.

We had a fabulous time but just wish that we could have had a bit longer to see family for longer and to actually do some sightseeing. The weather was not the best and we were all very aware of making good time home to make sure that a certain little miss was in her own bed at a good time. We had a few hours of wandering around the city centre and visiting plenty of shops. As always Miss O was a very lucky girl and is not the owner of a fabulous pink faux fur coat!!

I took this dress from the shop last week with this trip in mind and I am so glad that I did. I felt so smart yet able to chase Miss O around without worry of exposing myself. And I have to say I do love the red flats with it!!

Monday's look was:

Dress - Blend
Tights - New Look
Shoes - Tod's

Friday 07.10.

I do not normally post outfits when I am not at work, but in the inerests of trying to keep up my blogging mojo I asked N to snap a picture of me last night.

I apologise for the pale face and rather dull outfit. Friday is a very full on day for myself and miss O! We have mother and toddler group in the morning and then a music and movement class in the afternoon (plus this week we met friends for a walk and a coffee).

Friday's outfit was:

Denim skirt - Topshop
T-shirt - H&M
Leggings - Blend
Boots - Target

Wednesday 05.10.

Half way through the week already! This is good news as I do not have to work again until next Tuesday!! YIPPEE!!

I am rather impatiently waiting on a few items arriving from various places around the world (I have found the eBay love again recently). Seriously why does the shipping part of the process have to take so long. The most boring of all the items that I have bought is the only one that has arrived! It is an Orla Kiely water bottle (I can not even wear it) I bought it as I do not drink enough water at work and buying bottled water is just a plain waste!! So I shall wait for my more fabulous items and hopefully be able to show them off next week!!

Day 2 of using the self timer and tripod! Eh, not much improvement, but at least the pictures on the whole look better as they are not taken in the mirror!

Today's look is:

Dress - S'Nob
Cardigan- Vila
Belt - Tesco
Shoes - American Eagle
Necklace - Topshop

Tuesday 04.10.

I think that better pictures might make me want to make more effort with my blogging - so here you have it!! No more pictures in the mirror. Now I know that these pictures are a long way from good. But I think that they are better. I was just having a play about with the camera settings and the tripod - I will get better and I will move around the shop a bit too!!

I only have 2 days to work this week - today and tomorrow. I am rather excited as the tail end of the week I get to spend with my girlie going to all the little groups that we go to and then I have Saturday off for a family day!! Sunday we are going to Liverpool to stay with family for a short break! It is just going to be a flying visit but I am quite excited about it.

The boots that I have on today I have not worn in more than a year. I had forgotten just how beautiful they are. They are the most gorgeous soft, buttery leather and they have a patent toe and heel. I think I will have them forever.

Today's look is:

Dress - Cotton On
Slip - Vila
Leggings - Target
Boots - Nine West
Necklace - Forever 21