So the other day I had a bit of a spree, I haven't had one in a long while, reviews to follow in the coming weeks for certain items, but for now I just wanted to share what I'd bought.

1. Maybelline super 24 hour stay in 240-Plum Seduction from boots £8.99
    Maybelline 14hr lipstick in 510-non stop red from boots £8.99 (these are currently 3 for 2 my friend 
     had the other one)
    Natural Collection Lipstick in a sheer natural called sherbet from Boots £1.99
    Natural Collection eyeshadow shade in Barley from Boots £1.79
    The Plum Seduction is a nice dark plum and very high shine, the non stop red is really really 
    red and is a beautiful color. The natural collection sherbet is a very nude skin tone but has
    some glitter in it and finally the eyeshadow is just a beautiful creamy, natural shade.
2. Is a top from George for only £5, it has lace details on the shoulders and the back, its baggy
    but is also forgiving.
3. A black leather belt with gold chain detail cost me £1.
4. The second top I bagged is from H&M and cost me £3, which I thought was a pure bargain its
    a spring orange with lace detail on the shoulder and is a butterfly style, its tight but in all the
    right places.
5. Cuff link earring from Claires it was £4.50
6. Drop flower style earring from Claires these cost me £4, I also have a pair of butterfly hoops
    as it was 3 for 2 but the photos came out to bad to use.
7. A set of two belts in a dark silver and a gold copper these were £1.50 from George.

And finally a best friend shamballa style bracelet that I gave the other half to Laura, this just seemed appropriate at the time and make us feel 12 for a few hours.

Nostalgia can be a big thing when you are buying things, especially when you mix old ideas with new fashions, these cost £7 and I think they were worth it, if not for the nostalgia at least for the fun factor of reliving your teens.

So I spent about £45 today when you add it all together and I feel that I walked away with a good few choices for this money and if not, who cares, I am a woman and shopping is in me!

My week has been good and bad, filled with dread at having to go back to work after just over two weeks holiday. So, what have I done: I've gone out and got drunk, seen Oz the great and powerful, Went to the doctors to find that I am slowly falling apart, gone shopping and bitten all my nails off! Yes that was not the best thing that I have done but it happens.

A pretty slow week in some ways and a great one in others, I have almost finished watching all of Greys Anatomy and I have watched Dollhouse. I have been reading a QI book with lots of random facts and generally doing as little as possible.

what can I say, I needed nothing of this, besides the brush, I just wanted it all.

This is the first hair brush I've had to buy in 10 year, my last brush has been broken for ages and I just suddenly decided I could no longer deal with the broken handle, so I bought this brush, It was £12, which I think is stupid for a brush, but the one that lasted me 10 years cost £5 so I figured that this one should last a while at least 25 years!

each of the nail varnish are from ASDA and are only £1 each, I wanted a bunch of neutral colours for work. However no my work place has stopped all nail varnishes, and I'm gutted as Ive only just got my nails to a decent place and started to enjoy using lots of colours and I can only do it now if I'm off for a good few days!

the waistcoat style cardigan was from a charity shop and was only £1.50, It will look great with a coloured t-shirt, it has studded details on the collar and is fun. The 60's style dress was also from a charity shop and cost only £4.

Shoes, I love shoes and I have way too many, however these don't count towards my allotted amount as they were an absolute steal. They are both from primark, the peach suede heels were only £3 and the gold glitter ones were £6, less than £10 for two pairs of shoes is a bargain.

I (personally) can not give enough credit to the whole experience of ordering a wedding dress online. The dress I ordered (even with my Uhum Larger than normal size) came to £120 with P&P. I was wondering how it can be made so cheap, but in china material is pennies. I think they get away with free P&p because its marked as gift and for some reason for international shipping that is cheaper. Also as your actually getting it direct from seller and not shop, so there isn't a 500% mark up. Also, as sad as it is to say, but its prob made in a sweat shop, but they prob make more from selling this way than via Primark who pay them pittence!

TBH the quality wasn't quite as great as in a shop but where as shop quality is say 100% i'd still give my dress 90-95%. the only problem I had was the bust on the dress, as I Was only asked for the measurements of the largest part of my boobs and not the top part I ended up with it in a straight line instead of curved and form fitting, I had to have it taken in a little bit, but then again, i do have some large assets! lol.

I also had a lot of beading on mine and I did notice that a few strands had started to come loose at the end of the day (not trying to put you off, just being honest). For me it did not matter as I wanted my wedding dress but refused to pay £500-£1000 for something I was going to wear for a few hours (it costs at least £150 to hire a dress for the day, and this way you get to keep it). My mother had a seamstress friend who did my alteration for free, and she said that if she had made the dress, or if you bought it in a shop it wouild have cost £600-£700, so all in all, if you willing to sacrifice a tiny bit of quality I'd say do it.

If you do it order one of ebay (or any site), just a few pieces of advice;

1) give plently of time. (mine said to allow 6-10 week, I had it within 4, but when I ordered it, it was 14 weeks to the wedding meaning I had time to sort something else out if things did go wrong, or they could double speed to make a new one) you can pay more (I think £40) to gurantee you'll get it in 6 weeks.

2) As you have to do the measurements youself, measure everything at least 4/5 times to make sure you have it correct. It will cost a lot more to get it altered here than to have it made right, be especially careful with length from hip to floor, make sure you are wearing a pair of heels similar to the height of wedding shoes you intend to wear. (if like me you wanted heels for ceremony and flats for night, I look the measurement with heels and minused half the heel height. I had a little dragging on the floor in the night, but as I was in a hall it did not bother me). However if the length wasn't right to make alterations to lengh is somthing stupid like £130, other alterations are cheap enough, but better to try and get it right.

3) Try a similar shape dress on in a store to make sure that its the style for you, wouldn't want you to spend that money and then find the dress is not what you thought it would look like.

4) Always check feedback, not only looking at the stars, actually go through and see comments and look at people (if any) have been unsatisfied and if so why. I think the one I ordered from had about 50 ok's out of thousands of feedback and only maybe 10 bad's. (Can't beat odd like that)

5) Just a warning really, it's all vacume packed so when you recieve it, it will be crinkled to hell! You may know someone who has a steam iron, all it takes is a good steam ironing and it's fine. I had a friend who did mine so I can't tell you cost.

6) weigh up the pros and cons, yes its cheaper, but a lot of shop dresses do ateration free. you also have to get is steam ironed and there is no guarantee that you will love it. however when it turns out right it turns out right! I have a friend who ordered her dress via e-bay as well and she loved it too.

As long as your careful about the seller and take as many precautions as you can to ensure it's right for you, then its a great way to have a lovely dress, for the perfect day, for a fraction of the price.

happy hunting!

I am going out on Friday for my best friend Laura's birthday, and I have been looking in my wardrobe for the last week trying to decide what to wear. After checking my bank balance and finding it a bit healthier than i expected (how often does that happen) I decided to go look for a dress. Above is what I ended up buying.

My hair is shiny and new and I'm looking forward to letting my hair down. I don't know if I will wear the shoes by they were half price from F&F. At only £5 I decided to buy them anyway as I thought they are pretty cute. I found the Dress in Peacocks It was originally £22 but it had £5 off so I only ended up paying £17. It is a pretty tight fit but I love the floaty bottom/skirt as it will hide my fat. The detail on the top of the dress is pretty and as it is so close to Christmas this dress will also be good for any other parties or events that happen.

The red top I found in a charity shop before the dress, Its simple and pretty and I figured that if I could not find a dress I could at least wear something new at only £3  its a bargain. I needed a new bra and This one from Asda was £8 (i think) and though its pretty steep for a single bra I love the detail and it fits my large boobs well!

I also found this pink Jewelry/trinket box in the charity shop, its only £2 but I fell in love with it and will be putting all my bits in it tonight. The last pic is of a new christmas bauble I found in asda, I picked up 2, they are £2 each, but just cute and with the stars inside the ball, they are fun but pretty at the same time.

Bank balance back to normal now, so will enjoy my buys as they will prob be the last big spend I am able to give myself for a while :(

Over the last few weeks I have learnt of many amazing brands that I had never seen before. Some I have learnt about through internet clips and blogs other by having free samples and some through friends.

I have to say I always thought that I was quite informed about products, but the last few weeks have shown that I was ignorant to the wonder of the beauty market. Ignorant to so many products, some of which I have started to use as a staple in my life.

I was also very stuck in my ways, If I found something that worked I would stick to it even if it was not 100% perfect for me I would not strive to find something that is perfect. My arrogance has been washed away and I now spend hours on the internet looking for testers to try and looking at the newest items that are out and I can honestly say that I cant wait for new things.

I have bough Benefit porefesional and a liquid eyeliner to try due to reviews, I need to save up my money and buy a Urban Decay Naked 1 palette, and I say need because this is how I now feel. These items are no longer wants, they are needs!

Thank you to everyone who has opened my eyes to what is available.

I love ebay and spend quite a lot of my time on it. Especially with the run up to Christmas, I have ordered a lot of Presents for friends and when I was getting married it was my go to shop. You can find some real bargains and I just love the thrill when you find something to bid on that is a good price.

Most of the time things are at least a few pound cheaper than in shops and that includes delivery to your door! As I am inherently a lazy cow this works out well for me, plus Its a lot easier to find a range of items that can suit your needs, all under one roof.

I love to go shopping as well though, esp when im looking at things for my home. Ever since I got my own place, half of money spent is on the home, instead of just on myself or my husband.
I wish I could say what I bought on Ebay, but I dont want to give away my gift ideas to the people I have bought them for. The last thing I bought for myself was Benefit Porefessional, Just awaiting on delivery and then can start to use it, I love new make up items.

1. A pair of skin colored tights with a almost floral motif and gold spackles.
2. A pair of black sparkly peep toe stilettoes.
3. Beautiful Eye make up, that follows the sparkly theme of the shoes in a glitter purple & blue.
4. 1993 Dior bracelet, I adore this and would kill to own it.
5. Pierre Balmain, 1950 style dress, with feathers beads and in a stunning color.
6. Ciate nail varnish in either the black or while, it has deep sparkles.
7. 2010 Prada bag, Its a see-through black bag that is just adorable.
8. Topshop, bootshoe stilettoes with swirl pattern and pink glitter frosting.

Okay, so above is a set of pictures of things that if I had enough money I would buy. To be truthful, I'm not exactly fashion savvy, but It doesn't stop me finding things that I can drool over. Lack of technical terms and colors aside, I put in as much as I could about the above Items that I will have dreams about. I love to look at fashion, and I am partial to more vintage items at the moment, especially dresses, however when it comes to shoes I generally like modern.

As you can tell I like shiny and glittery things, If I was ever reincarnated I do believe I would come back as a magpie! I'm not personally into lots of color, hence why my choices are more safe, blacks, whites, beige. When I like color I like it on my eyes or on my shoes even in a handbag. If you looked in my wardrobe you would mostly find this theme, very few bright tops & lots of sparkles.

Well this is a first for me as I never ever thought I would run a blog until my friend suggested it. I decided that for my first post I would talk about Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. This is due to the fact that I spent 4 hours there today.

Cardiff, for a small town girl like me, is big and brash and I pretty much love it. I went with my friend Laura for some good old fashioned window shopping, as neither of us currently have the funds to do anything more extravagant. John Lewis and Debenhams makeup departments kept us busy for the majority of the time. I learned the use of highlighters and actually got to see the Urban Decay Naked & Vice Pallets first hand.

Cardiff is rife with experienced gurus, my friend included, and the manic shoppers of Primark brought out my primal self. Christmas decorations were already in some shops despite the fact that it's October, but nothing can take away the atmosphere that Cardiff offers, it's warm and vibrant but still has the hustle and bustle you expect of a City, but to me, It just feels like home.

Whats more, when your used to the same old shops in Towns such as Newport and Cwmbran, Cardiff can be a real breath of fresh air. Change of scenery is always a must.

Laura treated me to a Starbucks Spiced Pumkin Latte, I am now in love. I need, need, need another one before they go until next year. I don't like these limited edition items, weather it's a drink or a makeup, because I am bound to find something I love and then destined to have to wait another 11 months until I can enjoy them again.