Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Thursday, 29 September 2011

Autumn Outfit

Went shopping with mum yesterday as she came over for the day and saw some lovely outfits in M and S.  All out of my price range of course but I liked the casual, almost hippyish style, they had a sort of vintage washed out look which I liked.  I put this outfit together which reminded me of one of the outfits on a mannequin in M and S.  My thirft plan it to try to buy similar items from charity shops and see if I can put something together for a fraction of the price.

Autumn Outfit


Vince smock top
$220 - net-a-porter.com

Leather waistcoat
£180 - flannelsfashion.com

HYD stockings hosiery
€15 - pret-a-beaute.com

Belstaff short heels
$735 - net-a-porter.com

Ralph Lauren Collection flap handbag
$595 - net-a-porter.com

Chunky jewelry
£15 - julesb.co.uk

HTC floral belt
$135 - barneys.com

Thursday, 22 September 2011

September

Yesterday I saw two flocks of Canada Geese fly overhead.  Whenever I see them at about this time every year I always feel a bit sad, it really is the end of summer and the sight and sound of the Geese reminds me.  I am always amazed when I think about the epic journey they are about the embark on and it fills me with awe. It also brings back fond memories of the first holiday my husband and I went on when we were students to the Isle of Wight.  At our camp site there was a resident flock of Geese whom we got to know quite well, we gave them names; Fat Neck, Shy One and Hisser (imaginative I know)  I am sure you can guess what characteristics they had from their names!! It seems to me that they almost take the summer with them then bring it back in the spring, I always associate the change of seasons with the migration of the Geese.

I took this photo back in June at a National Trust place.

In other news I have recently become a fan of Dolly Parton, and especially love her song "Better get a livin" the lyrics really inspire me, and I have bought her autobiography (still waiting for it to arrive from America, apparently it wasn't even published in the UK!) because she seems to have had a really inspirational life.  Here is the video for her song,  (boy is she thin!)



Oooh, I also have to tell you that I sold my chick salt and pepper shakers, that I only put in my shop for sale yesterday!!  Amazing, I have to say I have sold more on Etsy since they changed the way you search for items, I am liking it a lot.