This Week's Outfits

Hello campers

I hope you've all had great weekends.  Mine has been very unglamourous, involving all manor of child shaped stuff and therefore, I've been wearing my child friendly uniform of jeans/combats, Havaianas, teeshirt, parka.

I did, however, enjoy a really lovely evening this week with one of the besties and some T-Girls that we've recently become friends with.  Having only ever met drag queens before, rather embarrassingly, we spent most of the evening bombarding the "girls" with dozens of questions, all of which I'm sure they'd heard a million times before!   It was a great evening and here's what I wore (although, predictably, I was hugely out-glammed by our new friends!)

silk "Swallow" dress - Whistles, tan wedge shoots - UO, gold watch - Fossil, huge gold hoop earrings - ebay

And this is a work outfit from Friday, the only day of the week I actually made it into work this week!

red skirt - Zara, Breton tee - H&M, grey suede wedges - Next, mink leather satchel - ASOS

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Sale Goodies

I've picked up a few bits, mostly sale bargains, as I felt my wardrobe definitely had a bit of a holiday-daytime-dress/beach-cover-up shaped hole in it.  I'm going to Sardinia with the babes and Himself at the end of August and I think (hope) these will be perfect to chuck on over bikinis.

Topshop £28.50 - not in the sale but a great little cover-up nonetheless

To show the cut-out detail at the back - not the most flattering of angles

French Connection £32.00

New Look £7.00 - the hem dips at the back which I love

And clearly not for my holiday at all but it seems I can never resist a big, slouchy, drapey cardigan.  Especially one in grey.

French Connection £29.00

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This Week's Outfits

It seems that summer has decided to finally make an appearance which I'm just loving.  Here are a few outfits from this week at work then I'll share a few of my sale buys with you.  Sorry the pictures are so washed out - for some unfathomable reason my computer is playing silly buggers and not letting me edit them.

linen mix mini dress (it has hidden pockets at the hip which I love) - Next, mink suede bow flats - Next, silver 60s watch and silver and pearl cocktail ring - vintage

Breton tee - M&S, dirndl skirt with exposed zip - Gap, flats - Gerard Darel (although I swapped them for very high pointed stilettoes when in work), bag - Balenciaga, black pearl bracelet, watch and ring - vintage

This photo is just to show my new bag from Zara, more of which below...

 

 

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Today's Outfit

This afternoon myself and my eldest babe hit the cinema.  We watched Kung Fu Panda 2, which we both loved and spent a lovely couple of hours cuddled up in the VIP seats, munching Maltesers.

Unfortunately, it was all downhill from here as, during a quick stop off at the park on the way home, Peachy-pie lost her favourite toy, Tiffany, the white stuffed cat.  Cue  c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e  meltdown.  Cuddles, explanations, commiserations and promises of a new cat; none of it cut any mustard with Peachy as the torrent of tears and screams reached epic levels.   Pixie-face clearly thought her big sister was being massive wuss and so, bored with listening to her inconsolable sobs, decided that now would be as good a time as any to leg it to the other side of the (enormous) park and check out what the big kids were doing.  GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Seriously, is there anything more stressful than trying to placate and coax into the car an angry, screaming 4 year old determined not to move an inch whilst at the same time attempting to restrain a squirming, screaming 2 year old intent on escaping your clutches?  And all this was played out in front of a large audience of children, parents, dog walkers and dogs!  As I say, GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

And breathe.  So, it seems that Tiff has gone, never to return so I've spent this evening online attempting to locate an exact replica, complete with matted fur.  So far, no luck.

Today's outfit looks really bland on this picture but the belt and bag "popped" a lot more in real life and I felt like I'd half conquered casual chic.  Until that sodding cat went missing.

marl grey tee - La Redoute, chinos - Uniqlo, black leather sandals - Office, bright pink patent belt - Next, cobalt blue messenger - ASOS and also wore black RayBan Wayfarers

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What Am I Wearing Today?

Erm, not very much!  It's actually *whispers* sunny in Brizzle today!  Yes I know!!!  Unbelieveable!  In celebration of this rare occurence we finished our chores early and I'm now lounging in the garden while the babes do some "baking" with sand and water.  Oh, how I'm looking forward to clearing that up later. 

Would it be awful to have a glass of Bellini?  I have some in the fridge, left over from the weekend...

blue and white bikini - ASOS

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Purple, New Wallet and Harry Potter

Oh, how bloody awful is this sodding weather?!  I'm beyond bored with rain and grey skies so today I pulled on the brightest trousers I own (a recent sale purchase from River Island) and tried to feel summery.

extremely creased (it was the end of the day) purple palazzo pants - River Island, black platforms - TS, marl grey teeshirt - La Redoute, black blazer - H&M, skinny leather belt - M&S

Continuing the theme of all things bright, my new wallet from Tory Burch arrived this morning.  I absolutely love it and I have to say it's a big improvement on my daughter's Hello Kitty purse that I've been using for the last fortnight!

Last night we went to watch the final Harry Potter film which I thought was brilliant and I'm not ashamed to say that I almost shed a tear near the end.  Thankfully, I got a grip and reminded myself that it was Harry Potter and not real life and so my dignitiy remained intact.  Which was a first.

kimono sleeve sweater - TS, high waisted flares - TS, brown leather flipflops - can't remember, gold coloured metal belt - vintage, watch - Fossil, brown leather Bottega Veneta copy bag

 As you can see from the super stylish back drop to these pictures, I'm still far from on top of the post holiday washing.  And my mirror could do with a clean...

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Fun Times

My blogging seems to be very sporodic at present - apologies - but I've been off on my travels again.  This time it was to the Croatian island of Hvar in the middle of the beautiful Adriatic.  It was a girls holiday with my two besties and a repeat of last year's trip although this time we went for longer (yippee!) 

It was an absolutely BRILLIANT week involving much eating, drinking, laughing, dancing and nowhere near enough sleeping.  We're already talking about next year! 

The gorgeous main square

Taking ourselves far too seriously on the first night

Bonj les bains

The first of many at Hula Hula... grey and white stripy vest - Primark, pink shorts - Next (childrens), orange Havaianas, black sunnies - Oliver Peoples

cut offs - River Island, mocha vest - ASOS, kimono - Topshop, leather messenger - New Look, orange Havs as I had burnt feet and couldn't wear anything else!

white vest - Primark, orange skirt - Zara, black suede sandals - Primark, black and white bikini underneath - Salinas, black sunnies - Ray Ban

Our last night :-(

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Last Week's Outfits

Today I'm hanging with the small people and doing chores so obvs my outfit choice is far from thrilling.  Here are a couple of slightly better ones from last week.

grey skinny cargos - Uniqlo, marl grey vest - New Look, green vest - American Apptarell, tan sandals - Gap, taupe leather satchel - ASOS, usual siver jewellery

cotton dress - Primark, taupe suede flats - Next, tortiseshell sunnies - Prada, mens s/steel watch - Sekonda

Excuse the idiotic face but I love the shape of these sunnies

Busy

A million apologies for falling off the radar somewhat.  I've been so busy, mainly with work and small child-shaped stuff but also with visiting friends and (as my mum would say) "gadding about". 

This weekend Peachy-pie, Himself and I attended a christening in Essendon, Hertfordshire.  Poor old Pixie-face is embracing the terrible twos with frightening enthusiasm and so the decision was made to leave her with the long-suffering grandparents.  Lots of travel, strange beds, new faces, late nights and a stroppy teething two year old do not a good mix make.  So we regretfully kissed goodbye to my babe and travelled up on Friday.

The weekend was really lovely.  We had great weather, Himself won the golf tournament he competed in, Peachy-pie got to swim 3 days on the trot and we got to relax in leafy Hertfordshire.  Us girls also trekked into London and met up with one of the besties and her new baby.  We spent Saturday afternoon at the Pottery Cafe in Fulham which was SO enjoyable and then stayed at her beautiful new house in Parsons Green.  

We're so lucky that we have very kind friends who invite us to stay at their houses but it's so lovely to get into your own bed again isn't it?!

Here is a quick outfit snap taken after our swim:

red and navy striped mini - ASOS, black and white striped boob tube - Urban Outfitters, white slub tee - Zara, tan leather sandals - Gap, usual silver jewellery and watch

 Sunday's christening outfit:

silk maxi - Zara, Bottega Veneta woven clutch copy, gold leather sandals - ASOS (not seen), mixture of high street jewellery

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Another Beautiful Summer's Day in Bristol

As if!  It's horrible here again today; grey skies, heavy showers and a really chilly wind.  We're all wrapped up in socks and cardigans and this gloomy weather is making me think about possible autumn purchases.  I might put the heating on in a minute.

To brighten up my day, here's a gratuitous shot of Pixie-face working summer brights better than I ever could.

Chaos in a sundress

 
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More Paris

Paris was predictably fabulous.  Our break included braving the scrum in front of the Mona Lisa, cocktails and people watching at Costes Hotel, negotiating our way around the Metro, choosing not to pay 8 euro for a can of Sprite, attempting to cycle up the Champs Elysees and then deciding that it was probably not a very good idea, pretending to be cool and hip at Georges Restaurant, heavenly lie-ins uninterrupted by little people and a lot of walking.

So, suitcases emptied, washing on line, birthday cards opened, it's back to reality.   Until the next time...

A repeated outfit but so comfy - sorry for the poor quality pic...  flared indigo jeans - J Brand, silk swallow blouse - Warehouse, tan leather clutch - vintage, tan leather belt - can't remember, tan wedge shoots - Urban Outfitters, gold jewellery - mixture of high street and vintage

high waisted flares - TS, marl grey tee - Primark, tan leather sandals - Gap, tan leather messenger - New Look, tan leather skinny belt - H&M, shrunken blazer - H&M, gold watch - Fossil, gold bangle - H&M

On our way home - boo!  jeans - River Island, stripy tee - H&M, s/steel watch - Sekonda, silver and moonstone ring - St Nics Market, black tote - Longchamp, sandals and messenger as before

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Amusement d'anniversaire dans beau Paris

Bonsoir

Apologies for a lack of posts but I've been away on my holibobs in Gay Paree!  It was my birthday on Friday and Himself took me to one of my favourite cities for a long weekend.

I'm about to hit the sack now as we've only been back a couple of hours.  More outfit posts tomorrow but for now, this is how I spent my birthday.

Himself had a bit of trouble with the zoom hence part of my head being chopped off.  Also I have no idea why I have my arms behind my back but anyway...  grey pleated maxi skirt - Primark, apple green tee - Primark, scarf - Primark (detecting a theme?), colbolt blue messenger - ASOS,

Apologies for a really bad close up but Hell, it's the Mona Lisa!  And I spent (part of) my birthday with her!

Some birthday goodies

orange skirt - Zara, off-white slub tee - Zara, shrunken blazer - H&M, black flat suede sandals - Primark, black leather and leopard print messenger - ASOS, gold watch - Fossil, gold hoops, ring and bangle - mix of high street and vintage

Our view from Georges Restaurant

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Cheap Treats

I've been trying very hard to curb my spending recently as I'm lucky enough to have three holidays lined up within the next three months.  However, these treats were pretty cheap and I really love each one.

skinny belts - Next

leather sandals - Gap

  

canvas bag - Primark

Last Night's Outfit

I had a lovely night at the pub with some work friends yesterday.  Admittedly we talked shop pretty much all evening but it was still very enjoyable.  Home by 11.30pm and no hangover today.  BONUS!

black skinnies - Primark, white shirt - Zara, black leather wedgies - Topshop, leather and gold stud skinny belt - Whistles, red leather clutch - vintage, gold jewellery - mixture of high street and vintage

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Today's Outfit

Good afternoon campers

Quick outfit post from me as out tonight with some work colleagues. 

Between now (4.45pm) and estimated departure time (7.30pm) I need to:

cook tea (a huge feat in itself)
supervise eating of tea (and maybe even eat something myself)
clear away tea debris
dress babes for bed (thankfully they are at this very moment having a 3 way bath with Himself so that's one thing ticked off)
wrestle babes to bed and negotiate telling the shortest story possible
shower and dress myself
chuck some slap on

So what the hell I'm still doing sat here blogging is anyone's guess.  Laters!

beige cotton skirt - Zara, pink tee - Zara, orange belt - Next, cobalt blue bag - ASOS, black leather flats - Office, white watch - Next, olive green army coat (because the weather is SHIT!) - Primark

Looking ridiculously dumpy and like I have a major pot belly issue - I don't *think* I look like that in reality!

Love all these brights together