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The Completely Crazy 2012 Clothes Challenge

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  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Still no more spends by me :A Can anyone advise where to get some decent vest tops from? I like the ones with the thicker (ie not spaghetti straps) with the low back to match the front. I used to like the ones topshop did years ago but now their's seem so thin that you can see through them :eek: oh, size 6/8 please :D
    Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12
    JAN NSD 11/16


  • Adela31
    Adela31 Posts: 393 Forumite
    6/8? UNFAIR!!

    Have you looked in Peacocks, I always got nice non thinny strapped vest tops from there, but dont know with their current problems what will be in.
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Adela31 wrote: »
    6/8? UNFAIR!!

    Have you looked in Peacocks, I always got nice non thinny strapped vest tops from there, but dont know with their current problems what will be in.

    Sorry :o I'm a bit of a short ar*e if that makes you feel any better? I did see some in Peacocks but I find (like Primarni) they tend to do things like basic vest tops in double sizes starting at 8-10 which end up too big for me (not a lot at the front to fill them :() and even the 8's in there tend to stretch after time. I usually wear them under jumpers or other tops etc but like the option of 'stripping off' if I get hot, without the worry I might flash my boss my bra if I lean too far forward at my pc :eek::rotfl:
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    JAN NSD 11/16


  • Adela31
    Adela31 Posts: 393 Forumite
    Sounds like you are built like my sister, but she would have been a topshopper =)

    How about a size 4 then ;)
    http://www.littlewoods.com/love-label-petite-vests-3-pack/1019407087.prd?browseToken=%2fb%2f1589%2fq%2fvest+top%2fo%2f2&trail=1589

    But pricier but might be worth it for your modesty ;)
  • kerri_gt wrote: »
    Sorry :o I'm a bit of a short ar*e if that makes you feel any better? I did see some in Peacocks but I find (like Primarni) they tend to do things like basic vest tops in double sizes starting at 8-10 which end up too big for me (not a lot at the front to fill them :() and even the 8's in there tend to stretch after time. I usually wear them under jumpers or other tops etc but like the option of 'stripping off' if I get hot, without the worry I might flash my boss my bra if I lean too far forward at my pc :eek::rotfl:

    Dotty ps all start a 6 for tops, and they wash really well, normally on some sort of offer, hope this helps on phone so need to be brief :)
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    Self Imposed Grocery Challenge Apr £133.69/£150 May £91.37/£150
    Completely Crazy 2012 clothes challenge, [STRIKE]£350[/STRIKE] £206.34
  • Antwacky
    Antwacky Posts: 59 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Freeing a grey cable knit long skirt this morning. Never been seen out in public before!:)
    LBM Feb 2005 - £36000:o DFD 28th May 2012 :D
    The Completely Crazy 2012 Clothes Challenge #112 - £000/£000 :D
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    Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try - Yoda
  • Wellyboots6
    Wellyboots6 Posts: 2,735 Forumite
    Whilst being half alseep I accidentally took the dog a walk whilst wearing my pyjamas. Can I class that as a freedom day?! :D
  • Adela31
    Adela31 Posts: 393 Forumite
    Werent you cold? Loads of mums walk their kids to school in Jammies where I live, and I must admit they seem draughtier than just throwing on a tracksuit!

    (Dunno what its like where you live, round here still wearing your PJs is the norm)
  • Wellyboots6
    Wellyboots6 Posts: 2,735 Forumite
    I did have a stiff breeze blowing through my trousers which is how I noticed I had forgotten to get dressed! Did remember to put my big coat on though so hopefully that saved my dignity a little, and it was still dark too :)

    I don't think PJs is really the done thing around here! Its a little village out in the sticks where the majority of people live in wellies and flat caps, definitely no pyjamas!! I think I already lower the tone somewhat due to not driving the regulation 4x4/people carrier!
  • rosemary54
    rosemary54 Posts: 2,495 Forumite
    I work in a school and the receptionist told me today(-3c) that she saw a girl in just a polo shirt and pants,she asked where her sweat shirt was and the girl said I only wear deigner sweat shirts!!!
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