Double denim and hearts: an out fit post

Shirt: Primark

Jeans: Primark 

Boots: Primark 

Collar pin: Ever Ours 

Hello ♥

How lovely is this denim shirt?! It was the first thing i noticed in Primark on a recent shopping trip. I felt it kind of matched the recent LFW Burberry show with the love heart print. I just love it. Primark are really upping their game with the new spring/ summer collection. I teamed the shirt with my dark blue jeggings but I was a little apprehensive about wearing double denim. However, i think the overall outfit looks OK. The collar necklace came from Ever Ours, a new Internet store i am absolutely loving at the moment. It was a bargain at £2 and i have been wearing it with everything! 

Hope you are all having a lovely Thursday?! 

Gem x

Lace collars: An out fit post.

Dress £14 Primark 

Chelsea boots Primark

Belt Primark 

A Weekend of Les Mis and a few outfits ★

Hello my lovely readers ♥

I was going to start posting 'what I'm wearing today'  posts but this weekend i have been rather busy with the family to sit down at my computer. So I'm am just going to compile my pictures into one big post.

Friday 

Friday nights are spent with friends at our local family friendly pub. We like to chat about the week and let the kids run around with their friends. Everyone normally dresses very casual here but as i have spent all week in leggings, wellies and baggy tops i wanted to make some effort.

I wore a white dress with a peter pan collar from my favourite shop Primark. It has a horse and woodland print with a purple belt. For some reason i find myself buying a lot of clothing items that have collars, i just love them.  This dress was in the summer 2012 sale for £5. Bargain.

Saturday 

I have a little more to say about Saturday. Today was the day i finally got to see Les Miserables at the cinema. If you follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on facebook you'll know that i am a massive Les Miserables geek. I have all the cast recordings, seen every film made and been to the queens theatre twice. My review of the film? I can't say i was happy with it entirely. I'm sorry to say Russell Crowe ruined it for me. He is not a singer bless him. When he started to sing one of my fav songs 'Stars' i was so disappointed. Also as much as i was impressed with Amanda Seyfield's singing in Mamma Mia, i felt see struggled with the high notes playing Cosette. Hugh Jackman was amazing though and I admit i cried when Anne Hathaway performed 'I dreamed a dream'. So emotional and so perfect. My favourite girl was of course Samantha barks. She is the one and only Epoinine. She really should have got more credit for her role. Have you seen the film yet? Let me know your thoughts on it or if you are also a fellow Les Miserables geek. 

As the film is a massive three hours long i decided to dress comfy casual. I wore my favourite Atticus jumper from Play.com, (I'm sorry i cannot remember how much this cost), with my grey skinny jeans from Primark. 

Sunday

Today we woke up with the intention of having a very lazy Sunday. It has been a very busy week for us with work, extreme house cleaning, school and job hunting. However while making breakfast we realised we had no food in the cupboards so a quick shopping trip was needed. Yesterday before the cinema, i sneakily ran in to Topshop to see what was left on the sale rails. I found this dress which i have actually been after for a while now. It cost me £20 reduced from £38. Even though it may be a little to dressy for food shopping i still cant help showing off my new purchases. 

It is a deep red skater dress with capped sleeves. The material is textured and thick, ideal for the winter. Also the dress is stretchy which i love even though the dress is unfortunately a size to big due to being the only one left. I teamed it with my favourite Primark bow belt, black wooly tights and my Chelsea boots also Primark.

Let me know your thoughts on the Les miserables film.
Thanks for reading.
Gem x

Primark's sporty 2013 spring collection.

Last week Primark revealed some of their spring/summer 2013 clothing! Being the biggest Primark fan out there i immediately had to check it out. The overall collection contains  an urban feel with slogan tees, statement prints and sporty pieces. Also included are some festival inspired pieces, pretty pastels and florals, monochrome and country and western. There are some really nice outfits there, but the overall look was a bit out of my personal style range, and which is normally lady-like. I rarely buy anything that's sporty or grungy, it just does not suit me dressing like Rhianna or Rita Ora. I'm sure the younger crowd are going to love these pieces though.

These are some of the urban/ sporty outfits so you'll see what i mean:

 

However, here are some of my favourite items which i am going to put down on my wish list to buy!  I love the lace, the pastel shades, the florals and the cute retro style dresses.

 

 

 

 

 

I also love the monochrome pieces Primark have released. They are super stylish and slim fitting. I'm a big fan of occasionally dressing like I've stepped out of the fifties so when i saw this skirt i knew that i needed it. I also need this dress. Oh my poor bank. Its very Kim Kardashian but i think it will look great on a date night or dressed down slightly for work wear.

 

 What do you think of Primarks new collection?

Gem x

What I brought in the boxing day sales.

 

Hello!

 

Just a not so little boxing day sale haul for you today.  I am not the biggest fan of sale shopping, it irritates me when i have to pick clothes up off the floor and search through tightly packed rails. Also they never have anything in my size, even when they have the sections of sizes. People bug me too when the sales are on. I'm not a fan of being rammed and my stress levels don't cope. This year i decided to wait a week after boxing day to visit the shops as well as shopping on line. Even though I hit the sales late I'm still rather impressed with the lovely items i have brought.

 

First up are my on line purchases:

 

New look

 

 

I have already shown you guys this dress on a previous post. It cost me £8.00 reduced from £14.00. Its a silky feel blue bird print tea dress from New Look. This has to be one of my favourite purchases as I can't resist a nice tea dress.

Missguided

I love love missguided. I visited their website in search of a sparkly new years dress but as usual i was distracted by their sales page and came away with this lovely lightening bolt jumper. It cost me £9.99 reduced from £19.99. They are still available if you want to grab yourself one.

 

 

On Saturday i decided to visit the shops to see what was left over. Most shops like Office, Zara and Debenhams were too busy for me to handle but i did visit the sales lines of Topshop and Primark. Here is what i brought:

 

Topshop

 

 

 Aztec velvet skater dress, was £39.00 reduced to £20 / Burgundy skinny fit jeans £45 reduced to £20 / Ear Cuffs, was £7.50 reduced to £3.75.



Primark

 

Burgundy wool dress £20 reduced to £10 / Blue daisy print tea dress £14.00 reduced to £5 / Ear cuff £1.00 / winter boots £5

I also visited Boots to see if there were any of their Christmas gift sets left. Unsurprisingly the shelves were pretty bare. I did how ever find a Soap and Glory Shower travel bag hiding underneath a self. Very excited when i found it. Originally it cost £18.00 but it was reduced to £9.00. Inside contains six travel size products which are "Girligo" Body moisturising mist, Hand food, "the righteous butter" body moisturiser, "clean on me" shower gel, "calm one calm all" bath bubbles, and finally "scrub of your life" smoothing body butter.  

 

 

Did you grab any sale bargains this year? Feel free to leave a comment below.

Gem x

New years eve day outfit

Happy new years eve! Just thought I'll post another outfit of the day for you. This is what i wore on a shopping trip on new years eve. Excuse the creases, the material does not like to stay straight.

Dress River Island (four years old)/  Necklace Primark (current stock)/ Ear cuff Topshop/

Having a little house party tonight, i will post my new years eve party dress for you. What are your plans or if you live in a future timezone what did you get up to on new years?

Gem x

 

 

 

*Sunday outfit*

This weekend has been a lovely, relaxed, chilled time. We decided not to leave the house at all and ive loved it. Today, my husband's Dad came to visit and i made a lovely sunday lunch. Knowing pyjamas wouldn't be suitable, i made a little bit of effort in my appearance today.

 

It is freezing at the moment, so went with a burgundy wool skirt paired with black woolly tights. These were both from Primark. I spent ages this morning trying to find a nice top to go with the skirt but eventually decided to wear just a basic v neck black tshirt from H&M which i have tucked into to the skirt.

On Ebay a while back i discovered some lovely Kitsch jewellery pieces. I brought my deer necklace from a shop called Melo Yumi. I love the length of the chain. Its the perfect length for me as i sometimes find necklaces quite restricting and uncomfortable.

 

Also from Ebay is my cute claw ring. This was a bargain at £1. Unfortunalty the metal turns my finger green if i wear it for too long so only wear it for nights out.

 

 

How are you lovely people spending your weekends?

 

Gem

 

xx

Date night outfit. What I wore to see Twilight breaking dawn part 2.

Last night my lovely husband took me to see Twilight: breaking dawn part 2. I wore a red floral Primark tea dress, black tights and black heels from deichmans. On my wrist is my rose gold watch from txmaxx, skull bracelet from topshop, and a pyramid bracelet from eBay.

The film was amazing, especially the ending. I was sat on the edge of my seat with my hands over my face. Won't give anything away in case you haven't seen it but defiantly recommend going to watch it.

/Dress- Primark/ Belt- Primark/ pyramid bracelet- Melo Yumi at Ebay/ Watch- Tkmax/ skull bracelet - Freedom at Topshop/ Shoes (out of shot) £16.99 Deichmans/