Shop my outfit

Hello again!

I wore this outfit for our housewarming / mums 50th joint party, and I've had quite a few people ask me where it's from so I thought I'd write up a blog post about it!

I was trying to plan my outfit for a few weeks before the party so that I didn't have to be stressing out last minute to find an outfit. I literally couldn't find anything I liked, or that fit in the weeks leading up to to party, and I thought I'd have to end up just picking something I'd already worn before out of my wardrobe. (Just to clarify, I don't think there's anything wrong with doing this, I just wanted a new outfit as it was a special occasion).

A few days before the party I went on an impromptu shopping trip as I was on my way back from the bank, and managed to find all of the bits for my outfit in one go! I couldn't believe my luck when everything fit, matched and was reasonably priced. And to top it all off I got all of my outfit in about an hour...jewellery, shoes and all!

Below I've detailed where it's all from and linked the websites too.

Petite black skinny flares - Topshop, Size 4, £20

Red sequin Bandeau Top - Topshop, Small, £19

Black strappy heels - New Look, Size 3, £27.99

Earrings - Primark, £3 (Primark don't have online shopping so unfortunately I can't link these. But they are new as of about 2 weeks ago so I'm sure they'll still have them in most Primark stores)

xoxo

My favourite home buys from my new room

As many of you know, my family and I have moved house recently. And although it's taken us near enough a year to move in (it's taken so long I know), we've finally made it and we've moved in!

So now that I'm all settled into my new home, I thought it'd be nice to share my favourite bits from my new room with you all!

Below are the photos, and underneath them I've detailed where I've gotten everything from for you all. If you scroll down to the bottom I've also included some recommendations of where I found it best to shop from and some of my top tips if you're thinking to re-do your room!

Sequin duvet cover & matching pillowcases - Dunelm
Beige faux fur cushion - Home Sense
Grey faux fur cushion - Tesco
Pink jewelled rectangular cushion - Dunelm
Bed throw - B&M

Heart shaped fairy lights - Homebase
Rose fairy lights - lights4fun.co.uk

Moroccan style diamanté lamp - Next

Grey and white blanket - Tesco

Vanilla & jasmine reed diffusers - Tesco

Copper picture frames - Dunelm

Dressing table & stall - Wayfair

Bedside table - Wayfair
Glass jar - B&M
Fairy lights - Primark
Copper picture frame - Dunelm

Furniture set - Wayfair

Light up mirror - Boots (No.7)

Tea light holder - Dunelm
Pink dragon fruit Yankee Candle - Love Aroma

Light shades - John Lewis

As I'm writing this post I've noticed that a lot of my favourite bits from my room seem to be from Dunelm. This isn't a blog post trying to hype them up or anything, but honestly they do some great things for a very reasonable price, so I'd definitely recommend taking a look in their stores or online if you want some new bits for your room. I'd also recommend looking in Tesco's home section as I was very surprised with all the nice things they had in store the first time I took a look there!

If you're on less of a tight budget then it might be worth taking a look in places like Next, Debenhams and John Lewis. All 3 of these shops have big home departments so you'll be sure to find something you're looking for!

I found it really hard to choose furniture for my room that matched and that had all of the bits of the set that I wanted (e.g.: dressing table, different types of drawers etc.) Sometimes I'd find sets that looked lovely but the sizes were just too small and weren't practical. I was having a browse online and stumbled onto Wayfair. I found so many lovely furniture sets on there and they really do have a variety of budget buys as well as high end products, and I ended up ordering all of my bedroom furniture from there! This is the last of my recommendations in this post, but if you are thinking of getting new furniture then I'd definitely suggest taking a look on their website.

Here are my top tips if you're thinking to re-do your room:

• Choose a colour scheme / base colours and work around it (mine are dusky pinks and greys)
• Add some fairy lights, candles or cute lampshades (or all of them if you fancy it). It really makes a room feel so much cosier
• Shop around! Don't go for everything you see in the first store you go into. Take your time and go into a few shops before you make any big decisions - remember, you can always go back in and get it!
• Don't over-do it with picture frames. They take up more room that you realise, and waste a fair bit of space if you're already lacking it. I'm definitely not saying have no picture frames...just try not to clutter your room with them! As an alternative maybe try pinning some photos to a pin board with some fairy lights draped over them (that's what I have in my uni room and it looks very cute!)

I hope you've enjoyed taking a peek into my new room! xoxo