Summer Sale Gatherings

Autumn is my favourite season period. The cool air and the crispy leaves crunching under my boots is lovely. Summer for me is hard work, especially this year where it's been a zillion times warmer than usual so I had nothing hot weather appropriate. Because our weather is usually damp, windy and cloudy ( read : shit) I don't really own anything summery so I struggle to find things to wear. However what I DO like about the summer are the sales! An excellent opportunity to get a few bargains!  It could be a chance to stock up on some basics like vests or t shirts or to finally get your hands on an item you've been lusting over for months, checking in-store every time your in town to see if it's gone down yet or if it's even still there.  Also if it's in the sale I don't feel as guilty about buying a load of things when I get paid and Its also a lot easier to get past the boyfriend hehe.

Today I've got some new stuff I've bought in the last month in preparation for Autumn, some of it was was full price and some of it was in the sale. I finished my mamoth clear out and the final total was 10 bags of clothes, shoes, bags and scarves. Which gave me AN EXCUSE TO SHOP. But alas there has been a new rule introduced : 1 new item= 1 item goes. Hopefully this will stop my wardrobe reaching the epic proportions it has again. When clearing out I found this website apairandasparediy.com. There's a really useful series called wardrobe rehab which shows you how to streamline your existing wardrobe and create a capsule by sticking to a neutral palette with a pop of colour. This really helped me sit and actually LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I DON'T NEED. Anything that was broken, ill fitting/ snagged or I hadn't worn for the last year was gone. I tried doing this quite quickly before I could think of an excuse however obscure to keep things. I'll try and do a few posts about this in the future, sharing what I've gained from this so look out for that

Now here's some new additions : TOP HALF

Boyfriend style cardie Primark £12, Jersey dress H+M £7.99?, Star T shirt Primark £4, Denim shirt New Look (sale!) £5

I was on the hunt for some basics and found these. This cardie is soo warm, I can't wait to layer it over everything when it gets chilly. I got this dress in burgundy because it's on of my favourite colours for A/W and it's so versatile. It would be great in the day with a cardigan or in the night with a blazer and heels. I got a denim shirt in the sale in new look as it would go with everything. The starry t shirt I didn't really need but it was too cute to put down. I suppose it could work on a night out.

BOTTOM HALF:

Here we go.. Printed Skirt Primark (sale) £5! Grey marl skirt Matalan £6, Studded Jeans Primark (sale) £5, Amelie River Island Jeans (sale) £10, Canvas shoes £3 H+M (sale), cut out boots New Look £27.99

This is where I went a bit mad... though I did get some good deals. The River Island jeans were £35 originally which I wouldn't pay for jeans. I saw these weeks ago and kept checking the sale but they never had my size until now haha. I love the floral pattern and khaki goes with everything and the Primark jeans were a steal for a fiver. I wanted some studded jeans which both pairs have. I got 2 daytime skirts which will be fine with tights come autumn and I finally got a pair of cut out boots form New look. I was planning on getting River Island ones that day which were almost identical but they were £45 and alas they didn't have my size so I got these beauties.

I'll have to go on the hunt for some fancy socks now...

Till next time! x