Sale Shopping Winter 2012 - a few new bargains

Anything less than 50% off is not really a sale as far as I'm concerned. 10%, 25% anything like this just doesn't do it for me so I am left to wait until the final days of the sale before I leap in for the bargains.

Of course this does mean that often I am just too late and anything I would have wanted has gone, or is available in just a size 6. But this year my luck was definitely in and I managed a few bargains which I will be wearing with pleasure.

Now my mission was to go out and buy a dress and a pair of shoes. Somehow I managed to come back with three dresses (two of which are virtually the same in colour if not in cut) and two pairs of shoes (which are completely different).

But all of them were half price so I am certainly not complaining... and here they are. Apologies for the poor quality photography - time was not on my side today and I wanted to get the post up before any talk of sales was redundant!

First half-price bargain from Monsoon

And I couldn't really resist it's almost twin for the same bargain price...

And I am a little in love with this glorious, green chiffon dress from Ghost at John Lewis. I haven't worn Ghost since  the eighties but have always loved the brand. Why it's taken so long to revisit it I will never know...

And now for the shoes. First up a pair from John Lewis own label - they look really cute on and great with trousers but the sturdy heel means you can wear them all day.

And the finale - I fell in love with these in the Kurt Geiger Sale then found they did them in red in Top Shop and a beautiful ecru in John Lewis. Black is fine and my bank account is happy I didn't get the other colours too!