China Honeymoon Part 2

Sorry there have been no posts over the weekend. Some of you may know it's been a big match weekend this weekend. With all of the first six nations rugby matches taking place on Friday and Saturday...So that means I have been working long and tiring hours...hence the no posts.

And that also means I haven't worn any outfits either, just work uniform. So today I thought I would bring you some more photos from our China honeymoon. All these photos are from the town of Shuzou. Enjoy

The Grand Canal - Suzhou

The Master of Nets Garden - The smallest walled garden in Suzhou

The General Administrators Garden - The biggest walled garden in Suzhou

The following shots are all Suzhou town by night. It's so beautiful.

See how pretty it all is. Especially at night. So many places are prettier at night in China. They love to light everything up.

Daisymay X

30 for 30 - Day 3 & Going Red for Women

Here is my Day 3 of the 30 for 30 challenge, plus today is the Going Red for Women day (the whole month is heart disease awareness month but a few of us have decided to 'Go Red' today, find us all here).

So the point was to wear red to help raise awareness of Heart Disease. Here is my red accented outfit! I will hopefully be doing this every friday of February, but I only have this waistcoat with Red on in my 30 for 30 so will have to style it 3 different ways!

Outfit made up of: 10+13+20+24+26

10. M&S Limited Collection

13. Nygard Collection

20. H&M

24. Debenhams Collection

26. TKMaxx

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Vintage red bead necklace

Red bangles via ebay

Internacionale Red Bow Ring

Claire's Red Hairband

I wore this little ensemble to the theatre tonight. I went to see the Circus of Horrors with my sister. It was good, weird and slightly sickening but actually not as good as I thought it would be. A little disappointing actually, but I did enjoy it.

Has anyone else seen any of The Circus of Horror shows? What were your thoughts? Or is anyone thinking of seeing them?

Plus is anyone else doing the Going Red for Women challenge?

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Daisymay X

30 for 30 - Day 2

Here is Day 2 of my 30 for 30. You may have noticed this should have gone up yesterday but as I am fairly busy at the mo and have a number of other things going on with the blog I won't be posting a 30 for 30 outfit everyday. But here is Day 2 anyway.

Outfit made up of 8+14+24+27

8. Dorothy Perkins (Jeans)

14. Primark (Jumper)

24. Debenhams Collection (Coat)

27. George at ASDA (Pumps)

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African Necklace from Ebay

Primark Wooden Bangles

D&G Glasses

You don't usually get to see me with my glasses on, but I thought it was about time you saw what I really looked like day to day.

This necklace is from Ebay and was originally bought for a Fancy Dress even where we all dressed up as an African Tribe (we won the competition!)

The bangles were bought for the same event. Do you like my green nails? They are really sparkly too as I added a coat of gold glitter to them as well. You may just be able to see that my thumb nail on my right hand isn't actually green. That's because I had a Minx nail art sample added at a fashion show event this week. Its black with silver daisies and I love it!! Will be having a set done as soon as I find the time and the money.

Here are some links to my favourite 30 for 30 outfits from day 1 and 2 from some of the other participants:

49 Dresses

A Fashion Fixation

Megan Nielson

Restless Cookie

What I Wear in a Little Town

Here is the complete list of participant, there are millions of us this time!

Yesterday I received a swap parcel from Erin of Babes in Thriftland. Due to my shopping ban I cannot buy anything new but I can exchange parcels! Yay. So here is my first swap parcel of the year, there will hopefully be more, lol.

Blue Jersey Top - Miken

Peach, Black and Blue Top - Solemia

Green tweed Skirt - Anne Taylor for Loft

Vintage Scarf

Purple Tight

Cute Notepad

Peanut M&M's

And a Reese's piece (that didn't make it back from the post office ;-)

I love everything, so Thanks Erin!! You shall see a few pieces styled on here very soon (after the 30 for 30 challenge)

Daisymay X

30 for 30 - It's here!! Day 1

My gosh it's February already, can you believe how fast January disappeared? Well the beginning of February signifies the beginning of something else too...Kendi Everyday's 30 for 30 challenge!

Now I know I said this week I wasn't going to be able to start the challenge on time but amazingly I managed to get my little behind in gear and get myself organised, just in time. As I undertook this challenge last year, I decided to challenge myself a little extra this time and try to incorporate more colour into my outfits. I was actually quite surprised by how little colour I included last time as I am a fairly colourful person.

Plus there is a personal challenge made by my best friend, Heather, who decided to send me 3 items to try and style. 1 is kinda my style so is fine (the blue flower dress) and 2 piece are totally...totally not me, and she knew that!! If you have been reading my blog a while these 2 piece will stand out a mile, as they are so un-me (the Leopard top and the PINK shirt!) Damn her, but I shall not shy away from a challenge.

So here are my items for the challenge.

Grey Dress - Jane Norman (1)

Blue Pattern Dress - H&M (2)

Blue Tunic Dress - Primark (3)

Vintage Pink and Grey check skirt - Jacqman (7)

Spot pattern skirt - Topshop (5)

Daisy Skirt - I.N.C (4)

Colourful Flower Skirt - Amari (6)

Green Trousers - Tommy Hilfiger (9)

Jeans - Dorothy Perkins (8)

Black Trousers - M&S Limited Collection (10)

(I decided not to included the beige tank with the black lace trim, but had already taken my photos, so please ignore it, lol)

Black Top - Nygard Collection (13)

Leopard Top - New Look (11)

Cream Jumper - Primark (14)

Purple Bow Back Jumper - George at ASDA (15)

White Top - Primark (16)

White Ruffle front Vest - Primark (12)

Teal T-shirt - Tommy Hilfiger (17)

Purple Stripped Cardigan - SWS (21)

Pink Shirt - Dorothy Perkins (18)

Vintage Black Fluffy Cardigan - Capricci (19)

Yellow Rose Cardigan - F&F Tesco (22)

Tartan Waistcoat - H&M (20)

Leather Jacket - Dorothy Perkins (23)

Long Coat - Debenhams Collection (24)

Wool Hippy Coat - Desigua via The Shopping Forecast (25)

Buckle Boots - Unbranded (30)

Dark Denim Hightops - Unbranded (29)

Mary Janes - TKMaxx (26)

Grey Booties - George at ASDA (28)

Black Pumps - George at ASDA (27)

(The numbers in brackets are the numbers I'll be using to itemise the outfits, you'll see what I mean below)

So here is Day 1

Outfit made up of: 1+25+28

1. Jane Norman (Dress)

25. Desigua (Coat)

28. George (Boots)

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TKMaxx Grey Cloche Hat

Black tights

Peacocks Purple Belt

Silver Heart Necklace

Green Jade Bangle from China

Vintage Blue Glass Ring

Who else is doing this seasons 30 for 30 challenge? How have you gone about choosing your items? Have you planned out all your outfits in advance or are you just going to wing it and see what items you come up with?

Daisymay X