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

New Closet Organisation

This is a follow up to my "cleaning out my closet" post so for before pictures check that out first here.

I was pretty shocked at the amount of jeans I own.. this is AFTER I cleared out everything old and ill-fitting and it's still a pretty large section of my wardrobe dedicate to denim. Shamefully I even discovered  own two identical pairs of grey skinnies from Primarni.. why??

This is my "current" wardrobe.

I like to keep everything I'm wearing right now in my main space and use the other closets I have to store my lesser worn or seasonal clothes. I was using one wardrobe soley for evening wear but it really limits how often things are worn. I have now gone through and picked out my favourite pieces of the moment and put them all in my main space so I will see them more often and they're more likely to get an outing. Who says evening wear can't be worn during the day? Winter is the perfect time to mix it up. You can wear your dresses with thick tights and boots and casual-up an otherwise formal outfit.

My tops are organised by type, although they would look prettier arranged by colour I know. They go from jackets and blazers on the left through vests, tshirts, long sleeves and jumpers.

I've hung my favourite belts over a hanger for easy access. They previously lived in another closet in our then spare room (now nursery) but now I have a waist again it's nice to have them within reach.

I have my vanity set up in my bedroom now but I've avoided wires trailing all over by keeping my hair styling in the wardrobe where I'm lucky enough to have built-in plug sockets. 

I have two large plastic boxes filled with nightwear and lingerie. I have very little drawer space so this was the best option to store the things I really don't want to hang. They're designed to go under the bed but unfortunately they don't fit under mine. They are stackable though and the lids will click shut even if they're over-filled. A must-have for anyone with limited space and too many clothes.

So that's my new closet. If you're interested I will do a post on how to condense what you have and decide what to keep/what needs to go. It's tough but sometimes it needs to be done

Now I'm going to leave you with some of my favourite shoes...

CLOCKWISE - Kurt Geiger, Primark, BCBGeneration, Jimmy Choo

Miss BB

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!

OOTD 08/02/2011

Jumper/Dress - TopshopShoes - Next
XOXO

Birthday Party OOTD

My parents threw me a little party (at my request lol) for my birthday on Saturday.. here's a quick ootd and some other pics from the evening! 

My dress is from Next (sale)

Shoes - Jimmy Choo "Glenys" (my prized posession)

Earrings - Forever 21 (from my birmingham haul)

They served Oysters... they were supposed to be a "treat" eugh! I love shellfish and all things seafood but oysters are just horrible. They taste like the sea... literally like taking a gulp of salty sea water.. why????

Now this cocktail was much more palatable!

*Florida Fizz*

Champagne

Pink Grapefruit

Cointreau

Sugar

Yum!

XOXO

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