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!