Pleat Treat

I bought this handbag at a Church fete a couple of weeks ago, from the knitting stall. My friend snagged a sensible chocolate brown one with a tortoiseshell style handle but my £4 went on this beauty. My sister's first words upon seeing it were "That is so wrong. It looks like a merkin."

The bag hate makes me more determined to use it.

You'd Be Surprised How Much It Costs To Look This Cheap

Nah, it doesn't cost very much at all. As several lovely bloggettes have been posting about their 'top 10 make up and beauty faves' I thought I would give it a go. Mostly because my life is a tragic mire of spreadsheets, house hunting and so forth right now and I can't find any 'pursuits' interesting enough to blog about (I.e. content would read approximately "Vintage fans, did you know that pre-computer, spreadsheets were often called 'ledgers' and the adding up was done on a calculator the size of Belgium..?').

So I give you my (current) top 10 beauty bargains. All of them are dirt cheap, because I'm worth it ('it' being the wine, cakes and tat I buy with the money I save on beauty products):

Bear with me a week or so...

Please excuse the temporary hiatus in budget lifestyle inanity. Perdita is currently stupendously busy both at work and home. Which is tricky if you are a princess of very little brain…

I enclose herein some 'LOLCats' as both a gesture of my sincere apologies and as a visual representation of my current state of mind:

His Lordship says the resemblance is uncanny.

Or as I put it: 'Can't speak...spreadsheet hell...'

No time for this. Le petit sigh.

Heads Up: £50 Vintage Spend Contest!

...Hi y'all, just a quick heads-up! I was reading the fabulous Vintage Brighton blog and discovered a new vintage store and a fantastic competition. One which involves showing off, vintage fashion and a potential £50 first prize.

The contest is hosted by a new vintage store Wooden Hill Vintage and there are two ways to win!

• For the £50 ( credit note) prize: tag them in a picture of yourself wearing vintage on Facebook or send them a picture via Twitter. You can be purist, head-to-toe or simply wearing vintage accessories: however you choose to wear vintage fashion for your style. Then, get 'likes'- winning is simply a case of getting more 'likes' than anyone else! (Hint: the picture above might be on their page soon... very like-able, isn't it? Tee Hee).
• For the £20 (credit note) prize: simply promote them by mentioning/linking back on Facebook or Twitter. Simples, as the TV meerkat sayeth.
• Their Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/WoodenHillVintage - their Twitter ID @WoodenHillVntg.

Bon Chance, vintage chums!

What The Hell Am I Doing, Drinking in...

Chiswick? Way less cool than the eponymous song of the 90s, and quite expensive to boot. We're meant to be saving to join the ranks of the 'first time buyers' (not in Chiswick, though, where we could afford a shoebox. In the middle of the road,. With a hole in it). Erk. Imprudent Perdita. To be fair, I have been good of late. In order to further preserve pennies I have avoided high-street and designer (outlets, natch) shops for a while and stuck to charity shops and ebay.

However my wardrobe is still bulging and my clothesrail has collapsed for the umpteenth time. I fear I may have a bargain addiction. Here is one of my recent splurges, plus a little cocktail review...

All Aboard! Swing For Skin!

Last night we went to Swing For Skin, a fabulous 40s themed party in aid of DEBRA UK. A fabulous floating party, for it was aboard HMS Belfast near Tower Bridge; a wonderful location with stunning views.

Shocking Bad Taste (Outfit Post).

Look away if you have any kind of good taste. I am having a strange, Hello Kitty fuelled day and am in my 'walk a few paces in front so no one knows we're with her' garb. I love to wear terrible, OTT, odd and kawaii outfits sometimes.

Here's the evidence for the prosecution:

Tacky Nails. These are very glittery too.