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It's A Dog's Life
18 Jan 2014
Dress - ASOS
Necklace - Chunky Cat Cuddler
Shoes - River Island
I wore this dress under the taking shape coat review i did yesterday, but i think this dress deserves its own post as it is so fabulous. It is covered in French bulldog heads. I stumbled upon this by accident but i think it might have been fate, at first a 16 was the biggest size they had i went for it and it did fit due to the smock nature but when an 18 came back in stock i snapped that bad boy up and i think my bust is happier for it.
Staind glass window
24 Nov 2013
Dress - ASOS
Shoes - Clarks
Yesterday i showed you my face for my PhD dinner, now to show you my outfit, i wore this amazing ASOS dress, it features lots of different staind glass windows all over it. This is from the main range and has a lot of stretch, i could have sized down to the 16! Goes to show you need to try things. I received so many compliments on this dress, it really is a stunner.
Plus North - Part 1
11 Sept 2013
Plus North for those of you who don't know is a Plus Size event organised by the fabulously lovely Becky and Toni. This was the second event and i was really sad when i couldn't go last year.
I met up with Steph, my roomie for the weekend and we headed over to the Travelodge we were staying in, only to bump into the Becka and Chloe in the reception, where Chloe proceeded to tell me she was surprised at how happy i was as i appeared to be a grumpy miss in my photos (i am working on my teeth-y smile for you Chloe).
Steph and I headed into town for a bit and i had one of the bet cheese toasties of my life in Costa, it really was ultimate before heading back to meet Beth and get ready for the evening, but before that i had to pop upstairs to say hello to Meg and Sian, who were beyond amazing in real life and such a good laugh; i think Megsy (my pet name for her) is my new partner in crime.
The evening had been organised by Beth, 30 fatties heading to an all you can eat buffet (i kid you not, when we arrived we had to wait downstairs, i think they were warning the other diners of our arrivals and telling them to grab as much food as they could). But first a quick pop into the Slug Lettuce where i finally got to meet some of the amazing ladies i had been following and reading for what feels like forever (Elena, Kathryn, Gemma, Emma, Nikki, Dani, Mel, Kaye and so many more i can't remember) i was in there all of 5 minutes before i had my head in Beka's Boobs (that set the tone for the weekend really). It was just so amazing so see all these ladies, looking amazing and being so confident, i loved the just don't give a shit vibe that was floating around.
We ended the evening back in Beth's room playing with some props and taking some hilarious photos, i don't think i have ever taken so many seflies in my life. It was just great to be around these ladies and we had a blast, i dragged my sorry bum to bed at 2.30 ready for the next day....
Dress - ASOS main range
Necklace - Primark
Flatforms - Next
Outfit photos courtesy of Lizzie
Out Of My Comfort Zone - Blazing Red
27 Feb 2013
Rachel aka @HappynessMagent put a call out on twitter to see
if anyone would be interested in a new challenge, helping us to get out of our
comfort zone.
Challenge 1#
Blazing Red - Blazer and Red as the color to add in the
*POP.
Lace Blazer - Next
Dress - DP
Tights - ASOS Curve
Red Pumps - Matalan
Belt - New Look Inspire
Spike and pearl necklace - ASOS
Lipstick - MAC Russian Red
Now go check out the other fabulous ladies taking part!
Gail http://www.gailygumdrops.blogspot.ie/
Rachel http://stateofmylessthanthree.blogspot.co.uk/
Nicole http://awellroundedventure.com/
Crystal http://talesfromthefatside.org/
ASOS I love you, but we have a problem
4 Jan 2013
I love ASOS Curve, it is one of the most fashion forward plus size brands out there, I often want everything on the website and have money to spend however there is one small niggle spoiling this otherwise perfect relationship, but it is a niggle, that if not fixed could turn this relationship sour....Your fit!
The sizing and fit of ASOS Curve clothes are just mad and make my mid boggle. There is no consistency, sometimes an 18 is right, other times I need to size up to a 24 or 26, which is quite a difference, to put this in context it would be like a size 8 person having to size up and wear a 16, when in reality this would never happen. In the last month I paced close to £400s worth of orders with ASOS and have kept maybe 4 items, over the last year countless orders were returned and I was left feeling depressed and like my body was the problem, did I have crazy proportions? In some of the dresses the neck gaped so much I could fit a teddy bear in there, the arms and shoulders are so tight I feel like I am in a straight jacket and the waist, I would love to know what they are modelling their clothes on, the waists are often so low it loses all shape.
This isn't a scathing attack on ASOS, I want to shop there, I am more than happy to give them my money, and quite a proportion of, it just seems they are unable to keep it. This is more a plea to ASOS of pease sort it out, I want to look amazing and you are one of the few brand who offer that.
The sizing and fit of ASOS Curve clothes are just mad and make my mid boggle. There is no consistency, sometimes an 18 is right, other times I need to size up to a 24 or 26, which is quite a difference, to put this in context it would be like a size 8 person having to size up and wear a 16, when in reality this would never happen. In the last month I paced close to £400s worth of orders with ASOS and have kept maybe 4 items, over the last year countless orders were returned and I was left feeling depressed and like my body was the problem, did I have crazy proportions? In some of the dresses the neck gaped so much I could fit a teddy bear in there, the arms and shoulders are so tight I feel like I am in a straight jacket and the waist, I would love to know what they are modelling their clothes on, the waists are often so low it loses all shape.
This isn't a scathing attack on ASOS, I want to shop there, I am more than happy to give them my money, and quite a proportion of, it just seems they are unable to keep it. This is more a plea to ASOS of pease sort it out, I want to look amazing and you are one of the few brand who offer that.
Sales Haul Part Un
3 Jan 2013
I have split this post into two parts because this weekend i am heading to Doncaster to meet up with some of the rad plus size blogging ladies for a day of fat shopping, i am so excited and a separate post about this will follow. I am hoping to get some bargain clothes on this trip so will be saving all my fashion purchases until then.
So for now i will show you what else i have been buying in the sales
I went to Matalan but sadly got there a few days late as there wasn't much left clothes wise, but i did find these decorations (a few are from Tesco). I love the bright colours, my mum thinks they are really tacky but i love that and hopefully next Christmas i will have my own house to put them up in. This whole box cost me about £30 when it should have cost nearer £70 as everything was at least half price.
So i had the decorations, i now needed a tree for them, i knew i wanted a white tree, to really make the decoartions stand out. I found this in Argos reduced to £10 from £40. It is a 6ft tree with decorations included and lights, an absolute bargain.
HD Brows Palette, the beauty group i am part of rave about this product and i am really starting to get into defining my brows and making them stand out so i have this product a go, it isn't cheap, normally £20 but i had an xmas discount code so got them for £15.43 with free p+p. I am hoping to go get the actual HD brows done so i will post about that.
Enrapture Jumbo Waver. I had reviews about this product being amazing for doing hair, i had recently bought a wand, which i do like but i liked the look this gave so thought i would give it a go. I got it in boots for £37.49, half price as it normally retails at £74.99. I will do a post soon showing you the results.
I am a huge stand up comedy fan but refuse to let my family buy me any of the dvds for Christmas as they are so expensive, i got all them from Sainsburys for £7 each (so about half price). This isn't actually all of them, i ordered 7, the others just haven't arrived yet.
I am such a perfume whore, i have so many, my mum always tells me off for buying more but i can't help myself, it is my one true weakness. I did get a Lady Gaga set for Christmas but i seen this reduced to £16.66 in Boots so i had to have it, i will leave this one at my BF's house. I also got the YSL Manifesto Perfume, it smells amazing, this is a 50ml bottle and comes with a 10ml handbag spray, it normally costs £60.50 but i got it for £34.99 from Fragrance Direct (who still have it at this price) my BF ended up treating me to this.
I seen this cute reindeer mask while walking around Matalan and the checkout lady ended my giving it to me for free, my best bargain yet hehe.
And finally some Jewellery i got. The top necklace is from New Look, I just fell in love with it and it wasn't in the sale but i bought it anyway, when i got to the till it was actually reduced to £5 from £6.99 so i was happy. The spiked Epaulettes were from ASOS, originally £15 but i got them for £12 and the mini spike necklace is also from ASOS and was £8 but i got it for £6.20.
So that is my sale haul so far, i will be back with part duex next week.
Have you picked up any sale bargains?
A Casual Sunday
8 Nov 2012
So Sunday was pretty chilly, i had to wrap up warm to keep the chill at bay. I went to see my niece as i hadn't seen her since i went back to Uni and just enjoyed a day chilling at home with my family and kitty.
Although it might be chilly you can still jazz up an outfit, i wore my floral panel ASOS leggings to add some colour and fun to my outfit, i also paired it with my knitted drop hem jumper from Matalan.
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