Thread for discussing what I bought at Matalan when I was hiding from my inlaws

[FrannyandZooey]

A fab beautifully fitted black and white print dress - just GORGEOUS

a crocheted and sequined cardi - lovely teal colour

couple of t-shirts

cool kind of pale khaki and brown print foofy skirt with sash at the side - sort of vintage looking

AND - a present for NQC which I am QUITE excited about

Did you clean the floor before you took the pic or is it always that pristine?

LOL inlaws were visiting today, remember?

Here is skirt:

reminded me of that White Stuff one people were linking to on my other skirt thread

is nicer in RL I think - nicer colours and has few sequins on it

v nice too. colours question.... do both the black and white and those browns both suit you?? (interested, not being snide)

Ooh

probably not

I just buy things I like the look of - don't normally buy those pale neutral colours but I thought the skirt was quite groovy, and will wear with chocolate brown top (there is a chocolate brown colour on the skirt that doesn't show up too well)

I just needed to pick up a couple of bits to wear in the warm weather as have widened during gym lapse

You bought a skirt Franny?!

LOL I know

why did no-one just tell me to go to Matalan? You fools

LOOK Aitch LOOK

I've been looking at that dress, maybe I should actually try it on before it sells out

My god have you actually gone to Matalan and seen the same thing there more than once?

Ooh, they are both lovely Franny! Great shopping!! And avoiding the outlaws just an added bonus!

Fab skirt.
I never had you down as a laminate sort of a chick F&Z. I thought parquet or quarry tiles. Rush matting perhaps.

Yes it was an inspired move on my part

I also dithered over and did not buy this top

what do you think? It had that slightly shapeless is she isn't she pregnant thing going on

Spider the laminate was here when we bought the house

but I do love it

Hmm, not sure about the top. I think you made good choices!

I thought maybe with black capri pants it would look good

but then saw frumpy 50 year old holding it in queue and went off it a bit

Only 'cos I have been twice in a week

even so that was quite an achievement

I thought every night at midnight they chucked everything into big skips, leaving only one size 8 and a dozen size 22s on the rails

I like the dress. It's not unlike the skirt I offered to lend you. Yes you could have done with that dress a couple of weeks ago couldn't you...

Yes but would have been too cold to wear then I think

I would have had you all running round looking for a cardi to go with it

LOL and the 'pair' of shoes one is a 4 and one is a 7!

The shoe section looked like a rummage sale

I didn't even go in

I wish NQC would come back and see what I bought her, but I guess she's on the razz at her black tie do at last?

I've never had time to try on clothes in Matalan, only bought kitchen items in there I think

You have to go by yourself

but as they are open till late every night, I think they realise this

Oooh, a knitting bag with Jolly Rogers on it! Lovely! Fear all gone!

I think I once went to Matalan ... is it all brand name things with original prices on them? Or is that TK Maxx or whatever it is?