Wedding Countdown - My Cake, My Flowers & My Something Blue

I'M GETTING MARRIED IN THE MORNING!!!

Eek! It's true so here is my final countdown post and a peek at my homemade (like you couldn't tell) wedding cake, DIY floristry efforts and my last minute 'something blue'.

First up is the cake... Inside it's 5 alternating layers of vanilla and chocolate sponge with vanilla frosting.. outside I went a little crazy with the edible glitter. In truth I think it would have looked 100% better without any glitter at all but hey ho... what you gonna do? The topper is a floral hairclip from H&M that caught my eye while out shopping today..

You can see the full cake post on my wedding blog here

I was a little more nervous about the flowers.. I've never so much as arranged flowers in a vase let alone put together a bridal bouquet but here's what I managed to cobble together for Ella and I to hold tomorrow. I even found a little M (initial of my married surname) lying around and attached it to my posie. Very cute, I'm sure you'll agree and I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out! For more photos and info on these (they cost me £8.50 to make!!) click here

Lastly my 'something blue'. Until today I had nothing and until this week I had no ideas. I saw something like these shoes embellishments on ebay but the express shipping was astronomical so I decided to fashion my own and I'm absolutely in LOVE! So much so I'm considering adding little messages to all of my shoes! It was such a cheap and easy little detail but it might be my favourite one yet. For more info on the shoe stickers click here

I still don't have my 'something borrowed' and am typing this at 9pm on Friday night... little more than 12 hours before our I do's... If I were anymore laid back about the whole thing I'd probably forget to turn up! Shamefully we haven't even finalised our music yet.. it didn't even occur to us to CHOOSE music for a register office until people asked about it on YouTube.. hmmm. We have narrowed it down to a few tracks but this is the winner so far.

Anywho... that's it from me and my last post as missbudgetbeauty ;)

See you on the other side

Miss BB

£40 off at Kurt Geiger!

Again the lovely Fee at MakeupSavvy pointed me in the direction of this promotion with her monthly magazine freebies post but me being me I wasn't happy with just £20 off.. I wanted more... so I'm hoping this will be of additional assistance to those of you that have already read Fee's post. 

First up Elle Magazine are giving away a pre-loaded £20 gift card in Decembers issue which can be used online or in Kurt Geiger stores (not concessions) on any Kurt Geiger branded footwear. As soon as I heard of this offer I went out and bought three copies... obviously! As of right now I have only used one of the gift cards so I can't tell you for sure that it will allow me to use another at my address but I don't see any mention of that in the T&Cs and worst case scenario I would use it in store. The gift cards are valid for 12 months from activation (must be done online) so you have ages before you have to spend them. I am already planning on going out for more... The magazine costs £3.80 so in reality I'm saving £16.20 but  it's valid against sale items PLUS.. the best deal is yet to come.

So I was looking on MoneySavingExpert.com (you can see the specific thread here) and people were talking about a "welcome" discount you can receive with your first order. Well... it would seem if you are spending more than £50 you are entitled to £20 off when using this welcome code (can be found here).

In short if you're smart you will spend £50, add your welcome promo code (knocking off £20) and THEN go to checkout, add your Elle Gift card code (knocking off £20) leaving you with just £10 + Postage (minimum £4) to pay! I feel this post has been a little maths intensive but in short anyone can save £40 on a pair of beautiful KG shoes as long as your spending a minimum of £50! There were a few pairs I had my eye on by the one pair I HAD to get first (in case the welcome code was only good for one go) were on £45 so I had to buy some hair clips (£8) to bump up the price... never the less I bought the below for just £17 inc. P+P and I am beyond happy with my purchase!

Miss KG "Adorn" shoes in pink. Were £70, down to £45
Can be purchased online here

2 Pack of "Pyramid" Hair Slides - also available in gold and black £8
Can be purchased online here

Even if this is all I manage to get I am really pleased! One thing I would mention for those that will no doubt wonder.. when I paid I checked out as a guest and wasn't made to register so I'm fairly confident that I'll be able to get the Welcome Discount Code again. Worst case I would use Lee's info and have it sent to my parents address or something.. I'll find away around it I'm sure but when I do I will let you know. If it works I will be buying up the rest of these magazines in my area. If they last for a year (from activation) they're an investment in my mind. When don't  you want £20 at Kurt Geiger? Exactly!

So for the second time in as many days, Thank you Fee for your fabulous post! It made my day!

Outlet Shopping Haul

On this glorious Bank Holiday Friday I took a trip to York Designer Outlet..

I thought I would share with you some of the bargains I picked up.

First up, I've been lusting after a Bobbi Brown Custom Palette for a while but it's expensive stuff.. not at the CCO though :) This 3 pan eyeshadow palette was just £25 and the single eyeshadow and lipgloss quad were around £10 each. It's all interchangeable so as you can see I switched them up to create a more useful combination for my on the go makeup bag!

L-R - Ivory/Sage/Forest

L-R - Ivory/Sage/Forest

L-R - Ivory/Sage/Forest

 I was soooo excited to find the foundation compact, this is no longer in production and they still had a lot of shade options, next time I go I will definitely pick up a spare for when I run out and I will use it VERY sparingly, only when I'm out and about - such a handy product! I got the shade "porcelain"

This is again discontinued I'm afraid, they do full pan lipsticks.glosses too I think I will pick one up next time.

The shade I got was "coral" I've listed the individual shades in the coral collection below.. 

clockwise - True Beige/Coral Pink/Ball/Guava

clockwise - True Beige/Coral Pink/Ball/Guava

You can then use the individual cases interchangeably too.. the description stickers are on the bottom of the pop out pans and the palettes have square spaces in the bottom (difficult to describe) so you can switch and change as you like and everything is just as useable as ever!

Here's a look at the underside... you can see here what I mean about the square spaces 

Next up is a HUGE bargain from Ted Baker. I've been lusting after the Louis Vuitton Neverfull again but as always I just can't come to terms with £465 for one bag so I've been on the hunt for a really great quality highstreet one.. I have LOVED Ted Baker for some time and last time I was there I picked up a purple patent purse that I have cherished.. when I saw this I knew I had to have it. Purple is of course my favourite colour but it also has the copper coloured shiny hardware and it's real leather so will wear nicely too!

You can expect some oot posts featuring some better pics of this gem very soon! Full price it was £125, it was on sale at £85... I still didn't really want to part with that cash but it was a beautiful bag... there were a couple of tiny scuffs and so Lee bartered the saleman down to £60.. yay! Less than HALF PRICE! Absolute bargain and it will be my summer arm candy for sure :)

I have already made a date will Lee to go back very soon.. maybe next month as I had my eye on these beauties from Kurt Geiger and I think I need them! 

I love them in both colours but I think I prefer the white/cream.. what do you think?

I've looked them up on the website since and they are full price stock online £85 but at the outlet they were just £49... must haves I think!

I could spend all day there I really could.. and we kind of did.. Ella and Lee are dozing now and I'm pretty wiped so here I go.. hope you all had a fabulous Good Friday!

Birthday OOTN

For the evening... here was my pick, sorry about the lighting.. 

I've attached the video ootn too, check it out!

Dress is from Forever21, shoes are Kurt Geiger and my necklace is from H&M

FOTN

Same foundation as my OOTD

Dallas Blush

UD Smog and Darkhorse shadow

Impassioned Lipstick

xoxo

miss bb