This Week I Bought ...

Welcome to my first post for Sugar and Spice. 'This week I bought...' is my fortnightly feature for Shopgirl. I hope you enjoy it. I snatched a couple of great bargains in Accessorize the other day. I was just passing through Fulham Broadway station on my way to view a flat when the 70% off signs caught my eye.

I am a firm believer in a bag for every season (or every day...if you have the patience to keep moving things around).

I spotted this and had to have it. I love the autumnal colours. It's a great little size and the catch is pretty sturdy, so for roaming around the London markets it is ideal for preventing pickpockets.

Fashion Tip for Florals: Only mix them up on a summers day and keep it simple, don't mix too many. Come autumn avoid this and instead use florals to lift plain or dark outfits.

I also got this pop colour scarf. Perfect for brightening up a weekend 'slouch' or travelling outfit:

I was only £5.40 and is massive, so doubles up as a small blanket when the air-con becomes too much on the train or flight!

I love the way it 'pops' against the black and brings out my fading tan:

Fashion Tip for 'POP' colours: Don't be afraid to clash!!!

This Week I Bought...

Last weekend the UK was bathed in beautiful sunshine and all I wanted to do was run out and buy lots of brand new summer clothes. Of course, I exercised a little willpower but after brunch with a girlfriend on Sunday, I decided that a couple of new things would be alright. Particularly if I found some bargains. And I did.

When in pursuit of value-for-money summer attire, I always make a beeline for H&M. Their summer collections never disappoint. You might remember that back while snow was still lying fresh on the ground in January, I was picking out my favourite things in their Spring Summer Catalogue?

Last summer, I spent weeks months searching for the "perfect" maxi dress until Very.co.uk very kindly gifted me this gorgeous patterned bandeau Rare maxi dress. Which incidentally, is the dress I wore for the aforementioned brunch.

I don't know about you but a bandeau maxi dress has just never seem appropriate for work, so my requirements for a maxi this summer are something that I might be able to wear to the office on a "dress-down-Friday". So when I saw this navy maxi in a slightly heavier jersey material, I knew I had found "the one":

For just £12.99 it ticked the bargain box too. Whilst there I picked up a hot pick long-sleeved cropped cardigan which I plan to throw on over my maxi dresses in the evenings when temperatures drop.

By Monday the UK looked more as it should in April; grey and a little bit drizzly. And I was on a train to Scotland, where I bought:

Postcards.

I don't know about you but I love receiving a handwritten card in the post and therefore like to bestow the same pleasure on friends and loved ones. So I spent a very happy morning sipping green tea and writing postcards in Palmerston's Cafe in Dunkeld.

So after all this shopping, I asked on Twitter, what did you buy this week? And here are some of your answers (thank you ladies!):

If you want to be included in next week's "This Week I Bought..." post, send me a tweet. In the meantime, leave me a comment here and tell me what did you buy this week?