Last month I celebrated my 40th birthday with family and friends at a tiki bar in London. There was dancing and mojitos. And of course there was the perfect party outfit. Normally I would use extra money to buy kids’ clothes or accessories for the house. But this time, with no guilt at all, I bought myself a new outfit.
I decided to join the jumpsuit bandwagon (about three years late I know, but whatever). After much perusing on the House of Fraser website, I found a lovely black wrap jumpsuit from Wallis. I was worried that you had to be tall, thin and young to wear a jumpsuit, but I thought this looked nice. Not only was it extremely flattering, but it also covered the tops of my arms (which is a major issue for me). I was also pleased that after several months of healthy living, I was able to fit into a size 16. I was wearing size 20 trousers back in March. So the size of the jumpsuit gave me quite an ego boost.
Husband and the kids gave me some gorgeous gold-coloured accessories from H&M for my birthday which coincidentally looked lovely with my jumpsuit. I am still shocked at their great taste. I also had a clutch bag that one of my sisters gave me years ago. And as it is from Seychelles, it has a fab islandy vibe that worked well for a tiki bar.
The shoes are an old pair from Clarks. But they fit perfectly right into my gold theme. My heels have been looking a bit gross recently, all dry and cracked. Last month I got the Scholl Express Pedi, which was a godsend. It quickly exfoliated the dry skin off my feet in about two minutes (I now use it once a week) and I am no longer ashamed to wear sandals or shoes that show my heels.
I loved my birthday outfit. I felt so confident and it made turning 40 so much brighter.
I was sent the Scholl Express Pedi for the purpose of this review. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
Love it! You look stunning. Adore the accessories too 🙂 The outfit is just perfect and I would wear this too. Jess xx
Thank you Jess. You are such a sweetie! xx
You look AMAZING – Happy Birthday again! x
Thank you soooo much Donna! xx
You look fab, and well done on the weight loss. That’s similar to what I’m starting at on the bottom half. I’ve got a year til my 40th to lose 5 stone so need to get motivated
Thanks Emma. I’ve only lost half the baby weight so will try and get rid of it by Christmas. Good luck with your own weight loss!
wow. You look like a Queen of the town. 😉 Hope you had a good time Tiki Bar.
Thanks for sharing
John
Looking HOT DIGGADY DAWWWG lady! So pleased you had an awesome birthday xx
Aww, thank you. You are such a sweetie pie!!! xx
You looked AMAZING! And I have got one of those foot things. They are so good! x
You look stunning and I love the bag. Thank you for joining in with #StreetStyleSunday x