Lady Dates with Laura

Another date with the lovely Laura at Meadowhall.
We hopped on the tram, Laura's first time EVER ... not that exciting at all, but still, there's a first for everything.

on the tram (stolen from laura)

We got off at the back entrance to Meadowhall and went through Debenhams where we spotted some awesome artwork,  I particularly liked the items with dogs. They also had some old style phones... how cool would it be to have one of these again? And as always, I'm drawn to anything French/Paris inspired, I lusted after the Eiffel Tower lamp.

We went straight to Yours Clothing after a quick stroll through Debenhams, I tried on a pair of "wet look" leopard print leggings. I took a 26 so I could pull them up over my belly (I usually fit a 20/22 perfectly) and these were just terrible! So bad I didn't take a picture. They were rouged in so many areas, and they felt horrible on, I walked around the changing room in them and they made a noise too. Not a good item for me sadly.

I have been into this particular Yours store 4 times now, and I am somewhat disappointed with the shop assistants.
They are a bit rude really. When Laura and I both gave one girl our items we weren't buying, she looked at us as if we had just poo'd on her shoes! I just wish they would make their customers feel welcome.

But anyway ...

I have been loving wearing skirts under the bust and the Black Contrast Spot Mesh Skirt was perfect for that!
At £25.00 it's a bit steep for a skirt, but we can wait for the sales!
It feels very "ballarina'esque".

We also both picked up this adorable Polka Dot dress with cute frilly sleeves. 

It has a tie back so it can be pulled back to create some shape. The material was lovely and soft and at only £25 it is a bargain by Yours standards!

We popped into New Look whilst we were there as well.
The changing rooms have had a massive re-vamp and they look lush! The changing stalls have the cutest clothes hooks now.

 

I tried on this lovely  Wrap Dress in a 26 for the boob and belly, and even though it was a gorgeous dress, and did loads for my bum, the boob area was just SO wrong.

I tried it on both with and without my bra on, and it squished them down, and they looked horrible.

Laura tried it on too and it really was not made for women with large breasts!

We also tried this Praslin Blue Sheer Polka Dot dress, I tried a 26 and Laura got a 28.

It's a lovely dress, very very soft material, but it kinda feels like it might be one of those dresses which catches on everything.

I liked the dress as it is, but for giggles I rolled up the underlay to under my bust and I kinda LOVE it more my way!

stolen from Laura

We stopped and had treats at the Fancie Cupcake stand, I got a mint macaroon and Laura got a choc mint cupcake.

We popped into Ann Summers and I saw this little number ... called Halle Black Babydoll. Admittedly I would wear this as a top, not as a lingerie item.
It is £40 though, and for what it is, not worth the money at all!
AGAIN, I'll wait for the sales.




We just walked into Republica from some reason and I stumbled upon this cat hood.
It was WAY too expensive at something like £30.





And finally, the only purchase of the day for me was from Dorothy Perkins.
A leopard print belt for only £2... bargain and a fricking half!
But we came across some awesome dresses which we loved, but being that Dorothy Perkins isn't very fat friendly, they didn't have in our sizes, not even a size 16!

LOVED that last dress, but good ol DP  didn't even make it for a 16 :/

DP disappointments aside, it was a lovely lady date with the even lovelier Laura!

Ciao for now bellas!