Anyone recommend a good sports bra?
Hi there...I recently bought a trampette (mini trampoline) from Argos for £18 and it's really good fun and a great way of burning cals...but one prob...you need a sports bra! (Unless you can hold them in place whilst bouncing...) I just wondered if anyone could recommend a good one...I've seen some in JJB Sports for £23, but that seems quite a lot to me.
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I think if you do a search in the fitness forum or post there you'll get some good advice.
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I think if you do a search in the fitness forum or post there you'll get some good advice.
Hi Karina! Yeah, I did that too ;)
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Mine are from John Lewis, they're called Shock Absorber. It *is* a bit steep for a bra, but invaluable me think! not quite sure if shock absorber is john lewis' own make though :confused: but they do have a good selection.
for info, the bras are graded into their shock absorbency level - 5 being the highest derrrrr sorry, of course u would realise that!
ps i'm going to get one of those trampolines! great fun :D
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ps i'm going to get one of those trampolines! great fun :D
Yes, they're great for stress-busting!
Do you like...
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Do you like...
...The following
top I thought It would look cool with my new Navy blue shrug.
This bag for the summer.
I can't make my mind about this one
and finally these shoes which are similar to the faith ones Miss Sweetcheeks (suprise suprise:p ) told me about
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Love the top! Made me think of the one from the Mariah Carey video 'We belong together' though hers is white, I'm desperately trying to find one like it.
Where have I seen that silver bag before? It's gorge.
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I saw the DP bag yesterday in my local branch. It feels very rough and I didn't like it. I'd still choose it over the other one which is a bit too 'kiddish'.
Not keen on the shoes - they look mumsy
Don't know if the shrug would work with such a detailed top.
Sorry, crap comments! :o
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Love the top! Made me think of the one from the Mariah Carey video 'We belong together' though hers is white, I'm desperately trying to find one like it.
Ooh! That's my song! I play it 100 times a day! Must find the video online 2 watch - haven't seen it yet!!!
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Ooh! That's my song! I play it 100 times a day! Must find the video online 2 watch - haven't seen it yet!!!
Yeah it's such a good song! If you do find it, it's right near the end, you'd know when you see it. She wears it as a mini dress, but I'd have to have jeans or something with it!!
(Random I know, but I love how the guy wears converse with a smart suit in the vid)
Ana Bush Braclets
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Ana Bush Braclets
Hi
Has anyone ever heard of Ana Bush Bracelets. They were mentioned in the mail this weekend, they are crystal and rhinestone bracelets, I did a search on the web for them but couldn't see them anywhere. Anyone seen them before?
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Hi.......the number from the YOU magazine that mentioned them is:
07901 800 921
Let me know how you get on!
Luggage Tags
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Luggage Tags
Has anyone seen any nice luggage tags (preferrably baby blue) recently?
I'm sure I saw one in a magazine recently but forgot to rip it out.
Ideally somewhere on Oxford Street!
fanx
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I think the Julie Slater website has some.
They Come in baby blue too.
www.julieslaterandson.co.uk
~Smythson also do them but they are reallyexpensive.
Minky
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Thanks! Definitely can't afford Smythson!
Also, anyone know where I could get a name put on it? What's that called, monogram?
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Hello,
I don't usually post in fashion but have lurked here a bit lately, so hi :wave:
As for the luggage tags, I saw some cool ones in Gap last week. Not strictly baby blue, but they have got a light blue metallic one. They're all metallic actually, to match the big 'shopper' bags they've got in at the moment (got my eye on both..) and the tags are a fiver.
HTH
Gatsx
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Smythson do some beautiful monogrammed luggage tags.
not fashion related but i really need some advice
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not fashion related but i really need some advice
Hullo!
im sorry,i know this is fashion but because i vist this forum the most,its where i feel most comfortable asking for advice.
im 24 and have been living with my dad and sister.I always have bar 6 months when i moved out.Me and my dad were always very close,my mum abused me for many years.When my mum and dad split up my sister and me continued living with my dad.
Over the last few years him and me have been emtionally apart.
This has lead me to feeling very inadaquete.I had decided to move out and had a chat with my dad about it.Everything was fine and my dad made me see that to be independent and move on i needed to do that.
i recieved a phone call from my friend,whom i was suppossed to be moving in with.She cant for certain reasons.
i was devastated,it made me realize that all my life ive done nothing.Theres so much i want to do and see,But my confidence is so low,i cant.
I always thought that the worst thing would be if you knew you could have a good life but just never done anything about it.Im just stuck in a situation i dont want to be in.Living a life i dont want to.I was sexually abused when i was 7 years old and recently i have be gettnig flash backs to that.
This is really getting me down,i feel like the past is still with me and all that happenned is dragging me down.What i really need is some advice,Im not looking for answers just maybe a push in the right direction!
how do you know where to start when you want to change your life?It feels like theres so much i want to do and i dont know what that is?!
thank you so much
fefexx
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Hi Fefe,
I read this and just wanted to post, I don't think I have any great advice for you...
I used to be really shy and then when I went to colleage at 16 I just began to really be myself....
I think you need to think about whether college/uni is something for you or travelling or whatever and then work towards that.
You are still living with your family and I can imagine that with your past as well moving out on your own seems really scary, impossible even, but its not!! I think it would give you a real sense of independence and also confidence in yourself to then look at the next step.
How about looking at renting just a room in a shared house for now? You would be independent but still have people around so it would be a less big step......
I'm sorry I cant be more help but just sit down on your own and really think about what you would like to be doing 6 months from now, take things one thing at a time (you dont have to figure out your whole life, just imagine a few months down the line..) and then maybe talk to some friends or a councellor about how you can achieve this...
Let us know how you get on
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Hey fefe :hug:
Trying to do anything without confidence can seem impossible, and I just wanted to reiterate what Emglow said - take things a few months (or even a few weeks at a time). I went through a period where I had no confidence at all, and trying to do major jumps, like move out just dented me further. I don't mean this to sound patronising at all, so I'll apologise in advance on the off chance that it does. My first step on building my confidence back up was to take up digital art. It wasn't like anything else in my life at that time - I could start a piece, sit down with a blank "canvas", and three hours later, have a beautiful picture. Just having that small achievement made me feel better within myself. Obviously it took hundreds (possibly thousands) of pictures to build up my confidence to where it was before, but each time I felt the need for a boost, I'd sit down at my pc, shut out the rest of the world and lose myself for a few hours.
I've a friend who did it with gardening - she started out with a window box and a lot of mental scars, and 4 years later, she's at uni doing journalism and has a huge garden with a vegetable patch and a pond :lol:
Everyone is different though, so that might not work for you. I've never talked about what happened to me and a lot of people would say that's wrong, but I'm happy with myself and where I am now, and that's all that matters.
I'm sorry if that wasn't much help. If you need someone to talk to, drop me a pm :)
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Hi Fefe, I also agree you should see about renting a room in a shared house. Try to choose a friendly and sociable house and hopefully you'll make some good friends at the same time.
It might help to focus your mind by writing down the kinds of things you'd really like to be doing now and in the future (not what you think you should be doing) and starting from what you think is the least scary set goals and strategies for achieving them, you'll find eventually that your self belief will build.
I think a counsellor is also a great idea - it is really hard to pick up your confidence after physical or mental abuse.
Bear in mind that whatever ideas you hold about yourself are usually self-fulfilling prophecies and they can be changed. To quote Henry Ford: 'Whether you think you can or you can't - you're right.'
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Hullo!
Thanks both of you,your advice had given me something to think about!
im trying to sit and think about where id like to be in 6 months or so.Up till this point ive just drifted in life,if something has come along then good,but ive never went out and looked or fought for something.
I think im going to e mail me dad so i can explain to him how i feel.
i always assume that everything is my fault and if somebody said something bad about me then it must be true.
Yesterday my dad blamed me for something to do with my friend.I texted her to ask her if i had upset her in anyway.She told me that it was nothing to do with me and that it seemed like my dad has a big downer on me.
i really want to move out mainly because i feel it would be an acheievement.But to behonest i cant afford it.
My dad should be in America in the next year and me and my sister will be left the house.
I just feel that im too lonely to llive on my own,unless i did get a flat share.
i think that the major thing i need to do is to build up my confidence and start finding things i love to do even job wise.If i move il take the same problems with me.
its all so confusing!
fefexx