My Five Hit Fashion Wonders This Week

Depressing as it is, Monday is nearly upon us. I know, where has the weekend gone and how on earth can it nearly be time for the working week to begin once more?

Thankfully the power of shopping is enough to get me through, more specifically what I'll be buying this week, which includes these five hit wonders...

1.Knitted Fluffy Crop Jumper, £34, Topshop
Everyone needs a fluffy jumper in their lives and for me, there is none finer on the high street than Topshop's cropped offering. I plan to wear with my lovely pink PVC skirt for my leaving drinks in a few weeks.

2. Grey Grid Checked Printed Skater Skirt, £17.99, New Look
I'll be channelling my inner school girl with this little checked number from New Look. May give the cardigan and knee high socks a miss though and wear with a crisp white shirt and boots instead.

3. M&S Collection Faux Animal Fur Coat, £85, Marks & Spencer
I'm very much hoping autumn makes an appearance this week, as I've worn my summer wardrobe to death and I'm now fully ready to embrace the new season. In anticipation of heavy snow, I'll be buying this faux fur leopard print coat to keep me snug over the coming months.

4. Bowling Handbag, £29.99, H&M
H&M's affordable accessories continue to surprise me each season and this offering from their AW13 collection is no exception. Perfect work bag? You betcha!

5. Floral Printed Tea Dress, £37, Miss Selfridge
Tea dresses flatter my figure perfectly and this gorgeous burnt orange cutie from Miss Selfridge will look fab with thick woolly tights and Chelsea boots when it starts to get chilly.

The Holy Fashion Grail: Topshop's Pink Skirt!

Well my dear readers, I finally did it. I tracked down and purchased the wondrous pink PVC skirt from Topshop, which has been evading me for two weeks since they cleverly did a feature on how to wear it.

Suddenly everyone thought it was cool and then, well, it sold out everywhere. By some miracle today however, a very lovely Personal Shopper found my skirt in 'Last chance to buy' and let me know it would be waiting for me after work to try on. Fantastic, right?

Well, kind of fantastic because in my ecstatic state I managed to get the zip stuck to my pants and spent a good ten panicked minutes trying to frantically remove this TIGHT, PVC, SKIN-TIGHT skirt.

After talking the personal shopper into letting me have some scissors, I managed to untangled myself from said skirt, feeling fairly close to tears from the sheer embarrassment of the situation.

I had visions of me waddling down the street in a skirt half done up, overheating on the tube and collapsing in a sweaty mass of vinyl. Thankfully I saw past the horrendousness of the situation, bought a cropped black jumper to go with it and skipped merrily away.

The next big decision to make is how and when to wear it... suggestions please?!

Trend Alert: Pretty in Pink

Forget your burgundies, blacks and muted greys this autumn because the catwalk and high street have other plans in mind. Namely that we will be casting aside the traditional autumnal hues and opting for, ready for it… pink. Yes beautiful, girly and pretty pink (hurray!)

Normally we will have had our fill of this wondrous colour (I’m a fan, can you tell?!) having worn it to death during the pretty spring season of sheer and pastels, but this year alongside the PVC, leather and winter woollens which will ultimately dominate our AW wardrobes, there will be flashes of pink.

Naughty will meet nice as sweet and dolly pinks are sure to be paired with leather jeggings and boots once autumn is upon us, or perhaps you will just embrace this trend in its entirely and think pink skirts, tights, jumpers and tops?

Topshop have totally nailed this style by cleverly incorporating it in their ladylike drops which have just hit the rails. Checked kilts, pastel blouses, futuristic sandles, fluffy jumpers and my favourite, but not everyone’s cup of tea, a vinyl pink pencil skirt.

Granted, it would probably take someone with a model figure to pull it off, but I’m still sorely tempted despite my friend’s desperately trying to talk me out of it!

So I’ll leave it to you dear reader, here are my top high street pink purchases you just can’t live without this autumn...