I love a bit of TU Sainsbury’s fashion, it gives me so much joy, and seen some bits that caught my eye.
First of all I like this Cardigan. I love a Cardigans and great staple for all year long, and saw this and it instantly caught my eye. It is £22 but can last a long time and fit with skirts, trousers or even a dress.
Then there is this lovely Star Jumper. I love a jumper and this one has personality and I have talked on my Youtube channel of not buying a top, with a fancy logo, on My way of living, but it is okay, just don’t need everything with a print or pattern.
This one is £22 and again a yearly piece and their clothes do wash well and not experienced any, bobbling.
Then whilst I was in store saw this Sweatshirt, and was going to buy and going to go back to buy. I love a Sweatshirt and can be worn as lounge wear, with a set of joggers, jeans, leggins and shorts.
This is £18, and really good value and definitely a long term investment. I love comfortability, and casual style clothing, and so feel that this Sweatshirt ticks those boxes.
Then there is their sportswear. I have bought a few and great for a busy mum, and I do wear them a lot as I do walk a lot for exercise and do indoor workouts, and play sports with my son, and enjoy wearing sports clothes. I came across these for £8 and real good value.
The trainers you see in the above image, I owned a pair and wore them religiously and not expensive and will be buying a new pair, because they were so good to wear and easy to put on.
You have to be fast in getting Lilac fitness leggins, because they have almost sold out.
So, I will be going back and pick up a few bits I have seen, and there will be more blogs coming. If you’d like to be updated, everytime I post a blog and then click follow and you will be alerted when I have posted.
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Carrie X
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Yes not long to go, and I have begun Christmas shopping and this year I have been looking at Pjamas, along with jumpers and scarves.
I love giving Scarves, because they can last a long time and you can get blanket scarves and often buy my mum a scarf, and will always be in fashion. Check Amazon, Moosoon, TK Maxx and supermarket stores.
Shopping trips can be a gift, in its self and going for a bite to eat, along with cash and vouchers.
Gift cards are okay, but many stores like House of Fraser, Debenhams and Dorothy Perkins have closed their stores on the high street, even though you can still buy clothes from Debenhams and Dorothy Perkins, online, but could be risky, but I often when my mum wanted to buy me a new coat for example, she will take me to the store for me to try on, and as a kid would buy a new outfit for it, and that can be a good present if you children like to dress up for the day.
I love a Christmas jumper and have a t-shirt I still haven’t worn yet, so going to make sure I do and a nice red jumper is good. I have one bought from TU Sainsbury’s and has sparkles but still good to wear for the rest of the year too, and is a long term investment.
Make you check the washing instructions and I always make sure they are machine washable. You don’t necessary have to go for red. Beige is really something I am loving at the moment and like light pink colours too.
I am thinking of wearing a top I bought from the Charity shop to wear on Christmas day as still to be worn, with a pair of leggins and head band. I think green is a good colour and great for pale skin.
Slippers is a good gift and shoes. For my birthday my mum bought me a pair of walking boots, from Mountain Warehouse and a pair of socks.
It is good to match gifts to someone’s personality and doesn’t have to be serioius. but a fun clothes, like onesies or matching PJ’smand fun earrings to match.
Hoodies and why not get a plain fleece and design it yourself, and handmade gifts like scarves and hats, can be so much more personal, than just any old jumper or fleece.
Be creative and imaginitive.
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Carrie X
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Check out H&M and Shein, along with charity shops, and amazon.
Looking in H&M yesterday I went round the store, because they update it quiet a lot and found some bits like tops which can be dressed up with a skirt or trousers and layering, and buy two for £15.00 and feel these are great value. I love basics like this, because they are so versatile and never go out, in my opinion, out of fashion.
They do then in different colours, such as Pink and Purple, Navy blue and striped, and Light Greige and Dark Greige.
This is a good piece a white Polo top, £25 and great for keeping warm and stylish. I had a coloured to like this, a long time ago and it was really flattering and wished I had kept it, as they can be great for on holiday abroad, when it is chily at night and teamed with a skirt, and jeans, trousers and I think I will be investing as it is a good basic and be worn with a polo neck underneath.
It comes in different colours. Black, Dark Brown and Green.
They were doing a sale on their jeans. I visited the one in Wimbledon, London shopping centre court. They were selling from like £9.99 and great investment.
I filmed on my Instagram of items I have found in Charity shops, check it out here:
The jumper again when it is cooler at night or on a plane when it gets cold and loved them together and the cardigan, was a brilliant Charity shop find, and if you’d like me to share all my secondhand items, please let me know by commenting below.
So now Shein. They do some great fashionable pieces. The Wide Leg jeans I bought have been brilliant and did a post talking about these, and youi can under layer, with tights for this time of the year and been worn with a nice flleece and for going out for walk on Christmas day, which I will be doing, and for the summer too, and inexpensive:
These are £18.49, and can be dressed with the tops from H&M or with Polo shirt , with a pair of boots or trainers, and still style it up with some lovely jewelry.
Check out these boots, on Shein and can be styled up and I love these type of boots. They can be a bit hard at first, so you do have to wear them with thick socks to soften, but once broken into, a long life purchase unless a teenager and still growing, but for older women great set of boots that can last and be styled with shorts and summer dresses. These are £16.
Check out Amazon. I love their fashion, and for this time of year like to browse. They have so much, and found this flleece which I will be putting on my wishlist, as I love colour and this can be great one that can stay in your wardrobel all year round, and maintained, last a long time, and really love colour, but also looks snuggly.
It comes in different sized, and colours, and priced at £8.99. and they also do off the shoulder tops that can be nice to wear, and have a grey one and love it. I wear it with leggins, jeans and trousers.
This is super stylish and one I want on my Wish list. I am trying to control my buying of clothes, but like to have a wish list to change it, as I grow and as my style changes, which now 45, has, but with a few items I love from a child to an adult.
You can’t beat the classics, like a pair of jeans, boots and like a bit of glamour still, when I go out, or for a special occasion.
It all about making wise choices and I like building my wardrobe by, shopping my wardrobe and trying different styles. Take risks and have fun too. If you enjoy dressing up then do so. Its all to do on how we feel and what is happening around us.
So I hope this has helped pick up some nice pieces and will be blogging more as we get nearer to Christmas and if you ideas of what you’d like me to share, then please let me know.
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Carrie X
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So I have had a look in store and filmed it too, but bit behind on my Youtube vlogs, however I did see some nice pieces and thought I would share.
This coat caught my eye as soon as I entered in the store, in Colliers Wood and since finding my black coat like this, I love these types of coats.
It is £50 and a good investment as they do keep you nice and warm and very versatile when the nights are a lot cooler and with may different out fits.
If you have a Christmas party then this is great to where over a dress or with trousers and worn through out the day, dressed down. So very Versatile and I feel at £50, a great bargain.
Then there is a really nice Leather Jacket, which is £50, and is Faux Leather and is a master piece, and be dressed up or down, and a everyday jacket and be a long lasting piece.
Then looking at tops. I love a top that can be styled with jeans, skirts and trousers, and as a under layers, and feel this top on Sainbury’s TU Fashion, is just like that and a good Bargain for £9.
Then looking a Polar Necks, see this top and if I see it in store, I will be grabbing it and love a Polar neck that can again can be dressed up with a nice skirt and jewelry and long lasting, and can be all year round. This is £10.
So that has grabbed my attention, tomorrow I am off the buy birthday cake, it is my sons birthday, in Sainsbury’s so will be having a good mutch around the store, checking out more of their fashion.
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Carrie X
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So I had a look at the new stock they have in TU in H&M, and there were many items that caught my eye. I am a big fan of H&M and they had a lovely Leather Jacket, and if I didn’t already have enough black jackets I would definitely invest in owning this one. When it comes to jackets they have to be life long investment and easy to maintain.
It is £44.99 and it is available in other colours, a Chocolate Brown and Beige.
I do like their jumpers, and there were a few that caught my eye, and have a fleece that I bought from H&M two year ago and love it, and good fit. So had a look, and here is an example of one of their fleeces and do own a few sweatshirt and jumper that have lasted and worn all through year and have maintained their shape, and wash well.
This fleece is £18.99 and is available in Khaki, Light Grey, Dark Grey and Black.
This grey jumper is £37.99, and if I find it in the store, as I am checking online too, to share their clothes, see if it fits well and worth purchasing, as it looks like it will be good to add, but will see, there is a good selection, and try to cut down on my spending on clothes, but honestly I love the ones I have found that I own, because they can be worn through out the year because they are great for layering or just on their own.
I also saw a nice skirt, as I have a beige skirt from H&M but is slightly too big for me now and would like it to be shorter, and found this grey one and going to try on, to see its fit but looked like a good piece, as I prefer mini skirts.
This skirt is a textured mini skirt and available in different designs, Dark Grey, which this one is, Light Beige/Grey, Black and Grey salt and Pepper, price: £27.99.
It appears to be part of a suit as there is a Jacket to match, and so going to check the store and see if they have the Jacket too.
Next I will share items I have seen in TU Sainsbury’s and if you didn’t know I have three Youtube channels, and my main one I now do like weekly vlogs, my second channel I talk about finance and managing my money and a educational channel, and do feature shop with mes. So if you’d like to see more of that on my main channel then please let me know. You can leave a comment below.
I also write and publish books on amazon, and done two parenting books, two fiction books and working on a new book at the moment, and is under my two names, Carrie Challoner and Carrie Holmes so check them out. They are available in Kindle and Paperback.
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Carrie X
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So at the weekend I decluttered a cupboard I was using in my step dads home, and I enjoy decluttering and it made me rediscover some of the clothes I have, example a coat I had bought about 5 years or more ago, and it is so snuggly and warm. Yes it has a hole inside it, near one of the sleeves but not bothered, because I love how snuggling it is, and was a great investment. It was bought from New Look.
This one is from ASOS and just like it. I couldn’t find one on New Look, but found this one which is similar
I remembered I had clothes in a bag not worn, and found a pair of shorts and jumpers I had been looking for and forgot about, and this is why I like versatile fashion, because I like wearing items that can be worn all year or can be dressed up or down, and my coat will be good as when it is Chilly in the summer, if the weather is chilly and if I go out during Christmas and go to a party, it will be great for that too, and in doing a declutter its so good to have space and do have Christmas jumpers, but because I have two that are still in good condition, I won’t need a new one and so good to see, as it has stopped me in buying more.
I bought the bodysuits I talked about in a previous blog, and got to try these on, and seen a few more items and love looking in charity shops and donating clothes to charity shops, along with other stuff, or put in a clothes bin for them to be recycled. The blog I talk about the body suits is here, via this link: Planning for my Autumn Wardrobe that I can still wear in the summer
I am loving the hiking shops at the moment and been looking at their pieces and checked yesterday that Trespass are doing a sale, and I talked in my last blog of a Gilet that was in Marks and Spencers and still good condition and is cheaper in price so will be checking this in Trespass if it still in sale, when I do go to buy it and want to buy one for my son too. Autumn Versatile Fashion
It is good to look around different shops for clothes, before buying. My budget, when it comes to clothes is £35.00 a month.
On Tuesday I looked in Marks and Spencers because I wanted to go to the food department in the store and they had some real nice pieces of fashion that I really think is a good Autumn investment, and one was a Gilet for women and only £35 and great for Autumn to Spring and summer when it is not so warm, and long lasting.
I love M&S, for their food and clothing, and they have had some challenging times through out the years, on sales but for me, they always deliver and a store that I am glad is still around, because you can get long lasting clothes and shoes, I have a pair of boots that I bought last year for my birthday and great for going out in, and great investment.
When ever I need black trousers I always shop in M&S, because of the different styles they do and for many different sizes.
These are great for all year round, worn with many different things, like tank tops, jumpers, shirts, blouses and wash well, and worn with boots or a pumps, and can be dressed up and dressed down, and so a well worth investing and love having a pair of black trousers in my wardrobe.
They had some lovely brown trousers too that I caught my eye with a lovely white jumper.
This jumper is £59, but again can be worn all year with the trousers, and a good everyday outfit and I love knit wear and well worth the money. These trousers are £39.50.
I love walking and do invest in walking clothes, hence why I like that Gilet because I can wear with a hoodie and so comfortable to wear, and like fitness clothes, and for my birthday this year I was given some money by my mum and used them to buy some good walking boots, and was in a sale from Mountain Warehouse.
They were originally £69.99, but I got mine in the store in Wimbledon for £42.99 and they were doing a deal on these shoes where you got a discount on socks and perfect and the fit well and not heavy, and surprising light on the feet.
I will be wearing all year round and are fully waterproof, because I have joined a walking group, and like walking in commons and parks, which can be wet and muddy in the Winter and Summer and want to get as much use of them, as possible.
I also like Trespass, and bought a couple of items from them and is a good investment, because their clothes wash well and last, and just checked out their website, they are doing a clearance sale, and here is the link to their online store, so check it out: https://www.trespass.com/clearance
This for example is a Women’s Long sleeved top and is £13.99 and so check them out and if you have any store recommendation then please share these details, in the comment below.
It all about loving the clothes we have and building a long lasting wardrobe that lasts for many seasons and months of the year.
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Carrie X
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I thought of this blog watching a Podcast and was thinking about going through my shoes collection and will be having a good clear out. I like clothes that last for a long time and not for 5 minutes and with second hand clothes you can do that, aswell as brand new clothes and things like clothes, trousers, skirts and footwear you can do that. I love knitwear and have a favourite jumper I bought from a charity shop and it was a really good investment.
There are shoes that I haven’t worn and keep thinking, will I ever?
It can be a tough decision to make, when you spent money on them.
However I want to own less stuff and that means having a clear out of items I have not worn or use, including shoes and bags.
I am going to take photos of the items first and see if my nieces if they are the right size, want them? It is now time to change my shoes over, as I do buy shoes for specific seasons, but I tend to wear trainers and pumps, and these can be worn all year around and boots, but I also have footwear specific for winter, which have faux fur and comfortable.
I do have plans to buy a set of ballet shoes as they are always worth the money and can be worn all year round, and any shoes specific for summer I will put away, and again if there are ones I didn’t wear, I will give away.
I am a weird size because some shoes I am a 4.5 and others I am a size 5, and I tend to buy online in that case, as I find it hard to find half sizes and it depends on the type of shoe.
This time of year is a great time to have a good old sort out and getting rid of the old and bring in the new, and have little but still have lots to wear, and not having days not finding anything to wear.
I used to be like that a lot, but now I have a good systematic wardrobe. Yes it still needs a bit of work still, but I am getting good satisfaction from it, because I have enough clothes to wear, with the shoes I wear. I will film for my Youtube channel of me sorting my bedroom out. It will be on my main channel: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal
I feel good in giving away my shoes if they go to a good home, and are better enjoyed, and that they aren’t going to be tossed away.
I have a pair of flip flops that my was given to my auntie, as the person who originally wore them couldn’t wear them, and neither could my auntie and they are brand new and so I took them in and I love them.
It is so good to see items being used rather than going to waste and I will be testing out Vinted, but will see if my nieces would like them first.
You can also if you have the skill to upcycle clothes to still wear. I have a set of pj’s I love and got a hole in so going to sow it up as I love them and so comfortable that I don’t want to let them go.
I will be investing in more pyjamas sets, because in my opinion is a good investment.
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Carrie X
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Clothes are an important element in our lives and keeps us covered, and so it doesn’t have to be chaotic. I have had to make a decision of, do I want to be a hoarder for the rest of my life or be a minimalist?
I want to be minimalist as I fed up of having so much, and not going to deprive myself but not going to buy stuff because it has a fancy print or logo, but will work based on my lifestyle.
I am not saying buying any old rags, but if it fits and you are going to get a lot of out of it, then buy it, but if you have 6 of the same tops, will that clog up your wardrobe based on what you already got, and be worn and can they be worn all year round?
I do have my eye on some bits like jumpers, and spoke about what I am planning. like body suits (check out my last blog Planning for my Autumn Wardrobe that I can still wear in the summer) as they are a long life investment, and won’t buy lots but a few and if they wash well and fit, then I want to keep them and wear them as long as possible and with jumpers, I will decide can they be worn when it is cold and going on a walk in? Can they be worn in the summer when it is cooler in the evenings, and practical for playing outdoors with my son?
This week I have been wearing black shorts and leggins, with black tops and not wise for the heat, but what I felt like and I knew I will be walking, playing in the garden and doing indoor workouts so didn’t want to wear smarter clothes, and keep with the basics.
I not really into designer or into luxury, but I do like GUESS and haven’t bought items from one of their stores or online, but would like their fashion along with Oliver Bonas.
Yet again my spending items in these stores have changed, and that is about appearance and being practical about buying items from their stores, and if the clothes are made well and sustainable. Sort through the items not worn yet, and I am going to be getting rid of some of my bags but they aren’t practical for me and bought a new rucksack that is and can carry a little amount of stuff, but what I need each day.
I will be using my bumbag, my handbag and rucksack and that is all I want to own.
Shoes not worn. This has got to be sorted out, because I still have pairs still not worn, and not practical, and so going to eliminate ones I know I am going to ear and what can be worn by someone else or in bad condition thrown out.
Let me know what you are going to sort out and share any tips. You can comment below.
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Carrie X
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Looking for some last minute summer clothes? Now is the time as visiting some stores today, saw they have a massive sale on their summer stock and great to find those items that can be worn now but can be also be worn in the Autumn.
I have made some decisions on what I am going to be adding. I want a few bodysuits, because great to wear in the summer, and can be worn as a underneath, as layering for the Autumn, when the cold days begin and seen a set on amazon, that I have added to my wish list.
These are a two pack, and costs £16.20 and hopefully will last me for a long time. Let me know what you think.
Then I want a couple of sets of pyjamas, as I have a set on, as I am writing this blog, from Shein and looked in H&M and had these Snoopy ones.
These are so cute and I love light pink, I have a jumper just like this and wear it a lot , the price of these, are £15.99 but I have seen some others in George at ASDA so may look there too before I decide, and if I get the chance, I will be going to look in Primark too.
I am not planning on spending a lot on clothes now, as decluttering this year, has made me that I have enough, so just adding a few items, that I can wear with anything, and is comfortable and is a long life investment.
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Carrie X
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