So, sale-bargain regrets. How many of us rue passing things up, to be haunted by "the perfect dress" or the "perfect shoes" forever. I basket-danced with a dress when I saw it on Ulrika's blog last year, but missed out on my size at the sale price of £35.
Luckily, kids, there is summat now called Ebay. I'm not a major Ebayer, but go to it when I want something specific, utilising my honed search-term skills (I kid you not, I can find anything online, super-fast). This dress popped up last week - and I was lucky enough to win it! Ideally I'd have liked a 14 but at £3.26 (including P&P) I can't be too fussy, and 12 fits fine. It's a bit short and so sugar sweet I do wonder how long I'll be able to wear stuff like this for (I'll be 32 this year) but given I still look pretty young I'm just going to enjoy it for the time being. And not wear it to work!
| Dress, New Look via Ebay, heart embroidered cardigan, New Look, leopard print hairband, Dorothy Perkins, flower earrings, Accessorize, woolly tights, Marks and Spencer, tan ballet flats (unseen), Primark. |
Apologies for absence of feet - we're moving stuff around in the house so there's no places for pictures at the moment!
The print has: lions, birds, butterflies, deer, horses - and I just spotted an elephant - as well as the tiny polka dots. I love the dusty muted colours, which perfectly match my OPI Mermaid's Tears manicure (coming up!)
What the frick? 32?! I thought you were the same age as me, 25!!
ReplyDeleteThink the dress is adorable and cannot wait to see the Mermaid's Tears NOTD, my fave colour from that collection.
Btw I love the term "basket-danced" xx
Great buy!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your dress posts, you have such nice dresses. :)
Oh, how cute is that! And I'm quite excited by the notion of Friday Frocks, what an excellent idea :D
ReplyDeleteI am older than you and I intend wearing super cutesy/sweet things for as long as I have the strength to pull them on. Along with my leathers and biker boots...
Oh my god, i think i might need that dress, its sooo cute! Naz i think im going to be lusting after your dresses every single friday! x
ReplyDeletethis is soooooooo wonderful!!! :)
ReplyDeletexx marcelle