Some progress on the money situation!

When it comes to stretching my pennies I like to think that I am great and can save money wherever possible. WRONG! I am the worst money saver known to mankind (my boyfriend will agree with that!) But I feel that this week I have really upped my game and managed to work with what I have to create a new piece in my wardrobe for £1! YES ladies and gentlemen, Gabrielle Banner managed to customise a staple piece and make it seem as if it was brand new out of Topshop! While browsing Topshop online (not to buy, but to research for my own final collection at Uni) I saw a lot of studding on everything. And I suddenly had a brainwave of creativeness! I thought to myself, why not buy some studs from eBay (which I found for £1) and go stud crazy on your clothes! So I went ahead and ordered 100 pyramid dark silver studs, whilst hoping my card didn't decline! Thankfully it didn't and a couple of days later, said studs arrived. My sister was quite intrigued about how it would work and how I would use them and attach them to my clothes. At the start I had absolutely no idea what I would use them on and suddenly it hit me! I would use my favourite pale pinky (not quite sure if thats the best way to describe the colour) blazer and go stud crazy!

 Before stud craziness began..

After stud craziness...

Now, it took me forever to fold over the little spikes that attach the studs to the clothing, but I feel I really worked with what I had! And I loved the end result! I feel like I updated something for next to nothing, and if you ask me, that is progress for the last of the big spenders! (for now anyways)

Another thing which has lifted my spirits slightly, is progress on the old banger dirt mobile selling situation. After no response from the bell end on eBay, I decided to report him and just get rid! I'd already sold the alloys and made some pennies and am absolutely desperate to get it off the drive before the Grandmother has a hissy fit about leaving yet 'another bloody car on the drive' (between me and my cousin, there has been a car standstill on the drive for the past 5 years!)
 So I bit the bullet and knew I wouldn't make much from my poor polo which had served me so well and contacted a scrap yard. They quoted me £120 and would pick it up for free, which sounded great to someone who has been getting excited about paying £1 to customise a bloody blazer! They should be here tomorrow morning to take away my poor polo to polo heaven. Which will be a sad day, but great knowing I will have a little bit of money to spend on getting some fabric for Uni! There are only so many pattern pieces I can squeeze out of my random fabrics box (Will probably do a whole post on my severe problem with hoarding scrap pieces of fabric, among other weird and wonderful things!)

So for now, I will bid thee farewell and will probably post again once student finance have decided I can have some money and go on a major spending spree!