Southern Yacht

My little take on plus size fashion, life, travel and smurfs

Sunday 28 September 2014

You can't have too much My Little Pony and Poundland...can you?

Hello everyone,

I have a glorious backlog of blog posts coming up over the next month as for the last few weeks I've been off and away on holiday (or holibobs as I like to call it!). So bear with me and normal service will be resumed soon (if I can remember what normal is supposed to be).

I had a mini spree this weekend with my budget head on. First up was a trip to Poundland. OMG - I love this place. I don't think it's actually possible to go into my local branch without spending at least a fiver - and this time was no different.

I've probably mentioned before that make-up and all things related are a bit of a mystery to me. I tend to never wear anything on my face and even if I'm glamming up for a night out, it's mostly eyes only for me. I have ventured down the BB cream route recently and so far so good ( I have my eye on a BB cream from the Body Shop). So buying makeup at discount stores and knowing they're a good brand makes the whole make-up/experimenting process a bit less scary and a lot kinder on the old purse strings if I mess up.

So keeping with the eyes theme, this is what I got


 
 
I love the vibrant red in the Union flag palette. It looks more orangy in the picture than it actually is. The purple scandeleyes eye cream is deep purple and easy enough even for me to blend. I also added in a foundation brush to try to learn how to use one. See? I really need a set of make-up lessons I'm thinking :-)
 
Then on the way home, I popped into Tescos and just happened to walk through the F&F clothing section (even if it was on a different floor...oops). But I resisted temptation and only came back with these adorable My Little Pony socks - they're almost too sweet to wear!! I plan to wear these with some t-bar shoes this autumn.
 
 
 
 All this for £11. Not too bad I think.
 
Hope you enjoyed seeing my little haul and thanks for reading.
 
Cathy
xx
 

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Monday 15 September 2014

Laid back casual

Hi all,

Today was a laid back day. I'm really loving the clothing ranges at the supermarkets at the moment and so keeping on a theme, I'm wearing a top I bought last week from George at Asda along with my favourite boyfriend jeans from Marks & Spencer.
 



 



The shoes are glitzy sandals from Marks & Spencer last year. I had a mishap with my foot/ankle ealier in the year so I think my days of high heels are over now :-( I love a bit of glitter though and these really brighten up a dull day.
 

Thanks for reading

Cathy
xx


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Sunday 14 September 2014

I break plus size rules

Hi all,

I read a great post by Debz at Wannabe Princess this evening all about breaking so called 'plus size rules'. You can read her post here

There are some great pictures of other bloggers on there looking fab and not giving two hoots about what should be worn. Basically - there are no such things as rules, wear what the hell you like :-)

So in getting in the theme, here's a little pic of me from yesterday. Couldn't decide which striped top to wear - so wore both. Outrageous....

Cardigan - Primark, size 20
Top - TU Sainsburys via charity shop, size 20
 
Please excuse the wobbly pictures lately. I promise to do better!
 
Thanks for reading
 
Cathy
xx
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