Finding clothes you've never worn

This picture represents my life at the moment. No filter. No editing. No nice composition. Just a pile of clothes that have been living in my wardrobe and I have never ever worn. You may notice a slight trend in the posts this week- all involve me trying to sort my life out a bit.
It is a personal belief that one should dedicate at least one week a year to trying to sort yourself out. Everyone needs a clear out once in a while, get rid of all of those things that you really don't need. I think it's definitely good for the soul. Once you've got through everything donate what you don't want (but someone else might) to a charity shop or clothes bank, pass items to a friend or down to a sibling or cousin or customise items into unique to you tops and skirts or custom cushion covers. Nothing bad can come of tidying up, apart from the odd appearance from a spider.
So I tidied out my wardrobe. The majority of it went to the charity shop round the corner (good deed of the day) but amongst it all I also found a white ASOS dress that I bought for a friend's birthday party nearly two years ago that has never fitted me until now! Hurrah! A 'new' dress and good deed all in one clear out.

Why do I still have all of these?

It's only when you start to try to de-clutter your life that you realise that you are a bit of a hoarder. Look what I found! This is ridiculous. Why do I have this many? How do I have this many? The silliest bit of it is that 5 of these bad boys can be swapped in for a free fresh face mask anyway. The moral of the story is, don't hoard your lush pots or you end up with too many to know what to do with...

Wedding Outift under £45?

I always find dressing for weddings so much harder than it needs to be. You need to find something that you can wear during the formal daytime affairs but will last you into the evening aswell. You need to find something that you haven't worn as an ensemble before and definitely find something that you haven't already worn to someone else's wedding! (Or at least not something that people there have seen you wear to someone else's wedding) Personally I find it pretty stressful.

I went to a beautiful wedding at the weekend in a gorgeous converted barn. Not going to lie, totally relieved that I was only going to the evening reception as it makes things so much easier! I teamed together a plain black pencil skirt (Primark, £8) with a neon yellow/green strappy cami (New Look, £9.99) and added my gorgeous black platform wedges (New Look, see my 'New Look Shoe Haul'), a gold and mint green statement necklace (Primark, £5) and a black and white envelope clutch (Primark, £5). Altogether my outfit added up to about £42, which isn't a bad feat. I didn't really do much with my hair (I never do) but teamed natural make-up with lash extensions and a statement red lip and white fingernails. Perfect.

Summer Holiday Haul

Me and my gorgeous fella, Liam, are off on our first holiday together. Fair enough it's a stay-cation, we're going to Tenby (technically a different country) so we're not off anywhere super sunny and exciting but I am really looking forward to a holiday with my beau. So much so that I got a little bit over-excited and bought a few *cough* things.

First off I stopped off in New Look where I picked up a gorgeous neon cami for £9.99. I struggled when I went into New Look as I couldn't find my size, however I picked this up in a size 6 and it's still got plenty of space in it. I also picked up a white and red Kelly Brook bikini that in total came to £27.98, pricey I know but it's so cute and I know will last me into next year (I probably won't get much wear out of it this year). And finally a lovely slouchy pink and white polka dot shirt, which I tried on about a month ago but found in the sale for only £9 instead of £17.99!

Next, I stepped into Miss Selfridge. I had been on the hunt for a skort and couldn't find one that I liked that didn't show of my bottom (ooh cheeky) until I found this cute little black and white number. It covers enough at the back and I love the understated pattern. It set me back £35, which is a lot for me personally to spend on a single item, but I figured that I liked it so much that it was worth it. While in there I also picked up one of the 90's style vest tops in white (not pictured) for £8, as I already had a black one which I never seem to take off. 

Finally I popped into Primark to find a beach towel and a swimming cosie. I came out with both! The zebra print towel I picked up for only about £4.60 (I can't remember exactly how much) and the swimming costume I picked up for £10. Not going to lie, I am pretty happy with both, I'm not much of a swimming costume sort of person but this one fits really nicely, hides a multitude of sins and has a sweet blue and white pattern with a white frill.

Little New Look Shoe Haul

I am a sucker for shoes. There's no two ways about it. I love shoes. I am especially loving platform heels and platform wedges so I bought a pair of each. I then broke my 2 year old pair of sandals that I have quite frankly worn to death, so naturally I had to buy a new pair of those too. All of these shoes are from New Look and with their sale I managed to pick up some pretty good deals.

 

 

I eyed up this first pair after a shift at work and instantly fell in love! They are a gorgeous suede effect pair of platforms, not quite wedges, not quite heels, so what does that actually make them? They fasten with a buckle around the ankle and are so comfy to wear! I didn't buy them at first, they were a 'I'll wait until payday' sort of shoe. However when I saw them in the sale, I had to pick them up. And luckily they were the last pair in my size!! HURRAH! They should have been £27.99 and I picked them up for only £14.

 

 

 

I was in desperate need of some new sandals! The sole came unattached from my last pair, fair enough they were nearly 3 years old but it was a very sad moment. I looked everywhere for 1) a pair of sandals that I liked and 2) a pair of sandals that fit. I bought these online so I gambled on that second criteria but it paid off. I picked these up for £7.99 and they are so cute, I just hope that I can get some wear out of them now the heat wave in England seems to have come and gone.

 

Now I swear that these have been around for a while. I remember seeing them when they first came out and they are just so different that I had to have a pair. But at £27.99 they were just a little bit too much of an investment for a student on a 4 hour contract with work. However, the plot twists, after having thought they had disappeared I spotted them in the sale online for...wait for it...£7!! £7?! I got very excited and bought them on impulse and they did not disappoint!

Definitely a growing addiction to New Look shoes x