I feel like I've not shared many outfits on here for a while beyond TARDIS Tuesday. There has been a reason for that. 1) The back to school gloom, b) My camera has a problem where I couldn't stick the lead in and transfer photos, had to locate my card reader, c) my laptop is dead so I am having to use CBC's and so I have had limited time to blog d) I just seem to have got out the habit and not really got around to photographing my more creative outfits.
Thus, when I made a conscious decision to dress up for the 5th November (Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes night), I thought I'd actually photograph it, even though I have to have grainy indoor shots.
Ann inspired me with her recent Stairway photoshoot so I decided to take some photos on our stairwell. It's not as delicious as the one Ann modelled on but we do like our modern stairway- hey, my Dad and Stepmum even just got theirs done the same as ours!
The outfit features one of my favourite charity-shop buys.
This Emily and Fin dress features a beautiful subtle firework display print- it's so subtle that not one person at school on the day spotted what the print was and how topical I was! I bought it from Barnardo's retail and I'd seen this very dress from Emily and Fin on www.amilliondresses.com , a blog I used to follow. Its £65 price tag put me off though, despite the fully lined, cotton, has pockets, flattering shape. I saw it on the rack in the charity shop for £9.99 or £11.99 with its £65 price tag still on! Bargain!
Today, I decided to wear it with a claret-coloured top (from Aldi a few years ago) underneath. Accessories were found in the form of a fox brooch, a purple bead necklace (a present) and some charity-shopped tortoiseshell hoop earrings.
Finally, aside from leggings and socks, I wore my new winter boots, a pair of men's burgundy leather brogue-boots from Clarks. I only went in because CBC wanted me to look at some shoes and as usual, found nothing in the women's department and found all sorts in the men's! This pair were ordered in by someone who then decided they didn't like them or want to buy them- so they just had the one pair in a size that fitted me!!! I'd been wistfully eyeing up a similar Women's pair by Carvela in Kurt Geiger at double the price after admiring my lovely 2nd Flautist from my orchestra's conker-brown pair for about a year!
Incidentally, today is the lovely-deceased WOMOTM (my Father-in-Law's) birthday. He would have been 85 today and I associate his birthday with going up to Hexham for the Hexham Fireworks display. Much missed and much loved.
xx
