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    How do you relax on a short break?

    How do you relax on a short break?

    Hello everyone I’ve been away for 4 days taking a short break. It was great.  We had glorious weather and for two of those days we stayed in Cedar Falls Health Farm in Somerset. I’ve been going to Cedar Falls

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    Out and about in London!

    Out and about in London!

    Hi everyone And here’s hoping all of you are enjoying a great Easter weekend.  Personally, I need the time for a bit of a rest as we went up to London on Wednesday.  Wow!  Did we make up for not

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    Who remembers Laurence Corner and the fashion for military coats and jackets?

    My grandfather's mess jacket

    When I was younger I didn’t seek out charity shops – did they even exist in the 60s? If they did I never went into one. But I did wear second-hand clothing because I did frequent, what we call in

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    Grey for the autumn – why not try this excellent colour

    I packed far too many clothes for that cruise. Seriously, I could have taken fewer evening outfits, and as for my day clothes, well, the colours oscillated from that in-your-face yellow cardigan and scarf (which looked good) to pink trousers and

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    A trip to London: a style icon observed and my skin examined

    I went to London, Wednesday last, to an exhibition on the style icon and muse Isabella Blow.  Not a particularly brilliant day weather-wise.  For those of you reading the blog outside the UK, we don’t have hurricanes here – well

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    A fabulous hat

    About Me

    My name is Penny, I am 78 years old and I live in Lewes, East Sussex. My reasons for writing a fashion blog is that I have built up a great wardrobe on very little money mainly because I buy from charity shops.

    So my blog will feature the clothes I have found since I retired, and the clothes that I continue to find in my local charity shops. From time to time I will also comment on issues around women and ageing.

    Penny,
    the Frugalfashionshopper

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