Win a Manon Baptiste Bardot Dress from Navabi!*

When it comes to brands who always get it right, Navabi are right at the top of my list. They consistently produce truly beautiful garments for plus size bodies and they really care about the plus size community. They are proud to represent us and are always trying to be the change they want to see in the fashion industry. I adore them!

When Navabi asked me to not only review one of their new pieces, but also to give you guys the chance to win that same garment, you know I leapt at the opportunity! I ummed and aahed over their new collection, and then when I saw this stunning Manon Baptiste Bardot Dress* I knew it was the one. A bardot dress is something I consider to be a staple look for me, and the print on this is just everything.

A lot of bardot dresses gradually slide up your shoulders and need re-adjusting all the time. Not this dress! The quality of the fabric and the weight of the dress mean it doesn't move. I was so impressed, it's a very rare thing in a bardot design!

It hits me just above mid calf, so it's a pretty long dress. Most midi length dresses aren't true midis on me, but if you're a taller babe you'll be just fine! The fabric is clearly incredibly high quality and it is so soft on the skin. And the print, just wow! It's a floral design but it's really something else, everyone who has seen me in this dress has commented on how gorgeous the print is. It's so striking and unusual. You could easily wear this to a summer wedding, or dress it down more like I have here.

So! How can you win this dress too? That's easy, just enter using the widgit below, and good luck!**

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Much love,

Kitty xxx

My First Lyra : Cornwall

*denotes an item gifted to me for review purposes. In no way does this impact upon my opinions which are entirely my own.

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Girly Millenial Pink OOTD

I seem to be on a bit of a roll lately with online competitions, and recently I was lucky enough to win one of Yours Clothing's #winitwednesday competitions on twitter. It was a on a day that's always hard, on my dear friend Jess's birthday who sadly was taken from us when we were 17. We shared a mutual love of butterflies and it seemed like a gift from the universe to make me smile when I suddenly won a dress covered in butterflies!

Dress - Lady Voluptuous for Yours Clothing

Jacket - Matalan (old)

Shoes - Converses

Sunglasses - Sorority Princess by Quay Australia

This dress is quite possibly the girliest thing I've ever owned. In fact, this whole outfit might be the girliest thing I've ever worn! I ended up channelling Amanda Apparel for this look completely by accident. I wore this outfit to a hen do I went on, and when I realised I only had 20 minutes to get ready I gave my youngest step son a bunch of random choices to pick me an outfit real quick. He was feeling the all pink vibes, so all pink it was!

The dress is typical Lady Voluptuous, beautifully made, with a lovely print, and well fitted. Lady V offer dual sizes, and I find them very true to size. This is probably a little more low cut than I would usually wear because I don't have the sort of bust that gives cleavage, but I love it either way and think it would also look amazing on a busty babe too!

The print is a delight, flowers and butterflies in different shades of pinks and hints of blue. The sleeves sit at about elbow length with a fold up that has a really unusual shape, it actually peaks into a 'V' shape in the middle of the sleeves. I really like this detail, it's such a small thing but it's lovely. The top of the dress is a wrap over style, for me personally I might have to pop a stitch in the bust area because it does gape a bit because I don't have much to fill it out, but I don't think anyone with more of a chest would need to do that.

The bottom of the dress is probably my favourite part, the two pleated sections give it a great shape without being too full. You could probably pop a petticoat underneath it if you did want to add more fullness though!

It felt really odd to go out not wearing all pink, but I think the Converses and the pleather jacket made it feel 'Kitty' enough that I wasn't uncomfortable. I might just have to let my step son style me again seen as he did such a great job with this look!

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

Our First Wedding Anniversary : I Don't Want Children And That's OK

Punky Pins Haul

Every now and then I seem to go on little lucky streaks and win competitions I enter online, and recently I've won two! One of those was run by Punky Pins, hosted on their instagram. While I didn't win the top prize, I did win a 50% off voucher that I was thrilled with. I'd been planning on placing an order, so it was clearly meant to be! They then hosted a 'seconds' sale, selling off slightly faulty designs cheap, and I couldn't resist grabbing a ton of their designs. So here's what I bought with my voucher!

Cats Rule Everything Pin

Pro Cats Pin

Guitar Pin

These three were all the pins I got in the seconds sale, so all have slight faults. With the first pin you can see the lettering is missing some of the black colour, with the cats pin it is less obvious, and the cat has a mark on his pink belly, and in the guitar it is even less obvious, with a slight bit of colour missing at the bottom of the V of the guitar. None of the faults are really obvious, and when sold at half price you can't complain. With my 50% off voucher I really couldn't say no!

Chubby Mermaid Pin

Mermaid Pin (no longer available)

Spooky Mermaid Pin

And now, a trio of mermaids, how could I resist?! They are all so different from each other. My favourite is probably the chubby mermaid, I love that she is fat, as well as a woman of colour, it's fab seeing a brand with diversity in their range like this. Next fave is the spooky mermaid because she's cute and slightly terrifying at the same time. Lastly I had to get the classic mermaid because she's so sassy and I like her shell.

Lilac and Pink Cactus Duo

Worship Me Pin

Floral Crown Ghost Pin

Killer Lipstick Pin

Feminist Crystal Pin

You know I had to get the cactus pins, I'm obsessed! I had a cactus pin on my denim jacket but it's pin is badly placed so it turns around and I couldn't stand it any more. Given that my life is ruled by cats I had to get the bad ass 'worship me' pin, and that ghost in a flower crown is just the best sort of spooky cute! I love that Punky Pins have so many pins with a feminist message, the lipstick and knife set is adorable and feisty and why wouldn't I want the word feminist emblazoned upon my jacket?

I could have bought SO many more but just had to stop myself somewhere. I want all their pins and can't wait to see what they come out with next.

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

Floral and Mesh Stripes OOTD : A Mini Homeware Haul

My Lucky Month

December was kind of a wild month for me. Not because of Christmas, but because I seemed to somehow become insanely lucky! A lot of my favourite brands ran competitions on their social media, I always enter competitions but have never really won anything before. In December I seemed to win everything!

So I very occasionally use twitter. Like, I have it set up to autopost my photography tumblr and bloglovin, and sometimes I remember I should post on it rather than just let the internet robots use it so that people will actually follow me. I posted on it during December and the following exchange happened....

Now, I don't follow Tesco on twitter, I've never tweeted at them, I have no idea how or why they decided to respond to my tweet. The first thing I did was check out the twitter account to make sure it was legit. It was. So I figured what the hell and I DM'd them my name and address. Two days later I got a very excited call from Stu asking me if I had ordered him anything that would come in a big box for Christmas, and if I hadn't, could he open the giant mystery box that had just been delivered to our house. I told him he could and he better ring me straight back!

Inside was a brand new 42 inch Sony Bravia HD 3D television. Stu rang me back and I said 'Holy shit' a lot and cried. I couldn't believe it. We set it up in our bedroom and just wow. The remote has a built in Netflix button! I know it's all part of a marketing campaign they did at Christmas, but seriously, it blew me away. They made our Christmas. We could never have afford a new TV, and it wasn't something we could justify saving up for when other things were more important.

BloodyMary Metal ran a daily advent calendar competition on their instagram that I eagerly entered every day. And I won! And I was lucky enough to win one of my favourite necklaces from their site. They also sent me some metallic temporary tattoos that I am totally going to play with soon. Thank you so much!

Marks and Spencer's ran a fun Pass the Parcel game on their website that I played most days, because why not! There were all sorts of prizes available from little to big. I won a voucher for some Walnut Whips. Nom. I picked mint ones. There is no photo of those because they quickly went in my belly, soz!

I figured after 3 wins I was at the end of my streak. But I wasn't! Eustratia also ran a daily advent calendar competition, and I also won a prize in that! A £20 prize was my prize, and I put a little extra in so I could buy these beautiful moth earrings. I was so tempted by the other jewellery Eustratia also do, but moths are totally my thing, so moths it was! I opted for these because they make incredible latex and these combine moths and latex together.

Aren't they fab? I plan to hook them through my stretched ears and look fabulous in them.

Of course, December also featured a proposal for me as well.... so it really was the luckiest month ever! Because the best prize was the love of my life wanting to marry me (I know, groooooan at the soppiness).

Thanks December, you rocked!

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

A prize and a mini haul!

Recently Little Miss Delicious has been fundraising for the Brain Tumour Charity and part of that fundraising included a raffle, with so many goodies donated from a lot of amazing independant companies. I bought a few tickets and was so excited when I found out I had won one of the prize bundles! I never win competitions or raffles, so to be a part of something like this, and to win, was awesome.

As ever, with everything Maxine sends out, it arrived adorably packaged and with a cute handwritten note.

All the goodies!

I love cross-stitch! This was donated by Anbhz

Unicorn brooch from Janine Basil (who I am a big fan of, and who doesn't love unicorns!)

Ice cream brooch by Little Miss Delicious

Purse - unknown, so sorry!

Heart necklace is VelvetVolcano

Rose ring by MustDestroy Jewellery

Hair bow by Beauxoxo

Headband from Julie & The Knits - unfortunately I am allergic to wool, but I know someone who will love it.

How amazing is this prize? I am so proud of Maxine, and so pleased to see her be able to raise so much money for a cause that means so much to her. On the same day this package arrived, I also got a parcel from ASOS, yay!

ASOS Curve Cat Waist Belt £12

New Look Burger Clutch Bag £9.99

I am fully aware that this clutch bag is totally ridiculous. But I love it and had to have it!

Alice & You Denim Pinafore Dress £32

I kind of fell in love with this dress when I saw it on the ASOS website. I've been chasing a cute pinafore dress for soooo long and none have suited me, so I have my fingers crossed that this one would! It is black denim and so soft, it's lovely. It's in and out of stock so quickly, so if you see it in stock and want it, get it quick! However, on me, this looked and fitted so badly. The shoulder straps are non-adjustable and were way too long (and I'm 5ft11!), and it just clung in all the wrong places. Back it has gone and the hunt for a pinafore dress is still on.

Much love,

Kitty xxxxxx