Fashion chat- Dressed up or down??? All welcome!!

sharronloves2spend

Good morning girls, havn't been on much lately, real life has taken some weird directions lately. Lovely too see so many new posters, as well as the 'oldies' lol

oooooooooo goanmad has a blog?????? tell me more!!

Having a couch day today dd is off from school ill, she's watching nick junior, me having some very must missed laptop time, bliss!!!

Wearing black flared trousers, absoloute bargain £5 from next clearence, petite so no alterations needed yay, grey vest from primark and a long grey cardy from asda. Converse trainers and bangles to accseorize!!

The no buying clothes is going really well, just re-organised the bedrooms and and pulled out some old friends from last winter so i am nice and snug.

Bye for now
Sharron xxxxxxxx

goanmad

Hello Sharron and Bronnie! It's great to have you back Sharron, I've been following your No Clothes Buying thread avidly. Hope the "weird direction" your life is taking you is a pleasant one.

Bronnie - thanks for your lovely comments about my attempt at a blog (if anyone's interested just click on my user name and select the Homepage option.)

Several friends have encouraged me over the years to write a weekly column or book about my thrifty lifestyle. I just want to try and inspire people to rethink the way they shop and for everyone to realise that you can have a cool home and a glamorous wardrobe without a credit card or a heap of debt.

lostinrates

goanmad wrote: »

I just want to try and inspire people to rethink the way they shop and for everyone to realise that you can have a cool home and a glamorous wardrobe without a credit card or a heap of debt.

if you ever want to do a case study.....:o;)

glowgirl_2

Back again, I'm off to the comps board to catch up for a while but thought I would post my new buys on here first, I have a huge Choice shop near me and got a couple of bargains

Levis Denim skirt, short and dark;) - £5
Black knitted flarey short dress - £3 - Next
Sparkly pink and silver beaded long necklace - £1 - Next

Hope everyone is having a good day, my freezer is dying:rolleyes: and my garden fence is comming down but for some stange reason I'm in a great mood:D

GrammarGirl

Afternoon all! A rare chance for me to come online during the day, have been SO busy these past few weeks! So, for once I'll give my outfit update before 9pm...

Floral printed jersey skirt dress, charity shop, £3
Purple cardi
Purple tights
Green Mary Jane heels
Tan leather plaited belt
Gold name necklace

Blog to be updated tonight. Happy Thursday - can't believe how quickly this week has gone!

sharronloves2spend

Yes goanmad the 'weird direction' is a surprising one, i'll give u the edited hightlights. Been doing some work for the old company i worked for. (they needed cover for sickness) I had done the job for 12 years with a brief break in which i worked for next. I knew my technicians job inside out, although very stressful, i got really bored and was having difficultys with my son who has a learning disability, so i threw in the towl to be a sahm, which i LOVE. However, since doing the sickness cover i realised that i could be a pharmacist, so i have looked into it and i MAY just do it, depending on finances as i will have to pay university fees.

Just looked at your blog and it is fab, i expected no less from you though, your outfits always sound amazing!!

Sharron xx

claireac

Glowgirl - fab bargains!
Goanmad - I another fan of your blog. Love the crocheted dress - just gorgeous.

It's grey and dull here, and I feel a bit like that myself. I've been to the doctor today and she told me my age is catching up (meant in a jokey way, been seeing her for years and years) and that I have a carpal tunnel/rsi typ problem or starting to get arthritis in my hands!!!! Off to stock up on glucosamine sulphate at her recommendation.

Today I'm wearing:
burgundy vest - ancient
burgundy lacey, fake wrap around cardie - ancient again!
grey pencil skirt - Primark £13
black opaques - Tesco I think
black mary janes - Dp sale £15

Forgot my beads!! I do have on white gold and diamond (not as bling as it sounds :rotfl:!!) bracelet, earrings and necklace that my dh bought me as a wedding present. If they're on me, I know they're safe and not going to get lost at home with all the furniture moving etc.

daisybella

Everyone sounds like they are looking gorgeous today

I'm so at a loss of what to do with my time today haha. I wasted ALL of yesterday on blogging. If it wasn't raining I'd go for a mooch around the charity shops, hmm,
that might become my plan for tomorrow. I have dangerous shopping urges.

Of course, I could do something productive like make some jewellery, or sort out some of my over flow of old clothes.

*ponders*

Alexnikov

Sharron & Bronnie, it's lovely to see you back on here And hello to all the new posters as well!

I'm another one who's loving the blogs. goanmad - any chance you'll be posting a pic of the Bayeux tapestry skirt? It sounds amazing! daisybella - I followed the link on your blog to Can't Help but Be and oh my word, I am sorely tempted to buy lots of the Sunday Girl Accessories jewellery.

Today's outfit is a bit more summery than autumnal but then it's not really cold enough here today for big cardigans etc so I'm getting as much wear as possible out of my summer clothes:

Indigo jeans
Crazy flower print cotton floaty top
Yellow short sleeved cardi which I've customised a bit with flower shaped buttons
Green Flash
Gold scrollwork bangle

daisybella

Alex- Sunday Girl is just divine, and the girl who runs it is so lovely. She gave me a 50% off discount for writing about her as well, which sorted a few christmas presents