Goodbye Money.

I feel I say this every year, but yes, Miss L Fire have released their Spring/Summer 2013 range. And yes, I want them all.

Again, the shoes look absolutely fabulous. The 'L' range are bright and colourful - beyond perfect for summer - and the regular range fills that space between shoes to wear to work and shoes to wear out, all with a lovely little vintage heel so you aren't falling over after one too many martinis!

If work wasn't so messy these would be perfect! Kon Tiki - £56.99

Again, would be ace at work - Mexicali - £56.99

It's a top up between the blue and red ones for me!  Sailor - £64.99

Love the height of the heel on these, perfect for us tall gals! Flora - £104.99

These come in black, red, green and blue, and I will take a pair of each! Tease - £109.99

Those are my favourites, have you chosen your's?

ps: I am accepting donations. Thanks.

Autumn Shoes.

My shoes need a major revamp and replacement with the on coming season. Most of my shoes from last year's autumn/winter are tattered, ill fitting or holey (my favourite pair of biker boots now have a massive hole in the sole so I'm on the hunt for a new pair asap!). The shops have just started getting their autumn stocks in so I took a gander around town to see what I could get...

First, the flats...

And now for some heels (a rare thing for me)...

The Deichmann (a store I'd never been in before, but was pretty impressed by) ones are ridiculously comfortable. The Primark ones...not so much. I put that down to them being a size 41 and not a size 42, but I'm sure I'll squeeze my tootsies into them!

Miss L Fire A/W '11

I feel I write a lot of posts about clothes and shoes I would like but I could never afford...

Well here's another! The brilliant Miss L Fire have released photos for their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection - available 1st September! - and I want...hmm...quite a few pairs! I think I'll have to wait until the sale though as their shoes are notoriously expensive, even though these prices haven't been revealed yet! At least their classic yet eclectic pieces will never go out of fashion with me! What I love about their shoes though is they do a great selection for those ladies of a bigger foot size and they do a range of heel sizes from flats, to middy heels to skyscrapers.

'Ivy' in black and red



Pocahontas (I won't lie, the name sold these to me!)

'Clara' in ruby

 'Edith' in black

'Goddess' in nude - I like the idea of having a nude goddess on my tootsies



'Lauren' in tan - although this pair is, apparently, too much like the pair in this blog

I think I'll be asking Santa for a pair of these (well I have to get my list to him early!) this Christmas time, but what pair shall I go for?

(All photography belongs to Miss L Fire)

Glorious Goodies!

I've been a busy girl this week buying lots of new clothes and shoes - with the aid of dad's credit card, obviously - as my wardrobe needed quite a revamp! It might look like a lot of things but all were purchased in the sale, except a couple of things that were soo cheap anyway, so, technically, I saved lots of the parents money which should just be spent on more things!

So, first off there are a few unphotographed items for this blog. I didn't think you really needed to see photos of my underwear...

In the Debenhams sale I got two sets of underwear and one lonesome bra.

• Gossard 'Wild Flowers' Plunge Bra £29.00 £14.50 now £8.70
• Gossard 'Wild Flowers' Thong £12.00 now £2.70
• Ted Baker 'Bows Silk' Plunge Bra £24.50 £12.25 now £7.35
• Ted Baker 'Bows Silk' Thong £12.50 £6.25 now £3.75
• Gorgeous (By Debenhams) 'Verity' Balcony Bra £24.00 £12.00 now £7.20

What I loved about my undies haul was there was so much choice, which for a girl with a large bust, is very rare for me!

The other unphotoed items were two pairs of New Look skinny jeans; one with a 32" leg and one with a 36" leg which is perfect for freaks like me! Both these pairs were £9.99 each so I'm not expecting much from them, but I've been wearing the 32" ones for a couple of days now and the shape is still holding up.

Now for some lovely photos...

£25.00 now £12.50 - Hepwright's Vintage Fashion

The photo doesn't really do this vintage jumper from Hepwright's justice!  It's a muted orange-red and hand knitted - as far as I can tell anyway - so it should be nice and snugly warm for those cold northern winters! Their sale is still on in their boutique in Bedford Place, Southampton, with everything on white hangers up to half price!



£55.00 now £15.00 - Long Tall Sally

I don't usually shop in Long Tall Sally - a shop specialising in tall women's clothing - because a lot of it is for the maturer woman, focusing especially on office wear. However, I saw that they were having a sale in their Winchester store so I decided to take a look. I found this grey (anyone that knows me, knows I do love grey tops!) cardigan with flat studs on the shoulders; the front doesn't do up but I never bother with doing cardies up anyway, and instead hangs like a waterfall. I'm thinking I could possibly pin the waterfalling material up to make a thick top too...

£15.99 now £7.00 - Blue Inc.



Going back to my rockabilly roots I got this simple gingham tie blouse in the Blue Inc. sale and cannot wait to wear it with my Freddies of Pinewood jeans at the Hayride! The weekender is just eleven days away and I can feel my excitement bubbling away!

£28.00 £14.00 now £8.40 - Red Herring





This tea dress is a little shorter than I would usually prefer but in this 'hot' (who am I kidding?) summer a shorter skirt is nice. I love the flowery pattern and the on-trend lacy collar, and teamed with a white or tanned belt (it has little hooks which suggests it was supposed to have a belt with it but for that price I can hardly complain!) it makes for the perfect summer dress.

£19.99 now £9.99 - New Look

New Look tends to be my saviour for shoes as they stock a wide range of shoes in sizes eight and nine that don't resemble something an arthritic granny wears. This pair of vintage inspired pumps are replacing my very worn out pair from Primark, but they are causing me the most crippling blisters at the moment as I wear them in!

£24.99 now £9.99 - New Look



These are definitely more of a winter shoe - even though I wore them today to Winchester! - and are still suitably vintage in my opinion. They remind me of the sort of shoe worn in the cold North American winters in the late 1940s and early 1950s that were warm but had a glimpse of glamour too. The chunky heel means they are secure under foot and don't lead to achy feet an hour into wearing them.

£3.00 £1.50 now £0.90 a pair - Debenhams

How could I have refused these socks? With one pair saying 'I <3 Sailors' and another reading 'Aye Aye Captain!' and covered in stripes, they were everything I've ever wanted in a pair of socks!

And that's it! That's my super saving haul of new clothes! And the total saving came to...

Drum roll please!

£182.59!!



Topshop Strikes Again!

You may have read about Topshop's new season of spring clothes on my blog here (if not, why not?!) that I wrote last month. I went for the first one in the end purely because I couldn't find the red tea dress anywhere! Anyway! They have struck at me again, and this time it's much, much, more expensive! I simply can't afford to buy one pair of these vintage inspired shoes, let alone all five, but a girl can dream, can't she?

T-Bar Espadrilles in Green - £65.00

 T-Bar Espadrilles in Coral - £65

Blue Suede Cross Strap Heels - £75

Red Suede Cross Strap Heels - £75

Black Suede Cross Strap Heels - £75

Psst, I'm a size UK8 if you're wondering, wink wink, nudge nudge ;)