I usually do a ‘Total Buys This Week’ post at the end of the week. However, I have not done one in a while, so this is a Total Buys This Fortnight post and at the beginning of the week!

This fortnight I have done quite a bit of shopping – more than I usually do. I even found myself shopping before a meeting, then hiding the bags to go to the meeting, then leaving the office early so I could hit the store before they closed as I rushed to my hair appointment. It’s been somewhat frantic and I am wondering if I have forgotten any items.

Instead of uploading images of my buys separately, I found it easier to upload just one image of all my buys. Here they are some of them, some as I haven’t been able to picture the others;

1. Bag: Zara £99.99

I absolutely LOVE this bag now! I say now because I wasn’t so sure about it initially. I went to buy this bag in black, but they didn’t have any left. I desperately needed a bag the following day as my current one was falling apart! So I took it anyway, thinking I may end up liking it – and I have. I have had no end of comments on it from family, friends and colleagues who have seen it. I even had a colleague looking through it in excitement!

The size is great as it means I can fit most of my work stuff in it, including folders. I can even get my MacBook into it – though it does get slightly heavy with it in. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it needs more pockets inside it. It only has one big pouch in the middle and that’s it. No zip pocket or phone holder on the insides. As you can image quite a bit can get lost in it.

I usually carry it on my arm with the handles, as it is quite heavy once I have put everything into it. However, I do sometimes carry it on my shoulders but don’t always feel too secure about that!

2.  Dress; TopShop £34

I got this dress because it looks great on! It is not something I would have gone for before, but I went to the TopShop in Nottingham, where I got an appointment with a stylist. I was looking for something specific and was just getting a little fed up with my usual style. I used to see so many people with great clothes and whenever I asked them where it was from, they would say ‘TopShop’. Yet when I would go into a TopShop store, I’d not be able to find anything I liked. The only high street place I know that does private appointments with a stylist is TopShop, although I think someone on Twitter told me that Oasis are doing them too! So I tried this dress on and I was amazed how great it looked on. It is quite a low neck, so you can always put a cami on underneath! I have also seen someone wear it with leggings. I have yet to wear it out, but that’s because I need to find a belt for around the waist, otherwise it doesn’t look great.

3. Pencil Skirt: TopShop £30

I bought this skirt whilst at my appointment with the stylist, as it looked great with the shirt (below) and it was different to what I would wear. It comes in many different colours and has a faux leather trim and zip detail at the back. It goes with so many different items, as I had fun finding out. There would actually have more items, but I was rushing to go to a meeting and didn’t want to carry all the items with it to this meeting. I have since ordered the other items online!

4. Blouse; TopShop: £34

I love this blouse. It looks great with the above skirt as with lots of other items in my wardrobe. I have only worn it for work stuff but it does look great with a pair of jeans for the casual look. It is baggy enough to hide any extra mince pies, or can be tucked in for a neater look! One to be worn with a cami underneath, as the material is very thin!

5. Agenda Refills; Louis Vuitton, £34

I love this time of the year, mainly because it means a new diary and packing away my old one. I don’t throw diaries away – I am hoping one day mine will be worth a fortune!! I have the Vernis Louis Vuitton Agenda (diary) and because I have the smaller size in this, it means I can’t put the whole year in at once, which is somewhat of a pain.

6. Armery: Mary House of Fraser £17.50 each

I bought two of these, one in the purple you see in the picture and one in navy. These are Mary Portas’ invention. Although she created them for women who don’t like their arms, I am buying them because they are great to keep my arms warm in the winter. I went to Mary’s shop at House of Fraser a couple of weeks ago and bought these without trying them on. I have since worn them on a couple of occasions. Although they are comfortable, I am not entirely please with them, because if you wear them with a dress that has very short sleeves, you can see the armpit and other areas of the skin. I thought this would cover the whole area, so for that reason I don’t find them practical with very short sleeves.

They are a comfortable fit and the material is great on them. I love the two colours and I am considering whether to get the black and the lace ones too!

7. Babydoll; La Senza £30

I don’t want to say too much about this, but featuring it only because it is part of my ‘Total Buys This Fortnight.’

I did also buy a black bra from La Senza, but didn’t find it on the website to take a picture of it, and didn’t want to take a photo of my one.