TARDIS Tuesday - Peri Brown, Planet of fire!

Hello there!

With a week's break from TARDIS Tuesday, I am returning with a Summer favourite from Peri Brown, 80's companion!

It featured in back to back serials- Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani!

Last worn in May 2023, this will be its 4th outing on the blog!

Let's look at the outfit:

https://medium.com/doctorwhomarathon/day-316-november-12th-2021-13a9408ff41b

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-my-life-as-a-fan-part-3/

It features pink high-waisted shorts, a white/rainbowy checked shirt with white pumps and a pink bikini top.

Today's version looks much better than last time, possibly due to smiling even though the garments are identical to last time!

All the items I wore were charity-shopped over the years- pink 80's shorts, a Select rainbow pastel blouse, Rieker white pumps and then red bikini top!

 I think this is a pretty good match on this outfit and it doesn't look too costumey, unlike a lot of Peri's looks! Not quite as pink as my previous Peri outing!

Had a lovely day today (Monday) playing flute trios with my quartet (one member ill).  I reached the house of my friend via train and bus and it was an adventure getting the bus! 

Hope all is well with you!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Attack of the Cybermen

Dear All,

Thank you so much for your kind and supportive messages last week in reference to my moaning post. I really appreciate it. I felt much better the next day after some sleep! More on Treasure Island another day.

I got my hair cut on Saturday! I decided I wanted to have it cut so I randomly went into a hairdresser in town as I was there shopping and had about 10 inches chopped off.

Therefore, it was a no-brainer what I would wear for TARDIS Tuesday.  Which character has a short bob?  Well, Clara at times but the main contender is Peri Brown! And I realised there was a Peri outfit I haven't featured since August 2021! Couldn't believe it was quite so long!

It's this PANK (in the words of Sheila!) outfit of Peri's from Attack of the Cybermen

https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/peri-brown-attack-of-the-cybermen/

You can see what it features without my having to tell you so, without further ado, here's my 2024 rendition:

It features this pink top and shorts which I charity-shopped in 2021 for £6.25 in total.

The belt came with a dress I bought from Lindybop a while back and the bracelet is from Primark about 15 years ago. I wore my Rieker (charityshopped) lattice ballet pumps.

 CBC really dislikes this outfit but I really like it and find it comfy, even if pink is not my colour I've worn these two items as separates out but not out in this combination! Not sure I'd dare wear this out!

TARDIS Tuesday- Peri Brown from Attack of the Cybermen

This week for TARDIS Tuesday, we have an 80's cacophony of colour to contend with from one Miss Perpigillian or Peri Brown, companion to the equally brightly dressed 6th Doctor!

Here is a collage of images of her outfit from my friend Tamsin:

Image borrowed from:

https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/peri-brown-attack-of-the-cybermen/

And here is my attempt:

Here is my version!

I must just put a disclaimer that I didn't really have a huge intention of doing this cosplay outfit UNLESS I saw the items very cheaply from a charity shop!

And so it was that, I went into my local charity shop to have a little look after posting a parcel (of cosplay clothes to my friend in Aus) and there, on the rails was both a pink top AND shorts priced £3.00 and £3.25 respectively! And for the price of a sandwich in a standard cafe plus a donation to charity, it seemed rude not to take advantage.

I already had a turquoise belt and bracelet plus pale pink shoes (all from Primark about a decade ago) and it was a simple matter to find a pair of round earrings  (you can't actually see them) and a turquoise ribbon from a present to complete the look!

I'm not used to wearing this shade of pink but I'm very pleased with how this came out. The moment I finished taking these photos, it tipped it down with rain and I had to bring various clothes horses, covered with washing, in.

Peri wore quite a few variations on this outfit so stayed tuned for something a bit similar at some point! I can foresee a few versions of something like this at some point soon!

I completed a grant application for school today as its deadline is tomorrow and I was waiting on a part of the application from someone else.  Coupled with needing to do a bit of cleaning and waking up horrendously late, I feel I've wasted this GORGEOUS DAY inside! Typical!

What do you think?

xxx

P.S. Thank you for all your kind anniversary wishes!

Pink ladies

Is there a more lovelier sight than a tree filled to the brim with Cherry blossom?

So many childhood memories of our local area and school field are filled with memories of the Cherry blossom. Every Spring anew feels like a new miracle with the beauty of the flowers!

It was totally serendipitous that I was wearing a very pink outfit yesterday. I don't wear pink very often so this is doubly funny!

My new home is in an Avenue which is an avenue in the true sense of the word which is full of cherry trees. If you stand at the end of my road and look down it, it is a triumph to see.

 My niece came over with my Mum yesterday to help with some gardening activities- mostly involving edging the bed and wrestling with a rose bush root. She enjoyed the wide grass banks and turned cartwheels along them.

From Bluebells to pink Cherryblossoms, 

one of my favourite songs I taught at school was the traditional Japanese folk song, Sakura- Cherry blossoms.

Sakura, Sakura, ya-yo-i no so-ra wa.

Mi-wa ta-su ka-gi-ri

Ka-su-mi ka ku-mo-ka

Ni-o-i-zo i-zu ru;

I-za-ya i-zay Mi ni yu-kan

Sakura, Sakura, 

Blossoms waving everywhere

Clouds of glory fill the sky.

Mists of beauty in the air,

lovely colours floating by.

Sakura, Sakura

let all come singing

Sakura, Sakura

Blossoms waving in the breeze

Yoshina, the cheery land,

Tatsuta, the maple trees,

Karasaki, pine tree gran,

Let all come singing

(Lyrics from Make music fun.net) 

 I don't own much pink, but I'm not adverse to it, I'm just more of a blue girl!
This hat is one of my ultimate favourites out of all my hats. TK Maxx, 10 years ago.

 Yes, those are shrimp earrings. If you want to see them close or the pin badge, you'll have to return for 5 brooches later this week.

 Even my new water bottle is pink! It's made out of glass as I am going to try to avoid plastic where possible!

I hope you enjoy some beautiful blossom moments this week

xx

Easter garb and 10 reasons to be grateful

 Hello there,
Greetings from Northumberland again! Doesn't my husband look sweet in those pictures behind me! He was adorable as a kid. I would totally have liked him if he'd have been in my class!

As it was Easter Sunday, I decided a pretty dress was definitely in order- something pastel and Spring-like. I don't do pastels very often so this is a rare occurrence on this here blog! Thus I paired them with black to shield myself from the trauma of it!

 The dress is from my old favourite, Closet London. You've probably seen several of their dresses over the years on my blog (and here , here, here, here, here-blooming heck, looks like a Clara dress there!) but I only started to tag them last year! I didn't realise they were a well-known brand until last year when I started seeing other bloggers wearing them. We used to have an outlet for them in my home town and I've been buying them for a good few years- it was rather sad to discover the shop was closing down and I'd have to spend about £40-50 if I wanted to buy any more.  So much money!!! Mine were only about a 3rd of that maximum! Mind you, I own at least 10 (eek!) so that's no bad thing I won't be buying any more!

 Thus, when I bought this one, I bought it thinking, "This is one of the last times I will buy one of these!)
It seemed my Pi brooch would work with the dress- hurrah!

We've had a lovely walk today in the Cheviots and I was telling my friend who we went with, about 10 things to be grateful for and she asked what I would be grateful for today.

So here you are:

1. The joy of seeing friends and spending time with them. The joy that I have my own friends now to go and see in Hexham!

2.  A delicious picnic which J made for us!

3.  The fact that CBC drives well and did the driving up the hideous A68 road, AKA the rollercoaster! I would DIE if I had to drive up it!

4. The fact I didn't slip over at all walking.

5. For the sunshine that greeted us on the way down.

6. For the gorgeous exercise- all 12.5km of it.

7.  For a good night's sleep the night before. 

8.  To have family in such a beautiful place and to know the secret of  Northumberland

9.  For cheesy Wotsits in my packed lunch and roast chicken sarnies! 

10.  For the amazing cake and tea so cheaply at the Barrowburn tea room. I am so sad they are going to have to sell the farm and shut the tea room because they just can't make a living up there.

What are you grateful for? And what did you wear for Easter?

xxx

Pink alpacas

 It's very funny- it shouldn't work this way, but you know when you are a slightly quirky dresser OR you are a bit of a shopaholic, or you talk about clothes too much- people like to give you clothes.

I, by rights, should not be given any more clothes. I have far too many. Yet people associate you with things they get rid of. Like Vintage Vix gets people sending her things they see and they think of her and the chazzers save her the quirky stuff.
This jumper is a case in point.

 I've talked about my friend E in Petworth who I've stayed with. She's more than double my age and she's given me various vintage items she's got rid of over the last 10 years or so.
She brought this vintage alpaca jumper for me to music camp one weekend.  It's totally insanely bright and toasty as hell! It's almost 40 years old apparently and from Peru. I last wore it on the blog back in 2012, here when E gave it to me! I wore it in a bit of a mad cat lady way!

 On Sunday, I came home from church absolutely freezing and I wanted to wear something a bit warmer, so I changed into this. I was sort of inspired by an old blogging pal Lauren at Someonelikeyou here who teamed a reindeer  sweater with a black velvet mini-dress (except hers is skinny and svelte and stylish-looking!)- in my head, she wore it with a scarf (that's most of her other outfits around it) and so I thought I'd team my jumper with a mini-skirt and scarf- I wanted to wear these new fleecy leggings I'd bought as they are so cosy but I don't agree with leggings as trousers, so the skirt merely protected my modesty!  Underneath, I wore a long-sleeved green top that E had given me in about 2004!!! The skirt was a cast off from my Canadian work-colleague S who gave it to me when she moved home. Cosy socks were necessary as these were leggings and how appropriate these ones matched! Cosy or sad, pick your preferred option!
I truly was cosy and happy wearing this all Sunday. Yeh, it's not the most stylish thing ever, but maybe a little bit cute!?

 Last week, I dismantled our Christmas wreath in the garden, clipped all the foliage into the compost and laid all the artificial elements on the garden table...and forgot about them.

I noticed this poinsetta on the ground.  Picking it up and putting it into my mouth within the space of starting the 10 second timer and the click of the shutter, alla pseudo-romantic dancer, not my best move-urgh, it's been on the GROUND all week!!!

I realised that as I took the second photo!

I hope all is well with you and it all goeth well!


Outfit details:

Jumper-vintage Peruvian, gift from E
Scarf- gift from CBC
Skirt- F21 gift from S.
Boots- Clarks
Socks- gift
Hare Necklace-Wolf and Moon

Take care and stay warm and safe.

xxx

The hundred dresses

I have been participating in Style Imitating Art over the last couple of months but haven't always remembered to post about it.

This week, Jen  chose an illustration from 'The hundred dresses' by Louis Slobodkin as her inspiration. I'd love to read this book as Jen talked about it being a really good book that deals with the issue of bullying.  

I chose to use an outfit I'd worn the previous Saturday for my friend's wedding.  The background of the illustrations have a lovely sketchy pinky effect which I felt reflects the colour of my dress.
The dress was from Dorothy Perkins a couple of years ago and I discovered it went quite well with this old favourite summer hat.  I added a pearl and rose necklace from Accessorize kids and some pearl bracelets.

In between the wedding and reception, CBC and I headed to Valentines Mansion and park, the place we had our own wedding reception. It was a beautiful, hot day and the gardens were looking glorious! The lavender beds are my favourite place in the whole park.

We ate in the Gardener's cafe and then wandered the gardens.

It brought back some wonderful memories of our wedding and the happy times almost 2 years ago.



After the gardens were locked at 5pm, we went and lay on the grass outside the mansion where we saw a couple having wedding photos there!

As I tried to take photos of the Mansion, CBC kept photo-bombing with a piece of Lemon Verbena that I had plucked from the kitchen garden.



I always love coming back here to Valentines and how fitting, I was there for another wedding!

x

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

Summer fruits Bunny hop

Sometimes, a warm comforting get-up doesn't have to mean having to lose your sense of fun!
We went out into the country and I wore one of my many rabbit jumpers- this one is the most arty-- the others are more comic critters. I wonder why I favour bunnies more than other animals?

Rather resembling a summer pudding, I took inspiration from the bunny's rather fetching bowtie (bowties are cool) and added summer-pudding striped knitted tights and a raspberry organic beanie/beret that came in my stocking last year from J and a swivelling disc-necklace, a stripy silk scarf and glittery purple scarf and finally an oversized red-currant Duffle coat that my Mum bought me for Christmas some years ago. It was never my ideal duffle, being rather large for me, but actually I've grown to love it for its ability to make me feel like a child dressing up!

The day was glorious and I'll tell you a bit more about it another time. Sufficed to say, it was one of those glorious halcyon days that winter sometimes surprises you with.


CBC and I are finally getting round to actually putting together a photobook of our wedding photos (a year and a half later!) . He favoured an album but I really wanted to get one of those printed photo books.  We found a Groupon deal for a 100 page one and we're slowly assembling it.  What's your opinion on this? I often think that photo albums can get tatty over the years as the adhesive dries out but who knows what the longevity of these photo books is? Only time will tell.

Hope all is well with you.
xxx