Casual birthday.....

Today my son turned 3, and as we've had a day at home entertaining relatives and opening presents, followed by dinner out at good old Frankie and Benny's, I decided to go smart casual in a long Mango top and leggings. The bangles were from Primark, I think they were only a couple of pounds but they're great. I love silver jewellery and wear them with loads of different outfits. My feet aren't in the pic but I wore black flat thong sandals rather than heels today. My feet got a bit wet in the rain but I point blank refuse to wear anything other than sandals at this time of year, bit of wishful/positive thinking for nicer weather later in the week ;-)

Sunny Sunday

We've had a real mix of weather here today; beautiful warm sunshine this morning, then showers this afternoon when the temperature dropped, and now it's early evening it's warm again but raining too! As it was nice weather this morning, I thought I'd wear a dress today.

I picked this up in H&M in Exeter on our holiday to Devon last week and I really love it. Even my 13 year old approved, so I absolutely had to buy it, as her approval of my choice of clothes is quite rare ;-)  Plus it was only £12.99, which I thought was a great price, and I think the Zebra print is just so cute. I can see me wearing this in the winter too, with leggings and a cardi. I like things I can wear all year round!  The sandals were from New Look, I've had them for a year or two, and although they're high, they're pretty comfy too!

Back to blogging!

Oooops, it's been almost two months since I last did a post on here! A holiday to Greece, lots of school events for my 7 year old, and being busy with my 3 year old's social life has meant that I've neglected this blog. Back to business as normal now though!

One of the biggest trends in the shops currently seems to be coloured jeans! I wasn't going to go there this time round, as I've tried them before when they were last in fashion around 5 years ago, and I just didn't feel comfortable in them. However, the ones that I had previously were boot-cut in design, and when I went into my local Next store and saw that they did coloured skinny jeans in a whole host of colours, I decided to try a pair on and absolutely LOVED them.  I've had them for a couple of weeks now and have worn them several times, and had quite a few (very positive) comments about them. When in my local Asda yesterday, I noticed that they are also doing pastel coloured skinnies,and I found a lovely pair in an off-white colour, so they might be my next buy! So, here is today's outfit:

Slightly blurry pic as my 13 year old photographer is out this evening ;-) : Jeans from Next, white vest from Primark, black Top Shop vest, and sandals from Faith.


Also, as the theme of this blog is looking good on a low budget, I thought I would also share a couple of bargain beauty buys I've bought lately. Both are from Asda; there is an N-spa Raspberry Milkshake body scrub, which I picked up for an amazing 50p, and also a George bright blue nail polish, which I plan to use on my toenails as a change from my usual rouge noir or coral, for £1! Have you found any good fashion or beauty bargains lately? I'd love to hear about them if you have!