Treasure hunt competition: a night in pictures

Some of the photos are mine, and some are from the gofinditdotnet flickr album (sadly, its probably easy to work out which is which!!)

Last night was the night of the Ford KA Treasure hunt at the south bank JoY store. I met lovely fabfrocks winner Hayley (who is pictured above in the blue and who, by the way, is a very decisive shopper and put me to shame!) before the event, and then we went on to the party where we supped champagne, munched on cupcakes and shop, shop, shopped!

It was lovely to meet the 13 other bloggers that were involved in the competition (and of course their wonderful winners!) and an amazing and surreal treat to have a whole shop to ourselves in which to complete our own personal shopping!

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We each hunted for our tiny Ford Ka's and once found exchanged them for JoY vouchers. And there's nothing to love more than free shopping! I choose an oversized bag, slouchy cardigan and titi madam deer necklace. Hayley choose the same cardigan, a gorgeous powder blue body bag and 2 pairs of earrings. It was a very fun and rewarding evening all round!

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Bet you wish you'd entered the competition now, don't you? Well fear not, because you can still get involved! As part of their gofindit initiative, every Friday for the rest of September, Ford will be hiding their tiny cars in JoY stores all over the country. All you have to do is head instore and find one! These cars can be exchanged for vouchers worth £10 all month except on the last Friday when they will be worth £100! I know where i'll be on September 25th...I can't stop thinking about those shoes I put back!

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Love, Tor x

COMPETITION: Come on a shopping treasure hunt with me!

Fancy coming on a real life treasure hunt with me to find £60 worth of JoY shopping vouchers? Well, to celebrate the launch of the new Ford Ka, all you have to do is enter my competition and you can!
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13 other bloggers and their readers will also be getting involved! You have to be available and in London on the evening of the 3rd September when we will head to the bankside JoY store (behind the Tate Modern) and go on a treasure hunt for miniature Ford Ka's: when we've found them we will be able to swap them for £60 worth of JoY vouchers, do some shopping, and meet all the other fashion bloggers and their winners.

Fancy getting involved? Well if you want to get your hands on those vouchers (and meet me of course!) all you have to do is tell me whether I have hidden the car (or should that be KA!?)above in the left or right side bar of the blog, and let me know what you would do on a two day road trip in a Ford Ka.
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I would pick up my mum and my sisters and head to Bicester village for a day of crazy discount designer shopping: I love it there but it's a pain to get to on the train!
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ENTER NOW and good luck! I look forward to meeting the winner on September 3rd!
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Love, Tor x

Check me out! (A moment of self-indulgence)

Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts to the later end of last week: the lovely Becky has been feeling under the weather, and I had gone to London to see the queen. (OK, I was mostly in London to hang out with my sister-Happy Birthday Amie!- and catch up with some friends, but see the the Queen sounded better!) We have smacked each other firmly on the wrist, and promise to try much harder to keep up with our daily post promise from now on.

I was going to write about the new things that have excited me from New York fashion week so far, but as i'm still so happy about my wonderful weekend i've decided i'm going to show you the lovely new things I brought instead: namely a checked top, a printed dress, pink shoes, and a scarf with a panda on it.

The Shoes

I've stolen the photo from the Shellys website rather than show you how they look on my foot because it is impossible to take a decent photo of your own feet (believe me I tried, just for you!) These courts are leather and suede and believe it or not were reduced in the sale at Shellys from £45 to just £8. I loved them because the heel was low enough to walk in all day, the colour was vibrant (and to be honest a bit garish; which I like) And they looked a little vintage and 80s without being second hand (because I will put any old crap on my body, but for some reason the idea of wearing second hand shoes makes me feel squeamish!)

The Dress

When I saw this dress on Catwalk Queens preview of the new Primark Spring/Summer collection, I knew I had to have it. So I dragged my poor sister all the way down to marble arch, harrassed 2 shop assistants, and persuaded the manager to take the last dress out of the window (I didn;t even care what size it was, I had to have it) The dress was mine.

The top

Unfortunately my camera is as rubbish as the light in my room, so you'll have to squint a bit to make out the top; but it's really lovely! Honest!

I've been looking for weeks for a black and white checked shirt that was flattering (which meant not too many buttons around the bust) and feminine. Unfortunately, love it though I do, with my figure masculine tailoring just makes me look like, well, a man. This shirt form Joy, £20 ticked all the right boxes.

The Scarf

As i've posted more than once about Disney clothing and Hello Kitty, it should come as no surprise that when buying this scarf with panda detail my main concern wasnt whether I would look like a 5 year old child but whether, as they were in the sale, I should get the scarf with the owl on as well. Reduced from £24 to £4.99: bargain! It's cute, the colour is gorgeous, and it keeps me warm in this attrocious weather. What more could you want from a scarf?

So there you have it. I'm sorry the post included no New York, no supermodels, no ready to wear goodness, and no new season ideas. Just one big shopping trip and lots of yummy things i'm really looking forward to wearing. Actually, i'm not sorry at all! I'm going to go and put on all my new things all at once and pretend its a new super-cool way of layering!

Love

Tor xxx