Wardrobe Fortnight!

Argh I've been BUSY recently! I've spent far less time relaxing than I'd like, and have therefore not had time to do my wardrobe weekly. I figured that the long bank holiday weekend gave me the perfect excuse to combine the last two weeks to do a fortnightly look back at what I've been wearing. I forgot to take pictures on Saturday, but I basically wore a my little pony jumper with jeans and boots to go and see my best mate, and on bank holiday Monday I stayed in bed so long that I felt confused for the entire evening, so jogging bottoms and a jumper with big fluffy socks was all I could muster! I did manage to wash myself though, so that was a bonus.

Monday

 These shoes are so darn comfy. A wide footed girls dream!

Dress 20 - Asos curve

Leggings 22 - Very (south high waisted / tall)

Shoes - Primark

Tuesday

 I've had this dress hanging in my wardrobe for a while, it was an impulse buy which I'm not really sure about and I thought I'd take it out for a test run.

 I do think it's lovely, but I don't think it's me. Considering I need to downsize my wardrobe I think I'm going to sell this. It's the same colour pallet as another of my Scholz dresses so I'm not too sad to wave goodbye to it!

Dress 22 - Anna Scholz black label (email me if you want to buy it, I'll be listing it for £35)

Cardi & leggings 20 - Primark

Earrings - H&M

Shoes - Dorothy Perkins

 Primark do such good nail varnish, these two glow in the dark!

Wednesday

 Today was a bun and shirt kind of day. Another pair of comfy and lovely Primark shoes. I particularly like these with trousers so I'm happy that I got the blue pair too!

Not sure I was colourful enough....

Shirt 24 - George

Jeggings 22 - Dorothy Perkins

Shoes - Primark

Ring - Forever 21

Thursday

 I fancied wearing my green shoes, so what better than a green dress to match?!

Dress 2XL - H&M+

Leggings 22 - Very

Shoes - United Nude

Friday

 We had a birthday party to go to on Friday, and as it was in Kingston I took the opportunity to visit Taking Shape, so I'm standing in the changing rooms before my trying on session... the least said about the party the better, it was 'bandeoke' and I heard many a beautiful song slayed.... don't even ask what my boyfriend did to Bill Withers!

Dress 24 - Matalan Rogers and Rogers

Leggings 20 - Primark

Shoes - Primark

Sunday

 Dress 24 - Asos Curve

Leggings 20 - Primark

Boots - Asos

Another day, another birthday party. I almost forgot to take a picture of this, and sadly this is when I got home... I looked much more impressive at the start of the night! The party theme was 'around the world', so I wore a kimono dress. I was one of the few people who bothered, so thank god I didn't go full on geisha! It was raining buckets so I just wore boots.... fuck it! I guess it says a lot about me and the way I dress that nobody realised I'd dressed up for the theme until I told them how lame they were for wearing jeans and t-shirts!

Tuesday

Tired, so wore weekend clothes to work!

 Sour puss face - My own
Jumper 20 - Primark
Trousers 22 - Dorothy Perkins
Boots - Asos

Thursday

 I had a bit of a health scare on Tuesday (you don't wanna know) which sent me to the doctors and my issues are down to the fact that I have been so heavy for so long. It scared the shit out of me and cemented in my mind that I have got to start taking my health seriously and loose a bit of weight.... since I hit 30 my life has gone uphill, but my health and body have taken a nose dive. Some people are perfectly fit and healthy at my size, but apparently I'm not, so something must be done. This is not my 'I wanna be thin' post, what I'm saying is that if I don't loose some weight there are bits of my body that are going to be irreparably damaged. I'm happy with the way I look, but that's not going to be much solace to me when I end up in a wheelchair is it? No. It is very unlikely that I will ever be out of the 'plus size' bracket, or light enough for my GP to be happy with my BMI, but I need to be a bit lighter because it's beginning to cause me mobility problems. I want to be fit enough to go for brisk walks with my long-legged boyfriend without getting out of breath you know?. That's my first goal! This photo marks the start of my (slightly) more healthy attitude to life. I'm not giving up chocolate (fuck that!) but more walking, more exercise, more fruit and veg, less meat, fewer fizzy drinks and smaller portions. That last one is really important.... I'm used to massive Viking-man sized portions because I'm a greedy bitch and I have such a passion for food that I am not willing to eat lettuce all day, but I can have smaller portions..... it's actually as easy as using a smaller plate! You'll see some of my healthier recipes here and maybe my zumba & swimming outfits (that's if I can actually learn to swim lengths!), but this blog is not going to become a weight-loss one, they bore me!. Time to admit defeat. By the way, there is genuinely a part of my brain that was like 'but you can't loose weight, what about all your beautiful dresses?'. Thankfully my lust for life is rebutting with 'THEY'RE JUST CLOTHES YOU KNOB HEAD!'

 Dress 24 - Matalan
Leggings 22 - Very
Boots - Asos

Friday

That was a bit heavy (hehe) wasn't it?! On to other things now....

 You may have noticed that I've been wearing these boots everyday. They are comfy enough, but it's mainly because I packed most of my boots away, but the rain has confused me so I just keep putting on the same thing!

 Jumper 20, leggings 20 & Parrot earrings - Primark
Skirt 22 - vintage via ebay
Boots - Asos

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