Comfort Fox

 Sometimes, you wear something that is utterly comfy and you want to wear it perpetually. But, I do like wearing things in different ways, so it is nice to try and wear those comfy items in slightly different ways. Or wear them all together.

 When I bought this fox sweater, it was a last minute thought- I was ordering 52 red t-shirts for my WW1 choir last year and since I was paying the postage anyway, I glanced at the George at Asda range and saw this fox jumper in the sale. It is singularly the most comfy animal sweater in my collection.

Similarly, the tartan dress was a charity shop purchase I have worn on so many occasions. Very comfy. And leggings and long socks!

I wore this for my garden work on Sunday, so no where in particular but very comfy.  Oh and some sparkly hearts from Crown and Glory. Because, why not?

Do you have any really comfy items you love?

As you read this, I shall be playing viola in Handel's Messiah in Maldon.  My arms will be aching as will be jaw. But it's good for the brain I suppose!

xxx

Eurovision revisited!

Howdy! 
I am sorry for a little bit of a boring with my stream of outfitty posts- I've got 2 mammoth book catch-up posts  and the odd few holiday and excursion posts to share but I can't seem to finish them off today! So instead, I thought I'd share my Eurovision day a couple of weeks ago.  A friend always has a Eurovision party which we've enjoyed on several occasions.   He really makes an effort with flags everywhere, score cards and a feast.





I knew that since it was Eurovision, a slightly over the top outfit was the order of the day.  I'd been waiting to wear the amazing teal-sequinned skirt I found in a charity shop a while back and knew that it had to be that! Plus my Crown and Glory purple glitter hair bow.   I'd been wondering what to wear on top and I decided to take Donna at Polka Dot Pink's suggestion to team it with a breton-striped top- you know very Euro!    Of course, the visual theme this year was a building bridges sphere, so my planet Earth necklace seemed appropriate as well as some tacky Irregular Choice shoes!



Finally, I added in a navy blazer that I found with Hazel and Sophie on our charity shop outing. 



We headed off to North London.  The deal is that we all bring a dish or dishes representing a country.  We went for a sort of Euro mezze platter combining items you might find in Greece and the Balkans etc.  These plates made ALL sorts of mess in our house but were very much appreciated.

The baked fennel was really delicious and this comes from someone who HATES fennel!



Here you can see the highlights of the main courses, even before some people arrived with their dishes. Since everyone had made enough for everyone there really was far too much!  I even had a Pimms!



SO much laughter! So much banter and great fun.  Some people were really extreme in their scoring.  One of the guys had a new boyfriend who was from South America and he scored one performance 50 out of 50 and 2 for something else!  My personal favourite was Italy but I really liked our UK Electro Velvet I'm still in love with you.

CBC and I were really excited for the interval act as it was the wonderful Martin Grubinger who we'd seen live at the Lucerne Festival in 2013. It was a shame that more wasn't shown- he is an amazing performer to watch!


I am a relative newcomer to Eurovision- I only watched it for the first time in the year that Norway won with that cute violinist Alexander Rybak who sang I'm in love with a fairytale.  I think it is such fun!  Especially when you have a party with friends!  If you've not experienced Eurovision, I'd say, definitely try it out with friends and a sense of humour!

Do you like Eurovision?
xx

Hearts and flowers

I'm sorry, I really don't have anything interesting to say. I've felt a bit like that this week-hence the fact you got two outfit posts in close together and then another one. I like to keep things varied and I like posting daily but I'm not feeling the book review, craft post needs to come after Mothers Day, Blog love post doesn't feel finished, one draft still not got the other part done,  What is it? done yesterday, no particular school anecdotes; two restaurant write ups which I have no desire to finish, photos of cooking on camera can't be bothered to upload them and so on. Am I having a day of blogging ennui? Who knows!  Anyway, thus what follows from here on was a draft post which I have preceded with what seems a bit of a self-indulgent blog moan. It wasn't intentional, I just was feeling I didn't like posting ANOTHER outfit. But it's the most written post so here we go:



A while back when it was my birthday weekend, we went out to a dinner party at a friend's house. She lives in Eltham and she made an amazing feast having 3 courses and the main being a Chinese feast of at least 8 dishes (she is of Chinese origin)! I had worn my 1st Debenhams January sale purchase the day before so I decided to wear the other the next day. I had seen those coord dresses around and thought they were great but not really been wanting to shell out money for one. So, seeing one in the H by Henry Holland 70% off sale rack (with voucher in bag), I was rather chuffed. I thought it a really unusual and striking pattern and I liked the way it looked like a dress and top. What do you think of coords? I decided to add my pewter Hush Puppies shoes- these were the first high-heeled shoes I'd ever bought as an adult that looked high  after forgetting black shoes for a concert in a church (Oh look, another shoe anecdote!) and borrowed a girl's size 8 hig-heeled Aldo court shoes (I couldn't believe she shared my size!), discovering some heels WERE comfortable and hunting for some.They are decidedly comfy for heels. I tried to add my Crown and glory heart fascinator.
 

 I say tried. I seem to have an issue getting combs to stay in my hair! Or putting them in anywhere that looks right. Do I have an odd-shaped head??? This came in February's Glitterati box and whilst I love it, it's not exactly every day wear. Nor am I remotely skilled at getting it to stay in my hair. I finally got it to stay in and then went out into the wind. It refused to go back in after I'd wrestled it out of my hair. It really was windy- I thought I'd share the aborted attempts at Fascinator closeups for your amusement- it really wasn't happening was it. And then I discovered in the top right picture, that my top made a great parachute in the wind!


Thanks for your lovely kind comments and general being fabulous! You lot are the best!

xx

Cobalt lame

I will begin this lesson by saying that you MUST go over to Maricel at TARDIS Tuesday and see her amazing hand decorated shoes!!!! Irregular choice quirk meets madman timetraveller in Police box!

I missed out on TARDIS Tuesday last week due to a yearning for woollen trousers and novelty jumpers but Friday I did manage to wear what I had planned. Reverted back to non Doctor Who Companion-based Cosplay and attempted a TARDIS outfit combining this Cobalt blue midi-skirt (£4 sale in Tescos Hexham) and Crown and glory metallic Lamé  headband with Kate Middleton imitation sapphire necklace (Primark)  Decided to wear the polka dot cardie as a jumper and add my usual black tights and Clarks 2 part shoes. Something was a little lacking so added the orange star belt.


I've received the Crown and Glory Glitterati box for 2 months now. I think I'll get it for next month, for my birthday month but then cancel my subscription. I adore hair accessories, mainly as I am so useless at doing anything exciting to my hair, I rely on accessories to provide a change. I've always been a headband girl- ever since I discovered Anne Kirrin from the Famous Five was a headband girl (at least she was in the 70's TV series).
It's been fun receiving it both months, as the accessories were exciting- you saw my floral crown and glitter holly clip- this headband came in the Christmas box as did a purple sparkly bow, which I am yet to wear.


Forgive the hair- it was a long day!
This month I received some really nice items but I'm not sure how I felt about a pink marabou feather headband- not sure I can pull that one off. The other items included some cute silver glitter clips, a lilac glittery scalloped headband, a turquoise bejewelled tie-headband and the aforementioned marabou item. Something else too... However, I think it's a bit of an indulgence too far, I should be saving the money for something more noble or practical/grown-up/sensible. But just for a few months, it has been/will be nice to receive a parcel of pretty things to put into my hair!!!

Linking with the lovely Maricel of My closet catalogue for TARDIS Tuesday.


and if any of you are wearing ANYTHING cobalt, royal blue, navy etc- I don't care if you hate Doctor Who, get yourself over there and link up!!!x