This cruise was, for us, quite a different experience from our other cruises, mainly because it was an American cruise line. I mean, first and foremost, we felt as though we were the only Brits on the ship, which, btw,
Cruising in the north – Part 2
I’m taking a capsule wardrobe, I promise!
Hello again Did I mention that I was going on a cruise? Like last year (and even though I’m going away for 14 days) I’m taking a capsule wardrobe for daywear, sticking predominantly to blue jeans and black skinnies with
On cruises and wearing what you want no matter what your age is!
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
Bringing colour to this grey, wet & wintery month
I haven’t made any New Year resolutions yet, although I have some aims: to exercise and write more. I might tell you about these and other goals for 2015 in another post. But I just have to tell you about
It’s almost Christmas and I’m not nearly ready for it!
Hello again. I’m back after 16 days away from the blog. I’ve been incredibly busy helping my son to move, and as he’s always rented furnished flats there were two trips to Ikea to buy him some essential stuff like
The colours we wear as we age
Growing up with red(ish) hair my mother would say – ‘never wear pink, dear, not with your colouring’, ‘don’t whatever you do wear red’ and ‘blue is the colour that will suit you, dearest’. I wore that colour most of my
How to find fabulous frocks? Try a charity shop!
This is a short blog post (but sweet, I hope) as I’m busy packing for the cruise. I won’t go into the details of the actual pack, which, while it’s not exactly a military operation, is certainly one that takes
The glamour of going on a cruise – it’s all about the dressing up!
I do love a good cruise and I’m going on one in May of this year. And while that doesn’t sound particularly frugal remember I’m prudent and thrifty with clothes. Furthermore, I don’t drink, don’t even eat chocolate, so a
Frocks for all ages
There are some delicious, lip-smackingly, delectable party frocks out there. Vogue has a gallery of dresses, of which I totally want no. 3, the cerise Marc Jacobs one at an eye-watering £1710. Or what about, no. 4, the Mary Katrantzou,