The Debenhams back to school competition

Boy has summer flown by it seems like only last week that they broke up and so it brings us to that time of year again when we have to make a huge dent in our pockets in the process of getting the kids ready to go back to school.

This year we have 4 kids to fork out for,my daughter starts reception class,my son goes into year 3 and my two teen daughters will be in years 9 and 10. i cant rely on 2nd hand as there is such a big gap between my teens and their younger sister not to mention we moved to Weymouth just last year and the uniform is completely differant to their old one.

We normally rely on Asda for school clothes mainly to be cost effective and our local school shop for anything requiring a logo such as school jumpers, needless to say my oldest daughters are not overly keep on the Asda choice as fair as Fashion for school goes!


I asked my children to look on the Debenhams website and tell me if they could wear anything to school what would it be? Here is their choices:

My oldest daughter Carla aged 14 chose

1. Bluezoo girls black bat cape t.shirt 
2. Baker girls black zip detail leggings
3. Bluezoo black patent ballet pumps
4. RJR.John Rocha black panel biker jacket

My 13 year old daughter Rachel chose

1. Bluezoo dark blue woven denim skirt
2. Bluezoo pale pink butterfly printed t.shirt
3. Mantaray navy knitted poncho
4. Bluezoo bright pink glitter welllies

My son Ethan aged 7 chose

1. Jasper Conran designer boys blue carrot jeans
2. Angry Birds red t.shirt
3. Adidas blue Spiderman trainers
4. Bluezoo navy faux fur trim parka jacket

And lastly y little girl Alisha aged 4,now Alisha will wear dresses especially pink ones or tutu styled ones day or night regardless and as you will see this was no exception!

Alisha chose

1. Bluezoo pink 2 in 1 floral dress
2. Bluezoo light blue denim jacket
3. Bluezoo pink flower T-bar strap shoes

These are the outfits my children have picked what would your children pick? #DebsDreamUniform
This is my entry for The Debenhams back to school competition over on mellowmummy.co.uk 

what came through my letterbox this week?

A weekly run up of goodies received in post whether reviews/freebies or comp wins :)

Week #1

Freebies:

The always towels came with a £1.00 coupon, I also received two £1.00 coupons for kingsmill i used one today, two loaves of 50/50 on a 2 for £1.00 deal + coupon = free

Comp wins:

Pumpaloons game from In the playroom blog

Gnat casual fun shirt review

i was recently given the chance to review the Gnat casual fun shirt from jokers masquerade,Pimary designed for men i was asked to see if a woman could pull it off....i love it but lets see what you all think....



The shirt itself was sent quickly via post, i have to admit my first thought when i pulled it out was that i was going to look like Mr.Tumble! Very bright and eye catching design so many different colours and patterns to it my eyes didn't know where to look first, a lovely cotton and polyester material, nice and cool to the touch.

This shirt is certainly for  brave and fun individuals who are not afraid to stand out,perfect for fancy dress party's or even as a different approach to the normal boring white shirt under a suit especially if teamed with the matching tie.

I personally love this shit and even as a woman i would happily wear it out when the nature calls(not as casual wear though) hehe. i found there was enough room without swamping me i think it looks great with a pair or black jeggings and a vest top underneath allowing you to tie it at the waist and leave some buttons undone and for the RRP of £23.99 i think its well worth the money.

And finally here is me wearing my extravagant  fun shirt....so what do you think? can a woman pull it off? i certainly think so!

Ice Bucket Challenge

I was nominated by my friend Viccy from Jelly Rose Yate to do the ice bucket challenge so here goes

Text ICED55 to 70070 to donate £5 to MND Association
Text ICE to 30550 to donate £3 to Macmillan;-

A few friends suffer from ALS which i never knew till the ice bucket challenges started and as for the macmillan part i'm doing it for my friends little girl lily to follow her story go and follow her page Lily's Cancer Journey on facebook.

Weymouth Carnival Day yay!! Part one.

Weymouth Carnival Day

We went to the Weymouth carnival day,lots and lots going on with literally something for everyone included in the event was:

the opening ceremony and queen crowning.holifest at the beach stage,the great war air display,tug of war,red arrows,the grand procession,fire works and the grand prize draw. on top of all of this there was fair ground rides,food,craft and raffle stalls and sand sculpting on the beach.

PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE IN ANY OF THE PHOTOS FEEL FREE TO USE JUST INFORM ME FIRST BEFORE JUST TAKING!

Here is our day:

  We popped in Material Girls Boutique to purchase some raffle tickets to try to win their fantastic Carnival Rainbow Tutu! (we won!-see my Tutu Thursday's post for pictures)

The Trophies for the Carnival that Material Girls Boutique customized...they were for:

• Best Float
• Best Walking Entry
• Community Award
• Creative Costume

We had great Fun on the rides,watching the Air show,procession and fireworks it was our first since moving to Weymouth last year,i myself haven't seen the procession since i was 13! we all had a fantastic time and loved it,my daughter has even asked to take part in the procession next year so fingers crossed.