Back to School with Tesco – Win £15 of school uniform

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Chick is obsessed with all things back to school. It starts before she’s even finished for the Summer. She gets a back to school ‘look book’ from Tesco and then carefully pours over each item marking off very carefully what she would like!! Once this painstaking part is over we then have to trek the aisles of Tesco making sure that it all lives up to her very high standards!!!

As she is so obsessed with it, I tend to be one of those horribly organised people that has all of the uniform ready, with names written on each item, stacked up and ready to go and this year is no exception. Chick saw an advert on the TV when Tesco were running the £15 bundle offer and we bought one of those and got her winter coat etc.

Another great thing that Tesco have this year is the ‘buy one, give one’ campaign. Basically you buy an item of uniform from their fair-trade range and Tesco donate a full uniform to a child in Sri Lanka, Kenya or Bangladesh. I love this scheme as we generally can’t afford to give a vast amount to charity but I feel that this helps in a positive way.

Last year Tesco sent us a box of school uniform and we were lucky enough to receive another box yesterday, with some fabulous items enclosed. Chick is obviously over the moon with her uniform haul:

I think my favourite thing (apart from the fair-trade polo shirts) was this awesome tag which accompanied the box......how lovely and thoughtful:

For those of you that still have a few bits left to buy Tesco have given me a £15 voucher to giveaway. To enter just visit the Tesco website and then leave me a comment telling me which items of uniform you still need to buy.  Closing date is Friday, 2^nd September at 5pm. Good Luck :-) 

*A huge thank you to Tesco for sending us the uniform and a £30 voucher for me to buy something for myself!!!

Bloggiversary Giveaway - Day 4 Olivia Rubin Scarves

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Something that you probably don't know about me is that I'm a bit of a Fashionista. I know that I don't look like one but that's only because I've never been skinny enough!!! When I was young I used to pour over magazines, staring at the clothes and wishing that I had enough money to buy designer items. I don't mean like trainers and track suits but more elegant tailoring.....weird I know!! I think maybe it's where my shoe obsession comes from....

So talking about shoes....I'd seen Olivia Rubin's designs around for the past few years now and loved them with their funky patterns. When I heard that she was doing a project with Bold 2-in-1 I got quite excited at the thought that I may finally be able to own something of hers. Imagine my joy when the lovely Vicki contacted me and asked me if I would like an Olivia Rubin scarf and not only that but did I want to give two away to my readers!!! I think she may still have the teeth marks from how quickly I bit her arm off to say yes!!!

As I said Olivia has teamed up with Bold 2-in-1 and the floral freshness of Rose Blush & Peony. Olivia says 'The stunning flower markets in London inspired my design for the exclusive scarf for the launch of Bold 2-in-1, infusing all the vibrant shades into a key accessory'. The washing powder has a unique scent release technology which means that even after 3 weeks in storage in your wardrobe you will be able to smell the scent of Rose & Peony.

Eeeek so back to the excitement of actually owning something bona-fida designer.......this is the lovely box it arrived in and all covered in rose petals too:

I also took lots of pictures to try and show you just how beautiful the scarf is:

ermmmmmm........and this is me rocking the look......attached to my bag as you never know what the weather is going to be like from one minute to the next!:

So now over to you.......To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is leave me a comment below telling me how you what outfit you would accessorise with this scarf. You could also follow me here or over at my main blog :-) Simple right???

Closing date is Friday, 2nd September at 5pm. Good Luck :-)

Persil Small & Mighty

The one thing that I'm not generally fussy about is washing powder. I buy whichever is cheapest or is on special offer in the supermarket and I'm happy with that but I do always buy powder. I try and do my bit to be green and wash everything (apart from whites) on as low a temperature as I think I can get away with!!

When Persil asked me if I would review their new Small and Mighty product, they said that by using colder washes I could save 5-10p per wash and use the quicker washes with the same results. Now as you know my little Chick is very accident prone and this isn't just her tripping over her own two feet but also is her dropping, spilling things etc! When she's been painting she ends up with more on her clothes than on her pictures so I thought that I would put this to the test and see if it worked for us.

As I said I don't normally use a liquid but I was willing to go with it and see and I have to say that I'm a total convert. As it's a concentrated liquid you only need a small amount and you can use it in the drawer or put it in with the washing. I've been doing half and half. The thing that I love the most about Small & Mighty is the smell....it's absolutely divine! You can smell it whilst it's washing and drying but also once you are wearing the clothes.

It washed all of our usual stuff on much lower temperatures with great results. I often use the quick wash for my work clothes and again it worked perfectly with another plus being that I'm saving time and money on each wash. I will definitely be buying this when my free bottle runs out!!

Available from all the usual supermarkets and retails for around £4 for a regular bottle.

Vertbaudet Review

When the lovely Alan from Vertbaudet contacted me to ask if I would be interested in reviewing an outfit for Chick, I nearly bit his hand off! We've been customers of theirs since before Chick was born and a good chunk of her baby clothes came from them as did some of her lovely nursery furniture.

Vertbaudet are a french based retailer that specialise mainly in baby and children's wear but also sell a range of maternity clothes and nursery goodies. They have an amazing website here but you can order from their catalogue too. Alan offered us £30 to spend on some clothes for Chick, so we spent a lovely evening pouring over the website and discussing which clothes she might like. In the end she decided on a top and jeans as she grown out of most of hers:

I think they were both a good choice. They are well made, comfortable and have washed really well. I did order a size too big for her and I'm so glad that I did as they fit her perfectly.  This is a close up of the jeans and belt:

She can wear them full length, as she has in the picture, but they also transform into cut offs with the help of a handy toggle and button. Super versatile in this bizarre British weather we are having at the moment! This is the top:

The jeans are awesome but I have to admit to being completely in love with the top!!! It has the nicest pattern:

How cute does Chick look? Although obviously I am slightly biased!!

The top starts at £16.00 and the jeans from £17.00 but they are both in the Summer Sale that is happening right now! Go check out the website as I'm sure you'll find lots of items that you will love!!