Wardrobe weekly

Quite a brief wardrobe weekly as I was only in work for 4 days and I totally forgot to take pics when I was out on Saturday!

Monday

 You seen this dress in my previous post so I don't need to bang on about it here do I?

 I will just say though, I realised when I looked at the cardboard tag, that it is actually a XXL, which explains why I thought it was generous! I think this would fit a 26 'cause I think it supposed to be a 26! Sorry about that, I requested the smaller size, but I guess there was confusion because of the lack of UK sizes on the labelling!

 Dress xxl - Junarose via House of Fraser

Leggings 20 - South / Very

Shoes - Primark

Tuesday

 Yey Vintage dresses!

 I love this one. It's so comfy and soft!

 This is the dress I was wearing a while back that I described as my 'tropical fish' dress....

 I then got re-tweeted by someone who sells tropical fish. Famous Cass.

 Dress size ? -Vintage

Boots - Yours... widest they do!

Wednesday

 I always forget about this cute Swan Skirt from Evans. It's actually very wearable.

 I didn't think I'd really wear the skirt without the the matching top, but I really liked this simple outfit in the end, so I guess I will!

I was enjoying my halo while taking these pics!

 T-Shirt 20 - Primark

Skirt 22 - Clements Ribeiro Swan / Evans

Leggings XL - H&M

Boots - Asos

Thursday

 I love my new evans coat. It was a sensible purchase and I've been wearing it all the time!

 So then, underneath I had a pair of trousers that STILL seem to baffle people. I always get stared at, despite the fact I live work in central London!

 Even some of my collegues seem to constantly feel the need to tell me that I'm wearing neon trousers. Even though I've worn them to work loads. It's so odd, it's like some people are still baffles by colour!

 Of course other people just told me they love them, and I still love them. Well comfy!

Cardi 20 - Primark

Top 22 - Barbara Hulanicki for George

Trousers US20 - Forever 21+

Boots - Asos

Earrings - H&M

Wardrobe Weekly

This is my 300th post apparently - this explains where this year has gone huh?! It's been a busy week... a busy month actually, but I've found time to join Instagram at last. I'm plumpparsnip on there if you want to follow me and be bored by pictures of any random shit I like!

Monday

 I kept it Simple because I was two outfits Parsnips on Monday!

 I wore my new Primark shoes (which are also available in black, but you know, they always sell out of black shoes in size 7!) which are pretty awesome considering they're both pointy and flat.

 These are surprisingly comfortable and I know I'm going to love them with socks when it gets a bit colder! The ankle fastening is a bit fiddly, but it's pretty secure once it's done up. These are a sort of ox-blood red / burgundy in real life, despite them looking sort of brown here!

T-shirt 22 - Asos Curve

Trousers 20 - Clements Ribeiro Swan for Evans

Shoes & necklace - Primark

 In the evening I got all dolled up for a lovely posh do and wore the lovely dress I got from Asos Curve for £16. I got so many compliments so I guess it was a good look! The little jacket is an old stunner from H&M (standard range) that is sort of Art Deco in style. One day I'll remember to show you the back, which is the bast part of it!

 The dress is rather booby on me, but thats no bad thing.... it's subtle boob! Free fizz!

 So the little shoes I got from New Look were super pretty and comfy during the party, but for walking around London afterwards? Not so much! My feet never cope will with this kind of straight cut band, unless it's super soft fake leather!

Tuesday

 I felt a bit wrong on Tuesday (see the glass in my hand above? that was refilled more times that I could count!) so I wore super stretchy and comfy clothes.

Top 24 - Anna Scholz Black Label

Skirt 20 & shoes - Primark

Wednesday

 I love this outfit. I's rare that I wear completely pattern-free clothing, so maybe it's the unusualness I enjoyed? I'm not sure, but I felt fab in this. Very comfy, but also very smart. It's hard to see here, but the trousers are cobolt blue, as are the shoes.

 I really really love these Barbara Hulaniki tops from George, they're very versatile and stylish, but they're lovely and loose (not clingy) so I can wear them with pretty much anything!

 Top 22 - Barbara Hulaniki for George

Trousers 22 - Dorothy Perkins (tall joggers)

Shoes - Primark

Thursday

 Oh how I love a change of pace! From funky smart to vintage lady! This is one of my MANY vintage Evans dresses. I still don't have any modern Evans dresses, but I'm planning to buy many of the pieces from the Evans Collective range when it's released (well, IF it's released as seen on the catwalk!).

 I got this on ebay a while back and I love love love it! The ladies at work really liked this dress for some reason. I guess it's quite a classic shape!

 Dress 24 - Vintage Evans (via ebay)

Shoes - Crocs

Friday

 I was off site on Friday, and it was so hot and humid that I wore a nice lightweight summer dress. The jacket came off at lunchtime and didn't go back on until the evening!

 Asos holographic plimsols. These are now available in gold too, and I want them (obviously!)

 In case my outfit wasn't bright enough... you know.

 It's been a long time since I was near the dome. Nice day for it!

 After work I met my boyfriend and went to Greenwich park while the sun set, before going off for some grub (and a strawberry daiquiri!)

 Drinking in the park. Nice! I also got about 800 mosquito bites during this particular jaunt. Bastards!

 Jacket 22 - New Look

Dress 22 - Asos Curve

Sunnies - Primark

Shoes - Asos

Saturday

 Today I didn't really get dressed (I'm wearing a jumpsuit and no undies - you don't need to see that!) but yesterday I HAD to go out and get food, so I put clothes on. I love the colour of this t-shirt from Asos Curve, it's excellent!

 

T-shirt 24 - Asos Curve

Trousers 22 - Dorothy Perkins

Shoes - Crocs

Wardrobe fortnight

Monday

 

Keeping it simple for a Monday where I was not entirely awake! I don't feel like I've lost any weight but this dress feels a bit big for me now. I kind of like it though as it looks a bit more like a smock-dress rather than a skater!

Dress 24 - Rogers & Rogers / Matalan

Leggings 22 - South / Very

Shoes - Asos

Tuesday

I finally wore this big old shirt!

It's comfy and loose.

Shirt XL - George

Jeggings 22 - Dorothy Perkins

Shoes - New Look

Wednesday

I wanted to try this skirt again, because I wasn't sure about it the last time I wore it....

I think it's too short for me, because it's so full! Never mind!

Jacker 22 - Dorothy Perkins

Top 20 & shoes - Primark

Skirt 24 - Very

Thursday

So I totally couldn't resist one of these popup bags! I saw them on Deenas blog (here) and waited until payday to buy one. Love it!

Under the jacket is my trusty charity shop dress I got a few years ago. Still love it!

Bag - Popup bags

Jacket 22 - New Look

Dress 22 - Charity shop

Shoes - crocs

Friday - Saturday

I feel like this picture is a good description of my Friday & Saturday. I ate at Yo sushi on Thursday night and got food poisoning. It was freaking rough! I was in bed or in the bathroom for 48 hours and that's all you need to know!

Sunday

I felt much better on Sunday and was RAVENOUS! We went out for lunch so I put clothes on...

Top 24 - Asos

Trousers 20 - Clements Ribeiro Swan for Evans

Shoes - Crocs

Monday again

I've been obsessing over 'Tough Love' by Jessie Ware, and I was feeling really inspired by her new look. She looks almost make-up free and more masculine for this album so I thought I'd try it out since I'm wearing less and less make-up as I get older!

This is a new shirt with little drawings of ladies on it which has a nice loose flow to it. It's also the first time I've worn these shoes, and I'm so glad I snapped them up because they're surprisingly comfortable! They're so good that I just ordered the black version too! They're almost sold out in both colours but they're called 'last kiss' in case you wanna try searching the net for some!

Shirt 24 - George

Trousers 24 - Yours

Shoes - Asos

Jacket 20 - TKMaxx

Tuesday

I thought I'd try the linen skirt out as it was hot on Tuesday. Very comfy!

 I don't know what I'm going to do without these shoes - I'm sure I've worn them so much that they will be in pieces soon, so I hope Primark bring them out again in one form or another - they're brilliant!

How did I live without a denim jacket for so many years? I wear this loads at this time of year, it was such a good investment!

Top 20 - Primark

Skirt 24 - Asos Curve

Jacket 22 - New Look Inspire

Shoes - Primark

Wednesday

It wasn't really cold enough to wear this coat, but I love it so you know, I wore it anyhoo!

I haven't worn this skirt for ages so I decided to pull it out again. Last time I wore it with a red t-shirt, this time I went for yellow. Next time it'll be a blue tee!

My hair was driving me nuts, so I cut it a bit.... it's still too warm for my fringe to be cut back in, but I had to put some layers back in to fight the flatness!

Coat 22 - Asos Curve

Tee & skirt 20 / shoes - Primark

Earrings - Lanzarotte

I HAD to have this coat from George. It is not flattering, but it is utterly soft, warm and delicious. I don't care how big it makes me look because I LOVE it! It's stretch jersey on the inside so it's super comfy!

I got the pink one, but since then it's come out in blue (dammit!) and cream, and it's only £25!

Also, I got these ace Harry Potter themed earrings made - the sign of the deathly hallows, a great way of testing out people for geek levels - by Blackheart Creatives in black glitter.... love!

Thursday

I kept it simple on Thursday because I knew I'd be on my feet all day, at work and out of it!

So this is one of the other shirts I got from George, it's another Barbara Hulaniki piece. Comfy!

Lots of people told me they loved my coat today, dunno what was different about it to the 100 other times I've worn it, but hey, I'll take the compliments!

I ventured down to the new Simply Be store on Oxford Street in my lunch hour so I could have a nosey....

It's not a massive shop so obviously they only stock a small selection of what you can get online, but it is a good selection.

It felt like there were 3 members of staff per customer (seriously I've never seen so many staff in one shop before) but maybe that was just for the opening day?! I picked up a couple of things to try and went downstairs to get away from the (good... but) ear-splittingly loud music!

The store is clean, modern and spacious, and compared to my only other real plus size store's offerings (Evans) there are loads of things here that I would wear! I think I'll find it very handy to try on their trousers / boots / undies!

Lovely changing rooms..... big!

First up I tried the Kelly Brook dress I'm lusting after.

This is the 22 - it's a stretchy almost jersey-ish fabric so I'd say get your own size or size down if you have small boobs because the waist is a bit loose. I lifted my arms so you could see the pretty shape of the dress.

I wish the waist was lower on this, but otherwise it's a nice and very comfy dress. It's not worth £75 though. There were loose threads and the fabric is unlined, so £50 would be pushing it, no matter how pretty it is. I would like to buy this, but only if it goes in the sale!

The pattern is subtle, but very cute!

I then tried on this Lovedrobe dress which I've wanted for ages - it came out over a year ago and has been re-released. Lovedrobe has mad sizing so I tried the 24 first, which was fine on my body but flattened the top section of my boobs (made them flat on top and pointy underneath!). This is the 26 which is loose, but I like it better like this! It clings to my belly, but everything does so I'm fine with that!

This is on my 'maybe' list for my works Christmas Party this year. Again, I might wait for a sale or special offer or something, because it's thick jersey and there were pulls and loose threads all over the embroidery on every dress I looked at so I'm not sure I wanna spend £55 on it. We shall see! I'm in a quandary because this year I'm tempted to go mega girly with a prom-style dress, but I always change my mind by the time it comes around so I'll try not to get over-excited just yet!

Coat & shirt 24 - George

Jeggings 22 - Dorothy Perkins

Shoes - Crocs

I thought I'd go and compare the New Look Inspire section across the road from Simply Be.... oh dear. Whoever chooses what goes into this store hates fat people!

Friday

I haven't worn this dress for ages so I thought I'd pull it out again.

I always feel a bit 70's in this, and you know how I like to feel like I'm in fancy dress in my day-to-day life?!

 I didn't plan on wearing leggings but it was a bit nippy in the morning so I just couldn't face a) bare legs or b) rethinking my entire outfit!

The colour of this dress gave me a good excuse to wear these awesome earrings. I bought them years and years ago in Camden market along with some wooden ones, and I still love them. you can find similar earrings on ebay

Dress 22 - Anna Scholz for Simply Be

Leggings XL - H&M

Shoes - New Look

Sunday

I did Fuck-all on Saturday so I wasn't fully dressed at any point! Sunday was a day to venture out though so I put on some basic clothing. When will I learn that 18+ degrees is too hot for jeans?! My legs were on fire, but hey-ho!

Top 24 - Ruby Rocks for Simply Be

Jeggings 24 - New Look Inspire

Shoes - New Look