Saturday shopping

Hi all!

I have had such a hectic first week back at work! (If someone says the word ofsted again I may scream!!!) So I haven't had time to blog :( I have however taken some outfit posts, so may get some posts typed up now. 

Last week I went shopping in one of my favourite places to shop, Bromley. It has pretty much every shop I like, plus a massive Primark! These are some of the things I bought - 

This mini skater skirt is from Primark. I have one already in a wine colour and it is very flattering.

http://www.hm.com/gb/product/41688?article=41688-B&fromSearch=cable%20jumper&cm_vc=SEARCH#article=41688-C

This jumper is from H&M and comes in lots of different colours (click on the link above). I love that it's not too hot to wear as I get hot easily! The sleeves are almost 3/4 length. I love this colour for winter!

 

 

 

 

This skirt is also from H&M. I'm in love with dogtooth at the minute and think this will look so nice paired with a baby blue jumper!

Another Primark find! This only cost about £5 and is a lovely pale orange colour. I'm not sure what I'll match it up with yet but it will be worn soon!

These aren't to my usual taste but I thought I would branch out a bit. I love metallics but try to avoid snake print as I just don't like it - these are an exception. They seem pretty compfy and as they are Primark they didn't break the bank!

How amazing are these shoes and bag! They are Limited Edition, so I actually bought these in the Bristol store. Limited Edition is only available in about 18 stores, so I normally get it in London. These shoes are quite out there, but I saw them and loved them! I'm planning on wearing them to my work christmas do. I'm going to pair them with a simple black dress, so the shoes and back can do the talking!

Another purchase from Bristol - a Limited Edition bag. This cost £20 which is quite a lot for Primark, but again I fell in love with it and had to have it! It's quite big and because of the colour scheme, it goes with a lot of my wardrobe.

So these are some of my most recent purchases! I have also placed a fairly massive New Look order recently, but haven't photographed the items I'm keeping. They will definitely be appearing in some outfit posts soon though!

Greta xx

Company Bloggers Style the High Street event

On Thursday, me and my friend Becky went to Company magazine's event - Bloggers style the high street. I love Company magazine's re-design and I'm so disappointed that it's no longer being published. I also love reading fashion blogs, so this event sounded perfect for me! I don't actually read any of the blogs written by the chosen bloggers, but I do shop in some of the high street shops that were being featured, particularly ASOS, River Island and Primark.

We arrived at the Tobacco Docks in London just after 6:30 and queued for a little while to get in. The venue itself was amazing! A beautiful, old building lit by purple lights - it looked magical! As part of our ticket price (£25) we got a vodka drink, so me and Becky drank those while watching other people enter and eyeing up the vast array of fashion on show from the other guests.

After a while we went upstairs and collected a glass of wine (also included in the price) and went into the main fashion show room. We didn't know what table we were on, but neither did quite a lot of other people. We were sat near the back, but I could just about see! At our table we had a range of breads, cheese and meat which was a bonus! I was shocked to discover that on our table was Laura from ThePixie Cut! I only built up the courage to talk to her at the end of the event but she was lovely!

The show itself was good. Admittedly there were things I didn't like, but I was impressed with the majority of outfits on show. The highlight of the show for me was definitely the evening wear by Primark. It's just so affordable but still looks great. I also spotted an amazing green dress but I can not for the life of me remember which shop it was from! I was also very impressed with some of the capes on show from M&S. I really am loving my capes at the moment!

The show ended by 9:30 and it seemed that a lot of people left then. Me and Becky went into the 'club' area and personally I didn't enjoy the music, but we did enjoy the fact that they were giving out ice cream! I had a tub of lovely toffee ice cream with caramel sauce - yum! We were both quite tired so decided to leave soon after this. We collected our goodie bags, and wow - very impressed! I have received some goodie bags in the past that contained only 5/6 items, but this one had about 15! I won't use everything, but there are a few things I will definitely be trying out. Me and Becky looked through the bags on the train home, and I swapped a bottle of fake tan for an extra bag of apple crisps!

Overall, we both really enjoyed the night. It was a different night out for the both of us. 2 drinks were enough, although I could have drunk another glass of wine! I have included some pictures below, but I only had my iPhone on me, and I didn't really manage to get any good pictures of the show. The show was inspiring and I love the fact that all of the items are affordable and on sale now. It was nice to look at everyone else's clothes, as well as meet a blogger who I really like! I wouldn't hesitate to going to another event like this again. Thanks Company!

Greta xx

Weekly write up no. 7

Hello!

I may have missed a few weeks! To be honest I doubt I will keep up the weekly write ups. So this may be my last one. I would much rather put my time and energy into making outfit posts!

I will just do a quick round up of the week. Half term has been lovely. It was nice to have a lie in each day, and even better that I got to spend time with my mum and brother, which is very rare.

Monday - Me and Paul went into school to start sorting out my new classroom. I like things set out in a certain way, so I wanted to get started on it. We were there for a few hours and had dominos with the SLT! 

Tuesday - Travelled to Bath which took ages (the M4 was closed so we had to take a detour through lots of random villages) but when we finally got there I got to have lunch with my mum and brother. We looked around for a bit, then my mum had to leave, so me Paul and Karl (my brother) spent at least 6 hours sat in his living room watching random films and tv shows. At about 10:30pm we ordered another dominos!

Wednesday - Me and Paul went to Bristol and had to wait ages for a park and ride bus. When we got into town we had a lovely Nandos then looked around the shops. I bought a few things and spent far too much money in Primark! In the evening, me, Paul and Karl dressed up and went to a rock club in Bath called Discord for a fun night of drinking and dancing. Some mosh pit action included!!

Thursday - We travelled back home and in the evening me and my friend Becky went to London for the Company bloggers style the highstreet event. It was great! We had a few drinks, ate snacks, watched the fashion show and left with a goodie bag! I'm going to do a separate blog post on it very soon. 

Friday - Me and Paul went into school again, and I spent about 5 hours sorting out my classroom. It's still not done! I would have liked to stay longer but school shut at 4. I have a few more display bits to put up, but I'm feeling much happier with how it looks now.

Saturday - We went to Bromley for a small shopping trip. I wanted some trainers in Primark, but no luck. I did buy a few pieces which I will blog about today. I spent the evening doing some work, so at least I feel a bit more organised about the week ahead.

Sunday - I placed a huge New Look order on Friday and it was delivered today. Sadly I decided to return most of it, so we went to Bluewater to do that. I also went to the gym on the way home. I should be going 3 times a week, but I never manage it when I lack a work schedule. Hopefully I will get back on track soon!

So that's a round up of my week. Like I said, I may not do any more of these posts but we'll see!

Greta xx

Stuck in stand still traffic on the M4.

Entering one of my favourite cities!

Karl and me ready for Halloween!

 

The zombie butcher

My new New Look cape and fur scarf

What I've been wearing - New Look cape

Lots of photographs today! These pictures were taken this morning so this is my being organised and posting quickly! Today's outfit is another Primark heavy one! The bag, shoes and burgandy top are all from Primark. All of which were bought in the last month so should still be in store. The cape and fur scarf are from New Look, and were actually bought in Bristol on Wednesday, when I stupidly didn't bring a coat even though it was raining, so I ended up buying this to keep me warm. It's lovely and cosy, although I would have liked it to be slightly shorter as it does swamp me a bit! I am in love with the fur scarf - it's so soft! The jeans are Molly Jeggings from River Island. I live in these at weekends! If they weren't so expensive I would buy a pair in every colour!

Burgandy top - Primark

Cape - New Look  

Fur scarf - New Look

Boots - Primark

Bag - Primark

Jeans - River Island

Greta xx