Westfield blogger meet & purchases

Hello pickles,

I went to Westfield on Saturday with many lovely ladies (mostly of the plus size blogging persuasion) and had a fabulous day. We had a long lunch and many hours shopping - we were there 7 hours!

Here's what I snapped up with the last of my birthday money (and a small donation from the Mr!)

Chevron tube maxi dress, Forever 21 size 3x, £18.75.

Crop top, Forever 21 size 3x, £5.

Frilly sock 3 pack, Primark, £2.

Pink clutch, Primark, £8.

Full length beach cover up, Primark £10.

 Wide fit shoes, Primark, £8.

Beach cover up, Primark, £8.

Nail polishes, Beauty Base, 99p each.

I don't know if we're going to have a holiday this year because of the expense of the new car, but I bought the cover ups in case we go away somewhere, and because I like that kind of hippie beach vibe.

I'd never heard of LA Colors before but they don't test on animals so I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for more from them in the future.

Abi also brought along some items to swap and she gave me a brand new cardi and some nail art glitters.

Here are some photos from the day.

In the car on the way there

We had a lot of fun in the changing room at Forever 21. There was a massive cubicle so about 8 of us piled in there to try things on and there were clothes being whipped on and off at lightning speed. Of course we had to take photos! :) Betty and I tried on clothes in New Look too, but I didn't like the look of anything I tried on myself there so didn't buy anything.

Becky and I

Lovely Abi

When it came to lunch Lauren had kindly arranged for a hefty Westfield Stratford gift card to pay for almost the entire cost of our lunches, so we only had to add a few pounds ourselves - bonus. The food was delicious and it was nice to sit down and talk. I was seriously flagging before lunch - the CFS was kicking my butt and I wasn't as chatty as usual as my brain was shutting off inessential tasks like the flapping of my gob. ;)

Lunch! Spicy chicken burger. So good!

Pudding - limoncello trifle. BEST THING EVARRR.

Mookie and Abi

Abi and I

Everyone at lunch. Mookie's photo

It was a really fun day and it was great to meet some people for the first time - Mayah, Lauren, Michaela, Natalie and Martyna - and catch up with some of the ladies I've met before - Becky, Betty, Abi, Leighanne and of course Mookie. I don't get to go to many events with other bloggers because I'm reliant on hubby to chauffeur me around, but when I can I love to spend time with the ladies whose blogs I read.

It got SO crowded at Westfield in the afternoon though, far past the point of comfort for some of us, so if you're going get in and out early before the rush. It was mayhem. Although there's a lot more shops at Westfield, I prefer Lakeside as it's busy but not so much so you want to tear your own face off. It was quite unbearably hot there too. I had a glow on all day.

We stayed with my mother & father-in-law for the long weekend in London and it was lovely (apart from the pain 'hangover' from Saturday and a few near faints on Sunday/Monday.) More about the weekend will be coming up in another post, as I took eleventy million photos this weekend. We also got to hang out with our niece a couple of times while we were there, which was lovely.

I hope you had a great weekend and I'll get to showing you the things I bought in outfit posts soon.

Thanks for reading.

Plus size bloggers trip to Lakeside

Hiya,

Yesterday hub and I went to Lakeside to meet Mookie (and her hubby Mike) Abi and Charlie.

Abi, Charlie, Mookie and I

Aren't we all pretty?!

We had a great time. We went to Primark, had lunch at the Gourmet Burger Kitchen then went to Evans and Yours Clothing, who were both expecting a visit from us as Mookie had called both head offices. We tried on lots of clothes in Evans and Yours and I took photos of everyone, so I'll post those visits separately as there are too many for one post.

Mookie's photo

Mookie's photo

We had a really good day except for when we witnessed a crow killing another crow while we ate lunch outside the Gourmet Burger Kitchen. The poor thing drowned in the lake next to us after being viciously attacked. It was horrible. Other than that it was lovely being out in the sunshine and hubby even got slightly sunburnt on his face! WTF, it's March!

We all had a spend up in Primark. Here's what I bought.

I snagged:

A Simpsons tee
A mini satchel
A thick chain necklace
An eagle necklace
Eagle earrings
Gold disk earrings
Leopard hair grips
A hair bun
A floral hair crown thingy
Pink floral hair clips
An eyeliner

I also bought a dress in Yours Clothing, which I'll blog about in due course. I will post the photos from Evans and Yours of all of us soon! Here are some general photos from the day.

I'm slowly getting used to my new glasses

I wish I bought this. How ironic would a fat girl in a doughnut tee be?!

We had lots of fun and a lot of laughs. Hopefully we can do the same again in a few months.

Thanks for reading and keep your eyes peeled for posts about my experience in Yours and Evans.

Leeds fat swap part 1 - photo OBESE! Ha.

Hiya lovelies!

Hubby and I had a fabulous weekend away in Leeds so I could attend my first ever fat clothes swap and meet some of the lovely ladies I've been chatting to for such a long time on Twitter.

This is going to be Part 1 of 4. Today I'll talk about the swap itself and I'll show you some of the items I picked up. In part 2 I'll show you some more clothes I got and in part 3 I'll show you the accessories, make up and nail polish I snagged. In part 4 I'll talk about what we did in Leeds and show you some Instagram shots.