Friday Favourites - Flowers

Flowers are a cheap and easy way of adding colour to you home, They are pretty and bright and can add a sense of fun to a room. Flowers always make me feel better, depending on my mood is dependent on what colours I will buy. The one thing I always love though are tulips. A lot of people and even florist don't like tulips but I do, I love the colours and the shape and I love that as they get older the tips get whiter. With the exception of roses and lilies flowers can last almost 2 weeks and I've even had bunches that just refuse to wilt. Tulips are my number one choice and then I like roses but as I just said they don't really last as long. I'm a strong believer in getting value for money so the longer they last the happier I am.


If they are bought for me as a gift, as a surprise from my husband or if I just buy them myself as a little treat, they are one of my loved in my home. I've even bought plants on occasion, I just have no green thumb so they die pretty quickly. Supermarkets offer a wide choice of flowers now and though they are still seasonal there are a lot that you get all year round. a £5 bunch now and then is a worth expenditure too add the smell and colour and life to my home.

OOTD - Rocking Purple

Please bear with me as this is my first ever ootd post and I'm not one hundred percent confident in what I'm showcasing. I've been honest about my size and weight in previous posts yet words are just that. Pictures are less forgiving over time. Forgetting my insecurities lets move on with this outfit.

There are a lot of days when I leave the house where I want to dress nicely, but I have a limited wardrobe for clothing that hits the middle scale. Smart/Casual, Nice/Everyday. The majority of my clothes are only really good for a single occasion. I found this dress in George in the sale. The colour was what instantly grabbed me as purple is my favourite colour and I have always found that it works well on me and compliments my skin tone. The dress itself was long with a peplum effect at the bottom of the skirt. It was near closing time in the shop and I didn't have the time to try it on so I grabbed it off the sale rail and hoped that it would work

It was a bargain price of £7 so I figured if I wasn't comfortable in it I could just use it as a house dress (how 50s does that sound). When I got it home I was not completely in love with how it fell. it seemed like it had no shape and just hung of me like a towel. I grabbed my trustee black waist belt and viola, it gave me the shape i wanted and instead of a solid block of colour it gave something to draw the eye.

I team it with my everyday monochrome satchel style handbag, Tights, a pretty hair bow and my swarovski heart necklace to complete it and add a little more glam and style. I wear it with black shoes, flats or heels depending on where I'm going. This outfit has turned into a staple in my wardrobe. An outfit that ticks all my boxes and is pretty enough to be smart and casual yet nice and comfortable and yet still suitable for everyday. All for a impulse buy, I'd say that all in all I'm very happy with my choice.