Easter Joy and flowers!

Christ has died,

Christ is risen,

Christ will come again!

Easter Sunday is always so joyful! I didn't know if we were going to be back in time for me to attend my own church as we were in Hexham, which would still have been lovely,  but I was so happy to be at church!  Sadly, I didn't make it up for 5.30am for the Sunrise service but I was there for 9.15 service to worship and play my flute. It was a joyous occasion!!!! The entrance to the church had been set up with a line of knitted flowers of various kinds on sticks.

I came home to find CBC had not gone out cycling which I was sort of happy about as often he's out for a lot of Sunday. 

Went out into the garden to have a look at the new life outside.

There was blossom on all the trees, some of it older than others now.

The Forget-me-Nots were out in their full mist of glory.

The Viburnum is starting to form its snowballs- their time is so fleeting so it's lovely to capture them before their zenith.

The apple tree is covered in Blossom! I am so excited! Please give us lots of apples this year!

One of the blueberries has lots of flowers on it.

My garden is reflected in my outfit for church. I always wear something floral and a dress on Easter Sunday.  This year, I decided to wear the handmade vintage dress which I recently was given from my Godmother. I was a little bit concerned I looked  a bit too dressed up!

I wore it with my Monssoon velvet jacket and Florence blue leather boots.

The dress fits me exactly like it was tailored to my dimensions. I think I'd like it a tiny bit looser but it does fit well

I wore it with my bee necklace.

Later in the day, I changed as  I wanted to veg on the sofa.  Later, we wanted to go out for dinner and it was a bit chilly so here's what I wore then:

My vintage cardigan and striped top plus a M&S silk skirt, a beret and my blue Dr Martens!

We headed out for a Thai meal which was delicious.

xx

Friday (no) blues

Hello!

Hope you are having a lovely week.

My last two weeks have been quite successful on the whole.

School has been busy but positive.

Monday, I started Year 4 recorder club for the first time since March 2020!

Because of Covid, bubbles and then having no hall, I've not been able to do this for 4 years.  Finally, after getting sorted with school and my room and getting our hall decorated (the floor was ruined by the flooring and construction they had to do to turn it into 4 classrooms- the projector also had to be used to replace the one in the dining room which was on its last legs so it took almost a term to get it back.

I have a good number- about 24 in total including two children in year 1-2 who I would NEVER have thought would do this (will still reserve judgement on their longevity of enthusiasm and good behaviour! :-) )

The first session went quite well.  They were a bit rough and ready (and blew their recorders far too hard!) but it was nice to get started and they were super excited!

In all my year 4 lessons this week, they were learning to write out their melodies they had been composing up onto the stave.  I sold it to them as they were going to write up and 'publish' their work in a book for the class book corner (after asking one of recorder club to fetch their lovely new shiny books I had given them).  I was mostly pleasantly surprised with their work...mostly!

One lovely thing has been that some the year 6 children who seem to want to spend all their play and lunchtimes in my room asked last Wednesday if they could come and sit in my room whilst I taught year 2 (they have 45 mins of lunchbreak when year 2 come in).  I agreed as I realised they could earn their keep. We were doing group work and the 3 children brilliantly led groups with great results until they had to leave to go back to class.  They asked if they could come next week and help again.  Since I was doing group work again, but more complicated, I agreed. This week, I arranged it so they could go into lunch immediately.  6 of them turned up at my door so they all had a group each. The year 2 children ADORED having them there and the kids really loved the challenge of having to be 'teachers' for their groups.  They said it was hard work but they enjoyed it and I said to them, "Imagine what it's like doing that without any help!" and they agreed it sounded so hard! The class I had after break (without any helpers) was SO much more difficult.

They came back the next day and helped me with the final year 2 class! They loved challenging themselves and as they'd already taught the activity the previous day, they were able to hone their teaching skills.  My deputy head thought it was brilliant to allow them to do this as it was a chance for them to apply their own learning.

Did I mention that I appointed 2 orchestral managers for our school orchestra. Two very efficient girls (from the above group) wanted to be involved in orchestra but not to play.  I appointed them managers and they are superb- they act as librarians, register takers, they chase people who don't turn up, they help set up and it's so nice to have a way of involving them and giving them 'work experience'.  Today, we had an audience who wanted to come along and see what happened in orchestra!

Our local education authority are holding the first 'regional primary choir of the year competition' which is exciting as it's so nice to have a experience and trip to offer the children for the club though a bit scary!  It was the first choir of the year and I had 30 children including quite a few new ones (as well as loyal returnees). If I can just tackle the noisiness of some of the back row, it should be good!  One of my old university friends is in charge of the festival so it will be really nice to see her again!

Last Thursday was a brilliant day! I had a course at the London Symphony Orchestra's education building, St Luke's, entitled Opera in a Day.  It was enormous fun and great to see Rachel Leach again, the leader of their education programme (she ran my music training in classroom music with the LSO).  I had a lovely lunch of Paella from Whitecross Street market and afterwards I went to swim at the Ironmonger row baths. After some dinner at Wagamamas, I headed off to my Gamelan rehearsal in the city, only a short walk away. 

I had 2 orchestra rehearsals this week with an orchestra I've not played with for over a year. It was nice to be back though the music was not as thrilling as I might have hoped!

Oh, I thought I'd share an outfit from today!

I've put together quite a few pleasing outfits this week (well, new combinations I haven't tried...that worked!) and I quite liked this one.

It features:

Charity-shopped WhiteStuff shirt, 

Lovely glittery, striped skirt I bought in Antwerp or Bruges' Think Twice 3 Euro day

Very old F&F at Tescos cashmere cardie.

Navy leggings from Aldi.

Men's purple Clarks Brogue boots 

Purple Accessorize beret and Lovarzi Doctor Who fairisle scarf

Esoteric London sample sale moon earrings

ASOS purple dangly bead necklace.

I had a discussion with one of my year 6 girls at play as she wanted to know where the items of my outfit were from and she asked why I bought clothes in charity shops and I gave her the usual spiel of 

• More eco-friendly to buy used
• You get nicer clothes than you might be able to afford new
• You can look different and unique compared to everyone else
• Find your own style

She liked that so hopefully, if she had a previously negative view of buying in charity shops, she knows her favourite educational style icon buys from them, and might consider it in her future!

I have very little coat variation at the moment as my Seasalt Janelle coat is perfect for this cold weather!

Hope you are well!

xx

In the red

 Hello there!

How are you? Well, I hope!

Sometimes, when it's time for the weekend, I wonder what to wear that signifies it is the weekend as what I wear for school is often quite relaxed and what I would wear at home anyway.

Then I think, I should wear something that I might not cycle in.

Actually, to be honest, I would probably cycle in this- so that didn't work! However, I do think that the skirt, even when worn with leggings, is probably a little short.

The quality of these photos is grainy but never mind- you don't mind!

All of this outfit is old- the beret, red sweater and boots are all charity-shopped and the skirt and turtle neck were long-ago retail buys and the leggings came from Aldi!

Oh, I do remember there's something that IS new!  Do you see my TARDIS blue necklace and earrings?

They were a freebie from a LOVELY insta friend who used to/still makes acrylic jewellery. I bought a light blue swirly galaxy necklace and she sent me the other one as an extra to spread some joy and because she loves my cosplays. Did I mention that, upon her suggestion, I cosplayed her toddler this Summer too! Apparently, it was a highlight for her! I actually love this one better than the one I purchased!

CBC and I had a lovely Saturday afternoon.  I'm really not sleeping well at the moment. I awake really early with my mind buzzing and thinking about all sorts of things (often school related) and I just can' get back to sleep.  I got up and did all the washing up, washing, bit of tidying and hoovering. I popped out to the charity shop around the corner and picked up a parcel. We headed for a drive to Leigh on Sea where they had a pop up Christmas fair which we enjoyed and bought a couple of presents.  We also visited a few shops including the green-grocer, the charity shop (Cashmere dress!!!!) and the Refill room. The latter was very exciting as they have started to stock Shiitake crisps and Beetroot crisps!  They are delicious!!!

We headed to a Boots to return an item and went out for Italian. We shared a garlic bread and then I had Spaghetti Bolognese (yes, I know it is really Ragu).  I even had a hazelnut dessert which was pleasant though not anything memorable! Back home, we tried watching 2 movies, both of which CBC declared were awful and left me to watch them. Boo to Negative Nelly! I enjoyed them!

Church tomorrow and hopefully a good night's sleep soon!

xx

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Embroideries

On the subject of embroidery, before I get lost in my own personal waffle, do head over to Ang's blog to see the complete Postcard project that she and Kirsten have been working on for the past year! It's been really exciting seeing what they each embroidered every month, before sending back to the other for the next installment!

Here's a throwback to the first Saturday of Half Term (I think!) to an outfit that was pleasingly coordinated!

It came about because I found this cute cotton embroidered top in the charity shop that would be excellent for Summer for school. However, I was itching to wear it and I took inspiration from Vix who wears her lovely embroidered tops layered over other items. In this case, a boring but much worn cotton top from the Lidl middle aisles quite a few years ago.

I knew it would go brilliantly with my Zara velvet, embroidered trousers which I brazenly copied Anna (Anna's Island Style) by buying!

Here they are up close- worn with my Remonte teal boots- bought from Finale in Corbridge in 2021, to replace my DMs which are not waterproof anymore.

 Yaaaay, I found some more of my hats- there's a box under the stairs- Mum made this beret for me! 

The earrings are more from Lorelai LQ- these were some of her earlier pieces when she was first experimenting with reusing plastics- they are made from plastic bags and go so nicely with the colours of the top.

Hope all is well with you. Stay safe.

I had a lovely weekend with the foraging walk, church, around 3 hours of Gamelan practice by myself at home, some marking and making nettle soup as well as a little gardening!

xx

xx

Not my usual style

 Hi there!

I hope you are well.

I've unfortunately got yet another cold. It started Wednesday night with swollen tonsils and blocked sinuses.  Thursday I didn't feel well but Friday, after a good night's sleep, I felt better.  Friday night, after a gamelan rehearsal at LSO St Lukes, I went home. When I went to bed, I felt a bit snotty but during the night, it felt interminable- I couldn't sleep, I was totally bunged up and my throat was really raw so breathing through my mouth was hard. I kept drinking water and then kept needing the loo, then I kept coughing. CBC finally came to bed after conking out on the sofa, after a work meal out. I went to sleep in the spare room and settled down better in there but still had to get up a few more times and my sleep was broken. Why are the nights so long with a cold!?

Once I got up, I felt better. 

I cancelled my flute quartet session as I was obviously not wanting to share  my germs in a small room. I was relieved that one of the other flautists was also still not well so had been thinking of cancelling. We had some cake and cheese-related banter on our Whatsapp group.

CBC borrowed my Brompton to catch a train and rescue his car which he had left near the restaurant last night. I went and ripped open 155 teabags from the school 'teabag compost' and emptied the compost. I then did all the washing up from the past few days (yes, I know. Don't judge), put some washing on and put away clean washing and cleaned the kitchen worktops.

I eventually showered and dressed to head into town to pick up some supplies from the Refill shop quite late on my bike, prepared with mask.

Alas, it was closed (Google lied) so I went to have a look in the charity shop for something I was looking for. It's very spacious and was totally empty. I didn't find it but I did end up buying a suitcase! My good-sized travel bag has got holes in the bottom of it and a rip at the seam by the zip (can it be fixed?)  and I knew I'd need. It's medium-sized so it was perfect for a short trip of a few days.

I also bought a brand new pair of TurtleDove Cashmere wrist-warmers and a geography game.

I thought I'd share what I wore as it's very much different from my regular style (well, that's what everyone who has seen me wear this jacket says).

I bought this denim coat from Primark with my niece about 4 weeks ago. I had no intention of buying it or anything like this. My niece wanted to try a couple of things on when we were shopping. I decided to try this coat on to take some pictures in the changing room mirrors as it looked similar to a coat which is going to be worn by new Who companion, Ruby Sunday (who I am not going to cosplay for TT as she is just too young and hip!).  It's not my style so I thought it would be a something to try whilst she tried her things on.When I tried it on, it felt SO cosy and comfortable- it is thickly quilted. My niece really liked it and somehow egged me on into buying it.  I have not bought anything from Primark for at least 4-5 years so I felt a bit uncomfortable...

That said, I've worn it on a few weekends and everyone has commented how much they like it!

I wore it today with this striped turtle neck from RiverIsland which I bought from Lorelai LQ's jumble sale, with a cotton waistcoat from Whistles (2nd hand)

The trousers are my green Porfell corduroy trousers from Seasalt which I bought from Bury St Edmunds in October. I have worn them so much- they are the perfect Winter trouser.

The boots are from Leggero and I bought them from Finale, Corbridge in 2020. They are Goretex, totally waterproof and still going strong. Lined with Sheepskin, they are the perfect Winter cycling boot.

 I added my F&F snow-leopard print beret and have been cosy and happy all day.

I am so glad it is half-term. It's been only 5.5 weeks but the Jan-Feb half-term is usually the miserable one. It's been hard but ok.  Having had 2 Wednesdays where I wasn't in school (once at the LSO for INSET and once the teacher strike day) has made the difference.

There have been some positive lessons and some hard ones.  The Year 4's have made some good progress and I haven't dreaded their lessons as much term.  The Year 6's have been good and have produced some admirable performances.   Singing Assemblies have been positive.

I've only had a few Gamelan rehearsals and that one concert last Saturday so I haven't been too overwhelmed with rehearsals either.

I'm looking forward to some rest AND fun at half term. Just need to kick this cold away!

xxx

Vintage Style Me

Evening!

I harked back to classic Kezzie style when I returned home from Antwerp with this stripy 2Euro skirt.

I picked it up from Think Twice on their 2Euro sale day and really liked it.  From there, the outfit built.  I added leggings and my favourite black, nubuck Clarks boots which I don't wear very often as I worry about rain (and not so good for cycling).  An old Miss Selfridge top to team with it with an Icelandic vest top underneath (a present at least a decade ago from my Mum's penpal from Rekjavik).  Later, when we went out for lunch, I added an ancient Monsoon sale cardigan in royal blue and a purple Monsoon beret for warmth.

Didn't forget about jewellery.  A cute little bird brooch which was a present from Ann when we met in Antwerp (I will write about it!!!!) and then a heart necklace and cloud earrings.

It felt like quintessential me, that I've not shown for a while. My classic, blog style and that was pleasing!

I'm going to leave this post here. I was going to write about being sensitive and being sad that a nice, quiet child has chosen not to come back to choir next term after 2 terms in it  and wishing I didn't feel such a failure when kids don't continue with choir (& only 9 signed up so far for it next term when I had 22 this term)  but I'll only make myself feel sad again after watching some Death in Paradise and Bridgerton to cheer me up.

Hope you are well. xx

Tardy TARDIS Tuesday outfit- Peri from Revelation of the Daleks

Hi there,

Apologies for TARDIS Tuesday being tardy, I was out at my orchestra rehearsal last night and returned home rather late so it was BED rather than BLOG!

Today, I am choosing a Classic Who companion to dress up as (well, tenuously).  The lady below is Peri Brown who was the Fifth and Sixth Doctor's companion.  She was renowned for wearing very low cut clothing, screaming a lot and having to put up with the grumpy Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker's jibes. I liked Peri. 

Unusually, in this story, or perhaps not so unusually given the inclement weather conditions of the planet Necrox, Peri is rather covered up. She and the Doctor (in resplendent cape) both don that favoured shade of TARDIS blue.  Peri, in the form of this blue pea-coat and beret (and earrings), along with silver brooch and unmatching ski-gloves.  Interestingly enough, this is the episode in which there was a clear, glass Dalek!

Image borrowed from http://ibw.cwbuechler.com/newblog/?p=2452

And here is my rendition of it.

I wore my blue cape which CBC bought me for my birthday some years ago, along with a charity-shopped blue beret which has featured in various outfits on here before.  Plus my oven-mitt-looking sheepskin gloves.

IMage borrowed from DoctorWhoTV.com

I added this pearly silver hair-clip to resemble Peri's brooch (sort of) and I also had some blue earrings on which are not really visible in this outfit.

This is a TARDIS Tuesday I have been meaning to do for a year, possibly more and it was only this week that I finally got around to donning the appropriate apparel.  

What do you think?  Did I get it right?

Would you wear this outfit?

x

Alaskan skies

It seems an age since I have actually taken any outfit photos but I decided to yesterday as I was rather pleased with this outfit.
It all began with this beautiful skirt from Lindybop.  I realised, when I ordered it on about the 29th December (annoyingly 2 days before the 20% off bonus) that I have never ordered myself anything from Lindybop.  My three dresses from there have been presents from CBC.  I've often admired things but been remarkably restrained considering what my will power is like in a charity shop. It's taken me about 2 months to finally give in and buy this skirt- I loved it so much I gave in in the end. It features a beautiful Alaskan sky in my favourite colourscheme.

Wasn't the light beautiful in these photos!  It was such a halcyon day yesterday in the true sense of the phrase.   As I worked in the garden later on (I hasten to add, in alternative garments), I was struck with the light and gentle air.

The top is from a beautiful Vintage-inspired boutique that CBC and I found in Florence the day we got engaged.  I tried it on and he bought it for me for Christmas that year.  When I wear it, I always remember our time there.  It contains cashmere and the collar can be worn in various ways but this is my favourite one. It has only featured on the blog once about 4 years ago!

Since the Alaskan skies were starry, I decided to add these pretty diamante star pins which I purchased from a charity-shop for 45p each a few weeks ago.

Aside from tights, the final touch was this charity-shopped grey beret with charity-shopped rhinestone bow brooch (which lives upon this hat for a few years now- bought together)

Oh, and my beloved Doc Marten boots.  I wear virtually nothing else in the wet and wintery weather...

It's lovely when a set of garments makes you feel pretty. I felt that in this collection.  

Do you have any special garments from any times that draw you back to memories or other times?

Thank you again, from the bottom of my heart, for your kindness over the last few days. I realise that losing out on a house is not a great thing in the grand scheme of things and I am lucky to be able to stay in my rental house.

Hope all is well with you.

xx

Mustard and olive vibes

Hello there,

I am sorry about 3 days of outfits and brooches in a row, but really I have more important things to write-about nobler causes and also my  Cruise writeups to finish and they take me so long so I habitually put them off. Terrible really.

I thought I'd share an outfit from Saturday when we were going for more house-viewings (We put in an offer for one- was rejected) and then headed up to London (the night of the hideous grid-lock) 

I do think this is a typically autumnal look. It reminds me somewhat of the lovely Donna at Polka Dot Pink who frequently pairs mustard with a navy pattern, often being polka dots!

This week so far, aside from Monday's awful day (all was fine until after school meeting) has been quite a positive one. I've been pleased with the lessons I've taught, including the three most notoriously difficult classes.  Pre this term, I DREADED teaching Tudor Dance to one class but on the whole, they have totally got on board with it and really enjoyed it. I applied for a music scholarship for one of my pupils last year and discovered she got it which is fabulous, my choir rehearsal was deficient in about 15 pupils who are away on Residential but the 13 I had made a brilliant sound so that was positive. CBC made me dinner tonight ('tis a rare occurrence nowadays which is a shame as he is a great cook), we had a String Quintet recital today which is always a delight, I managed to get all the Nativity scripts printed, annotated and highlighted for staff and pupils and meticulously broken down parts on a big grid so feeling rather smug and organised.   So lots of good things after a gloomy start to the week.

CBC has made me consent to going to watch Spamalot with his school tomorrow which I'm a little grumpy about as teenagers make me feel awkward but hopefully the show will be good. Apparently, his non-music colleagues keep wondering why I never come to anything (er- I play in the music concerts!!!!!!) so I'm being dragged along.  Hopefully should be fine...

Outfit:

Dress: Louche at Joy (was FREE with a purchase)

Mustard Cardigan: White Stuff (Christmas gift from J and WOMOTM)

Leggings: Primark.

Teal Boots: The Doc Marten store.

Beret:  Nottinghill

Necklace: Tatty Devine

Dorothy Brooch: Goodnight Boutique on Etsy

Right, I'm off to read some Terry Pratchett and NOT eat any more Fudge!

xx

Red and Blue

Greetings! Interrupting my long stream of German holiday reminiscences for some lurid pattern-mixing! Just a quick post as I am grappling with 3 part counterpoint.  I am doing something mad this Saturday and I know it is not going to end well because the thing I am doing, you don't do with only one week to try and teach yourself all the facets in order to pass this. But I am doing it anyway. And probably going to fail. But at least I am having a go and trying to be some of not-wasteful as it were. If I don't mention it again, you can assume I've failed it.  

Of course, I am procrastinating because when something is hard, you try to avoid it.

So, better get to it or at least back to it!

Going for some TARDIS-blue happiness here with Tiger beret, Primark cardie, Tesco-skirt and charity-shopped collared top. All very bright at least very cheery!

Wish me luck!

xx

I love Northumberland

I write this after spending a week there with my family. They are CBC's family originally, of course, but now they are mine too.

When I saw Punkypins selling off this Northumberland necklace super-cheaply as it was their sample for the photos on the website, I pounced instantly. Luckily, there were no casualties as no one else had expressed an interest.

I love going up there to see our family as I've never quite had that sense of going home to somewhere, except for my year in Bali. I went to University in London and I lived at home for 2 years and only spent one year up there- I could reach home in 45mins.  For the years up until my marriage, I lived in my childhood home. My Mum had moved nearby so her home was not my home to return to as it were.  Now, my childhood home is no longer a place for me to return to as it has sold. I work in the area,

Now, Northumberland is that place for me, that I yearn to return to. I don't know it that well, but I love it.

 It is much more underpopulated than most other counties in the UK and less known but it is beautiful. There is so much glorious countryside.
It is rife with castles and Hadrian's wall of course! History is there to see.
It has red squirrels, a rare breed nowadays in the UK.
It has great fresh air and you can get to Scotland easily.
You can get there via East OR West Coast trains.

Family plays a huge part in it of course. But every time, I leave, I long to return.
Bye, bye Northumberland, I hope to come back soon.

I decided to share the necklace with hearts and flowers. Seems appropriate.

Outfit:

Beret- Primark charityshopped.

Heart sweater- Topshop via Charity shop.

Skirt - Primark,

Leggings- not sure.

Northumberland personalised necklace: Punkypins: choose your county here

Swinging in the trees-a sneaky TARDIS Tuesday on a Sunday

 I'm sorry, I try not to post too many outfit pics next to each other but I cannot seem to complete any of the myriad draft posts I have.. Nor can I seem to string any sentences particularly well together.

 So I thought I'd share an unnecessarily excessive amounts of photos of my outfit from today.  I bought this Fat Face dress in a charity shop in January and it fits me unbelievably well. Fat face size 6 seems to work for me! It has pockets too. Comfortably well.

Church on Palm Sunday today was very happy and it was very warm in the church.

 Like yesterday, I teamed it with other comfy items- these Clarks originals wedges are so comfy it is untrue- I don't wear them that often because I always worry about rain with suede.
The black cashmere cardie is an essential for cold concerts in cold churches. I did a concert in December with a choral society (like last night) where there was no heating and the wind players were right at the back by a drafty door- I stuck ALL my regular clothes under my black cardie and rued the consequences of looking like a trussed turkey and was STILL freezing. SO I bought a black cashmere cardie in the Tescos sale that very new year ready for freezing concerts.

 I posed with my Pylones watering can handbag just because it looked a bit boring but then I decided to swap my items into it anyway. I tend to stick with one of my handbags all the time and never use any other ones. Poor neglected ones. I did give away loads when I moved.

 Yes, I tried it. And scraped the skin off my hands.That bark is HARD and rough and I have zero upper body strength!

 Mwa ha ha!

 And because we all love the daft outtakes...

I can't wait till Summer!

Thank God Spring is sort of with us! I like exploring different spots in my garden. This one is quite good and it is a MIRACLE I didn't step in fox poo as I was trekking to and from the tripod as there was some directly in my path which I kept forgetting about. Every time I glanced down and re-remembered it was there, I scrutinized my soles instantly to see if I'd been careless. Luckily not.
Which is odd, since I was dog-poo girl as a child. The one who ALWAYS stepped in poo when wearing new shoes. Sigh...

After church, I spent the time putting away washing, tidying up and emptying the final boxes of books onto the shelves. There are a couple of bags dotted around which need emptying and the dining room table is a tip of miscellanea but I think I've nearly got there. The house is looking RATHER* tidy! Maybe I'm not such an Impossible girl?

Oooh and I put lots of my bigger brooches onto a Brooch board (a heart-shaped memo board picked up from Aldi for a fiver!)

We went out to dinner with our friends too which means I have left over Pizza for lunch tomorrow.

xxx

Linking to Visible Mondays with Patti.
If we were still doing TARDIS Tuesday, this would have a Doctor Who feel to it- do you agree? Or maybe the necklace is too subtle without the TARDIS blue dress?

*I say rather. By MY standards. I expect the Clutter Police would disagree!

Navy tales

 Hello there,
I hope you have had a great weekend.  I have had a lovely weekend in many ways which I am very grateful for.  I went to deputise (cover someone who was away) for part of a rehearsal of The Rite of Spring yesterday which was enormous fun. I then took myself off to Oxford Street and Spitalfields for a little birthday treat

 I did something I haven't done in absolutely ages- in Topshop, I had great fun trying on lots of things I liked. I might post about it later in the week.

 Finally, I went off to Collectif in Spitalfields. I've wanted a Sailor coat for a very long time and I've always regretted not buying the Topshop sailor coat which I saw in a second hand shop in Oxford so when I saw Roisin had bought this coat in the sale, I decided to go and have a look.

They only had a size 6 and a 12. The 6 only just fits me without a thick jumper. I ummed and ahed about whether to buy it or not as really I'd need an 8. I have plenty of coats which I've bought over the years and I didn't need it but I really did like it. In the end, I was weak and bought it (you might say not so bad until you realise I also bought 3 other things that day).

I wore it to church this morning with a thin sparkly jumper underneath and trousers and actually it was a great coat to keep on throughout church as it looked rather like a dress.  I'm really pleased with it.

Coming home later was a bit of a nightmare because of engineering works on the trains- it took me 2 hours to get home from Liverpool Street station- usually a 40 minute journey!

Coming home, I watched Doctor Who on my laptop (series 4- Catherine Tate and David Tennant) and ate yet another unhealthy dinner. So what, it was my day!

More on that another time.

Sending you best wishes,

Kezzie xx