Carboot Sale Buys - Bits & Pieces ♥

 Since my last carboot sale post I've been to three more bootsales and have found a few more nice bargains! I've seperated it into two posts, so this one is the general buys and the next post will be the clothing items I found. So here's what I've picked up...

At the end of the Bank Holiday boot sale there was a man with a van full of rubbish that had it all strewn out all over the floor, and he said everything was 50p each. I found all these bits seperately from eachother and he let me have the whole lot for £1! It's an English maker and is painted with pretty purple posies. I got three cake plates, two saucers, three tea cups, and a milk jug!

This is one of my favourite films, Bride Wars, and this DVD was 50p.

I try not to go on about it too much, but I'm Eminem obsessed. I already had this album but lost it so bought another copy to listen to in my car! Only 50p.

I picked up this Kirsties Homemade Home hardback book from a seller who was selling a load of old tat, but I found this in a box and they let me have it for 50p! It's RRP is £20 and it was released in 2010 so is quite new and is in perfect condition. 

This isn't for me, but my parents have been redecorating their bedroom and needed a new simple wooden bedside table, and I spotted this and it was only £6 and is made from solid, unfinished pine in great condition!

If you never bought these cheap cushions from Ikea then you missed out! They are the most comfortable things EVER! I affectionately called my old one my 'dribble pillow' and it ended up being a disgusting shade of grey after being washed so many times. These ones were brand new and 50p each, which isn't a huge bargain as I think they were only 80p in Ikea, but they don't sell them anymore!

This little floral sugar bowl and milk jug set was only £1! I actually bought the same sugarbowl from a carboot sale last summer, but now I have two, and a jug!

This Soap and Glory make up case was 50p, although I'm not sure I needed it!

And finally, this set of number cutters for cake decorating were only 5p each, which is great because these sell for over a fiver online!

And that's it for now, but soon I will do my carboot sale clothing bargains post! You can see all my carboot sale posts here.

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Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2013 ♥

I'm a bit late with this as nominations opened up over 2 weeks ago, but I'd really love it if you wanted to nomiate me in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards :)

I'd maybe fit into Best Lifestyle Blog, or perhaps Best Interior Blog? I would suggest Best Food Blog too.. but I don't think a tonne of cake counts as 'food' haha! 

I'm so happy to have so many lovely readers who have nominated me for other awards too, so a big thank you to you all! Blogging is such a massive part of my life now and you're all super supportive and I'm so grateful. Thank you very much if you do have a spare moment to vote xx

And don't forget to enter my £100 designer glasses giveaway!!

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Juicy Couture Enduring Sunglasses & £100 Designer Sunglasses GIVEAWAY ♥

Good evening all. Sorry I haven't posted for almost a week.. I've been so busy/tired! I don't think I've ever left such a big gap between posts before.. eek! Anyway I have something really awesome to show you! SmartBuyGlasses recently asked me if I wanted to review a pair of their designer sunglasses, and I jumped at the chance! I'm going on holiday in a few weeks and needed some new sunnies, and what's better is that they also do prescription shades!

I've always been a (secret) fan of Juicy Couture. I'm not sure why exactly.. as most people think the brand is chavtastic.. but it really appeals to me for some reason. Anyway I browsed through their massive selection of sunglasses and settled on this pair called 'Enduring' (RRP £129 but sold for £96.95). They sell lots of other designers too, such as Tom Ford and Christian Dior.

I picked this pair because I like the big retro glasses shape, and also I liked these ones because they have a little cat eye flick in the top corners. But what I found most attractive was the inside of the arms; they have a really bright, bold print! I'm a sucker for any kind of colourful pattern! Also on the inside it has printed 'Queen of Everything' and has a little silver Juicy Heart on the end of one of the arms. The outer frames themselves, and the lenses, are black.

I was really excited when they arrived (the weather had just started to pick up!) and I was really impressed with the quality of the glasses and the accessories. The glasses were shipped from Hong Kong (but seem to be genuine from what I can tell!) and they came with a pink Juicy Couture embossed glasses case, and a matching cleaning cloth. They also threw in a bottle of lens cleaning liquid and a screwdriver.

I chose prescription glasses so I was a little bit wary that this could go a little bit wrong, but they are as clear as my UK glasses! In fact, they are perfect and I cannot fault them at all. I have been wearing them whilst driving and have had no issues with them at all, and I cannot wait to take them on holiday (I hope I don't sit on them).

See below to enter my new giveaway to win your own pair of £100 designer sunglasses from SmartBuyGlasses!

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