Black Milk part one

To say I love bright tights would be an understatement, so when the genius that is James of Black Milk Clothing got in touch with me some weeks ago offering to send me some of his incredible leggings to try out I was beyond excited.

Cut forward to Monday, the post lady knocks on the door with a shiny black package. Upon opening I found four of the most incredible pairs of leggings I have ever seen in my life, and today I am showing off the first pair.

This design is called Crystal, and the print is created from an actual photo of a crystal.
(Please note I am housebound today hence the indecently short dress)

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I’ve never owned leggings from anywhere other than New Look or Primark before, and whilst they are fantastic, and excellent quality for the price you pay, these are something else entirely.
Words cannot describe how great these feel on, and how much they have turned an otherwise pretty miserable week around!

You can check out more from James and Black Milk at the following places;

Website: http://www.blackmilkclothing.com/

Blog: http://www.toomanytights.typepad.com/

and watch this space for the other pairs I was sent!

I hope everyone is having a great week so far, we’re half way there!

Mine = not so good, having being signed off work sick for the forseeable future, but it can only get better from here!

1.03

So the majority vote yesterday was that you guys wanted to see my tights collection. Because I am nice, I have obliged and took photos of most of what I own (a few pairs are currently in the wash)
The photos aren’t the best, but you do get the idea!

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These are my detailed black tights and include sheer with floral sides, and heart polka dot style ones although these details dont show up in the photos.

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The block colours…I think this is the pile where some are missing!

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The patterned lot…as you can see, this collection badly needs adding to!

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The boring plain ones for work and dull days!

As you can see, I am neither neat, nor organised and my collection lives happily tangled in a drawer. For this reason I will NOT be showing you the inside of my clothes storage, because it truly is shameful!

I also had a request or two for a look at the content of my bag, so I’ve done that for you as well!

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My current bag is this Max C one from Asos.

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Wallet, coin purse, envelope “voucher holding” purse, phone (nokia x6, which will get a post of its own soon)

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Diary, notebook, keys, zip case, pen, tissues and matchbox friend (a good luck charm from a darling friend)

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Zip case innards.

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The rest of my junk including the best snack bars ever (well, no lara bars are but the UK stopped selling them), tea, mints, gum, cigs, various meds and sweetners.

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Organised 😉

I hope that somewhat satisfies your curiosity! I’d love to see what you guys carry around, or what clothing/accessories you are addicted to.

Happy Monday

26.02 friday feeling

Hello! Welcome to the end of another week, and, eek, almost the end of another month! I hope it’s been a good one and you have a fun filled weekend ahead.

The weather here can’t make up its mind and we seem to have a rainy, cold day followed by a super sunny one (like today). That means yesterday was foul and cold and dark, and so my outfit was purely comfortable; all style went out of the window, I’m only blogging to shame myself!

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Today I feel much brighter and couldn’t resist wearing my second pair of £1 tights, I’m so bad, I went and picked up duplicates in each colour yesterday as I love them so much, as well as the ring pictured below; also £1!

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By popular (seemingly really popular!) demand, here is the recipe I used for my muffins…
Lemon Poppyseed Muffins
I had intended to use a recipe shared by a friend but realised it required oil, which I didn’t have!

I’m not sure how much I’ll be posting outfits next week, if at all, as my Dad has the week off work and it is far more awkward to get photos, but I’ll still be blogging and might find a way to get some pics in my room…it’s been moved around so my old photo taking spot is gone!

xxx

24.02

Hello, how is your week going? Same old same old here, so just a quick post with the usual outfits and this week’s baked goods.

Yesterday was cold and snowy so not much went out. Outfit was literally a case of grabbing whatever was clean and hoping for the best.

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Today much the same, no real thought went in to this as you can tell. The tights are new, I picked up this pair and a teal pair for £1 each in Ethel Austin on my brief trip out yesterday.

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I’ve stopped counting how many pairs of tights I own now, it’s getting ridiculous. I’ll be needing rehab soon.

This week I’ve baked lemon and poppyseed muffins at my Mum’s request. I used silicon cases in a mix of sizes, and we now have about 40 muffins to be eaten!

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I’m pretty sure they wont be hanging around long, they smell incredible. There really is nothing like the smell of fresh baked goods in the house.

xxx

27.01 keeping busy

Ok, I think I’m with it enough to resume blogging and commenting properly now. Thank you so much for the continued support and kind words. I appreciate each and every one.

I’m finding that I’m mostly okay if I’m busy, so I haven’t spent too much time at home lazing around like I normally would. Monday I finally caught up with a friend for coffee and yesterday Mum and I hit Bristol for some retail therapy.

We pretty much took shopping till we dropped seriously and were exhausted by the time we limped back home. Despite missing the bulk of the sales there were still a lot of bargains around, though I bought new season stock only, clothes wise…pieces that can be worn now and in to Spring/Summer when they arrive.

Today I am wearing a dress from Next that Mum decided she was treating me to. Next is somewhere I often overlook, but was suprised yesterday when I found myself coveting much of their s/s range.

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Also, a little while ago I wrote a post about www.wickedeliclingerie.co.uk and mentioned that they sent me a couple of pairs to review from their sexy hosiery selection.
I posted an outfit with the first pair last week, and today I am sporting the second, which means it is time for my thoughts.

I have found tights to be hit or miss in terms of quality, not always related to the amount I have paid for them. As you know I have quite a vast collection [in the region of 30 pairs at last count] with prices varying from 50p-£10.
Both pairs of tights from wickedelic rate up at the top quality wise, making them, in my opinion, worth the price on the website [£7 for the floral side pair and £10 for the back seam pair].
Often, with low denier tights I find they ladder almost as soon as I put them on, regardless of how careful I am. These didn’t, and are well made enough to make me think that they won’t any time soon.

The service from the website was excellent. The tights were with me within 48 hours of me making my choice and arrived well packaged in a discreet padded envelope.
Standard delivery costs £4, but is free when you spend £35 or more [which is easily done with me, where tights are involved].

It is quite hard to review something like tights, compared to makeup, food or drink so apologies if this doesn’t flow particularly well. I would like to thank Nick at wickedelic for giving me this opportunity and would urge you all to check out the website if you haven’t already done so…I’ve spied some new styles on there that are on my lust list.

Anyway,
I hope everyone is well, I promise to catch up with your blogs over the course of today and tomorrow, it’s the perfect form of escapism for everything that is going on in my head.

There will also be another giveaway posted soon, so stay tuned for that.

xxx