Car Boot Bargains :-)

After writing about my new ingenious storage solution (even if I say so myself!) for my earrings that I bought from a car boot recently (see post here) I thought I'd share a few of my other recent car boot buys with you. I tend to buy a real range of things from car boots - anything that catches my eye :-) Also, as I'm moving into a flat with my boyfriend soon, I've been on the lookout for anything that might be useful for that. So here goes...

Leopard print mirror - £1

We'll need a mirror in the flat, and I've already got a full length one, so I thought this would be perfect for doing my hair and make up. I know leopard print can be a bit Peter Stringfellow-y, but I think it's cool! And plus, £1 = bargain!

Girly reads! - 10p/20p/50p each

I have to be honest and say I'm not much of reader, so when I do pick up a book I just want something girly that's easy to read. Marian Keyes and Cecelia Ahern always have me hooked, and I heard that Eat. Pray. Love. by Elizabeth Gilbert is a book 'every woman should read' so I thought I'd give that a go too.

Flower letter rack - 50p

I thought I could put this to use in our new flat to hold all my letters, post it notes etc. Cute and girly is always a winner in my mind :-)

Retro Cadbury tin :-) - 50p

I really want to use this tin for all our chocolates and other naughty treats in our new flat! I have huge affection for Cadbury as my nan used to work for the company so it's always been part of our family, so I thought this was a really cool find.

Finally, this is my favourite recent buy. I picked up a really basic round chipboard table with legs that can be unscrewed for just £1.50. It was really plain and boring, but after getting back from the car boot I thought I'd make it my afternoon project to transform it into something unique for our flat. So I set to work...

Plain chipboard table - £1.50

And this is what I ended up with...

I'm so pleased with it! First up I painted the whole thing white, then on the legs I used masking tape to create a different design on each leg with bright pink paint - one is a spiral, another is stripes, and the third is squares.

For the top of the table I printed out a picture from the internet on to normal paper, cut it out and used it as a stencil.

This was my first little step into DIY design (I've never done anything like this before in my life) so I'm really pleased with how it looks. I think it will be perfect for my bedside table. Now I'm on the look out for a similar one that I can paint with a more manly design/colours for the boy's bedside table.

I really want to do other mini projects like this cos I really enjoyed it, so if any of you have any ideas of things I could do I'd love to hear them :-)

So that's just a few of my car boot buys. I'm off to another one tomorrow, so hopefully I'll pick up some goodies there too!

xx

And The Hunt Continues...

Firstly, can I just say that I am very happy to have just joined the Blogger gang! I used to write my blog on Posterous but I felt a bit like the odd one out so I've moved over to Blogger :-) So now I hope that you can follow me over here along with all the other girlies you read about, and who knows, I might even get my first ever follower!... I hope you enjoy reading my blog and if you have any comments/requests/feedback I'd love to hear them.

So, on to my actual post for today - another interview outfit. If you have been following my blog/Twitter you'll know that I have just graduated and am moving house soon. Whilst these are exciting times, it does mean I am busy hunting for a new job. For me, as well as researching the company and looking over my CV, choosing what to wear is a crucial part of my interview preparation! Here's what I went for this time...

(Sorry about the quality of the photos - I had to take them on my phone which isn't as good as my camera)

I couldn't believe that I actually had to wear a coat in August - very depressing! Although I do love this coat. I got it a few weeks ago in the Warehouse sale, reduced from £75 to £20 - what a bargain :-D I love trench style coats and the colour of this one is lovely.

Coat - Warehouse

Top - New Look

Belt - Primark

Skirt - Marks and Spencer

Shoes - Marks and Spencer

Bag - Primark

I think the interview went well so I will have to wait and see. I actually got offered the job from the interview I went to last week and I have the weekend to make my mind up. Decisions decisions!

Hope you guys all have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend :-D What are you up to? I don't have any real plans yet, but hopefully the sun will be shining and I can do something fun!

xx

August? Seriously?!

Evenin all,

Hope you're all good and surviving the cold weather... seriously, it's meant to be August, what's the cold snap all about? We actually had to turn the central heating on tonight... bad times.

Anyway, I've just got a really quick outfit post of what I wore the other night, before it turned chilly. The plan was to head to a friend's house for drinks, before heading into town for a boogie and a bit more drinking! This is what I went for...

This dress has been one of my best recent purchases - it cost just £7 and I've worn it so much. I think it's really versatile, as I can wear it during the day, on a night out, and I even wore it to a recent job interview (see my post here).

Dress - G21 at Asda

Sandals - Tesco

Belt - Primark

Clutch - Dorothy Perkins

Earrings - can't remember...

I had a bit of a hair malfunction before I went out (well, to be honest, it was probably just wasn't doing quite as it was told, but at the time it seemed like an actual disaster - I HATE hair stress before going out!). I tried to curl it but it wasn't really behaving, so in the end I ended up with general messy hair with random ringlets - I was NOT pleased!

Make-up wise I tried out a few new Rimmel products I won in their Twitter competition recently, which I've fallen in love with, so hopefully I'll do a more detailed post on some of those soon.

In the end, after starting of with a few drinks round a friends house, we all said we were pretty much happy to stay there rather than go out, and someone suggested we play some good old fashion games! What old people we are at heart! We got Articulate out at midnight and were still playing at 5.30am!! I have never played it before, but it was sooooo funny - actually had one of the best nights I've had in ages :-D I can highly recommend it. However, walking home at 6.30am wearing the night before's clothes passing random people who were out on their early morning walk, I did feel a bit naughty, like I'd done something wrong :-/ I bet they thought I was a real dirty stop out - little did they know I'd been playing board games, not painting the town red!

What board games do you guys like to play?! After only just discovering Articulate, I feel like there must be loads of other gems out there that I've been missing out on!

xx

Dressed for Success!

I've just got a really quick outfit post for you on what I wore for my interview in London town today.

I went for a much different look to the outfit I wore to my last interview (you can see my post here). Last time the company had no dress code and was quite a young, fresh company, so I wore something quite 'me' but still appropriate for the day.

This time round though, I didn't know too much about the company's culture/dress code. However, I did know that they are hugely successful, a market leader and that they deal with some of the biggest banks, law firms, investment companies etc in the country (actually, in the world)... all very impressive stuff! So I though it was best to go for something very profesh! I would much rather be over dressed than underdressed at an interview, so this is what I went with...

I am aware that my hair looks slightly red in these pictures, which I find a lil strange...

Blazer - New Look

Blouse - Next

Skirt - Tesco

Bag - Primark

Shoes - Asda

I've gotta say I felt very professional, and.. dare I say it... grown-up, walking past all the tourists wearing this! (I'm 22, so I know it shouldn't feel strange to feel grown up, but it does!)

I've got my fingers crossed I get through to the next round of interviews, and I'll let you know when I hear. If I do, that means another outfit to plan :-/

Hope you all have a lovely weekend :-D

xx

The Key to My Storage Issues!

Hola chicas!

Just thought I'd share with you my new found solution to one of my storage problems!

I don't know how you guys go about doing it, but for ages I've been struggling to find a good way of storing my jewellery, and in particular, my earrings. I tried putting them in little drawers, but I never bothered rooting though them all and so always ended up wearing the same few pairs.

However, when I was at a car boot recently I came across this little beauty which has come to my rescue...

Can you tell what it is yet?!... he he... It's a key holder (you know, one of those boxes with all the little hooks in to hook your keys on to)!

I think it works perfectly! I can fit all my earrings in and can shut the little door so they don't have to be on display all the time :-)

Because I can flick through them and browse for a pair to wear, I feel like I've got my own little shop! And I can easily see them all which I couldn't when they were in a drawer.

Just when this beauty couldn't get even more perfect, let me tell you how much it cost... £1!! Another bargain, and if you read my blog regularly you'll know how much I love a bargain! The wood is good quality and it's really well made, and I think the pattern on the front is really pretty,

I've really got into car boots recently (not literally, let me point out!) and have got some really good bargains. Hopefully I'll do a post on them soon, cos I've go a few really nice bits and pieces for my room as well as some clothes for just 50p :-D

What do you guys think? I thought it was a pretty nifty idea, even if I do say so myself :-D

I'd love to see/hear your unique storage solutions...

xx

Bargain for a BBQ

Evening bellas!

Just a quick OOTD post for you all this evening. Yesterday I headed off to a friends BBQ and this is what I wore..

I have to tell you about this top cos I was a very happy girly when I picked it up in the sale recently. I got it in h&m for a mere £3! Yes, that's three Great British Pounds! I was soooo pleased when I saw it - I think it's just so useful, cos you can wear it as a top or a dress, and you can wear it quite casual like I did here, or could dress it up with bare legs, heels and jewellery. I just love a good bargain!

The rest of my outfit is:

Jeggings - New Look

Belt - Primark

Sandals - had them forever and can't remember where they're from

I curled my hair, but it didn't really work out (stupid damp weather) and so I just put it in a low side ponytail. Here's some close ups in the car, because I forgot to take them before I went..

Please excuse the silly pout! The sunglasses are from Primark and you can see the detailing better on the shoulders of the top - lovely gold beading..again, please let me repeat... three pounds!

A good day was had by all, so thanks for the invite Murray (I hope you are reading this as you say you read all my blog posts! he he)

I think I've held on to summer for as long as possible, and soon I'm going to have to succumb to cardigans and socks. The central heating actually came on in the house today... depressing times :-(

Anyway, on that happy note, it's goodnight from me!

xx

It's Couture Darling, Couture...

Morning all,

I have a very prettiful new dress to show you today!

If you read my blog post here you will know that last month I was lucky enough to win a competition on Twitter being run by Clothing at Tesco. As a prize I was allowed to pick any item I wanted from their new Couture range. Cue excitement, a little bit of celebratory dancing and an hour in front of the computer deciding what to buy! After a lot of thought (seriously, it took me ages to decide!) I plumped for the ruffle dress.

It arrived the week before last and I was soooooo pleased when Mr Postman delivered it :-) Luckily it fitted and I think it is so gorgeous. Here's some piccies...

The shape of the dress is different to anything I've worn before, but I really like it.

Sorry for the scowl in this one, but my eyes are so sensitive to the sun that if I don't have sunglasses even when its a tincy bit bright I have to majorly squint and therefore end up with quite an angry look on my face!! But at least it allows you to see the ruffly neck close up.

The back is tres pretty too...

Now although I love the floatiness of the dress, I thought I'd try it with a belt just to give it a bit more shape. I thought my flowery ribbon belt from River Island did the job perfectly, as it matched the grey pattern at the bottom of the dress.

I'm not quite sure when I'm going to wear it yet (I was going to wear it to my cousin's wedding, but thought it wasn't really appropriate to wear white to someone else's wedding - I didn't want any of those 'who does she think she is' comments) but its definitely a keeper. It will sit nicely in my wardrobe until just the right occasion comes up!

What do you guys think of it? Have you checked out the F&F couture range online yet? I think there are some lovely pieces.

I won a £30 Tesco clothing voucher in a different competition recently too (see my post here on my second piece of luck!) so I can't wait to spend that now :-)

Thanks Tesco - I love my dress and am going to hang it on my wardrobe door so its the first thing I see when I wake up tomorrow! (what, I shouldn't have admitted that?!...)

xx

Lady Luck's Shining!

I am a very happy girly again today cos I've just gone and won another competition!

The lovely Tor over at fabfrocks.blogspot.com ran a competition where you had to put together a wedding outfit for under £30 using clothes from Tesco. I've only just discovered Tor's blog and I think it's really great - she has such great style and is a bargain hunter just like me! You should definitely check her out and give her future competitions a go :-)

Anyway, I put together three looks and because I couldn't decide which one was my favourite I submitted them all! I think that although summer weddings are all in the same season (obviously!) they can be totally different in terms of location, people etc, and so can require totally different looks, so that's why I made them quite different. Here's what I created...

As you can see, the 3 for 2 offer on all sale items helped me a lot! I think Tesco have some lovely clothes at the moment so there was plenty to choose from. Which is your favourite of the three looks? I think I like the first one best, and seeing as I already own the shoes (see my post on them here) I'm a quarter of the way there!

It seems I've been very lucky recently, what with winning this, a Tesco couture dress, Wild Curls mascara and some goodies from magazine competitions :-) Maybe I'll do a video to show you all my lovely prizes...

I'll be sure to let you know what I decide to buy with my vouchers!

xx