A bit of Chanel via Uniqlo

New Year, another new dawn on the finance front in our household. Once again, I am committing to cutting back, suppressing the feeling that any money I earn is burning a hole in my pocket...and wearing and using what I already own!

So as much as I would love to go on a sales shopping spree, I've quashed the urge and only opened my purse to buy two cardigans from Uniqlo...both in the sale and under £35 for the pair! We’ve still got months of winter left and layers are essential and some of my layers are starting to look a little ratty. So these are actually a replacement purchase rather than an addition (that’s my reasoning, anyway!).

I wore one of them to work today, hoping to create a Chanel inspired outfit. 

The cardigan has jacket styling and a sort of Chanel boucle feel to it, with a metallic thread throughout. I wore the cardigan with a black jersey dress from Cos (a sales purchase from last year), an old favourite necklace from Untold at House of Fraser and my never-off-my-feet-this-winter boots bought in Copenhagen last year. I think the leather over the knee boots helps to give the outfit more of an edge; it toughens it up rather than looking too ladylike.

 

However, as much as I was trying to channel Chanel, it was in appearance only. I’ve had a day in the office when I’ve signed my name as Katie Water for a water delivery and realised about an hour after lunch that my lovely black Cos dress has a huge dollop of leek and potato soup down the front! Thank god I liked my outfit, as my ability to carry out basic functions such as eating and signing my own name seem to have been beyond me!!