What to wear on a date, day or night.

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Today is the first day i become a more organised and routine blogger as you may have seen from my previous post. Every Wednesday i am planning on posting hit and tips on  'What to wear' . Today i have chosen to help you with some ideas on what to wear on a date. With Valentine's day coming up, i thought this was the perfect time to write this up.  I have put together a couple of affordable outfit ideas to match the different types of dates you may go on. 

Miso Flower Blouse £30 Republic/ Crafted PU mini skirt £30 Republic / Shoes £27 Charlotte Russe / Clutch £20 Miss Selfridge/ Rose earrings £6.35 Mod Cloth/ Heart key pendant £5 Republic

Maxi skirt £25 River Island / Vest £25 Zolando / Blazer £50 Topshop / Sandals £38 Blowfish at Zappos / Trilby £20 Fat Face/ 

Black quilted biker £39.50 Dorothy Perkins / Tweed Skater dress £50 A-wear/ Riding boots £25 New Look/ Fur scarf £7.00 Dorothy Perkins/ 

Peplum £25 Lipsy / Disco Pants £28 Republic / Wedges £24.99 New Look / Clutch £14.50 Rare London/ 

Black lace body con dress £32 River Island / Heels £48 dsw.com / Bracelet (Part of a set) £8.50 Miss Selfridge / Clutch bag £12.99 New Look /

I hope this post gave you some ideas on what to wear on a special date, day or night. What are your plans this Valentines day? 

Gem x

My Valentine's wish list: John Greed Blogger competition

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A little bit of a soppy post today. I have just recieved an email from John Greed Jewellery telling me about another competition they have started up. It is the same format as the last blogger competition which was to design a Pandora charm bracelet for under £250. This time the competition is create a mood board titled 'My valentine's wish list'. You can feature anything from their website as long as the total cost is under £250. Full details can be found at their website if you wish to have a go yourself. 

My Valentines bracelet

John Greed have so many lovely jewellery pieces on their website. I'm like a little magpie when it comes to silver and gems. For my wish list, i kept it simple but extremely personal. Initially i was going to go for a necklace with matching earrings but i couldn't resist the bracelet section of the website hence why i put together this gorgeous gift.  

First on my list I would like to talk about is the beautiful red cotton Culture Freedom bracelet costing only £18.  I chose this bracelet because it is coming up to our two year anniversary. Two year anniversaries are traditionally known as your 'Biennial' or 'Cotton' anniversaries. So this bracelet would be perfect and very sentimental. Also the red is very suitable for the valentines theme. 

The 'G' and 'W' charms are from Thomas Sabo and cost £21.95. G standing for 'Gemma' and the 'W' standing for Will, my husbands name. I find the thought of having our initials on my wrists to be such a lovely idea. A little bit cheesy but i love it. 

The star charm symbolises the night we met, under the stars and the heart charm symbolises our love for each other. They are both from the Pandora range costing £35 each. I found them to work well with the theme of 'Valentines day' as well as our upcoming anniversary.

As an extra gift to reach that £250 goal, i have fallen for this gorgeous Swarovski oceanic light siam pendant.  The pendant is quite similar to the blue titanic necklace and defiantly will be a head turner. At a cost of £100 it is a dream necklace. Will look stunning worn during a valentines date.

That's my wish list coming to a total of £231.90. 

Hope you like it as much as i do. 

Gem x

The AF Bloggers Budget Challenge: Valentines Edition

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Yesterday i heard about a little blogger challenge over on The Agoraphobic Fashionistas blog. I can't resist a challenge. 

The Bloggers challenge is to find their perfect red dress for under £20 and then to write a post on what they have brought. I have got this entry up quickly because i already had been and brought my 'valentines' dress a week before i heard about this. Is that cheating? 

Anyway this is my lovely beaded neck skater dress brought from boohoo.com. I saw this featured in Look magazine and snapped it up straight away. I have however just realised it cost £22. A couple of pounds over the budget. Not too much though. They are still in stock and also come in Black. 

I was attracted to the cut of the dress and seem to only buy skater or empire cut dresses. I am a pear shaped, wide hipped girl so skater dresses are perfect for covering up my insecurities. The beaded collar really adds something special to the dress and defiantly saves on fussing over a necklace to wear.

Like this dress? Here is the link again: Tia Beaded neck skater dress.
Fancy having a go at the AF Bloggers challenge: Valentines edition? Visit theagoraphobicfashionista.blogspot.co.uk for more information. Hope you like my dress even though it is £2 over budget.

Gem x