Hello Lovelies,

Bit of an odd post today, I want to show you my favourite Marc Jacobs earrings. I sometimes think twice about posting ‘designer’ items as I don’t want to appear braggy or boastful. Any “high end” purchase I make always has a heavy caveat that I have worked exceptionally hard in my 2 jobs to pay for my goodies. Yes, I have a full time job and run a business too!

Many of you probably won’t know this but I have 2 large ‘tunnels’ in each ear. They were previously 24mm but now they are a more practical 10mm each. Having long hair, they are usually pretty unnoticeable but as I get older, I’m not quite as keen on flashing them off in certain circumstances so I find disguising them to be most effective until I am ready to remove them totally.

Finding plain and simple, classic earrings that size is next to impossible so when I spotted these lovely little Marc by Marc Jacobs earrings I had to snap them up. I wear them with a large backed butterfly to hold them in place and voila, you’d never know I had tunnels.

It might be a squeamish topic for most…. But I love finding these great little work rounds. Yes I do sometimes miss wearing cute earrings but that’s the choice I made a long time ago…. I always have 5 other smaller holes to choose from 😉

I have these little beauties in several colours to match all eventualities. I always wear them for my business meetings as I try to stay label / brand free in my working environment but a little flash of Marc is never a bad thing is it! I sometimes think things emblazoned by designer logos is a little distasteful and sadly, I also feel the bigger the logo, the more it looks fake. Does that even make sense?

Of course I am well aware how many people may hate tunnels… but I like them, as do millions of other people so if you don’t like them, please don’t leave any negativity in the comments…. I’ve heard it all before and I expect more than that from all my gorgeous readers.

Hello Lovelies, 


Bit of a tenuous OOTD title, but if you remember the song Dreaming of You by The Coral, then you’ll see what i’m getting at!


I have a very important, yet not too formal event coming up with photo-ops galore and I wanted a great new dress to show off my weight loss, look summery AND smart.


On my usual trawl of websites, I spotted this gorgeous coral polka dot dress on Simply Be. Sadly the picture I have used in the styling looks pretty red but the other snaps look a truer coral.

I’m debating buying it but this is how i’d style it out… I think seeing a potential new outfit laid out like this always helps me decide YAY or NAY.

I’d swap the skinny belt for a nice wide belt to highlight my trimmer waist and lengthen my legs with some great cut out wedges to add a bit of interest. A plain black clutch and plain black cardie for if it’s chilly would finish my outfit.

What do you think, does styling an outfit out like this help you decide on it? I like it because it helps me be more organised as my time is limited to prepare outfits!

Hello Lovelies,

I know this will only directly apply to my more local followers but the owners of the shopping centre may well have something similar in your area, so I thoroughly recommend you checking it out on their site HERE.

When I was approached to attend, the first thing I asked was if they will be catering for plus sizes. The answer? YES! Simply Be, Monsoon, Evans and Next are all supplying stock for the event so between all those brands, you should be covered in the 16+ corner. HUZZAH I hear you say!

I will be popping along on Saturday to grill the stylists and put them to task to find me some new jeans for my new dinky jeans size as I’m sure dear Kathryn & Daniella are now both sick of me howking up my too big jeans!