Must have dresses for curvy girls(size 16) this week in Matalan Christmas week 2012

price £22.00  goes up to size 18 comes in cream too

These are some lovely dresses from Matalan , there's available up to a size 18. I brought the cream dress and I love it, if I had the money I would buy all three dress. Its a very vintage 1940's style and great for a girl who wants to looks stylish but modest .The dress goes to the knee so its great for riding a bicycle in and you don't have to worry that when you go up a escalator your knickers will be showing.You could wear them with tights or long socks with knee high boots .I will post a picture of me wearing it soon.

Bra Tops from Primark

If there's one thing l hate is wearing a bra with under-wire in it, l remember a time when most bra's didnt have wire in them ,but due to the wonder bra era ,most bra's have wire in them and this makes them a no no in my book ,l usually wear vest with hidden support in them or little bra top .l got great set of two bra from primark for 5 euro, there so comfortable and give me the support l need. I'm only a c cup and dont intent to have wire digging into me all day ,who every created the bra with wire in them is a idiot,they create more problems then they solve.

Washing the laundry in duisburg

Living in shared accommodation  l have to use the laundrette to wash my clothes , as l refuse to pay 74 euro to my flat mates, to buy a new washing machine . This year l  paided 50 euro at the beginning of the year for a second hand washing machine and that washing machine lasted three months before it broke down ,then it got throw out by the  landlord instead of being  fixed, so l decided l'd just go to the wash house instead the pay money for a new machine.

I go once a weekly to the wash house but if l'm going to visit a new city, l'll take my suitcase of dirty clothes with me and go shopping and to the laundrette, it makes sense and kills two birds with one stone.

Unfortuately this time l had to go to laundrette in Duisburg,  as l wanted to see if l could live in this city ,this laundrette was so fucking dirty and unkempt but it was right across from the train station so l had to  grin and bare it . here the pictures to prove how disgusting the place was.

Is size 16 fashion seen as an after thought in uk and europe

I am a UK size 16( american size 12) , 174cm and a size 8/42 in shoes,I feel like I'm just an after thought when it comes to fashion sometimes . Its can be sometime hard to get fashionable clothes in the Netherlands where some women here since to be size 14 UK and under,shopping in Germany is  my saving grace .Shops like H and M only stock a size 14 in the Netherlands but the the UK go up to a size 16. And getting cheap fashionable shoes can be difficult here too , 80  percent of the shoes aren't in size 42(8) , they mostly stop at 40(6) its a fucking pain.

I get fed up of wearing the same shoes over and over again , right now l get my shoes from Manchester ship then to my mum house in Manchester and pick them up when l go home to England. 

One of my favourite shop is c and a ,we use to have C and A when l was a kid but it closed all its stores in the UK when l was in my teens but this shop is a living and kicking in the Netherlands and Germany , you can get great clothes from there.

 My favourite clothes shops are Primark, Asda, C and A and Mark and Spencer when l have a bit of money lol. Please check out these shops if your looking for nice fashionable cheap clothes minus Mark and Spencer its not cheap.

Orange jumper 10 euro in primark

Size 16 fashion C and A fashion

As l get older my clothes get tighter and elastic become my best friend ,Its amazing because when l was a size 12 to 14, l worn jeans and t-shirt 99 percent of the time but now those clothes are to tight .Now l wear skirts and dresses and l loving it. I feel my womanly and dresses and skirts are more comfortable then tight jeans.Its funny really as my mum wear skirt and dresses everyday, as she a size 18/20 and l couldn't understand why, but l know why now,there a big girls best friend.Here's some pictures of my new style people

The dress is from vera moda 21 euros  and the jumper is from  c and a for 15 euros

New Hair ( Crochet Braids) and new classic guitar

Here's my first set of crochet braids the hair i used called Glance Model Model Water Wave , I brought it from pak comestics for £3.49 a pack. I brought 3 packs of hair in 1b and  1 bag in colour 2.I wish I only brought colour 2 as my hair in between 1b/2. Dark brown looks more natural on me.Next time I'll only buy colour 2 and maybe 4/30 as a highlight look. I use 3 and half bags of hair and think its looks very natural ,crocheting easy  but cornrowing your on hair, hard work.The style easy to maintain just get up and go.


My guitar is a classic black with nylon strings from kijk shop in the netherlands it cost me only 49.99 euros ,its my first guitar l'll going to learn via youtube . The black girl from the noisette inspired me to learn.

Catrice Cosmestic Nail polish

Here's some pictures of the nail polish l brought on my trip to kaufhof department store in monchengladbach, germany.Monchengladbach is that next major city for me since l live near the border of germany and netherlands .Its a great little city with about quarter million people living there and you can also get lots of products for afro hair there,there quite a few afro shops there.This is where l go for my hair products.

The colour's called the pinky and the brain 790 ,its was only 2.50 euro and its a lovely shade of pink.I used two to three coats as l hate peeling nail vanish ,l should really start wearing gloves to wash plates and other manual work but for now l'll have to topup my nail polish,untill l get some gloves.

Cassie and Rhianna shaved head look

One thing l like about both girls is the shaved head look ,about 17 years ago l shaved my whole head and l love it, One thing it taught me you don't have to have hair to be feminine and its so easy to maintain . No hair products  just wash and go.I'm thinking of shaving  one side of my head here's a few pictures of some girls who look sexy with the shved head look.

Primark playsuit uk size 16 ( polka dots) and my new h and m checked shirt

 When your a Uk size 16 it can be hard to find clothes especially in Netherlands as most Dutch women are quite slim ,but what can you expected if half of them ride single gear bicycle's and the other half ride gear bicycles.In Amsterdam last summer it was a nightmare trying to find clothes in a size 16/44 but down south in Limburg where l live Dutch women get fatter and shorter so its not to bad.
I still struggle to buy shoes in a size 42/8 as the women aren't as tall and don't have big feet in Limburg, Netherlands thou .I'm 5ft 8 1/2 inches or 174cm, l'm tall then the average women in the uk but probably the same height in the netherlands but who wants to be average but up north in Amsterdam l felt short lol, most women up north are my height or taller and you can always get you size 42/8 in shoes.

So when l went shopping in Essen , Germany and snapped up  this lovely playsuit (romper) which is black and white polka dots, its a uk size 16,thanks god, the Primark in  Essen better then the one in my home town of Manchester, l also brought a lovely checked shirt from h and m this is a size 16 too. l love both items and will enjoy wearing them since summer here.

Singer 8280 sewing machine

What to do when your fix up of not finding clothes to fix ,buy a sewing machine and learn to sew
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Here's a picture of my new singer 8280 sewing machine , l brought since l moved to the Netherlands
l brought it from http://www.matson.nl as my old machine at home in Manchester. It cost me 115 euro including delivery and l'm very happy with it. l havent tried it yet but l'm sure it work fine.l'll review by the end of this week.Singer a excellent maker and has a good reputation for making sewing machine that last .it only took four days to come that include sat and sun which are working days.