30 for 30 challenge - Day 12 & 13 And the Wow Festival

Hello Ladies first I wanna say Happy Birthday to my Mum!! We are taking her out for a nice meal tonight and I shall be wearing the new dress I bought (here). This is the only day I have not worn my 30 for 30 items!

Here are the photos I promised from the Wow Festival in Cardiff Bay. It was an aerial acrobatic performance by Grupo Puja from Argentina. This is just a few of the many photos we have to give you a taste of what it was like. This was all performed hanging off a crane about 70foot in the air. It was amazing!

So now onto the outfits!

Day 12's outfit was for a second BBQ.

Outfit made up of 14+22+28

14. Dorothy Perkins

22. Apple Bottoms

28. Mustang

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Miss Selfridge Bow headband

Hand Made Bracelet

Vintage Brooch

Vintage Rose Ring

Day 13's outfit was for a meeting. So needed to be smart-ish but still cool as this day was boiling hot!

Outfit made up of 2+18+26

2. Tommy Hilfiger

18. Next

26. George

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Ice Necklace (via secret sales)

Turquoise Bracelet from Jackie

Both fairly simple outfits. I still have lots of options at the mo, so am not finding it too hard. When I hit 20 or so then it might get a little difficult!

How are you all doing in the challenge? Anyone finding it hard yet?

Daisymay X

30 for 30 challenge - Day 8 & 9

Well girls Im sorry for being so useless these past 2 weeks, just really hectic here. So here are Day 8 and 9 of my 30 for 30 challenge. I shall be posting 2 outfit days for a few days to catch up. There are also some pictures of my yucky allergic reaction, as a few of you guys clearly have a morbid curiosity about how I react. They aren't that gross really, but if your squeamish stop scrolling after the outfits! lol!

So Day 8's outfit is what I wore to Alton Towers so the main thing it needed to be was comfy.

Outfit made up of 3+4+22+30

3. Miss Selfridge

4. Bianca Nygard

22. Apple Bottoms

30. Jasper Conran

No accessories at all as I wanted the outfit to be simple and comfy for all the rides. I did wear my leather jacket a bit when it rained.

Day 9's outfit had no particular reason as far as I remember.

Outfit made up of 2+20+26

2. Tommy Hilfiger

20. Tommy Hilfiger

26. George at ASDA

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Flower necklace from Silk

Turquoise Bracelets gift from Jackie

Ok next comes my yucky leg so stop scrolling now if your squeamish.

I have a slightly strange allergy and I tend to even baffle doctors, who are adamant that it isn't an insect bite when I show them what happens. But I was diagnosed when I was little so I am used to it and know what it is. Strangely I thought I had grown out of it, as for 4 or 5 years I didnt have any trouble at all, but it came back! There is nothing really they can do about it, just antihistamines to stop the itching and antibiotics in case it gets infected, which it never has.

So first it swells like this. This took around 5 hours to rise. And it rose a few millimetres more before it hurt so much I had to pop it with a pin. That kinda is gross! It hurts rather than itches at this point.

Then when I pop it it goes like this. Although I did have to drain it about 5 times with a pin as it just kept swelling back up. It itches for about a day after popping. Now it doesn't itch or hurt really, but it does weep now and then so I have to tape bandages to it.

I also have a little one at the top of my leg. which only swelled a tiny, bit but the poison spread more in this one (see the red patch) so it itches like hell, and is raised and kinda hard.

So there ends my medical lesson for today, hope I haven't grossed you all out too much. Hopefully if any of you have a similar problem in the future you will now know what it is. Does anyone else have a weird allergy or reaction to things. I am allergic to quite a few other things but they just cause sneezing or a bad stomach (or a rash if its on my skin in some cases).

No more gross stuff from now on I promise.

More outfits tomorrow and some shots of the Cardiff Bay Wow Festival which was amazing!

Loving this guys voice and sound at the mo. Heard him for the first time yesterday on the radio.

Daisymay X

30 for 30 challenge - Day 5

Well onto day 5, this seems to be going fairly well so far, although I have managed to repeat stuff already. This is mainly because today was just a day of food shopping and clothes washing so no need to wear anything to smart, plus the weather has been horrible, all wet and windy so I need to keep warm and dry.

Outfit made up of 4+11+22+30

4. Bianca Nygard

11. Pink Soda

22. Apple Bottoms

30. Jasper Conran (I wear these alot!!)

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New Look Mirrored Necklace

Plus check out these lovely ladies who are part of the 30x30 challenge too.

Holly from Flora-topia

Frances Joy of Mad Dress Game

Liz of LizzyPunch

Linda of Little Tin Soldier

Gee of Sock Monkey and Gee

Today I also baked bread! I love my bread maker and usually mix the dough myself but this time I was lazy and just picked up a ready mixed bread mix from Tesco. The flour smelt great so within an hour my whole flat smelt amazingly of sundried tomato fresh bread. Yummy!! And for 98p its the best loaf of bread ever!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway and check out my '7 Wonders' feature.

Daisymay X

30 for 30 challenge - Day 3

A very quick Day 3 post for the '30 for 30 challenge'. Sorry for the crappy photo it's just off an iphone, and was taken on the stair case in the pub before I got changed for work. So I'm minus any make up and am still wearing my specs! Not so flattering.

Outfit made up of 6+13+22+29

6. Florence and the Machines gig T-shirt

13. Dorothy Perkins

22. Apple Bottoms

29. New Look

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Vintage Red Beret from swap with Tia

I'm not usually a fan of graphic Tees and never of Band T-shirts as everyday wear but I love my Florence one because it doesn't have any tacky tour dates or big band name logo splashed across it. It's just a picture of the 'Lungs' album cover. Also I have not worn a beret since I was about 8, but I have no idea why coz I love them!! Thanks so much Tia for this little beauty it shall be worn often.

My will power was put to the test today. After I found a rather stunning silver grey beaded dress in Oasis down from £75 to £15 in the sale. I had to physically drag myself away from it and I am very proud of myself for not caving on day 3 of my shopping ban!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway and check out my '7 Wonders' feature.

Daisymay X

30 for 30 challenge - Day 1 & 2

I'm very excited to be participating in the 30 for 30 challenge so here are my first 2 looks.

Day 1.

Just spent chilling at home and running some errands. Although as you can see these shots were taken at night as Jon was working all day, so couldn't take my pic's until he got home.

Outfit made up of 7+12+22+30

7. F+F

12. Fashion Union

22. Apple Bottoms

30. J by Jasper Conran

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Freebie Sunglasses (someone lost them in work)

Ebay Necklace

Primark Bangles

Ring - Gift off my Aunty

This ring was a birthday gift off my aunty. Im not sure where it's from but it's white gold, diamond and enamel and I love it!

Day 2.

Thought I would take these pic's somewhere a bit different, so off I went to the...pub cellar! lol! I was just nipping in to get Jon and happened to have the camera in the car and hey presto, impromptu photo shoot! Hope you like.

Outfit made up of 4+20+30

4. Bianca Nygard

20. Tommy Hilfiger

30. J by Jasper Conran

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Primark Tights

Peacocks Belt

Vintage Chains

Miss Selfridge Crown Ring

Random Hairband

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here.

And check out my '7 Wonder' feature for some great blogger interviews.

I know I'm on a shopping ban but that does not mean I cannot receive gifts! And lucky the day before I started the '30 for 30' challenge my Mum bought me these little beauties all from the Miss Selfridge sale.

I just love the crown ring and am sure I have seen one similar on a few blogs recently. Plus Im wearing it today. From £8 down to £3.
2 hair band. The polka dot was £6 down to £1. Beaded Headband £10 down to £1.

This cute little hat hair clip is so cute! £6 down to £2

Expect to see these lots!

Daisymay X

My day in photos

Hello all, sorry for the few days hiatus again, wedding, wedding, wedding!! lol! So thought I would bring you a quick photo post. This is my day in photos from tuesday, which was a very productive day, thank god.

Up ridiculously early, for me, I'm a midday kinda girl.

Trip to the doctors to get a antihistamine prescription.

An uninspired outfit as I just needed to be comfy for running about all day.

Went to post office to pick up a parcel. Got to excited to wait till I got home, so opened it in the car! Yay Etsy jewellery! From this post here.

Shopping for favours for the kids at the wedding.

Onto Ikea for some meatballs and a special present for my mum.

Had to take madame to the vets for her jabs! She wasn't happy with me.

Crash at home for a bit and watch some TV.

Quick bit of tidying in the bedroom.

A nose on Etsy for the days post on straw bags.

Grab some yummy pasta before work.

Leave home for work.

Ah the pub!

More time in work.

Pull some pints.

Stack some glasses.

Shut up pub, yay!

A very tired Chantele home to sleep.

So that was my day.

Don't expect a post for the next few days.

Wedding on Sat so my next post will be wedding photos!! Yay!

Love you all

Daisymay X