Pick of the High Street: Trousers at Zara

From the small selection on their website, you’d be forgiven for thinking Zara have only a few pairs on trousers available this season. Just these two in fact. It’s hard to tell from the picture, but the first pair look worryingly like that dreadful skirt attached over trousers trend that was popular in 1998. I could be wrong, it could just be straps or something. They’re £35.

Secondly, these high waisted numbers. Available in black or grey, they are £55 and are 88% wool, so should keep you cosy should the cold weather ever make a reappearance.

I like Zara, I do, but I find their sizing annoying (Mexican, US or S,M,L where the L equates to about a size 10/12!) and the width of the trouser legs is narrow, to say the least. The do have long lengths in trousers but as the lengths are helpfully not labelled, it’s a case of try it on and see.

Pick of the High Street: Dresses at Oasis

As I’m not shopping at the moment, I thought I would bring you some of my favourite items from the British High Street. We’ll start with Oasis, and the item today is dresses.
First up is the 2 Way Lurex Stripe dress. It’s a take on a sweater dress and although I usually say never wear horizontal stripes, I think this works because of the ribbing. It’s down to £40 (from £60) in the sale and they only have a size 16 left (but as Oasis call a EUR42 a 16, it’s probably nearer a 14). It’s grey, it’s sparkly, what’s not to love?

Secondly the Trench Dress. Obviously ‘Trench’ is the new word for ‘Shirt’ as it looks like a shirt dress to me! In classic black, this will set you back £50 but it’s versatile as it’s smart enough to wear to work, but can be dressed up with accessories for drinks or partying in the evening.

This is my 200th post!!!!

Outfit: Wednesday Suit

Black jacket – Long Tall Sally
Black pencil skirt – Long Tall Sally
Turquoise cotton rib T shirt/vest – Dorothy Perkins
Black shrug – too old to remember where it’s from
Black tights – Silkies
Black knee high boots – Arturo Chiang (Century 21)

Accessories:
Turquoise floating bead necklace – Accessorize
Turquoise bangles – Oxfam (from the selection of new jewellery)
Turquoise disc earrings - Accessorize

Labels

I have been through and given all my previous posts labels so you can now view all the shoe related posts, or outfits, or whatever. Also, I’ve finally got linking sussed so posts will look a little neater from now on.

Outfit: Blue and Black Tuesday

Blue and black jersey dress – Dorothy Perkins
Black cotton rib polo neck sweater – Marks and Spencer
Black cotton rich 100 denier tights – George at ASDA
Blue suede shoe boots – New Look

No More Shopping

As mentioned below in my 5 things post, I am going to attempt to make no further purchases until my birthday, mid-April. This will be hard for me, especially as I really want this wrap dress from Tall Girls, but I shall resist!

Saturday Shopping

I bought this dress on Saturday from Dorothy Perkins. It’s fab and I will be wearing it tomorrow so check back then for the outfit post to see what it looks like on.

Outfit: Black Monday

Feeling kind of blah today, not even my new suit can cheer me up.

Black jacket – Long Tall Sally
Black trousers – Long Tall Sally
Teal v neck tank top – Next
Teal and black print crinkle shirt – Next
Teal boots – Faith

Five Things

I’ve been tagged by Karinaxoxo so here are 5 things you didn’t know about me:

I went to boarding school. I was only a boarder in the 6th form (was a day girl at the same school for the 1st 5 years) but I loved it!

I take my tea black. It all started when I was in the 6th form and one Sunday night back at school after half term, we had no milk in the common room fridge. I wanted tea so thought I would try it black…and decided I liked it better that way!

I don’t drink coffee. I’ve tried it various different ways: black, white, with sugar, mocha, but can’t bring myself to like it.

I am not doing any more shopping until my birthday in April. There, I put it in print, I have to stick to it now…

I love country music and am proud of that fact. The Dixie Chicks and Chely Wright are two of my favourites.

I am going to tag: Forever Amber, Shoes Glorious Shoes, My Wardrobe Today, and Confessions of a Shopaholic.

Japanese Pants

My sister sent me this on email. I think it’s a joke. I HOPE it’s a joke!!

“What you see below are not see-thru skirts… They are actually prints on the skirts to make it look as if the knickers are visible and these are the current rage in Japan.”

Outfit: Casual Friday

Blue/teal cotton rib v neck sweater – Gap
White long sleeve Favourite T – Gap
Skinny jeans – Topshop

Blue glitter belt - H&M
Brown knee high boots – Nine West (Debenhams)

The End of the Sizing Lottery?

Well it could be, in Spain at least. By 2008, 8000 Spanish women will have been measured in an attempt to standardise clothing sizes and ease the pressure on young girls to be unhealthily thin, hopefully preventing the development of eating disorders. The good news for us British women? Spanish chains Zara & Mango will be part of this standardisation.
Read the full story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6300793.stm

Schuh ‘Fiona’ Peeptoe Pumps

Look at these!! They named a shoe after me!

This Week I Will Be Mostly…

…wearing brown Nine West boots
…reading (and attempting to finish) ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid‘ by Bill Bryson
…watching Sex & The City DVDs. Still. Working my way through them and am on to Season 2
…eating porridge
…shopping in the city centre on Saturday. Hopefully!

Outfit: Blue Thursday

Blue wool mix sweater dress – H&M
Blue lace trim cotton cami – Marks and Spencer
Brown belt – Dorothy Perkins
Brown rib socks (worn as tights) – Sock Dreams
Brown boots – Nine West (Debenhams)

Wearing over the top for warmth: Pale blue wool cardi – Ebay

Jones The Bootmaker

I have just discovered that Jones the Bootmaker does shoes in a EUR42. This is good news as it increases the number of places I can buy shoes! They are usually a bit out of my price range but these brown 'Tussel' boots are down to £39 from £130 in the sale. They are leather and leather lined. Can't argue with that!

New Season Ranges at Topshop and Dorothy Perkins

The Tall ranges at these stores have just had a load of things added to them. I want:

Dorothy Perkins
Blue & Black dress
Blue roll neck dress
Pink & black tunic top
Turquoise sweater

Topshop
Grey coat
White shirt

Outfit: No Snow Wednesday

So why is it, when most of the country has snow, the Frozen North some how misses out? Again! This happened last year and it’s totally not fair, I love the snow!

Brown wool mix pinstripe jacket – Long Tall Sally
Brown wool mix pinstripe trousers – Long Tall Sally
Red cashmere v neck sweater – George @ ASDA
White stretch cotton shirt – Oasis
Red ankle boots – Nine West (Century 21)

A Few of My Shoes

Outfit: Tuesday

Beige cashmere sweater – Benetton
White cotton shirt – Gap
Brown/blue/beige wool skirt – Next
Brown ribbed cotton socks (worn as tights) – Sock Dreams
Brown Boots – Nine West (Debenhams)

The skirt is checked although you can't tell that from the picture. And the boots are the same as yesterday.