Hello Lovelies,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the start of 2017! How many times have you written 2016?
I’m sure a lot of you will be in the same boat as I am where you are trying to be more sensible with money in January – for me it is a long gap between pay days after being paid early in December.
However, I love shopping and I will not let January stop me so I have made a couple of trips into Primark this month and I just wanted to share with you the bargains that I have managed to pick up!
As I said before I am plate sized (I’m trying to make this a real thing) where my clothing size sits somewhere between plus sized and straight sized (16-20UK).
The first thing I picked up was a pair of flat, loafer pumps with a pony hair panel and tassel detailing. The main reason I bought these was because I wanted some nice shoes that I could wear on nights out but that would not kill my feet. Both my office Christmas do and our New Year shenanigans both almost crippled me and I decided that I didn’t want to do it any more. These are part of Primark’s extra comfy shoe range and only cost £8. I figured that these would also be practical for work as well.
If there’s two things in this world I love it’s glitter and converse and these shoes have both these things. They are gold glitter with rainbow sparkle and in a hi top converse style. I don’t think you can go wrong with converse type shoes, I think you can dress them up or down and they are always comfortable. And if there is a 3rd thing I love in this world it’s a bargain and these glittery wonders were only £10.
The next thing I picked up is a mini tube skirt that has these really cute geometric hearts all over it. It is sort of a ribber material and the hearts cover the entire skirt. It’s super stretchy so I think it’s going to be really comfortable to wear. Again I think it is a piece that can easily be dressed up for work with smart shoes and a shirt or dressed down for the weekend with a cute T-Shirt and converse. This was originally £4 which is a complete steal but it was reduced when I found it to £2!
The next item in my mini haul is this lovely shirt dress with short sleeves. I’ve been after a shirt dress for a while but as I am quite short (I’m 5’4″) I’ve found it quite difficult to find one that doesn’t just look like I am wearing an oversized man’s shirt. I really love this one because it is a mini length (just above my knees with slight splits up the sides) and it also has short sleeves. It has these adorable hearts all over it which would make this perfect for a Valentine’s Day date and a waist tie to cinch you in at the middle. This was also only £10.
This amazing biker jacket was just inside the door and immediately I knew it was the perfect item for me. I have a bit of a soft spot for a biker jacket and my current black one I adore but it squeaks so badly – it’s a bit embarrassing on public transport! Even my husband said it was “just so you!” so I hunted it down in my size and I just had to get it. It’s a really soft faux leather with these beautiful embroidered cherry blossoms. This was £25 and the most expensive item I bought but still a really good price for a biker jacket!
I love shirts. When I was a teenager, I remember watching Buffy and she wore a shirt over a white vest and I think this was the moment my love for shirts began. I find them very flattering on my body shape and I really enjoy wearing them under pinafore dresses (which are another obsession of mine). As with most things I’ve mentioned here, this shirt can be easily dressed up or down. This shirt is a creamy colour with a really cute Swallow print all over it. The Swallows are black and white with some blue detailing on them. It’s a really soft shirt and it cost a whopping £7!
The final item I picked up is probably the biggest bargain of them all and possibly the coolest item I picked up. It is a khaki green Jurassic Park T shirt. I love Jurassic Park (and World) and I have a real soft spot for film related T shirts. I saw this T shirt on a sale rail and didn’t think they would have it in my size but I managed to find a size 18 and it was only £1 down from £8!
I hope you all enjoyed this blog and has inspired you to find your own Primark bargains!
Big Thanks to My Dearest Husband for helping me take some of the photos for this blog and fighting with some troublesome fairy lights!
Stay Safe and Wonderful
Lexy x
Unfortunately, this jumper is no longer available on ASOS but I really like how simple it is. It’s really soft and quite thick with a basic “Noël” written in gold. It was a bargain at only £9 so my tip is definitely to look for Christmas jumpers in the summer because there are deals to be had!
This is another Primark one. This is a plain black jumper with sort of waffle style sleeves and with a sequin panel in the centre. When you brush the sequins one way they say Let It Snow and the other way they show a picture of snowflakes. If I am honest, I can’t get my sequins to lay properly on the snowflake side but for £12 I am not going to complain. I feel like this is another one that is not quite as in your face as some of the others, especially if you have the sequins showing the snowflakes.
Sticking with the Primark theme is a slightly more garish number featuring some very cute polar bears. This reminds me more of the tacky 80s skiing jumpers (Eddie the Eagle style) compared to the other jumpers I’ve featured so far. I really like this one, it’s super soft and cosy and has lovely Fairisle detailing on the cuffs and bottom hem. This one was slightly more expensive at £14.
This final one is the epitome of a tacky Christmas jumper apart from the fact it is actually a sweatshirt. This one is from George at ASDA and cost £14. It has a Christmas tree design with the words A Very Merry Christmas making up the tree. The piece de resistance is that this one lights up. And the lights flash. Obviously, I love the design of this one, but I also appreciate the fact that it is a sweatshirt because sometimes jumpers can make me a bit itchy.
Tea Lex 