OOTD - Saturday

Today i had to go to the Dentist boooo - good news apart from a some potential gum issues that i can fix myself by flossing, i don't need any treatment. No dentist visits for 12 months! 

It was strange weather this morning, sunny but cold so i went with the old faithful jeans, i dread the day these wear out. 

My converse and a top from ASDA Moda

 Teasing you. here is the full outfit , thank you primark for the use of your mirrors.

Shoes - Converse
Jeans - NL £11 Size 20
Top - ASDA Moda £6 Size 22

 On i forgot i also wore a cardie as it was a bit chilly

Cardie - £7 H&M 

Weeks Round up

I feel like i've run out of time this week, We've been in our billing week at work and it is always a really tiring process and not my fave aspect of my job but as a billing analyst guess its not something i can get out of! 

Don't get me wrong i love my job which not many people i know can say but sometimes it gets in the way of life and blogging

The important things for this blog my clothes

Tuesday - Felt like a trousers day. 

Top - Sainsburys size 20 past season
Trousers - Matalan Size 24 £5

Boots - Tesco £15 

 Wednesday - It was raining and although i am happy to embrace Autumn i'm not quite ready to give up summer just yet.

 I wore a Peachy Corally dress from Newlook Inspire, this was a sale bargain but i can't remember how much it was. it was cheap enough to justify buying it at least a size too big.

Necklace £1 Dotty P's

oooo this is a bit washed out
 i teamed it with Black tights, a black cardie and my tesco boots
Dress NL
Cardie - Tesco a hand me down

 Thursday i didn't take a picture but i wore the bow print skirt i got at the leeds fat swap. a black vest from Tesco and some berry coloured tights (the tights are the same colour as the top in the next couple of photos.

Friday - dress down day at work.

I'm sick of feeling scruffy on a dress down day, a couple of Next Sales ago i got the top below, but i've never known what to wear it with. i feel like i needs a really nice dressy skirt but i don't think that look is very ME.

So as it was DDF i wore the jeans.

The top is lacy, not sure how to describe it so some useful terms would be appreciated. it comes with a built in liner which makes it work appropriate and buttons up the back, i did wear a black vest for that extra layer of protection in case all the buttons popped off!

Top Next Sale £12 Size 20
Jeans - NL £11 Size 20

Close up of the sleave

A close up so you can see the detail, pls ignore my face

OOTD Monday

Evening,

After my camping trip, where i didn't get any OOTD shots but tbh it wasn't a pretty sight i finally got to wear proper clothes that don't smell of camp fire smoke, feel damp or other misc items.

I wore Jeans from NL, peach shirt from Primark and Nude Ballet pumps from Miss Selfridge.

What did you wear today?

Love Stefi

Evans

This is my own opinion of Evans, no one has asked me to write this but its been something i've been thinking about for a while.

Evans has to me has always had a stigma attached to it, its a Fat persons store, while there is nothing wrong with being Fat or what every word you choose to use, but the fact that it has a captive market for the larger customer, its not just its label sizes that are larger its also the price tag, it not a place for a budget shopper and i also find its not as fashionable as other stores within the same group.

I did go in to the shop on a regular basis and i'd only occasionally buy something, i would go there for boots as i can't get my chubby legs in the regular leg boot (knee length not ankle) and pretty sparkly jewelry that was reduced to £1. My local store closed recently and i'm kind of missing it. 


to get my fix i went into the one in Denton and i was very disappointed the clothes seemed overly frumpy, Per Una on steroids. Frills here, ruffles there, random items that had no real shape that can be described as sacking shaped.

I did notice the What's your shape / dressing for your shape campaign, not after seeing what was in store i was interesting to see what they could suggest, after not seeing any assistants that looks remotely interested in explaining i decided to look on line.

There is an area about the website with a calculator to work out your shape.

The image hasn't brought through the fill thing, but you add in your vital statistics and it tells you your shape. 

I was :

With a link to search for outfits, now i am blogging Live, i've not pre-searched so i am about to have a look at what it suggests and try and find something i love...

The next page takes you to this

So far i like the bag and the shoes and the colour of the top... ok lets shop

I've found 3 things that i Don't mind to like, however i couldn't justify the price on any of them, not even if they were half price. 

I like this shirt / top but for £32 it's very over priced to say i got an almost identical one in Asda for £5.

Oh that appears to be it. maybe i should browes the rest of the website to see if there is anything else i like.

I'm really surprised i've found a few things.

And Finally a dress i did see my my local store but it was only reduced to £30 and i really couldn't justify it, but it's the nicest thing i've seen in there for a while

Why are all these nice things not in store, why is it all crepe trousers and bubble gum coloured shapeless t-shirts and frilly frills. 

Sorry no links, just search dresses on their website.

Years ago there used to be a range called Seven i think and it was a young and funky range but it is sadly no more.
Come on evans we want reasonably priced good quality clothes that are fun and funky and not frumpy and old fashioned. Yes i realise you are trying to cater for a wide market no pun intended but you are not the only place we can shop, supermarkets "normal" ranges now go up to a size 20 -24 they also have fab plus sized ranges for the most part. New Look are getting better every time i go for plus sized clothes admittedly there is still too many frills and elastic necklines for my tastes but its getting there. Primark now goes to a size 20 and other various places also do plus size.

Ok Rant over

Love Stefi

OOTD Thursday

Wow it's been a full week of me blogging and I've blogged every day and more than once a day sometimes.

Apologies for this and expect it to slacken off very soon.

The reason for double posts is initially to keep OOTD from other rantings as i do like them on their own.

this might change who knows.

Today i dug out my winter boots and boy am i glad its been an awful weather day, i wore it with black tights and a flowery dress from New Look's Tall range, now i claim to be 5'6" but i'm possibly a wee bit shorter if the scales at boots are right.

This dress was another sales bargain and it was £9 or £11, its a size 18 and i didn't think it would fit but it does and i like the length on me, it i was any taller i think i'd feel a bit exposed as the attached liner has shrunk which i'm not sure if you can see on the picture.

why do liners do that and anyone know a good way to re-stretch it or stop it happening on other dresses?

 I also wore some make up, and lipstick, this is much brighter than i'd normally wear but i do love it