About me, random, LookBook video to come?

I haven't been able to do much charity shop shopping recently as I worked last Saturday and all this week apart from today! But I have no transport and I am a bit ill, so chilling inside it is! But I am hoping to be able to go to my faves in Norwich on Saturday,(Anglia Square/Magdalen Street for any people from the Norwich area..) Buuuuut because I have recently found out that you can buy charity shop items on Ebay! I have been doing it from the comfort of my own home! Which is exciting! It's super easy!
This is the link: www.pages.ebay.co.uk/ebayforcharity
You just search what you want to find, so for me I usually search my size and see what comes up! You can tell for sure that something is a charity item by seeing the little charity ribbon symbol next to the title :) There are also pages on there from famous charities like Sue Ryder and British Heart Foundation, some are new stuff! I actually purchased 3 cute little lunch boxes from sue ryder's ebay page today! 
How cute are they?!?! :D
The only thing is, as I want all of my money to go to charity, you have to read in the descriptions because say that only 10% will.. and that is great really but as for my challenge, I have to keep looking further :) But as I'm a proper searcher, I am not bothered, it's fun :)

This is a bit of a random post about nothing in particular so I thought I would take this opportunity to write a bit about myself as some of you may only know that I am doing the charity shop challenge and that's pretty much it! Well..
My name is Katie, I am 21 years old and I currently live with my parents in North Norfolk. I did a Foundation degree at Wessex academy of performing arts where I studied FDA Performing Arts and got a 2:1 and went on to do a top up year in Winchester and got a 2:1 and graduated in 2013. I am working at Boots and have just started my new position as a trainee health care advisor. I have always been into 'blogging' and social networking from Piczo to Bebo to Facebook to Tumblr to Blogger to Instagram. I do not drive so I feel like I have recently lost a bit of independance and when I am not at work I need something to concentrate on and something to motivate me in some way, this is where the charity shop challenge came from. I have a boyfriend who I have been with for 2 and a bit years, he also lives in Norfolk and keeps me sane. Well yes this was a bit of a random post.. sorry for that guys..

Something possibly exciting.. I think I am going to try my first fashion blogger video on youtube! I am planning to show a lot of my charity shop buys in outfits and will be like a Lookbook.. although I have no idea how to edit videos :S
So yeah these blogs happen when I am bored..
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Dressy dresses (charity shop buys)

So I haven't got a huge time to go charity shop shopping all the time because I work a lot during the week but I figured I would go to some on my lunch break, the ones that I went to the other day with Matt because I found some quite good stuff! So I did and I found 2 dresses in British Heart Foundation..

The first is velvet and is a skater style but with cut out sides. I have never owned anything velvet or anything cut out so it was a bit of a risky purchase! It's a bit loose but it's comfy and I feel really girly in it and it's my favourite go to colour! :D

Testing it out with my hat :)

Showing the cut out at the side. I have a red bra on in this picture and you can't really see it which is good! it's a little ill fitting at the top around my boobs and around the waist but still so comfy and pretty that I still really like it..

Hangin'

I like it with a necklace because as it's a bit ill fitting at the top it draws the attention away from the baggyness and it also looks pretty with my trusty zebra.

The next dress I got is super cute and less clubby like. It's more presentable and would possibly be better for a meal with the family, a wedding or a christening..

It's baby pink with black buttons, black collar, long sleeves and pleats at the bottom. It's super adorable. It's well fitted, a bit too much atm possibly, and I don't usually wear long sleeves in dresses but I thought it was really nice so I'll give it ago and think I will wear it for my niece's christening in April!

Pretty girly pleated bottom, makes me feel like someone from Heartbeat!

Ahhhh collar and buttons ahhhh cuteness overload :D

The velvet dress was £6.99 and the pink dress was £4.99 so a little expensive for charity shops but cheap if you think about buying them in normal shops! I was pretty happy with my lunch break purchases and plan to wear the velvet one tomorrow night as I'm going out after work :) So will take some more photos then, oh and sorry that my facial expressions in these photos are really weird.. 

:) xx

3 tops for less than £11!

Today myself and Matthew decided to go to Norwich, our local city to do a bit of shopping. This was difficult for me as there were sales everywhere and I just wanted to grab everything but I did stop myself and only bought underwear from Topshop because I am not buying that from charity shops....
I then went to 3 charity shops that are located all together quite in the centre of the city which is really handy, although they are a bit more expensive than the ones in Norwich I usually go to they sometimes have some good stuff. I only found stuff I liked in one of the three but I did end up getting three things which is always good, and for less than £11 too!

I found this top and wasn't sure about it, I fell in love with the pattern and thought the old cars were so cute but wasn't sure about the shape or style of it, but then saw that it still had the label on it from Next showing that it was originally £28 and I got it for £5.49! I really like the bottom of it now that I have tried it on properly, think it's proper girly and cute.

Really goes with my red blazer which makes it look smart but quirky.

The next thing I found was a cute little simple white tank top shirt originally from H&M which I got for £3.49

It's really simple but I love sleeveless shirts and as this is white it will go with almost everything!

Ahhh my excitement of this print shvkgsahjvkasnvkas. Love!

The next thing I bought is probably my least favourite which doesn't mean I don't like it at all, just not as much as the first two. This one is originally from Primark but I only paid £1.99 I think. Just a simple sleeveless black tank top with little studs at the top.

Quite a successful Charity Shop trip me thinks!

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Moon

Sometimes you just need to appreciate the beautiful things around you, grab a camera and capture the exquisite things in life. 

Dad grabbed me out of bed the other night to take some photos because he happened to look outside and saw that the moon was looking really pretty and I'm glad I did. Just look how beautiful it is and how clear. Makes me want to see more.

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Seals

So this post is a tad different to the usual fashion malarky but last weekend I went to see some seals at a local beach so I thought I'd post about it!
Me and Matt decided last weekend to go to Horsey beach which is where loads of seals live and there are lots of them this time of year because they come on to the beach and in the dunes to have their pups :) It was a dry wintery day and it was quite busy so we were told when we arrived that the carpark was full so they opened up a field for us to park in, which soon filled up a bit. We walked through and it was like a mile walk, maybe a little less to the first viewing point which was so cool and lovely. The seals just looked so cute and some of them were really close! After this viewing point it was possibly another mile walk maybe a bit longer to the next viewing point which was a little better as the seals were really close at this one and we could see more, on this one you could walk along the top a bit more to see more of the other side :)
It was such a lovely lovely wintery day, filled with families in wellies and all wrapped up :) I thought I would share some photos :)

This one was really close to us and kept waving!

                                                             Aw smiley embarrased seal

                                                                 Matt with a seal :D

On the move!

Spotty seal 

Looks like he's giggling!

Smiling seal!

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Burgundy OOTD

Today was a bit of a lazy Saturday as I didn't do much except go in to town and wagtch a dvd pree much but because I wear a uniform all week at work I enjoy being able to wear what I want at weekends, and actually look forward to it, as sad as that is! So here is today's:


Blue skinny jeans- Newlook, £10 in the sale
White shirt- Charity shop, £3 maybe?
Blazer Newlook, £13 in the sale 

Bowler Hat- Ebay, £5 I think
Turtle necklace- secret santa present a few years back :)

I am really enjoying burgundy, I have for a while but I need other colours because I find I have little that goes with it because most of my clothes are burgundy and I can't wear everything burgundy I will look like some kind of grape!

The little details. :)

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Let It Begin!

So it's officially 2014! A new year, and the start to The Charity Shop Challenge! I went charity shop shopping for the first time this year today as I have been busy working like every day, except yesterday but I was off ill.. :( But today I felt better and Dad took me to my nearest town, they have lots of charity shops there, more than normal shops! Like there is no normal clothes shop really, which used to be annoying but now it's very handy!

I went to Sue Ryder and it was a bit traumatic because some old lady fell over on the step going in to the shop and banged her head and the paramedics had to come and I was right next to her, so that was sad. But I did find some stuff. They were having a sale which is always good.

I found a grey dress with one floaty sleeve and one sleeveless side. I don't really like the whole one sleeve thing so want to cut it off.. it was only £2.25 though, and it's Topshop. If I cut it I will upload a pic.

I also got a wooly red scarf originally from Sainsburys for £1.50 which has little pockets for your hands in it each side! It's really long and thick and I've been looking for a thicker longer one as my tartan one isn't keeping me very warm atm. I did get 2 wooly scarves for Christmas but they all go with different things so it's nice to have a choice!

The next things I picked up were all books as they were all 50p. I love Charity Shops for books because I figure you can't go wrong really, especially for that price! If I don't like the books then I don't lose much!
I got :Stories We Could Tell by Tony Parsons
        Confessions Of A Working Girl by Miss S
         A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
and a little display book of comic keep calm and carry on quotes but tbh I wish they weren't comic.. because I don't find them that funny but I have kept it on 'When life gives you lemons have a gin and tonic.'

I went to a few other charity shops after this but didn't get anything in the next 2, just one thing in a charity shop  which I can't remember the name of annoyingly! I found a kaleidoscopey/mirrored print midi/mini body con dress which is really pretty and not usually what I go for as I haven't worn a bodycon dress in a really long time but I really like it :) I am hoping to go out on Friday so shall where it then I think :) with some tights and black heels :)

I shall be uploading some more blog posts recently, showing pictures from Christmas and stuff hopefully :) and some more ootds :)
xx