London!!

Hello every body! How are you?

Recently, me and my mum took a trip to London to see the musical, Ghost! I managed to remember to take lots of photos so I can do a write up of it!! Enjoy!!

Pluto :D

When we first got into London, we hit Oxford Street (of course!)!! I had a special interest in this as I wanted to check out the Forever 21 store!! If I wasn't hungry and a bit tired still, I would of had a proper look round, not just in the first bit! But I still found plenty of things I wanted :D My mum said I could have one thing for Christmas, so I picked a thick blue cardigan with gold and silver details on it!! You will see it after Christmas :P

After that we went to the Disney Store, to check out the Christmas decorations (YAY) and to look for presents for friends kids. I love the Christmas set up, especially this arch way over the staircase down, with Pluto sticking out! Managed to get another Christmas present here, a metal flask themed Pirates of the Caribbean, with Jack Sparrow on it, YUM!!

Next up, it was definitely time for lunch!! We went to Garfunkles for noms, and I ordered this lovely sized pizza for my lunch! It was just an ordinary margarita pizza but it was so GOOD!! Here you can also see my gold painted nails and my massive man watch :P
My mum had tuna and mozzarella panini with chunky chips and salsa dip! It tasted good too, she let me pinch a bit!!

Obviously I had to have dessert, just to keep me going until dinner, so I picked my old favourite, cheesecake!!

Ohm nom nom

Next, we took a stroll down Regents Street, hitting Dahlia, my favourite little boutique shop, just off Carnaby Street, full of cute girly dresses!! Another Christmas present ;) Picked up my second Dahlia dress, one for wearing Christmas day! So that's my outfit sorted!!
We also discovered, down a little side road, an Illamasqua store YAY!! Managed to convince my mum to check it out and we had a look round! I haven't tried Illamasqua before, but I have heard of it on the blogging sphere and was very interested! Managed to bag a lipstick for Christmas!! YAY

Next was a lovely treat, a trip into the Ice Bar!! If you have not heard of this, it is a bar made entirely of ice! I took so many pics in there, I could probably fill this blog, so I picked three to show you!

They had engravings in the ice like this around the room

Wearing the large eskimo style coats and gloves you have to wear, since it's below 0!!

Me in the Ice Bar with my bear hat on!!

 It was so much fun in there, but I think me and my mum only lasted about half an hour before it got a bit too chilly! It's very small, so it gets packed easily, but it was a truly brilliant experience being in an entire room made out of Ice!

We slowly took our time walking down Regents Street to Piccadilly, popping into Godiva to have a drool over the chocolates!

Mmmmm, looks so good!

We were going to get a box for £7 but it turns out the prices are very clear and £7 was just for the strawberries!! It was about £12 for a box of strawberries AND the chocolate covering them! Can some one say rip off? I know its a luxury chocolate brand, but that's just ridiculous! It was a shame, because they looked so good! But we refused to pay that much for them!

After wandering around Piccadilly, looking for the theatre, we found it, and then decided on dinner!! I had spotted a particular favourite of mine that we could check out ;)

RAINFOREST CAFE *spazzes*

I LOVE Rainforest Cafe!! I would go there every week if I could afford it! It's like being a kid again, and reminds me of Florida! The thunder storm, the animated animals, the delicious food. HEAVEN.

Starry sky, with occasional shooting star we were sat under

Elephants we were sat near, a couple sat right next too and jumped when they went off!

There always seems to be a fish tank near the toilets :D

I heard this guy keep going off, but I went round the restaurant and couldn't find him! That was until I looked up!!

We managed to spend about an hour and a half to two hours in there, ordering nachos and these delicious coated prawns!! We had a natter, ate slowly (it wasn't busy) and I checked out all the animals on the upper level! I love walking around it, seeing all the animatronic animals!

Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to take photos inside the theatre for Ghost, but I can tell you, it was AWESOME!! Thoroughly enjoyed it, and it was unfortunate we had to leave as soon as it ended, missing the curtain calls, but we had a train to catch!

Here's the last photos of the day, just pics of the bags on the train, our little haul!!

Bag containing lovely dress :D

My mum wanted the Christmas one, but I chose this one because its mine and I have to use it all year :P

LIPSTICK YES

 I hope you enjoyed my blog update on my trip to London and enjoyed the photos! Let me know any thoughts and comments! Have you been to any of these places before? Have you seen Ghost? Let me know!!

STAY BEAUTIFUL

Kitty xoxox~<3

On the Cheap: Ebay is your friend!

Hello my lovelies! How are you today? Yes, finally bringing this back with a whole new post! Ebay is your friend! And boy have I felt that recently!

Imagine this heart is ebay

This post is mainly going to be about cheap fashion, as I think buying clothes cheaply is just as important as everything else! As you might remember, in this month of July I am doing a challenge where I only buy clothes and a few other things 2nd hand!! So obviously, I looked to ebay, as well as Charity stores, which are also your friend, but that's another post ;)

Many of you know of ebay, in fact, I would be surprised if you haven't! Ebay is the largest online auction site and have websites for all over the world. You can buy ANYTHING on ebay, and I mean ANYTHING! There have been stories of people selling their virginity! I don't you can sell your pet on there...at least, I haven't seen any!

Now this post is about buying clothes on ebay. Especially if you are on a budget, like I am! The first thing I say about buying clothes on ebay is know what you want!! Say you are looking for a lovely new dress, then look for only dresses!
Another tip I have is only bid on one thing at a time, as you never know what you might actually win and you don't want to risk getting a bank charge for going over your limit!
To further help yourselves, I suggest giving your self a budget for each item. I never go over £10 including p&p if I am buying something second hand. I rarely go over £5 if I can help it!

You can find the loveliest things on ebay, often by sellers who haven't even worn them! Heres a couple of my recent purchases:
Gorgeous Pink Nighty  ~ I only had to pay £3.20 for this, plus £1.50 for the P&P and I was thrilled! If you are familiar with ebay, you will know about 'Snipers', which are buyers that put a bid in at times even as little as 10 seconds left, VERY annoying! I was highly expecting to be outbid (since I put a max bid of £4) or sniped on this and I wasn't which made me so happy!!

Lovely Silky Nightwear ~ As you can see I have a thing of buying more lady like night wear at the moment, I am highly bored of unattractive tracksuit type pants and a baggy t-shirt! I don't mind t-shirt nighties, which are very comfy, but I think that might be the limit for sloppy night wear for me now! As you can see for these, I payed pittance. £3.20 all together, which I think is brilliant!

Shoooes ~ Now, some of my older followers might think, huum, I recognise these Kitty! That is because my faithful pair of M & S shoes that I have loved all the way to New York and back are falling apart. It was a sad time for me when I noticed a hole in my shoe, realising I will finally have to throw them away. So I search ebay for a new pair of rubber type shoes for when its raining and LO AND BEHOLD I spot these. I nearly cried with happiness! As you can see, I was quite desperate to buy these, though my current pair are size 6, they are a bit on the tight side so fingers crossed, 7s should be okay! I put a bit more money into this bid, just because I was so desperate to buy, but I wouldn't of gone over £8 no matter how desperate! Someone did try to snipe me at the last moment, but my max bid buffed them out, YAY!

Now, I will warn you, darlings, of the sometimes dangers of buying/selling on ebay. I have only ever had one bad encounter, out of many so don't be too scared. But CHECK THE RATINGS! And read the negative ones very carefully if there are any! I feel, if they have over 10 negatives in 1 month, don't buy from them, especially if one of the negative comments is about an item the same or similar to what you want to buy!

That's it for todays 'On the Cheap' I hope you enjoyed my little insight to ebay and the wonders it holds! What do you think of ebay, have you bought anything nice from it recently?

STAY BEAUTIFUL!!

Kitty xoxox~<3

Fashion in July

Hello girlies!! I have decided, in July, NOT to spend any money on first hand clothes and accessories. This means for the month of July, I will be hitting ebay and charity stores and seeing what I can get for under a fiver (£5) each time! I will be sticking to my £20 monthly clothes and accessories limit, so I am going to see  how much I can get for my money! Wish me luck!!!!

For now, I shall show you the kinda things I am liking this summer and I will choose things from ebay to link too!!

Maxi Dresses!
(Click link for a cute size 12 dress!)

I love maxi dresses, since before they were 'trendy' (hey, check right back to two years ago on this blog and you can see me in a red chinese print maxi dress!) and am always on the look out for new ones! Anything floaty and girly and floral if I can help it! If you are looking for a high street pretty maxi, heres one from H&M (picture above): H&M dress!

Florals
(Click for cute size 10 Yumi dress!)

I love floral prints, from in your face florals to ditzy florals!! Anything with flowers, mainly dresses, makes me think of tea outside, picnics and old timey english! I am mainly a dress person at the moment anyways, prefering them to trousers and skirts, so a floaty, floral maxi dress I could drool over all day, though I don't mind the shorter dresses either to flounce about in ;D And believe me, I do a lot of flouncing! Heres the link for this dress (all items will be from H&M): Floral dress

Lace!
(Click for pretty rockabilly style lace dress, size 14!)

As you probably guessed, by my love of florals and floaty maxis, I probably like lace too ;D Not that I am girly or anything, hahaha! Nothing more girly than a good lacy dress!! Looking at all these clothes makes me want to buy them though, BUT NOT TILL AUGUST!! Link for this lovely lacy dress: Lacy love

These are the main things I am loving this summer (and winter and 2023) and I can't wait to score some bargins from ebay and charity shops! What are your favourites this summer? And do you like charity shopping/ebaying!?

STAY BEAUTIFUL

Kitty xoxox~<3

Fashion Wednesday 2/2/11

Hai guys! In the past week I have come down with a cold and it makes me unbearably whiny (as you might notice sometimes if you follow my twitter) BUT I have found pictures for todays blog SO IMA DO IT ANYWAYS. Despite dying from the evil cold of doom.

Since I am dying, I shall  probably not say too much about each outfit hur hur hur

With this one I love the jewelry and the top (perhaps its a dress? That would be even more awesome) I love the gold them and the beading on the top, and the pastelly salmon pink colour, its definitely something I would wear!

I love how simple this outfit is but still looks so nice!! I want those boots, I love heeled lace up boots like that!! And the top is just so floaty and girly I want one for summer!!

The more I see shorts like these, the more I want some!! But I am just not sure if those kind of fabricy flowy shorts would suit me!! I do so want a pair, so in March, I might try and buy some!! I also love the blouse in this, I love blouses like that, they are so feminine and pretty!! Oh, and I love her hair ;D

I can't work out if this is a top/skirt combo or a dress, but I WANT it!! Oh dotty goodness, please come to me with your  almost see through armed companion and pretty patternd tights. I think thats a cowboy hat though, and you do not look good on me so I do not need you! The hair, how ever, I will have too haha!

Okay thats it for today, I'm gonna get changed into my PJs and sit in my bed and watch Disney films and play on my Xbox, cause I am ill and I am allowed!!

Kitty xoxox~<3

Weekend Weddings (and other things!)

Nerrrr :P

Hi guys!! Hows it been!! I hope you are all doing well!! I haven't been up to much, finished college and just been bumming around between Hull and Portsmouth!! At the moment I am in Hull, for about a month before college restarts!! I get my results this week I hope to GOD I haven't failed too badly!! I am so scared!!

But anyways, enough of my boring life and onto something we all love (even if we don't believe in them!):
WEDDINGS

At the weekend, me and the boyfie went to his Aunties wedding! Even though the weather was predicted rain, the sun shone for us and it was lovely and warm!! I went out shopping the day before to see if I could pick up a last minute outfit (I had one planned but any excuse to buy new things!) and Primani became my new heaven (while in Hull, Yumi is still my favourite down south shop, more on that later ;) ) They have such lovely girly things there at the moment!! Some of it is quite seethrough, to the disgust of the boyfie who said it looks like nighties and looks too slutty to wear in day time (god I love him, bless!). I managed to scoop myself a new dress in pale blue with a lacy flower pattern all over, some pretty bows and a lovely pair of nude pink shoes, which cost alltogether less than £30!!

Dress - £15, Tights - £2.50, Shoes - £10, Bows in hair - £1.50, Umbrella - £4 all from Primani! Handbag & belt was my own :D

 All the outfits at the wedding were lovely and a lot of the women had gorgeous shoes!! (Man I LOVE shoes right now, I am already thinking about winter shoe boots!!)
We started off the day in a hurried panic. Well, I didn't, I got up at half 8, had my breakfast, scowled at my boyfriend for getting in the shower before me and taking so long and then getting ready by about 10:15 with fifteen minutes to spare before the taxi arrived!! I organise the night before, set all the stuff out neatly so its ready for the next day! His mam and sister, how ever, had to go to the hair dressers on the day to get their hair done and by the time they got home, his mam realised that she had holes in her tights and didn't have time to buy some new ones! Luckily she had a pair of leggings to go with the dress she wore, so all was well by the time we got  in the taxi's!
After a hurried dash through town to the registry office, realising we weren't late, we relaxed and chatted before everyone was herded into a very small waiting room where we tried not to step on each others toes!!

Here comes the bride!

 The bride looked stunning in a lovely floor length black dress, all floaty and pretty!! More pictures you will see later! The ceremony was sweet, but I couldn't help myself when I let out a tiny quiet giggle at the registra. He has this weird soft quiet voice that made me want to giggle so much!! But the bride and groom looked very happy!

The groom had tears in his eyes and you could tell by his voice how over whelmed with emotion he was!

 After the standing up ceremony, we had the signing of the book (we were in a Registry Office incase I didn't mention that earlier!) and many a photo were taken!!

The happy couple :D

After much photo taking, we spilled out into the street and just up the road to a small park where many a more picture were taken!! I do love a good photo sesh and taking them in the middle of a green park with the warm sun shining down on you is just perfect!!

The bride and her lovely daughters!

I loved what both girls were wearing but I feel the one in the white dress was too skinny and it showed in that dress, you need boobs for it. But her shoes were so lovely and from New Look!! The blue dress, I want, I believe I was told it was from Oli.com! It was £30 and here is the link for it: Pretty Maxi Dress!

Floaty prettyness :D

There was of course the tradition family shots!!

My boyfriend is the very very tall one. His older sister is in the nude dress (£65 from Next catalogue), little brother in the suit and blue tie and his youngest sister in the pink dress. His mum is in the grey dress on the far left!

I was just there to take photos I didn't want to be in any of the shots as I wasn't family!! After the main bridal party shots, we milled around waiting for taxis to take us to the reception at a small pub in Queens street called RUSCADOR'S, used to be The Heritage pub! Heres a few more shots from the gardens:

Me posing in my dress haha!

The brides two daughters (white and blue) and boyfies two sisters (pink and nude). You can just see his older sisters sparkely gemmed shoes!

The boyfie and his family!

Me and the boyfie (excuse my dumb face!)

Once we were at the pub, we all found somewhere to sit and chatted with each other, waiting for the best man speech (awwww he was nearly crying!) where he made a joke right at the begining. "They say the best man speech is usually as long as the love making as the bride and groom....so please raise your glasses!" and he also said another, "I best stop now as my jokes are so bad even the cake is in tiers!". I laughed a lot at that one, I shall remember that!! The spread was lovely, none of the posh fancy food which you don't know whats what and are very scared to try, but lovely normal foods like prawns, mussels, quiches, sandwiches, crisps. I love buffets :D I ate mostly prawns, crab sticks and mussels, and also those little poofy pastries with toppings on top. They had two cakes, one sponge one for us people who don't like fruit cake, and the pretty wedding cake was all fruit cake!

Ooo what a pretty cake! Taken by boyfies little sister!

After we had our fill, more photos were taken on the little raised bit which I supposed was normaly for inhouse bands!

Awww the happy couple!

A family shot :D (The younger brother had left as he was bored)

 Then there was the traditional cutting of the cake:

Both looking happy!

And finally, at half 4 in the afternoon, our little troupe decided it was time to leave!! So with slightly aching feet and full bellies, we walked back into the main area of town and caught a bus (glamorous!) home and relaxed. I didn't personally get changed, as I was comfy  in my clothes, but boyfie and his sisters did and then his older sister came round to look at the photos and upload onto facebook (of which I did the same after she left!). The day was long but it was full of love and happiness (and cake) and I had a good time!!

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Sunday was just a normal Sunday for me, relaxing in the bath for about an hour (to which my boyfie said when I got out "how long do you need your bath!") where I scrubbed, shaved and bubbled my way to relaxation then  threw on a comfy outfit of black leggings and a shirt dress. We spent the day tidying and messing around with bikes (as in cycles). Boyfie was teaching me how to ride a bike again, as I hadn't since I was 12 due to operations on my hips, but my gosh do I have a sore bum today!! We had a lovely spagbol for dinner and an early night as boyfie has to get up at half 6 in the morning for work!!

But since its now 12:38pm I had best leave this blog post for now and get on with my Monday!! I have things to do today and spent all morning on the internet already!! Hope you ladies (and gentlemen) have a nice day!

Kitty xxx ~<3