Showing posts with label LBD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LBD. Show all posts
The lovely people at money supermarket sure know how to run a good competition and this one is no exception! They are offering one lucky blogger the chance to win £1,000 to put towards crossing off something on their bucket list, and four more runners up will win £50! If that wasn't already generous enough, if they get over 50 entries, the grand prize will be doubled to £2,000!
To enter, you just have to write a blog post describing one budget bucket list item, and one extravagant one; so here is my entry!
Budget bucket list:
Im pretty sure it is every girls dream to looks good in a little black dress. I have struggled with my weight most of my life and have always been the "big one" out of my friends. My bucket list was written a good few years ago and I knew beating my weight battle would feature on it but father than putting it on as just lose weight I decided to tie the little black dress into it. I want to find the perfect little black dress that all girls wish for but not only that I want to be happy with it. If I won £50 I would treat myself to a LBD in a size I would like to be at the end of my journey. Not only would it be a treat to go out in when I hit my target but it would focus myself on my journey to getting there. I'm 2 and a half stone lighter so far and am on a total mission! I particularly love this one and this one.
Extravagant bucket list:
I'm sure a lot of people have some kinds of travel plan on their bucket list and I'm afraid I am going to be really unoriginal and say the same. There are so many different travel plans on my bucket list but if i won £1000 I would pack a backpack, book an interrail train multi ticket and cover all the Europe based items on my list... Here is what I would tick off
- go on the Eurostar
- travel first class
- go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
-see the Mona Lisa in the louvre
- see the leaning tower of Pisa
- throw a coin in the trevi fountain
- visit St. Peter's square
- see the remains of the Berlin Wall
- see the acropolis
Also I have a couple of random things on my list I would tick off along the way. I really want to make proper pasta and what better place to learn than in the home of pasta, Italy!
Forget just ticking off one thing! Why not use it to make the most of a fantastic opportunity and tick off lots of things! One of my friends went travelling recently and I have loved looking at their pictures on Instagram of all the amazing places they have seen.
When I got an invite for a family friend who was having a rock/prom party to celebrate a host of celebrations this year which had happened - a 50th Birthday, an 18th birthday and a 16th birthday all in the space of a few months - I knew I was going straight down the prom theme. I did briefly look at the rock side but who doesn't want the excuse to don a pretty dress and heels?
In the last few years, I have accumulated some lovely dresses what with one for my 18th, 2 lots of graduation and various weddings and parties I had a few to choose from. However yesterday when on the morning of the party I finally decided to sort out what I was going to wear I was shocked to find that 3 or 4 of my dresses were wayyyyyyy to big! Including one I brought at christmas I have only had on once! Heres what I went with...
What do you think about customising your clothes? Have you ever adding in a bit of detail to make something jazzed up a little??
In the last few years, I have accumulated some lovely dresses what with one for my 18th, 2 lots of graduation and various weddings and parties I had a few to choose from. However yesterday when on the morning of the party I finally decided to sort out what I was going to wear I was shocked to find that 3 or 4 of my dresses were wayyyyyyy to big! Including one I brought at christmas I have only had on once! Heres what I went with...
Dress - New Look - £12 in the sale around Christmas
Tiara - Claires Accessories - £2.50 in the sale
Bracelets - Peacocks - £4
Necklace - Primark - *I think* around £3
I brought this dress back at christmas and I have only worn it once. When I brought it the piece of lace you can see across the chest wasn't included - it was something I added in (or rather my Nanna sewed in for me) and I think really adds something to just a plain LBD. I teamed it with my old faithful glittery heals which I love and are perfect for dancing the night away! I stole the below photo from when I wore them a few months ago but just so you can see them!
So this week has been quite a hectic and crazy week. Mum has been off work so spent lots of time together enjoying trips to the town along with nanna.
Thursday this week was graduation. I have been looking forward to Graduation because it would be nice to see all my friends from uni as since I finished my PGCE in July I hadnt seen some of them. I decided to wear a black dress I had brought a few christmas' ago for the work christmas do and teamed it with a pair of black patterned tights and after much deliberation finally decided on my red and cream heels. :)
On saturday me and my friend went into town to do a little bit of mooching around the shops, lunch, coffee and more mooching. I have been looking for a nice little black dress for a while now. I had exactly what I wanted in my head - isnt it weird how we do isnt it? We know exactly what we want and we are not happy unless we find eactly what we want. So yesterday when I was in town with my friend we went into new look and I spotted this beauty in New Look.
Picture from New Look Online
This is exactly what I was looking for. It comes just past my knee and had a little sleeve. It had a wrap top and ties at the back. I cant wait to wear this dress. I have been looking for a dress I could dress up or wear casual with either coloured tights or ones with patterns or with leggings, with high boots or with flats. And here it is. And a bargain at £22.99 - my little christmas treat to myself.
Also exciting news I have a job interview tomorrow :) Its not for a teaching job but for reception work at the hospital. Keep your fingers crossed for me because this could be just what I need. I could finally get out of the vicious circle I am in of Cant Drive - No money for lessons - No Job to get money - being held back because I cant travel. So I can finally start earning some pennies to save up for lessons and a car :)
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