Kingfisher shopping centre blogger challenge

Last Monday i was invited down to The Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch to take part in their 'Blogger Challenge' - i was given a £50 voucher to buy a whole outfit from the Spring/Summer 2013 collections from any store in the centre. As you will know, £50 doesn't get you much in this day and age so i was a little apprehensive about the challenge, but was eager to hunt down some bargains! I caught the train from Worcester, the centre is perfectly located right next to Redditch train station so it was mega easy to get to.

I'm local to the area and had been to the shopping centre when i was younger but not recently so couldn't really remember what it was like - i went on a Monday morning so it was relatively quiet, and SO clean too which is always nice. The selection of the shops is great and they have lots of high street favourites like River Island, H&M, New Look, and an enormous Primark too (as well as others, full store list available here) and they have plenty of coffee shops and food places - everyone needs to refuel after shopping, after all it is proper cardio. So, with my voucher and little helper Sunny by my side, off we went in search of a Spring outfit.

At first it was tricky as i wasn't sure what style/kind of outfit i wanted to go for, so i thought it'd be good if i started with the shoes and worked my way up from there; i found these amazing jewelled sandals in Primark and bought them as i knew they'd be a good starting point. Then we popped over to H&M where they had loads of printed trousers and jeans, i love the colour and skinny fit of this pair so bought these along with the sleeveless biker vest that can be worn so many different ways - i was very excitable at this point! To complete the outfit i wanted a plain white vest to go underneath, and a bit of bling round my neck to finish it off. It was as easy as that.

I am super duper pleased with this 'look' - and the entire lot costs under £50, who knew £50 could go so far? Not me, but it's true...i promise. Also, the outfit doesn't even look cheap which makes it even better!

Thank you to Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch for everything, i will definitely be back for more shopping in the near future!
You can find Kingfisher on twitter here, and on facebook too.


All items c/o Kinfisher and all available to buy right now!
*H&M printed trousers, £9.99*
*H&M biker gilet, £14.99*
*Primark jewel heeled sandals, £14.00*
*New Look white oversized vest, £6.99*
*River Island skull pendant necklace, £4.00*
TOTAL COST OF OUTFIT = £49.97


I was rudely interrupted whilst taking these pictures by my Guinea Pig, honestly he is SUCH a diva - but i've also added some more appropriate and sensible pictures!
I would love to know what you think of my outfit and attempt at the blogger challenge :)
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The Monday Piece - New Look

A super quick post today as im poorly with the flu! This weeks Monday Piece is on British fashion brand New Look. With retailers across the UK, Europe and as far as Singapore, New Look are a large fashion house providing affordable, high street clothing, shoes and accessories. As well as womenswear they also provide menswear and childrenswear. New Look offer a wide range of items to suit all styles and sizes, this seasons trends can be found in store with gothic glam twists and grungy looks prevailing. The fashion is right up my street and collaborations with Kelly Brook and Giles Deacon, to name a few, keeps customers going back for more! I've picked a few of my favourite items for the Autumn/Winter season below, the ear muffs and accessories need to be in my wardrobe right now, you can shop it all right here.

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What I did this week

I've not done a post like this before - hope you like it!
This week in pictures, gorgeous New Look wedge trainers (£24.99), lunch in Wetherspoons, VOGUE magazine, blogging on my iPad, coffee and milkshake in Bolero, Hello Kitty goodies in H&M.
Hope you all had a good week!

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What I wore today - silly hat!

Evening lovelies! Happy Monday, hope you've had a great start to the week, mines been ok :). So today I thought is wear a silly beanie hat as I was having a very bad hair day so I had to plait it and wear a hat - I've kept the outfit very casual and easy going as I was in a bit of a rush getting ready today, though I quite like it as my wedge trainers quirk it up a little.

I love these Aztec print shorts and haven't had much chance to wear them, they are from the kids section in new look and were such a bargain at £14.00! They are quite versatile too and are great for summer, they're really colourful too so are easy to match up with other stuff.

We are celebrating my sisters birthday tomorrow , me, my mum, brother and sister are going to do a bit of shopping in town and then we'll have some nice food somewhere do I'm really looking forward to it :) my sisters off to Barcelona for a month at the end of the week, I'm super jealous as she's going to have an awesome time!
Sadly I don't have a holiday planned this year, hopefully me and my boyfriend will get a late deal to somewhere hot in Europe at the end of the summer - any suggestions are welcome!

Do you wear a hat when you have a bad hair day?!
Hope you had a great weekend.
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Don't forget my topshop giveaway, scroll to the bottom of the page and see the archive and click TOPSHOP GIVEAWAY :)

*River Island panda hat, old*
*New look shorts, £14.00*
*Topshop top, £14.00, necklace £12.00*
*eBay hi top wedge trainers, £37.00, shamballa bracelet £5.00*

What I wore today - monochrome with leopard wedges

My outfit of the day; the weathers still pretty hit and miss do I chose to wear a little monochrome outfit - you can't go wrong with black and white right? I've been looking for an open shoulder top for ages and luckily found this one at the weekend whilst shopping with my mum - I'm tempted to get the black one too! And of course I teamed it with my favourite ever leggings from American Apparel, they are truly amazing and are really stretchy so don't lose shape. I've not worn my leopard print wedges in a while either so wore those to jazz it all up a bit, and of course not forgetting my spiky topshop necklace. Do you like my headband? I'm sure you've noticed I wear my hair up a lot, it's really long and thick so it's just too easy for me to scrape it all back into a messy bun so wore a headband for a bit of a change, I should start making more of an effort with my hair I think!
It's the queens jubilee tomorrow, does you have any exciting plans? I think I'll just have a chilled out day and may pop to the shops to get something new for my little flat. Xx

*New look top*
*American apparel leggings*
*eBay wedges*
*Topshop necklace*
*Matalan headband*