Outfit: Navy, Red and Stripes

Day three in the new office and I am already pushing the dress code. I reckon coloured denim is OK though, and I’m not the only one wearing it.

Last night I tried out a new chicken curry recipe for tea. Now I don’t usually like curry as a rule, though I will eat a really mild one, but the girl who published this recipe on her blog said she doesn’t like it either but liked this one. It’s also really easy to make and contains things you will probably already have in the house anyway. You can find the recipe here. http://www.graspingforobjectivity.com/2013/05/curry-chicken.html

After tea I went to the gym for my usual step class, then spent the evening chilling on the sofa with my iPad and watching Mary Queen of the High Street.

Navy blazer – Long Tall Sally (eBay)
Navy, cream and green stripe sweater – Long Tall Sally
Red jeans – New Look Tall (eBay)
Navy patent shoes – Magrit (outlet mall)
Blue print scarf – charity shop
Silver hoops – Claire’s
Navy heart pendant – Scope

Total Est. Cost £ 84

Outfit: Double Denim and Leopard Print

This outfit is stolen straight from one of the current Marks and Spencer billboard ads. I had planned to wear this dress as a dress but decided that it is a bit short to wear to work with nude tights, so added the skirt on top.

Someone asked me yesterday (by email, ironically) if we had a fax machine in the new office building. I thought we’d just moved offices but apparently we also moved back in time to the 1980s.

Last night I decided to switch up my routine a bit and went to the gym straight from work. It turned out to be a good time to go as it was pretty quiet, and once I was done I could go home and make tea and have the evening to myself. I baked some bread and did the ironing, and we watched some Only Fools and Horses.

Denim shirt dress – Debenhams
Denim skirt – Jasper Conran (Debenhams)
Nude patent leather shoes – LK Bennett (c/o Sarenza)
Leopard print scarf – Ethel Austin
Tan Obi belt – ASOS
Wood bangles – gifted and Scope
Silver square hoops – Claire’s
Silver and diamante necklace – gifted

Total Est. Cost £65

Outfit: Navy and White Polka Dots

Head to toe polka dots today! And I love it! I was going to wear a stripe skirt with this t shirt but I’ve done stripes and spots before so went for spots on spots today.

Navy cardi – Next Tall
Navy and white spot t – Next
Navy and white polka dot skirt – Next (charity shop)
Navy and white polka dot shoes – Long Tall Sally (gifted)
Navy heart necklace – Scope
Silver hoops – gifted

Total Est. Cost £17

Weekend Recap

Friday night we went to the house of some friends for a few drinks. A friend of the young man’s was up for the weekend and staying there so it was good to see him too. We ended up staying til way past midnight and eating curry, naan bread and rice. It was a great evening.

Saturday morning we picked up the young man’s parents and his niece and headed off to my niece’s 1st birthday party. There was a buffet lunch in a pub near where my sister lives and it was nice to catch up with some of my family and my brother in law’s family. That evening we had tea at the young man’s parents’ house, then went home and watch some of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Sunday morning I was up bright and early for church as I was on Sunday school duty. In the afternoon I made some flapjack and took a walk up to M&S for some supplies for a barbeque as the sun had come out and it was nice and warm. I helped the young man with some yard work (which I know is an American expression, but to me anything is the garden is work. ‘Gardening’ makes it sound like a pleasant, enjoyable past time but the only thing enjoyable about it to me is being out in the sunshine. And I could do that whilst sitting with a drink and a book) then we had our tea outside.

The outfit is from Sunday as I didn’t have chance to snap any pictures on Saturday. I did get changed into older jeans and a t shirt to help out in the garden.

Red sweater – Long Tall Sally
Jeans – Long Tall Sally
Silver flats – Georgia Rose (c/o Sarenza)
White gold cross – gifted
Wood heart necklace – Scope
Silver hoops – gifted

Total Est. Cost £116

Outfit: Jeans and Trainers with Navy and Spots

Office moving day was upon us so I dressed accordingly in jeans and trainers. These jeans are old, like, pre-2004 old. They are from back in the day when Gap’s Long length was actually long and not the pitiful 33” or whatever-it-is-now inside leg. Ever since I read Rachel’s posts on Grasping For Objectivity about mom jeans I have been hyper-aware of checking the pockets on my own jeans. And these? I think are bordering on mom jeans. I haven’t worn them in ages and now I have them on I don’t think I like them any more. I may be all about the pale wash at the moment but not necessarily in flares/bootcuts. These jeans are 100% cotton (where can you find that these days?) and super long but it might be time to retire them. Anyway, the decision is about to be made for me because following years of ragging on the back pockets one of them is starting to rip off at the corner, taking the jeans with it. And a hole around the back pockets is not distressing you want!

Last night was a busy one. I hung out the washing, made some bread, made tea, went to buy diesel, went to Aldi, went to Tesco, went to choir practice, came home, unpacked the shopping, brought the washing in and finally sat down at 9.45pm. Glad it’s Friday today? Why yes, yes I am!

Navy cardi – Next Tall
Navy and white spot t – Next
Jeans – Gap Long and Lean
Burgundy suede wedge trainers – Esprit (c/o Sarenza) (in blue)
Navy heart pendant – Scope
Silver square hoops – Claire’s

Total Est. Cost £53

Outfit: Red Jeans, Grey Sweater, Stripes and Zebra

Today was kind of manic. We are moving offices tomorrow and so the packing up began today in earnest. I had filled three crates with books and stationery supplies before I’d even started on my own desk. I knew I might get a bit dusty and there would be lots of running around so I dressed accordingly in jeans, flats and a simple sweater.

Last night I spent quite a while reading the brilliance that is Grasping For Objectivity (especially the posts about denim). We watched some 999 emergency programme on TV, about emergency service workers on motorbikes, then a couple of episodes of Only Fools and Horses. I also played on my iPad. At the weekend our friends’ little girl had a fashion boutique game on her DS and she let me have a go. It was fab so this week I had a look in the Apple app store to see whether anything similar was available for iPad. And it is! It’s called Fashion Star and it’s kind of addictive. You can design clothes either to your own specification or to meet the requests of your clients, sell your designs in your own boutique and make outfits with them. I guess it’s a fashion based version of something like The Sims (which I’ve never played so I can’t be sure). You earn money and gift cards and can use them to purchase further design templates, fabrics and client requests. I don’t play Candy Crush Saga that everyone seems to be addicted to because I’ve heard it sucks you in and you lose all your time to it. Looks like this game could do the same to me!

Red jeans – New Look Tall (eBay)
Grey stripe top (worn backwards) – Dorothy Perkins Tall
Grey sweater – New Look Tall
Zebra print flats – George at Asda (eBay)
Black and silver bracelets – gifted
Whitby Jet cross – gifted
Silver square hoops – Claire’s

Total Est. Cost £28

Outfit: Black, Turquoise and Jeans, with a Side of Stripes and Florals

I was a bit of a rebel and wore jeans today. I figured I could get away with it if I smartened them up with heels and a blazer, and also because we are starting to pack up the office ready for the move on Friday. Not a fun task.

Last night I went to step class at the gym. When I got home I took a shower then watched Mary, Queen of the High Street which was about Mary Portas rejuvenating the town of Margate. It’s all the way down in Kent but watching it kind of makes me want to visit. The series actually started last week but I didn’t realise until I heard Mary on the radio yesterday afternoon talking about it. I’ll have to catch up with last week’s episode on 4OD.

Black blazer – Long Tall Sally (similar)
Turquoise and black stripe top – Primark (charity shop)
Jeans – Next Tall (eBay) (similar)
Turquoise wedges – LK Bennett (c/o Sarenza) (in black), (similar)
Turquoise scarf – H&M
Silver earrings – gifted
Teal and purple beads – Scope

Total Est. Cost £68

Outfit: Black Jeans, Pink Jacket, Black Wedges

Today’s outfit is quite pink. I could have done with some pink shoes to wear with it, but I don’t have any at present.

Last night when I got home I had another go at making cakeballs as a traybake and I think I have it sussed now. The secret is in the frosting: you need chocolate fudge icing (Betty Crocker makes this). I also made a loaf of bread and went to the gym.

Pink jacket – Long Tall Sally (eBay)
Pink top – H&M
Black jeans – Next Tall (eBay)
Black patent wedges – LK Bennett (c/o Sarenza)
Pink necklace – gifted
Pink bangles – gifted
Silver hoops – gifted

Total Est. Cost £25