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Fatshionologie Blogger Style Challenge - #2 Budget Friendly

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Fatshionologie is a blogger style challenge born out of a discussion on twitter in the hopes that it would help us create exciting new content for out blogs as well as show that each new style 'theme' can be rocked by a variety of different body shapes.

Fatshionologie as a Challenge was started last month with "Festive" but I am new to the group so this will be my first post with them. Our Challenge this month is "Budget Friendly" to be fair I am always on a budget but the target set for this challenge was £15. We can use items already in our wardrobes, gifts and for those close enough to attend then things from the Leeds Plus Size Clothes Swap.

You may remember I did a post HERE about this dress before but I decided to return the dress as I did not think it was worth full price because it fades in the wash. I spotted it in the sale at New Look in Doncaster while out with the ladies and got it for £9 which was more my price range. Plus I had a £10 gift card from Christmas.

It is a great print and I loved the previous colour options of black with mint green and pink but was also told by someone that this print was also made in a blue and a red version which I have never seen!

The bag was a christmas present from my Mr and is from ebay for around £20 it has metal skull studs up the side and skull print white section. It is also available in different colour options.

Wearing my Primark necklace also from Doncaster trip for £2 in the sale and Hush Puppies shoes Mr got me a couple years ago also for Christmas. He knows what I like.

The bag handles are just big enough to fit over my fat arms without a coat on. It is a large bag and can hold lots of my crap. It comes with a should strap and top zip to keep it secure.

Detail of bird print. I added a black belt to the dress but it comes with a removable tie made from the same fabric as the dress. I got the size 26 and it fit me better than the 24 from previous purchase.

Better picture of bag so you can see the skull details. It is not a true white but more of a cream colour.

Dress - New Look Inspire size 24 £9 (gift card)

Leggings - Primark £3

Shoes - Hush Puppies (Gift)

Belt from another dress

Necklace - Primark £2

Bag - ebay (Gift)

This outfit basically cost me £14 not including my glasses :)

Check out the other Fatshionologie Bloggers!

Gladrags & Handbags

A Dress Is for Life

She's Electric

Does My Blog Make Me Look Fat?

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Rad Fat Shopping Trip

Sunday, January 06, 2013

Rebecca arranged a shopping trip to Doncaster on Facebook and 8 lovely ladies showed up! I had never been to Doncaster before so it was a nice to see it had lots of places for Fats to shop and bigger and better stores than in Sheffield. We got the train to Doncaster for £8.30 which was a day return ticket. The train station has access to the shopping mall. We went to Simply Be first and tried on lots of outfits and ended up most of us leaving with the same dress! (more of Simply Be and the dress to come)

Lisa got a little make-over in Debenhams and came away with a few beauty items. Doesn't she look pretty!

There was a very tired looking Evans store which was large but didn't stock Clements Ribeiro and looked very old lady and not in a good way!

Yours was large and had lots of stock but was a bit dark and dingy looking. The staff were friendly though and there was a young girl working there who looked like an Andy Warhol painting of Marilyn Monroe! Just stunning! I tried on a few things and a couple of bras but didn't leave with anything.

I didnt remember to get a photo of everyone together so above are Steph and Beth and below are Lisa, Rebecca, Becky, Lisa & Rachel.

I spent most money in Lush. I bought the Silky Powder on Rebeccas recommendation. A bath bomb because I love them. I also got a shower bomb with can be used in the bath but I mostly shower so thought this was a great alternative. I also got a massage bar heart. I have had a few of their massage bars and find them great for feet and elbows as an intense moisturizer and this one has glitter in it so will be used on everywhere for a bit of sparkle.

Boots had these cute Hello Kitty lipsticks on offer from £4.99 to £1.99 and I am in love with glitter nail varnish at the moment so couldn't resist this silver and blue sparkle polish by NYC.

Becky and Rachel spotted these cute pink snow globe effect frames in a charity shop and knowing my love of Lego figured I would be interested. Of course I snapped them up of 99p! I love Charity shops!

Primark is a staple on any shopping trip for me. I got a couple of pairs of leggings for £3 each which do have a rather tight waist band but I can squeeze into. A rather cool necklace for £2 in the sale and Foxy socks. 5 pairs for £2.50 is a bargain.

The New Look is large and has a large Inspire section. There was lots of sale items and we all tried on loads of stuff and I had a gift card from Christmas so bought the bird print dress that I had previously bought and returned. I got it in a size 26 and for £9 I won't worry if fades a bit in the wash. I also got these cute tartan pumps for £3.

After shopping til we almost dropped we found a place to eat and had a meal and good long chat and giggle before Beth and Steph got their trains home and the rest of us went to bar for a drink and then also headed for trains and buses.

It was so great that so many ladies came and especially Becky who traveled up from Bath. It was awesome meeting her and hopefully she will visit us again soon. We plan to have more Shopping days in Sheffield and Doncaster and everyone is welcome! We are a friendly bunch really :)