I'm so glad I found ya!

 

Hey guys, hope your week is going well! 

For this blog post I decided to pick out a few of my favourite charity shop finds that I am just super duper glad that I found and picked up. I'm pretty poor at the moment and haven't managed to do any shopping in so so long and I'm feeling pretty sad about it, so I'm looking through my clothes that I already have and appreciating them a little more! I have so many clothes that I have found in charity shops that are really great finds or amazing bagains, such as cool vintage jumpers, a retro playsuit, a Topshop dress for £2 and a vintage dress for £1! But some of them don't fit too well or aren't really me and even when they're pretty cheap I sometimes regret picking them up and spending the money on them (it all adds up!) when I could have left them there for someone else who would love them as much as I love the items I've listed here!

 Vintage belt-50p

I love this belt! It's SO cute and goes perfectly high wasited, it adds detail to plainer outfits and I think it has real character. The buckle is so so pretty too.

Slush Puppy Tee- £1

I love this top! It was actually a Hollywood Bowl work tshirt but I cut the logo off the sleeves and distressed the sleeves a little too so that it has even more of a retro look. When I bought this I'm pretty sure they were selling slush puppy tees in either topshop or new look? So I was happy to find this for £1!

Vintage bag-99p

I was shocked to see the 99p label on this bag as it is SO cute and really good quality. When I got this bag about a year ago, I used it allll the time, but some how, unfortunately I lost the shoulder strap from it on a night out! :'( I bought a replacement strap which I use with another little charity shop bag too.

Lilac high waist shorts- £3/4ish?

I can't remember how much these were! I just remember seeing them on a mannequin in the charity shop and thinking I don't care how much they are... I NEED them! Haha but I went and asked what size and how much they are and I think they were around three or four pounds so I thought that was really good, theyre slightly oversized but I think they look really good.

Floral trousers-£4ish

Again, I can't remember how much these were but I loved the print of them, they're really high wasited and they're so comfy. I've only worn them once as I bought them in the Autumn time and they're really thin so the weather has to be nice for them, I think they will be really nice this summer (if it stops raininnn!)

Animal print blouse-£1

I found this on a £1 rack in one of the charity shops I go to and thought it looked cute, I like how it's not too sheer but it's not a proper shirt either and I was really drawn to the print. I wasn't sure about it at first because it was a size 20 but I like blouses and shirts oversized and as it was only a pound I bought it anyway. Once I tried it on and styled it with high waisted shorts/leggings, I fell in love... The size is perfect with some high waist bottoms as it just looks super cute and as if it's meant to be oversized! :-)

What are some of your most loved charity shop finds and why?! :-)

Love Charlotte x

What I've been instagramming.....

 

 

 

 

 Sunday 5th May

1. My party outfit from Saturday night 

(floral trousers-£5-Primark)

(Studded loafers-£cant remember too long agoooo!- ebay)

2.Found my kitty eating cat food from the tin!! Naughty naughty!

3. It was a sunny day so me and my friend had a 'picnic' haha

4. Our vodka & juice mixtures

5. Sittin on the grass :-) 

(high waisted/wet look leggings-£18ish-ebay)

(studded loafers- ya can them on ebay! :-D)

(leather backpack-£5sale-primark)

Monday 6th May

My hilarious pup pulling a face (she had been trying to chew up my bandana about 

5 seconds before this photo was taken!)

 

 

 

Tuesday 7th May

1. Me and my dog... I like to pretend that we were both pulling faces for the photo...

2. Photo collage, a selfie, my outfit and picnic set up for a photoshoot!

3.The outfit I styled for the shoot.

(Blouse-99p-New Look via charity shop)

(Skirt-£1-Vintage/Charity shop)

(Shell necklace-£5ish-H&M)

4.The picnic being set up for the shoot, with real cherry bakewells and wine and muffins!! mmmm. How cute is the picnic basket too?!

 

 

Thursday 9th May

1. Topsy peeking into the bath at me and crying to get in. 

2. Me and Topsy, taken on Tuesday... her face is just too hilarious hahahhaha

3. Throwback Thursday! This was 2009, crazy how much my hair has changed!

 

 

 

 Friday 10th May

 1. My baby, Spot

2. My friend brought me some jelly haha!

3. My cat Lola gave birth to two gorgeous little kittens

4. Me eating yet again, cupcakes!

 

 Sunday 12th May

On Saturday I went to the cinema with my boyfriend and managed to find myself a coke with my name on it! Obviously I had to take a photo of it for instagram the next day, duuuh. :-)

Soooo here is my week-ish on instagram, my instagram is @charlibellexx if anyone is interested in following! :-) I am hoping to get a more detailed post up on here about the photoshoot I was a part of on Tuesday as I'm pretty excited about it. It was suchhhh a gorgeous day so I was really glad to be out in the sun on a 'picnic' and it was definitely one of the cutest shoots ever & it was lots of fun.

Hope you've all had a greatttt weekend!

Love Charlotte x 

Not so spring time sweater... ootd

 

 Sweater-Matalan-£3

Skirt-H&M-£8ish?

Tights-Primark-£1

Earrings-Primark-£1

Shoes-Vans-£30ish(sale)

My outfit for the day yesterday! It wasn't as bright as it has been in the week and it was a bit cold and rainy so I had to put my shorts and tshirts back away :-( I went shopping on Wednesday with my boyfriend and he kindly bought me this jumper from the Matalan clearance store. It's crazy in there, tshirts, skirts etc. for a pound?? There's even dresses in there reduced from £20+ down to £3, it's unreal! I got this sweater from the mens section and thought it was nice just for throwing on on colder days and for the summer when it gets cool in the evenings. I love the dark grey colour and the grungey bleached out/faded bits. I paired it with my bright pink skirt yesterday to brighten the outfit up and my vans because they're super comfortable and add a little height too! ;-)

Hope you all have a great weekend! :-)

(Ps sorry for the rubbish photos, it was the best I could do for now!)

 

If ya follow me on instagram (@charlibellexx) or twitter (@charlibellex) you will know that it was my cats 9th birthday on Wednesday too! 

Sooo heres a late happy birthday to you Spot! <3

 

AWWWW

Love Charlotte x

Curve Ball Tour!

Hey guys, hope you've all had a good week :-D

I bought this ugly tshirt a while back & you may have seen it in one of my charity shop haul posts. I knew I wanted to get the scissors on it but I wasn't sure what to do, I love the white stitching on the sleeves and the bottom of the top, it reminds me of stitches you would get in a cut or whatever so I wasn't sure about getting rid of it. As I got dressed yesterday I put on my favourite high waisted denim shorts and just chucked this tshirt on as I was choosing what top to wear for the day & doing my makeup etc. Then that's when I decided to do something to it & make it cute so that I could wear it!

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Buffy obsessed by charlibellex

I have been re-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes non-stop over the past week or two, I am actually obsessed. As it was made in the late nineties there's lots of really cute outfits in the show (lot's of hideous ones too buuut anyway...) so obviously I had to blog about it. I made this little Buffy inspired mood board on polyvore (you can follow me here) featuring denim, leather, chunky boots, a stake and obviously a cross necklace and leather jacket! After watching I've been feeling pretty inspired, there are so many things I want to steal from Buffy's wardrobe, & a few from Willow's too, I've seen her in a few really cute scooby doo tshirts & I'm definitely on the lookout for nineties character tees. As the 90's have come back around now I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be too hard to copy Buffy's style & I'm definitely going to be coming up with a few Buffy/vampire/90's inspired outfits. I am currently on season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer so I don't doubt that there will be more Buffy posts on here... so I'm hoping you guys like them!

How many of you used to watch Buffy?!

Hope you all have a great weekend! 

Love Charlotte x 

PS! I'm selling clothes on my bigcartel site... I've put all of the items prices down as ON SALE, so pleeease check them out! Once I have sold a few I will be adding more to the site... you can find them all by clicking hereeeeee  (http://charlibelle.bigcartel.com/)

 Remember you can also follow me on bloglovin too! :-)

Buy my things on bigcartel!

 asos skirt

 Vintage bag

 Topshop shorts

 Topshop leggings

Topshop shoes

Hey guys, hope your week is going well!
I have had a bag full of clothes that I no longer wear just sat in my bedroom for about a month, I need to sort through more to get rid of because my drawers and wardrobe are all overflowing with clothes. Quite often i will wear something a few times and never again or I keep really old clothes because I once loved them so much and don't want to let go! SO finally I have decided on a few things to sell but I wasn't sure how to sell them online. I normally use ebay BUT recently I've seen so many people say bad things about it & sometimes it doesn't seem worth the while with all the fees and that if you've had a disappointing end price on one of your items that you thought would sell for more. So after a bit of thought, I decided to sell a few bits on bigcartel! I chose the free account, but if I manage to sell a few things I might pay for a better account and work on setting it up properly over the summer? We'll see :-) But for now I have 5 items on there which I am hoping to sell. If it all goes completely wrong I will probably list things on here and work out how to invoice via paypal... I'm sure it's pretty straightforward but to me it sounds kind of frightening haha!

So these are the items I'm selling.... go to my bigcartel page here! charlibelle.bigcartel.com :-) pleeeease check it out! x

What you do with clothes/shoes etc. that you no longer wear?


Love Charlotte x

Button down skirt & Nirvana tee!

 If you follow me on instagram (@charlibellexx) you may have seen a photo verrry similar to this on Thursday when I wore this outfit ;) click for more photos etc. x