It's a simple outfit - the sweater, which I am lucky enough to own the Screen Accurate version, is comfy and fits me well. I wore my black ASOS trousers and my Ash Bowie trainers plus my charity-shopped leather jacket.
Confession- I didn't wear that jacket for church- I wore my Barbour jacket instead as it was warmer!
I have a funny story.
Yesterday, the door went and it was my neighbour Martyn. He his opening comment was, "I'm going to pick up some Alpaca poo tomorrow...would you like me to get some also?"
I laughed a lot! This morning (Sunday, when I wrote this), I heard the intercom on my door go and I pressed the button and said, "Hello, Martyn, have you got poo for me??!?"
Luckily, when I opened the door, it WAS Martyn- would have been really embarrassing if it had been anyone else!?!?!
I spread it over my raised bed along with some top soil and I'd already put a load of raked leaves on there too. I need some more topsoil.
We've got this massive palm tree in the garden and it's getting to be a bit of a problem. I was cutting it back this afternoon and it's got these massive spikes and one of them is caught in my middle finger knuckle- I can't get it out!
I bought some cornflour from the refill shop and we used it for the first time to crisp up some tofu- may need to figure out how to give it a bit more flavour but it was was ok for a first try!
xx
Hello there!
I hope you are well!
This week, I am featuring an outfit I have worn twice here for TARDIS Tuesday, the last appearance being November 2022, I really like this outfit and it is practical for the weather!
It is worn by Yasmin Khan in Series 11.
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The outfit features a red puffer jacket by Barbour (the Jurby), a sweatshirt by Maison Scotch, some burgundy flatform boots from Dune (Pacey) and some skinny blue jeans.
Occasion worn: for church on Sunday. I woke up and discovered it was pouring with rain so I simply added my Seasalt Janome raincoat over the top to keep me dry. It was a good call as I was cosy in my down but dry! Jeans are not the nicest garment to wear in the rain though. Apart from that, I was lovely and warm at church. Also helps that I was sat with a radiator directly behind me. Not so good- near the door. Good- lovely warm cup of tea. Not good- I was 30mins late! Good- I still went. Not good- poor friend Jenny fell into a pond on her way to church. I hope and pray she is ok!
Embarrassingly, after church, I cycled straight to the station to buy my train ticket and discovered the ticket office was shut. "Noooo!" I wailed outloud to the window "Why are you closed??! Are you closed all day or is this just a temporary closure!" At that moment, the roller blind was raised and there was a ticket sales operator. Awkward to be caught talking to a window!!! Ah well, I got my ticket so I don't have to contend with all the returning to school/work ticket renewals tomorrow morning when trying to get up in the dark will be arduous enough! I am deeply thankful for this small win!
Am trying to use up some items in our cupboards to make sure we have room. This will include food or toiletries. Trying to ensure we have fewer duplicate items if possible! If C could do this with honey or chutney, I would be grateful! Waaaaaaaaay too much chutney and honey and jams in the cupboard!
Today- used up 2 tiny jars of strawberry jams so these will clear a little space. Will try to report on things as I use them up!
What do you think of this outfit? I've decided I am going to wear this down jacket under the raincoat all week- hopefully will keep me cosy during my cold commute!!!
xx
For TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd share an outfit I thought I'd shared back in February or January. I didn't realise I hadn't!
A nice girl called Rachel Millar contacted me on Insta to ask about the ID of a blouse I had found for Yaz Khan and asked me if I would like to know some of her IDs. I naturally accepted and she told me about this blouse which featured in Resolution, Jodie Whittaker's Doctor's first New year special.
I wore it for the first time in Jan or Feb and naturally thought I'd posted a picture. But I can't find one! So apparently I didn't!
Fast forward to Sunday and another insta friend posted her ID of this blouse and I said I knew it and I'd worn it! But couldn't find it!
So I thought I would! Sadly, having just had my hair cut, my hair is not very Yaz Khan friendly.
Hello there!
It's been 3.5 years since I shared this cosplay inspiration on the blog! I've worn the items in many other outfits and together but it's the first time I've posted it for a while. Last worn here.
The inspiration is the outfit worn by Yasmin Khan in her introduction images as companion to the 13th Doctor
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She wears a starry navy sweatshirt from Maison Scotch, black trousers, a denim jacket, black and pink socks and space buns in her hair!
And here's moi!
Couldn't resist recreating the photo since my sofa and cushion are a good match! My hair was in desperate need of a wash in this photo. I usually wash it on Saturday morning but I was doing cleaning so I waited and then I woke too late to do on Sunday morning and then spent too long cleaning to have time to do it.
CBC told me I was mad to do so much cleaning but I'm fed up of the house being dirty and feeling like a pig sty so it felt good to get it done. I was watching Jon Pertwee's Doctor Who whilst I did various cleaning jobs and/or listening to vocal recordings in prep for an upcoming recording we are doing next weekend of my A'level Music teacher's Christmas cantatas.
Notice, the serendipitous socks I chose to wear- oh look, they match hers!!! Good thing you can't see the large hole in the heel! Maybe this pair had better make their way to school to join the myriad socks I gave to the lunchtime provision staff to use for some sort of sock puppet craft! Oh yes, I will find a use for anything I can!
Hope all is well with you!
xx
Good evening! Greetings from a very tired me on the penultimate day of term. I needed a quick outfit for TARDIS Tuesday and I realised I had the perfect outfit which could be interpreted as Christmas jumper outfit...sort of!
I last wore this outfit on the blog in November 2020 (and first in January 2020)- I have worn this outfit outside of the blog but not shared online. It was worn by Yasmin Khan in her second episode, The Ghost Monument.
It's a standard Yasmkin Khan outfit- leather jacket, jumper, jeans and trainers. Her jumper is from Mint Velvet and her jacket from All Saints.
Had a really funny thing happen today. We had an online Zoom assembly which I had to have with my year 1 class last lesson. At the end, everyone left and I hadn't managed to press the Leave button. Suddenly, our teacher said, "Hello, are you still here? Shall I continue my story?".
He then proceeded to tell us a story about a little boy in his house who tries porridge and chairs and gets visited by Red Riding Hood, a Wolf, 3 pigs. Just as it got exciting, he had to go.
It was so surreal and funny and I have no idea why it happened but it was brilliant!
CBC's carol service went really well last night! I was super proud of him!
xxx
Greetings Ma Dears!
Hope you are well! Have a choccie whilst you get comfortable!
Hmmm, today went quite well at school. The Year 3 class who were the last year's 'Most difficult class' have actually started to become the best class in that year. For reasons which I won't state here, there's been changes in the class which has made all the difference and I am thankful. Teaching them has really improved and actually, they are doing really well! My other 3 classes and drumming were also quite good and we got through all we needed to! After that, I met with our Speaking and Listening lead to look at applications for our school musical of Treasure Island which we will be beginning after Christmas. We had 101 applications in the 4 days we gave them to return the forms. Now is the difficult part of choosing! And then the process of planning the rehearsal schedule!
We had a really nice weekend. Sunday, after church, I came home to find CBC trying to get his new projector working. Ended up watching an entire series called Dash and Lily on Netflix as well as Death in Paradise and doing marking. It was all very cosy!
For TARDIS Tuesday I am featuring a look from the finale of Series 11 of Doctor Who Ranskoor Av Kolos which I last featured in March 2021 which was just after we went back to school after lockdown
Image borrowed from:
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tv/doctor-who-the-battle-of-ranskoor-av-kolos/
As you can see, Yaz wears a simple look. A green sweater under her All Saints brown/burgundy leather jacket, her Alex Monroe Posy Loop necklace, black trousers and, I think, her Dune boots.
Well, let's have a look at mine:
Well, for a start, I think taking outside photos has already improved this post from last time's inside picture.
I started with a sweater. I DID, once upon a time, see a post that showed where the original sweater came from but I cannot remember as it was taken down not long after I saw it. I am guessing, that this may be the screen accurate sweater as she wore a Whistles Annie sparkle sweater in another episode in aubergine and there is a green version too. To me, seeing them side by side, I think I am right about this. What do you think?
Say a Hello to my familiar ASOS black trousers and my River Island brown leather jacket. They are frequent inhabitants of this blog!
Hello there visitors,
I hope you are well!
For TARDIS Tuesday this week, I have something new to share! This is always exciting!
I have @_rachelmmillar on Instagram to thank for this one. She contacted me to ask about a Yasmin Khan item I had identified and then kindly told me about some items she had identified herself.
But what was that?
We had an absolutely lovely weekend. Saturday morning (and early afternoon) was spent frantically cleaning and tidying the house. I had invited CBC's brother to come and stay for the weekend as we hadn't seen him for months and it was also a very good incentive to clean the house.
We picked him up and headed to an Escape room. I am happy to report that we solved it with 9minutes to spare and we all helped and felt we had taken part. It's much better with 3. When we do them with 6, I tend to miss out on a lot. We then headed to a lounge restaurant for some late-lunch Tapas and then onto a French bar/restaurant for some tea and went to watch free fireworks on the seafront, standing by the cliff railway. After this, we headed to dinner at a Thai restaurant. Back home, we drank mint tea and headed to bed.
The next morning, I was up early to go to church. This morning, the vicar was playing keyboard and it was the first time I had played flute next to him. He's a really good musician though I found it a bit harder to see the music. The service was excellent.
I headed back home and enjoyed some late breakfast with CBC and his brother T.
We then drove to the seaside to do a circular walk, enjoying some lunch in a seafront cafe/art gallery which we had all to ourselves. We then dropped CBC's brother to the station and drove home.
We both felt very positive for having spent time with T and having a tidy house so headed back home in an upbeat frame of mind.
Luckily, only one rehearsal for me this week in the evenings though CBC has persuaded me to come and play viola for a music festival performance on Friday for his school.
Hope you have a good week!
xx
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Hi there,
Greetings from a tired individual!
For TARDIS Tuesday, I am looking at an outfit I have used as inspiration 2 times already but here's my hat trick. I last considered this outfit here in April 2022, so quite recently.
It was worn by Yasmin Khan in Series 11 episode, Kerblam.
It features her ubiquitous All Saints leather jacket and black skinny jeans. She wears grey trainers (possibly Reebok) and a coral scalloped jumper by House of Frazer label, Maison De Nimes.
https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2018/11/05/doctor-who-series-11-titles-and-synopses-for-episodes-7-and-8/
Here's my most accurate rendition to date:
Whilst Yaz has not achieved the cosplay popularity of previous companions Clara and Amy, this outfit of hers, namely the jumper, has become an item which is incredibly difficult to locate.
Last time I considered this outfit, I wore alternative jumpers but I was luckily enough to find the screen accurate jumper (for £5 inc postage!) on Vinted in January. I haven't seen anyone else with the actual jumper. I also found it in a pale blue alternative colour. I like its cute scalloped hem and it fits very well.
Do you recognise 3 elements from my past few weeks of TARDIS Tuesday outfits?
The much-used ASOS black trousers
The black Ash Bowie trainers
The bargain fake leather jacket!
My choir are going to perform this Thursday. I'm quite sad that now they've had their Albert Hall experience that suddenly the commitment is gone and lots 'can't make it'. I'm thankful for those and their parents who do understand commitment. It seems to be an attribute in shorter supply these days.
Hope you are having a good day!
x
Hello Campers!
I hope you are well!
I thought after a couple of weeks of Clara, it was time to pay Yaz Khan another visit. Featuring an outfit, I last wore it in February 2021, it is a fleetingly seen outfit from Revolution of the Daleks
It features a lovely floral shirt from Whistles,worn with a pink vest, black trousers and black boots together with a black leather jacket and Alex Monroe floral initials, Y and Z.
Hello there!
I sometimes wonder which season is more difficult for TARDIS Tuesday- Winter or Summer? I think probably Summer so I am glad I have some cosy Winter cosplays to wear for these posts!
The one I am sharing today is a favourite- it is Yaz Khan's first civilian outfit in her debut episode, The Woman who fell to Earth. This will be the second time I have featured it- the first time being in January 2021- the first week of online lessons!
It was the PERFECT outfit for a VERY frosty day spent at home and doing some shopping in town!
Let's look at the inspiration:
The other item I wore last time was the pink sweater- it was £4 second hand and is very soft. I don't know where her real jumper is from!
The new elements for me, this time at least, were I have obtained the other identified element- The Dune Pacey flatform brogue boots and that pair of comfy blue jeans from M&S that I mentioned obtaining a few weeks ago.
My hair was still wet in the picture- I just washed it! I realise I did my side-plait on the wrong side.
I went to town with CBC, who isn't very well, to try and buy a sweater for my sister but they didn't have it in stock. I bought lots of vegetables, a top in the Salvation Army, a couple of books and bits in the Barnardos and in Wilkos, we picked up a mini Christmas tree for £12 and a new shower Squeegie! We had a brief late lunch in a nice little tea room.
When we got home, I hung some washing, did a bit of tidying, finished off yet another recycled Christmas craft and read a little.
Did I tell you about the Instagram competition I won?
Last Christmas, I won a £50 book voucher for my favourite Northumbrian book shop. I bought children's books for school!
This year, I have won a complete set of books by Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series, which I entered to try and win for my school library! They are her own personal author copies! They are not pristine she says, but author owned! I'm excited to read the latest one which I haven't read yet!! Can't wait for them to arrive!
Hope you are well!
xx
For TARDIS Tuesday this week, I needed a cosy, comfy outfit for a cold, rainy Saturday! I knew just the one that hasn't had an appearance on here for two years.
Last featured in December 2020, I am featuring an outfit worn by Yasmin Khan in a series 11 adventure called The Tsuranga Condundrum. It was set mostly on board a space hospital ship. Yaz was dressed for being outside on a salvage planet. The 4 travellers accidentally step on a mine and get severely injured so they are picked up and taken on board a space hospital towards Tsuranga. Unfortunately, the TARDIS has been left behind and a sinister creature which eats all known matter has somehow got on board and is very hungry. It's a silly episode but quite entertaining.
Let's look at the outfit:
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Let's start from the top. I am still wearing the screen accurate Scotch and Soda sweatshirt which is lovely quality and extremely comfortable.
I acquired a burgundy down-filled puffer jacket from Barbour, second hand. It is immensely soft and comfortable. Not 100% screen accurate but gorgeous to wear!
You might notice I am actually wearing blue jeans. They are relatively skinny-ish. For me, anyway.
I have real issues with jeans and my shape. The only ones that usually work for me are more wide-legged and high-waisted. The ones I have are indigo.
However, I was in the Baptist charity shop on Saturday morning and I noticed this pair of M&S blue jeans in size 10 that had elasticated sides at the waist. They were skinnier than my usual jeans but not skinny jeans and also slightly thinner, softer material than regular jeans.
For £3, I decided to give them a go and I was really pleasantly surprised. The elastic means they fit my waist. Admittedly, they are a bit too short for for my long legs. However, I really don't care about this. Teenage Kezzie would be howling at me right now- it was the ultimate faux pas to wear jeans that were too short and I always had issues finding them long enough for my legs. Tough, little Kezzie, tough!
You can see my boots peeping out. I obtained the Screen Accurate Pacey boots in Burgundy a while back so these complete the outfit.
It's funny how bright red her coat looks in lots of the photos but how dark in others!
What do you think? Would you wear any parts of this outfit? Too boring for you?
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