Update, daily routine, vacation – and one or two words about XL men’s fashion

Hello lovely readers!

I’m sorry for being absent for some time. The weeks in which I replaced a colleague on holiday are over at last. He is back from his trip to Scandinavia; driving all the way, alone in his car – what does the envy smiley look like? Picture it here ->        . Work was quite consuming, not as bad as I feared, but I was (and probably am still) trapped in my daily routine.

I haven’t found a car yet… I will take my time and likely I need a few more goes, as I always need with big investments and decisions like moving or getting a license or a new job.

Also I decided I need a real vacation. A few days off at home somehow don’t seem enough for me anymore, so I’m going on a trip to the south with my mum. We haven’t decided where we will go, but I have a clear vision of a beach somewhere… And for packing, I need a list…

links follow later!

But the newest big change is that my boyfriend starts to work at our dairy factory, which is outside of town, so far that he needs to move there for most of the week. I need a sad smiley here, I know how that looks like, and there it goes - :-(

But I’m as well glad he found a job that is suiting him. My thoughts are very ambivalent at the moment.

Now, here’s a thing that bugs me – why aren’t there any nice clothes for big guys? I mean “plus size men”. Is it because men with Xs before their Ls don’t like fashion as much as we do? Really, I was looking for a shirt for my boyfriend, more a classy businesslike shirt (he needs 4XL), because I think he shouldn’t be forced to wear those under his white coat:

Maybe it’s because I’m getting used to having a choice on nice plus sizes clothes ranges, but this is infuriating me! Do people think fat men don’t work and don’t like anything but short sleeved checkered shirts? Must I feel happy because checkers are more fashionable at the moment than Hawaii shirts? Argh, come on! Fat men may not care about looking fashionable, but I do. My man is not substandard to a slim person, but this variety of clothes makes me feel that the people that make plus size men’s clothes DO think so!  Or is this just the same it was for me at the beginning – I just don’t know the right google password to a plus size men’s fashion world?

If you know a good place to shop for male “plus sizes” (online with worldwide shipping would do), or the right words I should be googling, please please please let me know…

What I bought and what I wore...

Hey there!

Unglaublich, es hat geklappt - heute habe ich Urlaub! Am Montag auch noch, also 2 ganze Tage verlängertes Wochenende, ich bin begeistert. Endlich habe ich jetzt meinen Resturlaub von 2011 weg und nur noch 23 für dieses Jahr! :-) Wie ich die noch schaffen will, weiß ich noch nicht, jetzt genieße ich die Zeit, die ich mal für mich & meine Familie habe.

Ganz viele schöne Päckchen sind schon wieder bei mir angekommen. Bei Forever 21 habe ich mir die Hose gekauft von meinem Wunschzettel und ein paar super süße Sushi Socken, die leider schon beim ersten Tragen ein Löchlein bekommen haben (werde ich wieder Stopfen und bei knapp einem Euro stört mich das nicht so sehr). Die Hose werde ich bei einem Outfit demnächst bestimmt anhaben, ich find sie echt toll.

Außerdem habe ich leider auch gleich bei der neuen H&M Herbstkollektion zugeschlagen... (leider weil zu viel, ich hoffe ein Teil gefällt oder passt mir nicht).

Heute habe ich mir auch noch eine schöne Hirsch-Kette bei Bijou Brigitte gekauft, wir findet ihr sie?

The amazing thing has happened - I have a few days off! Friday and Monday I took from my last paid time off of 2011, now I still have 23 days left of this years paid holidays, and I have absolutely no idea when to take time off next. Well I better savor these next days for my family and some leisure time by myself. :-)

So many pretty things arrived, like the pants I showed you in my last wishlist and the cutest little sushi socks, which sadly I have to fix after the first time I wore them. (They were only 1 €, I wouldn't bother a refund). The pants are amazing, Forever21 pants seem to fit me perfect in 18 and I love the color.

Also I had a good go on the new H&M Fall collection (too much in my opinion, some things might need to be send back).

AND I found a pretty stag necklace, what do you think?

Have a wonderful weekend! 

I wanted to try out the BB cream of Skin79, so far it's quite nice! (Review?)

Oh, and here's what I wore today:

Bag :: Primark
Shirt :: Dorothy Perkins
Cardigan :: H&M+
Jeans :: Forever21+
Shoes :: New Look

H&M Haul...

Cozy Saturday

Sturmfrei! Heute habe ich unsere Wohnung für mich ganz allein und habe spontan entschlossen einen DVD-Abend zu machen - ganz allein. Nur ich und DVDs die mein Freund definitiv nicht sehen will (= Sex and the City + Gilmore Girls). Plus Zuckerwatte! :-D Mein Outfit of the night besteht daher aus meinem neuen Primark Bademantel und Kuschelsocken. Das Wetter spielt zumindest bei solchen gemütlichen Couch-Abenden mit. Ich hoffe ihr habt auch ein schönes Wochenende!

I'm having a girls night tonight! Well, literally a one-girl-night, as it's just me and a lot of DVDs (the ones my boyfriend would not enjoy - Sex and the City + Gilmore Girls). Plus some cotton candy! :-D My outfit tonight is therefor cozy - my new bathrobe and some snugly socks. At least the weather cannot ruin this! I'm wishing you a nice weekend!

blue cotton candy!

...turned my tongue blue...

Little shopping haul - but I'm devastated, I lost my eyeliner! I bought it today and when i came home I couldn't find it in my bags anymore... :-(

My Primark experience

Heute war die Neueröffnung von Primark in der Berliner Schloßstr. und das wollte ich mir nicht entgehen lassen. Also bin ich mit einer lieben Kollegin nach der Arbeit losgestiefelt. Ab der U9 mussten wir eigentlich nur den anderen Mädels folgen um den neuen Laden zu finden. Natürlich habe ich erwartet, dass es völlig überlaufen ist und kaum noch etwas an den Stangen hängt, aber ich war positiv überrascht. Der große Run war scheinbar gleich heute morgen gewesen. Keine 5 Minuten mussten warten, bis wir drin waren - und alle Regale waren gut gefüllt. Dann kann ich mich nur noch an eine komplette Reizüberflutung erinnern, und an meinen kleinen Beutel, für den ich insgesamt nur 36 Euro ausgegeben habe. So günstig habe ich schon lange nicht mehr eingekauft, ich werde bestimmt demnächst öfter nach Steglitz fahren. :)

Today was the grand opening of the first Primark store in Berlin (a second store following soon). I was looking forward to it for a long time, although I never visited any other stores yet (except in Swindon, but i cannot count that, i merely looked at 2 tables). A dear colleague of mine accompanied me after work. I expected it to be overcrowded on the first day, i even figured that everything was sold by the time i got there, but it wasn't. There were a lot of people, though. Me and my friend lost each other twice but by coincidence I found her again after I already lost my hope to see her ever again. It was really fun, but a total overload of everything. After half an hour I found a few pieces, some i needed, some i grabbed because i liked them (and i paid 36 € for everything which is a new low record for some time). I definitely want to go there again soon - preferably when there are fewer people around. :)

This is my favourite - found just this one brown bag for 12 €

Headbands 12 for 1,50 € - they feel very stretchy, usually they tend to slip over my head, for 1,50 i thought i'll give them a try.

Necklace in gold (I think I've seen this on a friend) 3 €

Collar with pearls 5€

I needed knickers... 5 for 4,50 €

White bathrobe size 20-22, 10 €

My first Dorothy Perkins purchase

Heute zeige ich euch kurz einen kleinen Haul. Vor einigen Tagen habe ich das erste Mal bei Dorothy Perkins bestellt - ich konnte nicht länger den wunderschönen Shirts und Blusen wiederstehen! Die größte Größe (D 50/22 UK) passt mir perfekt!

Die Bestellung verlief einwandfrei - insgesamt hat meine Bestellung 7 Werktage gebraucht mich zu erreichen, was bei einer normalen Sendung aus Großbritanien nach meiner Erfahrung nach in Ordnung ist. Ich werde auf jeden Fall wieder dort bestellen! Soweit so gut, hier sind die Bilder, vielleicht zeige ich sie in einem anderen Outfit nochmal genauer.


Yesterday my first Dorothy Perkins order arrived, yay. I couldn't resist all those beautiful tops and blouses any longer. Their largest size (D 50/UK 22) fits me well, as i learned know.

They delivered within 7 working days, which is alright for deliveries from GB to Germany in my experience so far. All in all I'm a happy customer and i will definitely order again. Here are some pictures I took today.

Blush bicycle jersey shirt

Mint marl stripe v neck tee

Blush ring print blouse

Rainy day outfit + link up!

Today was so rainy, we almost needed to swim to the shopping mall. I really needed a pair of nice shoes for work and non-casual outfits, and I'm glad getting soaked did pay out. Here is my simple (not waterproof) shopping-lazy-Saturday-outfit.

Blazer: H&M+ (size  EU50)
Shirt: Evans (size UK22)
Jeans: Forever 21+ (size 18)
Bag: New Look
Shoes: Tamaris Ankle Boots (luckily they at least turned out to be waterproof ;-))

I bought this Evans shirt on my first trip to England a few years back. It was the first time I heard of Evans and gladly bought a few items (having a very small salary back then just 2 shirts, hardly could afford the 80 € plain tickets). But this was my first non-H&M-shopping experience, teaching me that there's more plus sized stores than the ones I knew from a normal shopping tour in any mall around. I remember there were just 3 lines of plus size I shopped - H&M BIB (but they were smaller then), C&A and M&S (was there some short form trend?). Online and from old school catalogs I found BonPrix, "So bin ich" and Schwab, but really, how trendy was that. I actually haven't heard of the term "plus sizes" and surfing the net for the german term "große Größen" didn't result in anything better, not even close to Asos and New Look Inspire as I know now. Thank you so much to all you Plus Size Girls - your Blogs are an inspiration and opend a new world to me, I didn't know of - I feel more and more happy with looking the way I do and not having to wear clothes that are expected to be worn by a girl my size (a sack to hide in, some people would think). I hope this doesn't sound stupid or naive, but thank you for opening this new world for me... What happend, I totally ran off the topic?! But having just felt the good energy, i spontaneously decided to participate at the "I AM PROUD OF MY SIZE" LINK UP of Rachele, since I follow it every week... :)

I found this wonderful classic shoe in black. It's basic and not high heel-ish (about 3"), but, oh, so comfortable! Well, I shouldn't say that before I wore them a whole day, but anyway - yay, shoes! :-)

Have a nice weekend!

Lebenszeichen

Juhu!

Ich bin momentan so auf der Arbeit eingespannt, dass ich kaum zu irgendetwas komme. Neue Position, gleich einen Kollegen vertreten, so viel neues... Und zu meinem Glück hat es mich anfang dieser Woche leider auch noch Magen-Darm-mäßig umgehauen, deshalb konnte ich mich in den letzten Tagen nur von Zwieback, Bananen, Bäuchleintee und Babybrei ernähren. Bäh bäh bäh! Es ist Mittwoch, ich kann das Wochenende kaum noch erwarten - auch wenn ich nur vorhabe mein Bett nicht zu verlassen... Es sind so viele schöne Sachen angekommen! Meine Kitty-Uhr, Cut-Out-Ballerinas und Tasche, Schmuck von Asos und Forever21... 
Dann habe ich noch zwei schöne Farben von Essi entdeckt: Aperitif (cremiges rot) und In Stiches (pink/altrosa)!

Wie findet ihr sie?

Upcoming Haul sneak peek

Das erste Paket ist heute angekommen! Alle Sachen gefallen mir super gut, nur leider habe ich meine Kamera verlegt... Sobald sie wieder auftaucht mache ich ein paar Bilder und hoffentlich kommt das zweite Paket auch bald an.... Solange ein sneak peek - erkennt ihr schon welches Paket zu erst an kam?

THE SHOES! just arrived

Wuaaah, neue Schuhe eingetroffen! <3 Gesehen und verliebt - Mjus Aliva in erba/cotto - so schön UND bequem... Ich hoffe keiner denkt ich bin verrückt - bei Sneaker Wedges trennen sich ja die Geister - sind sie schrecklich oder schrecklich toll, was meint ihr?