M&S FOOD OUTLET + ANTIQUE BARGAIN HOME DECOR SHOPPING HAUL

Good morning, everybody. I hope you're all doing well. I am just starting this morning, getting ready for the day, and I thought, you know what? I'm going to pick up the camera because we're popping out. I thought it might be an interesting vlog for you guys to watch as well, because I'm going to a place called... Well, I've just got this bug and this urge to... You're a bit high up there. One second. Let me find a makeshift tripod that works. Is that a bit better? Yeah, I think so. I want to go to... Yeah, I've got this bug to go to do a little bit of antiquing today, and one that I've not been to in a while near Falesworth, it's called. There's a couple. There's one called Antique World, and then there's a shop opposite it. I don't know the name of that one. Then also in that area where I saw on TikTok the other day, and I was like, oh, it's in the area, I'll pop by and pay them a visit, a place called Park Bakes, I think it's called, or Park Cakes. It's essentially like an M&S factory outlet food, M&S food factory outlet, all the cakes and the bakes and stuff like that. I thought it's across the road, so we could pay them a visit and see if we can pick up any treats. I do actually need to do a bit of a food shop anyway, so I might pop to M&S at some point. But yeah, I thought we'll start by getting ready for the day. I've got a bit of makeup on. I've done no... Let me just show you my skin. I've been using a LED light therapy mask, a new one. Oh, hair colors already. And my skin is, I feel like really thanking me for it. I've got no foundation on whatsoever today, and this is my skin kind of closer up. Obviously, there's a bit of natural texture there and fine lines, but we are aging, and that is something that I'm targeting and trying to improve. Or not improve necessarily, because can you really improve fine lines? It's more like prevent and I suppose improve, yeah, improve the appearance. But yeah, I'm really happy to the point where I've not even got any foundation on today, so it's great news. And then for... Oops, gel nails about to fall off. I don't know if that's going to last the rest of the day. I need to redo them as well. For ease and convenience, I used this the other day, the GHD Rise, and I quite enjoyed it, so I'm just going to use that again. It's a lot quicker. Well, not a lot quicker, but quite a bit quicker than using my curlers and pinning them and doing like a full hairdo. Instead, this, I just act like, kind of use it as a bit of a brush to do a bit more of a sleek hair look, and then I'll just curl the ends with it as well. So I just take sections from the back, each section like this, and then I just essentially run over the brush right from the root, because this is hot, it just helps smooth it out. And because it's got that curl to it, when I get towards the ends, I'll just curl them under as well. Except I can't talk because I do put this part in my mouth. I'll show you. So the way that I use it, I'm essentially straightening my hair, but just with the ends, rather than it being a blunt, straight finish. It just has that slight kind of curl to it, so that once I've done my full hair, it looks like I've straightened my hair, but in a natural way. I'll definitely use a clip instead of my mouth, but it's just easier. I've had mine for quite a while, but I was looking the other day to find a link to link it on Instagram, and I found it in the sale, so I will link where I found it, so that if you want to save money, hopefully it's still in the sale, but quite often they run promotions and offers across their website, across other websites, but yeah, I'll leave it linked if anyone else wants to give this a try for ease and convenience. I think if you had shorter hair as well, this would work really well for like a nice kind of blow-dry look, but easy. There we have it. You can just run through some oil through the ends to keep it hydrated, but otherwise a nice sleek kind of, this will drop out a bit as well, sleek kind of straightened blow-dry ends hairstyle that's very easy. Lip balm of choice for today. I've been reaching for that one quite a lot, but I think I'm going to go with um, I might go with, do you know what, I'm going to go with the Kiko because this is a trusty fave for me. I just add a little bit, not too much, and there we go. Just remembered I've got a couple of new bits as well to show you that I haven't shown you yet. Firstly, okay, so I actually had a, I had a wedding, my friend's wedding, and I needed some kind of like pearl drop earrings, so I bought these ones. These ones were from ASOS. I didn't end up wearing them because afterwards I found these ones from M&S. I've thrown away the packaging now, but I preferred, is it going to focus? There we go. I preferred these in the end, so they're the ones that I went for, and I need to pop those away now. Oops, but speaking of earrings, I also got sent these. Let me show you. These are from Nice Cream London, and they had some beautiful, like quite statement, glitzy, like glam earrings, and I ended up wearing one pair for, I've got more of these ones, for the night before the wedding. We had a bit of a party for the evening, like all the close family and friends, so I wore these, and how, I mean, they're very, like I say, statement, absolutely gorgeous, and just so, so, so pretty, and then they also very kindly sent me these, which was a nice little treat. I could have even worn these with the pearl drop. I just thought they were maybe a little bit too big. I was a bridesmaid, so I didn't want to have something too statement. We just wanted a simple pearl drop earring. We all wore them, so the M&S ones are the ones I went for, but they are equally as gorgeous, and then whilst I'm on the topic of new and vets, to show you, I'll bring this over, which I picked up from HomeSense not too long ago. I don't know if I've shown you on the vlog. I don't think I have, because I don't think I was vlogging that little trip to HomeSense, but I found this pot. I need to take that sticker off, and I just thought it was a really nice wide planter for bulbs or flowers, even for outdoor, as like a table centerpiece on the outdoor dining table. I thought it would look really nice, and it's a lovely textured white stone, so yeah, I got that for £19.99. Whilst I was in there, I also found this candle. Got to love a good HomeSense candle find, and this one smells so good. Again, for the kitchen especially, fresh basil. So nice. This one was £8.99. Love it. Anything herby or anything greenery like that, I love. Other PR recent new-ins are these from Pixi. They are called Liquid Glow Fluid Cheek Tint, and I thought I would show you them. I have got a little bit of blush on already. I should have saved. I should have not put any on, shouldn't I? Let's add a little bit on top. Why not? We'll go with the lighter shade, the Pretty, it's called. I'm just looking at, there's a pigeon outside with a stick that they're obviously building nests, and then there's a magpie building a nest over there. We've got one, two, three, four nests that I can see just in our trees in our garden, and it just reminded me, I dreamt about bird watching last night. Tell me you're getting old without telling me you're getting old. I dreamt about bird watching. No, it wasn't a nightmare, it was a dream about bird watching. Oh dear. Anyway, yeah, this is, let's just go in with, because I've not got my makeup set here. In fact, let me just grab this mirror. Oh, that's very pale. I feel like that will add a nice, natural kind of blush. That one might even be better going in with a slightly darker one as well, Peony. I'll just add a little bit of Peony in with this. Because I've not got my brushes in here, I'm just going to go in with the warmth of the finger and pat it in. Oh yeah, it's really nice and blendable. I love a liquid blush. Once upon a time, I would have, oops, I added a bit too much dark on that side. I wouldn't have liked a blush in a liquid form, but a little goes a long way. I think it's because I've got no foundation on that looks quite heavy. Let me just go blend it in with an actual brush. I think even on a no makeup day, that would be really nice if you just wanted to add a kind of flush of colour without any other makeup on. Yeah, really pretty. This is just my powder brush that I already have used. So without adding any extra products on, I'm just kind of patting that in. Hydrate. And we'll get on the road. I was just catching up with this morning on my laptop whilst I was getting ready. Watching or catching up, I should say, with the new series of I'm a Celebrity. Is anyone watching it? It's definitely nowhere near as good as when they have the Australian one on, is there? Because also the Australian one, it's like, oh, it's nearly Christmas time. It's a good time of the year, but I am watching it and I'm enjoying it. Right, outfit for today. I think I'll just wear, got these Hilara jeans on, a basic boxy tee. This one's from Abercrombie. It might potentially rain today. So I'm going to stick with my Zara trench, which I have worn so much since buying it because it has this massive hood. It just makes it like literally the perfect spring coat because a lot of trenches or spring jackets are not really set for rain, yet we have a lot of rain. So this has been perfect. And like I said, I've been wearing it quite a lot. What shoes should I wear? Comfort. I might even wear my Solomons that I've been wearing. Or should I wear these New Balance? Yeah, I'm going to wear these New Balance because they go quite well with the colour of the trench. They're a nice cream and chocolate brown colour. We've arrived. I'm starting at, mostly for no other reason than I'm early and the M&S thing isn't even open yet. The ex-clearance bakery thing. So I'm at Antique World and the other one is called Old Antiques. It's literally across the road. So we'll head in there first. I think they're open now. I have like a little inspo list when it comes to things like antiquing, thrifting, you know, those antiques fairs that we go to. Obviously I have a browse and if anything takes my fancy, I'll grab it. But I also, as and when I see things on Pinterest or in like inspiration books, like anything, Instagram, whenever I see something on there, I'm like, I love that. I add it to my notes where I have like things to buy. I have a little list of note, a little note list of things that take my fancy that I think, oh yeah. Like for instance, a potting bench outside in the garden. I've also got a small vanity for our master bedroom. They have so much stuff. You have to kind of be in the mood to go to these places because they have so much stuff. You could spend hours browsing. And I don't think they get like new stock all the time. So I just come every once in a while. And on the odd occasion, I'll recognise things that I liked, that I saw last time. So they probably have stuff in here that have been here for the years. But yeah, little knickknacks and things like that, trinkets. They're the sort of things that I tend to find in places like this. Anyway, I also have a silver or glass bowl, because I've been seeing a lot that I've been drawn to recently for, I think they call it like neoclassical style, where it's old meets new. The kind of stone, the rustic, the textures, but pair that with like a polished silver item or a cut glass, like a crystal glass or something. It's like super shiny and new looking, even though it's an antique. And it complements old, rustic, organic materials and textures quite nicely. So anyway, some kind of bowl for that. Glass, silver, antique brass as well, I love. Wine or water bottle coaster. So again, I'll pop some into my image just so you can kind of see what I'm thinking, what I'm talking about. But just to help address a table, address a space. So if you're hosting in a tablescape, it looks quite nice sat out in a coaster. I don't have anything like that. So I've got eyes peeled for something like that. Silver tulip cups or tumblers, where you can have all sorts of uses for those kinds of things. Whether or not you want them on like a little bar section for cocktail sticks. What else have I got? Pens and pencils. If you've got an office space, you could use it for storage for that. Another slightly larger silver bowl or glass bowl I've said for, especially silver, or brass. Again, like some kind of metal I quite like the idea of. For storing things like in the kitchen, garlic bulbs, or on a bar area, a load of limes or lemons. They look really nice with baubles in for Christmas time or little candies, little sweets. You know how I like to have my little bowl with my Weathers Originals, something like that, like a smaller version. And also photo frames. So again, quite a nice way to, I've got a couple from the white company that are silver, just plain simple. So maybe to add into that some more textured ones or decorative ones. So that's kind of on my list of things to keep my eyes peeled for, for today. Crock pots as well I like. I always like a crock pot. I have got quite a few, but some kind of crockery. I'm always drawn to kitchen stuff. Kitchen stuff, I just suck it in. Anyway, let's head on in. Let's start with Antique World Manchester and I will hopefully, things cross, you never know, find some good bargains. If not, otherwise just get my step count in and have a good browse. All right, done in the first place. Spent a good hour and a half in there. And I'm just sanitizing because I feel like I've been touching loads of old dusty stuff, but it was a really good browse. I did pick up some bits, quick pit stop. So that one was the Antique World. I'm going to head over the road to the old antiques and see if they're open today, which I believe they are. So let's go. Just jumped away at the very back of this shop upstairs and they've got some gorgeous vanity dresser unit type things. And I think that shelving unit in a kitchen would look so beautiful. There is a missing shelf, but you could easily remove that one, have some taller things there, some smaller things up top, have it as like open shelving. I'd say this one of the two places is the bigger one, but my goodness, it just goes on and on and on. It is literally, it's a maze and there is just so much. Oh, that's a nice bowl. From afar, I thought, yeah, really nice rustic bowl. It even says very old bowl, but it's, and it's only eight pounds. I don't know if I love the leaves on it. Maybe nice autumn decor. Let's just keep going. I like that jug as well. 50 pounds. These, some things are like collectible antique things, which are more expensive, but I'm after the bargains. We've also got loads of like chair sets, sofas, even like dining room sets. There's loads more chairs. This is just like one little area. Again, these like old Chesterfields, just like as a single arm chair. And then they've got all the huge Chesterfield sofas downstairs. I've made it. Here we are. The huge factory is behind us. And this is the little shop that you go into. Open to the public. I will say though, there's somebody erratically driving behind me that was not happy that I was waiting for someone to pull out to get this space because it's a busy car park. But he, yeah, he wasn't happy. What am I meant to do? I'm waiting for someone to get out? Some people, just the way that they like swear at you and stuff. And I'm like, what do you want me to do? He's only had to wait for a space himself. So I don't know what the issue is. And it's not like he was ahead of me, like I was in front of him. So anyway, let's go in. Let's go see what they've got. I do think from the videos I've seen online anyway, that you can't actually film in there. So if I can't get any sneaky clips, then I'll let you know what it's like when we come out. See, it's pretty narrow street to get to the car park and get out of it as well. But anyway, let's head on and see what they've got. Oh, look, there you go. No photos or videos. Nevermind. And just like that, we're back out. I must have been in there for all of three minutes. It was not worth it. Let's see. Sometimes don't believe what you see on TikTok. It was okay. And it's one of those things that if you're in the area anyway, or if you've got an occasion anyway, then fine, but I wouldn't travel for it. It's very small. And it's lots of everything for the most part is mishaps, if you know what I mean. It is affordable, I will say that. And I did get a couple of things just to show you kind of the variety of things that they had. So they had loads of the Colin Caterpillar... Is it Colin? Colin Caterpillar cakes? But they all had the faces missing. So some of them had the tails missing as well. But these are freezable, and they're good for like a good few weeks as well. So it's not like they're old stock. They're just mishap stock. Same with these Caterpillar cakes. They're like the mini ones that they get, mini Collins. And these were only a pound, which is really good. That Colin cake, did I tell you? That's a pound as well. And then they had some celebration cakes that looked absolutely fine. So definitely could be a celebratory cake. The largest ones they had were about £6.50. Or they had some that were un-iced that you could maybe ice yourself, they were even cheaper. But the prettier ones were about £6.50. They had smaller ones like these confetti cakes for £2.50. They did have one in the sale for £2, but it was a shorter shelf life. And you can freeze these. So it's not like, it's not worth the visit, but I just wouldn't rush to, I wouldn't say it's worth the travel. Like if you're fairly local anyway, then fine, pop in. But otherwise, or more than anything, just don't get your hopes up for it. And they have loads of like big bags of like chocolate rolls, big bags of like popcorn clusters, flapjacks, but they were massive bags and they were only about £2. So maybe good if you're doing like some kind of a party and wanting to do like mass catering, party food type bits, then it doesn't really matter how they look in a tub because you're only going to get them out anyway, maybe on a serving platter. So for that, it was probably pretty good. Anyway, let's manage this small little narrow drive out. I'm just saying, I'm just thankful I'm not in a big car. That's all I'm going to say. I've actually just popped into M&S, I need to get some foodie bits and just going via the clothes. They've got some really nice new bits in. This is only £18, a lovely knit top, which for M&S £18 for a top like this, a little cardi. I think it's really good. It feels really thick and lovely. And then they paired it with this jacket, which I've seen before, £65 for that. And then also these barrel leg chinos. They don't really look that dramatically barrel legged though. They're £40 and they've got a little tie. They look nice and high waisted, which I like. But yeah, I thought that for £18 was lovely. I might even try that on actually. This is that knit top on. I really like it. The only thing I'm a little bit not sold on is the fact that these feel a bit snug. But if you like a warmer fitting, wow, I caught the sun yesterday. Look at my chest. That's when you're set up, not thinking it's as warm as it is. But anyway, yeah, really nice. I am going to leave it. I think it's just the sleeves. I wish they were a bit more loose fitting, but it is really good. And £18 is not bad. Don't like the chinos. That barrel leg just doesn't suit me. I've tried it in short, regular and long and they didn't work. I did also bring this pair of linen trousers in, which are lovely, but I feel like I wanted the long version and they didn't have any. They just had regular and short. Let's go where I feel like we will be more successful. And that is the food hall. I might even grab a sandwich. I know they've got cafe upstairs or there's a Starbucks here. This is the cake, £8.50 that I picked up in the factory for £2.50. So yeah, it's a bit of a saving. Trying to see if they had any others. They had this one as well. Obviously this one's in the sale. This was the one that was £6.50 and that one is full price £18. Then also in the big bags, they had loads of these popcorn clusters, the double chocolate and what else did they have? They had the rocky road. These are all new, but I'm not really a big tea cake fan, but if I was the cappuccino sounds good. They've also got this like whole outdoor section with these bottle carriers and rugs, like picnic blankets, little citronella candles. Some napkins up there as well. Big Daddy, Big Daddy pistachio. And now, yum. The giant outrageously chocolatey custard cream. And they've also got next to the Big Daddy this, which is new, the Big Daddy popcorn. So that sounds good. If you're a popcorn lover and a Big Daddy lover, then kind of combines the two. Boy, I'm tempted. Oh, I just got caught I'm soaked, wet through. I just got caught in a downpour getting to the car from the shop and I just thought, am I going to wait or am I just going to go for it? And people were just going for it. So I thought, you know what? I'm going to hood up and go for it. But my jeans are wet through. The only part of me that's dry is where my hood was really. Oh my God, I can't even get my bag off. Spring eh? Lovely. One thing I am grateful for today is not having to walk Barney in this weather because walking in the rain, although I say that, I was going to say it's not fun, but I say that, but you, you prepared for it. You're in the best gear when you're on a dog walk. It's like now situations like that where you're not in your full waterproofs. Let's get home. Let's get the heating on, heated seats on. It's not even that cold, but heated seats on. My steering wheel is wet through. I need to just dry that off. Let's get home. I had to get changed because my jeans were still wet through from, uh, from getting caught in that downpour, but we're back home. We're in comfies. I've just got on a comfy like lounge tracksuit that I got from America from that friend Buck Mason. Hold on. Let me always feel so bizarre coming home with Barney not being here or like just being in the house without the dog. Any dog owners will understand exactly what I mean. Say for instance, you just need to, I don't know, like for instance, when we drop him off at daycare, um, and then we come back home or for whatever reason, we're in the house when he's not, you just know, like he could easily, if he was here, just be asleep against the sofa. I just know he's not here. Anyway, he'll be back soon. He's with his dad. I did call up and see if, if, um, he was all right. And if he wanted me to pick him up, but he was like, no, he's just chilling. He's just asleep. I was like, anyway, M&S got to start with this bad boy. Oh my goodness. Open it now. I think I'm going to say that. I think I'd rather, if I'm going to have anything, maybe tuck into the cake bits. I might have one of these with the coffee this afternoon. And then I think I'm going to say, because that, did you see, I showed you an M&S, the same version of this was at 8.50, but in the factory it was 2.50. I think because it's like perfect, that is like my ideal cake is like a buttercream jam sprinkles. That is my perfect cake. I do like a coffee and walnut, but I actually think I might prefer something like this, but because it's so perfect, I'm thinking, do we just put that in the freezer? And as and when we've got an occasion, we've got one to just bring out. Also got some eggs, bread. I've got the crafted sourdough. I went for the seeded one this time. I thought it looked really nice. These were in the clearance for about a pound, pound 50, because it's ex Easter stock, dog treats. And then this is new, which reminded me of everything but the bagel seasoning. It's not the same though. This one's got crispy onions in it, like fried onions. It's got crispy onions, sesame and poppy seeds in. Yeah. Top hot dogs, salads, just about anything. I quite like the idea of when I have eggs, avocado and toast to sprinkle a bit of that on the top. So anyway, yeah, grab that. And then they've also got this whole new range of olive oils. So I picked this one up. This is actually an air fry oil, which is just pure avocado and olive oil. So no added extras in it. Very simply with a spray as well. So really handy for use using with the air fryer. I did get a few things at the antiques places. So they're in the front room. Let me just take you through there and show you what I got. I know I mentioned to you about silverware and metal. I did manage to find a few of those kinds of things. So I'll show you what I got in terms of, well, firstly trays. I managed to find, they all need a good buff and polish and clean. I know it depends on what you feel like, if you want a more rustic, tarnished finish, or if you do want a more polished finish. This is the only one that is not marked. So I don't know what material this is, just stainless steel, I'm guessing, but it is quite heavy, weighty metal. And it's just a simple tray, which I'm going to clean up. This was only a pound. And I thought as a big botanical candle plate or a little tray with a trio of things on, I mean, it's a tray, so all sorts of uses for that. But then I did find two, which were perfectly sized. And these are silver plated for little wine coasters or water bottle coasters for if you're hosting. This one is my favorite. I just wish there wasn't etching on it, but it's what it is. It's the perfect size. I love the beading around the edging and it just has the etching is just the Royal sort of crest. It's Silver Jubilee, 1952 to 1977. But yeah, I've got that. And then there's this one, which is a slightly more lipped plate and this one's a lot more tarnished. I actually really like how this is tarnished. So I might even just keep this one as it is. And then more metalware. This is actually a lid. This is heavy, this one. This is a lid for what would have been a silver server dish for food, but the lid... Oh, I didn't see this on the front. Okay, this has got a little emblem on it as well. It actually says London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company. It will have had a handle on it, but I'm thinking flip it that way and use it as a bit of a tray. Again, quite like how this one has tarnished up, but I do think I'll polish this one at some point when I get around to it. I was asking the guy in the shop what's best and you can use the little pot of silver, is it called? But he said actually the pink stuff, the paste works really well. So I might give that a go. But that's the little etching on there, very subtle. And as a tray, you probably won't really notice it much anyway. But yeah, a little server tray, server dish. So I've got that. And then the last... Oh no, I've got two more silver things. This one, which again is silver plated, silver plated on brass Cavalier made in England. And it's a little lion's head bowl, but it has the rose flower frog thing on top. So if you don't know what this is, if you've not seen them before, it's got this little kind of like metal mesh almost thing that you can obviously remove and just use it as a bowl anyway, which I love with little lion's heads on. That's what I was saying about a size like that on a bar or something with a load of limes in it or sweets at Christmastime, like on your console table and like red and white peppermint candies or little the weather's originals or something festive in there at Christmas or all year round, mini eggs, Easter time, whatever it is. But yeah, as a flower frog, you can just use that mesh to help display like flowers, like roses or whatever they are. And yeah, so I got that one. I need to tell you the price of all these, don't I? So that first tray that I showed you was a pound, that one. And then these smaller ones were 10 pounds for this queen one. This one was, I think that one was five pounds. This one was three pounds. This one was 15 pounds. And then last for the silvery bits and bobs I got was this. It's actually, it's a bucket, but like a little mini single drink bucket. Or I was thinking for as a flower pot or like I was saying about some kind of a pot that you could multi-purpose use for put a load of parchment paper and put some fries in. Or you could use it as like a pen pencil pot, paintbrush pot if you've got like a little art studio. Yeah, possibilities are endless with this one. And he tried polishing up the bottom for me so that I could tell where it was from. And he said it's Kingsway Plate, made in England, 5503 S limited, EPNSA1. I'm not sure what any of that means. If that means anything to any of you, then let me know. But yeah, he polished it up and it's going to polish really well if I want that really shiny. So I think I will. Got two glass items. Firstly, this orchid vase is how they've described it for four pounds. I quite like this. It's a really tall glass candle hurricane. So imagine like a really tall church candle in here on a table centerpiece. At my friend's wedding where she had the night before, she had loads of candles in those glass hurricanes and it looked so, so pretty. And I just really liked the kind of detailing, the slight difference in the shape at the top. And then this bowl I also got, and this I think this was five pounds. And it is just, again, a glass bowl, which a similar purpose to something like this sort of sized bowl. I was thinking the same things, like I was saying to you earlier about little sweets in here or limes, lemons, garlic bulbs even in the kitchen. It's like a crystal weighty little mini bowl that I thought I would get as well. And then last but not least, I got this crock pot, which is very similar to others that I have, like quite like this. And this one was, I think this was nine pounds. Hold on. Yeah, nine pounds. And these go for like quite a lot of money at the antiques fairs now. And I feel like because of the popularity of them, they just keep going up in price. And it's like, stop, they're literally just a crock pot. But these are perfect for styling, for little herb, because it's quite a good size actually to have. When you get little shop bought from the supermarket or from a garden center, shop bought herbs that are already ready to cut. They're usually about that size. Or a little utensils pot. But that is it for all of my... Oh, siren going past. That's it for all of my antiques finds for today. Let me know what you thought of this video. And if you want me to go do some more of this kind of shopping, there's loads of places in and around Manchester that we could go and check out together. So yeah, let me know in the comments below. I hope you enjoyed this video. 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