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Boux Avenue Opening, Metrocentre

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14 years ago
by dawniebrown in ,

I was asked if I would like to attend the pre-store opening of the new Boux Avenue store in the Metrocentre, Newcastle and of course I said yes :) I love clothes, love lingerie and I have a secret crush on Theo Paphitis so I’d have been mad to say no ;)

The Metrocentre is the 7th Boux Avenue store to be opened by owner Theo Paphitis (of Dragon’s Den fame) and offers a beautiful range of luxury lingerie which you won’t necessarily need to spend your children’s inheritance on (see what I did there? ;) ) You can also check them out on their online store if there isn’t currently a store near you :) Boux Avenue in the Metrocentre can be found on the lower level in the Green Mall.

The store is beautifully laid out with stunning displays and it has a really luxurious feel to it. I love the little screens they have around showing images of their clothes.

The lingerie itself is absolutely stunning and I could have quite happily walked out with one of everything from the store :) I did however especially like their nightwear range! OK so I’m a mum nowadays and cosy pyjamas and dressing gowns are a necessity when staggering around the house at 3am sorting out crying babies ;)

There is also a lovely range of toiletries, in particular I loved the shimmery body wash and their lip balm (I may have to invest with party season just around the corner ;) )

Of course the highlight of our visit was getting meet the rather lovely Mr Theo Paphitis. Oscar was rather impressed with him as well. (ps He’s not as short as he looks on the TV you know, I think it’s just because he’s always next to that tall and gangly Peter Jones ;) ) I didn’t quite catch the entire conversation that Oscar and Theo had but I’m hoping the handshake in the photo below wasn’t Oscar offering away half of my business for a bottle of milk ;)

50% Mummy's business for 1 bottle of milk - it's a deal!

Ooh and for the first week the store is open, they are offering a free pair of matching knickers with every bra! Definitely an opportunity to stock up on some lovely lingerie :)

I was kindly given a lovely goody bag after my visit containing some hand cream, lip balm, knickers and a gift card – ooh and a couple of extremely yummy cakes which I’ve just polished off whilst writing this :)

I’ve been shopping!

7
14 years ago
by dawniebrown in ,

Bear with me but I’m a little excited as after months of just wearing my old maternity clothes, I have finally got round to going shopping and buying a few new clothes :) Unfortunately I have nobody here to show them off to at the moment and so I thought I’d post some pics here to show them off :) When I say “shopping” I of course mean it in the “sitting on my sofa with a cup of tea and my iphone” type of shopping as I just don’t like going into shops and with 2 small children it is pretty much impossible!

I’ll start by saying these are all from Next as it is one of my favourite shops, and I’ll just clarify that they haven’t asked me to write this post, I’m doing it because I want to show off all my new clothes :) I am however part of their blogger network which you can check out by clicking on the badge on the left sidebar of the blog :)

As you will probably be able to tell from the following photos, I’m very happy that my favourite colour seems to be in trend this autumn/winter and so I’ve gone a little mad buying things (and yes they do coordinate with my bedroom aswell lol but as I said it IS my favourite colour!)

A stripey blue number

Teal spotty top :)

Teal and Navy Stripey Top

Teal top with scarf

Something that isn't teal (I thought I'd be brave!)

A little present I got from Next for a previous post - and no animals were harmed in making this! I am veggie remember!

And I just couldn’t resist these shoes, completely impractical for mum duties but they ARE my favourite colour ;)

Shoe Love!

I think that little lot will keep me going for a little while at least, now I just need to have a major wardrobe clearout and make space for it all :)

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My new party dress!

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14 years ago
by dawniebrown in , ,

I’m frequently sent lovely items to review for Zara and Oscar but it makes a lovely change when I’m asked to choose and review something for myself :)

The lovely people at Kaleidoscope recently contacted me and asked just that, would I like to choose something from their website to receive and review? I of course snapped their hand off and spent some time browsing their site trying to decide what to choose.

In practical mum mode, I was tempted with jeans, jumpers and my usual staple wardrobe items but in a flash of inspiration I decided to treat myself to a lovely new party dress because it’s at least 4 years since I last bought one and everyone deserves to have a little bit of glamour in their wardrobe ;)

Kaleidoscope have some gorgeous party dresses and I decided to go for this one? Do you like it? I opted for blue because everyone needs a little black dress but black tends to make me look a little washed out whereas dark blue is much softer on my skin tone :) I love how on their website they have videos of real people in real sized clothes wearing the dress so you can get an idea of what it looks like when not on a size 4, 6ft tall model :)

Oh I suppose I should show you what it looks like on me :) I don’t exactly do it the justice that the model above does but I think I can pull it off!

 

 

Do you like it? Right now I need to find an excuse to get my husband to take me somewhere nice so I can wear it :) Pop on over to Kaleidoscope to have a look and see what other beautiful things they have on offer :)

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The NEXT Autumn/Winter 2011 Preview

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14 years ago
by dawniebrown in , ,

I was very kindly invited down to see the NEXT Autumn/Winter 2011 preview of their new collection and thought I’d give you a sneaky peak of a few of my favourite items from the collection. I’ve already compiled quite a shopping list and I can’t wait for the range to be available in the stores so I can start shopping :)

How gorgeous is this coat? Zara is so going to have this!

And of course she will have to have these matching wellies!

And every girl has to have a gorgeous handbag!!

And I love this Gillet and Top!

I can't forget Oscar, this jacket has really cute elbow patches!

And how snug and warm does this boys coat look!

Can't forget me - I love these boots! Very yummy mummy :)

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