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Outfit: Forgetful Tuesday

2012-01-31T12:15:00.000Z

When I planned this outfit, I was going to put a black and white striped shirt under the dress, and wear a yellow belt. But when I was laying out my clothes last night, I clean forgot about the shirt and decided the rest of the outfit was a bit dull so I added in the purple belt and tights, and the scarf. It wasn’t until I was halfway to work this morning that I remembered about the

Outfit: Pants Monday

2012-01-30T12:15:00.000Z

It was cold and frosty out again this morning – just as winter should be if you ask me. We’ve had too many weeks of mild, wet weather so I’m pleased to get some proper cold dry weather for a change. Though a little snow wouldn’t go amiss either. Cord trousers today, and I find it funny how I always associate cord with being cosy. I mean, it’s just cotton. I should really be any

Outfit: Sunday School

2012-01-30T09:00:00.001Z

It was my day to do Sunday school so I was up in good time and went off to church. I had layered up my outfit, and was glad I had done as it was pretty cold in church, and pretty cold in the hall where my class is taught. On the way back I did the Tesco shop, then came home and heated some soup and made beans on toast with cheese for dinner. In the afternoon I defrosted the freezer

Outfit: Afternoon Tea

2012-01-29T20:54:00.001Z

Saturday morning dawned cold and sunny. I had an appointment at the beauty salon so I headed off into the village after breakfast. I had to go to the Post Office, then I went to my appointment. I had a couple of other errands to run too – to the butcher for some chicken and some cooked meats, then to the Co-op for milk, scones and cake. Yes, I was planning afternoon tea. I got home

Outfit: Accessories Make All The Difference

2012-01-27T12:15:00.000Z

Today’s outfit is really quite a basic one. Stripe t shirt, jeans, black cardi – a bit dull, right? But then when you add in a few accessories – boots, faux fur scarf, funky belt – the whole thing is lifted and becomes just that little bit different. The inspiration for the basic outfit came from Good Life For Less. I wasn’t going to wear boots today. I was going to get in my

Outfit: Inspired by Saucy Glossie

2012-01-26T12:15:00.000Z

When I was thinking the other day about what to wear today, I’d only got as far as the booties and the tights until I saw this post on Saucy Glossie. I knew I had a pale grey patterned shirt and a cream sweater, and that the pale grey check would go with the tights I had planned. As I can only wear jeans on a Friday, subbing in a denim skirt was a no brainer and voilà! An outfit was

Outfit: eBay Rocks!

2012-01-25T12:15:00.000Z

One of the reasons why I love eBay is displayed in my outfit today. You may remember a couple of weeks back I said that this dress was getting too big for me and was slipping off my shoulders, but that I loved it and was unwilling to part with it. Whilst browsing eBay I spied the same dress a couple of sizes smaller and so I nabbed it, and put my version up for sale. This one fits

New Shoes!

2012-01-24T16:00:00.000Z

So, my latest pick from Sarenza as part of their Brand Ambassador programme (have you entered the contest to become the newest member of our team yet? You’ve only got til Friday!) is this pair of neutral/taupe patent leather shoes from LK Bennett. LK Bennett is fast becoming one of my favourite shoe brands – their shoes are well made from gorgeous soft leather, and for high heels they are

Outfit: When In Doubt, Wear Red Shoes

2012-01-24T12:15:00.000Z

That’s one of my life mottos up there, and it works every time. I could have gone for brown shoes today, or beige, or even tan, but no, red (or burgundy, I suppose) won out and will continue to do so. Today’s shoe choice is a bit more sensible than yesterday’s mind you. The peep toe booties were fine until I went out at lunchtime. I’d just got to the bank and it started chucking it

Outfit: Peep Toe Monday

2012-01-23T12:15:00.000Z

Happy Monday everyone! If I say that, does it make you forget it’s Monday? Make Monday more exciting and cheerful than it is? No? Well I tried! I think this tank top is another candidate for eBay. I put it on this morning and it was a bit baggy and gaping under the arms. It’s OK tucked in to this skirt, but won’t work on its own anymore I don’t think. I decided to brave peep toe

Don’t Forget...

2012-01-23T10:00:00.000Z

...to enter the Sarenza ambassador contest! Click here for details.

Outfit: Pattern Mixing in Triplicate

2012-01-22T21:00:00.000Z

Hurrah for a fairly lazy Sunday! We slept late and after breakfast I headed off to Tesco for some groceries. I got back and was unpacking the shopping and thinking about making some dinner when the young man’s mum called in. We had a cup of tea with her and a chat for an hour or so, then had a late lunch. This afternoon the young man went for a drink with his mate and I popped to

Stuff I’m...

2012-01-22T19:27:00.002Z

...LovingGetting a hair cut Parcels being out for delivery eBay Cereal and milk bars – Rice Krispies and Frosties ones are addictive! Friday! Just Dance 3 for Wii ...Not LovingThat it’s been raining again Doing chores

Outfit: Saturday and New Hair

2012-01-21T15:49:00.000Z

So yesterday afternoon I went to get my hair done. It looked fab at the time, and will do again, but it has been rained on and blown by the wind and slept on and put in a ponytail since then, so you will get a better idea of how it looks another day. But you can see that there are some shorter layers in it now. Last night we went for a drink with some friends. I didn’t get chance to

Outfit: Finally Friday!

2012-01-20T12:15:00.001Z

It’s not really been that long a week but boy, am I glad it’s Friday! I can’t wait to have a lie-in tomorrow. I have a hair appointment this afternoon, which I’m very excited about as I’m going to get some shorter layers put in to make it more froufy (yes, that’s a word) when I blow dry it with my Babyliss Big Hair. It does mean that I’m not having a great hair-day today though. There

Sarenza Contest: Become a Brand Ambassador (and Get Free Shoes)!

2012-01-19T16:00:00.000Z

So, you know how I get sent shoes each month by those lovely people over at Sarenza? Well, you could do too! Do you have a style/fashion/shoe blog? Do you want £150 each month to spend on gorgeous shoes, which you then write about on your blog? Are you on Twitter? (It’s very easy to join if you’re not.) Yes? Right then, listen up! A vacancy on the programme has become available due to the

Outfit: Blue and Teal Layering

2012-01-19T12:15:00.000Z

This is an exercise in how many items of blue clothing I not only own, but can wear in one go. OK, not really, but I have on 3 items in bright blue, plus three in teal. Mixing bright colours is one way to combat the winter weather and I feel I’ve been in black and/or grey too often lately. About 2pm yesterday I stood up to get a drink and suddenly I could feel the effects of the

Outfit: Vintage Wednesday

2012-01-18T12:15:00.010Z

I thought it was high time my vintage dress got another airing today. It’s quite warm out (compared to the last few days anyway!) so I am fine with just a cardi over the short sleeves. I couldn’t resist adding OTK boots though, albeit flat ones today. I have lots of errands to run today: to the Post Office, to the chemist, to the grocery store for some milk. When I get home I am

Review: Silk and Wool Stole from Moodys

2012-01-18T10:00:00.002Z

I was contacted by Moodys a couple of weeks to see whether I would like to review this lovely silk and wool leopard print stole. I have not owned anything in grey leopard print before and it makes a nice change from the brown/yellow based prints I usually wear. The scarf arrived in a padded envelope, and was beautifully packaged in this fabric envelope, and wrapped in tissue paper inside

Outfit: Not So Chilly

2012-01-17T16:00:00.001Z

Yesterday afternoon the plumber arrived at my office, and there was much rejoicing. He mended the boiler meaning the heating came on this morning. And there was much rejoicing. Consequently I may be a little overdressed, but there is still frost on the ground and today’s top temperature is forecast to be just 2°C. I had planned to wear my Jaiden booties, but didn’t want to deal

Outfit: Chinese Buffet

2012-01-17T12:15:00.000Z

Last night we drove over to the other side of the city to meet my parents, sister, brother-in-law and cousin for a Chinese buffet. The food was delicious as always, and the company was fab. We met at 7.15pm meaning we were out of there by about 9.15pm, home before 10pm and in bed for 10.15pm. I read a bit more of my new book, New York Valentine, which is getting to the stage where I

Outfit: Icy Cold Monday

2012-01-16T12:15:00.001Z

Greetings from the Frozen North. I knew it was going to be cold today so made sure I was out of bed in time to scrape the layer of frost ice off my car. In some places on my drive in it looked as if it had snowed so thick was the white frost. And to make matters worse, we are now on Day 7 of the office heating being broken. Last night I tried out the One Minute Chocolate Cake again.

Outfit: The Same But Different

2012-01-15T19:00:00.000Z

Today’s outfit is the same jeans and sweater as yesterday, but with different accessories and boots. We slept late, then I made a stew to go in the slow cooker for tea and some leek and potato soup for my lunches this week. I cleaned the bathroom, vacced, did a couple of loads of washing then made bacon sarnies for dinner. I got changed and had a walk to the village for some bread,

Outfit: Magical Mystery Tour

2012-01-15T15:25:00.002Z

On Monday lunchtime I got a text from the young man telling me to keep the weekend free as we were going on a date. He wouldn’t tell me all week where we were going, but when Saturday dawned he made sure were up in good time. All I could get out of him was that we were going crabbing. Having established that I didn’t need to take my wellies, I didn’t believe that we were actually going

Charity Shop Bargain

2012-01-13T16:30:00.000Z

I went for a wander up the local high street on Wednesday lunchtime, and found this cute little skirt in one of the charity shops. I was contemplating having my black and white spot skirt altered as it’s now too big for me, but the cost of the alterations would probably be as much as the skirt cost in the first place, so I was pleased to score a replacement for just £3.99. It’s from New Look