Spanish treasures

I've recently spent a weekend in magical Madrid, what a beautiful city! As usual, I was on the hunt for some jewellery to bring back. Here are two of the gorgeous rings that I bought - both under 5 euros.

Weekend retreats

This weekend I stuck to monochrome clothing and accessories, just adding an accent of red to match my lippy!

Saturday

 Sunday

Out of Africa

A lovely work colleague of my husband asked him if she could bring him something back from her visit home to Uganda. He of course said, jewellery! For me, not him. He's good like that. This beaded necklace is my present and I've added a handmade beaded ring and some old Accessorize earrings. 

Crystal blue

I have said it before, but Sainsbury's have a fab range of jewellery at the moment. Yesterday I treated myself to a ring (£5), earrings (£5) and a trio of bracelets (£8) for a night out. Also got a fabulous biker jacket and knee length boots (photos to follow) which I paired with a little tea-dress I'd found at F+F Tesco last week.

The cutting room floor

Some extra bits, not sure from whence they came!

Cerised

I love the colour cerise and my accessories collection reflects that. It's a colour that never really goes out of fashion and works in Summer, Winter and inbetween.

Simply stripes

A very pared down look today. Work is hard at the moment and I'm trying to do a couple of runs a week during my lunch hour. Heavily accessorising can slow down my changing time!

Guess who?

I don't know where these pink mirror earrings are from but I know the necklace was a present from New York over 15 years ago. It's made by Guess Jeans.

The ring is one of my absolute favourites - again from a French flea market - 3 for 10 euros.

Back to school

Kept it simple on Monday. The children loved my feather earrings and the plastic jewellery is good and tough when you're on outdoor play duty!

Saturday girl

Saw my lovely sister for a catch up on Saturday night and pulled out an old Accessorise rope necklace to liven up some jeans. The finger ring is from a lovely boutique in Prestwich called J'Adore.

Indian summer

It's hot again and so I dug out a charm bracelet with a seaside-feel. It matched beautifully with my French flea market ring and gold hoops...

Sparkle black

I love the colour black and sparkly things and this butterfly necklace is the perfect combination...

Coralessence

I've worn this combo regularly recently. It perked up a black and white outfit on Sunday...

Birthday best

It was a close friend's special birthday last week and on Saturday night we hit the heady heights of Rammy for a curry and a party into the wee small hours...

Back by dope demand

I've under-estimated how difficult it is to blog daily. I must make more time! Here's the past 11 days accessorising in photos...

Flowered up

I'm starting to re-wear stuff now so the challenge is finding different ways to photograph them. Haven't given this ring an outing in a long time though.

Old classics

A selection of old pieces in greys and silvers on Monday allowed me to post my first black and white pic.

It's all about the ring

Was at a garden party on Sunday and I put on a right selection of mis-matched items, but somehow they sort of worked together. The ring was the main event, something I've had around twenty years and unusually I can't remember it's provenance.

Gold on blue

Saturday night out for a lovely dinner at a friend's house. Gold with blue is on trend this season (apparently!).

The greens and blacks

Back to work today (boo), admittedly after 5 and a half weeks off, but still pants. I bought myself this huge chunky cuff bangle yesterday from a local garden centre for the bargain price of £1.99. Proof that accessorising doesn't need to be a costly business! The ring was one of my birthday presents from Sainsbury's new range (really worth a look) and the necklace is very old and well-worn.