Disclaimer - Most of these photos were taken by other lovely ladies at the event!

The venue was Aspire in Leeds and just a short walk from the train station. It was beautiful! Set on two levels with table displays around the edge of the room and upstairs. There was so much to see. I picked up a copy of Slink Magazine. Munched down a pretty and yummy cupcake from Fat Cow Moos. Wished I had more money while looking through the rails of clothes from ExciteClothing and Simply Be. Also checking out the handmade jewels by Pesky Chloe from Lifes Big Canvas.


These are the wondeful ladies that made all this possible and put in months of work to make it the amazing day it was! Toni & Mrs Bebe


I wore my Evans Clements Ribeiro dress (size22/24)with Asda Leggings (18), Domino Dollhouse Glasses Belt (xxl), Romwe Collar, Primark wide fit bow shoes & Dorothy Perkins frame bag. This picture was taken by a lovely lady from the Evans stall and I borrowed it from the Evans Blog as I forgot to take a picture of my outfit!


The Mighty Boof was super fun and I wanted to take all the glasses home with me! Such a fun thing for weddings and parties. All photos were free on the day and were featured on their facebook page here.




The fashion show was put on by sponsors Simply Be and the models were allowed to chose two outfits they would like to wear. I picked this fun aubergine and flower dress. I loved the colour and print. It was really comfy and light. Almost tshirt like but with little sleeve details that made it more formal.


Link to this dress here £40 (size 26)


I had also picked a yellow honeycomb dress but it was not available so was given a black dress with faux leather pocket detail. It was a nice shape and quite heavy material so more of a winter wardrobe item for me but I liked it. 


Link to this dress is here £45 (size 26)


All the models had picked great outfits and some were also modeling underwear. Everyone was nervous but excited and did a fantastic job. The Simply Be ladies were lovely and so supportive. We got to keep the items we modeled so a big thank you to Simply Be for that! We were also given little gift bags for taking part.


I loved this dress and especially on this lovely lady. The gorgeous and sexy Hanna from The Wardrobe Challenge


Kaye aka Testy Brunette looked stunning in her outfits. Even more pretty in person than in her photos!


After the fashion show I got a chance to sit and chat to some of the lovely ladies including Lisa from My Big Fat Blog. More fun and frolicks to come with this lady in my future!


Laura Darby and friend from Jelly Belly Frocks looking lovely in a fab polka dot dress. Such a cutie!


I got to meet lots of new ladies such as writer Cath Bore, Beth aka TinksLostGirls & Nelly from NellysCupcakes and yet there were still sooooo many I did not get the chance to talk to.


Rachel looked fabulous as always and was a big hit with her purple hair snood and matching lipstick. Her ASOS glasses chain was also a big hit! So much so I ordered it at the event on my phone for fear of it selling out before I got home!


I did not get the chance to meet this table of lovely ladies but I had to share this photo as it is full of fab hair and glasses porn! Who are you ladies? I want to know you! I want to know all the ladies I did not get the chance to talk to. You know who you are! Yes you!


Another beauty I didn't get to meet but just look at how gorgeous she is! So may hot fat ladies in one room was really an amazing sight and I felt honoured to have been a part of it.


Some of the cards I got from people and stalls and my name tag. Wish I had got more and handed out more of mine. Oh well there is always next year!


Plus North here
You can see a video of the fashion show by Found On Film on youtube here
See the official Simply Be photos on Facebook here
Rebecca Northcott photos here
Evans Blog about event here

This is the most LINK HEAVY post I have ever done!

Were you there? If not then why not? Make sure you get a ticket to next year! Even bigger and better if Toni  & Mrs Bebe are on the case! 

Ok so this post isn't about the yummy ice lolly but it is about this lovely Clements Ribeiro top/dress from their Swan range for Evans. I bought it in the sale last week online for £15 which much less than the original price. My heart sunk a wee bit when I saw my other Swan dress was also in the sale but I am just happy I managed to get the items I wanted.






Sadly the shape of the other more fitted dresses were just no use for my boobs and belly. I love his range and the prints. I call it Granny prints because I can imagine my Gran and Great Gran wearing print like these. I am no shrinking violet and like bold in your face prints. They put a smile on my face. So today is a smiley happy day. Have you purchased anything from the range? How did you find the fit.

This is a size 22/24 and the material has a stretch to is super comfy. It is a strange shape or maybe its just supposed to be shorter since I am only 5'3''. The boobs have plenty room but the belly is very clingy but that doesn't bother me. VBO all the way! I realize I have worn these leggings in my last 2 FATshion posts but just shows I am getting my monies worth out of them!








dress - clements ribeiro for evans
leggings - my pretty plus
belt - matalan
bag - abay
necklace - matalan
bangle - primark
shoes - primark
glasses - ebay dead mens spex

I love Vintage shops and charity shops. I could spend hours just looking without finding anything to buy but I just love looking and seeing things I have not seen before. Plus I love a bargain if there is something I find to buy. Mr and I went for a wander around a new Aniques/Vintage shop in Sheffield that we had been to once before. I found this lovely necklace for £8 and Poodle Brooch for £12. I highly doubt they are Vintage but I like them. I also got the scarf for £3. I have been inspired by Rachel and Bettie B to try the head scarf look. I think I can rock it. 




We also had a look around Lidl and I found the perfume that ?? Blogged about. It has a nice smell and is only £3.99 so I figured I would give it a go. So far I am liking it.

While clearing out my old room at my parents house I found some great old tshirts had had bought but never worn because I felt they were too small. Since discovering my new love for VBO (Visible Belly Outline) and my DB (Double Belly) I thought these I should give the tshirts the wear they deserve and get my money worth out of them!




Side by side shot just because I can! Give your old clothes a look through and see if there is anything you can alter and use. This works just as well with SB (Single Belly) as it does with DB. Don't trust your mirror! Take a full body pic to see how an outfit looks and then decide if it works or not. Show me your finds!