High Street Bridesmaid Dresses #2

I really enjoyed writing my last post on high street bridesmaid dresses, and although my wedding is over now I thought I would put together an updated version :)

The other day I was chatting with a colleague at work and she was telling me all about the bridesmaid dresses that she has ordered for her wedding next year. They are plain but pretty maxi dresses with one flowered strap.   

When she told me that they were £300 each and she had bought six I had to hide my shock - I'd never be able to afford to pay that for dresses that would never be worn again.

My sister's bridesmaid dress for my wedding was a simple but pretty maxi and cost less than £40 in Debenhams. She looked gorgeous :)

So I wanted to share some new high street bridesmaid ideas with you. Links from left to right:

Navy Maxi  /  Bright Pink Short Dress  /  Pink Pearl Maxi   /  Green Maxi

The navy maxi is less than £40 at House of Fraser. Gorgeous and total bargain.

This cute short dress is such a gorgeous colour. I love the combination of bright pinks with grey and silver shades in weddings. Also just £40 reduced from £80 at BHS!

The pretty pink pearl and diamante maxi is by Quiz clothing, and is currently reduced to £39.99 on Debenhams' website. It is also available on the Quiz clothing site. 

I wasn't looking to only find dresses at less than £40, but as it goes this green maxi is also down to £33 on House of Fraser. It seems like now is the time to buy your bridesmaid dresses! :)    

What do you think?

 

Would you splash out just because it's your wedding day, or have your girls in high street dresses?

 

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Wishlist: Pink Princess

 

Nail Polish / Coat / T-shirt Dress / Yankee Candle / Phone Case / Disney Boxset / Purse / Fairy Lights

 

Love these pretty things :-)

 

I'm still on the hunt for some cute battery-run fairy lights and these look perfect.

 

The Asos coat was £80 last week and is now in the sale - bonus!  

 

This Barry M nail polish is a gorgeous girly colour - I love shiny & girly nails :-)

 

 

My New Love of Pinterest

When planning my wedding a few months ago I started a Pinterest account so that I could search for inspiration.

I have to say I was happy with what I found. What a beautiful website :)

You can totally escape the real world and enjoy spending hours admiring pretty things, getting ideas for your own home/wedding/recipe file and saving them to look back on at any time. I've pinned wedding dresses, cake recipes and gorgeous living room inspiration, garden seating areas and clever storage ideas.

It's like storing all of your favourite parts of a magazine without taking up space in your home. I really enjoy browsing, pinning pretty pictures and good ideas. It's like a fabulous space-saving scrapbook!

I will look back at my pins when considering redecorating a room or moving house. It's so useful!

I don't really get the whole following thing - I don't follow anybody and nobody follows me (lol). I think Pinterest is different to Instagram and things, I just see it as something useful for me. 

Here are a few of my favourite pins... 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos are from Pinterest. Not my own.

 

That last picture is on my travel board as a hotel to stay at if we ever win the lottery ;)

 

Do you love Pinterest?

 

x

 

When Wearing Glasses gets Boring...

Ohh glasses glasses glasses. Love them? Hate them? Lots of us have to wear them...

For those of us who do have to wear them, I think most would agree that at some point we've all considered that it would be nice to not need them.  

When sticking a contact lense into your eye isn't an option for you, it can sometimes feel like your whole outfit has had to change so that you can see properly...

I wear distance glasses and my eyesight isn't too awful, but because I need them to drive I therefore feel the need to wear them at work, which makes it harder to be confident without them when you would really like to ditch them for a few hours.

Surely we all get bored of them now and again?

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate them or hold a grudge that my eyesight isn't perfect - there are far worse problems to have. But it does bug me that we unfortunately are taught by friends and peers from a very young age that glasses are geeky and uncool. 

I tried contacts once and just didn't get along with them. It's probably my own confidence issue where just I feel that I personally would look better without my glasses - maybe most people don't feel this way? 

Topshop/Topman have sold clear lense glasses recently, and the trends in glasses frames seems to be changing. But when you have to pay a lot of money for prescription glasses, it can be hard to change frames just to fit in with the latest trend and get a pair of glasses that make you feel confident.

I would love to have a good choice of glasses at home to choose from but unfortunately the prices of prescription glasses just don't allow me to. Lots of bills to pay, etc!

It seems like the only answer is to accept that this is just us, find a pair that makes us feel as good as possible and wear them with pride!

To cheer myself up I decided to share some photos of celebrity ladies looking gorgeous in glasses...

Jennifer Aniston

Kim Kardashian

 

Emma Watson

 

Keira Knightley

 

Rihanna

 

Victoria Beckham

 

 

Do you wear glasses?

 

Do you get that tied down feeling on certain days, where you just wish you could go without them?

 

x

 

Wishlist: A Winter Outfit

 

 

T-Shirt / Blanket Cape / Boots / Jeggings / Bag / Earrings

 

I am absolutely loving these blanket capes that are all around us! So cosy for winter - this is one of my favourites from River Island.

I actually already have these boots from New Look - they are lovely and comfy and go with so many outfits.

My husband has picked up this bag for me as a Christmas present, so it's safely tucked away in his wardrobe where I can't get to it!

I also really want these earrings. I think they would go with lots of clothes - day or night!

What do you think of this outfit?

x  

Bargain Bubble Bath plus Yankee Tealights

I don't usually do beauty posts but really wanted to share this delicious bubble bath.

A total steal at just 89p from Home Bargains, this Possibility Strawberry Soufflé is a "rich shower gel, shampoo and bubble bath".

Personally, I just use it as a bubble bath. You don't need much to make lots of bubbles and it smells really good. This bottle will last me a while.

I love to use Yankee candle summer scoop tea lights when taking a strawberry soufflé bath for extra strawberry-ness! They make a whole room smell amazing and cost around £6.70 for 12 tealights.

 

 

 

 

Have you tried any of these?

x

Wishlist: Winter night in

 

 

Yankee Candle / Slippers / Cath Kidston PJs / Fairy Lights / Tangled Blu Ray

 

Spotted Throw / Tealight Holders / iPad mini / Cosy Socks

 

 

So winter is definitely on it's way with the nights and mornings both getting darker!

 

I'm sure that staring at my holiday photos at the beautiful blue sky is as close as I will get to nice weather now until at least next June...

 

While there's the usual Christmas nights out and meals to look forward to, I think there's nothing better than spending a freezing cold Saturday night at home relaxing.

 

I absolutely love these Cath Kidston pyjamas that I found on Asos, plus these cosy pink slippers would look lovely with them.

 

I have one of these BHS microfleece throws myself (but in a different colour without spots) and I find it really soft and cosy. Perfect to keep extra warm.

 

I'm getting a bit obsessed with fairy lights ...and what little candle doesn't make a room instantly cosier??

 

And of course a good film is essential - I love Tangled & of course Frozen. And your iPad to keep up with your blog :-)

 

Perfect winter night in!

 

x