JANUARY SALES: High Street Haul

I've been doing some sale shopping actually in the shops over the holidays, rather than the warmer way of online shopping. I haven't been bowled away by the sales in the shops this year, a lot of it is summer stock or cheaper items bought in to bulk out the sales. But there have been a few items I've found in the sales, some of which are presents and others are treats for me!

New Look

^ I got this clutch bag before Christmas, in a very last minute buy for my work's Christmas party, it was reduced from £14.99 to £5! ^

^ I don't actually own any Christmas earrings, so this set from New Look are perfect and so cute! They were reduced from £4.99 to £1. ^

Accessorize

^ I wear the same pearl earrings almost everyday, Tom bought them for me so they mean a lot and pearls just go with everything. However I did feel the need to get some other pretty studs, just to mix it up a bit! I spotted these in Accessorize, reduced from £4 to £2. ^

Lakeland

^ My Dad has recently found a love for Chai tea, I gave him some for Christmas and the teabags do smell so full of spices and loveliness. I fancied having a go at making my own Chai teabags, so when I spotted these I just had to get them. They were £1.99 in the sale. ^

Primark

^ I've actually started moving away from Primark recently, I just couldn't find anything I liked or that fitted me correctly. But *that* dress (that I've also got in lots of other designs) was in the sale in a design I don't have! It's a simple skater style dress, which is only £8 full priced. They are so comfy and an easy outfit to wear! This design is one of the last ones I didn't have, so I couldn't believe my luck when I spotted this in my size for only £5! ^




^ These skinny jeans weren't in the sale but at only £10 they were still a bargain! ^


Peacocks


^ I wanted to get these socks for a couple of men in my family this Christmas but I couldn't find them for less than £5, which I thought was quite expensive for 1 pair of socks! I spotted these in Peacocks for only £1, so I bought 4 pairs ready for next Christmas! ^



B&M Bargains



^ I spotted this 'Bathroom' sign in a B&M Bargains, it was reduced to £1. I thought we could draw an arrow on and use it at our weddings - don't want our guests getting lost! ^

LUSH


^ Hello lot's of lovely smelling baths! All of these were half price, I have a more detailed post coming on this haul. ^


Have you got any great bargains?





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The January Sales seem to be never ending...

Just a quick post to show you (probably) the last of the January sale items I bought on my recent visit to Stratford Upon Avon (see post here). I can't believe how long the sales seem to be going on this year, they started at the end of December and are still going now we're in February, I'm defiantly not complaining though!

I have always loved Lakeland but without one near me I have never really shopped there, just browsed their online shop and wished! Stratford has a Lakeland and we spent ages looking around (much to my boyfriends delight!), it's full of anything and everything a baker/cook could ever want! As I love bother baking and cooking I was in heaven, they had a fair sized sale area with a lot of their Christmas stock. I am always drawn to the cake, cupcake, cake pop, general baking area. So many 'gadgets' for in the kitchen, it's a baker's wonderland! I bought a packet of wafer paper shimmery blue snowflakes for sprinkling over cupcakes or on top of cakes, they were 99p. I also got two packs of 8 Reindeer individual cupcake stands (49p for each pack), they fold out to make a 3D reindeer that you can place a cupcake on its back. A fun way to present a Christmas cupcake!

I've visited a couple of Accessorize's since the sales started but not found anything I really wanted or needed. So I quickly nipped in to the Accessorize in Stratford and had a good look through their plastic bags of 'odd, broken or damaged' items. There can be some great bargains in this section, last year I got some earrings, which were £15 down to £1 all because the back was missing off one of them! This year I found a lovely selection of small pearl earrings, there should have been 3 sets (cream, grey and pink) but one of the grey earrings was missing, so it was reduced from £4 to 50p! Two complete sets of earrings for 50p! I also found a couple of hair clips with flowers on but one of the flowers had fallen off, it just needed a quick superglue and it would be fixed. These were 50p! Finally, this Travel Document pack was also reduced to 50p because the strap had broken but again a bit of superglue would fix it. I think the pattern is lovely, very summery! I like to be organised, so this little travel document pack is perfect.

There is a wonderful shop in Stratford called 'Aspire', they also have shops in Oxford, Warwick and Soilhull. It's full of cute jewellery, home accessories, clothes and cards. They also stock Cath Kidston, which I'm a massive fan of! They are were running a big sale, in which they had bracelets and rings for £1, necklaces for £2 and accessories for £1! I saw this 'love' ribbon and thought it would be perfect for craft projects, it's really thick ribbon, therefore versatile. Each pack of ribbon was £1. I also got this Carmex lipbalm, I've never used Carmex before so it will be interesting see what it's like. The Carmex was also £1, a bargain from the £2.50 price tag in Boots. 

Now, this buy wasn't in sale and wasn't from Stratford but I wanted to let you know about it. This gorgeous storage box was from IKEA and was only £3.50 (that's full price!). Isn't the Cath Kidston inspired pattern so pretty? I have filled it with all my baking stuff but I wish I had bought more now! I would defiantly recommend hunting this down if you have an IKEA near you!

Have you had any late January Sale bargains?

Feel free to comment below :)