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

Lemonade and daisy chain dreams

You know all this blog talk about Autumn? I'm sorry, I don't quite get it. Perhaps it was because I was away  (in the sun) and then spent most of the last week mouldering over a computer (school prep) but things have felt the same to me, I'm curiously immune to it! Sunday was gorgeously warm and sunny and I wore this ensemble to church. It was a sad day as it was the vicar's last service before moving to a new parish. He was SUCH a lovely man and I am so sorry to have missed the last 2 months of his services (I've been away that much!) but there is always the promise and hope of the new incumbent- the Lord provides!!  There's a time for everything in heaven and on earth, so there must be a time for change!


I was absolutely determined that the day would be sunny on Sunday and it was indeed, so the outfit I picked out was just fine. I actually find this lemon-yellow broderie-anglaise Topshop dress (Charity-shopped of course), quite hard to wear- I last wore it with a panama and heart-shaped sunnies in the yellow-peril post but I wanted to wear it in a different way that didn't quite it look quite so 'little girl'.

Thus, I teamed it with a Primark Daisy-print blouse tied-up, added these Clarks suede kitten-heel shoes (clothing-swap party) and then added more accessories- old Daisychain crown from Poppydaisy, daisy-earrings (?) and daisy bracelet (Tu). Finally, added my lemon necklace to play on the whole thing

To be honest, I'm not so sure I managed to stop it looking 'Little girl' but at least I achieved a different look with it.

I'm determined to get some mileage out of my beloved summer dresses so that Autumn-blogger bandwagon is passing by this house, untouched for now!!! Call back later Pal!




As you read this, I'll be back at school. I'm trying not to be blue about it, but it's just been a wonderful holiday and I am, I admit, anxious about this new school year, there just seems SO much change and despite doing lots this week, I still feel vastly unprepared! A new headteacher (a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!), lots of new teachers joining (5-6), lots having left, a new timetable (no Reception and instead- a whole day's worth (spread over the week) of random non-music lessons in year 1 and 2), trying to find the time to train the Reception and nursery staff in music and juggle sharing instruments, a WW1 concert to organise, trying to gather evidence and finally apply for Threshold (upper-pay scale), the possibility I might still be chucked out of my lovely new classroom back to my deafening rabbit hutch, having to sort out all my 6 clubs again, process letters and applications for these (a laborious process), adapt to a new national curriculum or at least silly key-skills that we follow, having to train an orchestra with mostly new beginners, the possibility of my role at school changing to a scarier one.  I will of course, adapt,survive and find the enjoyment and joy in it, but whilst it hasn't happened, I just long for the halcyon days of last year! God be with me! And you too!
xxx


Big thanks to WOMOTM for my new tripod since the old one vanished inexplicably!

William Hartnell Style inspiration

You know you read a blog and think that the person is really cool and wish you knew them in real life?!  Meet Melanie, Mel, AKA The Folly Bird, who can be found here who decided to take inspiration from the various Doctor Whos through time to inspire her outfits!  I instantly adored the sound of this idea, so asked her if I could join in- she said yes! I've been mulling it over for a while and after seeing her brilliant Pat Troughton outfit yesterday, thought I'd give it a try today. I've been a big fan of Doctor Who since I was a teenager so it's inevitable that I'd love it!  But you could probably tell that from the Dalek outfit!

I decided I wanted to try William Hartnell first (same as Melanie) as this seemed the easiest! Here's Melanie's one 

Photo borrowed from Mel at the Follybird blog

 Immediately, what is noticeable to me, as to Mel is the obvious pussy-bow blouse idea- dark jacket, generally quite sombre colours!

 William Hartnell was renowned for his Doctor's lapel-grabbing, hence the above gesture.

I went for:
French Connection Pussy bow blouse badly in need of an iron (thrifted)
Gap navy velvet jacket (thrifted)
Black cordhuroy skirt (M&S)
Black heeled shoes (eYe boutique)

It seemed quite strange wearing a jacket for school- it seemed uber smart (as staff members commented!) but as it is velvet, it was more comfortable to wear

Couldn't resist putting my cookie jar in the shot!

And a touch of sparkle in the jet-repro headband.

I hope your day was fabulous!  Mine was fine, though a little tiresome.  I put my football training into practice with year 6 this afternoon and began to prepare my drumming army for the Christmas service at school- we've doing a massive arrangement of I saw three ships come sailing in with drum procession, recorder harmony and each class having a solo!  It's fun processing around the hall whilst making a huge racket!

Tomorrow afternoon spells more fun for Year 4- we're going to be Tudor minstrels and troubadors visiting all the classrooms around the school to sing Hey Ho Nobody at home in hope that they give us money (fake Tudor coins!) and food (grapes!) whilst waving banners and scarves and playing tambours and recorders for drones! I love bringing chaos to the school!