OOTD - Sunny Days

Although the weather has been quite warm, its been very muggy and humid up in the North of England.

Don't get me wrong I'm glad its not cold. But I do like a bit of sunshine with the warmth...

I've had this dress sat in my wardrobe for awhile (I bought it when it was baltic!), and it as been my go to beer garden, BBQ and summer stroll outfit whilst it been nice.

I never blogged it the first time I wore it (to the fat swap a few weeks ago), but wore it one day last week when I visited my sister.

What I wore -
Dress - New Look Inspire
Sandals - Evans
Denim Jacket - New Look Inspire

What's your go to sunny day outfit?

OOTD - Joe Browns

 A few weeks back I was lucky enough to get hold of some of the new items from Simply Be.

One of the dress I chose was from the Joe Browns range.

In the past I have been a bit 'meh' about the Joe Browns range. But over the last few seasons it seems to be improving. One of my issues was always the sizing. I generally had to size up by one or two sizes, the recently they seem a lot more true to size. The dress I am wearing is my normal size 22 and I reckon I could have actually been better in a size 20.

What I wore -

Jacket - New Look Inspire
Dress - Simply Be
Leggings - New Look Inspire
Sandals - Primark

The only think I would change on this dress is the lining. Not all of it mind. Just the frilly bit around the bottom. Apart from that I really love it and can see it becoming a staple item in my wardrobe, especially during the summer!

I have currently set up a Facebook Page for my blog and would love it if you would give me a 'like', thanks in advance!!

Toni x

Day Two - OOTD

A few days ago I showed you some of my recent finds from eBay and today was the first chance that I have had to wear my lovely ASOS dress I won.

The dress is really light weight and perfect for warm London and Leeds days.

What I wore....

Denim Jacket - New Look Inspire
Dress - ASOS Curve via eBay
Leggings - New Look Inspire
Sandals - primark

London seems so much more beautiful when the sun is out....Plus I didn't have too travel in the tube!

Toni x

OOTD

Ill be honest, unless I have something to do on a weekend I love nothing more than staying in bed until mid morning.

This morning however I had arranged to meet my mum in Leeds for a little shop!

As usual I had a hissy fit when trying to decide what to wear.

I finally opted for skinny jeans and a top.

What I wore -

Skinny Jeans - New Look Inspire
Bird Print Top - New Look Inspire via eBay
Cardi - George

This is my perfect kind of shopping and everyday outfit. Simple, yet effective!!

Toni x

Fatshionologie - Trousers

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

This months theme was trousers. I practically live in black trousers during the week as I wear them to work, and I love wearing jeans too, but saying that I found this months theme really difficult. I have a love/hate relationship with black trousers. I love black trousers/I hate that I cant find the perfect ones. All I want is a cotton pair of bootcut black trousers woth pockets..... Is that so hard??? Well, apparently so!

My favourite black trousers at the moment are a pair fron New Look that I got via eBay. They have pockets and the material is so/so.

I wear them with many a different tops and jumpers.

Here I am wearing a Jumper from Simply Be (I wasnt aware that you could see my bra until after I took the picture!!!)

Do you have any recommendations for black trousers? Where do you get yours from?

You can see the other Trousers themes by clicking the link below!

Mel

Rachel

Lisa

Joanna

Charmine

Steph

Kim

Leah

Toni x

OOTD - Disaster!!

A style I had admired on a number of my favourite bloggers is Body Con.

I'm not quite at the stage where I want my rolls and belly on display so I thought I'd try the style with some layering.....

IT WAS A DISASTER!!!!

I purchased a midi body con dress from Primark, and I knew straight away it felt wrong but it was 7am in the morning and most things feel wrong at that time!

I put on my trusty black long sleeved top and black tights and felt ready to face the world!!!

But by the time I returned home I looked like this!!!

Sack of potatoes springs to mind! I loved the top half, but a loose, baggy skirt isn't supposed to be body con is it?

However, I will try again. I have purchased the black body con dress from New Look Inspire. I hope that spending a bit more will ensure the quality will be a mile better!!!!

Hmmmmmmmmmm.....

Toni

Friday drinky poos!

On Friday I paid a visit to my Bestie. She has had a bit of a shitty 6 month so I took her out for tea to cheer her up a bit!

Unfortunately the snow put a bit of a downer on things as we live quite far away and had to think about getting home.

Saying that though, we had a fab time!

I went straight from work and kept my 'dress down' wears on!

I had an episode of missing my boot cut jeans, so was over the moon when I found these at the clothes swap. They are my comfy clothes item. 

As you can see, I so eloquently took my photo in the toilets of the pub we had tea in!

Cardigan - George at Asda

Jeans - Clothes swap

Top - New look inspire

Boots - Evans

Toni x

Straight Vs Plus Pt 2

I kinda like find outfits that straight size people have made up and turning them in to plus size options.

I NEEEEEED THIS OUTFIT!

Posted by JustBeeinKC on Pinterest.

Here my version!

Navy Stripe Vest £7.99 New Look Inspire

Wine Skinny Jeans £30 Simply Be

Cross body tan bag £22 Very.co.uk 

Embellished Back Flat Sandals £22.99 New Look

I really wanted to find some red skinnys but couldn't! If you know where I can get some please let me know!

What do you think!!!

Toni

XOXO

Straight Vs Plus

If you follow me on Pinterest you may have seen that I repined an outfit from Polyvore. I don't know who originally posted it or created it but I loved it!

The only problem was that I was a 'straight' sized outfit!

This is the outfit.

Batman Vest $25 - Alloy.com

Jeans $97 - Nelly.com

Biker Jacket $2170 - shoprmrsh.com

Evelina Mulberry Bag $3150 - Mulberry.com

Earrings $10 - buckle.com

Sunglasses $230 - Rebeccaminkoff.com

And this is my version of it!

Vest £9.99 - Inspire 

Jeans £22.99 - Inspire

Biker Jacket £55 - ASOS Curve

Boots £119.95 - Mode in Pelle

Zebra Tote Bag £12.50 - F&F Tesco

Earrings £12 - Oasis

Sunglasses £130 - Ray Bans

Loads cheaper and made for the plus size girl!

Do you like it? Would you style it any different?

Toni 

XOXO

OOTD

Last night me, the boy and his family went out for a meal to the lovely Birchwood Farm in Castleford (behind xcape).

I was exhausted after a busy day and work and literally had 5 minutes to get ready.

I decided to put on my New Look Inspire Bird print dress. I know this dress has done the rounds within the plus size circle, but look at it! Its beautiful!

I actually got mine from eBay for the bargain price of £10 inc postage.

I wore it with my Next Leggings and flats from George at Asda. I also had my denim jacket with me but didn't wear it as it was too warm.

I also got a new nail polish this week! Its from my beloved Barry M and is like a peppermint green!

Just before I go I have to show you some of the desserts that are available at Birchwood Farm.

GIANT CHEESECAKE!

It was so big I took half of it home!

Toni

xxxx

Midi Style

When I saw this midi jersey dress on Simply Be I did a little happy dance! Its the dress I dream of!

I have teamed it with a denim waist coat and a pair of jewelled sandals from New Look Inspire.

I think this dress would also be able to be carried thought the winter, i would wear it with a pair of knee boots and over sized cardi!

1. Denim waistcoat -£16.99 New Look Inspire
2. Jersey mini dress - £38 Simply Be
3. jewelled sandals - £19.99 New Look - Wide fit

Toni
xxx

New Look Inspire

We all know the plus size range for New Look is called Inspire. But as I was looking through the website trying to find items to show you I couldn't help but feel a little bit uninspired! The pieces are just pictures. There are no models to judge fit on!

On a more positive note I found most of New Look's plus size range to fit well! I know I have to size up in Jeans, but other than that the tops and dress are generally a true size fit. I have also found in the past an 18 from the straight range comes up pretty good! Well, in last seasons Maxi's anyway!

Quilted Jacket - £22.99

Wide Fit Zebra wedges - £22.99

Rock & Roll Tee - £14.99

Block Stripe Cardi - £19.99

Polka Dot Dress - £24.99

Skinny Jeans - £19.99 - More colours available

Swallow Print Dress - £24.99

I really hope in the near future New Look starting expanding and improving their plus size range! 

What are your experiences with New Look? What do you think of the Inspire range?

Toni

XOXO