I’ve just written a guest blog for Maddy at Home (being published late Thursday) where I say that most of the time I ignore my age. But let’s look at this in more depth. For instance, I see Helen Mirren has been interviewed in Saturday’s Guardian Weekend about life, the
I used to hang on to clothes that I didn’t wear, especially if they had been expensive to buy. ‘Oh, no, I couldn’t possibly throw that out’, I’d say, ‘as it cost x, and, you know, it would be such a waste’. I also kept clothes I didn’t particularly like,
I had written something for the blog to post while away on a week’s holiday in Suffolk, but some of the photos we’ve taken are so reminiscent of the holidays I experienced as a child I felt I had to share them with you. Yes, who remembers the 50s and
I’m always saying we should dress as we please. Because I believe that as we age we should wear what we want, and not what some young fashionista puts in an article as the thing to wear, or what the current fashion mags are saying is on trend for the
Hi everyone It’s the beginning of September and time to celebrate the wearing of hats with the lovely Judith Boyd of the Hat Attack blog posts. The hat for this month is not the grey waterproof hat that I took to Scotland and the Faroe Islands, as I never wore
Someone asked me what was in my capsule wardrobe. It started with the fact that I took far too many clothes to last year’s cruise to the Baltics; it was for 14 days and I packed loads of casual clothes, plus a different dress for practically every one of those
Hi everyone I’m back from our cruise to the Faroe Islands, which was great although I’d forgotten how noisy these ships can be (in the cabin, that is) so it was lovely to get back to dry land and some silence! Anyway, here are some pics and, at the end,
Regarding the tiny capsule wardrobe I mention in my last post. The one that I’m taking with me to the Faroe Islands. I found it really difficult to pack fewer clothes, but I think I’ve managed it. I’ve a smaller suitcase than last time, and in it are far fewer
I haven’t bought any charity shop clothes for some time. I’ve looked but kept to two of my golden rules: i) don’t drop your standards, and ii) only buy exactly what you need. And I succeeded in not saying, ‘oooh I must have that’, which is something I admit I do
Hi there I just thought I’d put these two photos up to show you we do have some good weather in the UK (!) and that I do wear the hats featured in Hat Attack! It was quite a breezy day as you can see from the brim, which is