Fashion | Primark Madness! I Like Big Hauls and I Cannot Lie!

You know the drill, you go in for some black opaque tights and come out with:

I don't think I've ever paid £18 for a pair of Primark shoes, but these feel lovely on despite the heel and see how it dips into a 'V' shape at the bottle of your ankle? It elongates the leg and banishes stumpiness!

They came in black too, which I would have gotten more use out of, but the wooden heel looked really cheap on them.

I love espiradrilles.  They give me some inches but don't hurt my fee to much.  The bow on these is a bit wonky, but for £6 I'm not too fussed.  Got me a cruise coming up so they are suitably nautical methinks.

These little babies were £4. FOUR QUID! They come up a bit small so I had to go for a size 7, but they do look dinky on.  Even my mum commented.  Perfect to team with a nice little sundress and go exploring in a European city.  These will do lovely for Venice in July.

I picked up the blue ones too as I have a lot of navy and blue summer dresses and they look cute with indigo jean capris.

I'm not entirely convinced on these as they aren't very comfortable, although I do love the turquoise detailing.  However they were £10 and I know I can find prettier out there if I look.  They're going back.

I recently joined the gym again so I needed some nice new flip flops to keep the veruca germs away.  I got these two for £2 - bargain! They're a bit tight to slip on handsfree, but once on they're nice and snug so I reckon I could do quite a bit of walking in these.  They're pretty cushioned too.

Now onto my favourite bits - the bling!

Guess what? I LOVE pearls! This pretty amazing little bracelet was only about £4 (I can't find my receipt!)

I'm on a kinda nautical kick at the moment as I have a couple of cruises coming up.  I know the captain will love my steering wheel and anchor charm bracelet (£1.50!).  Although I'm not sure whether to leave the cute fabric bow on or not when I wear it? Suggestions? 

The Little Mermaid in me had to have this seashell necklace and the miser in me more than approved as it again, was only £1.50.  I think I'll layer this with another necklace, perhaps my dainty Alex Monroe  butterfly. 

Yes, still with the nautical...for £1.50...

This necklace is a bit massive, but I'm hoping I can carry it off with a simple top/dress and a fierce tan.  This was £4.00. 

 

I'm swimming at the gym too and a noisy tesco bag just isn't cutting it anymore, so I picked up this cute bikini pouch to carry my wet cossie home in.  Not sure how waterproof it is yet, but at least it would work as a useful pouch to store valuables in at the beach.

So there you have it my lovelies.  It had been about 3 months since I'd stepped near a Primark, so I don't think I went too crazy.  

So what bits (if any) do you like from my haul? What would you return?

*Title courtesy of this fabulous lady

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Photography | Autumn Sunset in Hyde Park - 10/10/10

I've never seen the sun this large is London and there was almost an 'eclipse' effect although I'm not aware of any astrominical anomalies being reported on 10th October 2010 - an auspicious date! In the distance you can see an obelisk and also the spire of St. Mary Abbots, an historical Kensington CofE church. Sadly I didn't have my camera on a very high resolution that day. The photowatermark refers to a previous (now discontinued) blog I was planning to post this on.

Musings | Heart This ♡

...and not just because I'm a Kat and ginger :)

Because One Blog is Never Enough!

Too many 'I'm sorry this doesn't have anything to do with make up or beauty...but look at these pretty pictures' posts were going up over at my make up and beauty blog and so it was time to expand my little publishing empire (muah ha ha!) to cover a few other topics - afternoon tea reviews, travel, cooking, baking, running, books, market knick-knack hauls, general rants and all that jazz.

So welcome to Portobello Pearls! Named thus because I live next to Portobello Market and I adore pearls, especially black ones.  And I like alliteration.

I'm not good at keeping a 'hardcopy' diary - I received 3 for Christmas and they're all collecting dust - but really look forward to saving snippets of my life on here.  How weird will it be if my grandkids can check this out on their iPad  v.384s in 50 years?!

Today also happens to be the day my other blog - Click & Make-Up! turns one.  The number 14 has been kind to me and I like to keep things neat.  

Thanks for stopping by, if you like what you see go ahead and follow and hopefully see you back here soon!

Kat

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