Raising money for Save The Children with Christmas Jumper Day

As many of you are aware, Friday 13th December this year marks Christmas Jumper Day. A day which not only gives you the perfect excuse to dig out your winter woollies, but also raises money for a wonderful cause - Save The Children.

Forever the huge Home Alone fan, the increasingly talked about Home Alone jumper was the one for me. Seeing it sold at both ends of the pricing spectrum (£40 in Topshop Oxford Circus - WHY???), I scored mine for a mere £9 from eBay. Praise be.

I located a UK based seller as I didn't want to pay extortionate P&P. The quality itself isn't bad. There were a few loose threads here and there from transit, but for £9 I hardly mind. The material is very soft and thankfully isn't itchy - an added bonus.

You can find out more about Christmas Jumper Day and how to donate here

Will you be supporting Christmas Jumper day this year?

Fall in love with fall

Autumn is officially here. Whilst I don't exactly relish the thought of it getting colder (I really can't handle the cold), there are so many amazing things to look forward to:

Hot drinks aplenty

Especially vats of hot chocolate topped with cream

Toasty nights in with films, fairy lights and candles

Chunky knitwear

Nature at its most beautiful

Going for walks with leaves crunching under-foot

Layering

Roaring log fires 

Chunky knit socks and knee highs

Images source: WeHeartIt

What are your favourite things about autumn?

The devil makes work for idle hands

I’ve decided that working full-time is healthy for my bank balance. And not for the obvious reason of more hours = more money. But because I’m usually too knackered to trek around the shops after work, and too lazy to trawl through pages and pages of online fashion. I think my folks have been impressed with the lack of parcels gracing our front door.

Then my contract at work ended... *cue shopping marathon*

An ASOS sale purchase - this satchel should hopefully 

add a pop of colour into my (mainly black) wardrobe!

H&M sleeveless white shirt

 H&M mocha chunky knit - which looks very Alexa 

Chung with the shirt collar poking out underneath

Not one but two pairs of H&M denim shorts 

- they fit so well, I couldn't resist!

You can never have too much denim!

+ a free H&M gift card that I was handed by a member of H&M staff

... which I exchanged for these:

A lint remover - which is clearly being put to good use(!)

And stockings... you can never go wrong with stockings!

In good news: I got a new job! I’m now working in publishing / the media and hopefully will get to do some geeky IT stuff *rubs hands together*

Had a week free before my start date so took off for a few days – why not? Found me a last minute deal and hurriedly threw some things into packed a suitcase. Holiday summary to follow!