Breakaway on the Essex Coast

Hi everyone!! A Big Thanks to all of you for your lovely comments on my posts recently, the reason I haven't been visiting you all is we've had a family breakaway to Clacton, which is a beach resort on the Essex Coast.

From where I live, it takes just over an hour and of course, we stayed at the Travelodge again, which was a bargainous £19 for the room for each night!!

These pictures are on the 2nd day, when it turned rather overcast, but it was still warm!!

The boys in the sea!!

Clacton Pier and the Sea

The Gardens on Clacton Seafront

Me and My Boys!!

There were themed gardens which were all so very beautiful

I can see you dear!!

We had an absolutely fabulous time and we got the best of the British weather too, coming home yesterday it was raining, so we were lucky indeed!!

A Touch of the Tropics

With reference to this post I did back in May I decided I should wear this top, it being summer now after all!!

I love the versatility of it, here I'm wearing it as a jacket style over a simple vest top and with my Sass & Bide jeans

Not only do I love the vibrant unique print, the scalloped edges round the arms and neckline are so Chloe-esque too!

I think it would look equally as good over some plain summer dresses too!! Plus it was a new shop buy that only set me back £1-what a bargain for summer?

What bargain item are you wearing this summer?

London-A Night in Covent Garden

A couple of weekends ago, hubby and I had a night away at Covent Garden. We stayed at the Travelodge Hotel on Drury Lane.

I really recommend the Travelodge chain of hotels, they represent excellent value for money and if you prebook at least a month in advance, you can get some really good saver deals from £19 to £29 upwards for a room for a night. They have excellent locations all around London as well as the rest of the UK. So you know, I'm purely a satisfied customer, this post isn't a plug for them, LOL!!

I only remembered to take photos as we were leaving, which explains why there aren't many!!

The photo above is the view to the Royal Opera House

A busker (street entertainer)


It was really surreal to wake up a few times in the night to the chimes of Big Ben!! It wasn't surreal though to hear the bin carts at 6AM, LOL!!

It was an early start back, so after breakfast, we took a walk to the Embankment for a spot of River and People watching.



I waited to see if I could hear Big Ben again from where we were standing, but the traffic was just too loud!!

It was a really lovely to have a night out 'a deux', I think we plan to do it again in the near future!!

Kreativ Award and Tag!!

Hi everyone!! Wow, another award and this one is from the lovely Janet Taylor of Janetteria

Its a lovely award as its a 'Kreativ Blogger' which means a lot, as I assume I've received it for my creative thrift finds, LOL!!

There is a tag too, so here are 10 random things about me:

1. I love boot sales and charity shops-I would say 90% of my wardrobe is from them and I just enjoy the thrill of getting a designer or vintage bargain!!

2. I'm not a big eater, but I'm always thinking about food, I would definitely dine out more often if my expenditure allowed!!

3. I get a lot of my inspiration from fellow bloggers, magazines such as Grazia, Elle and Vogue and internet sites such as Net-A-Porter, My-Wardrobe.com and Topshop.

4. I enjoy walking-I don't exercise at the gym, but I try to walk at least 20 minutes a day.

5. Favourite daytime programmes include-Trash to Cash, Dickinsons Real Deal, Put your Money where your Mouth is. All antique and boot sale orientated-I love to see items up at auction and would love to go to an auction house for the day!!

6. I enjoy holiday time off for one main reason-no early starts!!

7. I hate food shopping when I have to go in the supermarket to buy it, but adore doing it online-15 minutes and its all done for the week and delivered straight to the door too!

8. I wish I could use my sewing machine-pure laziness just stops me from setting it up and getting going, LOL!!

9. I generally love colours and patterns in my wardrobe, but I've enjoyed putting quite a few black pieces in for long term wear.

10. The only gadget I really value is my IPOD-I enjoy listening to music and should do it more often!!

I award this Kreativ award and tag to:

Calamity Jem, Anusha at Udarata Kella, Sally at Already Pretty, Jane at The Small Fabric of my Life and Sher at Fashion after Forty

For all of their stylish and creative ways!!!

Bags of Love

A memorable family day out in Greenwich last summer.

I've just received my personalised pouch purse from Bags of Love, who do some lovely gifts using favourite photos.

I've decided to use it as an Ipod case, as it just languishes at the bottom of my bag getting scratched!

So if you fancy sending a personalised gift, check out their website as they offer mens and ladies gifts and can use your favourite photo on virtually any product-check it out!!