Bargain Galore!

Yesss I know that I am supposed to be on a saving spree at this moment in time, but despite a tiny prim ark visit I have been doing quite well (sort of). However, we all love a bit of a good deal in our lives so I refuse to feel guilty about this teeny purchase :)

I was sent up to our town centre to withdraw some money for the mother and also to pop into Boots to get a tub of No7 face cream for my elderly neighbor (as I'm such a good Samaritan) and there just happened to be a 3 for 2 'mix and match' deal on the No7 products in Boots at this moment in time! I always feel that Boots do great bargains with they No7 collections and I am all for the £5 vouchers that they regularly do! 

Anyway, I was having a little nose around as Ive been wanting to try out some new cheaper and high street cleansing lotions and found this in their range. 

Its the 'Beautiful Skin' cleansing lotion for normal to dry skin. I do tend to suffer quite a lot with dry skin around my body and on my face, particularly around my nose and a lot of the other cleansers Ive tried have been in liquid form so do seem to dry my face out, so Im really looking forwards to giving this a go! Depending on how it goes I will consider doing a review on this product after a 2 week trial period! It was also reasonably priced at £8 for 200ml which I was definitely willing to pay!

So that was 2 out of 3 products that I could choose. With the first 2 being close to £10 each I opted for something a little bit cheaper so that it would be the free product! I went to look in the makeup section and realized there wasn't much I need at this point in time in terms of bases or foundations or blushers so decided to treat myself to a new nail polish!

The weather in England recently has gone from being beautiful to really poopy with lots of cloud and drizzle so I chose this color in Milan. Its not the brightest of colors but Im not allowed to wear bright colors to work so thought this would be handy, and it also contains a bit of glitter to brighten myself up on these rainy days! I love the color and also thought it would be lovely and appropriate for the festive seasons too!

The polish was priced at £7 which with the other two products came to a price of £25! However with the 3 for 2...

£25 - £7 = £18 (genius)

So I though that was a pretty good price for a cleanser and polish for myself :)

No regrets!

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Petite-Moi OOTD. Baby Shower :)

I thought that I would just do a little post about what Ive been wearing today as I love it so much and just wanted to share it :) 

I bought this super cute playsuit in Primark yesterday and have fallen in love with it! It a great length and fit and is covered in little penguins! Just too cute! It also came with the little black bow belt attached  which I thought was great as I usually find belts that come with outfits a but rubbish but I love this! 

I teamed it up with my mint snake print shoulder bag also from Primark to give a pop of summery color against the browns and greys of the suit!

Such a simple, cute and comfy outfit!

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Liebster Award :)

This is my first thing that I have been tagged in so this is very exciting :)

I was tagged by the amazing Charlotte form 'Charlottes Web'! It took me a while to re-read over the instructions so I hope I have managed to get it right :)

Okay, to begin...

11 Things About Myself: 

*I am going to be 20 years old in 11 days (woop woop)

*My family originally comes from the Italians

*I love my cat almost more than my friends

*Titanic is my most favorite film of all time (mmm Di'Caprio)

*I have been with my boyfriend for 6 years

*I am currently trying to start my own photography business

*Michael Jackson is a massive part of my life, and I love him dearly (more the man than the music)

*I secretly would love to be a couple of inches taller at times (only 5ft now)

*I would love to go to Paris sometime soon, Ive never actually been (other than Disney Land)

*Im a big Eastenders fan

*My favorite book is 'One Day' by David Nicholls and I have fallen in love with Dexter Mayhew. 

Wow, that was actually quite difficult to try and choose what to put on here :)

Now then, the next part....

11 Things Charlotte Asked me:

*What is your worst habit? Haaa okay, this is really gross, but I love sitting in front of a mirror and squeezing anything that will come out of my face, spots, blackheads, etc. MING!

*What is your most expensive item you have bought, minus car, laptop etc? Urmm I don't usually buy expensive things as Im a bit of a bargain hunter, but it probably has to be my UGG boots, mainly because I knew they would last me forever!

*What is your favorite quote? Easy one! Its 'Love lives forever' by Michael Jackson. Its so true, I think no matter what you do in life you are always going to have someone that loves you :) I also have it tattooed around my wrist.

*What are your two favorite blogs at the moment? Hmmm it has to be Sprinkle of Glitter as it is my favorite blog of all time, and most probably yours Charlotte :D Charlottes Web, I love your style and having an interest in photography too its just such a joy to read!

*What beauty product could you not live without? Hmm I don't tend to wear much makeup and products anyway, but if it had to be one thing it has to be my Lancome Hypnose Drama mascara. I wear it everyday and its literally just amazing!

*What are your career aspirations for the future? Well seeing as Im trying to start my own photography I suppose it had best be that. I aim to be a wedding photographer as I just love weddings anyway. But if all else fails then I would love so much to have my own tea room :)

*What is your morning routine? Wake up. Wee. Eat breakfast. Shower. Get dressed. Brush teeth. Its all very simple really, it only takes me about 20 minutes to get ready in the morning!

*What is your favorite magazine and book? Magazine: Elle - due to the fact that theres quite a good combination of high street fashion in there too, so I can look realistically! And Book: One Day - it was just such an amazing love story and written so well!

*If you could travel to any country in the world where would you go? Hmmm probably Paris right now, as I said Ive never been there properly and it just looks so amazing!

*What is your opinion on buying second hand clothes? I love it!! I spend quite a lot of time in charity shops and I think its so bad that people don't give them a second look! You can get some really great stuff in there, and seeing as Granny Chic is really in at the moment its perfect!

*What could you do to make yourself happier? Retire? Ha! Urmm probably exercise more as I hate feeling bloated and frumpy! Just a shame Im a bit lazy, but trying to change my ways!

Wellll now you all know me a little bit better :)

11 Things I want to Ask:

*How would you best describe your style?

*If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

*Do you have a career plan? If so what is it?

*How would you describe your perfect lazy day?

*If you could save all your money to buy one thing what would it be?

*What do you own more of, clothes or makeup?

*What do you like to do for fun?

*What is your favorite film and book?

*If there was one thing you would change about yourself what would it be?

*Why did you choose to start blogging?

*What is the one thing that is making you happiest right now? 

and the blogs I nominate are: 

* Love your Lumps 

* She is Red

*Samantha Avena

* Floral Leopard

* Ghosts Waltz

*Sheepy Me

*Chambray and Curls 

*Life Sans Serif

* The Signature Bow

*Pretty Little Things

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Holiday Detox Time...

Yay Im back!!

I am truly sorry for my absence, I have not forgotten about you all, I have just been stuck in a caravan with my parents for 16 nights in Scotland, with no personal space and sleeping on a sofa. Not cool. However now I am back and back to my normal life routine and back to blogging. Yay!

Although I had an A-mazing time away and it actually allowed me to see how great our country is and that you can actually have a lovely holiday without having to get on a plane, there has been a massive downfall to this holiday....my eating lifestyle! I am normally quite good with what I eat and know when to stop myself when I know Ive eaten too much rubbish! I try to stay away from eating manufactured products all the time and do tend to love my fruit and veg (veg more). However, I think I just completely tipped over the edge in Scotland. We seemed to spend a lot of our time in little tea rooms eating humongous slices of chocolate cake or victoria sponge mmmm.....and then bringing big cream cakes back to eat on an evening. This mixed in with meals out, fizzy drinks, alcohol and just plain rubbish has not been good my my shape, or my stomach! For the last two days of my holiday I had a serious painful tummy which felt like it was being twisted and about to explode. It turns out there is only so much cream I can eat!

Anyway, Im not normally one who fusses too much over body image anymore as I have just really learnt to love how I have been built, and also the face that I love chocolate too much to care! However, when it came to put my jeans on this morning that I had left at home, it suddenly hit me that I may have gained an extra couple of pounds....there was a very tight squeeze. 

So it turns out I am now on a big holiday detox and prepping to enjoy myself for my next holiday in October. So Ive made a plan and aim to try and stick to it for the next couple of months....

*Join the gym. There is currently a deal on at my local leisure centre which is gym, swim and classes all inclusive for 6 weeks for just £35! This in my eyes is a massive bargain so Im going to pop on down there in the next few days and sort this out.

*No more cake! I love my cake a lot but instead of picking a slice up with my cup of tea Im going to opt instead for a piece of fruit, or nothing!

*Cut down on carbs for a bit. I don't really agree with 'no carb diets' as I like to enjoy a bit of everything, but Im just going to cut them out for the rest of this week so I can de-bloat!

*Eastenders + Bike = Happy Sally. I normally go on my exercise bike whilst watching Eastenders which helps massively as it makes time go by really quickly. I can normally do 10k within the half an hour and got into a really good routine of doing this every night! However come the end of uni and stress it just all fell out the window, so Im going to put this back into action, starting tonight!

*Keep a food diary. Apparently this really helps as it enables you to see exactly what you are eating throughout every day. I suffer quite a lot with the 'oh one won't hurt' disease which gets me nowhere, so Im thinking if I write it down then it may stop me from doing it!

*Dont weigh myself! This will do my no good at all, Im just going to keep going until I feel happy :)

Plan on actions starts now! Im off to get a bowl of fruit :)

Do you have any other tips and tricks that you do to detox from rubbish food?? 

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