How To Live The High Life For Less | OOTD

When I first saw this shaggy navy coat in Zara, it was love at first sight. It's so cosy and is one of those items that can be thrown over any outfit and give that effortless cool impression. And whilst I'm a Zara lover through and through, I'm equally a fan of its lesser known, and cheaper, little sister brand Stradivarius.

How To Live The High Life For Less | London

I like the good life, who doesn't?! But rather than being Blair Waldorf, an Upper East Side Manhattanite (I miss Gossip Girl...), I'm a slightly broke student in London. Sigh.

But there's always ways around this, and recently I've been living it up for less, so I thought I'd share some of these ways.

1. Competitions

I know it sounds cliche and unrealistic, but recently when I was watching TV one evening, I thought I may as well give some competitions a go- someone's got to win, right?! And for one of them, it actually was me!