You shall go to the ball

Firstly, sorry for my underhand tactics and many many many many thanks
thanks thanks thanks for reading. I am now the proud owner of over 100
views :) I am so so so happy :)

My mum has decided that we are going to the wedding in July, so dress
hunting officially starts now!

So I thought I'd do a shopping/ wish list like I did last time:

•an outfit for the wedding! Including accessories. I saw a really
cute shift in dorothy perkins; White knee length with black trimmings
(looked like either lace or crochet from a distance). Don't worry it
didn't look like a wedding dress!!! Only problem was the lack of
sleeves but it's definitely a contender.

•black mid heels from Evans, with snake skin detail at the back. Saw
this in my local branch, £20. I think it's basically the same style as
my suedette almond toes which is groovy.

•black work heels - basically, if the above doesn't work out then I'm
still on the hunt. I've got an overseas meeting coming up end of April
(ok ok I'm lying it's Wales) so I need smart grown up heels that I can
walk in all day and that don't make my legs look like tre trunks aka
miracle shoes. So desperate I even went into Clarks with my mum. No.
Thats all I'm saying on the matter.

•black across the body handbag. I use to hate this style because
frankly, having a small bag on a too-short piece of faux leather
straining across your flab is not an attractive look. However i am now
quite a fan of this style, and if u get the proportions right and the
strap is a gwnerous length then you and your flab should be fine. The
across body bags that I actually wear across my body as opposed to on
my shoulder are: a prada one my daddy got me a few years ago.
Surprisingly roomy but it's downfall is it's casualness. It came from
the ruchy brassy (I've made up these words sorry) collection so not
great for work. And the other bag is a chocolate brown primark one,
£6. I actually bought it to use as an oversized clutch but I like
using it with the strap too. Style wise it's quite smart but the
colour let's it down on the office front. Wow I think I just wrote a
million words on 2 bags. Shallow much?

•next item is very exciting for me...foundation!! I'm still
officially on project 10 pan but I can't live without my foundation. I
don't know what to get. Jeez this topic could be a whole blog post
itself!! I'll keep it short for now but I think I'll do an in depth
post once I've done more research. Basically I'm debating on clinique
vs a cheap brand.

•A spring jacket. Sadly I have a few in my wardrobe but they don't
fit me anymore. I can't believe I've put on so much bloody weight that
I can't even fit my arm into the friggin sleeve (and it's not even a
full length sleeve, just elbow length!!!!) Hopefully primark will be
able to fulfill this need!

•This is a totally frivolous want but it's a concealer compact. Its
basically a
Compact of different kinds
Of concealers eg green, blue, pink and yellow. I know it sounds odd
but trust me this will save my face!! In an ideal world I want the HD
make up forever one but that's £40 so I don't think I'll be owning
that anytime soon! I've also seen it on lovethymakeup.com (1.99) and elf.co.uk
(3.50)....omg I'm
Such a cheap skank.

•last but not least (I don't understand why people say this? What
does it mean?) ....I want my frigging clock to work!!! Ok this isn't a
prayer to Jesus so what I want is for me to go to matalan tomorrow and
be able to return the clock and hopefully for them to locate me a new
and functional one. Or someone is throwing a hissy fit.

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Hi Guys!

Er.... I'm not sure how to pitch this.....happy or sad?

Basically I went to Matalan again this afternoon and I fell in love with a clock (as pictured) in the home section. I paid for it myself and everything and was so excited to get it home and out the batteries in and take a few pics so i could blog about my new found love.

But now I've realised that my clock isn't working, and i'm so sad :( I have been looking for a clock for my living room since June 2009. Anyone who knows me knows how particular I am being about clocks. At the moment the only clock I have is the one in the kitchen which is a gorgeous specimen (thanks to R & S).

This pic isn't great but I put a roll of tissue next to the clock to show how big it is. I love big clocks (snigger now if you have a smutty brain) and it is so hard to get a good sized clock for a decent amount of money (snigger again).

Of course I can march down to Matalan and get my money back but that is besides the point. The point is that I WANT THIS CLOCK!!!!! (And no i cant exchange it for another one becasue it was the last one). AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH

I might need to rethink of my new love for matalan (even though my daddy said that he will take me again when he next gets paid....). I mean, the reason why i ended up in matalan again this afternoon was not because i couldnt stay away but because the grey skirt that i wore to work today (and had bought yesterday) split. So i went to my mums, changed into a god-awful random outfit and took the skirt back to the Charlton store and luckily in this case there was another one of my size so I got an exchange.

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH Im so angry, I want to keep my clock :(

Haul and stuff

Hello guys!

Hope you've had a lovely Easter and a nice long weekend if you're
lucky enough to not work weekends.

This is going to be a quick recap of my day and the story of my new
found love for matalan. *High five* if you heart matalan!!

So last night my mum came to sleepover at mine. She didn't get the
sofabed but instead the floor. Oh well.

In the morning my dad picked us both up as we'd made plans to go to
see woo the Chinese cash and carry in north Greenwich. I love going
with them to look at the weird, wonderful and yummy things. And plus
they pay for my bits and bobs and freebies are always worth getting
out of bed for!

Anyway, as we're driving down Im trying to cajole my daddy into taking
me to matalan. The funny thing with my dad (is this a man thing or is
it just my dad?) is that when I say I want to go to 'x' shop he'll ask
"why?" and generally the real reason I want to go to a shop is just
because I want to have a look around but I never give this answer
because I want him to think this will be a quick stop off and not a
10hour shopping spree. So then I have to come up with something to buy
but this is an even harder answer to come up with. I can't say "jeans"
cos he'll say I have to many or that i shouldnt be wasting my money on
things i dont need and something like a top is too simple and I worry
it's not worth his time and usually shoes or bags are a no no cos
that's not a necessity. I guess knickers would be a good answer but I
really want to avoid talking about underwear with my dad.

Luckily I had an answer and reasoning behind my answer ready. My
soliloquy was basically, "mummy bought me marie claire and in it there
was a bag in matalan that is only £8 and If I buy it online I'll have
to pay delivery charge I need the bag for work because at the moment I
don't have any bag to carry documents round in and I want to make a
good impression so that I can be prime minister one day and if I have
the wrong bag I'll never get anywhere in life and my degree will be
wasted can we please go matalan it's oppsoite next". And breeeathe.
And thank god he said yes!

I can count the number of times I've been to matalan on one hand and
that's including today's trip. Simple reason is that it's usually
located in places that are easier to reach by car. Going to browse in
a random store is not worth a long arse chavvy bus journey. locals
will know what I mean ;)

It's a bit skanky but I must say I really liked what it had to offer.
I guess in the past I was looking for 'normal' clothes to wear, in
which case primark or peacocks win hands down for style and price.
Even new look or dorothy Perkins is in a similoar price range to
matalan and with more kudos (generally it's cheap but not super cheap).

But this trip I was interested in work stuff and for that matalan
really excelled. It was like a cheaper marks and spencers.

I got: a pair of nude open toe pumps £10, a black wool pencil skirt
with wide waist band and pockets £14, a grey pencil skirt with pockets
£14 (I like pockets for my Vaseline and tissue), a gorgeous black
chiffon top with tiny White hearts and a peter pan collar £12 and
finally the bag I saw in marie claire (yah I told daddy the truth).
Which was a grand total of £58. That my daddy paid for :) I've never
been so happy lol

Im really happy with everything I got and I think the only unneccesary
items were the shoes and the top. In a wishlist I posted a while ago I
said I wanted a black and grey work skirt and even though I did get 3
skirts from m&s I'm returning 2 so that's ok. And like I said to my
dad, the bag is a must. I'm the store I sent my dad to the children
books bit to get an A4 sized book to see if it fit in the nag and I'm
glad to report that several A4 books do fit. I think when I have
meetings I'll carry a tiny handbag and then my matalan bag as a
document (and water, and shoes, amd umbrella) bag.

Oh wowee this is a long post. But just very quickly I got oyster
sauce, hoisin and plum sauce at see woo and I'm hoping to make
something delish so look out for a food poisoning story soon lmao

Goodnight xxx

March's In's and out's

It's that time again :) Here's what I was loving and hating in the
glorious month of march:

In's

TV! As u guys might have noticed, for a non-tv watcher I've been
watching loads of programmes. I'm loving: flashforward, misfits
(praying season 2 does yet shown!), Americas next top model cycle 14,
and welcome back Doctor Who!!! Also, my guilty pleasure is Over the
Rainbow *cringe*

Grey/mink suede heels - these were the ones I bought from primark for
the bargain price of £9. Even though I can't walk in them cos they're
so big I can fit a fist in the back I just love the colour, toe shape
and coned heel. As long as I'm just standing and not taking steps they
look gorge! And cos they're so big they don't hurt my feet either hehe

NYC baby pink nail varnish - actually just rediscovered this in my
collection today. A very weird colour that's a marmite item (ie people
either love it or hate it). It basically looks like tippex with a tiny
tinge of pink. Personally I love the colour; it's matt, girly but edgy
at the same time. Unfortunately the £1.99 price point says it all
about the quality. I'll talk about that in my outs actually...

Egg Mayo sandwiches (with or without cress) - regular readers will
knownthat I've just 'mastered' the art of boiling an egg and mashing
it up with Mayo. Heaven!!!!

Out's

NYC nail varnish - just spoke above about my love for the baby pink
but that's where the love ends. I heart the colour and that's it. I
have quite a few NYC colours and whether it's a gloss or matt finish
the quality is crap. It is streaky even if u slap on a million coats
and the colour just seems to disintegrate off ur nails. Seriously, if
I was to draw my nails across a piece of paper the page would be
covered in baby pink tippex!!! But it is about 2 quid so I guess u can
afford to keep touching up!!

Dry hands - I have dermititis on my fingers and it comes and goes,
Sometimes I even forget that I suffer from it. But unfortunately march
was a crap month and my fingers have swelled and cracked from the
dryness. Nice(!)

Being broke! This isna shore entry cos I'm broke every second of my
adult life but I'm hating it and in march I for a lot of letters from
everyone declaring a rise in rates. No friggin rise in my paypacket is
there?! Frigging hate the start of a financial year :(