Pastels in September

Yay!  The computer is working! Thankfully just a weird blip or prayer worked!  I was worried then!

Just a quick post to share an outfit I wore for a Christening last week.  The wearing of pastels is a very strange thing for me as I rarely do it! You are more likely to find me in brighter colours but the beautiful collar and the rainbow pastels and simplicity of this vintage-inspired dress from my favourite, Miss Patina won me over!  It is still for sale at Miss Patina for lots of money but someone was selling a brand new one on eBay for less than half the price of the original, and I had totally loved it so went for it!

Typically, since September had turned- everyone else was in black florals, navy florals and dark shades. I stood out rather in my lighter hues. Not to worry, I am rather used to that!

The christening was rather nice. It was a long church service with loads of liturgy and a sung Gloria and all the Mass bits like the Kyrie.  Given that the church was an old stone church and we sang traditional hymns- it was a total contrast to what I have become used to at my 1960's built, no more than an hour and a quarter, mainly modern-song church! Still, it was lovely to get back to my traditional Anglican roots.  After all, I was a choir girl from the age of 5, singing Mass and choral evensong and singing in a choir who deputised for Cathedral choirs in Cathedrals around the UK, so it is where I came from originally.

It was all rather lovely to see CBC's friend, whose child was being christened. He got together with, got married and had a baby very recently- so it is nice to see how that relationship has developed. The funny thing was, they were best friends for about 10 years and we always wondered why they had never got together!! Even more funnily, they refuse to tell us how it was that they eventually decided to get together!  I must say, I am longing to know! I do love a good relationship story!! I've never told my relationship story of how CBC and I met and got together on here and I probably never will, but I am rather glad how ours unfolded! It was, a Summer romance of the sweetest kind, and I always remember the glow of suddenly realising we liked each other.  The type of feeling, where you decide to sit on a bench talking together in a beautiful arboretum and decide to sit there during the downpour of rain because the key to not feeling miserable in the rain is having, as Alexander McCall Smith, through the eyes of Isabel Dalhousie said, "The right attitude to rain."

Hope your day is delightful.

xxx

Innocent sweet Lolita

I was recently the lucky winner of two giveaways!  One courtesy of the lovely Char and one from Intrinisically Florrie! I received both items within days of each other and thought I'd like to combine them in a post and say a huge thank you to both of them!

The lovely Char, who has a real eye for really cute, fun, quirky items and manages to team brilliant combinations of different garments together, sent me this wonderful blue clutch bag in the shape of a book- it is pale blue with a gold tassel and I adore how fun and different it is!  CBC keeps joking about it!

In Florrie's giveaway, I won something we all know I love- a hat!!!But this one is unique! designed by Florrie and created as part of the Big knit!

Florrie is the most absolutely beautiful blogger who wears Lolita outfits.  They are exquisite- a real feast for the eyes! I thought it would be fun to try and create a Kezzie interpretation of this (will be my one and only deliberate attempt at the Lolita style! I'd say it's a tenuous mix of Classic and Sweet Lolita ).  I don't know the rules exactly, they are quite strict apparently, and obviously haven't followed them too closely- but I thought I'd make a nod to Florrie's beautiful style!

I wore it to church on Sunday and got much appreciation for it! How nice to wear a petticoat in the daytime!



Coat- Topshop via Fara Charity shop, Silk pussy-bow Blouse- Warehouse via charity shop, white tights-Kush, local boutique, Irregular choice- Bed of Roses Penelope, Hat- Intrinsically Florrie giveaway, Clutch bag- DinoPrincessChar giveaway

Car print skirt- Primark, pink tulle petticoat- Asos, ruffle rose cardie - Portobello Road market, Flower ring- gift from CBC during shopping ban, Necklace- Primark, Earrings-Topshop, Ruby ring- Father via Mother, via Fiance!

"Oh, what is that I spot in the top right photo?" I hear you cry!  Yes, indeed, it is my engagement ring!  It was the engagement ring my Dad gave to my Mum when he proposed to her- I was given it as my 21st birthday present.  I have always told CBC that I didn't want him to buy me a ring- and i think I drummed the point home enough for him to relent of his sense that he should buy me one. I have never worn this ring before this time and what's the point of having it if you don't wear it!?  Plus, I like the history of it, the fact that it is a daisy shape and the fact that CBC wont have to waste money on something so small as a ring!

School is winding down for most people except me! Today, I had a practice for the Christmas service at school, with Year 3 and Year 5 music lessons either side of it- REALLY pleased with the Year 5's- honestly, so happy with them!  All of them seem to know what homophony, polyphony and antiphony are and produced a nice arrangement of a Christmas song.

Tonight, my home-group delivered the Christmas hamper gift-bags to the hostel, which was really lovely- it was so nice to meet them! We all had a warm joy inside us after it! Even the rain stopped!

I'm off to see Goodnight Mr Tom  with Year 6 in London in the afternoon after a trek to the church for our rehearsal with choir, recorders, readers and drummers!

How's you?


Can I recommend you visiting Char and Florrie in the unlikely event you've never seen their blogs?
x

Pastel me

Tammy's latest trend through the decades theme is pastels! (Go check out!)  I like pastels, I always admire outfits with them and yet I found very little of them in my wardrobe when I went to look!  I have a couple of pale pink and pale blue cardies but that's it!  I have lots of pink evening gowns and posh dresses but not clothes for on a daily basis!  Obviously, not something I generally feel confident buying!  I pulled together the following as the only real every day outfit I could make in pastels that I could get away without ironing (I don't do it!)!!

 The shirt is a White-stuff one I like a lot but don't really wear.  The skirt is a Monsoon old favourite I bought about 4 years ago and even then, it's mostly brown!

 The necklace is one of the plethora of Primark charms for a bracelet you can buy- I use them on necklaces!

I've had this belt (Primark also) for about 2 years but haven't ever worn it- it seems a bit silly- ugly utiitarian material in pink with itchy-scratchy pink flower!

Cardie is an H&M Christmas purchase!

Really not sure about the whole look but I tried!  Ask me to wear one of my pink evening gowns and I'm up for it!

On another front, I always feel so helpless when a loved one is going through difficult times and when they are depressed. All I can do is pray but wish they also had that hope to put their trust in, it means things never feel impossible or unsolvable.  I also pray for all those in teaching- it's a horrid job at times, especially those brave souls that teach in secondary schools- some/lots of Essex teenagers really upset me with their disgusting disregard for those who work so hard to try and make them have a better future. I really couldn't do what they do.  If they only knew how awful it is to be on the receiving end of their despicable disregard. Sorry to share, I just find some of their behaviour repulsive. All I can do is pray!  Pray that it will change!  Pray that we can tirelessly respond in a way that will be loving but ultimately restorative.

On another front, how's the spending ban going?  I was totally envious of Char's Car skirt today, I saw it and really wanted to buy that when I was in Primark some weeks ago! However, it is, I reiterate, a good thing!

Lovelies, tell me something wonderful/happy!