Outside My Comfort Zone 29 Pastels OOTD

Hiya lovelies!

This fortnight's challenge is pastels, chosen by Hollie, who said:  

Pastels are here for Spring & Summer but I'd love some inspiration from you lovely ladies. I want to see you flourish in fondant colours. Pinks, Mints, Sky Blues... the list goes on. I don't want to hide away this Summer so this will be good practise!

I don't have a lot of pastels. In fact (off the top of my head) my 'collection' as it stands is: 3 vest tops, one bracelet and a hair flower. Pastels don't really suit me until I have a bit of a tan, which is why I've avoided them I guess - there ain't a lot of sun in these parts! :) I'm loving the trend for pastels this year though (especially all the pink) and need more colour in my life. The vest is more mint green in real life but appears a tad darker here.

I'm hoping I haven't worn this exact outfit before, or at least I'd have been unfortunate to wear it twice as the skirt and the vest are both a couple of sizes too big. Before I started blogging I always used to drown myself in sizes-too-big clothes as I thought they minimised (they really don't) and sometimes it's a habit I refer back to without thinking. My waist and boobs have vanished in this outfit, so it's not my favourite outfit, but hopefully you'll forgive me. ;) I have no lipstick on as my tea was on the side going cold - the blog always comes first.

Hair flower, Primark
Necklace, old Superdrug
Ring, Debenhams
Cardigan, Just For 5 Pounds
Vest, Simply Be from 3 pack
Skirt, old Yours Clothing
Shoes, old Evans

How do you feel about pastels? Are they up your alley or a bit too 'My Little Pony' for you?

Thanks for reading.

Fatshion Feb Day 15 OOTD

Hello lovelies.

Happy Saturday! I hope you have a good one today, whatever you're up to. We're hoping to go out if the weather's less monsoon-like, as we were unable to go out yesterday as I was crippled with ovarian cyst pain. Next life, I want a penis! Moving swiftly on....

I found these leggings with the little lacy scalloped edges at the back of my leggings shelf. I forgot I had them!

Hair flower, New Look (last year.)
Tea and cake necklace, Drown Soda (seems to be out of business now)
Cardi, Primark (old.)
Dress, New Look from twinpack
Scarf tied around my wrist, charity shop
Leggings, Yours Clothing
Patent shoes, Evans

I'll be doing a proper post about my Drown Soda order soon - it's my new love.

Pop quiz - what's your favourite thing to do on a weekend? Ours is a walk on a Saturday, do a bit of exploring somewhere I can take photos of old buildings (churches and graveyards are a fave of mine) then a film or two Saturday night. Sunday is usually a lazy day for the Mr while I catch up on housework - but he's got to pull his finger out as well tomorrow as we have a landlord inspection on Monday. ;)

Thanks for reading!

Black Hearts (but no Joan Jett) OOTD

Hello pickles.

I saw a heart print dress on Gail's blog and fell in love on sight. I had a look on Asda and found it only went up as far as a size 20 and shook my fist at the sky...oh, the drama.

Then Gail said it comes up quite large and she sized down 2 sizes so it might be worth a go. I bought it with trepidation, thinking that even if the 20 is sized more like a 24 it still might be too small for me. Well, I was wrong. I love it when that happens!

It fits like a dream. It's a bit short because of my butt shelf, but the print is so cute it's a keeper. It's a lovely soft, stretchy swing dress which I've pulled in with my bargain new belt from ASOS Curve.

Outfit details:

Dress, Asda £12 (size 20.)
Cardigan, Primark £12 (size 18.)
Leggings, Matalan
Belt, ASOS £6 (bargain!)
Shoes, Rocket Dog

Thanks for reading.