Monday, April 30, 2018

TARDIS Tuesday outfit- Clara Oswald in The Woman Who Lived

Greetings folks!

I thought that with the sunny weather, I wouldn't get to wear this particular TARDIS Tuesday for some months but since it became utterly freezing, it seems that this is appropriate!

This outfit, worn by Clara in Doctor Who in an episode entitled The Woman Who Lived, is one of those outfits we only saw briefly in the episode and it is a shame because it is one I really like! 

I love the Choir boy look of the & Other stories shirt worn under a black jumper.  It reminds me of a really nice Choir boy-style shirt that Sophie wore in some outfit posts a long while ago! I'd always fancied a blouse like that!
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Image borrowed from The Radio Times
I couldn't find any pictures of the outfit in its full length worn on line but I found my picture of the outfit from the Doctor Who exhibition last year.

 Here's a close-up of the collar and her necklace.
Interestingly enough, they put the blouse backwards on the mannequin at the exhibition and failed to tuck the blouse in!
 Here's my version of it!  I was lucky enough to find the same blouse as hers (it is, like the skirt, from &Other stories) very reasonably thanks to another Clara Oswald fan, Katie, sending me a link of someone selling it. It has lovely fluted sleeves and will be a really nice summer blouse.
The jumper is actually navy blue, not black like hers, and it is one I've worn for another Clara outfit.  The skirt is remarkably similar but is from Topshop. I bided my time with this skirt, seeking to find one that was super cheap
 The necklace was the hardest to find. I have searched for a few years on eBay, Etsy and Depop for this necklace (which was never identified) searching, "Aztec bird" and such things.  Many other people found turquoise stone silver ones on Etsy which they then painted with black nail varnish.  I saw one or two of the silver versions with turquoise stones and ridiculously overly fancy chains but a) they needed a lot of altering, were already £22+ as well as about £12 postage from the States- it wasn't happening.
I was lucky enough to find this one randomly one day on eBay in the right antique bronze finish and black stones and it came from Newlook originally. I paid £7.99 for this one. I wonder if it is the real one she wore?

I really like this outfit as it is smart yet very comfortable, even if the skirt is a tad on the short side.

What do you think?

Would you wear this outfit? Do you like the Choir boy look?
xx





Sunday, April 29, 2018

5 brooches and friends #67

Hi there,

Hope your evening is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

As you read this, I will be at my musical camp playing a large-scale piece for orchestra by Janacek.  I currently am doing my usual, "Hate packing!" avoidance and the time is getting later and later. Actually, I have begun packing but finishing it is always torturous!  I am praying for good weather for camping as I don't feel very good about camping in the cold with a cold! 

Anyway, it seems a rather long hiatus since my last 5 brooches post so here we are with some brooches and necklaces to share!
A Kimchi and Coconut space rocket entitled, "Fly me to the Moon" seemed a vaguely appropriate choice for this Clouds and aeroplanes dress.
 As well as the rainbow earrings, I thought I'd wear my two cute Book pin badges from Fable and Black to go with the pastel rainbow shirt.
 The same two pins accompanied my Cath Kidston book dress alongside this Bookish Owl in specs!
The Tatty Devine Macmillan pin badge I appropriated from my Mum seemed a jolly choice for this bold-checked shirt.

 Finally, no Cath Kidston dinosaur dress is complete without petite flying fox necklace and Stegosaurus felted brooch.  This brooch was actually a finger puppet I crudely sewed a broochback to when I bought it a few years ago!


Do you spy any favourites here?
Have any brooches been gracing your lapels?
xx

Friday, April 27, 2018

The evil of polystyrene

CBC had to go to school for a musical rehearsal during the holiday and I got a lift with him to his school and decided to walk to the seafront  and the pier from his school.  It was a mile or so to the pier and by the time I reached the pier, I was really hungry.  I really wanted some takeaway chips as I wanted to walk and eat on the go to get the full seaside experience.

As you may have realised, I have been really trying hard with the whole refusing plastic and reusing rather than taking anything, as you may have read in this post.  The top item on my "NO!" hitlist is polystyrene.  I will choose not to buy something from somewhere and go without rather than take it. It is notoriously difficult to recycle it and the majority of people, even if it WAS easy to recycle, use it when they are eating takeaways (chips, kebabs, burgers...) or hot drink cups and will NOT make the effort to keep it or recycle it- they just chuck it in the bin. It may be different in your area but unfortunately, the average person where I live absolutely doesn't give a stuff about recycling and just wants to chuck their polystyrene box away asap.
Well, as I was walking along the esplanade, I just seemed to see reams and reams of people eating takeaways from polystyrene trays, cones or cups which made me mutter in a rather Mad Lady way about polystyrene.  I went into about 5 fish and chip shops to ask what they served their takeaway chips and all said that they served it in polystyrene trays.  I shook my head sadly and walked away as they said that, noticed a family of 6 chucking their polystyrene trays into the bin.

Finally, in one place, she said that they serve it in polystyrene with a piece of paper round it and I asked if I could please craft my own cone out of the paper instead of taking a cone.  She said that that was fine.  I used to work in a chip shop as a teenager and we served our takeaway chips in cones that we made out of folded paper.  She gave me the paper and it transpired that I hadn't forgotten how to make the cone.  I handed it back and it functioned perfectly well as a cone.  I had a little plastic bag in my handbag that I had kept in there to be useful and I just put this as the bottom to soft it from leaking. It was fine.  Oh, and as a side-note, I shunned the plastic forks and instead used the wooden chipfork that lives in my handbag (and has been reused a few times) 
I honestly believe that polystyrene trays and takeaway containers should be banned. Let's be honest- they NEVER end up in the recycling. Paper/card alternatives should and CAN be found.  In Hexham last week, CBC and I were on the go and felt a little peckish and yet again, not expecting this, I didn't have my silicone collapsible container with me (which I ALWAYS carry if I know I am going to buy food on the go).   We went into the chip shop in the square in Beaumont street in Hexham I asked how they served their takeaway chips and they said the evil P word.  I asked if they had an eco-friendly alternative and typically, it being Hexham, they did- they had some Eco-containers (thick card) but we had to pay 30p for it.  We chose to do that because we didn't want the Polystyrene, but it proves there IS a solution!

Will you join me and REFUSE Polystyrene. I may start a petition at 38 Degrees to ban the use of Polystyrene in takeaway containers because I do think it is is awful!

On the same subject, there is a petition to try to get Walkers to use Recyclable crisp packets! I would love you to sign it also! I love crisps and feel awful that I am contributing to packaging so bad for the environment!

x



Thursday, April 26, 2018

Boats and rainbows

Sometimes I put together an outfit that makes me really happy!!! It usually involves a dress with a novelty print and this one is no exception!  I picked up this cute boat print dress, originally from Louche at Joy in the charity shop last week.  It is 100% cotton and has pockets! Thus, it was a no brainer for £4 to buy it!

I immediately wore it the next day.  The bird cardigan which came from TK Maxx a few years ago seemed the perfect addition, along with a Poundland red bow belt, Clarks Brogues (men's) and some rainbow earrings!  These were what I bought with my birthday money from my Godmother.

Here's a little view of my garden. You can see the Summerhouse and there is a railway line behind the bamboo, lots of brambles and the fence!

Wishing you good health and sunshine today!
xxx

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

A motley collection (of random things I just want to write) #1

Sometimes, I want to just write some small anecdotes just to remember them, to document a feeling, a moment, a thought, an experience or just randomly write something but they don't merit an entire blog post, so I thought I'd just assemble them together into a motley collection. Feel free to read, be disgusted or entranced or whatever takes your fancy. I've added to them over the past 3 days so the chronology may be a bit confusing, having written them as they occurred. Ignore the todays if it appears I am conflicting myself and instead insert, "The other day" to substitute.

- I am a bit lazy and blaze about washing up and reusing mugs. If a tea mug has been left, I am perfectly happy to use it a day later if it has avoided being washing up. But perhaps I took that a bit far tonight. I used my mug for a fresh cup of tea or three. Then I put the broccoli water in it to drink (we like doing that). I just went to grab the mug to make my cocoa and noticed a bit of broccoli floating in it. Hmmm, maybe I need to be a bit more aware!

- I have a cold. I can pinpoint EXACTLY who is responsible! I've mentioned my talented boy in Year 6 who I give an individual recorder lesson to on Friday lunchtimes because he is talented, hardworking and nice.  He was coughing quite a bit and I asked if he had a cold which he confirmed was true. I always help him pull the treble recorder apart as he has a bit of trouble with it.  Friday night, my throat started to get sore. Saturday I am bunged up, Sunday I am snotty.  All weekend I am telling CBC, "WAIT till I see R on Monday!"  I saw R today. I uttered the words,"I have a cold!" in the most accusatory tone I can muster up. R looks dismayed and highly sheepish. HE knows!

- More on my disgusting credentials:  I noticed a lunch bag in the fridge at school that is mine. I realised that it has been in there since before the holiday. Inside it were three very grey-furry rabbit looking miniature cucumbers- yep, they had developed a grey fur coat and a white bobtail!

- Strange looks from the passengers on the train at my large plastic bag seemingly full of rubbish. Luckily, I seem to care less what people think as I grow older!Yes, I carried home all the recycling from the staffroom. Was it difficult? No.  Why can't people take their own!

-LOVING the chives growing in my garden! Had the most chivy Omelette for dinner- oodles of cheddar cheese accompanied by broccoli, asparagus, courgette and tomatoes. mmm!

- Fancied some nice chocolate and remembered that Bev had sent me a delicious bar of Swiss chocolate along with the Chalet school book she sent me! Perfect!

- Enjoying the Maisie Dobbs book that Lisa sent me through the post!

- Now enjoying the very first Chalet school book which I could SWEAR I'd read before but feel like I just HAVEN'T!



- SUCH a cute moment yesterday.  So, in our school playground, we have two beautiful Cherry Blossom trees.  I was walking through the playground and met the caretaker. He said to me, "Have you got a song about Cherry Blossoms you could teach the children?".  He commented that it was just so beautiful and they should do something special connected to it.  I do indeed have such a song- the lovely traditional Japanese song, Sakura.  So, for Singing Assembly in KS1 an hour later, I searched out the music and found a lovely Youtube video with beautiful blossoms and accompanied by a Japanese Koto and we learnt it.   Then, yesterday, a day later, at playtime, I walked through the playground to see multitude of young children under the Cherry Blossom with their hands out stretched catching the delicate pink petals as they fell like confetti and screaming in wonder and awe.  The cutest was one child who stood there, saying, in an awestruck voice, "Sakura, Sakura!" over and over again. Oh what a joy to see that the lesson you have taught has stuck in such a way.  Makes a lovely contrast to the class who blankly stared at me when I asked them what our topic in music has been this last 7 weeks!

- Still snotty, still absolutely sick of blowing my nose! It is very red and raw.   Neither CBC or I want to cook- we seem to be playing a game of brinkmanship with the cooking tonight. I just can't be bothered. Doesn't help that there's washing up to do!

- I shut the top of my finger in the door at school today. We have a loo in my building which is a single disabled room with a  bolt lock right at the top to stop kids using it. I was very, very late to school today and in my hurry to leave the loo, didn't just where to put my hand and slammed the door with my hand ready to shoot the bolt. Swore very loudly, luckily not heard by children and went in search of peas. It transpired that the colleague, whose class I was covering, had banged his head in a similar hurried fashion!

Any anecdotes to share here that don't merit an entire post but you want to share?  Leave a comment below and let me know if you want it included if I do another one of these posts- might be quite funny to have a communal collection of life anecdotes!
xx

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

TARDIS Tuesday- Donna Noble in the Fires of Pompeii

Hello there!

Greetings on this fine day.   Today's TARDIS Tuesday is a departure for me from the usual characters I have dressed up as! I THINK this may be a first attempt at a Donna Noble.  This character was played by the wonderful Catherine Tate and she was brilliant companion who should have been in the series longer than just one series!

The outfit I chose as my inspiration was her Roman outfit from The Fires of Pompeii in which the Doctor and Donna turn up in Pompeii on, yes, you've guessed it, Volcano day!  Interestingly enough, the future companion, Amy Pond-actress Karen Gillan AND 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi both featured in this episode.  It was a beautiful emotional and interesting story, well worth a watch for the excellent acting from Catherine Tate.

I've thought about this outfit for ages and thought, "Oh yes, I could do a version of that!" for years. This episode aired 10 years ago almost to the day!
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Image borrowed from This Pinterest but ultimately belongs to the BBC
Here it is:  Long purple dress with gold braiding, golden Roman gladiator sandals, golden strand earrings and a metallic bauble necklace and a gold bracelet.

At the end of a hot day, I contemplated my possible choices for TARDIS Tuesday and this one seemed to be one of the more Summer-appropriate choices that didn't involve endless searching for items or items that I didn't really have something appropriate to match...or so I thought...

And here I am/
This handmade, vintage dress was charity-shopped in 2014 and worn on this blog here.  I was thinner then and didn't have to hold my hands over my stomach to disguise a pot-belly!

 Doesn't it have a lovely back to it!
 The dress was easy to locate- finding the appropriate items proved more problematic. The earrings were in the LAST box I looked in! I'd all but given up on the sandals until I had a brave wave that all my summer shoes were in an old suitcase!
The sandals And the earrings were both purchased from Primark around about 7 years ago when I played the part of Luciana in The Boys from Syracuse at Music Camp and needed some Grecian accessories- they have been subsequently used everytime I needed to dress up Greek!
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Image belongs to the BBC and is taken from their website.

You can see that Donna is sporting a small metallic bauble and you can see the gold detail on the bodice.
I used a gold glittery belt tied high up to emulate the gold braiding and the necklace I achieved by using a small green metallic bauble earring I was given as a present and threading a chain through the loop! If you look close, you can see an earring back attached to it!
Look for the fish hook!

This is a costume that I could wear for World Book Day if I wanted to emulate a Roman character I am sure so it is very versatile and nothing new was purchased for it! I do like, as a teacher who has to dress up, to keep items like this in my wardrobe, even if I don't wear them very often!

What do you think?

Have a little watch of this extract from the episode!


Love Kezzie x

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Making friends

I don't know about you but I find it increasingly harder to make, sustain and begin new friendships. It was so easy as a child- you would just bounce up to each other, introduce yourself and a friendship began.  If you didn't really want to talk or be friends, you just didn't end up playing together so much.
Now as an adult, I find that I seem to have significantly fewer friends, especially since they've moved away or had children.  When I meet someone, lives are so much more busy and complicated, that socialising seems very difficult- we are too busy, they have kids that either sick or need to be at ballet, in bed, or they don't respond to messages.

As an adult, when meeting someone new, I  worry about whether someone genuinely wants to be my friend or not or is just being polite in the situation of talking to me.

When I joined my church, All Saints in 2004, it was beautifully easy, I got to know people and I naturally had a group of lovely church friends who I socialised with- various ages.
 When CBC and I got married and moved, I kept in touch with various friends from there, one I still meet up with for dinner near work but generally, people haven't stayed in touch so much.
When I moved to my next church, it seemed a bit harder to socialise- I met people but somehow didn't make the type or friendships that made it easy to meet up- I think this has a lot to do with my not joining a home group or going to too many events- CBC,not being a churchgoer, made it harder to join in with lots of things, he'd always moan if I wanted to go to many church events and thus, I somehow didn't get involved in so much, made harder when we moved to the next town away.  Somehow, as well, I didn't get that instant connection I did with many people like I did at my old church.

I think the only friend I've really made in the last year or so is L from my flute quartet and we never seem to be able to see her, she's so busy with piano tunings and other things which is sad as I'd really like CBC and I to get to know her and her lovely husband.

We went to a wedding a few weeks ago and at dinner, I ended up seated next to the Step-sister by marriage of the groom.  She was absolutely lovely and we seemed to get on so well and seemed to have lots in common-she is a print designer for well-known children's clothing company and we just clicked and when I talked to her, I didn't have that usual 'wedding talk' exhaustion of trying to make small talk, NOR that sense of worry that I was boring her or that she didn't want to talk to me.  Whether this is because she is a lovely person (which seemed to be the case) or because she genuinely liked me or got on with me, it was really nice.
I said to CBC later that I really liked her and thought she was nice, and he then proceeded to tease me about it.  Somehow, after dinner, when it came to swing-dancing and changing the venue rooms, after a swing dance taster class, I didn't end up speaking to her again, not least because we ended up chatting to and dancing with our other friends from music camp.  I really regretted it because I really did want to talk to her again and again that adult awkwardness of, can I say to someone, it would be lovely to stay in touch, let's swap numbers (not least because she really liked the sound of learning Balinese gamelan). Somehow, I didn't pluck up the courage to ask!

The next day, we drove to Shaftesbury to have an explore and as we were taking photos on the famous Gold Hill from the Hovis Advert, I saw the groom's Stepbrother and girlfriend walk past and then the aforementioned stepsister was there! I think I exclaimed her name in delight!  We ended up chatting to the family and walking up the hill. At which point, they went into the museum.  She was walking behind slower and said, that she thought they were going in there and said goodbye and again I failed to say anything.  CBC teased me mercilessly as we walked on saying, "But x, come with us!!" and said that it seemed like she didn't want to go into the museum.

It's hard though, because it is awkward saying to someone, essentially, "Do you want to be friends?" and it is awkward for them if they don't want to!

I hoped that moving house, I would find a lovely church where there would be lots of  people my age I could make friends with, but the town we were planning to move to didn't work out and I am yet to find a church to go to in this town.  I need to make a bit more effort to do this, but I always find it nerve-wracking going to a new place alone. I did go to the Anglican church in town but I didn't find it to be a place that I really wanted to go and be a member of , there were about 20 people which feels awful, but it didn't feel right.

How do you feel about making friends as an adult?  Particularly anyone who doesn't have offspring?

xxx

Monday, April 16, 2018

TARDIS Tuesday- Clara from the Snowmen

Howdy Folks! It is almost TARDIS Tuesday- I should really be in bed but I have orchestra tomorrow night so there is no way I will be writing this post at 12.30am when I get home!
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Image borrowed from Clara Cosplay live Journal and the girls who time forgot weebly
Today's Doctor-Who inspired outfit is from my old favourite Clara Oswald.  It is an outfit that appears right at the end of her very second episode of Doctor Who, before she was the regular companion.  All through the episode, the Doctor is adventuring alongside the Victorian barmaid and governess version of Clara.  Unfortunately, she plunges to her death at the hands of an ice-governess.  But meanwhile, back in modern-day England, this version of Clara is looking in a graveyard wearing this outfit. Not going to lie- this outfit is right up my street. Polka dots- check! Shorts that aren't too short- check! Satchel- check! 

My version is entirely charity-shopped alternatives.
I made a bit of a mistake with which side I put my hair and satchel and because of the belt, I pulled up the shorts way too high giving a rather unattractive case of camel-toe! They are much better without the belt, worn at the proper height!
The blouse is from Whistles but cost me £4 in the charity shop and is 100% silk. Interestingly, the brand is the same as the shorts! The shorts were £1.99 from the charity shop and the satchel was £2 from the charity shop. The belt was one of my Mum's.
It was actually the perfect outfit for Saturday which was gloriously warm compared to what it has been but not quite hot enough for a strappy top! It felt very nice to not be wearing tights or leggings!

So, not bad for £7.99 for the whole outfit- sans shoes of course!

What do you think?

xx

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Recent Doings:

My top blogger to steal ideas from is Bev at Confuzzledom!  She has some brilliant ideas, either conceived by her or others. If you don't read Bev's blog already, go and say hi and stick around! She's very cool and I've met her in real life and she's lovely!

So, I'm stealing her recent doings post idea and slightly adapting it to me (because I don't do cross-stitching and do other things instead!).





Eating: All the food!  Today, I ate THE most exquisite Pain au Chocolat from Milanese, Italian bakery in Soho for breakfast and then a sort of olive, tomatoey bread thing for breakfast! And then a free-Lasagne in Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho.  And last night, Chinese takeaway at our friend  Nath's house- I had my favourites: Salt and Pepper King Prawns and Singapore Vermicelli, having eaten fruit for breakfast and a left-over Foccacia and a bag of bacon crisps for lunch!  On Friday, I ate a delicious Scrambled Egg and Pancetta breakfast at Stop the World Cafe and then ate Delia's Thai Salmon in Filo pasty at my Dad and Step Mum's house.  This dish is delicious- I requested it as my first meal post-living in Bali when I was 22!  Too much eating out this week!

Drinking:  A watermelon chill at Pizza Express, Earl Grey tea in my Thermos and a Earl grey in Gail Bakery after our gig!

Reading at the cafe
Reading:  Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell. This was her debut Whodunnit in the Golden age of Crime and it was weird I found it as I recently bought a much later novel in her series of 66 featuring Psychoanalyst amateur sleuth, Mrs Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley and looked at the list and wanted to read more! Two days later, I found her Debut in the charity shop!  Also read The Hunger Games before that and the aforementioned Gladys Mitchell book, Murder in the Snow.

Watching: The Sarah Jane Adventures on DVD and the Crystal Maze on Channel 4! I love that it is back on!

Celebrating:
The wedding of our music camp friends last week (mentioned in Peacock post), celebrating the sun on Friday and a successful gig today!

Making: Numerous cups of tea.  Sadly, not done ANY making this holiday and I was planning to!

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Playing: played my viola in a gig with a Jazz ensemble, Cold Light Ensemble at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho today! Very cool to play in this venue that we recently saw the brilliant Joey Alexander play at!
Also played my flute with my quartet on Tuesday.




Buying: Hmmmm, many things! 2 dresses and a top this week.  Also 2 dresses last week in Northumberland.  And a Clara skirt from a French girl on Vinted! All charity shop except the pink dress. And about 20 books in charity shops and some in Forum Books in Northumberland. Luckily, many of the books were presents for my sister. But still.

Booking: Not really anything...yet!

Burning: Nothing.  I'm terrible at actually remembering to burn candles.  I quite fancy burning some Eucalyptus oil in our bedroom though as I love the smell!

Seeing: Went to see the Bernstein ballet at the Royal Opera house! We got a smile in our brilliant seats from Prima Ballerina, Lauren Cuthbertson!
Also seeing cars!

Hearing: Music I have been playing!

Exercising: 20 miles cycling yesterday- my muscles feel it today!  Also went to the Grand Celidh club on Wednesday night with my friend Anne. Amazingly good fun and only 6 mins on the train from my local station!!!!

Moaning: about cycling downhill without the brakes on. Cannot do it and CBC gets very cross with me over my fear!

What have you been up to recently?

x





Thursday, April 12, 2018

Peacocks

Last weekend, we went to a wedding at a wonderful place near Blandford in Salisbury called The Larmer Tree Gardens.  They were a wonderful place to hold a wedding, beautiful gardens and a myriad peacocks! 

When we first arrived, I saw several wandering around and one even came up and stared into the building where the ceremony took place.  I wondered if we would get to see one displaying or would they all be shy?

I needn't have worried- there were at least two males who honestly fulfilled the stereotype of a flaunting peacock!

 The embarrassing thing is that I have more photos of peacocks than of the Bride and Groom!
 The Peahens seemed completely nonplussed by the flamboyant show put on my those males.
 I think the Peahens are really pretty.
 The sound track to the wedding was that hilarious 'Meee-oww!' of the peacocks
 A couple of times I imitated this cry and was rewarded with a most confused glance from the nearest bird!

 My wedding outfit was actually a Peacocky green


 It was interesting, given that the peacocks kept doing a strange rotational dance, that we got to examine the back of the peacock which was hilarious and an interesting lesson in construction!  He seemed to do a hilarious, wiggly, "Look at my irresistibly fluffy behind!" gesture all the time!
 Look at that!  What a beautiful bird!


I did take a video of the peacock rotating because I found it very funny! Unfortunately it was a sideways one so you'll have to put your head on one side to see it!



Have you encountered peacocks upclose before and were they as posturing as this set?

xx

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

TARDIS Tuesday- Clara the Caretaker

Hello there!

Hope you are well!
I've had a lovely day involving my Flute quartet who met with for quartets, lunch and charity-shopping, then I headed off to a rehearsal for our Jazz gig on Sunday ( At Jazz @ Pizza Express on Dean Street in Soho at lunchtime- Cold Light Strings- if you are London-based, come along!) and then had a Thai meal out!

TARDIS Tuesday is a rather messy, last minute one today. It's one I've done before and better, but I wanted to wear this dress out for our visit to the Royal Opera House for the Berstein Centenary Ballet triple bill which our conductor from our orchestra was conducting last night.


It's an outfit that Clara appeared in for the Series Promo and also in 2 episodes and is a pretty patterned Topshop dress.Here is Clara in it:
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Image borrowed from Worn on TV but belongs to the BBC
And here am I at the Royal Opera House- I, alas, forgot my camera so I was reliant on CBC's willingness to take a photo!

LOOK at the wonderful seats we had! We were in the Director's Box and we could see right into the pit and ogle the orchestra and see the dancers really close. We had a blind spot if the dancers were upstage on the left but otherwise, they were amazing seats!

I hope to have a slightly more polished TARDIS Tuesday for you next time!

What do you think?
x