Showing posts with label Asda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asda. Show all posts
So today for Fashion Friday I thought I would share with you an OOTD from my trip out last night to the theatre.
Dress - New Look - Cant find online (was in sale)
Cardi - Primark - Not available online
Belt - Primark - Not available online
Tights - Asda - Just basic black tights
Shoes - Marks and Spencer - HERE - current 20% off
Its not very often I talk about fashion here on my little blog - but this weeks selection from British blogger selection asked us to talk about our favourite clothes shops.
I have to say, I have never been loyal to a particular clothes shop. As you know I have lost nearly 3 and a half stone doing Slimming World and up until this point I was a size 22. When I was bigger I used to basically shop where I could get clothes - I worked in Evans as a 'saturday girl' from the age of 16 to 21 and used to get quite a good discount so I had quite a lot of clothes from there. I also used to shop in places like Inspire at New Look and Asda. Basically I would try anywhere that did my size.
Nowdays I am down to a 16/18 and it is SO lovely to be able to shop in clothes shops in the 'normal section'.
Anyway enough rambling....
My favourite Primark purchase of this year has got to be my lovely Mac which was £20. It is the perfect style that I was looking for and again who can complain about this price?
I have been a fan of New Look since back in the day when I was buying from their Inspire range and now even more so. I have always loved the clothes New Look offers up. I particularly love their Jeans which i always find to be the right length and are a fantastic price at around £10 for a pair. They are always a nice high waist which I love in a jean and are always a great fit. They also have some fantastic dresses in there and I have quite a few in my wardrobe that have come from there from everyday dresses to workwear to going out dresses!
I think New Look is probably my favourite all round shop. There are not many times I dont go in and see something that I like or come out with something whether it be their great basic wear like their Tshirts or Vest tops, a dress, jeans or even shoes and accessories!
There are another couple of shops I fleet in and out of, I do like Dorothy Perkins and I have been loving Forever 21 but like H&M we don't have one in Stoke. I think I am finding myself branching out a bit more when it comes to clothes shopping which I really enjoy. It is nice to be able to shop in different places instead of having to stick to the same shops all the time and I am defiantly enjoying being able to spread my shopping wings a bit more!
What are your favourite clothes shops? Do you like to shop around or are you loyal to one brand?
I have to say, I have never been loyal to a particular clothes shop. As you know I have lost nearly 3 and a half stone doing Slimming World and up until this point I was a size 22. When I was bigger I used to basically shop where I could get clothes - I worked in Evans as a 'saturday girl' from the age of 16 to 21 and used to get quite a good discount so I had quite a lot of clothes from there. I also used to shop in places like Inspire at New Look and Asda. Basically I would try anywhere that did my size.
Nowdays I am down to a 16/18 and it is SO lovely to be able to shop in clothes shops in the 'normal section'.
Anyway enough rambling....
H&M
We havent got a H&M where I live but whenever I go to shopping further afield or online I am always sure to have a look at H&M. I really like H&M at the minute. When I went to Birmingham I had a good mooch in H&M, as I find they are fantastic for wardrobe basics. I picked up quite a lot of jumpers for around £8 which I absolutely love. This one in the picture below was around £9.99 which for a good cosy jumper I think is a fantastic price to pay. I didnt want to pay a lot as I am hoping next winter these wont fit... I definatily find myself glancing on H&Ms website quite a bit nowdays to see what they are offering. I also love their basics leggings as I find them to be just the right length for my legs and again a fantastic fit. Just FYI as well - they do an amazing sale!
Next
For a long time I have lusted over next but up until around 12 or 18 months ago it was never a shop I really ventured in to, probably because as I have mentioned before - my local next is barely big enough to swing a cat round in. However more and more I find myself heading into Next. I particularly love Next for their work wear offerings. This blouse is one of about 5 I picked up over the space of this year. I really loved this style and they did them in lots of different colours and patterns. They have latest me all through the summer and are now serving well under jumpers in the winter with the collars poking out.
Supermarket Sweep - TU at Sainsburys and George
I have been a massive fan of TU at Sainsburys for a long time. I find that they do some fantastic clothes which are affordable but the quality is fantastic and looks more expensive. I have made quite a lot of purchases in there over the past few years - particularly when they have their 25% off events!
George at Asda is another supermarket brand I love and have been loyal too over the years. Again they do great workwear and everyday where and I always see something I love in their. They have had some great stuff in over the last couple of weeks and particularly some great bargains on winter coats for £19! I picked my winter coat up from there this year as a needed a new one and was SO spoilt for choice! They also have some fab partywear for christmas in store and on their website!
Primark
You couldnt mention clothes shops and not mention Primark! I do have a bit of a love hate relationship with it because you can either find lots of stuff at good prices or you go in and see absolutely nothing. Primark again is fantastic if you want to update your wardrobe without spending a lot of money. I have been a fan of Primark basic T Shirt for a long time and find they are great usually ranging from £1-2 for vests and £2-4 for a T shirt. I mean for how long you wear them for why pay any more? I also love Primarks tights because again I find for how long tights actually last, their price of under £5 is enough to pay and they have it all covered from basic's to patterned to coloured tights.My favourite Primark purchase of this year has got to be my lovely Mac which was £20. It is the perfect style that I was looking for and again who can complain about this price?
New Look
I have been a fan of New Look since back in the day when I was buying from their Inspire range and now even more so. I have always loved the clothes New Look offers up. I particularly love their Jeans which i always find to be the right length and are a fantastic price at around £10 for a pair. They are always a nice high waist which I love in a jean and are always a great fit. They also have some fantastic dresses in there and I have quite a few in my wardrobe that have come from there from everyday dresses to workwear to going out dresses!
There are another couple of shops I fleet in and out of, I do like Dorothy Perkins and I have been loving Forever 21 but like H&M we don't have one in Stoke. I think I am finding myself branching out a bit more when it comes to clothes shopping which I really enjoy. It is nice to be able to shop in different places instead of having to stick to the same shops all the time and I am defiantly enjoying being able to spread my shopping wings a bit more!
What are your favourite clothes shops? Do you like to shop around or are you loyal to one brand?
You may have seen a lot of mention about Asda - if you watch videos by bloggers such as SprinkleofGlitter (aka Louise) , Zoella and Pointlessblog (aka Alfie) you may have seen them talking about Asda's halloween offerings in their latest videos about the dailymix halloween party.
I went off to Asda a couple of weeks ago when I found out we were having a halloween fancy dress party at the girl guides where I am a leader. I had a look online and spotted that they had some good and cheap fancy dress costumes on their website so when we hot footed off to do the weekly shop I had a little mooch in their Halloween aisle.
I was pleasantly surprised by Asda's offerings this year! You tend to find that there are never a lot of halloween costumes for adults at a reasonable price anywhere on the high street, usually some hats or head accessories but you never really see a lot of fancy dress costumes for adults but Asda certainly came up trumps this year!
My local Asda had a good selection of costumes this year! I was seriously spoilt for choice of which one to choose but in the end this is the one I went for.
I went off to Asda a couple of weeks ago when I found out we were having a halloween fancy dress party at the girl guides where I am a leader. I had a look online and spotted that they had some good and cheap fancy dress costumes on their website so when we hot footed off to do the weekly shop I had a little mooch in their Halloween aisle.
I was pleasantly surprised by Asda's offerings this year! You tend to find that there are never a lot of halloween costumes for adults at a reasonable price anywhere on the high street, usually some hats or head accessories but you never really see a lot of fancy dress costumes for adults but Asda certainly came up trumps this year!
My local Asda had a good selection of costumes this year! I was seriously spoilt for choice of which one to choose but in the end this is the one I went for.
Costume - £10 - Asda
Witches Hat headband - £3 - Asda
Cardi - Evans (about 5 years ago - think it was around £3 or £5)
I cant believe that this costume was only £10! It does come with a witches hat with the costume but I thought this headband was so cute I decided to get this too! Asda have some fantastic costumes - a lot ranging between £10 - £16 and if they are anything like this one then defiantly worth buying!
The others I was trying to decide between were this Skeleton one (which Zoella wore in her vlog). I also was pleased to see that Asda are doing some awesome other fancy dress costumes too aka non halloween ones. My uncle is 50 next year and is having a fancy dress party so I will be sure to check out their range of costumes again when it comes to choosing an outfit for that occasion.
Have you tried Asdas fancy dress offerings this year??? Any favourites???
So Happy 60 years on the thrown to our lovely queen!!! And hasnt it been an excuse to be all patriotic and don red white and blue for the entire weekend! I am currently sat watching the Jubilee Concert on the tv! How good is it! This post to be honest is just a bit of a random spattering of Jubilee stuffs :P But I thought it deserved its own post!
On the left my lovely patrotic nails and on the right lovely cupcakes made by Matt :)
I also wanted to share with you an OOTD - I dont do these very often but I love this new dress I brought last weekend so I wanted to share it with you :D
On the left my lovely patrotic nails and on the right lovely cupcakes made by Matt :)
I also wanted to share with you an OOTD - I dont do these very often but I love this new dress I brought last weekend so I wanted to share it with you :D
Dress: £22.99 from New Look (from the inspire section)
Cardi: £6 from Asda
I teamed it today with a pair of thick black tights and a pair of lush red and cream heels!
I hope that you have all had a lovely Jubilee Weekend whatever you have been doing. I am back to work tomorrow as unfortunatley I dont get to have 4 days off just 3 but I do get to take my day somewhere else in the year which to be honest is better! I am taking it 3 weeks when me and matt are off to London for West end Live which I shall probably blog about on its own :)
To be honest it is very rare I go out and do any clothes shopping. Most of the shopping I do is like spur of the moment if I see something nice or am going out sort of shopping...
Back in March we insured our kitten with Asda pet insurance and as an insentive we got a £20 Asda gift card. I say we I mean mum. The gift card didnt come till late June (not through one of lots of phone calls to ask where it was). Anyway around the same time it came, I did my room out and got rid of a lot of clothes that were either too short in the body for me or that I hadnt worn in ages. As with all my clothes when I have a clear out, mum always likes to have a rummage through to see if there is anything that she wants, being 5 inches shorter than be but the same size does have its advantages for her. Anyway she ended up with most of the clothes I didnt want and in return gave me the Asda gift card to treat myself to something new :D
We havent really been up to the supermarket in a while because we have been doing the shopping online but we nipped up today and I managed to spend some of my voucher on this bargain dress.
Because the battery is flat in my camera you will have to make do with this picture from the Asda website :)
But yes total bargain at just £6!!! Love it! Its lovely and summery. I'm planning on wearing it with leggings (mainly because I dont have the legs to pull it off like the model in the photo without) :P
And so my manta for today is dont pass up on the supermarkets! Sure they may not be Gucci or Doir but they sell some lovely stuff at real affordable prices :)
x
Back in March we insured our kitten with Asda pet insurance and as an insentive we got a £20 Asda gift card. I say we I mean mum. The gift card didnt come till late June (not through one of lots of phone calls to ask where it was). Anyway around the same time it came, I did my room out and got rid of a lot of clothes that were either too short in the body for me or that I hadnt worn in ages. As with all my clothes when I have a clear out, mum always likes to have a rummage through to see if there is anything that she wants, being 5 inches shorter than be but the same size does have its advantages for her. Anyway she ended up with most of the clothes I didnt want and in return gave me the Asda gift card to treat myself to something new :D
We havent really been up to the supermarket in a while because we have been doing the shopping online but we nipped up today and I managed to spend some of my voucher on this bargain dress.
But yes total bargain at just £6!!! Love it! Its lovely and summery. I'm planning on wearing it with leggings (mainly because I dont have the legs to pull it off like the model in the photo without) :P
And so my manta for today is dont pass up on the supermarkets! Sure they may not be Gucci or Doir but they sell some lovely stuff at real affordable prices :)
x
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