December purchases

In early December I decided that I didn't have enough party shoes and that nothing says party like pom poms.  I ordered some handmade fluffy red pom pom shoe clips from a UK seller on Ebay.  I'm really pleased with them!  You can see a picture of them in my Festive Recap post, I wore them on Christmas day.  Though as with all shoe-clips, I find I would ideally want slightly bigger clips, as sometimes the pom poms fly off with vigorous dancing.  I can live with that though, and even thought about stitching them on if needs-be.  They've totally transformed a pair of boring beige shoes that I bought (see this post) because 'they'll go with everything' then found they were so boring that I never wore them.

Next up was a mini charity shop splurge.  I found a lovely blue velvet scarf (£1.50), a red pashmina brand new in packet (not great quality, but it's a lovely bright red so fills a gap and it was only £1).  Also two hats, a 'scooter' style hat (not sure how else to describe it) by Radley, £2, and a blue 1970s' fedora type hat, also £2.






In a final December charity shop dash, I found this black Rosie at M&S jumpsuit, brand new with tags.  A size too big, but for £6 that wasn't going to stop me.  It has waist ties, that I just have to cinch in extra tight.  It looks much nicer on than it does in the photo below, I'll have to share a photo of me wearing it at some point.

Things I didn't buy, but had for Christmas
I'm including the Christmas gifts that I received as well as my purchases, just to round out this post a little.  I was spoiled!

Lovely silk scarf and vintage leather bag.

All the books!!

GIN.  I haven't tried any of these yet as foolishly I'm doing Dry January...

DVDs, and audio books.

What can I say, my husband, friends and family know me so well!  There was also a really fab 1920s music CD that isn't pictured as it's been in the CD player constantly since Christmas Day.  I also had some really lovely practical presents - a new hairdryer has been an absolute revelation, it no longer takes me about 20 minutes to dry my hair.

Oh and I had this jacket as an extra present as the person it was given to didn't like it, so I took it off their hands!



I'm really delighted that I've had so many secondhand presents too, it's something that we're consciously trying to do more of with gift giving and receiving.  Books are always a fantastic way to get someone secondhand phobic started, it's a good entry point for those not keen on anything else secondhand.

As for the January sales, I will be trying to steer clear.  I tested myself a few week's ago and went to a shopping outlet, and although I was tempted with some massive reductions in Jaeger, I walked away empty-handed.  Let's see if I can keep up the willpower for the rest of the month (it's certainly going to be tested in terms of not drinking that gin either...)

What new items made it into your wardrobe in December?

In case you missed it, see what I bought last month.