Parties for a Princess :D

My beautiful little girl had her first birthday over the weekend!!!!!

We held two parties for her - 1 for her little friends and parents and a family BBQ on the Sunday!

She was very lucky and got lots of lovely cards and presents!

What I Wore:

Dress: George @ Asda.

Cardie: George @ Asda.

Belt: Primark.

Shoes: Marks and Spencer Limited Collection.

This is what I wore for the BBQ party on the Sunday - it was a lovely day spent celebrating with our gorgeous little girl and family! 

:D 

What I Wore:

Dress: Primark.

Vest: Miss Selfridge.

Tea with The Queen!

YES, the ACTUAL QUEEN!!!

Well not quite tea with her, I had coffee ... and not actually with her but she was in the vicinity! :D

Took Alicia to see The Queen when she visited Nottingham last week ..

I took soooo many pictures - but these were the ones I like the most :D

William and Kate accompanied her - and it was lovely to see them, William is extremely tall - and Kate is very petite and pretty!!

We went shopping and for lunch after seeing the Royals and I picked up a new maxi dress, the same as one I already have, but in a different colour as they were down to a barganious £10!!

What I Wore:

Dress: Matalan.

Leggings: Primark.

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

Bandeau: Matalan.

This is the outfit I wore for work on Thursday!

What I Wore:

Top: New Look.

Bandeau: Matalan.

Cardie: C.M.D.

Skirt: Thrifted.

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

 

Saturday's outfit for supermarket shopping :D

Mmmmmwha!!

 

 

 

 

What I Wore:

Skirt: Cherokee @ Tesco.

Tights: Evie @ Peacocks.

Top: Primark.

Bandeau: New Look.

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

Get dotty for Polka dots and Olympic rings ;P

First off a question ... Is anyone else having trouble uploading pics to blogger?? I'm having to add them one at a time - grr arg!

Right moving on ... This is what I wore Saturday night - for a night out with my bezzie mate :D

Was a good night out, fab choons and a good catch up!

What I Wore:

Dress: Evie @ Peacocks.

Tights: Primark.

Shoes: Fiore @ Matalan.

Earrings: Next.

Pearl Earrings: Gifted, Orig: Vermeer.

Watch: Gifted, Orig: Oasis.

Polka Dotty Nails!

Me and the Bezzie :D

On Sunday we went shopping in Meadowhall in Sheffield,

Had a good wander round and got a few bits, none for me though - but I wasn't really looking - apart from for a pair of shoes!!

Had some scrummy food though - and had to call in at Krispy Kreme for a doughnut and a very berry chiller (NOM NOM NOM!)

What I Wore:

Skirt: Camiaeu.

Bandeau: New Look.

Top: Select.

Tights: Evie @ Peacocks.

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

 

This is what I wore today for work, I had originally planned a different outfit, but had a text from work saying that all staff were to wear black for an Olympic photo!

So I wore this black dress, and put a cardie and belt over the top to keep me warm ;P I removed this for the photo!

We made the Olympic rings out of staff and children wearing co-ordinating colours of the rings. Then a helicopter flew over head and took our photo's!!!

What I Wore:

Dress: Gifted, Orig: Moda @ Mothercare.

Cardie: C.M.D.

Bandeau: Free with magazine.

Belt: Primark.

Tights: Evie @ Peacocks (I think)

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

Jubilee Special!

So how was the Jubilee weekend for you (Brits)??

We had a very busy, but fun weekend.

On the Sunday we went to a friends Jubilee party - lots of other children for Lissy to play with - and more importantly (for her) lots of scrummy food - she loves her food does our gal - I don't blame her there were lots of tasty treats to be had!

What I Wore:

Skirt: Thrifted.

Belt: Thrifted.

Top: George @ Asda.

Cardie: Primark.

Shoes: Tesco. 

Even my nails were co-ordinated ;P

On Bank Holiday Monday we went for a picnic at a farm park with some friends and our children, then onto an adventure playground - was  a lovely day!

Topped it off with a meal at the in-laws and watching the Queens Concert - anyone else watch?

What I Wore:

Top: Cherokee @ Tesco.

Jeans: Tesco.

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

Scarf: Gifted, Orig: John Smedley.

Bracelet: ???

And then on the Bank Holiday Tuesday we went to a Tramway Museum to the Jubilee party they were holding! - Where we rode on trams, visited various stalls and had a street party picnic :D

What I Wore:

Top: Papaya @ Matalan.

Jeans: Tesco.

Cardie: Primark.

Hair Flower: Claire's Accessories.

Bracelet: ????

 

And a close up of my Patriotic nails :D 

How did you spend the weekend?

Dress like a Sim!

 

I am a geek .....

There I've said it :P

I often play video games in my free time and one of the ones I play on my phone from time to time is The Sim's!

When I looked at this skirt and top together a few weeks back (these are oldish photo's that I forgot to post - oops) It reminded me of something a Sim would wear!!

What I Wore:

Top: River Island.

Skirt: Dorothy Perkins.

Tights: Primark.

Boots: Gifted, Orig: Pavers.

This is a work outfit that also failed to get posted when I wore it (double oops ;P)



What I Wore:

Top: Matalan.

Cardie: Primark.

Trousers: Florence and Fred @ Tesco

Shoes: Gifted.

May Scavenger Hunt!

 I have taken part in Postcards from the P.P's Scavenger hunt once again, however as in the other months I have failed to obtain all the pictures!

Here are the pictures I did get: 

 

Beverage

(Iced Caramel Macchiato)

 Currency

(Self explanatory)

 Front Cover

(Front cover of one of my daughters fave books)

 Historic

(A commemorative coin my daughter was given at Nursery to celebrate the Jubilee)

Yellow

(My colour co-ordinated bookshelf - the yellow section ;P)

A link to June's list is here if you wish to take part! 

JUNE!