OOTD: Friday 26th June 2015

Yay! Have caught up with myself!

Here is what I'm wearing right now! With all the heat today, even this dress was too much. I ended up knotting the skirt up during lunch duty because the playground was so bloomin' warm!

Love the pattern on this dress! £2 at the car boot - why, thank you! 

Below are the sandals that I seem to be spending my life in at the moment! They are so comfy and cool in all the heat. They are from JustFab and I love them. I wear them so much that some of the gems have started to fall out but I'm not to bothered - they still look brilliant. 

M xx

OOTD: Thursday 25th June 2015

I love this outfit!! It's one of my favourite picks from the wardrobe I invested in when I got my job last year. When I bought this top it was tight around my love handles.... but not anymore! It's so loose and floaty now, which makes me want to wear it all the time as it proves to me just how much my body has already changed.

Apologies for the wet hair! I was, again, running a little late this morning! 

M xx

OOTD: Wednesday 24th June 2015

I didn't manage to take any photos of what I was wearing on Tuesday. The day was mental and I was running super late! These photos are a little dark. I love the top - it's one of my favourite car boot buys so far!

The top is originally from the TU range at Sainsbury's. I love the flowers on it and the material is nice and light for the summer weather too. These grey jeans are huge now too! Will need to be buying some new trousers in the sales after the summer! 

M xx

OOTD: Monday 22nd June 2015

Monday is always a rubbish day! It drags on and on! Wasn't a massive fan of my outfit for the day either but I was in a major rush and didn't have time to change.

I felt like the top made me look really wide and didn't flatter my new appearing waist line. But the jeans are getting looser and looser and they are the smallest pair I learn so I guess there are still positives there. 

M xx

OOTD: Sunday 21st June 2015

Happy Fathers Day everyone! 

I got loads of compliments today about how I'm looking which was really lovely to hear! These photos are a little dark but you get the gist of the outfit.

The top is from a car boot sale. £1 - yes please! The jeans are from New Look, they are a size 18 and absolutely huge! I can get my arm down the side of my leg whilst wearing them. When I bought them, they were a squeeze. This week has been full of so many non scale victories, I'm actually starting to believe that my body is changing. Everyone else is starting to notice too! I love the compliments that I'm getting. I just want to keep going now and showing myself just how brilliant I can look! (more than I already do)

M xx

OOTD: Saturday 20th June 2015

During the day I pretty slobbed around in my PJ's but I went out to a Ballroom social dancing and then out clubbing so I dolled myself up a little bit.

I can really see my body starting to change as I keep going with my fitness and healthier eating. My tummy is really shrinking, as well as my thighs and my love handles.

Love the colours in this outfit too. The material of the top is so beautiful. It's got a thick under layer that hugs the body and then a really lightweight mesh that floats on top. It makes me feel so confident when I wear it. I bought it years ago and am really glad that I now have a skirt to wear it with. I used to wear it with jeans but I love the combination of this shirt with it. Especially with the lovely pattern on the skirt! 

OOTD: Friday 19th June 2015

Oh my gosh, I am so behind with my blog! Life has become horrendously busy and I have had no time at all to sit and write anything at all!

This outfit is so old! I think I bought both the shorts and the top about 5 years ago! But I fit back into the shorts so I don't care!! WAHOO! Non scale victory! 

Love how my tummy is disappearing.

M xx

OOTD: Thursday 18th June 2015

Today was a really random day. I started off feeling really quite thin and then as the day went on I got more and more worried that I look horrendously like a hippo on what I was wearing. I bought this T-shirt a year ago (without trying it on) at a festival I was working at and it was so tight that I refused to wear it in public. The fact that I will now wear it to work speaks volumes. However, I would still like it to fit better than it does.

The battle against my spare tire continues.

In the picture below, especially, I can see how my body has already changed! I can't wait to see how it looks in a couple of months when I have shifted some more lbs! 

So, like I said, the top is from a festival stall that I cannot remember the name of and the trousers are from Next. I wore the same sandals from JustFab again. I wanted to be summery but Thursday is gardening day so I went for trousers. Still managed to top up my tan! Wahey! 

M xx

OOTD: Wednesday 17th June 2015

Today I embraced the summer - even though the morning was actually cold! This dress is orignally from Sainsbury's in their TU collection but I got at a car boot sale. Still in perfect condition and less than half the price, I can guarantee! It's a big win all round!

My waist is kind of emerging here. I like the cut of the dress a lot. I have to wear a little crop top underneath to raise the 'dip' of the neck line. It's a little low cut for school but a small vest top does the trick just fine to make it appropriate. I'm wearing a spaghetti strap, navy blue vest top underneath the dress here. It was from New Look about 3 years ago and I still wear it under things all the time and when it's really hot - by itself. 

The sandals are from JustFab, I love them. I've literally worn them every day this week so far - I am getting tan lines on my feet from wearing them so much! They have a lovely jeweled panel up the middle which is really pretty and they pretty much cover my tattoo which is also a bonus for the classroom. 

If/when I remember I will take a close up picture of the sandals and post it. I love them

M xx

OOTD: Tuesday 16th June 2015

Happy Tuesday! 

Top is New Look, trousers are Next. I love the 'floatiness' (real word) of the top. Even in the summer and even though it's black, it's quite cool in the sun as there is a lot of movement in the top. The pattern is really pretty too.

Love the colour of these trousers. I never used to be a fan of having colour on bottom -  I was always blue jeans and coloured top but I like a good pair of coloured trousers now. These are more of a cotton than a demin so, agian, they aren't too hot in the summer sun. Great for school. 

M xx

OOTD: Monday 15th June 2015

Happy Monday everyone! Only 5 weeks of school left until summer break! COME ON!

This dress is from Next, the blue floral pattern is beautiful. To start with I didn't like the cut of this dress. It has a seam that runs right across the middle of my torso and it made me look a little weird. Now that I've lost a little bit of my spare tire (or Cake Shelf as Sarah Millican calls it) it actually fits okay and shows off my waist line. The length was perfect for school too so it was a win all round!

I didn't take a picture of my shoes that I wore today. They are stunning - I will upload a picture when I can.

M xx

OOTD: Saturday 13th June 2015. Another Night Out!

So, I went out again! Second night in a row, talk about dancing the night away! I am totally shattered today. Spending the day in bed, just chilling out... was a great weekend but will need an early night tonight.

The top is from the car boot! Oh yes, £1 clubbing top, never worn. I thank you! It's lovely. The little black skirt is New Look, only been able to get back into in the last 2 months or so so I like wearing it out! Reminds of how far I've come already. Standard black tights and the same shoes that I wore out on Friday. To see them (and my outfit from my first night out this weekend, click here)

Probably won't be a post for OOTD today - I'm just in pj's in bed. :P

M xx

OOTD: Saturday 13th June 2015

It's Saturday, it's laundry and chores day. It's the morning after a 3am drive home from Kingston..... very little effort has been made today.

Lazy day clothes. Still got my legs out - loving my leg definition today haha. 

The top is, again, from New Look. Donkeys years ago - I love the anchor and the treble clef wound together. The shorts are also New Look - also years old. You will realise as these posts go on that pretty much my entire wardrobe is from Next or New Look (or more recently, from a car boot sale). I do love a bargain. 

OOTD: Friday 12th June 2015 - Outfit Of The Night

After the pub of Friday, I was in such a good mood! It was a brilliant evening with a whole lot of laughs and jokes going on. Perfect way to end the week and I just didn't feel like I was ready to end that party feeling. Sometimes I just get the need to go and dance, so that is exactly what I did.

I drove back to Guildford, got ready and drove back to Kingston for a T-Total night out with one of the girls from work and just danced for hours. Excellent night from start to finish!

This is one of my car boot finds and I was really excited to wear it out. It's such a lovely colour and the lace is so pretty. I wore it with black tights but couldn't be bothered to put them back on this morning to take these pictures.

Hello thigh definition! :D Finally seeing some progress in weight loss and toning. Don't actually think I look too bad in this dress which is a very nice thing to feel. 

Rounded the outfit out with these boots. They are from New Look, about 5 years old and I still love them. They are so comfy which is perfect for a long night on the dance floor. 

M xx

OOTD: Friday 12th June 2015

Friday was 'Beach Day' at school to raise money for our swimming pool. We all got to look especially summery in our beach wear!

I bought this dress 3 years ago for a holiday in France. It was in the Accessorize sale and I fell in love with it straight way. The colour and the pattern are just gorgeous and being 5'10" I love the way it is actually a proper maxi dress and not a just-above-the-ankle-really-odd-length-not-meant-for-tall-women dress!

Because it was beach day at school, I couldn't just wear the dress as it is WAY too low cut! Hence the little white vest top underneath but I did get to take the t-shirt off when I went to the pub with friends from work in the evening. I was very glad as it was SO hot and humid yesterday that my skin needed to breathe, not be stuck under 2 layers of clothing. 

I topped the outfit off with this lovely flip-flops - also from Accessorize. They match the dress pretty much perfectly! 

M xx

OOTD: Thursday 11th June 2015

Today was so hot that I seriously regretted the jeans by about 10am. I spent a lot of time outside in the sun today and got very hot indeed! 

Same jeans as yesterday. The blouse is from Next, bought as part of my 'new job' wardrobe. Once again, the flowers are what attracted my to it orignally. I really liked the colours as well. Plus, the neck line has little sparkly beads all over it which the little kids at school love!

Cardigan is from H&M. It's one of my favourite jumper/cardigan/pull overs that I own because the arms are really long so I can wrap my hands in them when it's chilly. Obviously, I was not doing that today. Today, the cardigan stayed in my bag as soon as I got to school!

OOTD: Wednesday 10th June 2015

Hey lovely readers!

As another way to embrace my beauty and force myself to see the good things about the way I look.....not because I'm vain but because I would like to feel confident about myself..... I am started an outfit of the day post series.

I don't weather I will actually post every day due to time commitments etc but I will as often as I can.

Firstly, I will need to use better lighting in future... secondly, this mirror makes my legs look really short haha.

Okay! The jeans are from New Look a few years ago, they are a camouflage green with a very handy 'sock zip' that take away the issues of rolling-up-skinny-jeans-to-put-on-long-socks. The blouse is from Next, I love the cut of it and the style and how 'floaty' it is. Perfect for a summery day in the sun. The cardigan is New Look, it's a dusty pale pink, really lovely as a light cover up when it's breezy but to too chilly. 

On the whole, I really like this outfit. I think it looks okay and it has a lot of good stories behind it. I shrunk the jeans in the tumble dryer at uni and I couldn't get into them for the life of me. I then shrunk myself to get back into them! WAHOO! *punches air*

Similar story with the blouse. I bought it as part of a 'new job' wardrobe but it was a little tight over my tummy and around my love handles. I handed realised how much my body had changed shape since September until I put this on this morning and it floated over my waist and hips beautifully.

Maybe this project will be a success after all!!