30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No.5

Well its time to step things up a little (and to prove I don't just own round one-colour bead sets!) This one is from New look and always gets compliments when I wear it, including today whilst buying lunch!

top @ Monsoon

necklace @ New Look

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No.4

Today has been a busy one! I have had a long day at work, followed by the Gym, followed by tea out, followed by a movie! Anyway I guess this look follows on from yesterday in that it is dotty and plastic (I swear I do own actual metal necklaces! bear with me) Without further a do (because I'm very tired) here is no 4! apologies its a self portrait the other half is out at WNBC (Wednesday night beer club, AKA the pub!)

 Necklace @ ebay

Blue dotty top @ Monsoon

Red Cardi @ Peacocks

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No. 3

I hope you are all well, we have had some sunshine here today which always makes me feel happy!

Onwards to number 3! This photo was taken this morning before I went off to work, hence looking a little bleary eyed here! This is one of my favourite necklaces, I bought it from e-bay in a job lot for 99p, I think it is a 60's one as it has no fastener and the string looks 'vintage'! It goes with lots of outfits especially this one as I think it works with the neckline well. A white string of beads is such a good thing to have in your jewelery box as they can freshen up any outfit, even a mostly black one like here.

Anyhow not sure where number 4 will take me but I may even push the boat out and try a different pose!


Necklace @ ebay
Camisole @ Newlook Inspire
Top @ Newlook Inspire
Bracelet @ Evans

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No. 2

Onwards to no 2, this one is a home made necklace and although it is a fairly understated affair it matches the red colour in this top perfectly!

I bought these beads in a little shop in Brighton (all together in a bag!) then I uber-skilfully threaded them onto some string!

I was running a little late this morning so this photo was taken this evening after a very long day at work!

Necklace by my own fair hand
Cami @ Monsoon
Cardi @ New Look
Glasses @ Prada

30 Necklaces in 30 Days - No.1

Hello lovely readers, I'm well chuffed to be up to 14 of you! (although, I'm somehow following myself- not sure how that happened!) Anyway I hope you had a good weekend, and thanks for following me! Any comments or thoughts will be greatly appreciated, so if you want to ask about anything feel free!

Anyway I have decided to save a few pennies this month and not buy anything new! (I am having a busy one and hopefully getting lots of chances to wear some nice clothes) So I thought I'd showcase my favourite fashion item - the necklace!

This is a bit of a homage to Bloomie over at 30 Dresses in 30 Days. Whilst I could never come close to 30 dresses, I can do 30 necklaces with phenomenal ease!

So to start with here is No 1. this necklace kicked off my obsession so seemed like the logical place to start! I love anything chunky, bright and plastic (my refinement knows no bounds!) so this one is perfect for me. When ever I am feeling a bit like I need an all black day (I'm sure you ladies know what I mean there!) I brighten it up with pretty coloured accessories!

Necklace @ Primark

Top @ Asos Curve

Belt @ Evans

Bed - Its a one off!

and lastly for one more gratuitous bed shot!

My Day out in London.

Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting a lot of lovely ladies! I went up to London for the Plus Fashion Bloggers Meet. I actually started out the day feeling quite nervous, meeting many fashioistas coupled with being a bit new to this game really throws up the question of what the heck do I wear?! I went for my stripey/flowery summer dress from New Look (this one!) (and boy was I glad of it once the sun got going!)

Anyway having successfully navigated Clapham Junction I arrived at Waterloo I met the gang and we were all given a Simply Be gift bag with a London A-Z, a cute little mirror and a discount code for our next order. Many thanks to Devon and Jo for organising the gift bags and Simply be for providing them. After a quick chat we headed over to the London Eye for a photo call.

The Girls at the London Eye.

Then we went onwards to an open top bus tour, the ticket man gave us a discount and flagged us down an almost empty double decker bus so we could all sit together on the top deck. Our tour lady was lovely -it was her first day on the job, she was very good although neglected to mention that our bus changed from a red tour to a yellow tour halfway through, making it a little longer bus ride than we would have liked!

Anyway after learning about Cleopatra's needle (twice) and the Brazil festival (twice) we alighted for lunch at Somerset House. We had a little quiz with Devon as our quiz master, our team - Team B(eautiful!) won in the end thanks to our vast knowledge of animals beginning with the letter N! I ended up with an item of my choice from Simply Be (which was an awesome prize!). As the weather was so hot we had a paddle in the fountain which cooled our feet down no end.

After lunch we did a spot of shopping, London shops are amazing! the Topshop accessories floor alone was jaw dropping! I could have spent hundreds! We then went on to the New Look flagship store (which now stocks Inspire wohoo!) and then The Evans Flagship store followed by a quick dash into Selfridges (at this point my stamina disappeared and I headed home, feeling very tired!) I think the group did well to stay together for as long as we did, it was so busy but we managed to get all the way to Evans together.

I bought a great maxi dress from Evans with some vouchers from Work (I will review at some point soon).

I think my fashion highlight of the day was Kat's (from Plus Size Beauty) toenails! Gold foil animal print, cool eh?! Plus some great sandals there too!

Anyway I had better go now I have cakes that won't decorate themselves!

Too cute!

This is a fabulous little blog I just have to share it. As a cake decorator I appreciate the skill involved here, as small things are so so much harder to perfect than the big things. I would take a four tiered wedding cake over 100 cupcakes any day!

Anyway it is part of the cheezburger network and its just adorable!
Click on this link: Too Cute! for some cute stuff!