Blossom ft Tesco and New Look

I have been staring at a tree with gorgeous purple/pink blossom on my walk to the bus stop each morning for the last two weeks, thinking about how perfect it would be to shoot under. So I organised a shoot for Sunday with my sister and the weather was just so perfect for it, the pictures have become my favourite to date. I set a floral theme for the outfit shoot because florals are always such a big trend in the summer and it hasn't changed this year. The weather was although sunny still a bit windy so we added a floral look to appropriate clothing.

Paige's Outfit

High Waisted Jeans- £9 New Look Sale

Top- Old similar style here for £18:12

Shoes- £25 Daisy Street (not in stock anymore)

Bracelets- Links London, Thomas Sabo and Primark

Sian's Outfit

Jumper- £10 Tesco Clothing (sale)

Trousers- £8 Tesco Clothing (sale)

Boots- £25 Online (wouldn't recommend shop)

Jewellery- Necklace- Gift, Braceltes- H&M and Portugal Ring- £1 eBay

Most of my outfit was from my Tesco clothing winnings so thanks very much for that Tesco. Their online clothing range is so good so I recommend checking it out as they have online bits which are not in store that are stunning. Paige's outfit concentrates on the beautiful sleeves on her shirt and the floaty fabric works perfectly to add femininity to her high waisted jeans. My jumper is light and has a lot of holes in it so it is perfect when the weather is not quite warm enough to walk around with just thin straps. I love these jeans they fit perfectly and are just more interesting to look at then plain jeans.

Hope you like the pictures I am very chuffed with them especially the close up of Paige I think I have looked at it about 50 times.

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Birthday Cake

On Saturday I got to be part of a first. It was the first birthday celebration for little Annabella and Sarah is the first girl out of my group of friends to have a baby so it is the first birthday celebration for her as a mum. The party included s bouncy castle, blow up slide, jenga, a ball pit and of course not forgetting lots of lovely cake. Sarah's sister was there with her little man Ben along with Natalie and the beautiful Grace. It was a perfect excuse for all of my best girl friends from school to get together and goo and gaa at all the tiny people around us. Of course I did not waste the opportunity to take some outfit pictures along with a whole load of general lifestyle photos. I have added a few lifestyle photos at the end including ones for you to goo and gaa at.

Claire's Outfit

Dogtooth Dress- £20 Boohoo

Shoes- £12:99 New Look (In Store)

Sunglasses- £245 Versace

Claire's outfit fits in perfectly with the monochrome trend at the moment and her slipper looking shoes with studs on give an edge that suits her personality perfectly. The dress compliments her figure by pulling her in at the waist and adding a girly float with the skater dress look.

Outfit Details

Louise

Top- £35 Oasis

Jeans- £15 Primark

Shoes- £9:99 H&M

Pippa

Jumpsuit- borrowed from her Mum

Shoes- Topshop

Louise, although you can't really tell is the next one out of our group to be expecting a baby. Her stunning lace top has enough detail that she kept everything else simple and it works perfectly. Pippa's jumpsuit has summer written all over it and her choice of shoes and cardigan help bring out the colours in the flower print.

Sian's Outfit

Tea Dress- Very old but found a similar style with a palm tree print for £25 at very

Shoes- £18 Tesco

Cardigan- New Look very old also.

With my outfit I used it as an excuse to get this tea dress out I have had since I was 18 (It's 9 years old and still fits so was a bit chuffed about that) and only worn a few times. I wanted go for a summery feel and the floral cherry print seemed to fit perfectly.

Outfit Details

Sarah

Dress- £25 Next

Denim Jacket- £17:99 New Look

Flip Flops- £18 Next

Kev

Shirt- £15 H&M (In Store)

Annabella

Giraffe Tunic Set- £22 Next

Shrug- £7 Next

Annabella's outfit was so cute and the Next clothing range for children is just adorable. Sarah and Kev did such an amazing job with the party. Pippa made the birthday cake which was so pretty and tasted lovely. Sarah's mum made the gorgeous cupcakes I ended up having two tut tut. The other two littlen's in the pictures are Ben and Grace who I mentioned above. Their pictures were to cute not to include. When the cake came out and we sang happy birthday to Annabella and all clapped she started clapping with use it was so adorable.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, did you keep up to anything exciting?

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Tesco's 7 Days of Summer Style Challenge

Over the last week I have been entering myself into Tesco's F&F summer style challenge. Basicially what I had to do was upload a picture for each day that fitted into the theme they had set. There were a variety of ways you could enter by tweeting your picture, uploading it on their facebook page or through pinterest. The way I found out about the competition was through WIWT and you could also upload your picture on here (more about that in a bit). 
You could enter all four ways each day and then the following day a winner would be picked. The themes were all summer related and I loved choosing outfits for the day based on the theme that had been set. The best thing about this whole competition was the fact that my outfit got chosen twice on two different days which I am still in shock about. I won two £75 vouchers for Tesco clothing range which I actually love because I always end up in the clothing section there whenever I do my weekly shop. 
The first time I won was through the WIWT website for the 60's theme and the second was through twitter with the embellishment theme. The fact that I got chosen once was enough let alone the second time (I went a bit mental the second time and danced in the corridor at work.) So I have decided to show you what I put together for each theme.

Day 1- Stripes

Outfit Details

Striped Dress- £5 Primark

Blazer- Primark (old)

Creepers- £20 eBay

Day 2- Florals

Outfit Details

Floral Blouse- Tesco (old)

Floral Trousers- Primark (old)

Blazer- £10 Primark

Shoes- New Look (old)

Day 3- Accessories

Outfit Details

Dress- Dorothy Perkins (old)

Hat- £4 eBay

Shoes- £8 Primark

Necklace- £2 Primark

Day 4- Sixties- winner on WIWT

Outfit Details

Dress- £10 Vintage

Socks- £2 Primark

Shoes- Topshop (old)

Day 5- Pastels

Outfit Details

Dress- £15 Primark

Cardi- Primark (old)

Shoes- Tesco (old)

Flower Crown DIY

Day 6- Embellishment- winner on Twitter

Outfit Details

Skirt- £10 Primark

Shirt- Primark (old) studs DIY

Headpiece- DIY

Day 7- Print

Outfit Details

Dress- £12 eBay

Tights- Old

Top- H&M Old

You have seen this outfit/pic before but I did actually wear it on this day but the picture I took was awful and I was rushing out as I was off to see Alt-J so decided to use this pic instead.

If you haven't checked out WIWT before I highly recommend it, it stands for what I wore today and is such a great way to see real people and their style. I am a big fan of lookbook and chictopia however WIWT is more about real people and you don't have to have great pictures to get recognised either. It's also about hair, make up and nails as well so I definitely recommend checking it out. You can also follow me on WIWT here.

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Alexander McQueen Wish List*

I have been seriously lusting after some of the new Alexander McQueen pieces that are being stocked at Harvey Nichols so decided to create a wish list. Like typical Alexander McQueen pieces they embody strength with fragility and the lace jacquard silk blend dress is a prime example of this. The lace is just stunning and it has a dragonfly motif blended in it, that also (to me) resembles a rib cage fitting in with the strength and fragile themes. The prices are completely out of my range but a girl can dream.

I have decided to put two outfits together with some of the items I would love in my wardrobe. The first I have entitled 'Pretty but Strong'. The lace dress can be worn as a day dress but also dressed up as an evening dress with heels. The added skulls through the ring and sandals gives this outfit that strong slightly rebellious look. As you have probably guessed from my style I like to add a bit of quirkyness to my outfits and the skulls is just the right amount to still keep this dress pretty.

1. Lace Jacquard Silk Blend Dress

2. Skull Embellished Leather Sandals

3. Bird and Skull Ring

The second is 'Power Print' and this dress is my favourite piece from the collection. The print is bold, bright and powerful something you expect from Alexander McQueen. It is perfect for a statement dress on a night out and the pale pink shoes and bag compliment it perfectly buy not being to fussy.

1. Printed Stretch Jersey Dress

2. Skull Embellished Leather Pumps

3. Leather Clutch

Now while I carry on dreaming about having these pieces in my wardrobe I will leave you with a question. What designers items would you love to own and why? 

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Brighton, Cocktails and Clothes

A few weeks I got to enjoy a hen do in Brighton which included a variety of activities including the Brighton wheel, cocktail making and a full monty show (which was an experience, lets put it that way). If you follow me on twitter you may have read what one of the acts consisted of. The cocktail making was at Bar 76 Club which if you haven't visited for cocktail making I highly recommend it, perfect hen party task. Brighton is one of my favourite places in the UK it has some very quirky and quaint places to visit and is a brilliant night out if you know where to go. As usual I made sure I got a snap of some of the girls outfits.

Alicia Wears

Trousers- Mango

Boots- Topshop

Cardigan- Zara

Scarf- Oasis

Bag- Accessorize

Louise Wears

Jacket- Oasis

Blouse- Asos

Bag- Matalan

Trousers- Topshop

Boots- Asos

Sian Wears

Jacket- Vinatge

Sunglasses- Primark

Top Primark

Necklaces- Lovefrommisbehave

Leggings- River Island

Boots- Ark

The picture of me and the three of us was courtesy of the lovely Sarah who will hopefully be helping me with more pic in the future.

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Rihanna style on a High Street budget.

If you know me well you know I am a huge of Rihanna fan. Now she is not my normal taste in music but I have a serious girl crush on Rihanna, own all her albums and love her style. I follow her on Instagram and have been seeing green at some of the outfits she has been wearing, because of this I decided to put together potential outfits on a budget based on Rihanna's style. I have chosen my favourite three from her recent Instagram snaps.

Outfit Details

Shorts- Miss Guided

Top- River Island

Bag- Everything5pounds

Shoes- Amazon

Outfit Details

Varsity Jacket- eBay

Snapback- Fashion Union

White Heels- New Look

Sunglasses- ecrater

Skirt- Boohoo

Grey Top- River Island

Outfit Details

Necklace- Topshop

Shoes- New Look

Glasses- eBay

Trousers- River Island

Top- Miss Guided

The pictures of Rihanna are actual from her Instagram account badgirlriri. Who's style are you loving at the moment? I'm thinking about doing regular A-list celeb to high street budget outfit ideas so any thoughts on who you would like to see would be great.

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Dream Phone

I hope you all have had a lovely bank holiday weekend. I enjoyed the weather, getting together with friends and spending time with the lovely Glenn. Sunday included a get together with some of the girls so I couldn't resist taking outfit photos. The evening involved lots of girly chat, cocktails and Dream Phone, yes you haven't read wrong I did say Dream Phone. If your reading this and remembering Dream Phone then yay I'm not as old as I thought ha. For those of you that don't know Dream Phone is an old 90's game that involves a giant pink phone that you use to ring boys numbers (in the game not real ones) to find clues to who your secret admirer is. However we ended up adapting it and turning it into a drinking game, like you do. Before the game commenced I rounded the girls up and took some outfit pictures.

Rox Wears

Dress- £12:99 New Look (kids section)

Shoes- New Look Present

Spike Necklace- £1:54 eBay

Carrie Wears

Dress- £15 New Look Sale (Similar Here)

Shoes- £28 Next

Lucy Wears

Top- £10 New Look (old)

Skirt- £16 River Island

Shoes- £25 New Look (Similar)

Cardi- £8 M&Co

Mockingjay Brooch- Similar on eBay £2:96

Pippa's Outfit

Crop Top- £26 Topshop

Leggings- £18 Topshop

Shoes- Dune Old

Lol Wears

Playsuit- Topshop but from eBay for £5 (I'm converting her to an eBay shopper slowly)

Shoes- £12 Dorothy Perkins Sale 

Sian Wears

Top- £10 H&M

Denim Waistcoat- £5:50 Vintage

Leggings- £20 American Apparel

Shoes- £10 Daisy Street Sale

Necklace- £1:50 Primark

Everybody was asking if my shoes were comfortable so I thought I would add that, yes they were. They were just like wearing wedges so even though they have a very unique shape they are still easy to walk in. I danced a lot in them on Sunday night and found them just as comfy if not me more then some of my normal heels. I have also added below a picture of Lucy's gorgeous bag she came round with, it was just to adorable not to take a picture of. She got it as a present but knew it was from accessorize so I found it online here. You may have also noticed the naughty necklace she had around her neck, she couldn't remember where it was from and I didn't fancy searching online, god knows what I would find so I thought I would leave that up to any readers who want to add it to their collection. Seeing as I hate the word I think I will pass. What did you get up to over the bank holiday weekend?

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