a few of my favourite things.....

......and most worn items this season! I do declare it time to do a quick A/W review seeing as we are about to plunge headlong into the sales. I find it's a good time to look over the things I've accrued this season to give me a bit of guidance for what I might stock up on whilst there are some good reductions about! May as well just get stuck straight in! Topping the list of my favourite purchases is my M&S Limited Edition coat.

M&S Limited Edition coat

I am an absolute sucker for coats so not surprisingly more than one features in this line-up. This Zara Boucle coat has also been an absolute wardrobe hero.

Zara coat

I think we all tend to live in knitwear and jeans at this time of year. My favourite sweater purchase has been the Culture sweater I picked up on my visit to hi*hi store a few weeks back.

Link to hi*hi store here

The big surprise knitwear-hit has been this Zara cardigan. It goes so well over so many tops.....it's been perfect for layering up!

Zara cardigan

Next up are my beloved skinnies. My Topshop Jamie's in black must be the most worn item in my wardrobe. I can't recommend these highly enough.

Topshop Jamie jeans

Onto to footwear.....boy are these earning their keep! I can't believe I didn't buy them earlier in the season.

Topshop boots

These Next boots have also been amazing.

Next boots

The leopard print love has been strong recently as my favourite accessory has been this Next leopard print cross body bag!

Next bag

Now....what I am surmising from this little lot is that my signature style this A/W has been fairly classical. It's mainly been made up from some standard wardrobe staples. When I look back at what I was wearing the most last year it's not that different. I had a couple of favourite coats which I could mostly be spotted wearing with skinnies and hi-tops. I may have looked a bit more polished by wearing boots this year. On the whole I think this round-up will help with my sale strategy. I'm going to stick with trawling for a few good basics that will see me through into S/S 2017. I didn't buy a great deal last January (yep....I keep a list of what I spend and on what every month!). My list is telling me that I bought mainly tops, sweaters and sweatshirts, so that's likely to be where my search will begin. Another area I aim to concentrate on is jeans. Having toyed with a couple of other styles apart from my beloved skinnies I now know this is an area of my wardrobe where it would be wise to invest my pennies on as skinnies are what I feel happiest in regardless of whether they are the style of the moment or not. I'll be kissing goodbye to my Gap vintage straight legs (and a whole lot more besides as I feel a gigantic purge coming on in January) as they just don't feel like me. I'm glad I've done this little exercise....I do hope it helps me to remain focused! 

I would love to hear what have been your favourite/most worn purchases? Do you have a plan for the sales? I'm all ears!

Outfits of the week so far.....

Starting with an outfit, well let's just put it down to one from the cutting room floor! I wore this to a terribly casual Christmas drinks party at a lovely neighbours.

Boohoo shirt dress, here

H&M lace insert cami, past season alternative here

H&M faux leather legging, past season alternative here

Sam Edelman boots via The Dressing Room here

Zara Cardigan, here

H&M Breton, past season similar here

Topshop Jamie jeans, here

Next boots, here

Zara coat, here

Wrap London sweater, here

La Redoute shirt, here

Zara jeans, past season alternative here

Topshop Boots, here

Anya Hindmarch Gracie bag, past season

New Look bomber jacket, here

Donna Ida sweater, past season

Topshop Jamie jeans, here

Next boots, here

H&M snood, similar here

All there is left to say is......let the bargain hunting commence!

I'll be back with my findings shortly ;O)