Hunting out a bargain...

Well, I did it again yesterday. Hunted out a fantastic bargain that is! Whilst shopping in town and feeling quite despondent about not buying anything, I decided to pop into Tk Maxx where I found a Muubaa leather jacket for £69.99! I have wanted a biker jacket since they came back into fashion 2 years ago....I'm so behind the times!
I have just checked out the website www.muubaa.com and my jacket is still on sale on there for £339! Amazing...

Here it is:

I like that you can draw it in at the waist. I'll try and post a picture of me wearing it at some point...
Just call me "genius"....

A little bit of vintage style...

I'm a bit of a fan of girly, vintage style so that is what these pics are based around. This little, pink top was a great find in the Primark sale for just £5....

 

The colours are much brighter than my camera shows. It's quite sheer and I think it'll perfect for summer with some cute shorts   :)

I may have mentioned I was buying a dolls house.....well here it is. Actually it's huge and more of a mansion than a house! I'm planning to decorate it with some retro, designer 70's furniture. Watch this space.

I wanted to make a little bit of effort today so I put on my favourite new dress, also from Primark.

Dress from Primark, tights from Gap, shoes from Limited Collection at M and S.

Not the best photo but my housemate is ill at the moment with man-flu and didn't really want to get off the sofa. The tights and heels are actually navy....I love these heels - I got them last year but couldn't find anything to wear with them.

I didn't actually wear the heels today as I'm just doing housework (glam) so I swapped for some navy boots with my new boot cuffs around the top...

The tights are not really that bright blue colour either! They're navy, I swear!

I also mentioned a little while ago that I wanted to make a "usamimi" hairband. That's Japanese for rabbits ears apparently...It's basically a bendy, fabric hairband that has rabbit ear shapes at the end.
My first hairband was a little too wide and not quite long enough to twist the ends..

My second attempt went much better:

I will probably put the second one up for sale on my Etsy shop. They were pretty easy to make so I'm going to experiment with a few more fabrics and designs.
Lastly, as I have been feeling quite creative recently, I decided to make myself a fleece bear - a bigger version of the one I got from Paperchase for Valentines Day. I'm really pleased with the results and I'm not sure I can bear (see what I did there?) to put him up for sale!

Bless....

It's all in the detail

I was looking around my bedroom the other night and found myself noticing all sorts of beautiful textures and details. Sometimes, you're just too busy to notice the little things....

Some lovely textured cushions

My Mikey necklace

Collection of necklaces

Washing reflected in the mirror

A few of my favourite things

Hats and beads

And lastly, a little bit of spot the difference....

This is Keira Knightly on the cover of Elle magazine and the biography of Coco Chanel that I bought a few days ago....When I looked down at them form my bed I thought that there was a scary likeness. What do you think?

Better luck next time...

Ha ha. Well that didn't work did it?!

Seriously, I have no clue. :)

I just don't "get" technology...

Is it just me or are computers and the internet sometimes really hard to use? I've just signed up for something called "Shopsense" which seems to be a tool to add advertising to your blog. (I'm only going to put on products that I think you might actually like and want to buy.)
Now I've filled out an account....wouldn't your next step be to look for a section on how to use the tool? Well, there isn't one. And this has happened to me on a few other tools and gadgets I've tried to use. I'd quite like to put a people counter at the bottom of my blog but I have absolutely not got the faintest clue how to do it!
Some websites seem to assume that you know what their product is all about and that you understand things like html. Not me. Haven't the fogiest.
I'm just going to try and stick some adds at the bottom of this and see if they appear. Probably won't. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, hey?
P.s If anyone can help me with any of this layout and tools stuff then please comment and let me know!

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That's not my name.....

Firstly, it occurred to me whilst trying to get to sleep that my post the other day may have sounded wrong. I'm talking about the "dogsbody sales assistant" bit.....I've been in retail FOREVER and have huge respect for sales assistants. What I meant by this comment is that it's time for me to move on and do something that challenges me more. Sorted?
Good. I'm still feeling the jealousy today as it's London Fashion Week and all the blogs I read seem to be about how the writer has been invited to some amazing show! Not fair! I love fashion. I want to be there.
Not sure what to post pictures of at the moment as it feels so in-between the seasons. I can't get my head around spring/summer clothes when it's freezing outside. All the trends for winter seem to be a bit over. I think I'm stuck in a fashion mental block zone. Any suggestions?
At this current moment I'm bidding on a gorgeous dolls house on ebay....I'll let you know in a sec if I get it...
Wow! I won! Only £25. Bargain. I can start planning my decorating now....
It won't let me copy the photo unfortunately but I'll post one when I get it.
So, time for a bit of fashion loving...

Suede fringe jacket £150 from Topshop

Sorry for the naff picture! I'm a bit of a sucker for jackets and suede or leather ones especially. Fringing is apparently going to be big for the season. You read it here first...

• Chocolate Suede And Leather Tassel Plaited Bag
• £50.00 from Topshop

Would it be suede overkill to have the matching bag?
I just found this in the online River Island sale....

It's only £25 and all sizes are still available! I want! Am I going to regret not ordering this? I think I'll see if they have it in my local store first, then it will probably sell out online and I can regret it forever more!
I hate ordering clothes online....how do I know how it's going to fit?
Do you order things and then just return them?

It's a small world after all...

I like to keep an eye on my blogging stats and I particularly like the button that lets you see where people have viewed your page from. I just clicked on views for the month and found that people from all over the world have been clicking away! So thank you!

Here are the stats: (the number next to it is how many times someone from that place has clicked)

United Kingdom 165 United States 43 Australia 5 Singapore 5 Germany 2 Finland 2 France 2 Thailand 2 Belgium 1 Mongolia 1