tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33852925299981182752024-03-16T07:33:39.522+00:00 The Pouting PensionerRestoring Pout to the Pensioner and Lite to Lifethepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.comBlogger845125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-57022989323718996132022-09-12T09:52:00.004+01:002022-09-14T08:01:59.855+01:00From Petite to Plump on Safari <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here’s another From Plump to Petite outfit. Over time, instagrammer Annemarie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="about:blank">(HERE)</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I discovered we often have similar items in our wardrobes, and occasionally identical - see our matching summer dresses in this post</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However our body shapes are very different, petite and plump.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet somehow the pieces and styles work for us both. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HKQJPNBCvP7MQf-7VnP4h4G_swh6ZU16lceCWsvPQwDdC_a2goRDpy2CcU9lbMKiTgBv8gjoYTXInWNSqZjSjPzs6oJ2cSrd-JFq3ocLaQMYj-EyWA-PbE383vkxDZb3OLFINxEKeyU26Y10oME6mQ8M6WWDjgnvKlFDLnK1IZ3aHaJxS7ljKbiz1A/s1914/49B5A4A4-4302-4AE9-B224-067BF8373DD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1914" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HKQJPNBCvP7MQf-7VnP4h4G_swh6ZU16lceCWsvPQwDdC_a2goRDpy2CcU9lbMKiTgBv8gjoYTXInWNSqZjSjPzs6oJ2cSrd-JFq3ocLaQMYj-EyWA-PbE383vkxDZb3OLFINxEKeyU26Y10oME6mQ8M6WWDjgnvKlFDLnK1IZ3aHaJxS7ljKbiz1A/s320/49B5A4A4-4302-4AE9-B224-067BF8373DD3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So what fun it was to discover recently that we have identical safari jackets (Primarni, 2019). The jacket is made from a soft linen, a perfect fabric for the summer we’ve just had, and it’s double breasted by way of brown buttons. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, it’s a jacket that can work well in the autumn too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annemarie has had good use out of hers these past three years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me, not at all! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My jacket was left in the UK house after purchase in 2019 and Covid allowed it to hang out in a wardrobe unworn for three years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the first opportunity I had to wear mine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let’s take a look at how Annemarie styled her jacket. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvbeVRF6WW-16YyW2Z0t4Lv8eYMBPHaluiyhD7CDMOpX-nUNiYyrN-Mk1a3cSfY6c4zx6o5oMiKFSbdVL7vyBTJk7Wp4WsvVy3-571d_DUSq760ebTjfYO22I8n0mQSjpAiKckTZoDrFDbiWpaYi4QccwMsVw4npmMD2QDkma3ZEa1v8pJ4KgRGATag/s2601/E39717F1-DBDC-4BF6-8A35-52B571A65651.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2601" data-original-width="1406" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvbeVRF6WW-16YyW2Z0t4Lv8eYMBPHaluiyhD7CDMOpX-nUNiYyrN-Mk1a3cSfY6c4zx6o5oMiKFSbdVL7vyBTJk7Wp4WsvVy3-571d_DUSq760ebTjfYO22I8n0mQSjpAiKckTZoDrFDbiWpaYi4QccwMsVw4npmMD2QDkma3ZEa1v8pJ4KgRGATag/s320/E39717F1-DBDC-4BF6-8A35-52B571A65651.jpeg" width="173" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A soft khaki/olive tee is worn under the jacket, and that accent colour is followed through in the cross body bag. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The outfit is finished off with stone coloured chinos and cream flatties to create a long line through to ground level. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I absolutely love her styling of this safari jacket. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now, I have to apologize for my ”styling”, or rather, lack of it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0C5XS9BJwmiVwj2mnn_WFrfBBztTpkrmz544iP98lJfRUnlpmiUTuDiEh6ODumx853hpb6umdG7WW6Q0vJdt776eHS2uIPblz4Gr6YprtARE_BGzHGSCQz7Hdl_ErHycIwaWCV1TTEjoqyfcZfDH1cwCyw6tx6ulqhw2218WHeiPHReP8iNct2FX-g/s1600/1BD77A6C-EEB7-41FE-A891-B212AFE5B483.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0C5XS9BJwmiVwj2mnn_WFrfBBztTpkrmz544iP98lJfRUnlpmiUTuDiEh6ODumx853hpb6umdG7WW6Q0vJdt776eHS2uIPblz4Gr6YprtARE_BGzHGSCQz7Hdl_ErHycIwaWCV1TTEjoqyfcZfDH1cwCyw6tx6ulqhw2218WHeiPHReP8iNct2FX-g/s320/1BD77A6C-EEB7-41FE-A891-B212AFE5B483.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When Annemarie and I met up, my clothes, footwear, bags, jewellery, you name it - all had been packed away in removal boxes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I struggled to find something to wear with the jacket. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZJGT51odySv3JZDRAgU6di63d_r_yUPPkJLCUV3cltfDkgJ6tXGPacy314qg6KA2Geti3fQUu5KT7LQKvxMxjnxVowDXm9-7s_n98lL231UjZoTu6jU8uyqjKAAVKlJpb2bJTbRecAgfBFPPeFNyYKxD7txCaTfKL1PBoJZMVdZ_OnACbjfi2JhBPQ/s1600/224DC840-5B8C-4A6E-A1C4-0E6C70FB9326.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="980" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZJGT51odySv3JZDRAgU6di63d_r_yUPPkJLCUV3cltfDkgJ6tXGPacy314qg6KA2Geti3fQUu5KT7LQKvxMxjnxVowDXm9-7s_n98lL231UjZoTu6jU8uyqjKAAVKlJpb2bJTbRecAgfBFPPeFNyYKxD7txCaTfKL1PBoJZMVdZ_OnACbjfi2JhBPQ/s320/224DC840-5B8C-4A6E-A1C4-0E6C70FB9326.jpeg" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it’s no wonder we were laughing a lot during this shoot!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0UTtqDJyGjU3BbT49CFBAtFBHYBgG2Odei8Z-610GpRdyDeiGsbo4NOYgt7QN4HKJcUOT4bFEwBcH9SlC7i46eReK8XE-WoRwe_H3cikZZnxKCpQiCVtJSW2kOWPXQ6Ppirm9769-losYjzoazcNVY801kwot-a-8K2XujJB-1WrmL6Yi2ecum5mUA/s1600/462D7BD7-A795-46FF-ADEE-35A7683A98BA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH0UTtqDJyGjU3BbT49CFBAtFBHYBgG2Odei8Z-610GpRdyDeiGsbo4NOYgt7QN4HKJcUOT4bFEwBcH9SlC7i46eReK8XE-WoRwe_H3cikZZnxKCpQiCVtJSW2kOWPXQ6Ppirm9769-losYjzoazcNVY801kwot-a-8K2XujJB-1WrmL6Yi2ecum5mUA/s320/462D7BD7-A795-46FF-ADEE-35A7683A98BA.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I could muster was this. An ivory vest, white baggy chinos, some old white flatties. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that was it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No jewellery, no bag, zilch embellishment. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqnT_-9PYg_INOKwvrxLDHOemO5_OQ8G239-HduLqqlaTuSzCW635Ai2kvCAVTaK9V58QZUB8m298OsmgFe9hOf0UzYezEb2e0QCXRvmfBCtzHlwifTDGOOA3oNCKjODAhf05i8wGcWBK9ZLzSMOJcUro8oxzRNdKv1_o6PR_jqpdztlM5eQRjoSo5A/s1600/F308569B-A447-4082-BF4C-24858E88D6F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqnT_-9PYg_INOKwvrxLDHOemO5_OQ8G239-HduLqqlaTuSzCW635Ai2kvCAVTaK9V58QZUB8m298OsmgFe9hOf0UzYezEb2e0QCXRvmfBCtzHlwifTDGOOA3oNCKjODAhf05i8wGcWBK9ZLzSMOJcUro8oxzRNdKv1_o6PR_jqpdztlM5eQRjoSo5A/s320/F308569B-A447-4082-BF4C-24858E88D6F6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annemarie, beautifully styled and well turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me, not. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikin6di5rQ8oL28RHoHI4UK6jgCGhWpDyB24N6nRbFgVilrBzmAcu5VDCRokXXmeKhNNdMvCWNm0GOSU-cXoR-OdwS4BVJIX_sFpCHeHvgafrI-hPPfW7kArBoXAZ5RFM6e5wOQjQlWAPbpujxx7Hg9yxYOcBhzB8fiLOhm4-dMvLo3_OFRJ_PHsaG5Q/s1137/90DC7717-AB0E-4503-9BF0-0F2892315639.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1137" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikin6di5rQ8oL28RHoHI4UK6jgCGhWpDyB24N6nRbFgVilrBzmAcu5VDCRokXXmeKhNNdMvCWNm0GOSU-cXoR-OdwS4BVJIX_sFpCHeHvgafrI-hPPfW7kArBoXAZ5RFM6e5wOQjQlWAPbpujxx7Hg9yxYOcBhzB8fiLOhm4-dMvLo3_OFRJ_PHsaG5Q/s320/90DC7717-AB0E-4503-9BF0-0F2892315639.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But styling or not, we always have a blast when we get together. And I hope we get the message across in these pics - this kind of soft and loose jacket suits both body shapes and probably everything in between. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-25736813750661704642022-09-05T09:04:00.001+01:002022-09-05T09:04:13.882+01:00Shirts on Larger Ladies Formula <p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Shirts. On women. Plump women!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div>I’ve been in training with shirts this summer. </div><div>Over the years I felt that I looked too matronly in shirts, a bit sergeant majorish in them. Top half issues. </div><div>So 2022 is designated as my last ditch attempt to see if I can get them to work for me. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think the trickery may be in the fabric, both the texture and the colour. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Finding the right formula to allow larger busted ladies to look good in the masculine shirt shape can be a challenge, but </span><span style="text-align: left;">I think I’ve found a winning formula!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Taadaah, I give you …</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><i>The Pout’s Formula for Shirts on Larger Ladies</i></b></span><b style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">1. Shirts in finer fabrics drape well and look less matronly</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrqDTrThKZlBixk5TIGcngbJPa13BtKnPn1nP2QTPEJVfQgdSTPKOCv2lu-V0OTCPQ2kQXxRQESZyIdc34BpwjJuA_lPYKB4-qSMWQXWhlvLuDjJZ8alysdiUeTinX2-P64tdncxxcNCMONBycBSnzzYThOncKF4FEf-NDDctB8sy2jI1gxh-9txxow/s1800/3C803BB2-1CBD-4DF9-A83E-3537EF09988F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrqDTrThKZlBixk5TIGcngbJPa13BtKnPn1nP2QTPEJVfQgdSTPKOCv2lu-V0OTCPQ2kQXxRQESZyIdc34BpwjJuA_lPYKB4-qSMWQXWhlvLuDjJZ8alysdiUeTinX2-P64tdncxxcNCMONBycBSnzzYThOncKF4FEf-NDDctB8sy2jI1gxh-9txxow/s320/3C803BB2-1CBD-4DF9-A83E-3537EF09988F.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A fine slinky fabric or a cotton lawn drapes well over the larger torso, as seen with this lawn shirt from @marksandspencer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">2. Then chose a pretty feminine colour or print to negate any hint of masculinity that a shirt brings to the female form. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Like pink. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that’s it. Simples. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup, I think I’ve sussed this shirt wearing malarkey!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaSy0ylliuvMd4u8TuHGmVKJMX2_AIUduNxrZaGHszPX_YfHuuDstuomvmN88pDKCTRoL04nwp42AP60rCO-QGDsdI9xywT2KFCQMfUVAolrZZFsTALnghQkV2L-v-vq7AaE3tTklaSIzRBWHdEmCWXzskmK8yg6dAzTF-VlqotVhjC_XlvttxBCKCg/s1800/BA075F37-7484-4457-AAC7-D60CBFCACB18.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaSy0ylliuvMd4u8TuHGmVKJMX2_AIUduNxrZaGHszPX_YfHuuDstuomvmN88pDKCTRoL04nwp42AP60rCO-QGDsdI9xywT2KFCQMfUVAolrZZFsTALnghQkV2L-v-vq7AaE3tTklaSIzRBWHdEmCWXzskmK8yg6dAzTF-VlqotVhjC_XlvttxBCKCg/s320/BA075F37-7484-4457-AAC7-D60CBFCACB18.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally I’m wearing my 👚 shirt with pride!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Other shirts I have been in training with</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtp5nneDUbdmVDqc6unKcGle4OOs-6Htwig2PzDCtEGT4o1tsgi3G0fALlZYeUm-i1g8RgLVLLDo6LFHnliL5rrjwIFoNN6iAK3c6JTJiGBdxVsCdUiEda32jTH14B1KD0v_g3xdxoNlIN_9Jec-ynzqBM5fo8tqoIZhdPGlduW8tid9mP9YKxbKOiHQ/s1800/4B8A8B95-871B-42B1-BA83-CF95657AC269.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtp5nneDUbdmVDqc6unKcGle4OOs-6Htwig2PzDCtEGT4o1tsgi3G0fALlZYeUm-i1g8RgLVLLDo6LFHnliL5rrjwIFoNN6iAK3c6JTJiGBdxVsCdUiEda32jTH14B1KD0v_g3xdxoNlIN_9Jec-ynzqBM5fo8tqoIZhdPGlduW8tid9mP9YKxbKOiHQ/s320/4B8A8B95-871B-42B1-BA83-CF95657AC269.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Light lawn jade oversized shirt. (Me, messy; him, elegant!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcY4d67m43xhOnUu6psVuw1zk7dp2oLd6_MDC5JUcyJQ1_e-Z3WgXvelMo0sgjnvW0ZoQX30U8gSwLt9DzTcUHSmHo0BmNThyOQe9zXuK2bcn2e1-ACs7d2SR_UPQqA1_vpstXBe1bovWlYg9yKpHagafvkH617n-KlMAm49Jc5gNqUMHxYEJ9qzlGg/s4032/03904DB0-D8B9-4BD5-9019-511F5E6A8905.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcY4d67m43xhOnUu6psVuw1zk7dp2oLd6_MDC5JUcyJQ1_e-Z3WgXvelMo0sgjnvW0ZoQX30U8gSwLt9DzTcUHSmHo0BmNThyOQe9zXuK2bcn2e1-ACs7d2SR_UPQqA1_vpstXBe1bovWlYg9yKpHagafvkH617n-KlMAm49Jc5gNqUMHxYEJ9qzlGg/s320/03904DB0-D8B9-4BD5-9019-511F5E6A8905.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Striped (and embroidered) loose shirt - I’ve worn this <i>many </i>times this summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv3108lKQGZyRm2wYAujgzKeSOiitmpZoz341EwWci2hNCnF0zp5WARje6ze4XX54eajhbA_x_OY3ZjkG2Vz8GtnzqrDaY-rdDxX5cwh6imHCdXuT4OvCKykUd7r1Ei7ShWTJY_aRMG6_5CKrQ9JIavYq7tMVEfLh7hkOy1vAhVVtpVY3KyZok9Ba2w/s1440/A7DF1C61-F3C2-4559-BE84-6D95788DC8A0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBv3108lKQGZyRm2wYAujgzKeSOiitmpZoz341EwWci2hNCnF0zp5WARje6ze4XX54eajhbA_x_OY3ZjkG2Vz8GtnzqrDaY-rdDxX5cwh6imHCdXuT4OvCKykUd7r1Ei7ShWTJY_aRMG6_5CKrQ9JIavYq7tMVEfLh7hkOy1vAhVVtpVY3KyZok9Ba2w/s320/A7DF1C61-F3C2-4559-BE84-6D95788DC8A0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brown linen on a windy day </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbHrV3jNRPi0AirAacK0JW6lyxEAOiGNjHDrCopC9BoCx78rJbj5q2vFJ2Qjh5l02IvMrExo8uZAzMCvyG8JYAB4plSuKsPixj9RchSypCM7VRQluMhBP4nw4qc1ZIYQsY3nhxhnf76aaC3IO1IXNc-AZ2jtrzAMAZcvDNWecBD7oL1rhXAoxiKu2mg/s4032/79513504-BAC8-4360-BE98-64C0A536FA57.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbHrV3jNRPi0AirAacK0JW6lyxEAOiGNjHDrCopC9BoCx78rJbj5q2vFJ2Qjh5l02IvMrExo8uZAzMCvyG8JYAB4plSuKsPixj9RchSypCM7VRQluMhBP4nw4qc1ZIYQsY3nhxhnf76aaC3IO1IXNc-AZ2jtrzAMAZcvDNWecBD7oL1rhXAoxiKu2mg/s320/79513504-BAC8-4360-BE98-64C0A536FA57.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course, the classic white linen fitted shirt worn in many combos, but here worn with light wash blue jeans. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Do YOU wear shirts?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Do you find their masculine shape a challenge?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I’d love to hear how shirts work, or don’t work, for you in the comments below. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-47040720303021833552022-08-29T07:22:00.004+01:002022-08-29T10:00:52.696+01:00Classic Dressing - Beachwear <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you’ve managed to keep cool this summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTW_KGGPeTOaWSdngyOZ_CZp8O7_3YnCIMx3kA4DiuOB4EA6qsc53SzFyhxMXshvBUJ5Yd_r_8GeB2C3c6cvi-UgK5uQJQVKEEmhLUJ0HlG35QEL4f_4VvXjsQBy1JMLmPPZlb7aU4EvzTapHWSQ126guPA1QvyoiHvEzFkOiS6MAo4qVJN7WOU_Uguw/s2642/7C01F689-12E1-41DD-A7A2-F4A0B4499CBB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="2642" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTW_KGGPeTOaWSdngyOZ_CZp8O7_3YnCIMx3kA4DiuOB4EA6qsc53SzFyhxMXshvBUJ5Yd_r_8GeB2C3c6cvi-UgK5uQJQVKEEmhLUJ0HlG35QEL4f_4VvXjsQBy1JMLmPPZlb7aU4EvzTapHWSQ126guPA1QvyoiHvEzFkOiS6MAo4qVJN7WOU_Uguw/s320/7C01F689-12E1-41DD-A7A2-F4A0B4499CBB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have, by spending many hours swimming in our island’s invigorating and clean sea. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zxBFrJMgJWrqxxk1BcSjNppD4yB59lc9w0hdyo5n2eBi6MiHYDeJOXZ66BXyvmhhpHD1_J6jm-WhkznmWGAMGI-dVBYkbxuMP8vFraG_xrB9tcRwoqT7dwUmdB_pwj1HP36RPV8HhLYxwrhD2OAECI-Px2jA-IkpMCFQFPLw0dmawe41j_idjTJm1Q/s320/076F8859-B286-40BB-8DDB-F78422CC826B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-zxBFrJMgJWrqxxk1BcSjNppD4yB59lc9w0hdyo5n2eBi6MiHYDeJOXZ66BXyvmhhpHD1_J6jm-WhkznmWGAMGI-dVBYkbxuMP8vFraG_xrB9tcRwoqT7dwUmdB_pwj1HP36RPV8HhLYxwrhD2OAECI-Px2jA-IkpMCFQFPLw0dmawe41j_idjTJm1Q/s1600/076F8859-B286-40BB-8DDB-F78422CC826B.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sling on a pair of shorts or this dress from Next </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZdxuZ2xZkUCudQc-WxkOLIJVb2iB1y_-mhQyPuenPCw2Quf0CzERtaYD7ieU7louAJEz3kVLhvpqfnneRlYVaS9eP057McqGP5_EB2lksiyJmtcxQKmaGUnpgShv3z_SLkkSTVT7FLv-7VysOF71pNgV_s8vmNzuRklaYDsEY3dk9vEPX3Q_UV6q9g/s2016/FD28BC3F-D167-4056-A2EA-E96C3CD04AFD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZdxuZ2xZkUCudQc-WxkOLIJVb2iB1y_-mhQyPuenPCw2Quf0CzERtaYD7ieU7louAJEz3kVLhvpqfnneRlYVaS9eP057McqGP5_EB2lksiyJmtcxQKmaGUnpgShv3z_SLkkSTVT7FLv-7VysOF71pNgV_s8vmNzuRklaYDsEY3dk9vEPX3Q_UV6q9g/w155-h320/FD28BC3F-D167-4056-A2EA-E96C3CD04AFD.jpeg" width="155" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and head for the beach, here with my Dutch friend La Duchesse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY2LTAer74ZRUkq_zyFfdTAMI9wBOfMvcX8Hf2wBhvs-L_gexuGTp6-9OOAHSGTHsQxTsOPqQx0up7uyW3vrU2jhs3T9kmRsHLTpMPRpNhDvyQM0DmBMPUyDKoVL91QpjmO33U9CxpnSdHPo0lCM-OL1YM5WBgPoTV7m5JAqEffEf1c8hBePJbK3oYg/s3904/A986DC1E-9DBF-40C7-8CB7-A0CE99B0110D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2928" data-original-width="3904" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY2LTAer74ZRUkq_zyFfdTAMI9wBOfMvcX8Hf2wBhvs-L_gexuGTp6-9OOAHSGTHsQxTsOPqQx0up7uyW3vrU2jhs3T9kmRsHLTpMPRpNhDvyQM0DmBMPUyDKoVL91QpjmO33U9CxpnSdHPo0lCM-OL1YM5WBgPoTV7m5JAqEffEf1c8hBePJbK3oYg/s320/A986DC1E-9DBF-40C7-8CB7-A0CE99B0110D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my favoured beach, Grandes Rocques.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s just down the road from my house so is convenient for a quick dip. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3tPG0xtQRG8XTDvnyYsidS9IfT5uOHM9n5ugh9UOrKwwJtftlEtBLSU6CnU9wYOvazDe0YtLlkdVG8C7nt5sj3FKGZhH_SUxTs6Fi3IAkUotBIl4nI5pYPKl7EYSr7iBx4p7-wSh8Di9PS0fZIlmK_NqFycrLTZK992CBqVBDzV9dTyzNJDGlwQJxw/s3897/E72C05EA-2989-4C17-8615-EEF218746DF9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2923" data-original-width="3897" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3tPG0xtQRG8XTDvnyYsidS9IfT5uOHM9n5ugh9UOrKwwJtftlEtBLSU6CnU9wYOvazDe0YtLlkdVG8C7nt5sj3FKGZhH_SUxTs6Fi3IAkUotBIl4nI5pYPKl7EYSr7iBx4p7-wSh8Di9PS0fZIlmK_NqFycrLTZK992CBqVBDzV9dTyzNJDGlwQJxw/s320/E72C05EA-2989-4C17-8615-EEF218746DF9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this day it was covered with long strands of sea weed, both on shore and in the sea, which made for pretty messy swimming. I’m glad to say it’s not usually like this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I spend a lot of time of the beach in summer - but what do I wear?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Swimwear, obvs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2020/08/tankinis.html?m=0">See some posts I’ve written previous on swimwear HERE</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2016/07/lifes-beach.html?m=1">HERE</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2020/08/swimsuits.html?m=0">and HERE</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do check the posts out - in one you get to see The Photographer doing his Daniel Craig on video!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You’ll see that the swimsuits I wear these days all provide good coverage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No so much coverage in my younger days though, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here’s what I wore in slimmer times. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcyuJ1CZH-ivqxkIDCfCbpJ2s9RQKunhqsc-j0tJ0Y4A76ddFV28J_t4taQyooTSw-FxlvqDiJ8EKXwGFDl3X8REmsUwPx2LgwRkmdPHfdyxaAwqAp5MuZ9uaMU_YH9NxKYnoEnSdc849tI-sNVgAePE94KL_Xq8hbeYa3nN2bcMlBaf_hneq7UX1Kuw=s525" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="308" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcyuJ1CZH-ivqxkIDCfCbpJ2s9RQKunhqsc-j0tJ0Y4A76ddFV28J_t4taQyooTSw-FxlvqDiJ8EKXwGFDl3X8REmsUwPx2LgwRkmdPHfdyxaAwqAp5MuZ9uaMU_YH9NxKYnoEnSdc849tI-sNVgAePE94KL_Xq8hbeYa3nN2bcMlBaf_hneq7UX1Kuw=s320" width="188" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bikini in a brown cotton with white pinprick spots. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs-Wnyd1Fbb-bno956veigc6-uPoFm4jU5XxjqK0NWoELYUXeWFGF-ARr4-veM3MYjiJlqJ06AHsELHQlesjYZMgIAj079fg7JQCWh8wi6uvNroDWhBFeDVbZBPKGXkD2-FOU8hCbjwfHAKDruCG3hQZXeaNII8OzmfM94OCqJNaq8SQ7Dm2wEIMVlJg=s953" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjs-Wnyd1Fbb-bno956veigc6-uPoFm4jU5XxjqK0NWoELYUXeWFGF-ARr4-veM3MYjiJlqJ06AHsELHQlesjYZMgIAj079fg7JQCWh8wi6uvNroDWhBFeDVbZBPKGXkD2-FOU8hCbjwfHAKDruCG3hQZXeaNII8OzmfM94OCqJNaq8SQ7Dm2wEIMVlJg=s320" width="227" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A black and white striped jersey bikini. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both of these bikinis would still work today, but just not on me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These days it’s not bikinis for me, obvs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You’ve seen my body covered, and that’s bad enough!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust me on this one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Wj-RSrUwcz_CHo5xLzTqUj4M_jNCUmOb5mee0I3URxXYvevR5Jf8GaP_R2MGud_t99_zM6H3TITQXJgtbypLGiGPDFDoH8QFeep4NUdaFQALS5C9xEhiaOWcRN5vLZr7fgdCjzr0k61dDO9LkT60fIP9Q1mGzX9l0wzoptQayROqDJ98KyLfPlJ5Qg/s640/5DF75160-C333-4AED-ADA5-65E854AEC377.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="492" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Wj-RSrUwcz_CHo5xLzTqUj4M_jNCUmOb5mee0I3URxXYvevR5Jf8GaP_R2MGud_t99_zM6H3TITQXJgtbypLGiGPDFDoH8QFeep4NUdaFQALS5C9xEhiaOWcRN5vLZr7fgdCjzr0k61dDO9LkT60fIP9Q1mGzX9l0wzoptQayROqDJ98KyLfPlJ5Qg/s320/5DF75160-C333-4AED-ADA5-65E854AEC377.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I <strike>like </strike> need a good cover up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcrzl3u6DoUka31r1wL7gmQzXxpXpNfDeIxeHEU_rNfYlYI_SZqnEaLR957LpEtOUuIdpzQMxCNmK14s9mn0Q5x24Nxl2sHGExmko3jP7XivvPlEYmZh6LL2hf1JoWcQhr0w7_Ukj6P-fQSP3kykKyIcraalBN35_qEOdLkmiE7B5mPJInUmFRQTOtA/s409/2D82D7FB-B6B1-40CB-8591-DA4116A1876F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcrzl3u6DoUka31r1wL7gmQzXxpXpNfDeIxeHEU_rNfYlYI_SZqnEaLR957LpEtOUuIdpzQMxCNmK14s9mn0Q5x24Nxl2sHGExmko3jP7XivvPlEYmZh6LL2hf1JoWcQhr0w7_Ukj6P-fQSP3kykKyIcraalBN35_qEOdLkmiE7B5mPJInUmFRQTOtA/s320/2D82D7FB-B6B1-40CB-8591-DA4116A1876F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because this swimsuit (from Marks & Spencer) covers nicely around the bust area, I can just sling shorts or skirt on which makes for a fairly decent combo for walking to, from and on the beach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEica9oqUsfokc87zNmGXRysm1fpV2cPqVidcBDadO6EFvDujmXBjlWfNT4jKsZua3-MWWPImF6zfg4-MXSNKYwIbfP-7ofnb6BMiRjThy_-uH2xccTyMMZHBQVoeKz7niIFWkrz5jYJRPhVhZ_HuhK6jhfVD-nAqjMVLsO7n7jpUf5SscitVvtbz1-CDg/s640/BF090A47-5D1F-4F2D-8DD2-C5A9BD9D8469.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="492" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEica9oqUsfokc87zNmGXRysm1fpV2cPqVidcBDadO6EFvDujmXBjlWfNT4jKsZua3-MWWPImF6zfg4-MXSNKYwIbfP-7ofnb6BMiRjThy_-uH2xccTyMMZHBQVoeKz7niIFWkrz5jYJRPhVhZ_HuhK6jhfVD-nAqjMVLsO7n7jpUf5SscitVvtbz1-CDg/s320/BF090A47-5D1F-4F2D-8DD2-C5A9BD9D8469.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also bought the same style in a different fabric. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wear these two on repeat all summer long. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to say that because my time on the beach is either swimming or sitting in a granny chair wearing a beach dress cover up, these two practical swimsuits are my go tos for dipping. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My view is that an abundance of cleavage isn’t a good look on a mature lady. I felt uncomfortable wearing some of my older swimwear. It was like I woke up one day and suddenly became aware that all my swimsuits were practically cut to the navel! And although my bust still looks ok, I realized that an older woman displaying her wares wasn’t something I felt comfortable with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I searched out a swimsuit with good cover and support around the bust. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This style is perfect for a lady of a certain age.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I will say that this style of swimsuit took an awful lot of googling so persevere if that’s the route you want to take. I had to resort to a slightly unusual choice, as you will see in one of the links above. But it works. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the years my go-to online shop has been Bravissimo. They do an excellent range of larger cup sizes in bras and swimwear, which drew me to the site. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bravissimo.com/collections/all-swimwear/">Find the BRAVISSIMO swimsuit range HERE</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I’ve been wearing my cover up swimsuits only these past few years. My others don’t get a look in these days. Like this one, sadly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2w5hfoOB_dQRClOEF7eiVW3XPJSAGDYk82NEAFofMhSMh0qtv9gH07zZff0GHo_Bk2WZ7WIweunfNKp6qhma3RCFtJcIEy1baGP19soeF39vE6c1DOxBcfU03buYhJl4_kNZZH1dKPUPwspn7mqiBL6U9KI0oDNeKhn8ba0oBhJIqUIOIr8RZHJoZ5A/s320/73736AD9-9589-4263-A09E-88FAF1078720.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="214" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2w5hfoOB_dQRClOEF7eiVW3XPJSAGDYk82NEAFofMhSMh0qtv9gH07zZff0GHo_Bk2WZ7WIweunfNKp6qhma3RCFtJcIEy1baGP19soeF39vE6c1DOxBcfU03buYhJl4_kNZZH1dKPUPwspn7mqiBL6U9KI0oDNeKhn8ba0oBhJIqUIOIr8RZHJoZ5A/s1600/73736AD9-9589-4263-A09E-88FAF1078720.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a very pretty tankini from Bravissimo and it always reminds me of the Cote D’Azur. I think it looks fresh and French; I can imagine a latter day Brigitte Bardot wearing something like this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I <i>did </i>wear this on the Cote in 2016 so there is that too - a swimsuit with happy memories!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPURU8moJojL_1uV1bmAnw9RKaQn1RVoiWZhvawcOkPwVtHun0sLS_m5Xde6a1h4zslkCn2TaUpXzbmbWT4J_0pKSR1_DcMbm1HJqQgQbG64d4UA7tmNUkzFReHsi0jXVmVZW5abJd42GGaC5b8yZpqWOXPk-0WlfULJvgYxPupn4-gUsvsiMFnRT7UQ/s4032/2D0726F0-8875-4306-A586-FE80CD434B0B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPURU8moJojL_1uV1bmAnw9RKaQn1RVoiWZhvawcOkPwVtHun0sLS_m5Xde6a1h4zslkCn2TaUpXzbmbWT4J_0pKSR1_DcMbm1HJqQgQbG64d4UA7tmNUkzFReHsi0jXVmVZW5abJd42GGaC5b8yZpqWOXPk-0WlfULJvgYxPupn4-gUsvsiMFnRT7UQ/s320/2D0726F0-8875-4306-A586-FE80CD434B0B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our beaches are reminiscent of the Côte d’Azur, as the sea is a sparkly blue/jade and the sand is soft and white too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But back to my pretty tankini set shown above - it is a bit cleavagey and it also has underwiring. I no longer think underwiring is healthy for that sensitive area of my body, so I haven’t been wearing it, though one day I may remove the wire and see if the halter neck alone provides sufficient support. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But there’s still the cleavage issue .,,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so maybe it’s time for it to go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Are you sensitive to cleavage display as you age?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And what’s your view on underwiring?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, me and swimsuits have moved on light years. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmDln7YEROFprjf9LZdMI8YQkhOrKG8lHd2eak0OUitmnFTYkCAjldfxp6IVck6YdpwFebEb2EoFQfB7fQTD3kfRzuDQ5EIvJtSKXqk57JiBHLBSSLmQcmNvQAq14kw_Vilu1ZLh_cKQl9xN4e03_LYO6fyZ8DtjDqhGA-1g-Pbo-xZG1tsCZj4JXXA/s2592/3FB9A898-BA51-46E4-81E9-5AD534A10C00.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmDln7YEROFprjf9LZdMI8YQkhOrKG8lHd2eak0OUitmnFTYkCAjldfxp6IVck6YdpwFebEb2EoFQfB7fQTD3kfRzuDQ5EIvJtSKXqk57JiBHLBSSLmQcmNvQAq14kw_Vilu1ZLh_cKQl9xN4e03_LYO6fyZ8DtjDqhGA-1g-Pbo-xZG1tsCZj4JXXA/s320/3FB9A898-BA51-46E4-81E9-5AD534A10C00.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the closest <i>you’ll </i>get to seeing me in swimwear these days, mostly submerged in the sea. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2PfEyqV5ricNOIImVTx6_ioGBT2bgJz5nx3bKOdW4Pp6lKYclTvheW5NptOes74w8muYbM7QWM4J6bi25_KujBzkvTQme7LCLKJFh2JjG2rk6W-Lx00RJNPKNJgpCMTxJsjqhenizbtbnETtlJUBCr6KrLvAuPH00norsI5UMjI4KbjdYy07Han9sA/s4032/3FED68A1-FF3E-4145-8A80-D7A0F5BEA330.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2PfEyqV5ricNOIImVTx6_ioGBT2bgJz5nx3bKOdW4Pp6lKYclTvheW5NptOes74w8muYbM7QWM4J6bi25_KujBzkvTQme7LCLKJFh2JjG2rk6W-Lx00RJNPKNJgpCMTxJsjqhenizbtbnETtlJUBCr6KrLvAuPH00norsI5UMjI4KbjdYy07Han9sA/s320/3FED68A1-FF3E-4145-8A80-D7A0F5BEA330.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or a head and shoulders</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No full body shots!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgq13lRN7-u3IU3VKLKKsfCliEcdcTgE3jXIM_tleLZjZnjFFCGiEZaLowCuL-_PCoOMBZC4FzReF1cwq9CcR9UYG0lqgoMVcwUXhqo49x34H0F456b3BuMPNWAi1Yokb1RdiqBYpAPAfpesFhBZLdKN-AVRm-1h06IveSSDFkxI5R4YvWrFly35jYw/s2592/84DFA81D-965E-4DB2-8002-CB8F78869A3A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgq13lRN7-u3IU3VKLKKsfCliEcdcTgE3jXIM_tleLZjZnjFFCGiEZaLowCuL-_PCoOMBZC4FzReF1cwq9CcR9UYG0lqgoMVcwUXhqo49x34H0F456b3BuMPNWAi1Yokb1RdiqBYpAPAfpesFhBZLdKN-AVRm-1h06IveSSDFkxI5R4YvWrFly35jYw/s320/84DFA81D-965E-4DB2-8002-CB8F78869A3A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The swimming has been simply wonderful this year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-iMYb43AaSlddAS1YN6mQilEMqbT0cLav5Y_tHFZ9iZm-qNJNUeIbP3pLt9in2kTNm2v6CirKuemlDjmzavMZ9MLH8-Sy8EOYLyBU2E8SwjR_10IDFVDKjjSMEDSSfWyaovVwQ_1KHq6mR5q9L3lJ36wEI7Kou8j8Jpr_UvJuZk3K8mZBCZ44BrrVw/s2538/E61703AE-3058-4282-AB93-7E648C395106.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2538" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-iMYb43AaSlddAS1YN6mQilEMqbT0cLav5Y_tHFZ9iZm-qNJNUeIbP3pLt9in2kTNm2v6CirKuemlDjmzavMZ9MLH8-Sy8EOYLyBU2E8SwjR_10IDFVDKjjSMEDSSfWyaovVwQ_1KHq6mR5q9L3lJ36wEI7Kou8j8Jpr_UvJuZk3K8mZBCZ44BrrVw/s320/E61703AE-3058-4282-AB93-7E648C395106.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Life really has been a beach this summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7ON7Omd0AENj6mPlswjHdMK7XdwqhIKyynKo_DCJ3plTDsBNic96JOvLKsPEQY2iumKpleHyYiAd6ZwqpCaipHk5HY281FL3Wyrfabarh9vz7JOxifhoLAT2QzSo6vwKibk9W44-wy10Qs3JHs6wI8PuTUQnKVU2B8FzephZEzL2nrDdKkuSdZ16mA/s4032/14B3FBCD-A10B-45C6-A30A-7547E1552A12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN7ON7Omd0AENj6mPlswjHdMK7XdwqhIKyynKo_DCJ3plTDsBNic96JOvLKsPEQY2iumKpleHyYiAd6ZwqpCaipHk5HY281FL3Wyrfabarh9vz7JOxifhoLAT2QzSo6vwKibk9W44-wy10Qs3JHs6wI8PuTUQnKVU2B8FzephZEzL2nrDdKkuSdZ16mA/s320/14B3FBCD-A10B-45C6-A30A-7547E1552A12.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0QkE64ftqKf3KDVozZt2IU0lXYG2BktP68r6H1014MC4gkBFkxfHEUXnx-pajbCuqtVQUkVFvKRuF3Qnwq-EL3fypzW7Z9scl_A_pTZYGLJv2-HBYVGrGyRGF4wMZOJWTFIdMc75NDR0pZSFHc-p5r-N-sGWXYhymip7yAf_IPGZ8m38Ua5p5V8JLA/s1800/7397DB93-FF43-4ABD-84D4-B1CBCEB8C341.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1201" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0QkE64ftqKf3KDVozZt2IU0lXYG2BktP68r6H1014MC4gkBFkxfHEUXnx-pajbCuqtVQUkVFvKRuF3Qnwq-EL3fypzW7Z9scl_A_pTZYGLJv2-HBYVGrGyRGF4wMZOJWTFIdMc75NDR0pZSFHc-p5r-N-sGWXYhymip7yAf_IPGZ8m38Ua5p5V8JLA/s320/7397DB93-FF43-4ABD-84D4-B1CBCEB8C341.jpeg" width="214" /></a><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2016/07/lifes-beach.html?m=1" style="text-align: left;"> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately our beaches don’t get over crowded; these shot comparisons were taken on the same day during our first heatwave. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the UK beach is Southend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In a UK heatwave, many living near the coast head for the sea to cool off, though I was surprised that more weren’t cooling themselves off in the sea. That beach must have been hot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQVnMFniOsDegpxv88dbcVrxlD9pAG0RySWgBPgLtXbFPHs0scwkXr2B-2wWc8dVNHYz3IxJW1vJhwjyPqz9hpUUwn-HkkbsdhpXvDNcXSgjfUjisb6zXzpT4CE1O8mAbXR74uMxu8gXVP59fKPJIQ3CS4qfjQAVuTBmxALRTznHT_hDk2Oyrs4WnVw/s1125/E7532981-CFCF-4DE9-B085-21CDEE8CB9AF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQVnMFniOsDegpxv88dbcVrxlD9pAG0RySWgBPgLtXbFPHs0scwkXr2B-2wWc8dVNHYz3IxJW1vJhwjyPqz9hpUUwn-HkkbsdhpXvDNcXSgjfUjisb6zXzpT4CE1O8mAbXR74uMxu8gXVP59fKPJIQ3CS4qfjQAVuTBmxALRTznHT_hDk2Oyrs4WnVw/s320/E7532981-CFCF-4DE9-B085-21CDEE8CB9AF.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing my UK readers a very pleasant and sunny </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bank Holiday Monday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEzOJpNXRErRtTmONs-HiudMIflXbU9AASmzeWFWAsv7ElYc3zF7UQplOaZCGj5u98_sFtZsnU6spi8460Gciv35tqxQChb3x73cBled2DJdQRKyNG5XchdaBgAa-CUzf1u9HvZW8fvT37TG4DyoKXKozT7UFbpJobcd8LAuX2CSVnzr2UFIqRR128w/s4032/F854E2C0-5CBB-48A1-B413-E4E5B04F1257.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEzOJpNXRErRtTmONs-HiudMIflXbU9AASmzeWFWAsv7ElYc3zF7UQplOaZCGj5u98_sFtZsnU6spi8460Gciv35tqxQChb3x73cBled2DJdQRKyNG5XchdaBgAa-CUzf1u9HvZW8fvT37TG4DyoKXKozT7UFbpJobcd8LAuX2CSVnzr2UFIqRR128w/s320/F854E2C0-5CBB-48A1-B413-E4E5B04F1257.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-70026732249653728902022-08-25T08:46:00.000+01:002022-08-25T08:46:31.951+01:00The Accidental Monsoon Haul<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies!</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Now let’s get this one out of the way, first and foremost. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I really don’t like the use of the word “haul” in relation to shopping. Especially clothes shopping.</p><p style="text-align: center;">It goes against all I believe in terms of the environment, fair labour and the imbalance of world economies. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So what have I done?</p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ve got myself a haul. A Monsoon Haul. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It started when I was hunting for a July wedding dress. The Photographer reminded me that every single thing I’ve ever bought from Monsoon I’ve worn ad infinitum over the years. </p><p style="text-align: center;">So of course I bought a dress from Monsoon. Job done. </p><p style="text-align: center;">You can see the dress by clicking</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2022/07/summer-wedding-day-outfit.html?m=0">summer-wedding-outfit-HERE</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">and</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2022/07/from-wedding-outfit-to-beach-dress.html?m=0">HERE on from-wedding-outfit-to-beach-dres</a>s</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Right, dress for wedding, done ✅. </p><p style="text-align: center;">But then it gets messy.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Let’s see what transpired. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I gave the whole Monsoon thing much thought.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Oh TP was so good right about Monsoon pieces, I do wear them on repeat and through the years. </p><p style="text-align: center;">So he planted that seed in my mind, and that seed unfortunately germinated during a very dangerously time - their summer sale. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And even more unfortunately Monsoon runs occasional seemingly random 70% off periods during the sales. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And even worse news still, I’m on their mailing list and they <i>tell </i>me when these rock bottom prices are available, so I know when to pounce.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Yup, a perfect storm.</p><p style="text-align: center;">YIKES!!! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So let’s check out the damage. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVE8KzkFpXd3Ul1R8FWdRcAe69uIZAtD3Vkp-CE39dcIoUr5XQHYBNIusUzFSHqXISZkkSOng_pdOjcNJtw29STcj3xPEzzUmmnV_ddVL8Bpn-4BxNY-oMon7LSspuXekgbY3IO9bvvMSFIjq21-D9hK4mFlVPjFH4L8Bhg75bMzMQbi78fBbLAmrDw/s640/1B453A94-0165-4109-A502-298B7A2BE0B2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVE8KzkFpXd3Ul1R8FWdRcAe69uIZAtD3Vkp-CE39dcIoUr5XQHYBNIusUzFSHqXISZkkSOng_pdOjcNJtw29STcj3xPEzzUmmnV_ddVL8Bpn-4BxNY-oMon7LSspuXekgbY3IO9bvvMSFIjq21-D9hK4mFlVPjFH4L8Bhg75bMzMQbi78fBbLAmrDw/s320/1B453A94-0165-4109-A502-298B7A2BE0B2.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought this shirt. Loved the pattern and soft colour mix. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I apologize now for all the bare face, unkempt hair, lack of styling and the messy background you are about to see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BZ773PPBadHLY3bKVe5okdISq1YGZtID-FJ6yOsBt8EZLrS_3QKrQ6hQUu8i-bGtT5SF23OY3pmYoDD4E-kYNwrkOox34tGvwLe_7wPSBSpWN0wCwXXxxGc9_b_QPYwA6VuNE50UmebGIT0cyGuzGk19oeMRe_43_RsMNmN-ivMtnWCvnM-f1sX4fw/s4032/2D5309DF-5159-456C-9FFD-895790969599.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5BZ773PPBadHLY3bKVe5okdISq1YGZtID-FJ6yOsBt8EZLrS_3QKrQ6hQUu8i-bGtT5SF23OY3pmYoDD4E-kYNwrkOox34tGvwLe_7wPSBSpWN0wCwXXxxGc9_b_QPYwA6VuNE50UmebGIT0cyGuzGk19oeMRe_43_RsMNmN-ivMtnWCvnM-f1sX4fw/s320/2D5309DF-5159-456C-9FFD-895790969599.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loose. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNf52-l2PHqpHkRvk979lO7u_zealgxflJE3mjJpMnWTbJfg6GCYP-iZAfeTOvFEFJeNI1yYsL32l0nL-7ERvmhHkS59wn1lTKEVpx4xlgPkxuohaHfStPvjGT64qI8NnyiSxalMUCxmX8NDUSRzEbylEi2JW75HVPpo-n9Y8iIgds9rGyUEq9Md-eg/s4032/BE1EB8A4-3058-4699-9331-7A68DB0F4D4D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNf52-l2PHqpHkRvk979lO7u_zealgxflJE3mjJpMnWTbJfg6GCYP-iZAfeTOvFEFJeNI1yYsL32l0nL-7ERvmhHkS59wn1lTKEVpx4xlgPkxuohaHfStPvjGT64qI8NnyiSxalMUCxmX8NDUSRzEbylEi2JW75HVPpo-n9Y8iIgds9rGyUEq9Md-eg/s320/BE1EB8A4-3058-4699-9331-7A68DB0F4D4D.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Side tuck. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This bedroom try on it with buttoned white denim skirt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The shirt is a nice length and I can see this as having many possibilities through the seasons. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(And it doesn’t crease!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But as if to throw fuel on the fire, it came with a matching skirt. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0Yf5pZRaS7rFEGQ5b824gxmEWGNT-yfRUbMin8DLMGUVVYgSuzFjdbPHZIev1_d4U8wAiL7B7ECrghZo-XMDwxdrx0ve2eObNkjj8SdqnaOIwGmYJfIk4GM3XKRRCmG5nV4R2asnF-tmVxpFjsn23FacHM6Y_RadgbVD-Yy9T92W0_oxy-jEIazcbA/s640/2FA1A613-AB62-4157-844D-438D1969476B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0Yf5pZRaS7rFEGQ5b824gxmEWGNT-yfRUbMin8DLMGUVVYgSuzFjdbPHZIev1_d4U8wAiL7B7ECrghZo-XMDwxdrx0ve2eObNkjj8SdqnaOIwGmYJfIk4GM3XKRRCmG5nV4R2asnF-tmVxpFjsn23FacHM6Y_RadgbVD-Yy9T92W0_oxy-jEIazcbA/s320/2FA1A613-AB62-4157-844D-438D1969476B.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So of course I couldn’t separate these twinnies, thus I got the skirt too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUBFjo5NVDhgWCInz7xBvGUVJ8UKYHqO2AqhML3VeqfTchp_wxF2LzFNGaATACiYhbw_ho12m_qf97u_yPdBi-mqwqFt4dyfUrceQY7nnzP9eEtviMOI-KiyygxylS2dGfj8gMxuK9HS1XaJ2UbBRpcWyxsAIrJoLBCrbf01by7ciyOVU8wQlBI5kAg/s4032/8B9FA80E-BE53-4A46-B7CE-8F98FB2EFDFE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUBFjo5NVDhgWCInz7xBvGUVJ8UKYHqO2AqhML3VeqfTchp_wxF2LzFNGaATACiYhbw_ho12m_qf97u_yPdBi-mqwqFt4dyfUrceQY7nnzP9eEtviMOI-KiyygxylS2dGfj8gMxuK9HS1XaJ2UbBRpcWyxsAIrJoLBCrbf01by7ciyOVU8wQlBI5kAg/s320/8B9FA80E-BE53-4A46-B7CE-8F98FB2EFDFE.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Nice drape and length. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5jZ8CtGtSnRjG823tBlQipZqkxl-YZHWM8ia9Y1WkVnAxuxE5wp3c-Tr74JG-gjKMb7WAd4FXg5P3EcdxEsvtku7KNlK39TTCssSVl7KYutszSo8n8ybFMzE9pVQGwXwYMCDS-YQAIyuakZvyDG7HH51lVhmvsj_oUdy7LK0U9yolIHgDw3KUMM-Sw/s4032/2D3159CA-42A1-4FAF-B558-D74166AD97C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5jZ8CtGtSnRjG823tBlQipZqkxl-YZHWM8ia9Y1WkVnAxuxE5wp3c-Tr74JG-gjKMb7WAd4FXg5P3EcdxEsvtku7KNlK39TTCssSVl7KYutszSo8n8ybFMzE9pVQGwXwYMCDS-YQAIyuakZvyDG7HH51lVhmvsj_oUdy7LK0U9yolIHgDw3KUMM-Sw/s320/2D3159CA-42A1-4FAF-B558-D74166AD97C1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The twinnies can also be used as a co-ord, so on-trend right now. I can see this in winter with a deep leather belt around my, err, waist”, to separate and break up the patterned pieces, and rounded off with some nice boots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For AW23 the skirt can be worn with a jumper, the shirt with black coated jeans, e.g. There are <i>many </i>permutations, eh ladies. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">These two Monsoon pieces are going to be wardrobe workhorses, and that’s a fact. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Right, that’s a skirt and shirt under my belt. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Did I stop at that? Did I rest on my laurels? Nah!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb47pZPUuKvr0GX9g3Z2L9v95F2jbB9bD1vQGWHym9rRN6hiXr0lS5vqnRmwsoSQgwB-XoqYMVIg6t88mQyEFF1jNoYqO-RPh6v9W29MaVL-UsRhT-IruXlpLzP74bGW7yO0noF7bJ2O_ZjEnzg-k4M0Fe3B_mikL9GAYXdaC6Ap9rTvm3tnjq_-Ndg/s640/6175BB4F-8EAE-4A17-949E-E255BE53C816.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmb47pZPUuKvr0GX9g3Z2L9v95F2jbB9bD1vQGWHym9rRN6hiXr0lS5vqnRmwsoSQgwB-XoqYMVIg6t88mQyEFF1jNoYqO-RPh6v9W29MaVL-UsRhT-IruXlpLzP74bGW7yO0noF7bJ2O_ZjEnzg-k4M0Fe3B_mikL9GAYXdaC6Ap9rTvm3tnjq_-Ndg/s320/6175BB4F-8EAE-4A17-949E-E255BE53C816.webp" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An olive mustard linen tunic top popped in my basket too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzopmQWdDQOKhz_mzo1OZDg7tXpfdRRjamexsS9cMEghvW-7QOYSs5ilbBT7fzIxfx1QbKFUHBhT1tQHnl-2dGzp4LHFmifq6kNeWGQVWzXpKn5Z-SZhAQ3G2EPVzyA0ZeelwpdjtJb_g22tCgv1-T6w5AhW62sio07RQkJYAsZlXieAlET2cn7lzk8g/s1800/25F04CDE-27AD-45F7-AD9D-D93DB18FFB3D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzopmQWdDQOKhz_mzo1OZDg7tXpfdRRjamexsS9cMEghvW-7QOYSs5ilbBT7fzIxfx1QbKFUHBhT1tQHnl-2dGzp4LHFmifq6kNeWGQVWzXpKn5Z-SZhAQ3G2EPVzyA0ZeelwpdjtJb_g22tCgv1-T6w5AhW62sio07RQkJYAsZlXieAlET2cn7lzk8g/s320/25F04CDE-27AD-45F7-AD9D-D93DB18FFB3D.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the colour with my grey hair. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqv2UWe42Uye-fUloUU61ivgQjObLULmUXIV7yys105s6VBJf3bXfe6T2o1AcuiDcyiuBKKOIxmlFZgi_S--JorpzlwnJt4vuqakddz9uPqF45lld_GVD1DDbRN3WRhO26xkXp-fEX9IiL6v8MhBtohLwHtrjtT0AG_R0eg0weOmqQ_gPXDOiXP7w4Eg/s1800/DA51A117-6AD5-4271-A086-644DA7BA49CC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqv2UWe42Uye-fUloUU61ivgQjObLULmUXIV7yys105s6VBJf3bXfe6T2o1AcuiDcyiuBKKOIxmlFZgi_S--JorpzlwnJt4vuqakddz9uPqF45lld_GVD1DDbRN3WRhO26xkXp-fEX9IiL6v8MhBtohLwHtrjtT0AG_R0eg0weOmqQ_gPXDOiXP7w4Eg/s320/DA51A117-6AD5-4271-A086-644DA7BA49CC.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s loose and very cool, so has been an ideal wear during our several heatwaves., despite linen’s propensity to crease. </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPS41ZocM7YdpFYgKpmvfkD0eYcZzRex-S15w77klD7ZqtcA0BZ5euzTTfQTCkBnL7nBgESSqPTPBNhTdFKsbDMawewPsdqVI1yawu-mxG_dJJXn4RvfOTNKkAXMfUL9iaq4vrQbg7C24ImUCy2nyaGjoLFloe6aznYeqjC9B1GHScNknxbmqcg7ZIyg/s1800/3619B0E2-894F-4447-90D9-6CB0365885DC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1011" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPS41ZocM7YdpFYgKpmvfkD0eYcZzRex-S15w77klD7ZqtcA0BZ5euzTTfQTCkBnL7nBgESSqPTPBNhTdFKsbDMawewPsdqVI1yawu-mxG_dJJXn4RvfOTNKkAXMfUL9iaq4vrQbg7C24ImUCy2nyaGjoLFloe6aznYeqjC9B1GHScNknxbmqcg7ZIyg/s320/3619B0E2-894F-4447-90D9-6CB0365885DC.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here’s my “haul”. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did I stop there?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh no, I did not. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1mrqh-CK19vRFCBejrKszyehJ4XMYOkLuSfqlXhu8n2PS688W8xNp8Cof-jXfLQFjsVzIBBOVOoFeyYKVnnT0J3f2DK6UqGR60ahFsIoldXEmNar9OBmiLyloV5QVLz6XbVyIewa5GvpkCxYXdQPrguXV7p9BflRbjCa7jRfHE2aBFgGFW-f6NL8GA/s1800/13FE4C01-5EDE-4EF2-AA27-BB6E163364B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1mrqh-CK19vRFCBejrKszyehJ4XMYOkLuSfqlXhu8n2PS688W8xNp8Cof-jXfLQFjsVzIBBOVOoFeyYKVnnT0J3f2DK6UqGR60ahFsIoldXEmNar9OBmiLyloV5QVLz6XbVyIewa5GvpkCxYXdQPrguXV7p9BflRbjCa7jRfHE2aBFgGFW-f6NL8GA/s320/13FE4C01-5EDE-4EF2-AA27-BB6E163364B1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I attempted to buy this jumper to go with it, but Monsoon doesn’t ship this item to the Channel Islands. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Narrow escape! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And TBH I really don’t know what all the rush was to snap up some 70% bargains …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95fy4MhG_SvYE-DpUtpjbcLFc4kTikB7g1RHB0tR7Z_P2bdZhZF6S_g7U6lGzfi2dsoYGOjoMiK2UY5GW_1LIb8kO0w4a7lXiKH5xvHkjpm4C_m6rSEUYzZE7sAmtuuGh9t7I6FJnVRJjXRLI-gsmM0iskoNwbmjazh7N_5qykw0Rm5lfex5adSHigQ/s4032/7A3FC052-AD2D-48F2-9DC2-900697B1E566.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95fy4MhG_SvYE-DpUtpjbcLFc4kTikB7g1RHB0tR7Z_P2bdZhZF6S_g7U6lGzfi2dsoYGOjoMiK2UY5GW_1LIb8kO0w4a7lXiKH5xvHkjpm4C_m6rSEUYzZE7sAmtuuGh9t7I6FJnVRJjXRLI-gsmM0iskoNwbmjazh7N_5qykw0Rm5lfex5adSHigQ/s320/7A3FC052-AD2D-48F2-9DC2-900697B1E566.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">… for this is what I’ve been wearing most days through July and August. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCifVhaKUmYqnYXM_eh6EJbBvTHdyRJiHhTgIjxRIPp-_7hPrpc7gY_QnKcvuBwEwwJGUBjkWZ7KQ7MzCFvr5Bzll7PTn1yNq5zJLTQcGQgT6kYHps-wvWztCPSoPa1pMogYnic7DPx75ZrL8UNU3AwnGS91ySgOpffAZcxI1KF5n1HlZo_UmLZIUUwQ/s2592/63518FCA-532D-4033-A440-327336BD6962.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCifVhaKUmYqnYXM_eh6EJbBvTHdyRJiHhTgIjxRIPp-_7hPrpc7gY_QnKcvuBwEwwJGUBjkWZ7KQ7MzCFvr5Bzll7PTn1yNq5zJLTQcGQgT6kYHps-wvWztCPSoPa1pMogYnic7DPx75ZrL8UNU3AwnGS91ySgOpffAZcxI1KF5n1HlZo_UmLZIUUwQ/s320/63518FCA-532D-4033-A440-327336BD6962.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Not a lot!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">So ladies, this is my accidental Monsoon haul. And all because TP reminded me (many weeks ago) how well my previous buys from that brand have fared. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And thus I am exonerated. This sales spend has absolutelyNOTHING to do with me. I didn’t intend to shop. TP subliminally planted the shopping seed, did he not? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Did he not light the touch paper and then retreat out of harms way whilst </span><span style="text-align: left;">I exploded on to the sales scene and did all that shopping damage?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Help me out here guys!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Have you accidentally shopped the summer sales?</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>And do you have a favoured or site for your sales shops?</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Do you shop from Monsoon?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">P.s. Oh dear, it doesn’t end there - THIS accidentally happened too … </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtIP_Nrsn0KGi3_WAvvcD8tbObDpl_Q4XwbFoZRCjVme6cXps8NC83oz9NIZd8qhwqWDJkrD1KX0YqVafLq4xx_xoDGMPUB2s_ulwiB8rVAfC_pEiS5WgaHqrGR6g22F0NRD6dvZWaB3y7Kq6J6yboinsQK-mCdi5ExO2MMO1v8nuaVNbBsLhoaZxsg/s224/AF663CA9-289B-40CF-9FFF-03D709A6266A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="175" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtIP_Nrsn0KGi3_WAvvcD8tbObDpl_Q4XwbFoZRCjVme6cXps8NC83oz9NIZd8qhwqWDJkrD1KX0YqVafLq4xx_xoDGMPUB2s_ulwiB8rVAfC_pEiS5WgaHqrGR6g22F0NRD6dvZWaB3y7Kq6J6yboinsQK-mCdi5ExO2MMO1v8nuaVNbBsLhoaZxsg/s1600/AF663CA9-289B-40CF-9FFF-03D709A6266A.jpeg" width="175" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More on that accidental pleasure in another post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-83309818838349203272022-08-16T12:16:00.001+01:002022-08-16T12:16:05.138+01:00Classic Dressing - Dresses<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well! We’re just coming out of our second heatwave of summer and the temperature has smashed through the ceiling of previous high temperatures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it’s got me thinking of dresses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dresses are perfect for summer as they tend to be loose shapes and allow for a flow of much welcomed air around the body. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are a go-to choice for me in summer and looking back, I seem to have always been a fan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here’s a round up of summer dresses of yore and similar dresses I’m wearing now in this millennium. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeo83bfcUdKPmFvDcdB7xpC7CqwreFeNjp4olR6DtuPhBRsYpMv54hEiue_IG4Lfur1lbjgQelPnRTNDO1xWeXZ4PtZRdbYHrYq0o7z9LfdzLHQOydU_wu1iwyyNvkIg3ijWrMYhevLSxRN-7_PSjrdd5C9AlK1t4IxlKiSKOR9VMk1JroNZP7YWy5Lw=s726" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgeo83bfcUdKPmFvDcdB7xpC7CqwreFeNjp4olR6DtuPhBRsYpMv54hEiue_IG4Lfur1lbjgQelPnRTNDO1xWeXZ4PtZRdbYHrYq0o7z9LfdzLHQOydU_wu1iwyyNvkIg3ijWrMYhevLSxRN-7_PSjrdd5C9AlK1t4IxlKiSKOR9VMk1JroNZP7YWy5Lw=s320" width="101" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The summer of 1967</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a lovely zippered orange A line dress in a thickish cotton. I remember falling in love with it when I saw it in a shop window. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLDghfhrkCaeQabwJgR54tIcY_2wj6okkeqF2wWbhpeXov0U31Czgi8AxU4v-1dPNqMVbRom1DjPDa6rMUaMTnPuwpF45-WhUyDoSJOq6h4KIgj_ziHq7kcjLe-kqg4eSwiV8jPIxNYN7icqrE2P72vJIxVOTMp-aEKiBG4_01XaftNipNoHreHpg6w/s280/DCCD12EE-B9B4-4F95-9070-4A8BD90D229F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="210" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTLDghfhrkCaeQabwJgR54tIcY_2wj6okkeqF2wWbhpeXov0U31Czgi8AxU4v-1dPNqMVbRom1DjPDa6rMUaMTnPuwpF45-WhUyDoSJOq6h4KIgj_ziHq7kcjLe-kqg4eSwiV8jPIxNYN7icqrE2P72vJIxVOTMp-aEKiBG4_01XaftNipNoHreHpg6w/s1600/DCCD12EE-B9B4-4F95-9070-4A8BD90D229F.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This black linen shirt dress has same shape and is delightfully cool in hot summers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The A line is a good shape for heatwaves and it allows for good air flow, and there is no waistband to rub against a sweltering middle. It’s a timeless classic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this below knee length is more suitable for the more mature knees! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You don’t want to see mine show-cased. No you really don’t.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You’re welcome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipE7LHKlOaUTgh4hOci7RnpLIuU5sTzwMF_sHP8XSRmtFFbEdcB47AzkPYC2v1fR-gDOaI1d7vTB7V9CL3z1lD_Ld24TjAK5J4xcQXOHHA7PW6aZ9o67QdyRKxvlYGb2gD7dqFLFmbhnrLCkZgpweArH4IBSFyJ949udFw3wQmCHwdodD_7ExWmWRCdg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipE7LHKlOaUTgh4hOci7RnpLIuU5sTzwMF_sHP8XSRmtFFbEdcB47AzkPYC2v1fR-gDOaI1d7vTB7V9CL3z1lD_Ld24TjAK5J4xcQXOHHA7PW6aZ9o67QdyRKxvlYGb2gD7dqFLFmbhnrLCkZgpweArH4IBSFyJ949udFw3wQmCHwdodD_7ExWmWRCdg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1976</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A denim pinafore dress which I wore solidly whilst pregnant. I wore it without a top underneath when the weather got really hot and I remember this being a very hot day. Worn with flip flops, such a stylish look 😉.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the shape and concept of a pinafore dress and had several in the 60s and 70s, one of which I sewed myself. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don’t have one in my wardrobe now; perhaps that needs to be addressed, maybe I need to get the sewing machine out again … watch this space!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaAGHFiztZAslhN4tYM8j1gn_GIZLu82nAoPsS2FpXtq3PVdC7GfAuA4DoU-iWTvnirMs6s3bMUG1AkRBbGgGStGACD6odRMSr3w_G6XfW97bPiSapYxylbkI_jkqM7g8XSDH4ymwZ8UpOXSeOJEeTpPuXkCyqqDaa2gXaqIFp_LigauYmK70FIpk_ng=s513" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhaAGHFiztZAslhN4tYM8j1gn_GIZLu82nAoPsS2FpXtq3PVdC7GfAuA4DoU-iWTvnirMs6s3bMUG1AkRBbGgGStGACD6odRMSr3w_G6XfW97bPiSapYxylbkI_jkqM7g8XSDH4ymwZ8UpOXSeOJEeTpPuXkCyqqDaa2gXaqIFp_LigauYmK70FIpk_ng=s320" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1976</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I also owned a denim shirt dress which I wore for many years in the 70s and unbelievably the only pic I have of it is here, worn as a duster coat as I couldn’t button it up over my swelling tum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought a denim shirt dress last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1H9Z5KVvI8uSD2CBPJ9BJKR_CQo32Crgb-zK3QwegcKX1ZXiLFhXZD4TjYyL973NntKprwbyuotGiTEymB-vD7JLNjJ3qQfCIZH2hT538R7OvVeTRh6gLOooXhw53Gz_AkVLwLVky16sPjGFOW8FOV5U4G_OIFLnankacc-vk-_lM6H7RUo9DM7Fhg/s2436/11055991-9641-41A9-BACF-888A75F706A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1H9Z5KVvI8uSD2CBPJ9BJKR_CQo32Crgb-zK3QwegcKX1ZXiLFhXZD4TjYyL973NntKprwbyuotGiTEymB-vD7JLNjJ3qQfCIZH2hT538R7OvVeTRh6gLOooXhw53Gz_AkVLwLVky16sPjGFOW8FOV5U4G_OIFLnankacc-vk-_lM6H7RUo9DM7Fhg/s320/11055991-9641-41A9-BACF-888A75F706A7.jpeg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Perhaps I was inspired by the very lovely Andrea from @livingoncloudnine9. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will NEVER look like this in mine, not even in a month of a Sundays. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mydyqLlt7WP89ouJM1JweBKr54S_c0AnItfdz9hc42OGpRar_HbAeibpdHOXzON9ZXTkV3JM_wzO3xUgYFCuJp3BUH-0ERZohWhgGtCe6f1Cp68mHSXEkJuOV7LGG8bBQ3ifofHZkicdCoMQDMituSg4BM8lwWJGKU3dOpCiEf7q1fN9hioLWZybw/s3765/B3EA8B01-42C1-48FA-BBE4-D53EC2AA9C61.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3765" data-original-width="3010" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mydyqLlt7WP89ouJM1JweBKr54S_c0AnItfdz9hc42OGpRar_HbAeibpdHOXzON9ZXTkV3JM_wzO3xUgYFCuJp3BUH-0ERZohWhgGtCe6f1Cp68mHSXEkJuOV7LGG8bBQ3ifofHZkicdCoMQDMituSg4BM8lwWJGKU3dOpCiEf7q1fN9hioLWZybw/s320/B3EA8B01-42C1-48FA-BBE4-D53EC2AA9C61.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Instead I will look something like this in my similar dress. Crumpled. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba6p3u7mhVYlvh74N0N0z8EtuahCBAEqaodSexM3CB0RHohh2vyqtlWPl3L5911Ya_WNQtB37xsxwaQAyvfvKQnl3GHHDOuwsvzo4xKOCvv-VSGqcNYty7vT5ux5w20Gs78_hbfLyu9-7QlCPRtea4qaNjtfbTlD_QmFGtk02CTJsfrJ8zXHdwVZa0A/s3024/C8F9B66D-3F86-4AFA-A9FD-E779B377AD32.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba6p3u7mhVYlvh74N0N0z8EtuahCBAEqaodSexM3CB0RHohh2vyqtlWPl3L5911Ya_WNQtB37xsxwaQAyvfvKQnl3GHHDOuwsvzo4xKOCvv-VSGqcNYty7vT5ux5w20Gs78_hbfLyu9-7QlCPRtea4qaNjtfbTlD_QmFGtk02CTJsfrJ8zXHdwVZa0A/s320/C8F9B66D-3F86-4AFA-A9FD-E779B377AD32.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This dress came straight out of the bag in this try-on session and is looking crumpled, like it’s owner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After those bombshell photos, let’s move on very quickly!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiosLOR5CMIR70-zwhAmBdgxeYFRpfwTIfdYhM1bi4vQ8qsyThULn-O7nZmphoBuAh6YNnxJEt_0GJGDuoRUfAJ8eaHp1Bxbmmzv1rofB9_BBnAOOUxasVeLNb2U8zKAN1vsmhHZ44lGB4JebrapgD0qgqnNx46rntjDuEgiybsvY1536jqkZlpi4yn-Q=s595" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="372" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiosLOR5CMIR70-zwhAmBdgxeYFRpfwTIfdYhM1bi4vQ8qsyThULn-O7nZmphoBuAh6YNnxJEt_0GJGDuoRUfAJ8eaHp1Bxbmmzv1rofB9_BBnAOOUxasVeLNb2U8zKAN1vsmhHZ44lGB4JebrapgD0qgqnNx46rntjDuEgiybsvY1536jqkZlpi4yn-Q=s320" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1966</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a madras cotton shirtdress. That fabric was all the rage that year, so I was so excited to find this one on the island as it was just like the ones I was seeing in my Honey fashion magazine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Any UK readers remember Honey?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM8aRMeYl3m-tZnFboaYKYdNMXGrIHeAKW4vg1Rby2Cp9lu7ZEEjOSQhUKfvOQUzojmBVFv7ox8yLJjMKgZJQ84RKhSSnoqwcYNXYNvEMLCFSihRPPglBYhWAZgnbLUadNUI2mmMfO036MQdGgXEdivsHcrhWIbQdwanXCnzTGF2tnTfVJBdSXmTGnQ/s268/E804A3B4-2315-464F-84DB-6D79065786DE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="188" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJM8aRMeYl3m-tZnFboaYKYdNMXGrIHeAKW4vg1Rby2Cp9lu7ZEEjOSQhUKfvOQUzojmBVFv7ox8yLJjMKgZJQ84RKhSSnoqwcYNXYNvEMLCFSihRPPglBYhWAZgnbLUadNUI2mmMfO036MQdGgXEdivsHcrhWIbQdwanXCnzTGF2tnTfVJBdSXmTGnQ/s1600/E804A3B4-2315-464F-84DB-6D79065786DE.jpeg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this magazine in the swinging 60s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmn_oEDfAu9fgcDbiNB4OpZVmD2hFsqiKYme-EJ-NewbuUY8qRi7baFtL-S2pCXhOetDFfudo9_x9LGlj__xWEkCwwYHT-68WRIA5W5e8pyBMV5rmdZsDAKk1od9snVeHbw7qp9lxeHDpmUk37UEs11tOs61diQxKBIIabcFeYi5eUuETRtVDsiw6AZA/s1170/7C7141E0-CE17-4A10-A261-96F00416940C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1170" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmn_oEDfAu9fgcDbiNB4OpZVmD2hFsqiKYme-EJ-NewbuUY8qRi7baFtL-S2pCXhOetDFfudo9_x9LGlj__xWEkCwwYHT-68WRIA5W5e8pyBMV5rmdZsDAKk1od9snVeHbw7qp9lxeHDpmUk37UEs11tOs61diQxKBIIabcFeYi5eUuETRtVDsiw6AZA/s320/7C7141E0-CE17-4A10-A261-96F00416940C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These days it’s gingham check rather than big madras check for me, it seems. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ve been wearing this dress a few times during our recent heatwave as it’s loose and cool and light as a feather. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgurHlI0M0IMrniqZF1aEbxWPgttqC5XgK2tyF_esG6xf3d7nxER4rHUBc95hiCMbnXyBf9IBdDZbdTN-eeuwOH9o3KRa7B2WvWL30Bm4DXb5mDhEANo32sy3ODoI58kiDXbr_ZD9xGdNCC8RCQjcr-ylQLb-8WFGH86yZWXdaQsEmT0RHwsx3PZd3KMA=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgurHlI0M0IMrniqZF1aEbxWPgttqC5XgK2tyF_esG6xf3d7nxER4rHUBc95hiCMbnXyBf9IBdDZbdTN-eeuwOH9o3KRa7B2WvWL30Bm4DXb5mDhEANo32sy3ODoI58kiDXbr_ZD9xGdNCC8RCQjcr-ylQLb-8WFGH86yZWXdaQsEmT0RHwsx3PZd3KMA=s320" width="199" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1969</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A petrol blue jersey tunic top with black jersey trousers, and I think I have a scarf tied around the neck too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This look would pass in today’s world of fashion, don’t you think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fast dial to this millennium and I do again own a pair of loose legged black jersey trousers . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHs1-1md_wm5qxFVuMMSPJqaH4UKFDaKGdhSyFoyQehUuHK7HIDN9DH8HElN_Kl-slR2irI_rxuzSRoTFYjnXUH-0zQsz_N1siD4zkbi6hwh5qmnyfVqzMq20ob3nTvQU4nwY7CiiH-_ee1TJuktXh-_WgtJpqCoj1XVhAG0OShNFGfApRw39y5LlTng/s1170/0D147BE1-2140-445F-8FB4-F4291FFF9E89.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="1170" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHs1-1md_wm5qxFVuMMSPJqaH4UKFDaKGdhSyFoyQehUuHK7HIDN9DH8HElN_Kl-slR2irI_rxuzSRoTFYjnXUH-0zQsz_N1siD4zkbi6hwh5qmnyfVqzMq20ob3nTvQU4nwY7CiiH-_ee1TJuktXh-_WgtJpqCoj1XVhAG0OShNFGfApRw39y5LlTng/s320/0D147BE1-2140-445F-8FB4-F4291FFF9E89.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However, these days I seem to wear them with shorter blouses. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7hGzxx8qoDUIY7Z1Ho1dlDR-A_O4D5P7JRUPSwuXQ0ASDyiQ0RqVfDK2j0x5eM7knPMDX2aZIOkSayPMgT-av1BQXUkiWQHpTaXL23xRPegwMq8a_skur8ATB_aShOSeQAe1jeRddRhz6pijUFCjyF4U0B0X8BH1Z30qIuvvsSucjrzDJY_hIUBPqA/s1066/5CA5F9D6-EDA6-4246-9CF7-E215000565C3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1035" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7hGzxx8qoDUIY7Z1Ho1dlDR-A_O4D5P7JRUPSwuXQ0ASDyiQ0RqVfDK2j0x5eM7knPMDX2aZIOkSayPMgT-av1BQXUkiWQHpTaXL23xRPegwMq8a_skur8ATB_aShOSeQAe1jeRddRhz6pijUFCjyF4U0B0X8BH1Z30qIuvvsSucjrzDJY_hIUBPqA/s320/5CA5F9D6-EDA6-4246-9CF7-E215000565C3.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And shorter jumpers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4UYrTX0w7B2o0UH-6rp17Sz5E-gb-aLCR1Wjn9fXk1xpkX7rSrN1ODVkch9o8zZvzqCmoVMm0hIONJBHhkoc-lYSR-Rh0KEiA5FM5Gw3Z3xjvtr54gyvXz0B-LH4Lh-L5fcCAs9us6VE9Y6OwCcWjYx9maTZXwKg_qX7XXgiDZbUCfb5p91w7Zjb4A/s1451/7F777769-B6C5-4FE7-ACC2-7925723F26B2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4UYrTX0w7B2o0UH-6rp17Sz5E-gb-aLCR1Wjn9fXk1xpkX7rSrN1ODVkch9o8zZvzqCmoVMm0hIONJBHhkoc-lYSR-Rh0KEiA5FM5Gw3Z3xjvtr54gyvXz0B-LH4Lh-L5fcCAs9us6VE9Y6OwCcWjYx9maTZXwKg_qX7XXgiDZbUCfb5p91w7Zjb4A/s320/7F777769-B6C5-4FE7-ACC2-7925723F26B2.jpeg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could try wearing this tunic style dress with the trousers this autumn. Or maybe one less fitted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fancy challenging me?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is a collection dresses that don’t seem to appear in my current wardrobe. I wonder why?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUhymx1UvpTvyrgcrVHW5wjnMo6m9twYQ6lOm74C_qQHJJi31TWp-SEru1HX3y6YD_tsITJDDGJr1wHscSovaxTSNRG83AfNLpxRIjZMsDyfKE4Fdz17eDYcXHVvZxQudwhACitXlKW1Pyn1xJOMa807WvngrB5hgDavL5pxlkgErtaxzaXeRDbyMnSg=s825" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="825" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUhymx1UvpTvyrgcrVHW5wjnMo6m9twYQ6lOm74C_qQHJJi31TWp-SEru1HX3y6YD_tsITJDDGJr1wHscSovaxTSNRG83AfNLpxRIjZMsDyfKE4Fdz17eDYcXHVvZxQudwhACitXlKW1Pyn1xJOMa807WvngrB5hgDavL5pxlkgErtaxzaXeRDbyMnSg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1967</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A short soft pink jersey dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This would look good over those black jersey trousers today. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPYEfvM6pQom3Vli6zzUqqpHD8dof6JFro-oGV7GLje_YyC_j8yeeF_Mddmhgp5bU6ZBqaC_K83yat_-V_bSHSLJSdrlPP4nz_d7kLGB1XpIM20gXHJowGmRyVC_byDyLXAs2ak-GEF1-E77F0FNI_RKxjmlips7EEP14vNmRQdepCC4i8qPK9998rJw=s741" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="508" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPYEfvM6pQom3Vli6zzUqqpHD8dof6JFro-oGV7GLje_YyC_j8yeeF_Mddmhgp5bU6ZBqaC_K83yat_-V_bSHSLJSdrlPP4nz_d7kLGB1XpIM20gXHJowGmRyVC_byDyLXAs2ak-GEF1-E77F0FNI_RKxjmlips7EEP14vNmRQdepCC4i8qPK9998rJw=s320" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1968</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A black jersey zippered leg revealing dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, I could see this today worn with those black jersey trousers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHVDtmX7C9StBF9Ug2VZKOL4TGZAPp7_2kqR0UVHyaVAqQ6OFFPhJ_OXrcYAdcg8wMVRYjotUY6-r0p9EXM3ILhwms4tiI341IXw4VJry4NIReiCUVv5wmkc8N0E629W0Z64w51wznxDGl-kiNbsh_UwFHwPXz8_mc1_fqN_xVYZ94Sy9GEIPZ64hgyw=s457" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="457" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHVDtmX7C9StBF9Ug2VZKOL4TGZAPp7_2kqR0UVHyaVAqQ6OFFPhJ_OXrcYAdcg8wMVRYjotUY6-r0p9EXM3ILhwms4tiI341IXw4VJry4NIReiCUVv5wmkc8N0E629W0Z64w51wznxDGl-kiNbsh_UwFHwPXz8_mc1_fqN_xVYZ94Sy9GEIPZ64hgyw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1966</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A black spotted chiffon dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The style would work today for me, though on second thoughts all that arm and leg display on a fat 72 year old body? Nahhhh!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXUpwMYy_ilnNTS4IdFqQs1jWh6FUFV_k0eo808yvG7XbY719oohHASfzkEzRNRoceUAvp462b2F3NQSJcNxp_pTfP9ZJUunxOfWewRDcKhOmphCTP1_-vFkyab3I19wsZb4reqyRpIhgEV4y69JMMwNjrw5mgNvujb5kyvPkd6ZgJbtYJTC4MJ_05kA=s830" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="830" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXUpwMYy_ilnNTS4IdFqQs1jWh6FUFV_k0eo808yvG7XbY719oohHASfzkEzRNRoceUAvp462b2F3NQSJcNxp_pTfP9ZJUunxOfWewRDcKhOmphCTP1_-vFkyab3I19wsZb4reqyRpIhgEV4y69JMMwNjrw5mgNvujb5kyvPkd6ZgJbtYJTC4MJ_05kA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1967</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maroon spotted crepe dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I liked my spots back then eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This style would be passable today … with the addition of a 12 inch tier at the bottom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now this last mini collection isn’t of summer dresses but I just had to include them as dresses I will NEVER wear again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkFFHcVu-lMTo0lvL0WSnoSOEtU_qm1VqFj0XiWOHqt0_6rO5bUQPkCIZo_abDeA2d-RmlVLqbqlx_DlwwUvCOQDoP5qnNFJ9ZnPDDZ1Ugex2QwKG4TQ2Op9Rci4yVWhsYVoSh6t4xdgrEnmcdhnF-eGAzzNO_ArtV0F-qBjuyb2r5lBXpxz3L_vR9CQ=s1664" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="1248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkFFHcVu-lMTo0lvL0WSnoSOEtU_qm1VqFj0XiWOHqt0_6rO5bUQPkCIZo_abDeA2d-RmlVLqbqlx_DlwwUvCOQDoP5qnNFJ9ZnPDDZ1Ugex2QwKG4TQ2Op9Rci4yVWhsYVoSh6t4xdgrEnmcdhnF-eGAzzNO_ArtV0F-qBjuyb2r5lBXpxz3L_vR9CQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2004</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doing my red carpet pose in a dark pink/claret fish tail taffeta ankle length skirt and a matching bustier top. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still in my wardrobe but not worn for obvious reasons. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And my ball days are well and truly over anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When was the last time <i>you </i>went to a black tie event?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe they weren’t your thing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think my last was in 2007. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They’re so it my thing now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I save this one for absolute last. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSNwWGX3D-h7ABKVw_-vjfVn-ldLP7N2VkJoeJRMSaIQGMqcFCBFovcONMDP1JBZSs4sUcVvSz--3DgWPxO6uv20v_lffC3R_wH5J0yNcmEXAD6O1akFatQxZE_OPLZg5bcPYl4jIfUKfwCwE7i8S8373gC13FUoUN6-RxHjzxBI0A7ixdKX4LpGiSWA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSNwWGX3D-h7ABKVw_-vjfVn-ldLP7N2VkJoeJRMSaIQGMqcFCBFovcONMDP1JBZSs4sUcVvSz--3DgWPxO6uv20v_lffC3R_wH5J0yNcmEXAD6O1akFatQxZE_OPLZg5bcPYl4jIfUKfwCwE7i8S8373gC13FUoUN6-RxHjzxBI0A7ixdKX4LpGiSWA=s320" width="120" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1988</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A dress of two halves, a black velvet sweetheart neck top half and a tiered taffeta skirt with a massive bow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I pulled this out for every black tie over a number of years. I’d liked to say “what <i>was </i>I thinking?”, but the truth is I would have been thinking eighties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nuff said eh ladies?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have <i>you </i>got any 80s dress moments you’d like to share in the comments below?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you’ve enjoyed my memory lane summer dress collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apart from the two humdingers at the end I don’t think any would go amiss in today’s world of fashion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do <i>you </i>think?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-74767184292485182042022-08-09T10:29:00.006+01:002022-08-10T22:39:49.246+01:00La Duchesse’s Notes from a Smaller Island 2022<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, I have been happily “on holiday” with my visiting friend these past 10 days, taking a break from my usuals like home projects, “fashion” shoots and blogs. It’s been a wonderful recharge. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My lovely friend La Duchesse shared with me some of the scenes she captured whilst out and about on the island. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vs0iR4wnzGfuMPS4dj5Q-vr_fhJ19TjzSZlZzIuO_Ct3PMYo4EAq5x0lOqKtqJNjLWQBeOMRu9ZbQ9eyaVoQbenfRcuF8PodWhJnn5smULRr4C5ecaq_ytK1XbcsWeX_DqPHaV7MWPCMO9kh6c01Wj06NoBrLYTnHmiGj8u2msFEUmHE6oWWw9G2iw/s2048/D4696D22-1294-4535-BC56-5E6840631EE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vs0iR4wnzGfuMPS4dj5Q-vr_fhJ19TjzSZlZzIuO_Ct3PMYo4EAq5x0lOqKtqJNjLWQBeOMRu9ZbQ9eyaVoQbenfRcuF8PodWhJnn5smULRr4C5ecaq_ytK1XbcsWeX_DqPHaV7MWPCMO9kh6c01Wj06NoBrLYTnHmiGj8u2msFEUmHE6oWWw9G2iw/s320/D4696D22-1294-4535-BC56-5E6840631EE4.jpeg" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This striking copper beech tree standing alone in a field cut for hay. I loved the contrast of the lines against the curve of the tree. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-DLTIo1mqQw2YQVmFtD70FpfV15OfF490NM1bh3fNPhtLMKX9rUsbo3SS6qQ5W7HhHf1TGrFldB6mSWfoVYKFO-KBPi41S-8BTX7kKvqVVmV7xL3XGOcqZGOy8jBT_bowPnAn26IJLwyb39zlV9F0CYrxJFRa5Quaef-nOecj08smLLZ5AoJ-X8VQA/s2016/05FBB3C2-9771-4E8C-A997-715A31BB124A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-DLTIo1mqQw2YQVmFtD70FpfV15OfF490NM1bh3fNPhtLMKX9rUsbo3SS6qQ5W7HhHf1TGrFldB6mSWfoVYKFO-KBPi41S-8BTX7kKvqVVmV7xL3XGOcqZGOy8jBT_bowPnAn26IJLwyb39zlV9F0CYrxJFRa5Quaef-nOecj08smLLZ5AoJ-X8VQA/s320/05FBB3C2-9771-4E8C-A997-715A31BB124A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The grass had already been baled up in this field. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadFB61jLUUbqM7DsGthinuF8KwCkB20ORZq3DWgUg6xOgJP9cW9xH-rsnsxU_bbVFbhLSS0zue8ikX2v4O8BlLWn-dMfF69Blbb5_ngOSyhpC90yquzaLOhz3RjQs48hyykByPY9FuhpR801uzSGzoBkBXJpSFKAavoM6RS06UWUV1y19VjgKEiM-8Q/s2016/60418569-C30F-427C-A954-15BBE9DB0A27.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadFB61jLUUbqM7DsGthinuF8KwCkB20ORZq3DWgUg6xOgJP9cW9xH-rsnsxU_bbVFbhLSS0zue8ikX2v4O8BlLWn-dMfF69Blbb5_ngOSyhpC90yquzaLOhz3RjQs48hyykByPY9FuhpR801uzSGzoBkBXJpSFKAavoM6RS06UWUV1y19VjgKEiM-8Q/s320/60418569-C30F-427C-A954-15BBE9DB0A27.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beach shots of course, she did a lot of sea swimming. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5bo_r4xBM7hvXVtgITX-HBgCGLBVEuov__v_1Oja5xAbaAWvNM4ZcYGiJsgeU62Dd7AXiFaFwvqFht7ZXLSSMDmfT_HIHScNfpJmK0h412P8LXxM-HItYd0gBpal8ea7CQ6dt9Dee3X6nLDnMq9p77M_E-XmlnP_5Q87eHl7pkdIbho_k60mNfUvCQ/s2016/9A07B339-35E6-4459-AC97-05AE5FC00E8C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5bo_r4xBM7hvXVtgITX-HBgCGLBVEuov__v_1Oja5xAbaAWvNM4ZcYGiJsgeU62Dd7AXiFaFwvqFht7ZXLSSMDmfT_HIHScNfpJmK0h412P8LXxM-HItYd0gBpal8ea7CQ6dt9Dee3X6nLDnMq9p77M_E-XmlnP_5Q87eHl7pkdIbho_k60mNfUvCQ/s320/9A07B339-35E6-4459-AC97-05AE5FC00E8C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She’s visiting from Holland. She tells me that the sea there is opaque which means you can’t see your submerged body bits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’m now even more grateful for our beautifully clear and transparent aquamarine and jade sea and the sight of my tootsies as I wade into the water. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHN7bFleY_mWS20J37cv7JS7aJ1V0g8cEfHDQueuUmlLWmFt3tvXBd6JokkQJUJJVl5a2pJrkU9hUyaf2lKTuNNavxY1AnU10YpAF-oLwJA0kCvSYKriF2zHLHUG3rYQyjn9UGPUo6ogfKAJDIdl4bazYePNuDUqZqybjc8JA3AVBunr-hGrUhn2OlQ/s2016/6E11C422-25BF-4186-BE84-2152D3154D7B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHN7bFleY_mWS20J37cv7JS7aJ1V0g8cEfHDQueuUmlLWmFt3tvXBd6JokkQJUJJVl5a2pJrkU9hUyaf2lKTuNNavxY1AnU10YpAF-oLwJA0kCvSYKriF2zHLHUG3rYQyjn9UGPUo6ogfKAJDIdl4bazYePNuDUqZqybjc8JA3AVBunr-hGrUhn2OlQ/s320/6E11C422-25BF-4186-BE84-2152D3154D7B.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved the lines on this plant; I’m guessing it’s a canna but please correct me if I’m wrong. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVf2nEB8M5QEXF7XbiDq8uaFfrY2yOdK7zkGSkpqotpH3cxowIHa2bLl-N5JGCl8ROZHaqRtXyGLSWykzKMgPE4J0qm6Qud484GNgpj09266TKfU1Q71C3VBqEn_wgWmUb5nhAAnSVMFaLqC__LCH-03X2-TY0sgnqUqMh2mu3Qnw24eWp1Nrn0NSA1w/s2016/4C9F0FDE-EF67-4E3B-9FA4-01B0B525F253.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVf2nEB8M5QEXF7XbiDq8uaFfrY2yOdK7zkGSkpqotpH3cxowIHa2bLl-N5JGCl8ROZHaqRtXyGLSWykzKMgPE4J0qm6Qud484GNgpj09266TKfU1Q71C3VBqEn_wgWmUb5nhAAnSVMFaLqC__LCH-03X2-TY0sgnqUqMh2mu3Qnw24eWp1Nrn0NSA1w/s320/4C9F0FDE-EF67-4E3B-9FA4-01B0B525F253.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of our many ruette tranquilles (mostly trafficless little lanes). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIjGKNreE8GRsB0p0GgOeFDgMBdi6jYM9Rl-iwcyzxgd1ohaq7n9-_uuw9IMkoX6DpVgecHVXUNa1TNjo18MnaBl9ALQb0cdn9RTbIV2kqQvctWlO0ZLdACtjCkFra1CgWDhJ3U9cpQvBBIx_C1xASC-LF2DBLBLEYl7Cq9tRTLN7iRq1PUOdL-0HZg/s2016/3BF16E0F-0E0F-4168-8C7A-EA7808511D66.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="2016" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIjGKNreE8GRsB0p0GgOeFDgMBdi6jYM9Rl-iwcyzxgd1ohaq7n9-_uuw9IMkoX6DpVgecHVXUNa1TNjo18MnaBl9ALQb0cdn9RTbIV2kqQvctWlO0ZLdACtjCkFra1CgWDhJ3U9cpQvBBIx_C1xASC-LF2DBLBLEYl7Cq9tRTLN7iRq1PUOdL-0HZg/s320/3BF16E0F-0E0F-4168-8C7A-EA7808511D66.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More clear sea. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQJxkmyoaSQFzUtvsdwx6ypuCfCAa711ere0585-YeHIRP3fKzXfBc18NV5hK5OdpVfMDz2_tn_N8KsqfrwF3Az_nuKN2iBK1wLn4Y7V_u3RPr2zbvDo_yO4yd0kmF0kUd9fQHiLZDMkcdR0j1af48x9ij19FUzU3UCApJw7tbmktMP909Sn1LJHmsg/s2048/2A829065-DF4A-4735-A900-8D021FA1153B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQJxkmyoaSQFzUtvsdwx6ypuCfCAa711ere0585-YeHIRP3fKzXfBc18NV5hK5OdpVfMDz2_tn_N8KsqfrwF3Az_nuKN2iBK1wLn4Y7V_u3RPr2zbvDo_yO4yd0kmF0kUd9fQHiLZDMkcdR0j1af48x9ij19FUzU3UCApJw7tbmktMP909Sn1LJHmsg/s320/2A829065-DF4A-4735-A900-8D021FA1153B.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nicely aged gate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVBYTW4WPijPRjz3Mh0dusfsBHIbhQQnjce8uLnbZTDMxODfZuTmpY5pV8VEXB41LuUlP_KFaka4BK_HZbK4q6hESzDN6bgDw20t7LxTu9g0IXRHdVFWLTigz3jrLlnNzmvCYMxYGZM38ybq3gh9W9vYUt8SKMQWHdAO4YREVpUe_Elh_gb54ueTwtg/s1600/8A728F7D-95BD-4E16-B35C-63A5E9CC5A6F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVBYTW4WPijPRjz3Mh0dusfsBHIbhQQnjce8uLnbZTDMxODfZuTmpY5pV8VEXB41LuUlP_KFaka4BK_HZbK4q6hESzDN6bgDw20t7LxTu9g0IXRHdVFWLTigz3jrLlnNzmvCYMxYGZM38ybq3gh9W9vYUt8SKMQWHdAO4YREVpUe_Elh_gb54ueTwtg/s320/8A728F7D-95BD-4E16-B35C-63A5E9CC5A6F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of our many sandy beaches. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sWNCg-LU6P3eR6JIHEoxo4_6RRQ8jrN4xi0DMqonXFX8F435s45t3thZja9nPUW4V4M5m7VCFZ2dgsMnww4RaYv4RvGDUCBRja3pqplxXiirRbk5zNjXDas_AXvr9ickG2eCK6JmFPyB5oYB6LM-dIP2KXXE-CJOWOMo2iJo9JKicMfWh6k3Sldolw/s1600/83AB0FE2-2FD9-43E8-92CC-590D38399F7B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sWNCg-LU6P3eR6JIHEoxo4_6RRQ8jrN4xi0DMqonXFX8F435s45t3thZja9nPUW4V4M5m7VCFZ2dgsMnww4RaYv4RvGDUCBRja3pqplxXiirRbk5zNjXDas_AXvr9ickG2eCK6JmFPyB5oYB6LM-dIP2KXXE-CJOWOMo2iJo9JKicMfWh6k3Sldolw/s320/83AB0FE2-2FD9-43E8-92CC-590D38399F7B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An example of our jade sea. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WPt-0N1L6G29-aI6egMad4NiJc7GCoiTGYlOgnrQxzad8w9brAVf3CL3lIGVKN-YYBzPcaxAcT7VFR-9Dst5kUvZQ4P7Y5lcSLLGsgA_vH8WsxOJ3sFkGy5USIEuj7l0zuR2wqR2wN-2oiVqQCkL6lI1wDuvI2RJ1zEdOLNv9fZjKDdPOVN1sTtFuA/s1600/B2B9219F-531D-4872-BCF5-380F70F64DCA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WPt-0N1L6G29-aI6egMad4NiJc7GCoiTGYlOgnrQxzad8w9brAVf3CL3lIGVKN-YYBzPcaxAcT7VFR-9Dst5kUvZQ4P7Y5lcSLLGsgA_vH8WsxOJ3sFkGy5USIEuj7l0zuR2wqR2wN-2oiVqQCkL6lI1wDuvI2RJ1zEdOLNv9fZjKDdPOVN1sTtFuA/s320/B2B9219F-531D-4872-BCF5-380F70F64DCA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the sea on a duller day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScB4HQF6T-lPaKbyVR5xFjNhsUgQUglZjQnuqstBVPBdSTWgXxliU2wfjP8zzjaOidFeWXbJhPJdTz97JYMAwuqQZuvWfZPzlNWMYZNxJ5RLZu1MNy7QN70rMu9u5mQuve8cRil-6cLO4iSBPAm9KIFM8fGm6SYroNEFF8ZBllX4mmfMG3nCsP6iUKw/s1600/F2C7E0A6-B1CD-4D7E-84B6-D275E1B7A8BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScB4HQF6T-lPaKbyVR5xFjNhsUgQUglZjQnuqstBVPBdSTWgXxliU2wfjP8zzjaOidFeWXbJhPJdTz97JYMAwuqQZuvWfZPzlNWMYZNxJ5RLZu1MNy7QN70rMu9u5mQuve8cRil-6cLO4iSBPAm9KIFM8fGm6SYroNEFF8ZBllX4mmfMG3nCsP6iUKw/s320/F2C7E0A6-B1CD-4D7E-84B6-D275E1B7A8BB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here a fog bank was looming close to land. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s amazing how quickly these things travel, hitting land with little warning. This meteorological event always puts me in mind of the 70s film The Fog. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Did you see that film? I found it so scary. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of director John Carpenter’s finest classics. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcb4feAtoPKsPNqIXDVSQ1pFUYK35TSHi0IVbWWFR8Bbr7ZLfOTtWeHY04ebc5pER2RhghlquH3i1K4ec6urINsTvEgNGRgMm7tO1wfJ0b055dSGuWGDtMsIJZ7VCOzrfqDR36R2o1KFVsdmjwWWAUg54gnLVnyBm2_lHydG0qHMPi9XZ7xEC0tdo1iA/s4032/80F4A18B-5B1F-4DC2-AC54-9ABD556476C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcb4feAtoPKsPNqIXDVSQ1pFUYK35TSHi0IVbWWFR8Bbr7ZLfOTtWeHY04ebc5pER2RhghlquH3i1K4ec6urINsTvEgNGRgMm7tO1wfJ0b055dSGuWGDtMsIJZ7VCOzrfqDR36R2o1KFVsdmjwWWAUg54gnLVnyBm2_lHydG0qHMPi9XZ7xEC0tdo1iA/s320/80F4A18B-5B1F-4DC2-AC54-9ABD556476C5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here’s La Duchesse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got her to stand in one of my “posing spots” before she went out to meet friends. She has many friends on the island as she lived here for a couple of decades or so. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoozEdd9TtMbXU6uqw7MSYLuoucBT9D8WmglsChKyiN-Erh5QzGWEkLhi6Dek1YQtbjORb9Q7jpBjQChW6o8Jd7hS5E9kQEXhNVCDKMMItuvpEY0_EZpj6ImeLFyZBq6hw1E2rSUBZR9xMTYOg1gBlCh5u-8oLH1wB5s1pfVMOswj5gqaZLsTc6UBV0g/s4032/63207DF8-8792-4424-AAE2-7DE4BB5B9774.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoozEdd9TtMbXU6uqw7MSYLuoucBT9D8WmglsChKyiN-Erh5QzGWEkLhi6Dek1YQtbjORb9Q7jpBjQChW6o8Jd7hS5E9kQEXhNVCDKMMItuvpEY0_EZpj6ImeLFyZBq6hw1E2rSUBZR9xMTYOg1gBlCh5u-8oLH1wB5s1pfVMOswj5gqaZLsTc6UBV0g/s320/63207DF8-8792-4424-AAE2-7DE4BB5B9774.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here she collected individual flowers and leaves from around the garden and popped them in a galvanized iron jug to display on a table out on the deck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the mix of hot colours, symbolically mirroring the heat of the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjw7GwCLZgTMLHcsabUJmJzBoVPf-Ee-zftNV5mOglPeVf-ddedBRv0tTaMEX6PDm_jIrpTUQrSH1kTj1qOE34VarOsR8YvMPZfvsp0vS6ta6qwc2vCUj2oSVkNvX4kO7xj7CnMtNr6aTWJbn_NrgJeHXsonyX9HzdO-m-89DONFXGlf9TlEmBa1yXvQ/s2016/02902875-8499-4374-9A47-2967BC266995.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjw7GwCLZgTMLHcsabUJmJzBoVPf-Ee-zftNV5mOglPeVf-ddedBRv0tTaMEX6PDm_jIrpTUQrSH1kTj1qOE34VarOsR8YvMPZfvsp0vS6ta6qwc2vCUj2oSVkNvX4kO7xj7CnMtNr6aTWJbn_NrgJeHXsonyX9HzdO-m-89DONFXGlf9TlEmBa1yXvQ/s320/02902875-8499-4374-9A47-2967BC266995.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During her stay we had a dull and breezy day, yet she still went for TWO swims. I chose to go in for none, despite my good intentions (my bathers are under my beach dress) - I don’t like swimming in lumpy sea, even though this sea had only just crept into lumpy territory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43vrCnKekU6Cw9_9fneqsayVC7TjpucmX8uVgYfq7xVbidsCLGcou1fbno2XgECywIHkmpef61pXvKBxcx9XrBMaYC520BKaAG7Q52ONQkMOBQ5XxLFRP_Phxzp37PGDT9I0suE5DTXcJCybH2A-lbOZjvvie9vJD4NjCoHh9VTO8ghXy27WjBL0OpA/s1600/15A5CAEB-5C7C-477C-ADD9-FEE86E988096.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43vrCnKekU6Cw9_9fneqsayVC7TjpucmX8uVgYfq7xVbidsCLGcou1fbno2XgECywIHkmpef61pXvKBxcx9XrBMaYC520BKaAG7Q52ONQkMOBQ5XxLFRP_Phxzp37PGDT9I0suE5DTXcJCybH2A-lbOZjvvie9vJD4NjCoHh9VTO8ghXy27WjBL0OpA/s320/15A5CAEB-5C7C-477C-ADD9-FEE86E988096.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then yesterday she left our capital St Peter Port behind in her wake with this, her a la perchoine shot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdujVJVJkLJPfP9ljEWFn4gs9kajHrDitS0z-Dn89H9JSvnu_UXDe7wWprNI8ECHrQaHTSfLfhrFw5-V-v8EbtmHJcG_7SaspHNwS4oMlViuNPy6dRZeBqoeiqrEhfYkgjn8_4JOU1X0OihpA6x2XeXug-Gm_54qSlqxZKLVk1C_iFbOCLkF3BrN9pg/s1600/B28694FE-9A02-43AD-8274-6F2FB5DCB10E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdujVJVJkLJPfP9ljEWFn4gs9kajHrDitS0z-Dn89H9JSvnu_UXDe7wWprNI8ECHrQaHTSfLfhrFw5-V-v8EbtmHJcG_7SaspHNwS4oMlViuNPy6dRZeBqoeiqrEhfYkgjn8_4JOU1X0OihpA6x2XeXug-Gm_54qSlqxZKLVk1C_iFbOCLkF3BrN9pg/s320/B28694FE-9A02-43AD-8274-6F2FB5DCB10E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sailing past 16th century Castle Cornet which protected the harbour from unwanted visitors back in the day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvkRUhe3Aefq7yt69KN4YnCynhEX04dk0AQgdXJ9t--UuiSaPSyB7kSHK-ZqvyzldwrPqgtcA43IFwdmmxIjBT7JXUe-SDC95RS3QLcjAct-F-E0JOANXeslEIpzfOg3L4Q5X4zlIJ5_QykPe5DoDGz9PNyT1zCdp2wfvGoLYLA8Wn0FWydVaIb9quw/s1600/CA3003B0-363F-4559-B8F2-170D6F8CEC49.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvkRUhe3Aefq7yt69KN4YnCynhEX04dk0AQgdXJ9t--UuiSaPSyB7kSHK-ZqvyzldwrPqgtcA43IFwdmmxIjBT7JXUe-SDC95RS3QLcjAct-F-E0JOANXeslEIpzfOg3L4Q5X4zlIJ5_QykPe5DoDGz9PNyT1zCdp2wfvGoLYLA8Wn0FWydVaIb9quw/s320/CA3003B0-363F-4559-B8F2-170D6F8CEC49.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But she is always a very wanted visitor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s said that a guest is like a fish and starts to go off after a few days - but La Duchesse smells sweet all of her stay, each and every one of them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are already counting the days until her next trip over to her beloved island of Guernsey. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can read what she packed for her previous trip <a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/?m=0">BY CLICKING HERE</a>. Rather maximal! This time round she went for a smaller more minimal capsule and wore everything bar one beautiful boho dress, as she never had quite the occasion to wear it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well done Duchesse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To see more of her beautiful pics of Guernsey please follow these links</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-7.html?m=0">#8</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-7.html?m=0">#7</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-6.html?m=0">#6</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-5.html?m=0">#5</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-4.html?m=0">#4</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="P https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-3.html?m=0">#3</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/07/la-duchesses-notes-from-smaller-island-2.html?m=0">#2</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and yup, you guessed it, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2018/06/la-duchesses-notes-from-small-island-1.html?m=0">#1</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it my dears, more notes from a smaller island courtesy of La Duchesse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed seeing a little of the island today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-58104638183305147412022-08-01T15:19:00.000+01:002022-08-01T15:19:12.757+01:00Summer’s LBD<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let’s talk about summer’s LBD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ha! You thought I was going to chat about the <i>little </i>black dress eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wrong!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the purpose of this post, the L in the LBD acronym is <i>long - long </i>black dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this is my long black linen dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A wardrobe workhorse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaZ4ZDRhDAB2YzOhTOsW1P-cB1hAD0y08dlggV6_oiN74qJmCupK-0sp3AQChDiSOMix6MMzC1tvcsnCjjJIb5MlbYJo50T8iqdFZ4WJ6IOSWts1nFoovE-WX24CvMSNaNgcaPIjQQWH_gxTYgOuae3yJca74bPTvVYl4yYCQSEp6OyT5bRv9JfiomA/s1800/354717BB-411E-43AC-A3DE-029DC356B503.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaZ4ZDRhDAB2YzOhTOsW1P-cB1hAD0y08dlggV6_oiN74qJmCupK-0sp3AQChDiSOMix6MMzC1tvcsnCjjJIb5MlbYJo50T8iqdFZ4WJ6IOSWts1nFoovE-WX24CvMSNaNgcaPIjQQWH_gxTYgOuae3yJca74bPTvVYl4yYCQSEp6OyT5bRv9JfiomA/s320/354717BB-411E-43AC-A3DE-029DC356B503.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore it here with a charity shop brass pendant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dress has been a summer go-to for 17 years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it was my go to when I met up with Insta friend Annemarie recently. No pics of the meet up (shocker!) but I “posed” above before I left home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2s-rZ5gPQ-rg4rBIUHcDWrfybK8QH9SyJH5AH2tMTZEZJpaFZ6MD_mRneg2MfJeqCv5pMQKuLWoeczF_motjD79a5TFAaS2DqZxqEdObuAUXUxdaaJPtTZXnHdiqTyAQsJbs4qjS7chBW4OBQ1Lc0BUThcU2cPjkF_Fmhj8v1G1sLc79BN-wIeQrEA/s1170/AF5404A6-9130-4899-8EA4-03E07C2B1952.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2s-rZ5gPQ-rg4rBIUHcDWrfybK8QH9SyJH5AH2tMTZEZJpaFZ6MD_mRneg2MfJeqCv5pMQKuLWoeczF_motjD79a5TFAaS2DqZxqEdObuAUXUxdaaJPtTZXnHdiqTyAQsJbs4qjS7chBW4OBQ1Lc0BUThcU2cPjkF_Fmhj8v1G1sLc79BN-wIeQrEA/s320/AF5404A6-9130-4899-8EA4-03E07C2B1952.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(worn with a silver leaf pendant)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it was my go to when I met up with blogger friend Jacqui in 2020.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it seems to be my designated Insta/blogger mate meet up dress!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought the dress in neighbouring island Sark in 2005.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s such a simple cut and fit, and that must be what makes a dress a go-to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fabric is linen and despite fading a little, it’s still keeping itself together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, my suggestions for a summer LBD that endures the decades are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Choose a simple line which transcends fashion trends.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Go for a sturdy natural and breathable fabric like linen or a durable manmade fabric like modal. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Keep your colour choice neutral, so that trends don’t date the dress. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Buy a length that sails above the foibles of fashion, a midi or maxi will always be a classic style. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following those basic rules will ensure you have a dress in your wardrobe that you wear each and every year through the decades. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I’ve got myself a classic LBD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s only adornment is same coloured embroidery on the hem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So how do I give it more adornment?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, with nothing more than a light covering of jewellery it would seem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Earrings somehow seem wasted on long hair. So I have no idea which earrings I chose on these occasions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you’re shorter haired then luckily earrings can have a field day with you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OEUvE9YA2c5_pDbUKdU5k5g1R-1iFkQBu-hYouPr3QiPCSk825xkpphcZ-tv2ESjltKa2gLYv4YLd07O5FqOG17H2q6h6vQd3qrTfJ7VbBB80oOmJC0DTme8mZjz9lvqx04qcw77UlXfiVJJPTdhUso-KLWtLTkFvw6nLA9cTKH7XaGdv2VACZRPqw/s280/B4FB7AE1-9C55-45FC-99BB-5950DFD8E0AE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OEUvE9YA2c5_pDbUKdU5k5g1R-1iFkQBu-hYouPr3QiPCSk825xkpphcZ-tv2ESjltKa2gLYv4YLd07O5FqOG17H2q6h6vQd3qrTfJ7VbBB80oOmJC0DTme8mZjz9lvqx04qcw77UlXfiVJJPTdhUso-KLWtLTkFvw6nLA9cTKH7XaGdv2VACZRPqw/s1600/B4FB7AE1-9C55-45FC-99BB-5950DFD8E0AE.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I wore a jumble sale find, a very heavy necklace made of nickel and copper belt hardware. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It frames around the neckline beautifully. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ve worn this on repeat since I found it in the 90s. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyezi0P5uJ8zvuv1XfBswOe2JXKyD1YqJQpSW0HqiYwpSEOU13fmXHwzFIj4BOhLoZLvu4mE22YPZyNQg44UNrdpu2AjeYS9CzNcwQvHkqPqzBHpWMZi-yqziRIWmf-BJ_MkSgEgMoOGcgx9I3DIq3Ay5x4lSnFxhL5Gl9UgrDMp-4r54bITjdo9vumA/s1170/398C73D2-9169-4827-9C89-06AD8C1D5C0F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyezi0P5uJ8zvuv1XfBswOe2JXKyD1YqJQpSW0HqiYwpSEOU13fmXHwzFIj4BOhLoZLvu4mE22YPZyNQg44UNrdpu2AjeYS9CzNcwQvHkqPqzBHpWMZi-yqziRIWmf-BJ_MkSgEgMoOGcgx9I3DIq3Ay5x4lSnFxhL5Gl9UgrDMp-4r54bITjdo9vumA/s320/398C73D2-9169-4827-9C89-06AD8C1D5C0F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another pendant, this time in beige and dark brown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tend to keep the jewellery to neutral colours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Keep the LBD simple. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Keep the adornment simple and neutral. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can I top 17 years?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes of course I can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one has an even longer provenance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL_IK0GhMicxzPVkdo5vFNBlXQOmQpr0u2Rg5p-p8jONGyYsvmJ2VysCYeWxFPTiOetAHdLnywND5LNYEZVA8g7zjo7l3gKOWrnrV3MvAHjGFhVdJRsCjoytSX15LVWDYTVaKofQN4ND03ZPAEwPnHChGNEeBFOHAYwrOm59iN7P5A5xmwGXYXVwncw/s280/3FADD521-F67F-4BDD-803C-40852FD3D61D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL_IK0GhMicxzPVkdo5vFNBlXQOmQpr0u2Rg5p-p8jONGyYsvmJ2VysCYeWxFPTiOetAHdLnywND5LNYEZVA8g7zjo7l3gKOWrnrV3MvAHjGFhVdJRsCjoytSX15LVWDYTVaKofQN4ND03ZPAEwPnHChGNEeBFOHAYwrOm59iN7P5A5xmwGXYXVwncw/s1600/3FADD521-F67F-4BDD-803C-40852FD3D61D.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This LBD is 20+ years old!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I bought it in the mid <i>90s.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again it’s plain black. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cut is a long slip dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fabric is a jersey modal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All elements follow my rules for an LBD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore it above with nothing more than ecru coloured pearlised pendant. And matching earrings. Probably . </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioS-3ScxbsIVzDtNxeE29vEJ3HPVQkQfWyBly9KxkfECTIJDrMXp9_g3T_AsVYRN4YysJyDuNUoBWR0_yu07bsryJL5uh0glC_Q4xat_l1n5wsXzmVpMQZZEvUU3o3qqdloJ0XCqBG0V0vSAZlMbuu1z9Lp25jT9zqJwpNkH_PoVJxbcKDEyDejH_Y2Q/s280/4E949C21-BACC-4860-AD3F-972F5E6F82A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioS-3ScxbsIVzDtNxeE29vEJ3HPVQkQfWyBly9KxkfECTIJDrMXp9_g3T_AsVYRN4YysJyDuNUoBWR0_yu07bsryJL5uh0glC_Q4xat_l1n5wsXzmVpMQZZEvUU3o3qqdloJ0XCqBG0V0vSAZlMbuu1z9Lp25jT9zqJwpNkH_PoVJxbcKDEyDejH_Y2Q/s1600/4E949C21-BACC-4860-AD3F-972F5E6F82A1.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Throwing over a diaphanous kaftan top can brighten the look (and hide the bingo wings!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, below is another 20 year old dress, well I may be stretching it, I think I bought this one in 2003/2004.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0dErIRlQdJhneNXD7kjM2-kkDKLM_UxiUpd9FrEJAh5OgfDwIomS0h1aodG08Kz5MMyCWdMCGIx5taE_sqMcIIQfaCYoUv-CqI0AnolWZshZyFKWqToN430JHfKio2VYVD0uLXUhz4C9s2E-_rngWJrryN5LrxGncV5HCtUIQMP5dM3gbvD1-W59nQ/s320/E773E81F-0846-4DD3-AE37-6ABA77E5C7D1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0dErIRlQdJhneNXD7kjM2-kkDKLM_UxiUpd9FrEJAh5OgfDwIomS0h1aodG08Kz5MMyCWdMCGIx5taE_sqMcIIQfaCYoUv-CqI0AnolWZshZyFKWqToN430JHfKio2VYVD0uLXUhz4C9s2E-_rngWJrryN5LrxGncV5HCtUIQMP5dM3gbvD1-W59nQ/s1600/E773E81F-0846-4DD3-AE37-6ABA77E5C7D1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(with diamanté jewellery and a feather wrap - well this styling <i>was </i>for a glam themed hen party!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So why am I wearing the dress 20 years on?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s linen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s adornment is same-coloured appliqué/embroidery at neckline and hem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s a slip dress style and cut on the bias. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s midi length. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See, following those rules again gets you a dress you’ll wear for 20 years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, the dresses I’ve worn on repeat for 20 plus years all follow the same principles, the same rules. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over to you …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Do you already have a dress like this that you wear each and every summer, maxing out on its CPW?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>So you have your own LBD rules? Care to share? Thanks </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Are you going shopping for a LBD, in which case, have my rules been of help?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for popping in today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t already, as my posts tend to be erratic and subscribing saves you time on fruitless pop ins!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-47207894163640583812022-07-30T18:57:00.000+01:002022-07-30T18:57:40.545+01:00The Puffin and Oyster<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66Xfa4GgSjBwm23cgdqkAgZpJpGwpSUMH5cPAfdPr1wo39Eslak8_AStK__4-Og_IJH45pTga_7vwFQ7HKSfXnTlgSCyIGVht-eJHjX48HHAndtTUww8KCJX86p0ZEgq7wJ1w0uQTZFQf_Xommc0AmJyzMB0C67OlBubD_STaMFkWqNCuiIqKX1bXLA/s4032/82CE3D3B-C0DC-4408-81F6-77134ADFF221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66Xfa4GgSjBwm23cgdqkAgZpJpGwpSUMH5cPAfdPr1wo39Eslak8_AStK__4-Og_IJH45pTga_7vwFQ7HKSfXnTlgSCyIGVht-eJHjX48HHAndtTUww8KCJX86p0ZEgq7wJ1w0uQTZFQf_Xommc0AmJyzMB0C67OlBubD_STaMFkWqNCuiIqKX1bXLA/s320/82CE3D3B-C0DC-4408-81F6-77134ADFF221.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup, it’s <i>that </i>jumpsuit again! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are you tiring if it yet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But there’s a reason you’re seeing it here yet again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s because of where I took it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtUV2-r71s6zL-lHoZdMuAeJ1QitqE8UC0OqfPyXOR37GAtMGm89Z0BqLEfBtQa1h4s3k4kDmG_Gv6iQQzEm5G_cDktg4xjZCguD2C17QY53AOGdxL2WOSOklzvT8zzgsRItVQxJY2_csPg8IOzS4HjzgivhBOOnBimsS6C7oBljPbWOJ5jbbIO2rig/s4032/0A4632E7-4918-4F42-888D-5388D3E65AEC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDtUV2-r71s6zL-lHoZdMuAeJ1QitqE8UC0OqfPyXOR37GAtMGm89Z0BqLEfBtQa1h4s3k4kDmG_Gv6iQQzEm5G_cDktg4xjZCguD2C17QY53AOGdxL2WOSOklzvT8zzgsRItVQxJY2_csPg8IOzS4HjzgivhBOOnBimsS6C7oBljPbWOJ5jbbIO2rig/s320/0A4632E7-4918-4F42-888D-5388D3E65AEC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took it to a new restaurant on the island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We left the house so I guess this can be called a Date Night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why don’t you join us?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But don’t worry, we’re not teenagers so you won’t feel like a gooseberry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So there’s a new restaurant on the island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And what was the first thing that struck me?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg081Nnp3pWDA3WlQJmgEIciplcrLCSatOanAlFOWY8bi4kubosJXRhF7yIUsLuF7PvnZ4mI1KMthri7JpbCjSbJ5SnCNpoRqlFD_J-_FhAMDqHGT5QZrlWyLNrMwjRYhOmLtJW0O3tejiz4tlJoiQnlHjKKcQ4aD1He2yvgfDOs2fGsA0eYMlbO8UDkA/s4032/0C1A84EB-BFC2-4FBA-B2B3-52493A83FAB9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg081Nnp3pWDA3WlQJmgEIciplcrLCSatOanAlFOWY8bi4kubosJXRhF7yIUsLuF7PvnZ4mI1KMthri7JpbCjSbJ5SnCNpoRqlFD_J-_FhAMDqHGT5QZrlWyLNrMwjRYhOmLtJW0O3tejiz4tlJoiQnlHjKKcQ4aD1He2yvgfDOs2fGsA0eYMlbO8UDkA/s320/0C1A84EB-BFC2-4FBA-B2B3-52493A83FAB9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fire extinguisher!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not literally. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No Pout was injured in the partaking of this date night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But yup, I was immediately impressed by how they’d taken an obligatory health and safety item, a fire extinguisher, and made it into a design feature! This copper extinguisher is a thing of beauty, and I never thought I’d find myself saying that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shall we move on in?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxJa59Iw6qyl3q5jol_O6O7uUlQrWSzj-CH4PmXDzoQR6daygEzVASdpGwzpblVM4AIml3Dqvrrvdfo1gcCDBi2CJTY8f9KZltBBx8OMBzGGcGqBl_EnCJ30yOKPogMZJsVqUMIpYE9rRtx6AVY6dxJwvvKYJmHPJY4KUhOZdn1jfEvhoQwAIEUROKQ/s4032/5752146C-683F-4E4A-8525-EA0A4F602D81.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxJa59Iw6qyl3q5jol_O6O7uUlQrWSzj-CH4PmXDzoQR6daygEzVASdpGwzpblVM4AIml3Dqvrrvdfo1gcCDBi2CJTY8f9KZltBBx8OMBzGGcGqBl_EnCJ30yOKPogMZJsVqUMIpYE9rRtx6AVY6dxJwvvKYJmHPJY4KUhOZdn1jfEvhoQwAIEUROKQ/s320/5752146C-683F-4E4A-8525-EA0A4F602D81.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Puffin and Oyster is its name. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pub and Dining is its claim. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let’s check it out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a long-established beachside restaurant (previously The Hoummet Tavern) that has had a recent makeover. In fact, a makeover by stealth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Through The Covid Years it had seemingly laid closed, dormant and discarded and seemed like it would never open its doors again as a restaurant. Each time I walked or drove along here along Le Hoummet,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> there it was, dead as a dormouse, and as it’s a coastal location I’ve gone passed pretty often</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> these past three years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I go on holiday for two weeks and come back to this!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How they managed to make these changes without any external sign of activity or work vehicles parked outside, well it beats me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As well as the amaze balls extinguisher, I was impressed with the decor everywhere I looked. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And believe me, I LOOKED!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf9FOYSMUhyRfRRHOkmB2aCmpcDt5CDRHApqttL9yJ0RxvXisp6O0CiwAdoiDYa4xKSYBbvJu68aGhJ6CR-11UJw7mccDfVaMfB7fwcq060RsUVK4J_-XTLYNvBnUSnGmeyLFvoEu6SUABYaPHqprAvENreiBP5YgIQgnw4ls6NQWXiZKrNZXLrlMqQ/s4032/5EAFDDB6-C673-40D9-813C-6672B5A5ABE6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf9FOYSMUhyRfRRHOkmB2aCmpcDt5CDRHApqttL9yJ0RxvXisp6O0CiwAdoiDYa4xKSYBbvJu68aGhJ6CR-11UJw7mccDfVaMfB7fwcq060RsUVK4J_-XTLYNvBnUSnGmeyLFvoEu6SUABYaPHqprAvENreiBP5YgIQgnw4ls6NQWXiZKrNZXLrlMqQ/s320/5EAFDDB6-C673-40D9-813C-6672B5A5ABE6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So impressed was I from my looking that it appears I abandoned TP (bottom left) to find his own entertainment as I went a-photographering!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bE7B2zh517p7Qfr60wcT7emoHCmL8aHAfKOPpft9m1pk7AnbcghNTEgFrho3xg_cC68sJCPl33jVA_o6Gx7nse8FlM-khV_A0xhRJZ5Z9kw7kbBMjdEEhRhqTvGYsMoLVCahKx97nUvA_2NKjH9siJPn2b9BqQ2bQ65EmNG43RrnM9ufxFlv5uCZ-A/s4032/5ED5C19F-7092-412A-ACC7-9C45B8559ED6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bE7B2zh517p7Qfr60wcT7emoHCmL8aHAfKOPpft9m1pk7AnbcghNTEgFrho3xg_cC68sJCPl33jVA_o6Gx7nse8FlM-khV_A0xhRJZ5Z9kw7kbBMjdEEhRhqTvGYsMoLVCahKx97nUvA_2NKjH9siJPn2b9BqQ2bQ65EmNG43RrnM9ufxFlv5uCZ-A/s320/5ED5C19F-7092-412A-ACC7-9C45B8559ED6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The structure hasn’t changed, the place hasn’t been extended, yet they’ve managed to create additional dining areas seemingly out of thin air!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Note to self: check if the designer can work the same magic with Chez Pout!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8tl8KCUHyg93QifhQ8AjzzTJeZtv-LZF8PS8oD6M6IhjdIIiCndH8YZZXJP0bNtJq-884DBOwcRTjO-n6l7a_4pun5URA4p3S0yGk8McC9_MR8MuK7Gs1HZUP2NIAFlyHpNaXeTRba7m9CSOaxdRwBYa4IabMNnP2ATVqi2wl3ahNT15vQRAVMqfUw/s4032/07CC7C90-FE63-401B-AF9A-BA24258ADF9B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8tl8KCUHyg93QifhQ8AjzzTJeZtv-LZF8PS8oD6M6IhjdIIiCndH8YZZXJP0bNtJq-884DBOwcRTjO-n6l7a_4pun5URA4p3S0yGk8McC9_MR8MuK7Gs1HZUP2NIAFlyHpNaXeTRba7m9CSOaxdRwBYa4IabMNnP2ATVqi2wl3ahNT15vQRAVMqfUw/s320/07CC7C90-FE63-401B-AF9A-BA24258ADF9B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The reception and bar area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPk-5siwY4fzB-jFUWoymXgmR_54cTF1OIz7i20jmFPePlV5IF4UchQI__yvJ1TdKDyiL2paimBMaqEr17G0BP-VUlmtP2IeEYFSE_ABTS5nZX6m3HFzmBud91yiWna4qDp5PdZ9hJT1DgEzyLmdRHmq8VCeYRvjRf-1PDt5yeC1QTUkvQZ8b12W5aQ/s4032/17238DBD-1031-4A52-9A07-5EEFB6CA9192.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPk-5siwY4fzB-jFUWoymXgmR_54cTF1OIz7i20jmFPePlV5IF4UchQI__yvJ1TdKDyiL2paimBMaqEr17G0BP-VUlmtP2IeEYFSE_ABTS5nZX6m3HFzmBud91yiWna4qDp5PdZ9hJT1DgEzyLmdRHmq8VCeYRvjRf-1PDt5yeC1QTUkvQZ8b12W5aQ/s320/17238DBD-1031-4A52-9A07-5EEFB6CA9192.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More dining.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But where’s the pub?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd46cuy8h80Fxp7xol7NRPi6i9l3my8fQRARZ_WPQF8dKo8rqTP9Y2K0Kh3uUznN3FxDS7ghYFMNcJI_metVPoOMz-rbKdKHSvZ5Lxv4njVYNLmgr2UgxPNESqsnpX8K0OiEP1Ua694I2xyfoR_EZBzHJP6n4B68t_1V-5gdChNpEorybz0zuxRJBFJg/s4032/62588289-10B9-4DC2-BF22-225439A481B1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd46cuy8h80Fxp7xol7NRPi6i9l3my8fQRARZ_WPQF8dKo8rqTP9Y2K0Kh3uUznN3FxDS7ghYFMNcJI_metVPoOMz-rbKdKHSvZ5Lxv4njVYNLmgr2UgxPNESqsnpX8K0OiEP1Ua694I2xyfoR_EZBzHJP6n4B68t_1V-5gdChNpEorybz0zuxRJBFJg/s320/62588289-10B9-4DC2-BF22-225439A481B1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And then this area totally flummoxed me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How did they create yet another dining area without extending, I asked myself?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I twigged, I was standing in the old public bar! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Could this be cruelly the “pub” in “pub and dining”? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I say cruelly as it looks nothing like it used to. Nothing like a pub. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I did stop to mourn the loss of yet another island pub. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The old pub was so popular with locals within walking/cycling reach, and as a coastal bus pub crawl destination, and its Friday night meat and seafood draws were legendary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pub’s patrons would have provided all year round income to support the restaurant side in winter months, so it will be interesting to see if that loss of income will have an affect on the restaurant’s coffers over time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But let’s move on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjttLwmI4DwWTQTX7tmbGOmRXkF5GtrmFXhqwvoJt2299GZAEJqLo-OrPeJrbrjS_fmqJ1GTiR3T_jsfPvtJZoJBWo0slQsXCqPkQxt39EX5F8rrcInOTJXmA-TCNMafrSLnL29c_FK4Pcvmh5H2fBEhD2cng1y3fxykhy7QGtwu2obIgH46U6dJXjA/s4032/A4FD85E2-2BB3-426A-B3D3-41D2819EC54A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjttLwmI4DwWTQTX7tmbGOmRXkF5GtrmFXhqwvoJt2299GZAEJqLo-OrPeJrbrjS_fmqJ1GTiR3T_jsfPvtJZoJBWo0slQsXCqPkQxt39EX5F8rrcInOTJXmA-TCNMafrSLnL29c_FK4Pcvmh5H2fBEhD2cng1y3fxykhy7QGtwu2obIgH46U6dJXjA/s320/A4FD85E2-2BB3-426A-B3D3-41D2819EC54A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because I guess there is a drinking only area </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the far right of this picture. It’s not exactly pubby per se but I guess this must be the “pub” bit of wot it says on the welcome mat. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn2RpJAAQeIlvlhfDCgwAmxG-4Oqr--ED-IftboDlnawkiBEmdo6DWpfBRShwfHDcHYZpuDdALave5-CIUGUySH-VPf_GWnkVy9crLHksC8U0DcQcdIxZorjgnjZC4XrqcAN1sXFNw18-WlFm_OuUdwDi-6mk5AnbEQIwnviOnI07vtGdAqUDdGy61Q/s4032/D75910AE-7FAE-4880-BECE-904F5BB9CB72.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIn2RpJAAQeIlvlhfDCgwAmxG-4Oqr--ED-IftboDlnawkiBEmdo6DWpfBRShwfHDcHYZpuDdALave5-CIUGUySH-VPf_GWnkVy9crLHksC8U0DcQcdIxZorjgnjZC4XrqcAN1sXFNw18-WlFm_OuUdwDi-6mk5AnbEQIwnviOnI07vtGdAqUDdGy61Q/s320/D75910AE-7FAE-4880-BECE-904F5BB9CB72.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> But fortunately the view is unchanged!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6320EKzK1Q1QYkzxrkt3gzKu_HWQyqEpLYY1xA0kR2Z_erpoBfkcjB7avLlvfVnI_tLcRMufBAonHAcwQusRfNlDR30U2gDn6pqr10Yb2K-YxG8sORFeY-rhQI4in3l6b1N-zswvsJRslLjS4Vjz5BTIFvl9nz-SPXS4mg24oFNAbCvZ-VBvH78qaSQ/s4032/BA505B42-79A3-4AAE-89BF-BC9E4EC13519.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6320EKzK1Q1QYkzxrkt3gzKu_HWQyqEpLYY1xA0kR2Z_erpoBfkcjB7avLlvfVnI_tLcRMufBAonHAcwQusRfNlDR30U2gDn6pqr10Yb2K-YxG8sORFeY-rhQI4in3l6b1N-zswvsJRslLjS4Vjz5BTIFvl9nz-SPXS4mg24oFNAbCvZ-VBvH78qaSQ/s320/BA505B42-79A3-4AAE-89BF-BC9E4EC13519.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They’ve maxed out in the outside dining space too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrB7Lo7ks49rpftJ6gTnCoJUF47BGvWqQ31aMTxrSAZizZeBhjywLai-cKPhft0mZ4AAAMePr-Tms1SHdqj_zwuXNQAAMDBCdDa_IkeTeEYlK-rYa_-bJIS2XMvLz9SdFrFEGDy4ChvJ_UuQ89SKC297ZjuUjVvtt1rduBcTjNQwZE4Ec7qUf3XwCag/s3480/47A2FF9B-3B91-4E9D-AE07-E36E89F4018E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="3480" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghrB7Lo7ks49rpftJ6gTnCoJUF47BGvWqQ31aMTxrSAZizZeBhjywLai-cKPhft0mZ4AAAMePr-Tms1SHdqj_zwuXNQAAMDBCdDa_IkeTeEYlK-rYa_-bJIS2XMvLz9SdFrFEGDy4ChvJ_UuQ89SKC297ZjuUjVvtt1rduBcTjNQwZE4Ec7qUf3XwCag/s320/47A2FF9B-3B91-4E9D-AE07-E36E89F4018E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So both inside and outside patrons can soak</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in this view as they soak in their wine or pint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now on to the food, for a restaurant can’t be judged on decor and view alone eh?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Lhdme7ct5AkWz-JSDCX_91iAWtyRV3OclSMVmfGVcui9BSNG76Fn4V6ecpGBDK7zOfzIQKaMRCQsWB0uMZhkKtc3ZRuYnK2p0YlS4tIU5V1IhT3bVsi18w_4JqRENrYO3pe4TiYReOlFinAB2UgQCyDW1kisbinwwa2n1Z8MTJbgaXYpsCVlRR2pbA/s4032/99FF6F5D-1482-4132-9E82-54B041EBA4F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Lhdme7ct5AkWz-JSDCX_91iAWtyRV3OclSMVmfGVcui9BSNG76Fn4V6ecpGBDK7zOfzIQKaMRCQsWB0uMZhkKtc3ZRuYnK2p0YlS4tIU5V1IhT3bVsi18w_4JqRENrYO3pe4TiYReOlFinAB2UgQCyDW1kisbinwwa2n1Z8MTJbgaXYpsCVlRR2pbA/s320/99FF6F5D-1482-4132-9E82-54B041EBA4F4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TP is looking happy so let’s check out what he ate. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnCxD4Y8TNAQXRsDCetYbku4iWTbhvevZuklJG8qTI-IvklsAa5zyyN4SMXPtOuS9cHKVBSpSdqGLF43oZthkudWHRrZc-HTDPz9WU12aNVD2zTPXetJI8sIGRKuZMwFOTtS6Rq81POUWanEUYembjk9NoOTvvZrGyewAM8N4BI7kH-LNv6FBvuEdxA/s4032/EA1E98A7-A363-43A4-ACF7-5E7A5FD22A3D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnCxD4Y8TNAQXRsDCetYbku4iWTbhvevZuklJG8qTI-IvklsAa5zyyN4SMXPtOuS9cHKVBSpSdqGLF43oZthkudWHRrZc-HTDPz9WU12aNVD2zTPXetJI8sIGRKuZMwFOTtS6Rq81POUWanEUYembjk9NoOTvvZrGyewAM8N4BI7kH-LNv6FBvuEdxA/s320/EA1E98A7-A363-43A4-ACF7-5E7A5FD22A3D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fabulous lobster pizza.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who would have thought to put those two together?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it worked, I’m told. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It came highly recommended and it didn’t disappoint. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_iznpKj7tBEKkcDkic18krEYmJLlCSgCAGKifmx6bHdPki4MDXFxBAM3AolCcoUseCtZyKtUQzOElFRV22NOmSwVM8J4KNGeNl_hkxFFoa-ZrDSQbD9L7D9OvuWgzfNfjz-o8EJExVWijpOh8nFLsiyZNFxHblwTyz_oYD0_eff3_odcZQnKj1ZsGA/s4032/325E4878-843B-4399-BCCB-ED45497EAA12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I feel a restaurant should be judged by its chips, for I don’t eat them at home so I treat myself when out and I don’t want them to be mediocrely meh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0wbHPLQuTfTm1qYPK51itanHe0RCZpXFoFhbIPmSPW0jFsV8aIPp5x9TzoFkw0GltBID4XNagzRdwXDpLcNWtDtwX9yzzjz7qGQOLAcbVBn-6ZM_S6umQSfHHByxe10X_Dr-f_uoNpIgBh5BwhhWBD6iTiE88Eq9wvvPymYCjRBZrKLJbuBdWDf2Lg/s4032/6911B245-D2C7-45A1-950C-3F9A337F2E53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0wbHPLQuTfTm1qYPK51itanHe0RCZpXFoFhbIPmSPW0jFsV8aIPp5x9TzoFkw0GltBID4XNagzRdwXDpLcNWtDtwX9yzzjz7qGQOLAcbVBn-6ZM_S6umQSfHHByxe10X_Dr-f_uoNpIgBh5BwhhWBD6iTiE88Eq9wvvPymYCjRBZrKLJbuBdWDf2Lg/s320/6911B245-D2C7-45A1-950C-3F9A337F2E53.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And these weren’t. Light and with a flavoured crispy coating. We ate them all, which amazed us as between us we don’t usually get passed half way in the shared pot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My only criticism of the restaurant would be the mayo. Served in a sachet 😱. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However it is no doubt a health and safety choice and these Stokes sachets provided a more decent serving of mayo than the paucity of offering in the ubiquitous Heinz pack. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So on second thoughts, I’ll let that one go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh and me, what did I eat?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLemXllOVvTRMwfR2YPv_hcfHqFtbprLpPSzxvjdYD-4EN8C-bt4WUf_C944M4iNoehEhBe2iEfpXwLD8wWT8-AhWTOW5ptAqtDwx8KPq8PnYh462GUjMsRm2-k2LXQgeIfYKc3KPXS1dwHHCyCzqXCi1dGJsUdb6sl0GheA8Tueny_u3exmQ8VpHw9g/s4032/D092DFC8-BA31-4C64-AF04-957306883015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLemXllOVvTRMwfR2YPv_hcfHqFtbprLpPSzxvjdYD-4EN8C-bt4WUf_C944M4iNoehEhBe2iEfpXwLD8wWT8-AhWTOW5ptAqtDwx8KPq8PnYh462GUjMsRm2-k2LXQgeIfYKc3KPXS1dwHHCyCzqXCi1dGJsUdb6sl0GheA8Tueny_u3exmQ8VpHw9g/s320/D092DFC8-BA31-4C64-AF04-957306883015.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A roasted peach caprese salad with a side</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">helping of Guernsey crab. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was BIG. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt here as the peach didn’t <i>taste</i> or <i>look</i> roasted in any way, but I’m telling myself that all the roast flavour was in the discarded skin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still, it would have been nicer to skin the peaches first in boiled water then roast them without their clothes on. IMHO. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just may suggest that to them next time, for there definitely <i>will </i>be a next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now let’s see how these plates fared. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt6zbtXyqKf4LO3776r_WNW9kKYThEAzo8rxMVTJ-TRGLLTeFLev4llCZvJkohFaYIIy7sQEZPoW9X-jUjplvebyv5SlxDr3uwf2caHoVdcJrEOvkyICNN5IHf6V1IwJFZm6OcblrRuO08LMwuN6OfRwPIaD9HbG28Sdmr6904P3s4Emb1o7UfoQ-pw/s4032/4BDD3474-7FC6-4786-BA59-63D5E95A2377.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt6zbtXyqKf4LO3776r_WNW9kKYThEAzo8rxMVTJ-TRGLLTeFLev4llCZvJkohFaYIIy7sQEZPoW9X-jUjplvebyv5SlxDr3uwf2caHoVdcJrEOvkyICNN5IHf6V1IwJFZm6OcblrRuO08LMwuN6OfRwPIaD9HbG28Sdmr6904P3s4Emb1o7UfoQ-pw/s320/4BDD3474-7FC6-4786-BA59-63D5E95A2377.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No surprise, some pizza went home in a doggy bag as it was a much larger pizza than TP would normally order (and there is no sizing option). Never mind, TP said it was delicious cold the next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And mine?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmj-ltm_dfIXruMTNGG6QAc9h-wy-Qh339gsxAZ9oAfsJoKZp8lcFMTShqg5TOVXfzmV23SibF-USKHg0azaekymdt5yqbP2xOC9THMOgNmMUOpO5joEbxuyB0DmEr21ZZVDqfRnw1_iDQlljXScK7XLGB8al-Ppq15vqZ0CM_6Mmm9_yNP5ocMrWpA/s4032/59485045-AEE0-45E6-B4C4-C263E0E7054E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmj-ltm_dfIXruMTNGG6QAc9h-wy-Qh339gsxAZ9oAfsJoKZp8lcFMTShqg5TOVXfzmV23SibF-USKHg0azaekymdt5yqbP2xOC9THMOgNmMUOpO5joEbxuyB0DmEr21ZZVDqfRnw1_iDQlljXScK7XLGB8al-Ppq15vqZ0CM_6Mmm9_yNP5ocMrWpA/s320/59485045-AEE0-45E6-B4C4-C263E0E7054E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, it may have been BIG but this is what’s left of my salad. It seemed embarrassing to ask to take home two pieces of mozzarella and a scrap of salad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, nice meal, nice service. nice decor, nice view. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Puffin and Oyster, nice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alright, let’s upgrade that to LOVELY!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And just in case you are getting jumpsuit withdrawal symptoms …</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvDYOvVKHE57Ppt7K4sCN7HkT-sml9VLXctRUF6XYG4bqrCNls8I6Utco50GZmil1WjMn1M9JAzM_DjEfUYUV7zmRTp5X6uQAWFO3KONOg6vUIwm03ADw9DNTD73Huog6xJYfW0Rc10kzFGPsSi35rwhxAV94_4QsN2FA3yMqADtYhZcDmiapGUvnGg/s4032/2D88B215-C824-493A-836C-E51EC2676D14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYvDYOvVKHE57Ppt7K4sCN7HkT-sml9VLXctRUF6XYG4bqrCNls8I6Utco50GZmil1WjMn1M9JAzM_DjEfUYUV7zmRTp5X6uQAWFO3KONOg6vUIwm03ADw9DNTD73Huog6xJYfW0Rc10kzFGPsSi35rwhxAV94_4QsN2FA3yMqADtYhZcDmiapGUvnGg/s320/2D88B215-C824-493A-836C-E51EC2676D14.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">… here’s another peak!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8b4a9wuZQmH5vExzcBWB1iz2ywg68gSn-i91eNRPRi4X4xBPg9aVVkwc6nj-XsaLc2b-2bibJFCI3xUbOWn2jXyl613piDBy-cXqZYBwNeeI-07BWZJdrgaL0qaDXH10YRAIC7JlQNjOFMKrqTSX8mX13RIF2Wg0D2V-EKtonsmVb6ZOGwcPcNDvf2A/s4032/9EBA8521-CF3D-4D31-8B41-632AF33C3D69.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8b4a9wuZQmH5vExzcBWB1iz2ywg68gSn-i91eNRPRi4X4xBPg9aVVkwc6nj-XsaLc2b-2bibJFCI3xUbOWn2jXyl613piDBy-cXqZYBwNeeI-07BWZJdrgaL0qaDXH10YRAIC7JlQNjOFMKrqTSX8mX13RIF2Wg0D2V-EKtonsmVb6ZOGwcPcNDvf2A/s320/9EBA8521-CF3D-4D31-8B41-632AF33C3D69.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we sat near an open window, I wore the cardi at the start of the meal until the place started filling and got warmer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cardi has rust coloured embroidered flowers and edge stitching (echoing the base colour of the Primark jumpsuit) and is very pretty; it’s an old fave as it has stuck around for 22 years and is from Principles. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApQV-9inWxWlXbLWSYO7UdcYNQ6n3eHZDT6m1dgWHnsJtrTT_YKuTDdKv-ybggXCOhGn0NchZRCIX6qmJpafm4rXggdusRIo3xaes00CyLdhijN7L-qhO_QFOlc27xYkzybMjQmECX5OruDXUrFCIANRFMPGVniI4YvvSUMaS4hj0Jy-XPB0uzKk5nw/s4032/E7733B77-FFC4-45BF-B6E9-9500EFBB16D4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApQV-9inWxWlXbLWSYO7UdcYNQ6n3eHZDT6m1dgWHnsJtrTT_YKuTDdKv-ybggXCOhGn0NchZRCIX6qmJpafm4rXggdusRIo3xaes00CyLdhijN7L-qhO_QFOlc27xYkzybMjQmECX5OruDXUrFCIANRFMPGVniI4YvvSUMaS4hj0Jy-XPB0uzKk5nw/s320/E7733B77-FFC4-45BF-B6E9-9500EFBB16D4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I chose a complementary coloured wine! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pinot Grigio <strike>Rust </strike>Blush. It’s The Pout’s S22 drink of choice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now let’s hear what TP has to say about his meal in this two minute video. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nA25kNOI-AQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="nA25kNOI-AQ"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If the video doesn’t play for you, follow this link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by clicking:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/nA25kNOI-AQ">https://youtu.be/nA25kNOI-AQ</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed your Date Night with The Photographer and I. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And if you enjoyed this post (and I hope you DID!) then </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">don’t forget to subscribe to my blog and to my YouTube channel so’s you don’t miss a post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’m on Instagram too, so please be sweet and follow me there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-25261955339066373582022-07-28T07:24:00.000+01:002022-07-28T07:24:19.694+01:00From Petite to Plump<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You may have noticed that Annemarie and I often find we have similar items in our wardrobe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which is kinda strange because we’re totally different body shapes. She’s lithe and petite and I’m, well, errr plump would be being gentle on myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’m fat but for the purposes of the alliteration to come (and I’m all for those!) let’s call me plump.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although we are different ends of the shape spectrum we’ve often bought similar items because they look good on us individually. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hey, we may have a series here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Petite to Plump. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clothes that suit both body types. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let’s kick it off. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Jumpsuit</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8esHbp_U30mNeLbNNCcfV4ypXuks55CdSy0ro5iBBhEZY03k7i5h42NjkOWNWXPNEzze48sJQfSr2UVnED6D69h8Ex7PHteP-GP7L4m6tJ1pP7FsNNY0OzbAjYgZE3fAYi3Pv08f_WWoX_bUDXX-1lg9h2p2vuharxd7TJloHNbtx9wz6F2p3GKURog/s1799/2883680C-430C-428D-B61F-D0ABD82CE075.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1799" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8esHbp_U30mNeLbNNCcfV4ypXuks55CdSy0ro5iBBhEZY03k7i5h42NjkOWNWXPNEzze48sJQfSr2UVnED6D69h8Ex7PHteP-GP7L4m6tJ1pP7FsNNY0OzbAjYgZE3fAYi3Pv08f_WWoX_bUDXX-1lg9h2p2vuharxd7TJloHNbtx9wz6F2p3GKURog/s320/2883680C-430C-428D-B61F-D0ABD82CE075.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here sporting spotty strappy jumpsuits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And our jumpsuits look pretty good on both our bodies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the all in one sleek line is what’s working for us here, it flatters all body shapes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Summer Dress</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzqGR3uyqHIYcbTt0rU2ya57GgPesLJ5hbWI77aFnETBCOlQgLwDxZY7r_iYa2vozUOuUsjLaNwL-j4Cq3x_KRTGMMfa66QUbtaiPRgjOVz2_-Le0EYDDLyag6MT2y9u-nrpFx2gB-YMpVllH-UR98a55B-hxmSA1T6iDFCnNehW_tt5JmVQDtH_9Rg/s1800/4754A513-DDC0-4AF8-A8C9-4DA5F7593258.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzqGR3uyqHIYcbTt0rU2ya57GgPesLJ5hbWI77aFnETBCOlQgLwDxZY7r_iYa2vozUOuUsjLaNwL-j4Cq3x_KRTGMMfa66QUbtaiPRgjOVz2_-Le0EYDDLyag6MT2y9u-nrpFx2gB-YMpVllH-UR98a55B-hxmSA1T6iDFCnNehW_tt5JmVQDtH_9Rg/s320/4754A513-DDC0-4AF8-A8C9-4DA5F7593258.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This soft-lined floral dress from Monsoon looks good on our petite and plump shapes, and no doubt everything in between. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again the line skins the body so suits all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as there is no hint of age-discriminating milkmaid about this dress which is a style so prevalent in today’s shops, so this flowing line suits all ages too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So currently I’m gauging from this mini-series is that by keeping the line sleek and classic, a style will fit both petite and plump. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coming up next in the series, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Ruched Sleeved Jacket. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-83786395962383948662022-07-25T07:48:00.002+01:002022-07-25T07:57:37.600+01:00What Took Me So Long?<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s embarrassing. </p><p style="text-align: center;">In this post </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2019/05/might-as-well-jump.html?m=1">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I was full of defiant enthusiasm to wear a newly bought jumpsuit. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I say defiant as The Photographer wasn’t overly keen on my acquisition (more on that shortly!). </p><p style="text-align: center;">And then it didn’t happen. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxvvE1XLG-8LfmoNmcD9xP3-XEPl2sIX6xia4xN6QIr9BQzx-FEaqEF8h1raj0sS5Wlc65ZCIpAxJj5IfTBAvqVtcVOIafVFzhY1WrI7MaerUZRPWYnT9P1v8KFszXfrPAQLEzCG5o-3wR8dfDD_cmBRV1TFSxAl87hPWdLPaZniKYa9gjbDnhpJbiQ/s4032/23DDF567-211D-4C47-AB66-6D65B1950620.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxvvE1XLG-8LfmoNmcD9xP3-XEPl2sIX6xia4xN6QIr9BQzx-FEaqEF8h1raj0sS5Wlc65ZCIpAxJj5IfTBAvqVtcVOIafVFzhY1WrI7MaerUZRPWYnT9P1v8KFszXfrPAQLEzCG5o-3wR8dfDD_cmBRV1TFSxAl87hPWdLPaZniKYa9gjbDnhpJbiQ/s320/23DDF567-211D-4C47-AB66-6D65B1950620.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well a week or so I suddenly got the urge to wear this forgotten piece in my wardrobe whilst chatting about it with visiting Annemarie. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And it’s been calling me ever since. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWbEkS001jg3AMLg7ruKhsn1NVsgpj_l7HxJUUuV3rLBGN0mHBb_3kGtqAatKItgEAfmHi6tQn6MhuxyOzs8r-MTUvV_IW7Gkbp6liwgYHAMBzx0mmgJl2E2JdbdWeiqsuqgGhJ-WD7gBjFZFc1umDbS0P9qXHBAfD5GfL5Z0TEANi_RlS52zojmmNw/s4032/300196ED-61D3-49A7-BE75-FDD1577EFDE3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWbEkS001jg3AMLg7ruKhsn1NVsgpj_l7HxJUUuV3rLBGN0mHBb_3kGtqAatKItgEAfmHi6tQn6MhuxyOzs8r-MTUvV_IW7Gkbp6liwgYHAMBzx0mmgJl2E2JdbdWeiqsuqgGhJ-WD7gBjFZFc1umDbS0P9qXHBAfD5GfL5Z0TEANi_RlS52zojmmNw/s320/300196ED-61D3-49A7-BE75-FDD1577EFDE3.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">So I wore it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GmM5m4uzoi0EsZgUubJ0cFlM1l7WHe6MKmGAQ-1X5QksZIsw-9ZoYy6sdlvcAtNc6v2Nrj_LsjH9kXRntL3CqjyBBz_M61tQQeDFrJreGluoxSgT78IdJh6FDBZkL3Z7sjfGRxfTfnLhuTliKTaO1d5YQcLSqsLxErckIC8nrze92ZM2D-UVDue69g/s1672/565DC018-1A68-4295-9D0B-51FF368AF252.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1507" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GmM5m4uzoi0EsZgUubJ0cFlM1l7WHe6MKmGAQ-1X5QksZIsw-9ZoYy6sdlvcAtNc6v2Nrj_LsjH9kXRntL3CqjyBBz_M61tQQeDFrJreGluoxSgT78IdJh6FDBZkL3Z7sjfGRxfTfnLhuTliKTaO1d5YQcLSqsLxErckIC8nrze92ZM2D-UVDue69g/s320/565DC018-1A68-4295-9D0B-51FF368AF252.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And I quite honestly love it! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">What did take me so long to get round to wearing it?</p><p style="text-align: center;">Is it because in this blog post </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2019/05/might-as-well-jump.html?m=1">HERE</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKqbYJx2mdKgRwXCRs__NYXHhNcY2t7n9TLBliHFqqQ7PGiFaTuMxfS43NmCCuU1P_njLlBqA-BLfFi6xDV1lG4f_NaHa313hPackPHU7SDBUVOZx6a_gZsvgk6WMzk9orPRsWzbMHz__7W0zRcciP_pk0caFI_UMUthg22BXUer1aNRTlDNCSP4ejQ/s280/35DED54F-B75E-4EB3-A63E-A45031601977.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKqbYJx2mdKgRwXCRs__NYXHhNcY2t7n9TLBliHFqqQ7PGiFaTuMxfS43NmCCuU1P_njLlBqA-BLfFi6xDV1lG4f_NaHa313hPackPHU7SDBUVOZx6a_gZsvgk6WMzk9orPRsWzbMHz__7W0zRcciP_pk0caFI_UMUthg22BXUer1aNRTlDNCSP4ejQ/s1600/35DED54F-B75E-4EB3-A63E-A45031601977.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I was maybe put off wearing it because of my photographer’s lack of enthusiasm for this jumpsuit. </p><p style="text-align: center;">And lack of enthusiasm is putting it mildly, look at me telling him to “talk to the hand” (a.k.a. wind his neck in!) after his barrage of criticism!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But I’ve finally worn it so let’s chat a little bit about the jumpsuit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeaWr6_83BDf6Js1D9t7BhfUG1DzkqUKHHfRiAxzWlCxxs7qB2rfKEdbJ1ZsIWG2wIpAxl6AEQi_Wpr6LE9XFVpc56I8N3YqAFbLWkVHNAp60zSwQ0h-IouHO024vVTzjCJvXbDg3GDQBa5scNzc2YEvaGerEqqSzwlaaZqYjwIDC9AJHK0RblXHMHg/s1863/6B53ACFF-A974-4499-A84C-81A2ED2BD245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1863" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeaWr6_83BDf6Js1D9t7BhfUG1DzkqUKHHfRiAxzWlCxxs7qB2rfKEdbJ1ZsIWG2wIpAxl6AEQi_Wpr6LE9XFVpc56I8N3YqAFbLWkVHNAp60zSwQ0h-IouHO024vVTzjCJvXbDg3GDQBa5scNzc2YEvaGerEqqSzwlaaZqYjwIDC9AJHK0RblXHMHg/s320/6B53ACFF-A974-4499-A84C-81A2ED2BD245.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought this jumpsuit at Primark in 2019. Then didn’t wear it, as explained above. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbzGF-65wwvIVGiDG59dfcoEsvzMk7YIz21i3TjOGdlD3udcrxEiWRWV6aoJpR7xXDo32lBfcNw6kE96fX2UF1WMbCx2kGx8mlU3V6ztTa57YwJHx05cWNsvUYEEVGCwhY00pITfCn921f8r9m7qxTAKGbUgpWYDz2lTR7wplc9JccCEkVbK5LyHNHQ/s3321/18CCC146-02D2-45A4-840E-77FA2C79B5A4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3321" data-original-width="1938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbzGF-65wwvIVGiDG59dfcoEsvzMk7YIz21i3TjOGdlD3udcrxEiWRWV6aoJpR7xXDo32lBfcNw6kE96fX2UF1WMbCx2kGx8mlU3V6ztTa57YwJHx05cWNsvUYEEVGCwhY00pITfCn921f8r9m7qxTAKGbUgpWYDz2lTR7wplc9JccCEkVbK5LyHNHQ/s320/18CCC146-02D2-45A4-840E-77FA2C79B5A4.jpeg" width="187" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The danger with leaving an item in your wardrobe during The Covid Years is that the items, err, shrink 🥴😉. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpxA9pcJaPQdNmpW044U4oke8SzMhBk4CxmJacbvX_hwQB-g7UePGfcd6SpEqZ723yYZYBB0aFS74K0-GBBHUewE0nzNshgrAklcum56PLTFsKZU09sq_U2KlITerEyBRFZC6ltrbjeiNF6lPEewU3nO26ttOHFOFjn3-O_WJOhY610_lC4DBaFsnXA/s2158/062A8433-DB56-4A32-AEB7-1F862ECD713D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2158" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpxA9pcJaPQdNmpW044U4oke8SzMhBk4CxmJacbvX_hwQB-g7UePGfcd6SpEqZ723yYZYBB0aFS74K0-GBBHUewE0nzNshgrAklcum56PLTFsKZU09sq_U2KlITerEyBRFZC6ltrbjeiNF6lPEewU3nO26ttOHFOFjn3-O_WJOhY610_lC4DBaFsnXA/s320/062A8433-DB56-4A32-AEB7-1F862ECD713D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why the silly posing, you may wonder?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvUv6OvJSoSasQM7DrIPEVIB175lbN7YF-VyY4ML74LxG8eSNfhRvTeuxlr4UpG3G2SrgCU0Q7gXgOObz4AchDaRzJH6vsu9b8jJPO3L9Grt8dzor-36byXz7mSbMlB1bWL2OhMMrxrcjMiY80h2CGocN739JbSQhTtjzL5ALN09zXJocXVEAAQVVtA/s2180/319CB2F0-F67C-4659-90CB-021655AAC90C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="1802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvUv6OvJSoSasQM7DrIPEVIB175lbN7YF-VyY4ML74LxG8eSNfhRvTeuxlr4UpG3G2SrgCU0Q7gXgOObz4AchDaRzJH6vsu9b8jJPO3L9Grt8dzor-36byXz7mSbMlB1bWL2OhMMrxrcjMiY80h2CGocN739JbSQhTtjzL5ALN09zXJocXVEAAQVVtA/s320/319CB2F0-F67C-4659-90CB-021655AAC90C.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why did I do this off the shoulder look?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhXxqVYQy6Nd7EJ-5krEWoX7aFLAZ_Lxm78lW4-54pBjdeQ0JCLW_SXiygyZgOajLSKI-MTIUn8uZ9UOdglPOF4mFspaJd7r4N7hV6kvKJC4HCE-TdHDu89YOcRMUCqi0Oi7IaYqXBk34SIp2YdkW5b_WSsjbJb-i0KyTywVrcFL17wDxdQe8D79bew/s3070/CB883B0B-CE65-4B84-A558-F765E3691E9E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3070" data-original-width="1979" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhXxqVYQy6Nd7EJ-5krEWoX7aFLAZ_Lxm78lW4-54pBjdeQ0JCLW_SXiygyZgOajLSKI-MTIUn8uZ9UOdglPOF4mFspaJd7r4N7hV6kvKJC4HCE-TdHDu89YOcRMUCqi0Oi7IaYqXBk34SIp2YdkW5b_WSsjbJb-i0KyTywVrcFL17wDxdQe8D79bew/s320/CB883B0B-CE65-4B84-A558-F765E3691E9E.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I wanted to show you the sun-style jumpsuit’s strappy top. But …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’d just done my nails so couldn’t touch the cardi!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNT1YEPDYpP0JWemNOCWO3CkWU4PM9VkPbWlkh_0pqD8MKvEMKcCYPM2DvnIUi7g9kUREL7zUtL2-6no93cOPTjEf5mD2K46wTrGUQQzhvwK0yR1GCyQJclYgo1RAKfkbpRLk-w48vBwCjV-2o74RCiL7yO2unOfToR2r5M0ppkFicfh558JqOfFOCg/s3244/D0DD4175-2C0A-486C-8362-65466D0316A5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3244" data-original-width="2091" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNT1YEPDYpP0JWemNOCWO3CkWU4PM9VkPbWlkh_0pqD8MKvEMKcCYPM2DvnIUi7g9kUREL7zUtL2-6no93cOPTjEf5mD2K46wTrGUQQzhvwK0yR1GCyQJclYgo1RAKfkbpRLk-w48vBwCjV-2o74RCiL7yO2unOfToR2r5M0ppkFicfh558JqOfFOCg/s320/D0DD4175-2C0A-486C-8362-65466D0316A5.jpeg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hence the silly poses!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63q-YtZKx7us_CxylhZKdfiaYyo9Co3eJh6qYZH_tEraGI8FGGURqI6lpXSuJW-ndyrYJxCNIf1B2bKnmi-0ViaW8Me0GYm8Ek98ZVEU-xAvljCG67rJK6GIg5flmp5BMwH3hR7O5gXxAjqafR4lRRjPtZ5Wpw-M9ZMObv3bzvH1SmV42Xz9nmMRKTQ/s2934/D814E77D-A618-4FFD-97CA-F711A5929C53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="1997" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi63q-YtZKx7us_CxylhZKdfiaYyo9Co3eJh6qYZH_tEraGI8FGGURqI6lpXSuJW-ndyrYJxCNIf1B2bKnmi-0ViaW8Me0GYm8Ek98ZVEU-xAvljCG67rJK6GIg5flmp5BMwH3hR7O5gXxAjqafR4lRRjPtZ5Wpw-M9ZMObv3bzvH1SmV42Xz9nmMRKTQ/s320/D814E77D-A618-4FFD-97CA-F711A5929C53.jpeg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">But jumpsuits. What are they all about?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Toilet arrangements </b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Well let’s first address that elephant in the room. No, not me, but the lack of “arrangements” down below. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Well don’t let the “toilet challenges” put you off. </p><p style="text-align: center;">This style is easy to unbutton in a thrice and provided you don’t let the jumpsuit drop to the floor, it’s a doddle spending penny.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The sleek line flatters all body shapes</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">The style is flattering as it skims over even portly protrusions. It creates a sleek line. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Lots of air flow</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s ideal for summer as it’s a cool wear. This strappy style allows the air to flow freely. Find yourself a good strapless bra to give a clean uncluttered line.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> (I may sound ancient but I really do not feel comfortable showing my bra straps under a skimpy or strappy top - <i>what’s your view on this?)</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>A cool uncluttered waist area</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">The sleek all in one line negates the need for a waistband so allows the waist to keep cool as it’s free of constraints. And that seems to be a big plus I’ve found from wearing this jumpsuit in hot summer.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>And a jumpsuit feels FUN!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">But I guess the biggest plus is that it’s such a fun thing to wear that I feel the joy as soon as I place my first foot in this clever construction. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>This style jumpsuit sparks joy!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Do you own a jumpsuit?</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Any views/experiences to share in the comments below?</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">News!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ll be posting the start of a new mini-series on Thursday.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t miss it by subscribing to the blog today!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>And now for the hard sell!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Instagram</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>I put together a little reel on instagram</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgTsrUxlHMK/?igshid=NmZiMzY2Mjc=">Check out my reel on Instagram. And why don’t you follow me whilst you’re there. Please!</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Click the above paragraph to view. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>YouTube </u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">If a picture paints a thousand words, then imagine how many words a video gives you!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I occasionally release videos on YouTube. I intend to increase my content and regularity, so be ready for when I do - <i><u>subscribe on YouTube <b>now </b></u></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">You’ll find me here - follow this link:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtube.com/channel/UC90wuoPZfrADF1SOfLghuIw">https://youtube.com/channel/UC90wuoPZfrADF1SOfLghuIw</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Subscribe to the blog</u></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Talking of following, if you’re not already following me on the this blog, then what took <i>you </i>so long?! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Why not subscribe today to catch every post when released. And you won’t miss my mini-series!</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">What are you waiting for?!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-6702006915180016782022-07-18T07:32:00.001+01:002022-07-18T07:32:57.778+01:00From Wedding Outfit to Beach Dress <p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello my summer sizzling lovelies !</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, summer is truly upon us and I’m really getting into my morning swims in the cooling sea and spending time on the beach feeling the cooling sea air. </p><p style="text-align: center;">So no surprise that this week’s post has a beach theme running through it. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Right, let’s get on with the post. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I decided to give the post its title because that seems to be what happened when I put this new dress through its paces. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I first got wore it to a family wedding a few weeks ago</p><p style="text-align: center;">(<a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2022/07/summer-wedding-day-outfit.html?m=0">follow the link HERE to see how I “styled”’it )</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Into the sea!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHy1p-FTfUMNk0kD19tQKehc3HAs62u2B1QDAfHIFXizyrDcMjbf3gTn1G-xqfaJvkdyvOlUKZxtytGvrxEMUHwlict8li2PzOFXhY8VRO4ZulmbBFSzGIvdV5jlG2kCQjBIb5cGDruH5pm2rXTQJ-qPIBwOL2yNKEg3JdyoJN_7YrVLX-z_mrCu3tg/s483/262A9CC7-7918-430C-AA9B-FD4B2AD48A03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="483" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyHy1p-FTfUMNk0kD19tQKehc3HAs62u2B1QDAfHIFXizyrDcMjbf3gTn1G-xqfaJvkdyvOlUKZxtytGvrxEMUHwlict8li2PzOFXhY8VRO4ZulmbBFSzGIvdV5jlG2kCQjBIb5cGDruH5pm2rXTQJ-qPIBwOL2yNKEg3JdyoJN_7YrVLX-z_mrCu3tg/s320/262A9CC7-7918-430C-AA9B-FD4B2AD48A03.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the soggy sand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I’m not advocating you take your current best dress down for a paddle. But it made for good Coastal Granny photos eh?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here’s the spooky thing. My blogger-Insta “twin”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">had bought the same dress and packed it for her recent visit to Guernsey. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I invited @my_over50_fashion_life round for crab sandwiches, cream scones and tea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV2bgpWmsMBQLlMj7QFfyMiVytBGhWVbBpQb7nLSTVetMO7bu9rpIA83B7R0Cgyc7UeDNhZS0rantr61o31NiUcIXxns-xdPwlEG1yJ2EEnYrHhr0HAJiznyRr9glaDInr0SvlnyfdMUOB8IsZBZjPOHYMsfRXhUoZQTs4srGD_5uw_W_ymlC29wiZQ/s4032/5D05221C-3E38-421C-9566-9E70A1BB2CE9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV2bgpWmsMBQLlMj7QFfyMiVytBGhWVbBpQb7nLSTVetMO7bu9rpIA83B7R0Cgyc7UeDNhZS0rantr61o31NiUcIXxns-xdPwlEG1yJ2EEnYrHhr0HAJiznyRr9glaDInr0SvlnyfdMUOB8IsZBZjPOHYMsfRXhUoZQTs4srGD_5uw_W_ymlC29wiZQ/s320/5D05221C-3E38-421C-9566-9E70A1BB2CE9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cream tea out in the garden, how lovely!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EHEJFfTYy1uR9Am_gLwHW24TaMu7Z3JSp7NVdm1nicRNrwjcT8WskXiurNuYzaI0oTR8JmLzqwatcGSHLlddZZ31NWLWSKe6jaqarTok1n3iwmubxgOppGvxd3_XH9D3ynUSPrzL8s-QoKh60jGGiJj9w89bIofNJhwsUhVk01zbLVLGRgIW3p-sYw/s4032/836602D7-35AD-4E71-9792-F19D2D694FF9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3EHEJFfTYy1uR9Am_gLwHW24TaMu7Z3JSp7NVdm1nicRNrwjcT8WskXiurNuYzaI0oTR8JmLzqwatcGSHLlddZZ31NWLWSKe6jaqarTok1n3iwmubxgOppGvxd3_XH9D3ynUSPrzL8s-QoKh60jGGiJj9w89bIofNJhwsUhVk01zbLVLGRgIW3p-sYw/s320/836602D7-35AD-4E71-9792-F19D2D694FF9.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course she took her dress down to the beach too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNXtDZbDSrb9ITuDDh8Ff86xRB1XhEkADMu4k7oMDg88X1Mb9wknweuftc6r_TdMxZrJp4OKVhcIqyf1zTXSkMQhBq2T8bEu19nmLmUzzRYt1jM-ZX_pN_eseG86ssj7sZyVoFiPLti2FxKfGyrVXSH0duqvlTp9tLOQlILujbax4alziWVpoas-dDw/s1800/E29940DB-2D12-45B1-8A5D-E67B1BACB603.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNXtDZbDSrb9ITuDDh8Ff86xRB1XhEkADMu4k7oMDg88X1Mb9wknweuftc6r_TdMxZrJp4OKVhcIqyf1zTXSkMQhBq2T8bEu19nmLmUzzRYt1jM-ZX_pN_eseG86ssj7sZyVoFiPLti2FxKfGyrVXSH0duqvlTp9tLOQlILujbax4alziWVpoas-dDw/s320/E29940DB-2D12-45B1-8A5D-E67B1BACB603.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doesn’t Annemarie look lovely?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-EDh3CZMcfj7m8_IbBrbmAyAvhoa56mol10mBmlFlm5aJ54qTGrgRPYhKY1vjNTbjX43EDm5aAbsdOgYJN_PMGEj5fkvFtSY-qu4i8aDQCAfe5Nd9KaPA4uM3K3mxptn6eUcGCn59TxEPzbaz1zfJp64jT1Uwi_V8tlJqZ5Xuq3kxCAPGH-b9FFbOQ/s2048/296117A0-D369-41CB-B677-06ADD89EB6DB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1228" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-EDh3CZMcfj7m8_IbBrbmAyAvhoa56mol10mBmlFlm5aJ54qTGrgRPYhKY1vjNTbjX43EDm5aAbsdOgYJN_PMGEj5fkvFtSY-qu4i8aDQCAfe5Nd9KaPA4uM3K3mxptn6eUcGCn59TxEPzbaz1zfJp64jT1Uwi_V8tlJqZ5Xuq3kxCAPGH-b9FFbOQ/s320/296117A0-D369-41CB-B677-06ADD89EB6DB.jpeg" width="192" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we twinned out on the patio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0AXNAfRhmmNvVIAJqESaIZkeSEOglPicA9KGkQvdC-p8FPsIROU1xWdENLCTJgWg2SKSl95Qf8zsRPZHLqvVNnSClTpossJ0Tw7ruJwGesVzV40No726srofdWR0F_8RF7ydfGApFtQ9Yi8RB1m0gLOkBKuCsBApXkmcvNEH_KDIjquaXqoinmAsVA/s1024/560C6BFB-048D-4278-8479-EF51180DC7B8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1024" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0AXNAfRhmmNvVIAJqESaIZkeSEOglPicA9KGkQvdC-p8FPsIROU1xWdENLCTJgWg2SKSl95Qf8zsRPZHLqvVNnSClTpossJ0Tw7ruJwGesVzV40No726srofdWR0F_8RF7ydfGApFtQ9Yi8RB1m0gLOkBKuCsBApXkmcvNEH_KDIjquaXqoinmAsVA/s320/560C6BFB-048D-4278-8479-EF51180DC7B8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I fastened my back differently to its intended style to hide my bra. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbK1-fMZ9Cqnt1ar2YkgisyRyBKbqvkHi5DhN8DgmI_0f1190_c1Vpe8kQRH0OJXBSq-kCP5j-ZzHh3rjsMOjpthtD04Xq-9PS5qRVAMkjiqUia-RVrrOttP8FR0k0gbyqno3MXVKOxrG-cJb3Ct4-_AxDmRnshuHMb7uxT2-FJq8jlToyxxZ64I2vlQ/s668/CD3EA8CF-19C5-4ADC-A4C6-35B45DEA4141.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="668" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbK1-fMZ9Cqnt1ar2YkgisyRyBKbqvkHi5DhN8DgmI_0f1190_c1Vpe8kQRH0OJXBSq-kCP5j-ZzHh3rjsMOjpthtD04Xq-9PS5qRVAMkjiqUia-RVrrOttP8FR0k0gbyqno3MXVKOxrG-cJb3Ct4-_AxDmRnshuHMb7uxT2-FJq8jlToyxxZ64I2vlQ/s320/CD3EA8CF-19C5-4ADC-A4C6-35B45DEA4141.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s a happy dress. Makes you want to dance and twirl!</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dress is a simple line that suits all body types - from Annemarie’s svelte petite figure to my more matronly shape, and every shape in between is my guess </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then I got a bit naughty with the dress.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPUxQwPGfe1AM2tkS238Cc850uC7k4qVi-vS8XE0StQBXt7ILbK6csQMpuzxmM6QGmhFWaVzp0dkGF0LEn4QmCtjT-rkBem4xGkBBycT9WSd7jTRb0VcMM9CokO4Pq9o3i5EKn5QgsyyuLyMj3uVen-V5TwwtDQXvfa28dVlW6W78XTFYretNQt7e9Q/s1824/860F6AB5-5138-4BE9-826D-90ACE7391EFB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPUxQwPGfe1AM2tkS238Cc850uC7k4qVi-vS8XE0StQBXt7ILbK6csQMpuzxmM6QGmhFWaVzp0dkGF0LEn4QmCtjT-rkBem4xGkBBycT9WSd7jTRb0VcMM9CokO4Pq9o3i5EKn5QgsyyuLyMj3uVen-V5TwwtDQXvfa28dVlW6W78XTFYretNQt7e9Q/s320/860F6AB5-5138-4BE9-826D-90ACE7391EFB.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naughty, in The Photographer’s sense of the word. For me and a belt should not been seen within a stone’s throw of each other according to his rules. I apparently look like a sack tied in the middle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I sneaked this one in as he wasn’t taking the photos 🤣 . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I belted it under the bust, as that was the line of the dress. And I don’t think it looks sackish at all. IMHO. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s possible that belting up in an empire line rather than at the waist, or where the waist used to be in my case, brings the eye away from the thickened middle area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>What do you think of my totally illegal belting?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbcK0jlGaB6SeYQa85MtvVwsoXj75Qhny8e2HN5s1-zu7X1rPJNhUI0f4uWcHQyYN5pVBG7CLIJli4wk1u5kc6H69QMyc8VSQlUG0pZCpmHY5sSHmo20zmPJMZgSvYBPcfTO061yVa8Eo-ONWVxY0dyMStgTozxHWfc0xRQxCgE_Pi35YYGEOZU9WdA/s1824/68887007-394E-46B3-B396-C672329477B4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1368" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbcK0jlGaB6SeYQa85MtvVwsoXj75Qhny8e2HN5s1-zu7X1rPJNhUI0f4uWcHQyYN5pVBG7CLIJli4wk1u5kc6H69QMyc8VSQlUG0pZCpmHY5sSHmo20zmPJMZgSvYBPcfTO061yVa8Eo-ONWVxY0dyMStgTozxHWfc0xRQxCgE_Pi35YYGEOZU9WdA/s320/68887007-394E-46B3-B396-C672329477B4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it’s got to be tried out with the ubiquitous jean jacket. But although this combo tends to be a go for a classic layered summer dress look, a jean jacket right now is a bit chocolate teapot: it’s too darned hot for that classic combo, as my savvy DIL pointed out on the way to a family christening on a sweltering day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> 🎵 Let’s talk about arms, baby</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now many of us aren’t happy with our upper arms, especially as we age. So covering them up is vital for our confidence. But in the heat we are experiencing right now we need to find diaphanous shreds of layer cloth to cover our arm embarrassment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK77a7Ud_H2Nn2EW_GtfGPdY_ore5KeP36aeRBnD21XMY5YgF4WAwV06361JZvp0bcleklaheUCW0GLQcvNuwbgggMf7cm8yR48FJeFwOZe-WFbn8YrR0s6EVrxyIt3YUBL2TiCLCKKPcsuosuBRRgN8bbqeOjA-94D3yghb1XfWhBFsCW6VRFm_CLoQ/s703/1DBB8A71-B033-49B8-B375-6AD9296FCED3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="703" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK77a7Ud_H2Nn2EW_GtfGPdY_ore5KeP36aeRBnD21XMY5YgF4WAwV06361JZvp0bcleklaheUCW0GLQcvNuwbgggMf7cm8yR48FJeFwOZe-WFbn8YrR0s6EVrxyIt3YUBL2TiCLCKKPcsuosuBRRgN8bbqeOjA-94D3yghb1XfWhBFsCW6VRFm_CLoQ/s320/1DBB8A71-B033-49B8-B375-6AD9296FCED3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, enter this type of sleeve. The flutter sleeve. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This dress has a loose cut on the bias sleeve which covers the arm down to elbow level, yet still allows a free flow of air where needed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So ladies. I think I’ve put my new Monsoon dress through it’s paces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TP says this dress doesn’t need any styling. It can stand up on its own. He may just be right. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>But are there any ways you would style this dress? </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Please share in the comments box below</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gosh, so much chat about a dress. I think I’m done! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I rarely have a new dress to show so I can be excused, can’t I?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary<i> xxx . </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-6545192095444048602022-07-14T12:19:00.003+01:002022-07-16T09:27:14.232+01:002fer Insta Meet Ups!<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">If you’re in the UK right now I hope you’re managing to keep cool in this heatwave. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Seems blogger meetups are like buses. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtptSxixBU1ISOcA1wmaCRAhXunxnMss9ZtHwg1ELadAcFfvp1lfuTHcHmpiWhz6LY8NddeLdaqtdEj_R_uB8RLTPWF1U5UMKcFA9JjS2gIGR1Cs9T1r8LP8YW1Uu-JmPI6KYazkAYTM-Yf7WbwAKQdavJ0LN7VOGTfsk1Kr-kvHEc5D6ROHVp4AuTtQ/s1170/A8E4DE78-6703-4E6F-9DCE-1CA79205A489.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1170" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtptSxixBU1ISOcA1wmaCRAhXunxnMss9ZtHwg1ELadAcFfvp1lfuTHcHmpiWhz6LY8NddeLdaqtdEj_R_uB8RLTPWF1U5UMKcFA9JjS2gIGR1Cs9T1r8LP8YW1Uu-JmPI6KYazkAYTM-Yf7WbwAKQdavJ0LN7VOGTfsk1Kr-kvHEc5D6ROHVp4AuTtQ/s320/A8E4DE78-6703-4E6F-9DCE-1CA79205A489.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You wait for three years then two come along pretty much at once!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am in Guernsey recently with two Instagram/blogger mates </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annemarie from @my_over50_fashion_life and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jacqui from @jc30iom, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">meeting up and chatting like crazy over a tasty al fresco brunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two lovely ladies both chose to holiday here in the same week and enjoyed happy and <i style="font-weight: bold;">hot </i>times on our beautiful island. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first 2022 meet up was with the lovely Annemarie a few weeks ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5g2f6ZX9xsw54l7hnttEsHudqp6b8bCrWmhKYfqd0AaPkFfIHyYEZBpgMJ8nlv7fKH22rlsBs4GfOdZdLRL-zcwZuMAlKnJHWZ9nf35bi8h5Oy4712Q6ATR9JoAYxcg4AM4mqgbjqiak2_owt0g9ynrvxrcZV-QdfClwxGKxU5BPsCXaM-9qEneeMQ/s2048/14B7485A-93A9-4923-BC57-01BA3BBB9111.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1842" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5g2f6ZX9xsw54l7hnttEsHudqp6b8bCrWmhKYfqd0AaPkFfIHyYEZBpgMJ8nlv7fKH22rlsBs4GfOdZdLRL-zcwZuMAlKnJHWZ9nf35bi8h5Oy4712Q6ATR9JoAYxcg4AM4mqgbjqiak2_owt0g9ynrvxrcZV-QdfClwxGKxU5BPsCXaM-9qEneeMQ/s320/14B7485A-93A9-4923-BC57-01BA3BBB9111.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got together for a long-overdue chat whilst I was holidaying in Sussex in June (here walking along the beach hut lined promenade). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguWZuQPP1_PdDWcxQtdxvWcaBs3sL3u_PG5gktvuGTRJnOqdsmIKnWPC__rePHGd3w57ytb-vANqJdQUuURW3wsVqvUKioaV2Zc2SrrM-wZeorZfjBrTrJB2IgCrFKXRMHb1jF-BMyPQzas9Kwgziw4o1ad5mSzJ6VUbCRlm7FDZrQBkh7Asy_wqcqQ/s1024/62DCAFC5-E219-4EBD-9521-1DE1B8A2D766.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguWZuQPP1_PdDWcxQtdxvWcaBs3sL3u_PG5gktvuGTRJnOqdsmIKnWPC__rePHGd3w57ytb-vANqJdQUuURW3wsVqvUKioaV2Zc2SrrM-wZeorZfjBrTrJB2IgCrFKXRMHb1jF-BMyPQzas9Kwgziw4o1ad5mSzJ6VUbCRlm7FDZrQBkh7Asy_wqcqQ/s320/62DCAFC5-E219-4EBD-9521-1DE1B8A2D766.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We cooled off with heatwave aperos at a beachside restaurant. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-lvYDIwfzPsX5p90BR80OZJx1f9gSZxE4ZzLzVEyVlCHLVngVJ9rvDsckco9UVgY7qu2jE6Cai0lZzrxjNPO58ZHkOXeJR2U0zEItRJ1oLAl8z3oGlvgURKIjVVCU1jc32HvUCtgQff4RYNomuoxkURAj94nu0XLAfxM_6xR6t6OsOSj9dK4GpDbuA/s1128/A860EEBE-22B5-4B41-AAFE-CC7DDF62FDCB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="803" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-lvYDIwfzPsX5p90BR80OZJx1f9gSZxE4ZzLzVEyVlCHLVngVJ9rvDsckco9UVgY7qu2jE6Cai0lZzrxjNPO58ZHkOXeJR2U0zEItRJ1oLAl8z3oGlvgURKIjVVCU1jc32HvUCtgQff4RYNomuoxkURAj94nu0XLAfxM_6xR6t6OsOSj9dK4GpDbuA/s320/A860EEBE-22B5-4B41-AAFE-CC7DDF62FDCB.jpeg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked around the iconic De La Warr pavilion and its environs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so refreshing to catch up for a chat after soooo long. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk10VolOG6MHQ1AghvYOf1vvHbsJeBX3atLXOP9TInMOznaq438DjxZqoYRW0I9sWEhz5t0yYig_8qPFfr6BKiHxRWFDP7CYlXxrazut-ZiLKcu2-xq7vl9b6tk1f1al92LsQRC7x32Wy8BLQG07PHzinylVmaQdKlIWTrvwmk5SYuFG0QWtYSjf4acA/s1080/EFA2151B-8ECC-4A3C-83BD-B6EFF593C003.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1080" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk10VolOG6MHQ1AghvYOf1vvHbsJeBX3atLXOP9TInMOznaq438DjxZqoYRW0I9sWEhz5t0yYig_8qPFfr6BKiHxRWFDP7CYlXxrazut-ZiLKcu2-xq7vl9b6tk1f1al92LsQRC7x32Wy8BLQG07PHzinylVmaQdKlIWTrvwmk5SYuFG0QWtYSjf4acA/s320/EFA2151B-8ECC-4A3C-83BD-B6EFF593C003.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We’d both come armed (or headed!) with the totally obligatory straw hats.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, let’s start up another meet up with the what I ate, as that’s the order my phone chose to load the pics!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ALdqSWKYIvHHT0xy8dYTNtnOK2RLEQfcVRzzKVhd-B6XC66SEmrwdm6ewgXScpRUH5yaPhNJkxOh1FdvjEmTpfjQiMujNzWnb1E21p4C57HmalkaGTAUEVFDdgreC7RqzdPNDLeCw6FQQdWdzGR8GujJe-icIrj2kISLrQAfdRCKUxM19dHQZqT4hg/s4032/1D915878-11D6-44BD-871C-420D45446DCF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ALdqSWKYIvHHT0xy8dYTNtnOK2RLEQfcVRzzKVhd-B6XC66SEmrwdm6ewgXScpRUH5yaPhNJkxOh1FdvjEmTpfjQiMujNzWnb1E21p4C57HmalkaGTAUEVFDdgreC7RqzdPNDLeCw6FQQdWdzGR8GujJe-icIrj2kISLrQAfdRCKUxM19dHQZqT4hg/s320/1D915878-11D6-44BD-871C-420D45446DCF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ate a most delicious chicken schnitzel, the cream sauce was truly amazing. We ate at @thefarmhouse, where Jacqui was staying; she had a wonderful stay there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7dPcF053ynv7HUgq9MXjfv3Ej4FEZ0NBwB_J6fC7-VNH5Z_6HQGkcVoc8m8W1Rujz9lRcAT4tA-Y66DOSt75I--8sp_Um8jJfG1IRsYaKNFKnnf5Babh1HpSUgev2w3Q1ritI9Re7i76oD8k74ltxLGuDTMbxcJ2lQflupnybTBEXaAi_IM6Jxyghg/s4032/28ECAF0F-694A-4EB9-997F-EE1DBE9F56C0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7dPcF053ynv7HUgq9MXjfv3Ej4FEZ0NBwB_J6fC7-VNH5Z_6HQGkcVoc8m8W1Rujz9lRcAT4tA-Y66DOSt75I--8sp_Um8jJfG1IRsYaKNFKnnf5Babh1HpSUgev2w3Q1ritI9Re7i76oD8k74ltxLGuDTMbxcJ2lQflupnybTBEXaAi_IM6Jxyghg/s320/28ECAF0F-694A-4EB9-997F-EE1DBE9F56C0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun was still shining as we left the car park. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKEKJwwayOMBzsEu8TwjLMaRQ4Bbb7X7KysaZx3Ap5_RUHrrWlfH5ywMDqMk2988AZ0P-Qr1wRyVL2YmnSr-Sm6roNN6YMoZIG0tJS0DGRBAlRtwCyNh-6Fk1pClu3SfNKkGxx10gKP0f31blpqGOp380GipzCZ2mwMsa0CdEcYg1yLPlzfRiuPjc-Q/s2085/B84C2C85-ECBD-43D3-9B8B-CD5021BAD22B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="2085" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKEKJwwayOMBzsEu8TwjLMaRQ4Bbb7X7KysaZx3Ap5_RUHrrWlfH5ywMDqMk2988AZ0P-Qr1wRyVL2YmnSr-Sm6roNN6YMoZIG0tJS0DGRBAlRtwCyNh-6Fk1pClu3SfNKkGxx10gKP0f31blpqGOp380GipzCZ2mwMsa0CdEcYg1yLPlzfRiuPjc-Q/s320/B84C2C85-ECBD-43D3-9B8B-CD5021BAD22B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, my phone has deigned to give you the lovely Jacqui!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We first met up when she was holidaying in Guernsey in 2020 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEe90gmXjJCLWsAARZmRH4ZOJYD2u3KBtBY-2UY4ZR9LjfbcIfCigvwmtb_RWXsUb9LqyVLk1H-vT5GlY51rq7r_vXqcMgpU-P3F8R4ZOhGi2GumND41zFIYimpjEhY7KcZa4Zabm_2mAwifGNL3yKkXcvIu0jXypQ04cB2_YMfnxXhz0GxR1BXIHhPQ/s1170/003B1751-3E1F-4D75-8BF7-EAA81614A28B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEe90gmXjJCLWsAARZmRH4ZOJYD2u3KBtBY-2UY4ZR9LjfbcIfCigvwmtb_RWXsUb9LqyVLk1H-vT5GlY51rq7r_vXqcMgpU-P3F8R4ZOhGi2GumND41zFIYimpjEhY7KcZa4Zabm_2mAwifGNL3yKkXcvIu0jXypQ04cB2_YMfnxXhz0GxR1BXIHhPQ/s320/003B1751-3E1F-4D75-8BF7-EAA81614A28B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then I reciprocated with a holiday in IoM (where Jacqui lives) a few weeks later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_1MY0D3ARH3chwdy4H5vdDxFun6k_ed2JWmwvjYSj9UlyI56xuE-GnAJa7ivLOKBnEM6uwzvOHd9SIaF_cAvxVlTbx6LkVG7RAz_pY-O05of-JtGbKzel07UwVMZAoQPlhRitx5NEL9MinvnzxN6f9PPVOvdGl-Obpr4Pc6nzc28_HIyrYX-7dzUPw/s1170/BF85EB0D-7E09-4852-B4BD-076085B9915D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1170" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_1MY0D3ARH3chwdy4H5vdDxFun6k_ed2JWmwvjYSj9UlyI56xuE-GnAJa7ivLOKBnEM6uwzvOHd9SIaF_cAvxVlTbx6LkVG7RAz_pY-O05of-JtGbKzel07UwVMZAoQPlhRitx5NEL9MinvnzxN6f9PPVOvdGl-Obpr4Pc6nzc28_HIyrYX-7dzUPw/s320/BF85EB0D-7E09-4852-B4BD-076085B9915D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn’t tell you about these meet ups at the time as I was on a blogging sabbatical, so I thought I’d just cover them briefly here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The reason for all this activity across the Irish Sea in 2020 was that our two islands set up a bridging link as both islands were Covid free all through that summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We didn’t have a similar link with neighbouring Jersey as that island still had a fair number of Covid cases on the island. That’s how seriously we were taking it back then. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How times have changed eh, things seem more relaxed now and our skies are a-buzz with vapour trails - stir crazy folk seem to have gone a little travel crazy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvrw5V5SshnFUOSW8ffvi_DhLB9H7UCWIn-MbEwDsQQ-JMUnZh9zBVG1ESCirVaS7dilbvMKyjgFR0tR0L5Zjf3ofDqSxiAgq_vIzGXB91xv4VpwS0Bt2-22oGHTuZ-pk8cqOsT7ROk0saQDYTxC3452rxJ2yc9AgmP2S0BzWineKtrssfk3FEgsUPQ/s4032/6B49A725-C6BD-4B49-AE14-B00095635309.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvrw5V5SshnFUOSW8ffvi_DhLB9H7UCWIn-MbEwDsQQ-JMUnZh9zBVG1ESCirVaS7dilbvMKyjgFR0tR0L5Zjf3ofDqSxiAgq_vIzGXB91xv4VpwS0Bt2-22oGHTuZ-pk8cqOsT7ROk0saQDYTxC3452rxJ2yc9AgmP2S0BzWineKtrssfk3FEgsUPQ/s320/6B49A725-C6BD-4B49-AE14-B00095635309.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The skies evidence how much travel is going on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh how I digress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let’s get on to the second meet up of last week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whilst Annemarie was here we met up for dinner. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiwE9VgRz-fm00eePiBYsNhHkSBHX-b_WqM_ftRa9X_tS57xJfOeorPpVzhTCi_oeHAXOP9L9-4eUSV90SZjg05XcVgc4zh3WeaXP0eklC3_y9CNfsWRgZyvUzpQZhGoL8C9fSFXZA9I4iw5tqiLsv4a2Q9nqHfy-cnRsbkReawqfvQAr_QMJmW-S0A/s1799/11F9ED34-7297-4655-8612-5C04975A8404.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiwE9VgRz-fm00eePiBYsNhHkSBHX-b_WqM_ftRa9X_tS57xJfOeorPpVzhTCi_oeHAXOP9L9-4eUSV90SZjg05XcVgc4zh3WeaXP0eklC3_y9CNfsWRgZyvUzpQZhGoL8C9fSFXZA9I4iw5tqiLsv4a2Q9nqHfy-cnRsbkReawqfvQAr_QMJmW-S0A/s320/11F9ED34-7297-4655-8612-5C04975A8404.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well we were tradition-bound to do a selfie eh?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy92Swt4KG1HomAsOpzn5Depqk2EpIJdanwLXYcMgXsizaYZJt4pC4RH0qrfA8FOQe2FRNQs4Vqh_ZkoAvSGlUdo9EYAeNim2SXTDDZujE1z69TuvcEaVO4FATjjqIDh4jb6o7r0dDjKUmJfDkUR4E1i593aIEQrY4dJF-CN2FzwR27a3usrI3FkWQ-w/s1800/218BCE11-4FB8-4B6C-9648-BEEC2294A51A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy92Swt4KG1HomAsOpzn5Depqk2EpIJdanwLXYcMgXsizaYZJt4pC4RH0qrfA8FOQe2FRNQs4Vqh_ZkoAvSGlUdo9EYAeNim2SXTDDZujE1z69TuvcEaVO4FATjjqIDh4jb6o7r0dDjKUmJfDkUR4E1i593aIEQrY4dJF-CN2FzwR27a3usrI3FkWQ-w/s320/218BCE11-4FB8-4B6C-9648-BEEC2294A51A.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore a simple black linen dress on this hot evening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spot something? It’s the same dress as I wore to meet up with Jacqui in 2020, so it must be designated meet up dress! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ll tell you more of this dress in another post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But right now, let’s talk about what I ate!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRAFb-nRglvftdHmBNkOjYIHx59Uk6NKO___rjl64BtVNB7lT-DsEPlLRAHX5MDXFpGqw-XN2fi7vURuepXVzk-aHqUn1vB18uC2RdMN31OdqPGU_WgTMXeCZkuQAwcIJYkSsgb9DaV5Qye7ISkw2cQkX4DnIP-3Htk1NDJWgUDFGLKWBV4j6cXBKfg/s1747/DE5D1B46-E448-4FDC-B19C-2F468F0619A2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRAFb-nRglvftdHmBNkOjYIHx59Uk6NKO___rjl64BtVNB7lT-DsEPlLRAHX5MDXFpGqw-XN2fi7vURuepXVzk-aHqUn1vB18uC2RdMN31OdqPGU_WgTMXeCZkuQAwcIJYkSsgb9DaV5Qye7ISkw2cQkX4DnIP-3Htk1NDJWgUDFGLKWBV4j6cXBKfg/s320/DE5D1B46-E448-4FDC-B19C-2F468F0619A2.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ate this gorgeously tasty seafood gratin at The Captain’s pub. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh my, it was fab, but so rich and filling that half ended up in a doggy bag which with a bit of padding gave us a lovely meal next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2duDMBpalwRJI4o1ie6JteGreiT2Ace__u6T19jsiJtWVbtBvkBC7pRvseBHtXFksWjWHE_1W3I8FDsjNlolswFNowtobO1Mgev039yx68LvznBZEFfO4NYvxzD2CLFbssILKOrBX74ymAd0Wml1qGqanNgzIyC0xiBVCH4nYDtAvzQ8ee_6ljttIg/s1800/AA6F8077-6DDE-4798-93F2-39489FD75D87.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2duDMBpalwRJI4o1ie6JteGreiT2Ace__u6T19jsiJtWVbtBvkBC7pRvseBHtXFksWjWHE_1W3I8FDsjNlolswFNowtobO1Mgev039yx68LvznBZEFfO4NYvxzD2CLFbssILKOrBX74ymAd0Wml1qGqanNgzIyC0xiBVCH4nYDtAvzQ8ee_6ljttIg/s320/AA6F8077-6DDE-4798-93F2-39489FD75D87.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have to get home before dark (not a Cinderella thing, it’s night time driving issues - an age thing eh) so we enjoyed a coffee out on the deck, listening to the evening bird chorus. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ll post some more on our adventures soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, that’s my 2020 and 2022 meet ups covered. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYfD590D_IwkWNOkTkGuA-KggGffw6f5tbJxJnU2hq67CDEur-bgByBrRtB6q6zlnN1pIEvcUBbS6xNdiCymWGrdBh0Mwey2Xjd8miNpgK1XXtSjmcA9aYfCkVpovHAeqtTEnMIfh9juZDf7c0ZH2auGHK1S8s2lYhGBl1dG9HEw2hOdgswMwtjaf1w/s4032/F5DA3857-21AD-432E-A4D9-8BC6EFBCF982.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYfD590D_IwkWNOkTkGuA-KggGffw6f5tbJxJnU2hq67CDEur-bgByBrRtB6q6zlnN1pIEvcUBbS6xNdiCymWGrdBh0Mwey2Xjd8miNpgK1XXtSjmcA9aYfCkVpovHAeqtTEnMIfh9juZDf7c0ZH2auGHK1S8s2lYhGBl1dG9HEw2hOdgswMwtjaf1w/s320/F5DA3857-21AD-432E-A4D9-8BC6EFBCF982.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two super meet ups in quick succession. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren’t I the lucky Pouting Pensioner?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both mates had been to the island before and were keen to return. Each had an amazing time whilst here. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can catch up on their holiday shenanigans on their Insta accounts as shown at the beginning of this post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can also read more on Jacqui’s blog</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Diary of a Nobody</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nobodsdiary.blogspot.com/?m=1">.by following the link HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where she’s recently posted on her holiday,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and see more on Annemarie’s YouTube channel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the same title as her Instagram account</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by <a href="https://youtube.com/c/Muttonstyle">following the link HERE.</a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where she will shortly be including her visit within one of her vlogs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you are a blogger/Instagramer/YouTuber, have you met up with any SM mates recently?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please share in the comments below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And talking of YouTube …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wvv6oboYPDQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Wvv6oboYPDQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I leave you with a little two minute film of me following the glorious evening sun on the drive back home after my dinner with Jacqui. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope to post more video content on my channel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can always find me on YouTube</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtube.com/channel/UC90wuoPZfrADF1SOfLghuIw">by checking in to my The Pouting Pensioner channel by following the link HERE. </a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And don’t forget to subscribe because my postings are erratic!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-43880860636559371622022-07-14T12:14:00.285+01:002022-08-01T15:17:15.342+01:00Summers LBDs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let’s talk about summer’s LBD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ha! You thought I was going to chat about the <i>little </i>black dress eh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wrong!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the purpose of this post, the L in the LBD acronym is <i>long - long </i>black dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this is my long black linen dress.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A wardrobe workhorse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaZ4ZDRhDAB2YzOhTOsW1P-cB1hAD0y08dlggV6_oiN74qJmCupK-0sp3AQChDiSOMix6MMzC1tvcsnCjjJIb5MlbYJo50T8iqdFZ4WJ6IOSWts1nFoovE-WX24CvMSNaNgcaPIjQQWH_gxTYgOuae3yJca74bPTvVYl4yYCQSEp6OyT5bRv9JfiomA/s1800/354717BB-411E-43AC-A3DE-029DC356B503.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhaZ4ZDRhDAB2YzOhTOsW1P-cB1hAD0y08dlggV6_oiN74qJmCupK-0sp3AQChDiSOMix6MMzC1tvcsnCjjJIb5MlbYJo50T8iqdFZ4WJ6IOSWts1nFoovE-WX24CvMSNaNgcaPIjQQWH_gxTYgOuae3yJca74bPTvVYl4yYCQSEp6OyT5bRv9JfiomA/s320/354717BB-411E-43AC-A3DE-029DC356B503.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore it here with a charity shop brass pendant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dress has been a summer go-to for 17 years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it was my go to when I met up with Insta friend Annemarie recently. No pics of the meet up (shocker!) but I “posed” above before I left home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2s-rZ5gPQ-rg4rBIUHcDWrfybK8QH9SyJH5AH2tMTZEZJpaFZ6MD_mRneg2MfJeqCv5pMQKuLWoeczF_motjD79a5TFAaS2DqZxqEdObuAUXUxdaaJPtTZXnHdiqTyAQsJbs4qjS7chBW4OBQ1Lc0BUThcU2cPjkF_Fmhj8v1G1sLc79BN-wIeQrEA/s1170/AF5404A6-9130-4899-8EA4-03E07C2B1952.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2s-rZ5gPQ-rg4rBIUHcDWrfybK8QH9SyJH5AH2tMTZEZJpaFZ6MD_mRneg2MfJeqCv5pMQKuLWoeczF_motjD79a5TFAaS2DqZxqEdObuAUXUxdaaJPtTZXnHdiqTyAQsJbs4qjS7chBW4OBQ1Lc0BUThcU2cPjkF_Fmhj8v1G1sLc79BN-wIeQrEA/s320/AF5404A6-9130-4899-8EA4-03E07C2B1952.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(worn with a silver leaf pendant)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it was my go to when I met up with blogger friend Jacqui in 2020.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it seems to be my designated Insta/blogger mate meet up dress!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought the dress in neighbouring island Sark in 2005.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s such a simple cut and fit, and that must be what makes a dress a go-to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fabric is linen and despite fading a little, it’s still keeping itself together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, my suggestions for a summer LBD that endures the decades are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Choose a simple line which transcends fashion trends.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Go for a sturdy natural and breathable fabric like linen or a durable manmade fabric like modal. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Keep your colour choice neutral, so that trends don’t date the dress. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Buy a length that sails above the foibles of fashion, a midi or maxi will always be a classic style. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following those basic rules will ensure you have a dress in your wardrobe that you wear each and every year through the decades. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I’ve got myself a classic LBD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s only adornment is same coloured embroidery on the hem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So how do I give it more adornment?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, with nothing more than a light covering of jewellery it would seem. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Earrings somehow seem wasted on long hair. So I have no idea which earrings I chose on these occasions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you’re shorter haired then luckily earrings can have a field day with you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OEUvE9YA2c5_pDbUKdU5k5g1R-1iFkQBu-hYouPr3QiPCSk825xkpphcZ-tv2ESjltKa2gLYv4YLd07O5FqOG17H2q6h6vQd3qrTfJ7VbBB80oOmJC0DTme8mZjz9lvqx04qcw77UlXfiVJJPTdhUso-KLWtLTkFvw6nLA9cTKH7XaGdv2VACZRPqw/s280/B4FB7AE1-9C55-45FC-99BB-5950DFD8E0AE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OEUvE9YA2c5_pDbUKdU5k5g1R-1iFkQBu-hYouPr3QiPCSk825xkpphcZ-tv2ESjltKa2gLYv4YLd07O5FqOG17H2q6h6vQd3qrTfJ7VbBB80oOmJC0DTme8mZjz9lvqx04qcw77UlXfiVJJPTdhUso-KLWtLTkFvw6nLA9cTKH7XaGdv2VACZRPqw/s1600/B4FB7AE1-9C55-45FC-99BB-5950DFD8E0AE.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I wore a jumble sale find, a very heavy necklace made of nickel and copper belt hardware. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It frames around the neckline beautifully. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ve worn this on repeat since I found it in the 90s. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyezi0P5uJ8zvuv1XfBswOe2JXKyD1YqJQpSW0HqiYwpSEOU13fmXHwzFIj4BOhLoZLvu4mE22YPZyNQg44UNrdpu2AjeYS9CzNcwQvHkqPqzBHpWMZi-yqziRIWmf-BJ_MkSgEgMoOGcgx9I3DIq3Ay5x4lSnFxhL5Gl9UgrDMp-4r54bITjdo9vumA/s1170/398C73D2-9169-4827-9C89-06AD8C1D5C0F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyezi0P5uJ8zvuv1XfBswOe2JXKyD1YqJQpSW0HqiYwpSEOU13fmXHwzFIj4BOhLoZLvu4mE22YPZyNQg44UNrdpu2AjeYS9CzNcwQvHkqPqzBHpWMZi-yqziRIWmf-BJ_MkSgEgMoOGcgx9I3DIq3Ay5x4lSnFxhL5Gl9UgrDMp-4r54bITjdo9vumA/s320/398C73D2-9169-4827-9C89-06AD8C1D5C0F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another pendant, this time in beige and dark brown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tend to keep the jewellery to neutral colours. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Keep the LBD simple. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>- Keep the adornment simple and neutral. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can I top 17 years?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes of course I can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one has an even longer provenance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL_IK0GhMicxzPVkdo5vFNBlXQOmQpr0u2Rg5p-p8jONGyYsvmJ2VysCYeWxFPTiOetAHdLnywND5LNYEZVA8g7zjo7l3gKOWrnrV3MvAHjGFhVdJRsCjoytSX15LVWDYTVaKofQN4ND03ZPAEwPnHChGNEeBFOHAYwrOm59iN7P5A5xmwGXYXVwncw/s280/3FADD521-F67F-4BDD-803C-40852FD3D61D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL_IK0GhMicxzPVkdo5vFNBlXQOmQpr0u2Rg5p-p8jONGyYsvmJ2VysCYeWxFPTiOetAHdLnywND5LNYEZVA8g7zjo7l3gKOWrnrV3MvAHjGFhVdJRsCjoytSX15LVWDYTVaKofQN4ND03ZPAEwPnHChGNEeBFOHAYwrOm59iN7P5A5xmwGXYXVwncw/s1600/3FADD521-F67F-4BDD-803C-40852FD3D61D.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This LBD is 20+ years old!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I bought it in the mid <i>90s.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again it’s plain black. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cut is a long slip dress. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fabric is a jersey modal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All elements follow my rules for an LBD. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore it above with nothing more than ecru coloured pearlised pendant. And matching earrings. Probably . </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioS-3ScxbsIVzDtNxeE29vEJ3HPVQkQfWyBly9KxkfECTIJDrMXp9_g3T_AsVYRN4YysJyDuNUoBWR0_yu07bsryJL5uh0glC_Q4xat_l1n5wsXzmVpMQZZEvUU3o3qqdloJ0XCqBG0V0vSAZlMbuu1z9Lp25jT9zqJwpNkH_PoVJxbcKDEyDejH_Y2Q/s280/4E949C21-BACC-4860-AD3F-972F5E6F82A1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioS-3ScxbsIVzDtNxeE29vEJ3HPVQkQfWyBly9KxkfECTIJDrMXp9_g3T_AsVYRN4YysJyDuNUoBWR0_yu07bsryJL5uh0glC_Q4xat_l1n5wsXzmVpMQZZEvUU3o3qqdloJ0XCqBG0V0vSAZlMbuu1z9Lp25jT9zqJwpNkH_PoVJxbcKDEyDejH_Y2Q/s1600/4E949C21-BACC-4860-AD3F-972F5E6F82A1.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Throwing over a diaphanous kaftan top can brighten the look (and hide the bingo wings!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, below is another 20 year old dress, well I may be stretching it, I think I bought this one in 2003/2004.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0dErIRlQdJhneNXD7kjM2-kkDKLM_UxiUpd9FrEJAh5OgfDwIomS0h1aodG08Kz5MMyCWdMCGIx5taE_sqMcIIQfaCYoUv-CqI0AnolWZshZyFKWqToN430JHfKio2VYVD0uLXUhz4C9s2E-_rngWJrryN5LrxGncV5HCtUIQMP5dM3gbvD1-W59nQ/s320/E773E81F-0846-4DD3-AE37-6ABA77E5C7D1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0dErIRlQdJhneNXD7kjM2-kkDKLM_UxiUpd9FrEJAh5OgfDwIomS0h1aodG08Kz5MMyCWdMCGIx5taE_sqMcIIQfaCYoUv-CqI0AnolWZshZyFKWqToN430JHfKio2VYVD0uLXUhz4C9s2E-_rngWJrryN5LrxGncV5HCtUIQMP5dM3gbvD1-W59nQ/s1600/E773E81F-0846-4DD3-AE37-6ABA77E5C7D1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(with diamanté jewellery and a feather wrap - well this styling <i>was </i>for a glam themed hen party!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So why am I wearing the dress 20 years on?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s black.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s linen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s adornment is same-coloured appliqué/embroidery at neckline and hem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s a slip dress style and cut on the bias. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s midi length. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See, following those rules again gets you a dress you’ll wear for 20 years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, the dresses I’ve worn on repeat for 20 plus years all follow the same principles, the same rules. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over to you …</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Do you already have a dress like this that you wear each and every summer, maxing out on its CPW?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>So you have your own LBD rules? Care to share? Thanks </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Are you going shopping for a LBD, in which case, have my rules been of help?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for popping in today. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t already, as my posts tend to be erratic and subscribing saves you time on fruitless pop ins!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-21582680194450976642022-07-11T14:15:00.003+01:002022-07-11T14:15:26.744+01:00Portsmouth Gunwharf Quay<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hope you are well and enjoying some nice seasonal weather. It’s been so hot here, well it <b><i>is </i></b>JULY and it is summer here so what were the chances?!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">In a recent post I told you the saga of my Ruched Sleeve jacket. <a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2022/07/summer-wedding-day-outfit.html?m=1">To catch up on that saga CLICK HERE,</a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The jacket came about serendipitously when</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I overnighted in Portsmouth Gunwharf Quay on my trip back to Guernsey. It was such a lovely oasis of a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">place to stay that I thought it would be nice to share some</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pics with you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHck_Vqlm1Y1McRPl5B2jdRYe_6yik2hSUoWiLCw0x30DufVsEBv-AhcxmNanGtlzchv_G3esMsX2IBwx4WIk96tXp5teX0cSszFcOfKIkvVdxbCaD763afStF4kT_O41PPkPnOM-xdBL9o5gk1dOTgmXtLRZgrx7idqk6rSfadhRWsh7WdF66JRRmkg/s1800/5584D334-F02A-4F90-84B7-A5BA61050A04.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHck_Vqlm1Y1McRPl5B2jdRYe_6yik2hSUoWiLCw0x30DufVsEBv-AhcxmNanGtlzchv_G3esMsX2IBwx4WIk96tXp5teX0cSszFcOfKIkvVdxbCaD763afStF4kT_O41PPkPnOM-xdBL9o5gk1dOTgmXtLRZgrx7idqk6rSfadhRWsh7WdF66JRRmkg/s320/5584D334-F02A-4F90-84B7-A5BA61050A04.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was nice to stop and relax (and eat!) after our drive from Devon, and breathing in the sea air after a week of abstinence was refreshing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltaB5tcWEPqB4JOH-k4BxpsVsQmsni4SXDeZwETwFSBCaylmKgRXngEDdQKtoiE42oV1ex_EHLPeY61nTS_BTu0CdYMFuXweiOt2GmH57cJuXmT_hswUMG0QOPnmJI7M45YbSKjKBQJFj3XB7896BalPJ25oWpcVEBpc3ZXpGCmHv_EA6u6t71FSFbg/s4032/BF2DACC9-CE7B-4CCF-87F2-F85122DB6A5C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltaB5tcWEPqB4JOH-k4BxpsVsQmsni4SXDeZwETwFSBCaylmKgRXngEDdQKtoiE42oV1ex_EHLPeY61nTS_BTu0CdYMFuXweiOt2GmH57cJuXmT_hswUMG0QOPnmJI7M45YbSKjKBQJFj3XB7896BalPJ25oWpcVEBpc3ZXpGCmHv_EA6u6t71FSFbg/s320/BF2DACC9-CE7B-4CCF-87F2-F85122DB6A5C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The location turned out to be pretty perfect and although essentially a shopping precinct with lots of designer shops (so not me), it is set in an attractive seaside location (quay - go figure, the clue’s in the name!). The whole area is nicely laid out with friendly guest services and security guards, and it felt very safe and pleasant wandering around the area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The vibe is good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After checking in we treated ourselves to an end of holiday seafood lunch at Fyne Loch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MesPNbxhUzwzMMB_kGwtNamSwlrYao6q6-mhfF5a5uJtm650CL1zL0IClJwMJL2BOWP40ljiLRucQvDI_8OrnRafhWbdqk7Tju1qv90kfJZuiset7M-SPUVOdVT3oFmU0DXKiVCfytJC9KbClik6eKE4pvmbGGxnSRPDorznlGgsXjRyMA7Kc3544g/s4032/6CB26BC9-3895-4D66-8B21-340F9979A084.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MesPNbxhUzwzMMB_kGwtNamSwlrYao6q6-mhfF5a5uJtm650CL1zL0IClJwMJL2BOWP40ljiLRucQvDI_8OrnRafhWbdqk7Tju1qv90kfJZuiset7M-SPUVOdVT3oFmU0DXKiVCfytJC9KbClik6eKE4pvmbGGxnSRPDorznlGgsXjRyMA7Kc3544g/s320/6CB26BC9-3895-4D66-8B21-340F9979A084.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Photographer enjoyed his dish immensely, but he also soaked in the vibe of the place and loved it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB6L1NzO_1U97eO-CgLflu1sXt8lD0NpFIkGG1EmZYNTsvsIj8Wa7MSJ_boFyJ1LMRkk3gRj0uW_Oem9GusBpKnyZwuiKggWtbRq3btvmBXpEXtf0DHJKGQlc8iLmRo0dAHQ9Ra0E_6fBNVhT2cIl1t7e3ZTsyPraYXf6FKcxR7ioiVZaZ4zelvSVMg/s4032/9A5766A3-7535-4DD8-A09A-53982751528C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB6L1NzO_1U97eO-CgLflu1sXt8lD0NpFIkGG1EmZYNTsvsIj8Wa7MSJ_boFyJ1LMRkk3gRj0uW_Oem9GusBpKnyZwuiKggWtbRq3btvmBXpEXtf0DHJKGQlc8iLmRo0dAHQ9Ra0E_6fBNVhT2cIl1t7e3ZTsyPraYXf6FKcxR7ioiVZaZ4zelvSVMg/s320/9A5766A3-7535-4DD8-A09A-53982751528C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We treated ourselves to an end of holiday Sancerre, our favourite wine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I leave you with a few photos I took on our post prandial saunter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk28Mo8fMWD5tovg20TloE234fqwdhH5r1XRBkQdGJscv_mQN0v7RvYCDFZTFdBBRpkytelWRpQNIvVnGZi0jH3XtHAFQn63kuRGrNX6UkNfhuUkePczaQP4ca6p7vbrcmTZiiND8w6P3RDK6TtmBbwa_J2PYkKCRlWAZEikjQSvnhgg7l1Tp8i_4tQQ/s1799/78B67DD6-973E-44B1-BB92-AC80A3D2C4C0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk28Mo8fMWD5tovg20TloE234fqwdhH5r1XRBkQdGJscv_mQN0v7RvYCDFZTFdBBRpkytelWRpQNIvVnGZi0jH3XtHAFQn63kuRGrNX6UkNfhuUkePczaQP4ca6p7vbrcmTZiiND8w6P3RDK6TtmBbwa_J2PYkKCRlWAZEikjQSvnhgg7l1Tp8i_4tQQ/s320/78B67DD6-973E-44B1-BB92-AC80A3D2C4C0.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkIWtO0KCGQO4G1GMqHygfOa85B4zr5xPjtO9i1Xs-9stfNGyoqR_rRmBWWXBvsisshjWGZMokEhyHiwPrER6wZLobPvGy3XEjW3vzf9xo1UvlNMD5SbCQYWfp-839Vx97HeeKuJN5m5x2I5xtuYX8W646v--07JJUOIImuadJgsQDAyuosQI7U0atQ/s1800/747205DF-0445-469E-A0C9-D1EB19067152.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtkIWtO0KCGQO4G1GMqHygfOa85B4zr5xPjtO9i1Xs-9stfNGyoqR_rRmBWWXBvsisshjWGZMokEhyHiwPrER6wZLobPvGy3XEjW3vzf9xo1UvlNMD5SbCQYWfp-839Vx97HeeKuJN5m5x2I5xtuYX8W646v--07JJUOIImuadJgsQDAyuosQI7U0atQ/s320/747205DF-0445-469E-A0C9-D1EB19067152.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJuENy4-Cr5MsDdlfLPVe3zGXb493Jdo6XzpeGal_Guf_-u5sMhVLa7XEyKtL5FLYMl4vctPHZeQNj7KErUFBO41g99Tf2FpiiPezk0ovl9jDF-CMaBCQ3MDyqnms78H-7MiLA3L_Oa0t_GrwA8pSAEUJvYBgk7zMEGqtgL4-0I9qjlyc76vr7YtHAw/s1799/A268CE07-CDAC-4BDB-813A-3D1711E0CF9F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJuENy4-Cr5MsDdlfLPVe3zGXb493Jdo6XzpeGal_Guf_-u5sMhVLa7XEyKtL5FLYMl4vctPHZeQNj7KErUFBO41g99Tf2FpiiPezk0ovl9jDF-CMaBCQ3MDyqnms78H-7MiLA3L_Oa0t_GrwA8pSAEUJvYBgk7zMEGqtgL4-0I9qjlyc76vr7YtHAw/s320/A268CE07-CDAC-4BDB-813A-3D1711E0CF9F.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwRb5zlx7Pv2LpRPWMoYDmJ18EaYtW4jct-jrPqhQL1iVKsWBcTUjLcskcV8jsosO4LYKfBeDCPxjviXLtHDZnheHXKiyARWQFQVl7j18LxvWV20FUmY1D1tgBNmEIivwR0Xn703Muot3XE0PfdsJLIFvLDODCjaHz6GegBLp8QIhFLN-VfnIEhKmdw/s1799/F1E7DDD0-0D45-47B7-854D-189C3E2454F9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwRb5zlx7Pv2LpRPWMoYDmJ18EaYtW4jct-jrPqhQL1iVKsWBcTUjLcskcV8jsosO4LYKfBeDCPxjviXLtHDZnheHXKiyARWQFQVl7j18LxvWV20FUmY1D1tgBNmEIivwR0Xn703Muot3XE0PfdsJLIFvLDODCjaHz6GegBLp8QIhFLN-VfnIEhKmdw/s320/F1E7DDD0-0D45-47B7-854D-189C3E2454F9.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Portsmouth Gunwharf Quay, highly recommended for a pleasant sojourn, and I’m told the shopping is pretty good too 😉! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-21420345124882434692022-07-07T08:44:00.006+01:002022-07-07T09:24:39.394+01:00Glow in a Bottle<p style="text-align: center;"> Hi my lovelies!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>New</b> <b>product</b> <b>alert</b>!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Just popped in to tell you briefly about a new product I’ve tried on my face today. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRiARDbaQAOfa_sIBXcbVu1HQ_QUBZM32Ze4p8XPAyzBKuCNs9JWvQgNdBE9LWlCBLnoLUArBb-JPBvpI6S6wtDkGDanqL3yzPXP_EamHRurEXybqjnuZNS66hn1Q6ZRDdB9tmtr4laF4ltWGKOywRzsFs3ANDoM7UsVYU0zrM0E0whM0HskTUCowPA/s3088/1D4FA437-0769-4B3E-B662-6D090C0B6E08.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRiARDbaQAOfa_sIBXcbVu1HQ_QUBZM32Ze4p8XPAyzBKuCNs9JWvQgNdBE9LWlCBLnoLUArBb-JPBvpI6S6wtDkGDanqL3yzPXP_EamHRurEXybqjnuZNS66hn1Q6ZRDdB9tmtr4laF4ltWGKOywRzsFs3ANDoM7UsVYU0zrM0E0whM0HskTUCowPA/s320/1D4FA437-0769-4B3E-B662-6D090C0B6E08.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s a gold-coloured facial oil applied without or over foundation. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9asL7HBfb_kzLYpEqJqaJ1_d4iDzrtNoYkwNOKZPWcEwXPKhQhN2zSb85X9IChb5DELgWRz4aMM4j55m1C3mH4Slwmz7NQ6-e1bKHyU9uqTrJv_TvfWIyXoKLdVdXSem7noaZU4WFKxeiQQHAjl_gX3XJzvRaC2qs0gvcCNi127LGhqlylvt2ycm4g/s3088/258F85BF-E7F9-406C-9A19-D1BCCF84D9A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9asL7HBfb_kzLYpEqJqaJ1_d4iDzrtNoYkwNOKZPWcEwXPKhQhN2zSb85X9IChb5DELgWRz4aMM4j55m1C3mH4Slwmz7NQ6-e1bKHyU9uqTrJv_TvfWIyXoKLdVdXSem7noaZU4WFKxeiQQHAjl_gX3XJzvRaC2qs0gvcCNi127LGhqlylvt2ycm4g/s320/258F85BF-E7F9-406C-9A19-D1BCCF84D9A7.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I chose to put it on my “bare” face, that is to say on to moisturized and SPF’ed skin, no foundation. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">This product certainly gives a lovely glow to the skin, a dewy moisturised softness and a kissed-by-the-sun colour. And as I type it’s still giving me a natural radiance five hours after these pics were taken. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">As I age, I find matt and thick foundations are most unflattering. </p><p style="text-align: center;">My tip is to go lighter on the face as each few years roll on to allow your true skin to shine through (and cheat with a product like this for a “no makeup” look. </p><p style="text-align: center;">If you have “imperfections” that you feel need covering just use a light foundation or concealer and apply topically on those areas alone and blend well in. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I say “imperfections “ as the benchmark for a beautiful skin is portrayed in the beauty world (and perhaps in our minds) as that of a sub-20 year old and anything that strays away from that perfect palette of youth is deemed to be imperfect. </p><p style="text-align: center;">But let’s be honest, no one else pays any attention whatsoever to these imperfections, only you. People are looking at the inner you shining through, not those broken veins or sun spots. So my view is that where foundation and powders are concerned. especially in summer, cover up for you if it makes YOU feel better, but don’t bother with too much if you are oblivious to these so called imperfections when out and about. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So having said all of that (and said mostly for myself!) I think this is quickly going to become a summer favourite. It gives the lightness and feel of </p><p style="text-align: center;">Summer’s “bare” skin </p><p style="text-align: center;">but not the reality!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Are you looking for a bare faced dewy glow?</p><p style="text-align: center;">Then click here: <a href="https://amzn.to/3urtXOq">Follow this link for details</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And oh my goodness, I’ve just followed that link and there’s a massive 45% off the price at the moment so hurry if you’re looking for a glow in a bottle!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-31284882448930418302022-07-04T09:34:00.024+01:002022-07-07T09:53:25.547+01:00Summer Wedding Day Outfit<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>Summer</b> <b>wedding</b> <b>day. </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hello my lovelies. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> I recently attended a lovely family wedding. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83_92STVy1GQJLl4xehW850BScYUlVaw4rMIIFvEMCfUpipOoSODJNI5zYExKyjA-_Kt18_014KQAQ0uJOdTdZxMspivMuTg8HiZrW3F80JyPqhgxhVp8KMKWr_18dOBeYCNoQ3NWjUFAP9M5PxGMjGiZAbcmkUwCKj_E3FZgGmpe5ki63DFjrkUosA/s1800/6C3E54A4-E718-4CA7-B9D3-00405D7DBD9B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83_92STVy1GQJLl4xehW850BScYUlVaw4rMIIFvEMCfUpipOoSODJNI5zYExKyjA-_Kt18_014KQAQ0uJOdTdZxMspivMuTg8HiZrW3F80JyPqhgxhVp8KMKWr_18dOBeYCNoQ3NWjUFAP9M5PxGMjGiZAbcmkUwCKj_E3FZgGmpe5ki63DFjrkUosA/s320/6C3E54A4-E718-4CA7-B9D3-00405D7DBD9B.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In a new dress!</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The happy event was held at Les Cotils on a sunny summer’s day, with the ceremony held in a wildflower meadow with an amazing seascape backdrop.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_pW00YgqoExVphiPQyGictOdvv5oeX9_WiMIdNOv_fp7S3R38Yus5OzixPBoZyBkkndqznNfhlYpGozGiRvU8KEejLhp4ANkgqngD3lWO_EUnrih5M1WONxB3AX9vRR-OojRa0qhbtIO1go7PkTtDdZz9wKLJnBSc1NXVPqlqZ_Z1WbqSYn5KBh0Sw/s1170/C2AA9084-3931-48A8-B946-C99E7F6718FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1170" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_pW00YgqoExVphiPQyGictOdvv5oeX9_WiMIdNOv_fp7S3R38Yus5OzixPBoZyBkkndqznNfhlYpGozGiRvU8KEejLhp4ANkgqngD3lWO_EUnrih5M1WONxB3AX9vRR-OojRa0qhbtIO1go7PkTtDdZz9wKLJnBSc1NXVPqlqZ_Z1WbqSYn5KBh0Sw/s320/C2AA9084-3931-48A8-B946-C99E7F6718FC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA5_mVrE0rABGxj5ryvyQlY3lNQnaLMuaXbMfuxksLLEJrI5LDGcv0qxA0gVlrLLKZTLUonzZJklGVFzhJBCu5owiT7xxI383pUEkloUyprCFaoKn7G0b1f0LZnDr214SUW3qAVz_04MawCEJgXHKq8qUT2e_ULT1QXLP0WxC-udb04yJnSrYrIhwYw/s1170/CB7049C7-DB5E-459B-B89F-18256E27078F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1170" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYA5_mVrE0rABGxj5ryvyQlY3lNQnaLMuaXbMfuxksLLEJrI5LDGcv0qxA0gVlrLLKZTLUonzZJklGVFzhJBCu5owiT7xxI383pUEkloUyprCFaoKn7G0b1f0LZnDr214SUW3qAVz_04MawCEJgXHKq8qUT2e_ULT1QXLP0WxC-udb04yJnSrYrIhwYw/s320/CB7049C7-DB5E-459B-B89F-18256E27078F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Photos credit: Les Cotils</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">You can also catch up on a few of my previous visits to the location <a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2016/05/my-first-date-night-of-summer.html?m=1">By clicking HERE</a> <a href="https://thepoutingpensioner.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-dress-that-keeps-on-giving.html?m=1">and HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Anyway, back to the dress. Yes, I treated myself to a brand spanking new dress. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, we do that for weddings eh. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s worth noting for the record that The Photographer encouraged me to buy this dress. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yup you read right, HE ENCOURAGED ME TO BUY <b><i>CLOTHES!!!</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;">This floral mix is from Monsoon and is an easy to wear and rather cheerful dress. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfTMGD6tVQFsiTf4rg6p-nz20nBrUrT9mfN549BFRLx6B1Xl56uPWX5UkqsLBso2OnBrH0n-m-WNmU-mtlUo5TYLlh738nkcPdz-U7-wfZByVFT9vq4ogqgsNGVHTlfpz0alpF6Q31PGfheHkxILdsjkWZIHbzr-Fh1nZDpyOT1bnW0029m4Q7md52w/s1800/C32386BD-2A66-4807-92E3-6DBFC72897F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfTMGD6tVQFsiTf4rg6p-nz20nBrUrT9mfN549BFRLx6B1Xl56uPWX5UkqsLBso2OnBrH0n-m-WNmU-mtlUo5TYLlh738nkcPdz-U7-wfZByVFT9vq4ogqgsNGVHTlfpz0alpF6Q31PGfheHkxILdsjkWZIHbzr-Fh1nZDpyOT1bnW0029m4Q7md52w/s320/C32386BD-2A66-4807-92E3-6DBFC72897F6.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(<i>I’ve been wearing straw hats on repeat this summer - you too?)</i></div><p style="text-align: center;"> It was a monumental struggle to find as this year’s store stock seems to be mostly gathered waists, smocking and tiers. Fine for 20 year old me back in the day, but this combo on now-me made me look like a sad and fat old milkmaid. Not a good look at a wedding. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But Monsoon saved the day, yet AGAIN, by coming up with something freshly floral and more suited to Mary version 2022. Well done @monsoon !</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IPUlu2dH69v1ebZf4r5oIA-64XtFkafIB5_gKlimTnO46bZjgGKrFDVbKjzEh6av6U4Yh1i2Sqc6jACqINU3POmTYSbsc2CGEfbbwNAbYcGUqQo2yDQ8kHV93lTLqsE0vqU6ZvnQZIy0p4cit-q72xZcpR67dQRLPaGoVehvR6BW-J4VBC23nMNUxA/s1800/13197F86-8173-4B6B-8A12-A7B190FE2FF4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IPUlu2dH69v1ebZf4r5oIA-64XtFkafIB5_gKlimTnO46bZjgGKrFDVbKjzEh6av6U4Yh1i2Sqc6jACqINU3POmTYSbsc2CGEfbbwNAbYcGUqQo2yDQ8kHV93lTLqsE0vqU6ZvnQZIy0p4cit-q72xZcpR67dQRLPaGoVehvR6BW-J4VBC23nMNUxA/s320/13197F86-8173-4B6B-8A12-A7B190FE2FF4.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dress has a cooling cut out at the back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the shop the ties had been tied loosely creating a square cut out. My bra line showed over the baseline of the cut out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At first I was deterred from buying the dress as I thought I’d be faced with bra challenges, that I’d have to go through a series of bra try ons to find the right bra and may even have to opt for the dreaded strapless bra option. Urgghhh! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But undeterred I soldiered on and discovered that with the ties tied as tight as possible, it lifted the dress and a normal bra doesn’t peek through. It also lifted the dress around the shoulders and bustline giving a nicer line, IMHO. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I think the triangular cut out is far prettier. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So that is my top tip with the dress. Tie tight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dress is rather long on my 5’3” frame. I thought to take it up and use some surplus fabric for the straw hat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the dress hem is cut on the bias and time, new sewing machine challenges and sheer laziness meant I kept with the midaxi length.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And actually the length is of huge benefit as it covers ALL leg varicose veins <i style="font-weight: bold;">and . </i>as TP kindly pointed out, it negated the need to shave my legs!<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I styled the dress simply with sparkly espadrille wedges, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwSbn_OYTgwuW4uxhrBBsZ4hIX3qNa7CvXW05Kb--j5sFIXbBwwTiJmiQ8GAxEFxvOT1IPqK50Pm_HzSdp1LnbPbeuXm7SHvMiyfBP85yYJPPDD4T43esAp1YBS7lVX_ZSOwYk4Xs0hBHZlWnj0AdwFzjmFKxBgP12YUU7FnT4qkipaKh7tZzUwwvug/s832/327FE309-912C-4D10-B6B0-1FDD1B180C11.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="646" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwSbn_OYTgwuW4uxhrBBsZ4hIX3qNa7CvXW05Kb--j5sFIXbBwwTiJmiQ8GAxEFxvOT1IPqK50Pm_HzSdp1LnbPbeuXm7SHvMiyfBP85yYJPPDD4T43esAp1YBS7lVX_ZSOwYk4Xs0hBHZlWnj0AdwFzjmFKxBgP12YUU7FnT4qkipaKh7tZzUwwvug/s320/327FE309-912C-4D10-B6B0-1FDD1B180C11.jpeg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Good for meadow walking)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdmngu4E1ytY-X8S19KfLVeE1FdVi7SgdwyrTH8XdBbUSxTAbwzFX2bWmnlLBs8tu6ZF86KiDtqmGdAdszqs_mXU1SYCsodp8zPJJ4lFOJCw5gdF_HBMSZmfQJtqIc8bzk_HUEW4ivDVo4ln1eUlo3W4nOFVCywPELBo8exlxbbZcAcaYwIzgGeaOWQ/s1918/D9B3D6AC-601F-4EBE-8087-E4920C60E3D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="1918" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdmngu4E1ytY-X8S19KfLVeE1FdVi7SgdwyrTH8XdBbUSxTAbwzFX2bWmnlLBs8tu6ZF86KiDtqmGdAdszqs_mXU1SYCsodp8zPJJ4lFOJCw5gdF_HBMSZmfQJtqIc8bzk_HUEW4ivDVo4ln1eUlo3W4nOFVCywPELBo8exlxbbZcAcaYwIzgGeaOWQ/s320/D9B3D6AC-601F-4EBE-8087-E4920C60E3D0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a capacious old Jones The Bootmaker bag (for sunglasses storage etc) and a straw hat (for the outdoor ceremony).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh and a jacket (for nothing, it turns out!) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxU0JWu1yYvIoyAs4aCLaTGeINHaUAgnymlXNP-oXIn_EW3y7WoeqQi2qBlzcIayHo6poC9xbV1usbxwCEpEEwbRwD8yNHjc4WXgxOSi8eqt2HdYRdG1RqYxLRSr9lyBS_bAujAMLlia_6pbY82PTZDZBHXuxLForUce7rMY6o72F3B0FXhLlRbjZc0g/s1800/CAC055B0-A064-458D-8AA4-D3CB2DDA591B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxU0JWu1yYvIoyAs4aCLaTGeINHaUAgnymlXNP-oXIn_EW3y7WoeqQi2qBlzcIayHo6poC9xbV1usbxwCEpEEwbRwD8yNHjc4WXgxOSi8eqt2HdYRdG1RqYxLRSr9lyBS_bAujAMLlia_6pbY82PTZDZBHXuxLForUce7rMY6o72F3B0FXhLlRbjZc0g/s320/CAC055B0-A064-458D-8AA4-D3CB2DDA591B.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yup, it was July, the epicentre of summer, and I took a jacket. Hmmnnn. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnUnCPJKxq5XUomKJyf4CMHmmgy9AZZ6sxhslPsdApyO7cZxhHGL8P23eI-ZUFqm_HnfS1OsXpQuKzCsv2NDleJIC3IH7VXJrSGy0baFBEFwBavmGwZmF5w1nYpZCcpbzDkf9mGqtYRIDQL-adN8SNggmZiVt_PVSvmW04LTkFDn-9AHojMkE2izR5w/s1800/EED3A807-834D-4AE7-AAB1-7B797E422132.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnUnCPJKxq5XUomKJyf4CMHmmgy9AZZ6sxhslPsdApyO7cZxhHGL8P23eI-ZUFqm_HnfS1OsXpQuKzCsv2NDleJIC3IH7VXJrSGy0baFBEFwBavmGwZmF5w1nYpZCcpbzDkf9mGqtYRIDQL-adN8SNggmZiVt_PVSvmW04LTkFDn-9AHojMkE2izR5w/s320/EED3A807-834D-4AE7-AAB1-7B797E422132.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, I didn’t need it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It hung in the cloakroom the entire day. But at least it had an outing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now let me tell you </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The</b> <b>Saga</b> <b>of</b> <b>The</b> <b>Ruched</b> <b>Sleeved</b> <b>Jacket</b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The jacket is from Marks and Spencer. I’d been stalking this jacket for some time. In fact a year or two ago I ordered it but returned it as I felt I couldn’t justify wear versus the £50 price tag in most more casual post-Covid world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I returned it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, chance changed things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I overnighted in the Holiday Inn Express - Portsmouth Gunwharf Quay on my trip back to Guernsey. It’s essentially a shopping and dining precinct (ans so much more!); I only discovered this once there, honest guv! This hotel was the closest to our ferry terminal and as we had an 8am check in next day, close was a priority.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a lovely lunch in one of the quay’s restaurants, @lochfyne, we wandered around the hotel vicinity and hey presto, around the corner from the hotel was an M&S outlet - well it would have been rude not to pop in. So pop in I did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the jacket was hanging there, in my size, ready to snap up and at a much reduced price. So snap it up I did! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me and this jacket were meant to be. MFEO. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pure serendipity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I look forward to styling my new dress, but even more so I’m excited to start styling this jacket; its shape and neutral colour creates a whole potpourri of ways to wear it - first stop with jeans obvs and in a post to come soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">So it’s been buy and more buy for me lately. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Need, encouragement from TP, and serendipity have “forced” (😉) my hand. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Have <i><b>you</b></i> made any summer purchase lately and if so, was your hand <i>“forced”</i> 😉?!!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-13336128102561746352022-06-30T11:25:00.002+01:002022-06-30T11:32:22.557+01:00I’m Back - and with a Glow!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wjxKt6c9RovZe_ljysMAw-aQfS0JFQ3jJJ9fen5H7Jy5frHzVPX0y5QAIHFfBTzgve0ug-KoFBiXGx2rjgopOaDlYg_-H-ooXW6rVgK_IAeFrHcsi3rE63y_98F4RKDfttnxDF8sD9bChnRKTT6lUeyp8CZaFCkVaNzvHLY9fxRi1rS21nUXmQk-AA/s1800/26EBBE46-5A2C-4CEF-82FE-7504CD5C650C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wjxKt6c9RovZe_ljysMAw-aQfS0JFQ3jJJ9fen5H7Jy5frHzVPX0y5QAIHFfBTzgve0ug-KoFBiXGx2rjgopOaDlYg_-H-ooXW6rVgK_IAeFrHcsi3rE63y_98F4RKDfttnxDF8sD9bChnRKTT6lUeyp8CZaFCkVaNzvHLY9fxRi1rS21nUXmQk-AA/s320/26EBBE46-5A2C-4CEF-82FE-7504CD5C650C.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Yes, I’ve just got back from my hols and find myself <br />knee deep in laundry and mail opening and all of the other stuff one finds oneself doing after a lovely and busy holiday. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Oh and I’m taking in a pair of trousers for TP ready for a wedding on Saturday. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Actually I should be doing that right now, but instead I find myself here, with a cup of coffee, chatting to you!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So whilst I busy myself with said trousers and generally getting everything up to muster here, I just thought I’d share this with you. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYVElf2rEcmEi8eolFl_8JBjPtLbPkZVWcBBIixMOkW5pJSXjaA9hCva2SY-EeVfEF2YdrrsNctuYkNDIeS-2oHbeuAHYkaG8GXCvwfP_poIbT5TCrYdFjhYG1tlPWI9IUqq_2d704bxxkvDYN9hbm27pEeUmKxXlQ44rmQfdhVbswJcgXETaQ2fX3A/s1857/5D82FD76-D17A-46E3-8111-1EF8E060FF84.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1857" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYVElf2rEcmEi8eolFl_8JBjPtLbPkZVWcBBIixMOkW5pJSXjaA9hCva2SY-EeVfEF2YdrrsNctuYkNDIeS-2oHbeuAHYkaG8GXCvwfP_poIbT5TCrYdFjhYG1tlPWI9IUqq_2d704bxxkvDYN9hbm27pEeUmKxXlQ44rmQfdhVbswJcgXETaQ2fX3A/s320/5D82FD76-D17A-46E3-8111-1EF8E060FF84.jpeg" width="202" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dove Summer Revival, follow this link for details </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3OxICQp">https://amzn.to/3OxICQp</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I use this from spring to autumn, and it’s a MUST in my bathroom cabinet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What with concern for skin cancer and aging skin, this seems to be the safest and <b><i>only </i></b>way to go to keep a healthy glow during those months when we bare our face and skin to the world. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GFaLryYc6eR380I6WoASOGKgJdyg4gJxyhrckOYmZYAAgn64ncDj2E-whxnjCKgs0ySc1V4mFtrOzMU-HE7yZatWUG8WT-V5FFNhIbhpDt_muPT6StcLXs-PJO9HZjxrc_eHPnF2RjkkCUy23S4qNlBo_f8tbSPyHGgwablTJ-BMz1godxxmu3QCoA/s4032/EFC02146-B167-4AC5-AAB1-693485C98AAA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GFaLryYc6eR380I6WoASOGKgJdyg4gJxyhrckOYmZYAAgn64ncDj2E-whxnjCKgs0ySc1V4mFtrOzMU-HE7yZatWUG8WT-V5FFNhIbhpDt_muPT6StcLXs-PJO9HZjxrc_eHPnF2RjkkCUy23S4qNlBo_f8tbSPyHGgwablTJ-BMz1godxxmu3QCoA/s320/EFC02146-B167-4AC5-AAB1-693485C98AAA.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I apply this perhaps twice a week to the bits that show in summer, currently arms and legs. And as my bikini days have long since fluttered away, that’s as much as will probably be exposed in 2022!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4Mc4EaX9qU4wOS5Ut9bslRGo63lMEpkMehGrFvcOGJkxd_8JjOuwA4Rd1a5vngm90OtZxYpsv7DogzW3QgUmzlyZ8dxvFmuRCn4kI_7w_4A_BY9MlClc5EQZdvRMC4lZCaWkEAdlEBKSXZOCtcL2yL1GKddLWxB17T9zYaUTRmDit5bYSovk5u-3AQ/s4032/F2606E4E-112D-46B7-B8E9-166414A6316F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4Mc4EaX9qU4wOS5Ut9bslRGo63lMEpkMehGrFvcOGJkxd_8JjOuwA4Rd1a5vngm90OtZxYpsv7DogzW3QgUmzlyZ8dxvFmuRCn4kI_7w_4A_BY9MlClc5EQZdvRMC4lZCaWkEAdlEBKSXZOCtcL2yL1GKddLWxB17T9zYaUTRmDit5bYSovk5u-3AQ/s320/F2606E4E-112D-46B7-B8E9-166414A6316F.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a daily gradual facial self tanner which I apply, then potter around doing stuff for a few minutes whilst the skin absorbs it’s glowiness, then apply moisturizer and go about my day, or <i>glow </i>about my day - boom boom<i> !!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>These two products are so bloomin good and are my OAP summer saviours, so I hope you don’t mind me sharing them with you today. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hope you’re enjoying your day, be it summer or winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A la perchoine, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mary xxx. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-89146817691764504292022-06-21T07:17:00.005+01:002022-06-25T08:35:00.636+01:00My Coastal Granny Travel Capsule<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I’m still on holiday and enjoying digging into my Coastal Granny travel capsule. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Here’s a feel for what I’ve been putting together from my suitcase so far. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>What I wore on my hols</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3T6t7xFcpPWMq_wcB4irQDyXiwmqR_1fSBE-_YgViNqVcdcws_zeBfWJgXXH9302xmQ10WYBdzPlFXMGXWcvSvtjgDWRrGjAJ1JiBC4TqOHXIykbo9EEb8thaPKmVreA5D5kN2Oe1B1f9kqgR9BjO4RrAORgC-Dw2ugJ5PG66u6vtfzydBoJGYES9WQ/s1800/02398E26-F35B-4725-ABE1-D608BEE94B54.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3T6t7xFcpPWMq_wcB4irQDyXiwmqR_1fSBE-_YgViNqVcdcws_zeBfWJgXXH9302xmQ10WYBdzPlFXMGXWcvSvtjgDWRrGjAJ1JiBC4TqOHXIykbo9EEb8thaPKmVreA5D5kN2Oe1B1f9kqgR9BjO4RrAORgC-Dw2ugJ5PG66u6vtfzydBoJGYES9WQ/s320/02398E26-F35B-4725-ABE1-D608BEE94B54.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The straw hat was absolutely essential as the first week of holidaying by the sea in Sussex was absolutely sweltering. We hit a heatwave! Temperatures of up to 30c. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2chB-Zgyom9Vc970BYx4uo9QEtHKrGuAAN_CIL7Kn-IE6fLJ_5tPChVETmRgggIkY6eJCSP2KmJq3bqL7JCArbxF5amks5pNeLI__27KTdVp4KelPUruxeEsr4-8_ZikwJkLK0X-LTNEYKTskhmNavmCVlPRu5obC3I6bvJxPtTYoVX2oMxEuLVLPQ/s1800/0BABE7CC-08F5-444D-8502-9E28E2A6F035.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2chB-Zgyom9Vc970BYx4uo9QEtHKrGuAAN_CIL7Kn-IE6fLJ_5tPChVETmRgggIkY6eJCSP2KmJq3bqL7JCArbxF5amks5pNeLI__27KTdVp4KelPUruxeEsr4-8_ZikwJkLK0X-LTNEYKTskhmNavmCVlPRu5obC3I6bvJxPtTYoVX2oMxEuLVLPQ/s320/0BABE7CC-08F5-444D-8502-9E28E2A6F035.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A loose shirt was perfect to allow air to circulate around my boiling body. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The shirt is old from Zara and is striped with embroidered birds in blue, black and mustard thread. I’m not sure what kind of bird it is, it’s like an artist’s impression of what a beach bird looks like, but it certainly has a very coastal granny air about it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With thin white trousers it was a cool foil for the sweltering day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVjbcLK5EJ-NNf4fB_F0yAsoFI-E2rmMOIxflxE9r1CdGU9HzP6ht-jVFkmI0nQFgVUtQ7p21GVJkRSLiJFDJzDYyw0DG0GQNfl4IHj_sWYY0VyKJdztb-8k9X6IjqsRetXe1NJzAqnjZwfCE_lVPGu6Ft874FNUl6CCfBX2QKzsCvphazRsXIQjm1Q/s1440/47334374-95EE-4F05-9D3B-BFB9557E7E62.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVjbcLK5EJ-NNf4fB_F0yAsoFI-E2rmMOIxflxE9r1CdGU9HzP6ht-jVFkmI0nQFgVUtQ7p21GVJkRSLiJFDJzDYyw0DG0GQNfl4IHj_sWYY0VyKJdztb-8k9X6IjqsRetXe1NJzAqnjZwfCE_lVPGu6Ft874FNUl6CCfBX2QKzsCvphazRsXIQjm1Q/s320/47334374-95EE-4F05-9D3B-BFB9557E7E62.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore the outfit for a meet up with cousins at Ashburnam </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christian Trust, what a lovely atmosphere that place has. We ate a ploughmans lunch which was served with a massive cheese scone rather than bread. Delish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We then had a wander around the expansive and prettily laid out grounds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although the day was hot, walking around the lake was cooling . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next day I strolled along the sea shore where the air again was cooler. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwi11EjGcZLb2qYXeFtWaudXxxmzA1gKcH8zoQ6AAb6sT5CPBkqOfZXEccJyOfyzW0xdGhLfvJEV_bos5xJgzFnQkIxyAQieFwiYcEIcx4uK-TIiyR9Vm07j_qe2E-Zq-Q_r-JMnwVghpmERuTiX4QTun6B7j53uPGYgzeQYXiCND5a3PX-87J6ENO8w/s3869/008C5851-2001-4F14-84AF-302A01D6067D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2902" data-original-width="3869" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwi11EjGcZLb2qYXeFtWaudXxxmzA1gKcH8zoQ6AAb6sT5CPBkqOfZXEccJyOfyzW0xdGhLfvJEV_bos5xJgzFnQkIxyAQieFwiYcEIcx4uK-TIiyR9Vm07j_qe2E-Zq-Q_r-JMnwVghpmERuTiX4QTun6B7j53uPGYgzeQYXiCND5a3PX-87J6ENO8w/s320/008C5851-2001-4F14-84AF-302A01D6067D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sand on this beach can only be seen at low tide. This was high tide. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtG5dfEiXhwV8fpmb4dpxABj1-ogMuzW59zZ6rIjfbQ5s16pQBGoQ7rMUpMzhzoFjFByIX4dcts7PzCHSIqkIrpJLm1iGyxoRnxCglU3LmVrH_5_AKrH0Zz-TEq8K8AWVud-Fnk2JRpVuNx9dMtp1siDYXURAVRi5mnMX5xRTAU1bRU04Jz5FpgRnsg/s4032/22909E0A-0F79-46BC-95B0-0885E51B4BB1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtG5dfEiXhwV8fpmb4dpxABj1-ogMuzW59zZ6rIjfbQ5s16pQBGoQ7rMUpMzhzoFjFByIX4dcts7PzCHSIqkIrpJLm1iGyxoRnxCglU3LmVrH_5_AKrH0Zz-TEq8K8AWVud-Fnk2JRpVuNx9dMtp1siDYXURAVRi5mnMX5xRTAU1bRU04Jz5FpgRnsg/s320/22909E0A-0F79-46BC-95B0-0885E51B4BB1.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are some interesting seaside plants along the beach. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_3gxhvVFrcwsq8b9EJWg4b7bNqaLsuBnTN0gj6gnfjr1Wk3zOl5p0uEm5pX6Es8XX7OYgtkapeIEAQdLdkD4H4ncZ7weO1qygmwmHpU9mAvcFSaT-6hyfIFnWSaGWkuV62RG6seA3QRUvKn8nB4uOSHSwcM8jG3y3RIJh7OwEH8vhhYMLfhWHyPJMw/s4032/C3C7DDA3-E12E-43AF-ABEC-204CCBF88AAA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_3gxhvVFrcwsq8b9EJWg4b7bNqaLsuBnTN0gj6gnfjr1Wk3zOl5p0uEm5pX6Es8XX7OYgtkapeIEAQdLdkD4H4ncZ7weO1qygmwmHpU9mAvcFSaT-6hyfIFnWSaGWkuV62RG6seA3QRUvKn8nB4uOSHSwcM8jG3y3RIJh7OwEH8vhhYMLfhWHyPJMw/s320/C3C7DDA3-E12E-43AF-ABEC-204CCBF88AAA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was early morning and already some had set up camp for the day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgickYHwntk-yAXlIiAE0ibZrF9eMOjUKM-z7pbVenaGu2fH6wRVMsu2eeSnlIVICXdadIg2VdQzW8TKPdAOc040JZoktE-n8fo01abvTdpS99o0KKVyrwz4etCl8bfENxu_5ikAAC7xUHyKhTAv_T3NzKMQajLfbrw0J8QFMUv9ECR0ZfnvlPZhYg7A/s4026/CF8FE6F0-8A81-4815-952E-C52D4765D0E2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2906" data-original-width="4026" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgickYHwntk-yAXlIiAE0ibZrF9eMOjUKM-z7pbVenaGu2fH6wRVMsu2eeSnlIVICXdadIg2VdQzW8TKPdAOc040JZoktE-n8fo01abvTdpS99o0KKVyrwz4etCl8bfENxu_5ikAAC7xUHyKhTAv_T3NzKMQajLfbrw0J8QFMUv9ECR0ZfnvlPZhYg7A/s320/CF8FE6F0-8A81-4815-952E-C52D4765D0E2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More plant clumps seen between the beach huts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several hundred beach huts line the shore. Half are privately owned and half are owned by the council and rented out. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLEPdx_YXJv4121XbTUrKM8yzOVNtYfQsqUXLAuiD4lFEEIzwt-4-TU3lJlqtPKPQ2wPAhIJzeTJxxOz_YTT_0fOEINIyn8wlnr9vWjKz-9yvP0bWBKTIVlse4GBx5K8M-4fPDAmVhJvkub8SNCrUgNywys2ELVyBTFMPuaZ5C9XMzpqEd4CxRXXcPQ/s3115/F495C33E-AD24-4CE9-B633-2F24CBE56174.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="3115" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLEPdx_YXJv4121XbTUrKM8yzOVNtYfQsqUXLAuiD4lFEEIzwt-4-TU3lJlqtPKPQ2wPAhIJzeTJxxOz_YTT_0fOEINIyn8wlnr9vWjKz-9yvP0bWBKTIVlse4GBx5K8M-4fPDAmVhJvkub8SNCrUgNywys2ELVyBTFMPuaZ5C9XMzpqEd4CxRXXcPQ/s320/F495C33E-AD24-4CE9-B633-2F24CBE56174.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite idyllic, it put me in mind of the emoji 🏝 . </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That evening I went to a cousin for a lovely summer’s evening supper in the garden. It was another cousin meet up. This first leg of our holiday has been about cousins, as you will discover!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilouex36pcXIiUwNaLW2DYEld_jGcj5dmE7INRg_Lb6jw4-yyJscC5mSGFvsa-nA_7LamyjD4GdPVfXfX9xFHcY8QwE1FL8mqMn9_2iNkZZj_2DTa87Pw6MEuCUFrsKotBUOsS6LFvExbCe3OWwu0XquUfUWdVE9TCDeovA6K3O5mhRbO3M4_SMnWr6A/s1800/34B482B3-773F-44AC-9C27-A3C5FA6D1EC6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilouex36pcXIiUwNaLW2DYEld_jGcj5dmE7INRg_Lb6jw4-yyJscC5mSGFvsa-nA_7LamyjD4GdPVfXfX9xFHcY8QwE1FL8mqMn9_2iNkZZj_2DTa87Pw6MEuCUFrsKotBUOsS6LFvExbCe3OWwu0XquUfUWdVE9TCDeovA6K3O5mhRbO3M4_SMnWr6A/s320/34B482B3-773F-44AC-9C27-A3C5FA6D1EC6.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore a white linen shirt, bought from H&M 20 years ago. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqwVEAYOeZeV12enra9i5dl8rtU8tOu4aQZSzcdsdnQ_tKWZ8HZfLOShILOHs2dhLmFVqREL0uadtjI8MSvNyAv3mzIHsn4Z0C6xXSrBHwRnCDdx5UpJXP7x2fm_P8Y5zCAqirwZP9JAqZG4wY_4bBsE17hEz0l_WYZQlOyjIFsogUaX1_kgrJv-GFQ/s1800/090F5FCA-63BA-494D-904C-55C5BCC9EF5B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqwVEAYOeZeV12enra9i5dl8rtU8tOu4aQZSzcdsdnQ_tKWZ8HZfLOShILOHs2dhLmFVqREL0uadtjI8MSvNyAv3mzIHsn4Z0C6xXSrBHwRnCDdx5UpJXP7x2fm_P8Y5zCAqirwZP9JAqZG4wY_4bBsE17hEz0l_WYZQlOyjIFsogUaX1_kgrJv-GFQ/s320/090F5FCA-63BA-494D-904C-55C5BCC9EF5B.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To complete the classic coastal granny look I added a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">string of pearls, a pressie from my family last Christmas, and double pearl earrings, a previous birthday pressie from them. I’m a lucky girl to be draped in pearls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fB_13RwZ3FeIovgcO4N5clTtULs4PINk2Hvx-Q6tC5xTd1Ygb2ZAAJjYJAEBi0VIN3CvYrjp8ee5DwiE8rM24VYYILWtweZgN3jaLkgqSgfJzFq7_oL-GGE447gyUEFJl2D3PMu92NpIbMEOsg9fQQJbR3cf6GH5U4Dz8GPKUneCO0k4-jBFOQlNsQ/s1800/BEC2C286-D2E5-4183-BD50-E9B4B70FCD12.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fB_13RwZ3FeIovgcO4N5clTtULs4PINk2Hvx-Q6tC5xTd1Ygb2ZAAJjYJAEBi0VIN3CvYrjp8ee5DwiE8rM24VYYILWtweZgN3jaLkgqSgfJzFq7_oL-GGE447gyUEFJl2D3PMu92NpIbMEOsg9fQQJbR3cf6GH5U4Dz8GPKUneCO0k4-jBFOQlNsQ/s320/BEC2C286-D2E5-4183-BD50-E9B4B70FCD12.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, white linen shirt, blue jeans and pearls. Classic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went Groove Dancing with a cousin. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEian_v1oWIEd-aIeoqIBrBR66LrVt-Xf5Etc7U_fJsMtAGeg8iNk1SNlirUzVvEAOxO96FYEi_lNekoGmqLQ_vCadk-sKXGq_Jlr5L1iFczAuBf-u3I2N2xSTcUmHYiHw3156KaKM4k73Nzo_7rDjhwQp8YQugNZGT6kSwUzOysofr-II50mqEgiZBDOw/s679/B950D509-D7BE-4E1A-A648-0DF89DAD38DF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="679" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEian_v1oWIEd-aIeoqIBrBR66LrVt-Xf5Etc7U_fJsMtAGeg8iNk1SNlirUzVvEAOxO96FYEi_lNekoGmqLQ_vCadk-sKXGq_Jlr5L1iFczAuBf-u3I2N2xSTcUmHYiHw3156KaKM4k73Nzo_7rDjhwQp8YQugNZGT6kSwUzOysofr-II50mqEgiZBDOw/s320/B950D509-D7BE-4E1A-A648-0DF89DAD38DF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s silent disco dancing in the open air by the sea. A group of participants dance to music through headphones for an hour, much to the amusement of the passers by! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I’d packed comfy t shirt, tracksters and trainers as the dancercise was pretty-planned)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was tremendous fun, though I used muscles I haven’t used in years and I’m paying for it now!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now on another el skorchio of a day I went off piste and strayed away from the CG vibe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3y9RN1l7dSzrF2OFrXLi-_PO3d4yVnFcaCJ_BkMrj19q4FB25wVsfHYMxHFLMDTrVXL9k6z02KQpmXbmveB5GRCVeC8NlDw6V1-vxJeos0vRaTvqe5ZCJQUcyRpkSTEDYvKENXZ1Ym4qGS3F8iWjP9dvjZYdvrt1N70Y9RTVXvtghPV97LsviTpicA/s4032/7588267C-8D26-4DF4-8BF1-16EE5F9F0375.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3y9RN1l7dSzrF2OFrXLi-_PO3d4yVnFcaCJ_BkMrj19q4FB25wVsfHYMxHFLMDTrVXL9k6z02KQpmXbmveB5GRCVeC8NlDw6V1-vxJeos0vRaTvqe5ZCJQUcyRpkSTEDYvKENXZ1Ym4qGS3F8iWjP9dvjZYdvrt1N70Y9RTVXvtghPV97LsviTpicA/s320/7588267C-8D26-4DF4-8BF1-16EE5F9F0375.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grey t shirt and a nasturtium coloured skirt. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXFJxiqTQ59fBJJhX5nixOAxkEsHjsOhS5J6wgHoUsAFdA5CIPRcbDHL9EeOyv8yoQO4TtAkYtPv4NERpohTAamjK3N2-3s7mNr-6NUuI0OtahvM_Y-IBaXO5tdciFfnUYJX9EdUVsZd-JoQf4UuzsP0RyINwLGfiUEXL2R4ywT9cQiX2XvtOm8kPSQ/s4032/AC8DBF94-C876-46BD-8AC4-0C0731304587.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXFJxiqTQ59fBJJhX5nixOAxkEsHjsOhS5J6wgHoUsAFdA5CIPRcbDHL9EeOyv8yoQO4TtAkYtPv4NERpohTAamjK3N2-3s7mNr-6NUuI0OtahvM_Y-IBaXO5tdciFfnUYJX9EdUVsZd-JoQf4UuzsP0RyINwLGfiUEXL2R4ywT9cQiX2XvtOm8kPSQ/s320/AC8DBF94-C876-46BD-8AC4-0C0731304587.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wore this because it was sooooo hot and this loose clothing drew me as it’s light. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPGZYfxHBnQXcEnr3kzNaN-xGo0J32LQAelZagXv_DKd9fuwdyWvCpAXw2tgqOWC1dj0_3oMlC1MmIra0Uukkl7YyemGnxPxfPEqm6F16odjk8NTFRpavAUmkLgzhYnoIAnAqG0dHRg4KltBko5XvpOvNbnW2X2mCK-WvY7TL-a7Rj4cE8CffLi0diQ/s4032/ADB5ADA8-6B20-48AD-9348-5B13F57F055B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPGZYfxHBnQXcEnr3kzNaN-xGo0J32LQAelZagXv_DKd9fuwdyWvCpAXw2tgqOWC1dj0_3oMlC1MmIra0Uukkl7YyemGnxPxfPEqm6F16odjk8NTFRpavAUmkLgzhYnoIAnAqG0dHRg4KltBko5XvpOvNbnW2X2mCK-WvY7TL-a7Rj4cE8CffLi0diQ/s320/ADB5ADA8-6B20-48AD-9348-5B13F57F055B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The grey beads are charity shopped. The modal t shirt is from Next this year. The skirt is actually a mini sun dress I bought from Primani 7 years ago. It has a shirred top so I just pull the bodice down to my hips and called it a skirt!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs54csKDRXSXCAsk1coaPLlbx3aIlC1T-qAxPNLBECXkzR5URpf-2jFxN3jKK6GyBckk0j9hupZYCjUbmWdwUxhVdjPq2yF7O-o-d-MJ3lxmiYIVBkWIcFh8bRTAaT3ObmAiBxSHPixXqrXwwJc7k2krL3lIm9_4_n93jtLMb57NbiWASijO3f-GBKQ/s4032/E0E8C8F1-DB65-43CA-9B72-A8375FBD746C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs54csKDRXSXCAsk1coaPLlbx3aIlC1T-qAxPNLBECXkzR5URpf-2jFxN3jKK6GyBckk0j9hupZYCjUbmWdwUxhVdjPq2yF7O-o-d-MJ3lxmiYIVBkWIcFh8bRTAaT3ObmAiBxSHPixXqrXwwJc7k2krL3lIm9_4_n93jtLMb57NbiWASijO3f-GBKQ/s320/E0E8C8F1-DB65-43CA-9B72-A8375FBD746C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I topped this casual outfit with TP’s hat. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_PQNFFjRKEtI_Ov9bC__L2nYQVC2nh2-e7wnLnnS_swH1GpVNi20OQNDJ0j64UDbkoPkd_JHxdD_kukKh_TTB8WnHHi0XpdlWJTZNg79ZJLkkGoGi9lqHeMP7Sk-zTAWH4I8tUyqcEXZtbMMwLR0YX5B4MvDNiT1qouHL1dEgnDz-7Zs0wwOJ_DPkw/s4032/E20B4EBC-316A-453E-9A7D-2B6C7FEE5B1B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_PQNFFjRKEtI_Ov9bC__L2nYQVC2nh2-e7wnLnnS_swH1GpVNi20OQNDJ0j64UDbkoPkd_JHxdD_kukKh_TTB8WnHHi0XpdlWJTZNg79ZJLkkGoGi9lqHeMP7Sk-zTAWH4I8tUyqcEXZtbMMwLR0YX5B4MvDNiT1qouHL1dEgnDz-7Zs0wwOJ_DPkw/s320/E20B4EBC-316A-453E-9A7D-2B6C7FEE5B1B.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I chose this as the temp peaked at 30c again and the skirt and top are loose and cool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it wasn’t a classic CG outfit but it is the kind of thing a granny living by the coast would wear on a very hot day. Because that is what I did!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took this outfit on an outing with a cousin to a country farm shop. We enjoyed coffee and cheese scones in the tea shop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although the outfit strayed from the archetypal CG style I did keep to the Something’s Gotta Give vibe. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMC3txfVY2i8QECEh2rrNffZvanYNqZRb-54KTpOLNs7ybWUm5TS8Y9wLwKz4yLz5179_cfJR5xuORpL1pKTzuL4kAOt-FC2qEiUU69DJ8dN0KYlEVO0Px4p09v2SLBY3LUJIwsIc83mGE_ppgZOtfIKLy2z1mPg5FNjRPoKv4fWXg--Nakavo2lCYA/s4032/22A45A0D-C140-46CD-84A9-2340A570FB3C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMC3txfVY2i8QECEh2rrNffZvanYNqZRb-54KTpOLNs7ybWUm5TS8Y9wLwKz4yLz5179_cfJR5xuORpL1pKTzuL4kAOt-FC2qEiUU69DJ8dN0KYlEVO0Px4p09v2SLBY3LUJIwsIc83mGE_ppgZOtfIKLy2z1mPg5FNjRPoKv4fWXg--Nakavo2lCYA/s320/22A45A0D-C140-46CD-84A9-2340A570FB3C.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did my Diane Keaton thing checking out the farm’s market stalls. I didn’t bump into Keanu Reeves, sadly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHS3JiKDgChxSBpG7cDs6iybv7-ztX09I_haJQZvOOePCT4D780Fui9_KBAggKHbJM5Sw3laFYvod7W5i5OLu9E6wEWKcyWb3TEmVUO1Tsy1d2TamLROSegBLPcVMcJEIZ4hl-FAy7YCN9bJpN8fprlF0NS2ebuoBkyhEYlgYg-vrEEw4asEJC73v2yw/s4032/B9D2396E-DF28-4173-A96B-D3242B7F98BF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHS3JiKDgChxSBpG7cDs6iybv7-ztX09I_haJQZvOOePCT4D780Fui9_KBAggKHbJM5Sw3laFYvod7W5i5OLu9E6wEWKcyWb3TEmVUO1Tsy1d2TamLROSegBLPcVMcJEIZ4hl-FAy7YCN9bJpN8fprlF0NS2ebuoBkyhEYlgYg-vrEEw4asEJC73v2yw/s320/B9D2396E-DF28-4173-A96B-D3242B7F98BF.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> But I bought more cheese scones!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEHgcqR8O5MdA4KIKwS6yyZnbzM1J0bwPRlr094uy-tdIihJTAA-sDPrcinSSHd50fBW9_8wP6twaQ58RAB9_EYFzRVdEvfeqIuGhTvAYEdXiP-ZmR2FGXMWNLcs2X6ijnqyiy2TnFPVHMpVIKrhzGUuNMc4j0rTLhpbwQhgoV1GBtu9sVliVnKwXaQ/s4032/D7E7CD54-6154-4780-82DF-DA6BC3B8A428.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEHgcqR8O5MdA4KIKwS6yyZnbzM1J0bwPRlr094uy-tdIihJTAA-sDPrcinSSHd50fBW9_8wP6twaQ58RAB9_EYFzRVdEvfeqIuGhTvAYEdXiP-ZmR2FGXMWNLcs2X6ijnqyiy2TnFPVHMpVIKrhzGUuNMc4j0rTLhpbwQhgoV1GBtu9sVliVnKwXaQ/s320/D7E7CD54-6154-4780-82DF-DA6BC3B8A428.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And pink gin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All locally made. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I’ll post more holiday outfits next week from our new base in Devon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now I’d like to leave you with an added bonus to this post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently the Coastal Grandma trend has hit Holland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My friend Marianne lives there. She’d only heard of the CG thing when she read my last week’s post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was inspired to raid her wardrobe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6xMRvNo_zQQVb-TXO7GTTxgV4eNwLiiDs3OtlhuFQEF2A3ytMpI0uSFzGg58Dr3RTn4xQNbMJnUk5U94Pg-k6rnLR3khJjExZVLXcAxRi34LEAoFw3RBQit-fQzhmoD70CfjYc4JbbOw2QNYiJKxyN7dfTDoKROkgXlbmG6gv4W5Ln-4gnXmS68IzA/s1955/8BF24B23-B642-48D2-B47D-3D1431803336.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1955" data-original-width="981" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6xMRvNo_zQQVb-TXO7GTTxgV4eNwLiiDs3OtlhuFQEF2A3ytMpI0uSFzGg58Dr3RTn4xQNbMJnUk5U94Pg-k6rnLR3khJjExZVLXcAxRi34LEAoFw3RBQit-fQzhmoD70CfjYc4JbbOw2QNYiJKxyN7dfTDoKROkgXlbmG6gv4W5Ln-4gnXmS68IzA/s320/8BF24B23-B642-48D2-B47D-3D1431803336.jpeg" width="161" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue chambray shirt and white chinos, beach bag and straw hat. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cr96cKdwk_8g2Eq1zy3Pt68LyS8HfsGglcvpnknMqiwsATTDxtFW4bwS3KEbom0yFXxJisCWDT__4-Cx8fvHZNYYtD3GWeOSDUIJjBcfXt_mzLZDtfClnWz72vLKKNA4LBBwtiKOghKz4X7cmfEXEwje9YrRLiVJjWw2FTj2SVO2j3voU0jlMeNKCg/s1648/9944A755-9F19-41D2-9290-BD6FAC44A3BE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="1232" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cr96cKdwk_8g2Eq1zy3Pt68LyS8HfsGglcvpnknMqiwsATTDxtFW4bwS3KEbom0yFXxJisCWDT__4-Cx8fvHZNYYtD3GWeOSDUIJjBcfXt_mzLZDtfClnWz72vLKKNA4LBBwtiKOghKz4X7cmfEXEwje9YrRLiVJjWw2FTj2SVO2j3voU0jlMeNKCg/s320/9944A755-9F19-41D2-9290-BD6FAC44A3BE.jpeg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She draped a jumper around her neck, another element of CG dressing. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g-8JB8UhKL-8FbqvPxPi9h-kLbvEs7GDsB9KLL-fCr8E9tiDmTI32BUppkplc-bUcMW_yIsYlm3ZIoYFli5crtNoKwZulRkSgMOD33tANVlUT5P8okM6RrhWDYDMLvMQODlO6SjQGbw474EGk-VTR3CkSigugAli59ao8N6kprz_45_vnLK2hkzf3g/s1770/C46FA791-9A80-4E80-AE23-1B1653893832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g-8JB8UhKL-8FbqvPxPi9h-kLbvEs7GDsB9KLL-fCr8E9tiDmTI32BUppkplc-bUcMW_yIsYlm3ZIoYFli5crtNoKwZulRkSgMOD33tANVlUT5P8okM6RrhWDYDMLvMQODlO6SjQGbw474EGk-VTR3CkSigugAli59ao8N6kprz_45_vnLK2hkzf3g/s320/C46FA791-9A80-4E80-AE23-1B1653893832.jpeg" width="144" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A great start. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajbDt-FrZ1RFGUTnriq4DdoMBCNmUuhsMZ53OcPlJ_0k_aKEj7DCQEamika4KaDlNg7jPFqJq9V9HRzFp-_R01_zGxbg2lswJr47scIdJFVn4ZwBW_D2c1TMznWx8ChSxHxSYoMlXNEUfWEkyekzYmF7Lfbes7R2tv9uHN9qRPTczyxn4BESv4fgyXQ/s1958/1E573085-120D-4906-89FC-4DAE93E24BB1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1958" data-original-width="1286" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajbDt-FrZ1RFGUTnriq4DdoMBCNmUuhsMZ53OcPlJ_0k_aKEj7DCQEamika4KaDlNg7jPFqJq9V9HRzFp-_R01_zGxbg2lswJr47scIdJFVn4ZwBW_D2c1TMznWx8ChSxHxSYoMlXNEUfWEkyekzYmF7Lfbes7R2tv9uHN9qRPTczyxn4BESv4fgyXQ/s320/1E573085-120D-4906-89FC-4DAE93E24BB1.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then she popped on a white shirt and scarf. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlAfUJegpGIzVx_Qcv6dslQcIdnSWaR_wTXzy79gYb5W_DkP5UAhFAwyz3TB2cjP0eS_3vToSHpcJi5YrXEsDzVpDCu0HnesqVAczJ8HhgBcqNZkxsEyqHe0i5rpYLGVWnwh5ZVPRhBjYGZVSEmZyhvmDZNOk8_E1-JjyGbJYBmXfA2Y7aTTk_lNS2w/s1962/2FB140F0-9671-4E9A-8112-37F7686AD14C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlAfUJegpGIzVx_Qcv6dslQcIdnSWaR_wTXzy79gYb5W_DkP5UAhFAwyz3TB2cjP0eS_3vToSHpcJi5YrXEsDzVpDCu0HnesqVAczJ8HhgBcqNZkxsEyqHe0i5rpYLGVWnwh5ZVPRhBjYGZVSEmZyhvmDZNOk8_E1-JjyGbJYBmXfA2Y7aTTk_lNS2w/s320/2FB140F0-9671-4E9A-8112-37F7686AD14C.jpeg" width="153" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Worn with light blue trousers and a coastal style bag. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFAPrxH1k8HN3MgIrcFR32ylnLAXVY5VtdVZK1LOYyHdkdrncsxb88DVGapNurSj3kkq0PtEAHuSvoQ8_uJzkpmrnopDTyp_mFFgC4ihQwIj27a8nK8rlgBXQO5nafX_vLBeZ6LNbZVoo1RUq8wajayCpF-JTupCbZvexvgxErkBs9jmfpodj0p2Bbg/s1830/FD41029E-F1D8-4F91-96D6-E82CFFA2B94F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1830" data-original-width="1031" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFAPrxH1k8HN3MgIrcFR32ylnLAXVY5VtdVZK1LOYyHdkdrncsxb88DVGapNurSj3kkq0PtEAHuSvoQ8_uJzkpmrnopDTyp_mFFgC4ihQwIj27a8nK8rlgBXQO5nafX_vLBeZ6LNbZVoo1RUq8wajayCpF-JTupCbZvexvgxErkBs9jmfpodj0p2Bbg/s320/FD41029E-F1D8-4F91-96D6-E82CFFA2B94F.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Didn’t she do well?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marianne’s verdict: “I love that look. Casual but elegant at the same time. Didn't realise that this style had a name until you mentioned it!!” </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfYod_KK1AdQJEqbiyng0WAU9OGq9gNj2RbNI85OsPmKEMqoDqlBDfNbF_s_OsDA6aG6L_6FVOD5zVYdD03Z5r2qYgMPuDecqpPtdBIDsHW9Xd3b6WODPSPWQn7KsZwws_2ESZ9xrXjZeH0YZ10RWPIHrkSQDs0emo4jxT39Kzd00ph-CvGNdoz6JzA/s1709/4E1E9BE4-AEFD-4A95-A2EE-E20C5C0607FB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1709" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfYod_KK1AdQJEqbiyng0WAU9OGq9gNj2RbNI85OsPmKEMqoDqlBDfNbF_s_OsDA6aG6L_6FVOD5zVYdD03Z5r2qYgMPuDecqpPtdBIDsHW9Xd3b6WODPSPWQn7KsZwws_2ESZ9xrXjZeH0YZ10RWPIHrkSQDs0emo4jxT39Kzd00ph-CvGNdoz6JzA/s320/4E1E9BE4-AEFD-4A95-A2EE-E20C5C0607FB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s hit the Dutch newspapers too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>How have YOU been coping with the soaring temperatures in the UK, or elsewhere in the northern hemisphere?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>For those in the southern hemisphere. I’m sure you’re enjoying the cooled air!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-65433269176308633272022-06-15T12:09:00.003+01:002022-06-17T08:49:25.491+01:00The Pout Goes Coastal Granny<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Hello my lovelies!<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ve been delving into the social media phenomenon that is Coastal Grandmother. Or grandma. Or granny. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I first came across the concept <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/angela-mollard-why-parenting-is-an-extraordinary-responsibility/news-story/82d4717975cb411430f07f26b190c3c5?amp&nk=aa735f9b1e057f36b7bf4c4b28fc99be-1653648389">in this Daily Telegraph article HERE</a> in late May. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I didn’t give it too much thought. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Then when I stumbled on a post by <a href="https://www.finewhateverblog.com/2022/05/23/going-coastal/" target="_blank">the delightful Rena from FINE WHATEVER HERE</a> I felt I needed to delve further. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And delve I did. </p><p style="text-align: center;">There’s so much on SM about it. I won’t bore you with the detail, you can delve yourself if interested, but it’s all about a relaxed summer vibe in lifestyle, </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dAK8ToCW4NPCYYy07WhDjSVvJ3QHAnLhkvpUyNdFMfiSvq2LQLZOf5QEXh3V6CM1spiWpaxAgfV55QnXpYdLbj7rEy6rSJvgJ9aVrimVbWMwtgwvovGGGXVhWYGOh2rHm2mfcbwM3sDTQxr5p6RBx3juYqQTbSVbogfep5ryKQwFw5PrPAS3WdOAgA/s750/8C25F469-8E29-4BE3-AB94-772573789A6B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dAK8ToCW4NPCYYy07WhDjSVvJ3QHAnLhkvpUyNdFMfiSvq2LQLZOf5QEXh3V6CM1spiWpaxAgfV55QnXpYdLbj7rEy6rSJvgJ9aVrimVbWMwtgwvovGGGXVhWYGOh2rHm2mfcbwM3sDTQxr5p6RBx3juYqQTbSVbogfep5ryKQwFw5PrPAS3WdOAgA/s320/8C25F469-8E29-4BE3-AB94-772573789A6B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQ6sq7kaO2bi1aTCttgQttzRExYcWtsoFfyM7Xr-c2Ano2TeQuxMTSNFB9ru-MXumgvxcb92oA5SByKfujesOLBEYC6CSJKRhC0oTTh8296oYBC42DYZqPNfvdfl07go-w51ISbZGaVp2IJk4NJpkysdzefj_yErYL_6Rq4v9aTvfYZmwHZi-3ZHX_A/s1024/4D9F4E06-337E-4DA5-A40B-2760B92166BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQ6sq7kaO2bi1aTCttgQttzRExYcWtsoFfyM7Xr-c2Ano2TeQuxMTSNFB9ru-MXumgvxcb92oA5SByKfujesOLBEYC6CSJKRhC0oTTh8296oYBC42DYZqPNfvdfl07go-w51ISbZGaVp2IJk4NJpkysdzefj_yErYL_6Rq4v9aTvfYZmwHZi-3ZHX_A/s320/4D9F4E06-337E-4DA5-A40B-2760B92166BC.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssEfCw9vC0NMKgmeit4CaZfSxjjcCQ6GC7AvFjPE2zO9dEW4M5x95fL76cbX9w6yPoLZIuRhkpCTdj6kVoS2nEIjY5VISVyqJxvZ-lMARI4OozQsmlQ64xVJBJrkvrBKA7XOnxYHhkMonMH3grvidjJyNzaG4iF80-ecgFafNz20xu5nbbh0gVTshWw/s1125/9252B9A4-3CB3-4BCC-A17F-BAC977CB758C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssEfCw9vC0NMKgmeit4CaZfSxjjcCQ6GC7AvFjPE2zO9dEW4M5x95fL76cbX9w6yPoLZIuRhkpCTdj6kVoS2nEIjY5VISVyqJxvZ-lMARI4OozQsmlQ64xVJBJrkvrBKA7XOnxYHhkMonMH3grvidjJyNzaG4iF80-ecgFafNz20xu5nbbh0gVTshWw/s320/9252B9A4-3CB3-4BCC-A17F-BAC977CB758C.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr5hly6Ugy26YE1BL0d4bhFkGywmQKnz3MN4FdDczUc4d4e-Nip62F5TjwIoeMvFhk5LpM0WgUGIXsQN_um34C5NTib1Tv3_x3XgVb7HFA-PWocqROAgzOUO6dMtD25inC5tg_uSYtvOgW45pPkpbeuB0mgzj6zfz0XsYknDbSHdGF48JOyqZhRGVWQ/s937/88EF2989-FE43-4F82-B30B-CEEF90000841.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSr5hly6Ugy26YE1BL0d4bhFkGywmQKnz3MN4FdDczUc4d4e-Nip62F5TjwIoeMvFhk5LpM0WgUGIXsQN_um34C5NTib1Tv3_x3XgVb7HFA-PWocqROAgzOUO6dMtD25inC5tg_uSYtvOgW45pPkpbeuB0mgzj6zfz0XsYknDbSHdGF48JOyqZhRGVWQ/s320/88EF2989-FE43-4F82-B30B-CEEF90000841.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in dressing </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipg0ukYXGJESBDcNH15-bAIGNCigTUgKwolCnHpEtmeTSgG7J4iF4RbBrva4YUvuwPJLK98QDqJdUADgU9Iq3L8fjepiIKaJEEgD3qXQk4h97uCrdhadM_8hUXPkna-aQWH84T0HxtiQJmeeXZHCMqqxTpQgMSSkfW65RBixzufHwje5heYNLlJ_XInA/s1000/92C98986-3A22-4785-AF46-9C3DACE742BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipg0ukYXGJESBDcNH15-bAIGNCigTUgKwolCnHpEtmeTSgG7J4iF4RbBrva4YUvuwPJLK98QDqJdUADgU9Iq3L8fjepiIKaJEEgD3qXQk4h97uCrdhadM_8hUXPkna-aQWH84T0HxtiQJmeeXZHCMqqxTpQgMSSkfW65RBixzufHwje5heYNLlJ_XInA/s320/92C98986-3A22-4785-AF46-9C3DACE742BC.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">and home decor. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Nancy Meyers has apparently got a lot to answer for!</p><p style="text-align: center;">She has spawned the look, primarily through my fave film of all time, Something’s Gotta Give, but also via similar films like It’s Complicated (my second favourite film). So no surprise, I was already a big fan of the vibe!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">My home already has a CG vibe to it. And so does my wardrobe it would seem for I realized that I had all the prerequisite pieces in my wardrobe already for the Coastal Granny look. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Duh. No surprise there. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I live on an island. My home is near the coast. I’m a granny. </p><p style="text-align: center;">So of course I have all the pieces of the Coastal Granny jigsaw!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I have to say this whole experience has been sorta cathartic.</p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s like I’ve been recognized as who I really am. </p><p style="text-align: center;">That I finally have a place on this world. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s like coming home after a foray into the “fashionista” world wearing someone else’s clothing and uncomfortable footwear. Fine on someone else, but not a dumpy beach granny. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s like I’ve been playing away from home all these years. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ok. I’m getting a tad carried away with the analogies, but it really was a Phew! experience. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The timing was perfect too as I needed to do some granny packing for an upcoming holiday visiting family. And rather than the usual dithering and panic about packing, this suitcase experience was a doddle. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> I had a theme. I had the visuals of what is de rigeur for CG dressing. And my first port of call is coastal (and the second is near the coast) so I knew what to pack. Kushti!</p><p style="text-align: center;">No dithering. I packed Coastal Granny in a suitcase. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ll post pics of what I wore in due course. But right now I’m on holiday and life is busy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But here’s a little taster of Coastal Granny. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PVz9qIyqDdmlEe0lzPlBwJok1iflCabHCO6NefAAoQKm-yjxY-NEOHfARLFJ3WqM7wUzhgXuyN_BuKV5UlhDALTlBfAJADvfGOJuN78ENroPCV-lmV2JxK3j_z__DBKexTkW-yaUW_cQ4QSfant_KOPANIGH9EqIYocpKa5VpaWfJKxMWvRczCUkWg/s3088/FCEA717F-0CA0-47A0-AE1B-D25A89FF2861.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PVz9qIyqDdmlEe0lzPlBwJok1iflCabHCO6NefAAoQKm-yjxY-NEOHfARLFJ3WqM7wUzhgXuyN_BuKV5UlhDALTlBfAJADvfGOJuN78ENroPCV-lmV2JxK3j_z__DBKexTkW-yaUW_cQ4QSfant_KOPANIGH9EqIYocpKa5VpaWfJKxMWvRczCUkWg/s320/FCEA717F-0CA0-47A0-AE1B-D25A89FF2861.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It starts with a sun dress, bien sur. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And some coast. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_Og1SxPiLpGo3V8C-IrituWVdqzJ9OZ9oUdhHvrJiz1kFzBHD20DLFaiTOlohJ-OIcRTLwXKkz9_rqupvj0x3axc_Y-fis59uGnMMgztd6nWZkNj4mivn53Eep0F8SigrYGnkvGoKr-xOkcrR2okj8_Yqhm38JqatLOxoJ90LnkQjgOMcLARaEi3Mw/s4032/C94D320E-3823-420B-A9C6-0BD921E72C2E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_Og1SxPiLpGo3V8C-IrituWVdqzJ9OZ9oUdhHvrJiz1kFzBHD20DLFaiTOlohJ-OIcRTLwXKkz9_rqupvj0x3axc_Y-fis59uGnMMgztd6nWZkNj4mivn53Eep0F8SigrYGnkvGoKr-xOkcrR2okj8_Yqhm38JqatLOxoJ90LnkQjgOMcLARaEi3Mw/s320/C94D320E-3823-420B-A9C6-0BD921E72C2E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The promenade at Bexhill-On-Sea, Sussex </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p style="text-align: center;">I wore this sundress yesterday for a beachside al fresco lunch with cousins. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vfpShNYmmloDDGxTeVEXWgoZC7ae05qQ4g6Um5NyHNdH5ZbBFWxfv1B0Og5uolZjicxl6fY9_JqS4_kSpiS1p9H8KSZjmxbLC6DRN6sNqEEBPafp-uFAjKlW5i9hTwtAkv7ytEiMh6DIINToJsw0eopWkxrMxUXbVnStcYnFnSWSxsYTnrIbp__AzQ/s3999/EFDA4B5D-D200-44CF-B8EB-4F7764A056F8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2680" data-original-width="3999" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vfpShNYmmloDDGxTeVEXWgoZC7ae05qQ4g6Um5NyHNdH5ZbBFWxfv1B0Og5uolZjicxl6fY9_JqS4_kSpiS1p9H8KSZjmxbLC6DRN6sNqEEBPafp-uFAjKlW5i9hTwtAkv7ytEiMh6DIINToJsw0eopWkxrMxUXbVnStcYnFnSWSxsYTnrIbp__AzQ/s320/EFDA4B5D-D200-44CF-B8EB-4F7764A056F8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A straw sun hat was more a necessity than a CG prop on such a hot day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RDO3-ka-7r7D5FW7uycP0zvSvH6ntgIh7_N5KYLr4nX3K6HOqmv7iLayWE9pWMXUYdoFPELJ_gE3VoQjltZjqvzfp26CMux5Pw1hkT8tXWsXBQuYdzC5u6oUVZaQFDsPgxBSACh0phrt-zS8HlZJvWAjsCcxCOKAkooKM3oq8fFuUNXOz3oq1UzaGA/s2872/6AFF00FC-BF3E-4B97-AD73-D8CC4481716E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2872" data-original-width="2152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5RDO3-ka-7r7D5FW7uycP0zvSvH6ntgIh7_N5KYLr4nX3K6HOqmv7iLayWE9pWMXUYdoFPELJ_gE3VoQjltZjqvzfp26CMux5Pw1hkT8tXWsXBQuYdzC5u6oUVZaQFDsPgxBSACh0phrt-zS8HlZJvWAjsCcxCOKAkooKM3oq8fFuUNXOz3oq1UzaGA/s320/6AFF00FC-BF3E-4B97-AD73-D8CC4481716E.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue and white is a theme in the coastal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Granny look, especially in home decor - so here I’m wearing Diane Keaton’s sitting room in <i>Something’s Gotta Give !!!</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubkkOxeiXwvomJ-ZjAJtVHBhmymo_SH4lqHi5us4oG_T1fv8uhWYWW7TeB9rCRm49ahPJIgQU3vuErcq4CtbwwFdUZUHmk6VnJUqsYhFrMnhifbmGAGmmPdLAlv59sMEeqnDKaot_onOU4ARZbNmJyH7pWfsXs78bCjasXW_iXzociQBea2YdhM8LEg/s749/8904F37A-1BF0-4EB7-A12D-C9DEAA21D641.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="749" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubkkOxeiXwvomJ-ZjAJtVHBhmymo_SH4lqHi5us4oG_T1fv8uhWYWW7TeB9rCRm49ahPJIgQU3vuErcq4CtbwwFdUZUHmk6VnJUqsYhFrMnhifbmGAGmmPdLAlv59sMEeqnDKaot_onOU4ARZbNmJyH7pWfsXs78bCjasXW_iXzociQBea2YdhM8LEg/s320/8904F37A-1BF0-4EB7-A12D-C9DEAA21D641.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But without Jack Nicholson draped over me!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Uf2osc-Bdru28PJdtn-LaF6EYoxDx0NirZ9dhiawkyKEhxHkAR2v3vFlVKB7YrB17rwC7FPZ0eKgcBslsk4YFCWLlaTiScwA1IChUBw8Ybsh3MlBSUm4ecEHacSwdaEj8yn4lqiR7PWoXs1l91fayO7qntInyjOJECYFKBmnI7MtiFbJOT4U2f8uTQ/s1024/B7ABFB73-02A0-41D6-BF1D-F67FFBB666D4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="461" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Uf2osc-Bdru28PJdtn-LaF6EYoxDx0NirZ9dhiawkyKEhxHkAR2v3vFlVKB7YrB17rwC7FPZ0eKgcBslsk4YFCWLlaTiScwA1IChUBw8Ybsh3MlBSUm4ecEHacSwdaEj8yn4lqiR7PWoXs1l91fayO7qntInyjOJECYFKBmnI7MtiFbJOT4U2f8uTQ/s320/B7ABFB73-02A0-41D6-BF1D-F67FFBB666D4.jpeg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Have YOU come across the coastal granny phenomenon yet? </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVJhFe0T3bdlddLWjsl1If9kahicvWyNN5c4MrbNUhGxorIsppyeGPB_CFaZ7E34CqWtSRCu_4owaaZqY61EvKMYrFmLw11Qw2qlmHF_HMGBDp3k7E8a0CSePNedWPXotbq4T_HPJL_PP1lEjSEuRUqaIqO6Uyyk_LzxJHFW7NNNJExQAE67yqnSGjw/s1125/516E32EB-184A-48C4-91F5-11A52AE30D10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVJhFe0T3bdlddLWjsl1If9kahicvWyNN5c4MrbNUhGxorIsppyeGPB_CFaZ7E34CqWtSRCu_4owaaZqY61EvKMYrFmLw11Qw2qlmHF_HMGBDp3k7E8a0CSePNedWPXotbq4T_HPJL_PP1lEjSEuRUqaIqO6Uyyk_LzxJHFW7NNNJExQAE67yqnSGjw/s320/516E32EB-184A-48C4-91F5-11A52AE30D10.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Is the whole aesthetic something you can identify with too?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine’ </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx.</p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-20593021182199326552022-06-06T09:07:00.002+01:002022-06-06T09:07:46.562+01:00Classic dressing - Skirts <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hello my lovelies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today’s post is all about skirts, then and now. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I like to look at styles I wore back in the day, and see if I still wear them and whether they stand the rest of time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So let’s get going!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt3SKi4hVJPmqSdX0KVvnh69hUA9aHZ8-N0GUuqF8SWlG6jWu_y7g-JGwZ2bYKHKjNZCz8Ain9bjuvAyF-N2_sL6L-FYo4I1geCcz7mMtyZZYC76qqe-n9H3B2FHJXkFztXEeCb-Jkj87-ZtSbKp3oH6tkwygKmld_lfRhrPWqfi2kqiBjQ-qE6JRx7Q=s852" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="503" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjt3SKi4hVJPmqSdX0KVvnh69hUA9aHZ8-N0GUuqF8SWlG6jWu_y7g-JGwZ2bYKHKjNZCz8Ain9bjuvAyF-N2_sL6L-FYo4I1geCcz7mMtyZZYC76qqe-n9H3B2FHJXkFztXEeCb-Jkj87-ZtSbKp3oH6tkwygKmld_lfRhrPWqfi2kqiBjQ-qE6JRx7Q=s320" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rabat, 1975 - a black floral print gored skirt, part of a two piece. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I wore a black gored print skirt, part of a two piece - the second piece being a kimono style jacket. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved this set and back in the day I did so enjoy breaking down the two pieces to mix with other tops or bottoms in my wardrobe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nearest I’ve got to find this amazing print in 50 years is this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx13epEtb-TsBd5T7MUyVgoPkznn0yuHfXMK_t51aIFbhwqjutsNJq7kH31gZ3h9nrpGdonKWfG_4YPYoik3x_RdcUT8YkUCbkHsn07imNZ-HKm2qsGWtAuezLXtd8mDdj2CYhPl9RqxiLn2pLsYh1e_s_J47JmuqA0-Knmq9vPawVtRVpZKObEQL0SQ/s280/362FF7ED-8407-4655-BA13-565C946DC9F3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="177" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx13epEtb-TsBd5T7MUyVgoPkznn0yuHfXMK_t51aIFbhwqjutsNJq7kH31gZ3h9nrpGdonKWfG_4YPYoik3x_RdcUT8YkUCbkHsn07imNZ-HKm2qsGWtAuezLXtd8mDdj2CYhPl9RqxiLn2pLsYh1e_s_J47JmuqA0-Knmq9vPawVtRVpZKObEQL0SQ/s1600/362FF7ED-8407-4655-BA13-565C946DC9F3.jpeg" width="177" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course I bought it because it reminded me of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my 1975 print. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it’s not a skirt, so let’s move on. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGSI0r6Ses5UyGSX3QndgYSorG6xvo4i4-K7udkogl6utXzb7pGe1bJMIaP1Y28HBSAPFBveIAZBJ4WdCo5R7OmnUiBuZKvATYxVhgd7T_Xpx11caFlsPBoBe0NJsriMcll--q-oFAIhch30qyQmWryeRPO-0Xe9LQvKYTcnAyIJ3HXKm8d8aCjsjvA/s279/BC3E1816-404E-4D1A-8C4D-8EDFE2F7D13A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="120" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwGSI0r6Ses5UyGSX3QndgYSorG6xvo4i4-K7udkogl6utXzb7pGe1bJMIaP1Y28HBSAPFBveIAZBJ4WdCo5R7OmnUiBuZKvATYxVhgd7T_Xpx11caFlsPBoBe0NJsriMcll--q-oFAIhch30qyQmWryeRPO-0Xe9LQvKYTcnAyIJ3HXKm8d8aCjsjvA/s1600/BC3E1816-404E-4D1A-8C4D-8EDFE2F7D13A.jpeg" width="120" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the nearest I’ve got to my black floral skirt in recent years. Black and ecru print. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVDTaCK_wmuxgNPqHBtekLvzXR81RRqWSKb10ZNYrVZQxJUqiRXGitAeleOoRV3yxfuosrC060-r0L4YVwUdgv7pcycJKyiINEEnSbCJl30ug8pOjEf0XW8Gs4UyShpwF8vKDIYEZ-UWMVniDwBlfvAOkdEUv6aELqwARzjsL0z6kBpCCdnEiP0xsKVQ=s920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="920" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVDTaCK_wmuxgNPqHBtekLvzXR81RRqWSKb10ZNYrVZQxJUqiRXGitAeleOoRV3yxfuosrC060-r0L4YVwUdgv7pcycJKyiINEEnSbCJl30ug8pOjEf0XW8Gs4UyShpwF8vKDIYEZ-UWMVniDwBlfvAOkdEUv6aELqwARzjsL0z6kBpCCdnEiP0xsKVQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Algeria, 1975 - a navy polka dot skirt (part of a two piece). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M1AHrzf7pOyRBeDo8NHZAw-1galjWd9Zj9s5RjvCnerqkxRq90OKW6tYkQnEMq6rtQjn6YfdbVcl6QG9pX5pYHg7GFt7acZo3RWjDH9AMaOW3ErMp4JvDPdBbY_ZEgxyti3rBFUHL3FYliT2WhwCsWntNYEdYDWJg__KfG9Dcfht0h83j71qEJb4nA/s320/2B6B0C6B-101B-491A-BC37-5B224449A127.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M1AHrzf7pOyRBeDo8NHZAw-1galjWd9Zj9s5RjvCnerqkxRq90OKW6tYkQnEMq6rtQjn6YfdbVcl6QG9pX5pYHg7GFt7acZo3RWjDH9AMaOW3ErMp4JvDPdBbY_ZEgxyti3rBFUHL3FYliT2WhwCsWntNYEdYDWJg__KfG9Dcfht0h83j71qEJb4nA/s1600/2B6B0C6B-101B-491A-BC37-5B224449A127.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My most recent navy skirt purchase was this floral affair a few years ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1vNAqA2QwFzcO-Vs2Q35RCVguGG-2wNrG_TZN3tcFHDqnGCP0zXbjkHkRfrIsuNieOyKlc7xl8UKgWYWCD0LAkpBVd6yKaCMmYIxktjhYUd0eWjT17jBu4_5BR7W_YMGmu40jTeVv-eOZe42OF9l6sTCKC98T4PeJ8XrB2InRh-q-lRVmRSM_u2KcBg=s903" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1vNAqA2QwFzcO-Vs2Q35RCVguGG-2wNrG_TZN3tcFHDqnGCP0zXbjkHkRfrIsuNieOyKlc7xl8UKgWYWCD0LAkpBVd6yKaCMmYIxktjhYUd0eWjT17jBu4_5BR7W_YMGmu40jTeVv-eOZe42OF9l6sTCKC98T4PeJ8XrB2InRh-q-lRVmRSM_u2KcBg=s320" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Barcelona, 1974 - a green sort of patchwork floral print skirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was softly pleated at the waist and was in a fabric that hung well. And 🎶 It had pockets!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGQZH1ClPDsnVEb5yvrSOcrqDXdlf1PuGoizwYQCVJ6LhUyQMu_Yq3OFbAoBC0VYacDgYDtoZT3iBm-WzRsW8zBquStigefqyO7KZRiqOR-6WlWfUOTpms1T7pqY4I-BpRNQeaB86elenXxQfGPIdvTXE9nOkHBjtO29dp2gjFWU2FhK6c0RiPmA7cw/s280/40AE42D9-BB8F-4D81-9529-B0016213E0ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="224" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfGQZH1ClPDsnVEb5yvrSOcrqDXdlf1PuGoizwYQCVJ6LhUyQMu_Yq3OFbAoBC0VYacDgYDtoZT3iBm-WzRsW8zBquStigefqyO7KZRiqOR-6WlWfUOTpms1T7pqY4I-BpRNQeaB86elenXxQfGPIdvTXE9nOkHBjtO29dp2gjFWU2FhK6c0RiPmA7cw/s1600/40AE42D9-BB8F-4D81-9529-B0016213E0ED.jpeg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is a floral skirt, a charity shop purchase a few years ago, worn with a white t and denim jacket. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXIz30pUEb8nwZCmsXCvWLfKyhCH37oySdQVKD6m1xwQH1A4jOHKDrJwc9N2Q53cpYn9b0zXwQb8kajgT5JdrLzqhqx-Hp8TThVuHrMxsjuXm-weRfXorjnqJDhUMD4Y0cn7BLjKILyCZYqxfaL2gIxMPSXAWFuPXADiQspBtMkk8Adbfa1w2eniC8A/s320/715AF0CC-2D67-4ED1-8C32-5A258F9692E4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXIz30pUEb8nwZCmsXCvWLfKyhCH37oySdQVKD6m1xwQH1A4jOHKDrJwc9N2Q53cpYn9b0zXwQb8kajgT5JdrLzqhqx-Hp8TThVuHrMxsjuXm-weRfXorjnqJDhUMD4Y0cn7BLjKILyCZYqxfaL2gIxMPSXAWFuPXADiQspBtMkk8Adbfa1w2eniC8A/s1600/715AF0CC-2D67-4ED1-8C32-5A258F9692E4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And more formally with a pink cardi and pointy loafers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This skirt is also softly pleated at the waist. The fabric is a more robust cotton so is more voluminous that the softer fabric skirt of yore, but still has its own charm too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAh_3D54Htsdjhr9U_Tn7LN88nB02KRXWyWVJuKkGX2FTd0bBCEsuP_HofoZX8vHNRGwtdZb25bNE2rqiCZwqQXyU3CjVIZfIBJYkw9FEs3UafxPIymZAHPWGug_F2pGSfyDUsI6HX1ckx6hIsXPiUPv7ZpOfw2mM7lm-vvEjkikdbp4uoGagbI_QYLg=s919" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="589" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAh_3D54Htsdjhr9U_Tn7LN88nB02KRXWyWVJuKkGX2FTd0bBCEsuP_HofoZX8vHNRGwtdZb25bNE2rqiCZwqQXyU3CjVIZfIBJYkw9FEs3UafxPIymZAHPWGug_F2pGSfyDUsI6HX1ckx6hIsXPiUPv7ZpOfw2mM7lm-vvEjkikdbp4uoGagbI_QYLg=s320" width="205" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paris, 1987 - a black leather skirt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still have this skirt, and it still fits - well, if I can get away with the back zip remaining open! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cqbYp8MBmmDViF-NTBkCAJ-xwbOYwX0DqMqPajAmIUcbzKUdBzXsK9d-jobLD1L5koEd5DAkRmTJb1I1f51Tjv0_pj4h-7e2IWbiA8mt3wTSwU4rwyHvBJrVCKFMls0DTge0KM_c1pg1VxCwaNcln3M0xipQ8bhaKTGkVe1dF5FRg9qn57ch-thj9A/s280/3CFFD6D8-D29A-49E5-9905-6E32AE1028F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="224" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cqbYp8MBmmDViF-NTBkCAJ-xwbOYwX0DqMqPajAmIUcbzKUdBzXsK9d-jobLD1L5koEd5DAkRmTJb1I1f51Tjv0_pj4h-7e2IWbiA8mt3wTSwU4rwyHvBJrVCKFMls0DTge0KM_c1pg1VxCwaNcln3M0xipQ8bhaKTGkVe1dF5FRg9qn57ch-thj9A/s1600/3CFFD6D8-D29A-49E5-9905-6E32AE1028F5.jpeg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A much safer option is this shorter black leather skirt I bought about 20 years ago - the zip closes!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xD6VrXbIlgpBmO0Z2fdznFg6_bcb6ay8cQTGjeYQQRMt1mnsUoObQobt2T1lrpjqEjmT9AbqQbQd576g0ekZG5CgmeZv3ruNq8YxWrdD7IraEVHkw5oNJRrsWWVq6eHFKjZsCCsvAlzmecCywuSpqbCs_E1iSXRoEUnhqF7_rJZtjl9nvpuOW5uNrg/s280/4AF434DA-92F9-4878-91F6-4EA9202A3442.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="210" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xD6VrXbIlgpBmO0Z2fdznFg6_bcb6ay8cQTGjeYQQRMt1mnsUoObQobt2T1lrpjqEjmT9AbqQbQd576g0ekZG5CgmeZv3ruNq8YxWrdD7IraEVHkw5oNJRrsWWVq6eHFKjZsCCsvAlzmecCywuSpqbCs_E1iSXRoEUnhqF7_rJZtjl9nvpuOW5uNrg/s1600/4AF434DA-92F9-4878-91F6-4EA9202A3442.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s such a versatile piece. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6K9sQoQd3mhh4W5ldbeyqK0k0ItKqCv7cm8s3IYkJEmxEuTMGcsZFybh_0LFsThH0HOfE5k0POzT2vsU4jzXtwOSOZ1A9EmdoHBTmesICN2JvNl5azoKO9Mw_4yupGHTSSjqBvi5TFgltGxhNjbh3RlCJwBbRiOrsFTs8VSlPU8CyJiuyHohcuvjGfA/s280/A51BFB8C-130A-4445-B21B-A918CF690605.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="210" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6K9sQoQd3mhh4W5ldbeyqK0k0ItKqCv7cm8s3IYkJEmxEuTMGcsZFybh_0LFsThH0HOfE5k0POzT2vsU4jzXtwOSOZ1A9EmdoHBTmesICN2JvNl5azoKO9Mw_4yupGHTSSjqBvi5TFgltGxhNjbh3RlCJwBbRiOrsFTs8VSlPU8CyJiuyHohcuvjGfA/s1600/A51BFB8C-130A-4445-B21B-A918CF690605.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This skirt has spawned so many looks in the last two decades. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWLwh2s9rz1faCR61rdqMcFktAf4UeyFdQTzExbd7AvztutUmtiLv-FT9k1fqn8u8mCKVQZZ-FgAqHVNd-rRD3x8cqYfIxMMY_eQOiErIdSoKg58mhq5LgFMo_tmG28kcDbYbVkdE5tB2shwwM9oG9JEpdFfL7-_Kvre_osDcjYKio7uZ5ZOquPKntw/s280/B54AC668-7400-4143-85E8-DFFC0DB3CA9C.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="130" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWLwh2s9rz1faCR61rdqMcFktAf4UeyFdQTzExbd7AvztutUmtiLv-FT9k1fqn8u8mCKVQZZ-FgAqHVNd-rRD3x8cqYfIxMMY_eQOiErIdSoKg58mhq5LgFMo_tmG28kcDbYbVkdE5tB2shwwM9oG9JEpdFfL7-_Kvre_osDcjYKio7uZ5ZOquPKntw/s1600/B54AC668-7400-4143-85E8-DFFC0DB3CA9C.png" width="130" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It’s been a real bargain when measured by its cost per wear. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO9K3uNhaXzPjjyRP9xEIi5X3PFIFb-XSqAZjC9bL1kNNDrdbyCgtlzfq3Hd9R_quk9z6eemzX07EdiQHaTv0PnGmLJCgu2xXQqv_rMX-ZF-4BiyLEybgm2ew89jWk-G5wLS5jXEV0ClBt1V4mAsgx_VPfmsp16NBQj5kas7l5QjDxm8qlC3wxL2DqQ/s280/96F22005-DDB0-4B04-AF2E-62A278B82D65.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="126" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO9K3uNhaXzPjjyRP9xEIi5X3PFIFb-XSqAZjC9bL1kNNDrdbyCgtlzfq3Hd9R_quk9z6eemzX07EdiQHaTv0PnGmLJCgu2xXQqv_rMX-ZF-4BiyLEybgm2ew89jWk-G5wLS5jXEV0ClBt1V4mAsgx_VPfmsp16NBQj5kas7l5QjDxm8qlC3wxL2DqQ/s1600/96F22005-DDB0-4B04-AF2E-62A278B82D65.png" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A less punchy hide is suede, here a lilac version. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTGiLgIT0Gt2todperIycJ-T3e-DEVJFbD6qEwk-qNwkvtpPQCR_lHHDxH-aetfmpw4K63FU-pMLQyO7RdPsURHw5EAZNOUOBwh1VsXabDGDu4OfdLNniabTyA8WKTNDKy4Z1-iFD-NMOQ07eXMeQNo-mPSFUZv1m22VxZjL1FFWvD2WvWB9tND3FZA/s280/BF88D8BE-D8F7-48E1-BF07-7C19D637845B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="224" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTGiLgIT0Gt2todperIycJ-T3e-DEVJFbD6qEwk-qNwkvtpPQCR_lHHDxH-aetfmpw4K63FU-pMLQyO7RdPsURHw5EAZNOUOBwh1VsXabDGDu4OfdLNniabTyA8WKTNDKy4Z1-iFD-NMOQ07eXMeQNo-mPSFUZv1m22VxZjL1FFWvD2WvWB9tND3FZA/s1600/BF88D8BE-D8F7-48E1-BF07-7C19D637845B.jpeg" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this beige suede skirt has been another CPW success. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So what sense can I make from these comparisons?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- Well, skirts are a versatile bottom to have in your wardrobe, that’s for sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- An A-line skirt seems to stand the rest of time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- A black leather skirt never dates and can be worn for well over forty years - provided you don’t put on an ounce of weight around the waist!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- All of the vintage skirts shown could still be worn today (by a slimmer version of now-me), and not look dated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From this little exercise I can see that buying a good quality skirt (A line or softly pleated or gored), at just below knee length, is a good sustainable investment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a hide skirt is an amazing CPW buy, for durability and longevity. But I would recommend leather rather than suede as leather seems to improve with age and somehow seems more versatile, for it looks fabulous dressed down or up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Those are my thoughts on skirts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What are <i>yours?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-91928926510064269412022-05-24T11:21:00.002+01:002022-05-24T11:21:15.578+01:00Pout’s Puffin Patrol<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I enjoyed an amazing trip recently on a friend’s boat and it really is best described in pictures. So my plan for today’s post is to let the pictures mostly do the talking. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Let’s see how I do. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">We went out on a Puffin Patrol. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMCWGLgdTow2fJX1eM3hL-MNgT03BPr4fXXaa6smeUCIQQ-CUIwr_1X7Clg3Oh6bK1O5rXb7yTNyK-il1D5aUKPZNAGoZ7ob_zLHHT8X8UitndyaTxZOyiGsGjbGWrjSIkkYDfiysFsxJFpPXFdGa3ogClsrd_lOXndXTNrpBQNrnFtvS7w2aYNQmuA/s4032/F10963A1-5B2A-44D9-BF27-3D0697E76B7F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCMCWGLgdTow2fJX1eM3hL-MNgT03BPr4fXXaa6smeUCIQQ-CUIwr_1X7Clg3Oh6bK1O5rXb7yTNyK-il1D5aUKPZNAGoZ7ob_zLHHT8X8UitndyaTxZOyiGsGjbGWrjSIkkYDfiysFsxJFpPXFdGa3ogClsrd_lOXndXTNrpBQNrnFtvS7w2aYNQmuA/s320/F10963A1-5B2A-44D9-BF27-3D0697E76B7F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At this time of year cute puffins fly from near the arctic to nest. They find their way instinctively to a specific section of rock around the back of neighboring island Herm. This happens every year without fail. Clever eh. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnuv607YlK6W76GTl3j0HAK9SfTfrHfDp0ToXWZ5vIUjFnkuqAp1BR3pYLpxRBDZ73ZbkAcEGxewrl3jcCeG1cZokhvvRxFpDT4hRTmQKIpAQMpf6UzVgPcowDbbMMmrEvPP4EkxPW6P93vYsxg1LAZ2rmJssqR0Pd52XnUSYr71UlJFCTQHR6jJksw/s4032/EC81F6C2-F194-4D6C-AFED-344FBB3C1714.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnuv607YlK6W76GTl3j0HAK9SfTfrHfDp0ToXWZ5vIUjFnkuqAp1BR3pYLpxRBDZ73ZbkAcEGxewrl3jcCeG1cZokhvvRxFpDT4hRTmQKIpAQMpf6UzVgPcowDbbMMmrEvPP4EkxPW6P93vYsxg1LAZ2rmJssqR0Pd52XnUSYr71UlJFCTQHR6jJksw/s320/EC81F6C2-F194-4D6C-AFED-344FBB3C1714.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So last Saturday we left St Peter Port for the short trip across to Herm, which took about 8 minutes at a top speed of 30 knots (about 35 mph).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then we cruised around to the eastern side of the island, where the puffins nest. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuN_5Mh3tIxM6Cdspg5-E0WFFtTMMduTAetViDu9J6Bs34LrXW8POrC-MBKvKCoknBEAObcofL5AtZcgcxbc771KZ2z7r-oFwVOOqbmGsTNmSiGW_9Ey3RENlRqHoy2Rv6lEqRW6Ca5D8KnS9R9p4JmIvqmO7l2KMtsvsOR9NfQDZ63fGW7Y1AdG0gw/s4032/D289585A-0AD8-40AD-ADB1-79BB8D3555DC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuN_5Mh3tIxM6Cdspg5-E0WFFtTMMduTAetViDu9J6Bs34LrXW8POrC-MBKvKCoknBEAObcofL5AtZcgcxbc771KZ2z7r-oFwVOOqbmGsTNmSiGW_9Ey3RENlRqHoy2Rv6lEqRW6Ca5D8KnS9R9p4JmIvqmO7l2KMtsvsOR9NfQDZ63fGW7Y1AdG0gw/s320/D289585A-0AD8-40AD-ADB1-79BB8D3555DC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just before Puffins’ Place is a blow hole, hewn out of the rock by the sea over time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWV57MK0fPkWwzIDuHJZzZ0t-8uGyDGaI2vLzHWx-QzaOsWYWug8DseW-v0kg8x87IhWpKJOjgHOlkc7YX4V7mlpJLppKhHiowoiW6fO_ZPXMrOfVtIaiRcuAiuzTUSOAtzE9jmJFcegUp68aIp8oPg7pDRg0oYP69OH9Ljjxrzl7l3CY8cYO3SthDA/s3576/C1DA2E12-C910-4A7E-8739-23965232D078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2328" data-original-width="3576" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWV57MK0fPkWwzIDuHJZzZ0t-8uGyDGaI2vLzHWx-QzaOsWYWug8DseW-v0kg8x87IhWpKJOjgHOlkc7YX4V7mlpJLppKhHiowoiW6fO_ZPXMrOfVtIaiRcuAiuzTUSOAtzE9jmJFcegUp68aIp8oPg7pDRg0oYP69OH9Ljjxrzl7l3CY8cYO3SthDA/s320/C1DA2E12-C910-4A7E-8739-23965232D078.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fortunately we’d chosen a lovely day and the sea was calm. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf52CebE7GgxumUhhyK42Vid5Iw8LOhk_J-C4ljZXUEDpuPQBfOTKCMgMMzJbxAPITJnCIF8VHNwM5HGsTQ2EjNvLvsYstfWUStdTGA5Xi1bZRrwF2BvRD46eshIVVPWvgf1ueoZV93YXiKkFt8FlH10mCeHa24vvJScajbHxhm_S1B0zh-eZ1YGM6CQ/s994/BB7354BD-27A2-4C18-BD58-729597918C79.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="994" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf52CebE7GgxumUhhyK42Vid5Iw8LOhk_J-C4ljZXUEDpuPQBfOTKCMgMMzJbxAPITJnCIF8VHNwM5HGsTQ2EjNvLvsYstfWUStdTGA5Xi1bZRrwF2BvRD46eshIVVPWvgf1ueoZV93YXiKkFt8FlH10mCeHa24vvJScajbHxhm_S1B0zh-eZ1YGM6CQ/s320/BB7354BD-27A2-4C18-BD58-729597918C79.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found quite a few puffins. Unfortunately my blow ups don’t do these little cuties justice. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-h8JWNHNdusc92V9JlSwk9Gz-88XgNIDtdw2YAHYfMcxRcGQNvKKuP8lrO8N1blnEU0OcbtpzF2u4hMwxORWYqRFL9gbCFbHQ3_0Okysgf-zDLlLzQtLEUWjeCY78EP5m4ClsPe4t792XT-LClCob-31-oGJtzKuaZqK7Pw5JSaH6syole807QmZBPw/s1131/A88128A6-C058-43E2-882A-FE24436ACBE8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1042" data-original-width="1131" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-h8JWNHNdusc92V9JlSwk9Gz-88XgNIDtdw2YAHYfMcxRcGQNvKKuP8lrO8N1blnEU0OcbtpzF2u4hMwxORWYqRFL9gbCFbHQ3_0Okysgf-zDLlLzQtLEUWjeCY78EP5m4ClsPe4t792XT-LClCob-31-oGJtzKuaZqK7Pw5JSaH6syole807QmZBPw/s320/A88128A6-C058-43E2-882A-FE24436ACBE8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one has a fish in its mouth. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But as my pics aren’t that clear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg791WJ_i2gjRv42AeOPsCjCyv4cj2A-6vNWYXxXRAoI5lXj_KGYmSOijLC2iSG3sGBcx4BdPMPyjGbVCmcepeceBOw71lDO3xlopGbSF8MA4rhyuuTSpEkZ05ZKOkGBkFO8C4449ole9eY7zAUbWCnTtp5xiSk4l8oY-HCkJ0UTzw2VqYX2jn3dZC-Fg/s225/D7393911-7F7B-4F09-B304-D9E59981F39B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg791WJ_i2gjRv42AeOPsCjCyv4cj2A-6vNWYXxXRAoI5lXj_KGYmSOijLC2iSG3sGBcx4BdPMPyjGbVCmcepeceBOw71lDO3xlopGbSF8MA4rhyuuTSpEkZ05ZKOkGBkFO8C4449ole9eY7zAUbWCnTtp5xiSk4l8oY-HCkJ0UTzw2VqYX2jn3dZC-Fg/s1600/D7393911-7F7B-4F09-B304-D9E59981F39B.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here’s some someone made earlier!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdCRvBdXtXXbEwUre35REo6jvOAOuOTOHymNGxyGDxKP2oGQiSYrQXAjiBPNTNchd3jkgb46ZHOIhBkdq8NkSV1C0IEo1JnIshmRxCYEIBgXg3y_D0o6R8Jw1CgGA5bVR8VGwo_V-ZB811ZGSVI6xYjOrR61quHhWqsujDk7360z-aXBH_UjZ2S7CEw/s259/E7FDC7CE-C3C1-4BCB-9546-CCE32334CD37.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdCRvBdXtXXbEwUre35REo6jvOAOuOTOHymNGxyGDxKP2oGQiSYrQXAjiBPNTNchd3jkgb46ZHOIhBkdq8NkSV1C0IEo1JnIshmRxCYEIBgXg3y_D0o6R8Jw1CgGA5bVR8VGwo_V-ZB811ZGSVI6xYjOrR61quHhWqsujDk7360z-aXBH_UjZ2S7CEw/s1600/E7FDC7CE-C3C1-4BCB-9546-CCE32334CD37.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little cuties have short wings relative to their chunky bodies; they still fly well obvs, heavens they get here from Iceland! But they’re not the most elegant of landers and tend to crash land on the rocks when taking the fish back to their babies. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-N6U6jg3FejdHBTCyn5FZRegl0HJNPgV9uOFFG5Pm9Sqe9zzjjTVG4sZ2zbvRf_sYY4UfAaBqN6Y1Axb8eF_xDQhMgraxl7UIkHXnyCMO74FE0pjC8Rxqv008LC1rppAlnUqM33T6_g-nVuzwc0HPJJ7BwdIAgPIdgZ4BDmvP3uqdpErHctxbzRvYg/s4032/A61D6DE7-2B5F-4858-ABCC-187B8F84212B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-N6U6jg3FejdHBTCyn5FZRegl0HJNPgV9uOFFG5Pm9Sqe9zzjjTVG4sZ2zbvRf_sYY4UfAaBqN6Y1Axb8eF_xDQhMgraxl7UIkHXnyCMO74FE0pjC8Rxqv008LC1rppAlnUqM33T6_g-nVuzwc0HPJJ7BwdIAgPIdgZ4BDmvP3uqdpErHctxbzRvYg/s320/A61D6DE7-2B5F-4858-ABCC-187B8F84212B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we went on a seal search. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47Hwc8yL8IOta1QhvaplebrDQD4XuyhSCrsLDBb0Pksr9mUwqlBG-FjhRByCS4_Py_htJZpyfhLmyJhKMjXW_lPOiyzIvM0lR0beMUErUd-jRiiIk0zBoLacSy9iNgZh4aqqm2RjC4McFTx9yuUEQ25KBa4sEpCja91EeF8sGe2Whok8uTF7XOyox2g/s4032/158A916C-2786-4558-AD56-7E6BA989B763.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47Hwc8yL8IOta1QhvaplebrDQD4XuyhSCrsLDBb0Pksr9mUwqlBG-FjhRByCS4_Py_htJZpyfhLmyJhKMjXW_lPOiyzIvM0lR0beMUErUd-jRiiIk0zBoLacSy9iNgZh4aqqm2RjC4McFTx9yuUEQ25KBa4sEpCja91EeF8sGe2Whok8uTF7XOyox2g/s320/158A916C-2786-4558-AD56-7E6BA989B763.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Around this rocky area. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqofA9RzmWEENl4XZTNPSP_kNJaQH80xhC8sK4ut21gHtkxLN2aROVmq6C8pFIh3QOU8SnGBHEYzQm3IPFeRzEqurfqfGVdhzPQnWslD4I34591y0Am_AW4ihDJ6eeOb7YTAl7Uobo7wH_P0Pmhi5TqaWnBAfa4pxnL7Wrd0ue29SraPEeI00vgqUNSQ/s4032/74C508EB-3D27-4E34-945B-DDF471D1CD17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqofA9RzmWEENl4XZTNPSP_kNJaQH80xhC8sK4ut21gHtkxLN2aROVmq6C8pFIh3QOU8SnGBHEYzQm3IPFeRzEqurfqfGVdhzPQnWslD4I34591y0Am_AW4ihDJ6eeOb7YTAl7Uobo7wH_P0Pmhi5TqaWnBAfa4pxnL7Wrd0ue29SraPEeI00vgqUNSQ/s320/74C508EB-3D27-4E34-945B-DDF471D1CD17.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A cormorant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO41o4KVYZzq3MJA1fK53yZViMNOjBQA4g2IRFTbkKB0YglxLD5QDHdnlSgDN5C_3BILBgCcDuNpEmTjKLA_NNH0lb_Ndl9HgZVnHC-mNg-SOSB6HzYEXdtr6dbeQ5nQJGGCZ8LY0MI6LC-ojLKOL4zGnbMORBtNGhJlCd9cGVedKMBCPo4d9XkfGlg/s4032/8E263F11-9B63-4143-843E-508886CC7F00.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO41o4KVYZzq3MJA1fK53yZViMNOjBQA4g2IRFTbkKB0YglxLD5QDHdnlSgDN5C_3BILBgCcDuNpEmTjKLA_NNH0lb_Ndl9HgZVnHC-mNg-SOSB6HzYEXdtr6dbeQ5nQJGGCZ8LY0MI6LC-ojLKOL4zGnbMORBtNGhJlCd9cGVedKMBCPo4d9XkfGlg/s320/8E263F11-9B63-4143-843E-508886CC7F00.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Neighboring Jethou on the left. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDtE1iQ3Gx3M7wtXlV-r7gFn-FXWrMeD2xlLZhctJNfaaLbrfmiy_fVCmzcV45q0CIf5i2a6nvWmr-EB3llgPOE-KuJS5-dE9Z6jn3Kg7ks_VCF8ao4G17FDWoh9XckQOhgj-eYIFpf_e/s777/3B9E4898-61BF-4E96-85AB-3399F798EA05.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="777" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDtE1iQ3Gx3M7wtXlV-r7gFn-FXWrMeD2xlLZhctJNfaaLbrfmiy_fVCmzcV45q0CIf5i2a6nvWmr-EB3llgPOE-KuJS5-dE9Z6jn3Kg7ks_VCF8ao4G17FDWoh9XckQOhgj-eYIFpf_e/s320/3B9E4898-61BF-4E96-85AB-3399F798EA05.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally we found a pair of seals!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-QqD2Go1UEEv1c0bLM2slgjxfq3xeJK88YUbpiOFPt9YfDG3ggPeJkia5lglF7a-EYq9XKTcdIWxWYN8_qZ5fYQETrHZEcZndCp0F7-pMICA7XSPf-8a6vFlc713VlgzclVeYXZ4cXUetSjOZAaXIWXmTBaFFTf65dEELnm-Xy3koBmfJ67qDyvh2g/s823/03C3612F-A16B-4CA4-8078-7A7AB83AF6C6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="618" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-QqD2Go1UEEv1c0bLM2slgjxfq3xeJK88YUbpiOFPt9YfDG3ggPeJkia5lglF7a-EYq9XKTcdIWxWYN8_qZ5fYQETrHZEcZndCp0F7-pMICA7XSPf-8a6vFlc713VlgzclVeYXZ4cXUetSjOZAaXIWXmTBaFFTf65dEELnm-Xy3koBmfJ67qDyvh2g/s320/03C3612F-A16B-4CA4-8078-7A7AB83AF6C6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one popped up his head out to check us out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrm8EI8zbMU9CJOcspNDKUOAO1Qur1tvwwUn7_fNBe1OxcKyPXOalesZwDwxD_DIHpn8Tr9UwQ8HLlN9gsUQwdiHzHI_AL2Q12d0JAjfNMpFlQd8WnxF4cH-Xniy2X9kQjQiVWygW70yIrTur8Mv6QPlHt47nkMMbmRggOrsmXcGjNGGYlSAiv85VmHA/s254/020DB563-7B6C-4A4A-93FC-BCED5C99754D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="254" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrm8EI8zbMU9CJOcspNDKUOAO1Qur1tvwwUn7_fNBe1OxcKyPXOalesZwDwxD_DIHpn8Tr9UwQ8HLlN9gsUQwdiHzHI_AL2Q12d0JAjfNMpFlQd8WnxF4cH-Xniy2X9kQjQiVWygW70yIrTur8Mv6QPlHt47nkMMbmRggOrsmXcGjNGGYlSAiv85VmHA/s1600/020DB563-7B6C-4A4A-93FC-BCED5C99754D.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A better pic of a seal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway I think I can tell the story better on film, so here’s a little snippet I put togetherness amateurishly for you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gy5ixzAmpqc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Gy5ixzAmpqc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If the link above doesn’t work for you, please follow this link</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Gy5ixzAmpqc">https://youtu.be/Gy5ixzAmpqc</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed this little trip to our neighbouring island of Herm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A la perchoine,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-88169492641762336232022-05-16T21:34:00.002+01:002022-05-18T14:35:18.327+01:00White Jeans ON!<p style="text-align: center;"> Oh what joy when summer means,</p><p style="text-align: center;">You have your first outing in white jeans. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkD6kXMu0qJcd2Smr5bn6t-5tYQImzepGHEdT5VgHDbYVdV4dLvLqTnux0w5C4WXgiR1RVbb3I3bxUlFgxzYm7akgBMrkXd4EraQFzr1efDD5q9OO3CKKisnVtGhClgFLlXclvPXujL-kLviyhPmUivN108SAECCpqr8Bg0x1rPVBsWRM7afozDVE4xQ/s1800/A451C378-C896-4804-B8B5-737441CE69FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkD6kXMu0qJcd2Smr5bn6t-5tYQImzepGHEdT5VgHDbYVdV4dLvLqTnux0w5C4WXgiR1RVbb3I3bxUlFgxzYm7akgBMrkXd4EraQFzr1efDD5q9OO3CKKisnVtGhClgFLlXclvPXujL-kLviyhPmUivN108SAECCpqr8Bg0x1rPVBsWRM7afozDVE4xQ/s320/A451C378-C896-4804-B8B5-737441CE69FC.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Well, they’re chinos not jeans, but that’s just semantics. They’re white. And Summer White, not Winter White. And they’re sparking joy as this was the day I unpacked my summer wardrobe and to be sporting white jeans is the first sign of summer. In Pout World. You can forget your swallows, white jeans truly do mark the coming of summer in my universe. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnubfdOsh_5RDF2MHXcDPozdA2EXROJ5COHEQV9EiI5Dc0gVDqzAtvxj5hHTx6CqvWhhCIrLYEETFoSkzTEkLqWaq3VTEEm15-4sYRDxSUn7Ag54YfF5EpIi18Pbjjm9zPzNIK8c0P8TSvK85uMZrXh1mzHFyilR1oJ2UATYUF_-qCUP19zk2w7c8PA/s1800/C2782F34-ADDD-4128-A347-DDCBE7119B9D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnubfdOsh_5RDF2MHXcDPozdA2EXROJ5COHEQV9EiI5Dc0gVDqzAtvxj5hHTx6CqvWhhCIrLYEETFoSkzTEkLqWaq3VTEEm15-4sYRDxSUn7Ag54YfF5EpIi18Pbjjm9zPzNIK8c0P8TSvK85uMZrXh1mzHFyilR1oJ2UATYUF_-qCUP19zk2w7c8PA/s320/C2782F34-ADDD-4128-A347-DDCBE7119B9D.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I realise I’ve unpacked summer a whole month later than these past few years. Now, I’m not hurtling in opining that this is evidence of global cooling, but this summer has been slow to kick off. Just saying. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jBXOQkc8vN7Txn7v0S521BOCJuOEBES29GA_U0WpFZHOxv3Qjdo3Wz68_TK4IwZOscoBRGEi7Ok5_bVpcdeHFHoUoCbYOhuoupKjumQjA0HqqjJtsPRmYHmxdiZMUmNkBlF3vewvHZCiZThRgQe2rqj8441l4esjkyk_iZBYltAtwIT1e3wtjqAaQQ/s1800/39B5B4AA-7189-436D-8635-42885EE2B08D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jBXOQkc8vN7Txn7v0S521BOCJuOEBES29GA_U0WpFZHOxv3Qjdo3Wz68_TK4IwZOscoBRGEi7Ok5_bVpcdeHFHoUoCbYOhuoupKjumQjA0HqqjJtsPRmYHmxdiZMUmNkBlF3vewvHZCiZThRgQe2rqj8441l4esjkyk_iZBYltAtwIT1e3wtjqAaQQ/s320/39B5B4AA-7189-436D-8635-42885EE2B08D.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Maybe you’ve been wearing white jeans for weeks? Maybe you never stopped wearing them? Maybe you NEVER wear them?!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFUHWQK5KQpfelbyUp2PO5BgIkBks74mTNvDAkI-RotYb03QWwCxBU1hWV2P3m7yQFevfVKdLHOO68O0BFtK6tvShu1Bkttj1aoNuXfVnzvUXTHxAtfk2bsN75LuFT2wWoRXBY_iwK9zIZQ6-WLsyYQFykCtNrDcO5NwoOIq5h3qYxWNpCMTTlC-kpA/s1745/F348EA43-2069-4C49-B3DC-125ABC93FB42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1745" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWFUHWQK5KQpfelbyUp2PO5BgIkBks74mTNvDAkI-RotYb03QWwCxBU1hWV2P3m7yQFevfVKdLHOO68O0BFtK6tvShu1Bkttj1aoNuXfVnzvUXTHxAtfk2bsN75LuFT2wWoRXBY_iwK9zIZQ6-WLsyYQFykCtNrDcO5NwoOIq5h3qYxWNpCMTTlC-kpA/s320/F348EA43-2069-4C49-B3DC-125ABC93FB42.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Moving on from jeans v chinos, warming v cooling, this was also the first outing of my slip-ons, so comfy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdq4GpnlH3tKDN-E8FhrPkHAa8Ytqn13w1uhbDitcdY1a6_jXaRqVz6MmMYffHTA-igKfhRZg0EjQbN0nHiuGRfW1PbYpyci3mHMXXVMxgyYPIRrPQ-LWgihmuAjoFA9plKBjcmGkgKT32JaxRZLrxg-sYXpTCCZ0EN4mUVA8y8PB4a8FK1MBlRkypA/s1800/C6955436-EE11-4B54-B347-54BDF2322B15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdq4GpnlH3tKDN-E8FhrPkHAa8Ytqn13w1uhbDitcdY1a6_jXaRqVz6MmMYffHTA-igKfhRZg0EjQbN0nHiuGRfW1PbYpyci3mHMXXVMxgyYPIRrPQ-LWgihmuAjoFA9plKBjcmGkgKT32JaxRZLrxg-sYXpTCCZ0EN4mUVA8y8PB4a8FK1MBlRkypA/s320/C6955436-EE11-4B54-B347-54BDF2322B15.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I teamed my white column with a chocolate brown and elevated this smart casj look with old gold jewellery. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Job done. Go to pub! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYC9BnpxhPwEYNOJX2VkH6os9XsdXTzOBO2yQYK1wOf--lB8if15NnCord0AiMIB5TjlaKTmMckuLQvPNofeEjsah0qDWu6cmclkjmce93Tak4mqI6oX9xNaZtnW8-jtT91weMGVXYoAdIR1NOk2bYaS5mMd4oyLbVqGfG88hCoO6mo2sezZuglfxSg/s1799/C8CD75E9-5B1C-4724-B2EB-65C3FFBB5451.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYC9BnpxhPwEYNOJX2VkH6os9XsdXTzOBO2yQYK1wOf--lB8if15NnCord0AiMIB5TjlaKTmMckuLQvPNofeEjsah0qDWu6cmclkjmce93Tak4mqI6oX9xNaZtnW8-jtT91weMGVXYoAdIR1NOk2bYaS5mMd4oyLbVqGfG88hCoO6mo2sezZuglfxSg/s320/C8CD75E9-5B1C-4724-B2EB-65C3FFBB5451.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> Or rather, beachside restaurant for that is where I took this outfit. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8q3QpERmAFrf-W4EZr-lkFkC7aBJ1gVBxgKdp7Q_BJ8kzk461FBFfDYMR_wK0GTidalao1MMe6i_32OBMQKYmbrW8J-gPTuHov2E84w-j85uHZNfGPloelw_DFaMqjvVjEKKUyXVDPjSbzguU-xmHTw_GSmJa-2NnK2a0XRtKFPftwe9RVkjM8CupOQ/s1092/8E545723-1BBB-4BFD-B0F2-DE1F5572F67F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1092" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8q3QpERmAFrf-W4EZr-lkFkC7aBJ1gVBxgKdp7Q_BJ8kzk461FBFfDYMR_wK0GTidalao1MMe6i_32OBMQKYmbrW8J-gPTuHov2E84w-j85uHZNfGPloelw_DFaMqjvVjEKKUyXVDPjSbzguU-xmHTw_GSmJa-2NnK2a0XRtKFPftwe9RVkjM8CupOQ/s320/8E545723-1BBB-4BFD-B0F2-DE1F5572F67F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And ate this monster of a fish and chips. <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Of course half the fish and most of the chips came home with me . </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHHQJUJRsKOd5vPO8At_X4b9RQ2BNS41nOc-qJfAQ0XFQqogVZpG3M1Tk0-EXjL9i1KL-DNnolVakIUU7nWovH850iKIdpXc_bL2MY9Pvjx1svTs1J-7uHEasbvp92KwuejgX0dzLZgZGPLnYCFbfHoEyzJ3HP6h-ZtYksOyrQiILRnpyFW0xpvopVw/s4032/4FF952E5-3D44-49A2-A6C8-C353A6D70448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHHQJUJRsKOd5vPO8At_X4b9RQ2BNS41nOc-qJfAQ0XFQqogVZpG3M1Tk0-EXjL9i1KL-DNnolVakIUU7nWovH850iKIdpXc_bL2MY9Pvjx1svTs1J-7uHEasbvp92KwuejgX0dzLZgZGPLnYCFbfHoEyzJ3HP6h-ZtYksOyrQiILRnpyFW0xpvopVw/s320/4FF952E5-3D44-49A2-A6C8-C353A6D70448.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">And next day I made fish cakes* with the leftovers, and they were delicious. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I allowed myself ONE chip. The Photographer had the rest of course. I’m good like that. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">*left over cod and some salmon from a few days before</p><p style="text-align: center;">4 small new potatoes, crushed</p><p style="text-align: center;">Chopped onion, basil and chives</p><p style="text-align: center;">Seasoning</p><p style="text-align: center;">Bound together with one egg and left in freezer for half an hour to man up a bit before frying in a mix of olive oil and butter. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">You’re welcome!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And an update on where my dressing mojo is at right now. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ve resorted to style steals again. But not taking inspo from other blogs, Instagram or Pinterest. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwZOUe6oqzCtkd7_gKQSSfNdBySRNI7F8MHV8XEbPKvcohSGRiMBA37V7dXF8leJ1NJRzNokXby4an7FOQBn_NYPx26wHHDwM3d34zbyrHUm9EGZfvLfq6qLoS4JBf0vE42-fn66IE0gQLVEWDg3A-qDcKGzm1tlHqDSmj0838u_Eij_KaeXyaSbA2A/s1800/DED5FE5B-CE69-4AE3-9848-81EE3E055295.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwZOUe6oqzCtkd7_gKQSSfNdBySRNI7F8MHV8XEbPKvcohSGRiMBA37V7dXF8leJ1NJRzNokXby4an7FOQBn_NYPx26wHHDwM3d34zbyrHUm9EGZfvLfq6qLoS4JBf0vE42-fn66IE0gQLVEWDg3A-qDcKGzm1tlHqDSmj0838u_Eij_KaeXyaSbA2A/s320/DED5FE5B-CE69-4AE3-9848-81EE3E055295.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I’m now stealing from myself! </p><p style="text-align: center;">Outfit on the left was something I wore this time last year. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Yup, I’ve got that desperate I’ve been stealing style from myself! It wonder if there’s a word for that …</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I leave you with a song which captures the thrill of jeans </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vwGlhKcEBjY" width="320" youtube-src-id="vwGlhKcEBjY"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Chinos @marksandspencer </p><p style="text-align: center;">Slip-ins @fandfclothing </p><p style="text-align: center;">Cardi @woolovers</p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;">#retirementdressing #over70style #over60style #agelessstyle #everydayoutfit #whitejeans #sliponshoes #sliponsneakers #marksandapencer #fandfclothing #whitechinos</p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-23992360021405826572022-05-15T13:09:00.000+01:002022-05-15T13:09:23.802+01:00What I’ve Been Wearing Lately<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies, </p><p style="text-align: center;">I do hope you are keeping well. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but house and garden are keeping me pretty busy of late, but occasionally I force myself out of my working scruffies and into something half way decent for “my public “!</p><p style="text-align: center;">So here’s a round up of some smarter than scruffy grunge I’ve managed to prise myself in to recently. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3A95YfysRgJGcBtOVucDtXYXpOFR_bUAIzUsQn1XzY3ThXI4BwJJJVVJdDLVhn3tSJcI43jVxVKIPE1qItPYAOdGemJraYbYUHEmrNbO5JBuYkmNNMnIZUv4F49BRgBqOsBnKGixR8wBzFyLeiR4Iw9eBGOi7krjdskW5EGOFcgDjGpWnAju1ZUoUg/s1800/97B0E8EC-FAD4-4173-824C-D5A165310834.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3A95YfysRgJGcBtOVucDtXYXpOFR_bUAIzUsQn1XzY3ThXI4BwJJJVVJdDLVhn3tSJcI43jVxVKIPE1qItPYAOdGemJraYbYUHEmrNbO5JBuYkmNNMnIZUv4F49BRgBqOsBnKGixR8wBzFyLeiR4Iw9eBGOi7krjdskW5EGOFcgDjGpWnAju1ZUoUg/s320/97B0E8EC-FAD4-4173-824C-D5A165310834.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Casually sporting jeans and a stripey top, long cardi and red flatties to just slightly elevate the outfit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This may be simple and mundane attire, but at least I’m not wearing paint stained sweatpants! 👏👏👏</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfn3_haciJ2AoGMMYoVeLkROK7KkRemal0inan3UgUaLvWVXOtkyWnfo31ra4OQP_gXVmNyhgv64_fJtbzrebwi2VVifF4C33ld2tJO8a7vqadRgPHfDF1TvsPYonMAkmypk4hC54-_L-L1kmnfiGObYso8WjU0XgKmvRziMdXMoMFGYPNoJnYQhPxQ/s1800/D8E71CDA-6E1C-4696-B161-D689400F6B79.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfn3_haciJ2AoGMMYoVeLkROK7KkRemal0inan3UgUaLvWVXOtkyWnfo31ra4OQP_gXVmNyhgv64_fJtbzrebwi2VVifF4C33ld2tJO8a7vqadRgPHfDF1TvsPYonMAkmypk4hC54-_L-L1kmnfiGObYso8WjU0XgKmvRziMdXMoMFGYPNoJnYQhPxQ/s320/D8E71CDA-6E1C-4696-B161-D689400F6B79.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">In the above pics I’m looking on incredulously as my photographer’s finger dominates every. single. photo. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A96JIIW5sUZx6GazPpHfQt70cLh3ITV1V1aTu1jau7eW3douj5VKkH1tRvIkQUCPSLTwYBrYC_JlPirJHc4hu_2XyBmGQkHxvBZvslzkEIYUxC5b6m2N59vxCzqrFo-br23B2i3gfwC_Tg4Dy1lJy51NnDCyAJm2ncje-dHQCDmhjqx4kvrGPV63Dg/s1627/7485FE62-2BAB-4328-AA18-7C124D5E6399.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A96JIIW5sUZx6GazPpHfQt70cLh3ITV1V1aTu1jau7eW3douj5VKkH1tRvIkQUCPSLTwYBrYC_JlPirJHc4hu_2XyBmGQkHxvBZvslzkEIYUxC5b6m2N59vxCzqrFo-br23B2i3gfwC_Tg4Dy1lJy51NnDCyAJm2ncje-dHQCDmhjqx4kvrGPV63Dg/s320/7485FE62-2BAB-4328-AA18-7C124D5E6399.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">. Shamelessly on repeat. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TITNRyAS1y3_naL9xoU5iw-0s-IlDKdEt0TVg08eR71tGCsA6bN6T-rjqNo0BOb9Ewfa-6RS9O0sdFPOFOnCBllTrBMpzYXqKHPVeAWbXMqXYQsulXp3Zre3yEfV3ZSWsGOFs8RtPYAFAM8YssHvbs0Q1wbdr4GgcfJY8ENaPgvAJ1nrj8fwYGZuZA/s1627/966E1BB3-0BE9-4C22-BD4E-B7A4468CDBBA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TITNRyAS1y3_naL9xoU5iw-0s-IlDKdEt0TVg08eR71tGCsA6bN6T-rjqNo0BOb9Ewfa-6RS9O0sdFPOFOnCBllTrBMpzYXqKHPVeAWbXMqXYQsulXp3Zre3yEfV3ZSWsGOFs8RtPYAFAM8YssHvbs0Q1wbdr4GgcfJY8ENaPgvAJ1nrj8fwYGZuZA/s320/966E1BB3-0BE9-4C22-BD4E-B7A4468CDBBA.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">A variation on my current uniform of blue jeans stripey top and cardi. Khaki cargoes. How’s that for innovation?! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uPuCNxrjbx4BkOALY9K9YZkGsx1t2UtYJ5NlhueCkquxUBPmuJ_C3C2I4qa04SVOt4FZvOzwdd_poz9a9s_gb7zqg5nssQ63h1PjY3TEZsCltpw0Z6j67zRXJrzcFtLXXOPT6FFhs_oC_B_n17n3XmjtNE4HsESUDlM62J174hlQs-1U_89ArLXOaQ/s1627/8CFD01F1-035D-48DA-A534-F520701B42C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uPuCNxrjbx4BkOALY9K9YZkGsx1t2UtYJ5NlhueCkquxUBPmuJ_C3C2I4qa04SVOt4FZvOzwdd_poz9a9s_gb7zqg5nssQ63h1PjY3TEZsCltpw0Z6j67zRXJrzcFtLXXOPT6FFhs_oC_B_n17n3XmjtNE4HsESUDlM62J174hlQs-1U_89ArLXOaQ/s320/8CFD01F1-035D-48DA-A534-F520701B42C9.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Wore this for brunch with my lovely family. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW6iQ_cmQrJ7wdLqBx46nFxxzzzxT2lGa7QL-WYbKQFKPYrmB9_jIxQIRk5agSS40cldKAtHpSLkUqGuVWHlka0gtjWUyKuAl-0_J_npTKv86WD7VA8TtDSiZT2qvPd_cGaEj6tTTAnH-k2QcbO8E7mL4grjS9aBYDNNdxKnwPAcpdcV2EEidSvomZA/s4032/6EBFF8EA-C825-4E8E-A452-67029BCFB8D9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW6iQ_cmQrJ7wdLqBx46nFxxzzzxT2lGa7QL-WYbKQFKPYrmB9_jIxQIRk5agSS40cldKAtHpSLkUqGuVWHlka0gtjWUyKuAl-0_J_npTKv86WD7VA8TtDSiZT2qvPd_cGaEj6tTTAnH-k2QcbO8E7mL4grjS9aBYDNNdxKnwPAcpdcV2EEidSvomZA/s320/6EBFF8EA-C825-4E8E-A452-67029BCFB8D9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After brunch we had a walk around the area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5gNVqzZ1E2L4nEO7m9_9A_HydShR9sbR6L26IlfmqhQWYGy-oea8QDPplWSl4gAf8VuJtVsa7vys2omwTz07SgEuip3HFhz4_BmDjWmN-0FKI4QUXQhUJAYmPaAXr1BvofvYA8TW2-QmGoTzaRwM6IU5xGPOA-3DYPSMI2UGHNRCGIPu7w9FPCAh0w/s4032/11ECEB92-C07E-4873-A473-C5A3411B85B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5gNVqzZ1E2L4nEO7m9_9A_HydShR9sbR6L26IlfmqhQWYGy-oea8QDPplWSl4gAf8VuJtVsa7vys2omwTz07SgEuip3HFhz4_BmDjWmN-0FKI4QUXQhUJAYmPaAXr1BvofvYA8TW2-QmGoTzaRwM6IU5xGPOA-3DYPSMI2UGHNRCGIPu7w9FPCAh0w/s320/11ECEB92-C07E-4873-A473-C5A3411B85B6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Overlooking Portelet Bay. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6xWg6C-W12aJbkdGfExOCU5bN09TATY_m9fW5ik1yahYe50qveYsyuWjvNom2gvHSibENTFg4kTqXf_JMWmWQ5t8BCpoyqnWblAeTc_g69JULEvHf1jq5Dj2kpsNwiVkpFmyD-nSpk5AwvLRlr12lL9iR6K23XbLWQemd4rSBdPg58Gdue1YTK-Mcg/s4032/90CCBA3E-1034-4E25-A3F8-D194CA903275.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6xWg6C-W12aJbkdGfExOCU5bN09TATY_m9fW5ik1yahYe50qveYsyuWjvNom2gvHSibENTFg4kTqXf_JMWmWQ5t8BCpoyqnWblAeTc_g69JULEvHf1jq5Dj2kpsNwiVkpFmyD-nSpk5AwvLRlr12lL9iR6K23XbLWQemd4rSBdPg58Gdue1YTK-Mcg/s320/90CCBA3E-1034-4E25-A3F8-D194CA903275.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The old fort. Fort Grey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At high tide this looks like a cup and saucer. And that’s what we locals call it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMQczQn7n_BGVP008_2fOvFd6l_o8DD2YOQrLLbpmtB4uTSscBqAd8hnmEOp6Zo75HnoFB55Y7YM8W3BsZtOPkgCcLUzShVB-eaLRRvPPXDWVTfEjDqKUnRuooWtOdaTjVUhSXvOL7jEHKkIwOsGC3DjZ0VjRdmu1csurJ4vuZ0YxdS8XNBaMsUV8oQ/s1440/B552906F-3DA0-41F0-9337-0495B6B68420.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMQczQn7n_BGVP008_2fOvFd6l_o8DD2YOQrLLbpmtB4uTSscBqAd8hnmEOp6Zo75HnoFB55Y7YM8W3BsZtOPkgCcLUzShVB-eaLRRvPPXDWVTfEjDqKUnRuooWtOdaTjVUhSXvOL7jEHKkIwOsGC3DjZ0VjRdmu1csurJ4vuZ0YxdS8XNBaMsUV8oQ/s320/B552906F-3DA0-41F0-9337-0495B6B68420.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the tide was low that day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSyWImAkXA9dGG6CoodrdKzTxFlGPFUfMac5uXtunOAGvZOe6Dzz3xboR3RKqddJ5OWdQs7kOR6hlWEAIgZi5FoIfZRyYQcGOq1Smi_1P9GfGAAufU6c-MrxYyv1JN2bYxQpWByURUwlAcz3-pXasA9V_3dZq1b_CNTQKMvHQ-bhfgGWnwftRSNDUtQ/s4032/95FE58EA-E5D9-42A5-BB57-5CCA18BBD3C6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSyWImAkXA9dGG6CoodrdKzTxFlGPFUfMac5uXtunOAGvZOe6Dzz3xboR3RKqddJ5OWdQs7kOR6hlWEAIgZi5FoIfZRyYQcGOq1Smi_1P9GfGAAufU6c-MrxYyv1JN2bYxQpWByURUwlAcz3-pXasA9V_3dZq1b_CNTQKMvHQ-bhfgGWnwftRSNDUtQ/s320/95FE58EA-E5D9-42A5-BB57-5CCA18BBD3C6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9B5xxSnRerrLAxZtFoP_0jsPrCIH9eBPw_vJu77m2DPyYN0GzzBk3Ve6EupfRc1BWLeilU9UOp_VPwA-OERRRVNMvOlvVDuM5Ia08YWloqHjstvOJlUDvGMeP5Zsq9mQNbjRG-lMe-KwfxxTb8AR1KcE8AIP7qmhiykoRtWcITvPDshcFjcOyWIUnw/s4032/880346DE-717F-472B-816C-54BA810848C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9B5xxSnRerrLAxZtFoP_0jsPrCIH9eBPw_vJu77m2DPyYN0GzzBk3Ve6EupfRc1BWLeilU9UOp_VPwA-OERRRVNMvOlvVDuM5Ia08YWloqHjstvOJlUDvGMeP5Zsq9mQNbjRG-lMe-KwfxxTb8AR1KcE8AIP7qmhiykoRtWcITvPDshcFjcOyWIUnw/s320/880346DE-717F-472B-816C-54BA810848C9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bay is a mooring space for small boats. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqgRtP_IIvmTQgzpQrHIDDMrtLOX-V9pIZyCAG2ny4RhR-GqLxKGk_lfOHQUE7NbIwxBnwe85XfpDF59xtb_4tqHuNse1esjY_gIfKIIbtPFQ9OfrOoRxkVbdhhQodbaYfkH8LQhL552M3hf2MTLsP6plmb3sDfToQR_W7mfcBT0WCca3YbQ8n-C4TQ/s4032/D726FF09-DD05-4555-B0C0-A0154E8EB684.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqgRtP_IIvmTQgzpQrHIDDMrtLOX-V9pIZyCAG2ny4RhR-GqLxKGk_lfOHQUE7NbIwxBnwe85XfpDF59xtb_4tqHuNse1esjY_gIfKIIbtPFQ9OfrOoRxkVbdhhQodbaYfkH8LQhL552M3hf2MTLsP6plmb3sDfToQR_W7mfcBT0WCca3YbQ8n-C4TQ/s320/D726FF09-DD05-4555-B0C0-A0154E8EB684.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Another day and another un-blogworthy outfit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEtYlyZiWMOTBWQmtw6nZrV130kNkqFew-jMWKTfhs_hFU9tPJ2aM60KaKYV-BsrFK-jaVWK8btCjIlM58hYettzKtbpbAYF8zC_tRulIEa2uDNCqX8PXaJ8vvRDOsRdIaUD3MlGnsYFv25BisSVLWVBisQ2w9n3HOksmMmAE5KisoqhVD8SqiAgMTA/s1800/009FD2BF-EEF5-4610-B9DA-0A928EB9FE3A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioEtYlyZiWMOTBWQmtw6nZrV130kNkqFew-jMWKTfhs_hFU9tPJ2aM60KaKYV-BsrFK-jaVWK8btCjIlM58hYettzKtbpbAYF8zC_tRulIEa2uDNCqX8PXaJ8vvRDOsRdIaUD3MlGnsYFv25BisSVLWVBisQ2w9n3HOksmMmAE5KisoqhVD8SqiAgMTA/s320/009FD2BF-EEF5-4610-B9DA-0A928EB9FE3A.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I managed to make up red white and blue combo for our Liberation Day from my transitional stash*. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtijUpX_JO6lYYZRAaiThrVS7ZYbZyor8rMMYM7gpEbnXmQjytPOMgzaw40xNp1p9IA__MrXKEwk44JIPdm5n38MUgk_re7o3nC5sT9gLlGyYrLkD7o9pfZjx0kyBZk_DmdH66objVA_WfkGX20FlyID-htxyoCADZTV2e9HuMpmJHEdq-cj4QxYG4w/s3088/E1ED80CE-4421-40EC-9BA6-89B46CC89CD6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtijUpX_JO6lYYZRAaiThrVS7ZYbZyor8rMMYM7gpEbnXmQjytPOMgzaw40xNp1p9IA__MrXKEwk44JIPdm5n38MUgk_re7o3nC5sT9gLlGyYrLkD7o9pfZjx0kyBZk_DmdH66objVA_WfkGX20FlyID-htxyoCADZTV2e9HuMpmJHEdq-cj4QxYG4w/s320/E1ED80CE-4421-40EC-9BA6-89B46CC89CD6.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The white is subtle, a pretty pearl drop from Guernsey Pearl.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">*no, I’m not turning all Insta and fashionista! It’s still my winter wardrobe but I’m searching out the lighter weights and lighter wash jeans and calling it “transitional”!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And this day I was inspired to write poetry!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOrJWT4BJXjFa92DvIs4v0sUmVw2XEay5QUKv4sWx_z--I9mcSTalxQtnS1HXcT3Xvh_AycM2ACH9W0ogWfaVtbOYpRPaKisLDRaguv7DZynui-s9tOuJ1p3LxEbWajrQBHhQ_rPryCB0NEQge9gIXOR1uMhxrh2YUIweEHboIm4nLvbZNi3cNiTYEw/s1799/606F8853-EA5F-4128-A29D-06EDEDC13520.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOrJWT4BJXjFa92DvIs4v0sUmVw2XEay5QUKv4sWx_z--I9mcSTalxQtnS1HXcT3Xvh_AycM2ACH9W0ogWfaVtbOYpRPaKisLDRaguv7DZynui-s9tOuJ1p3LxEbWajrQBHhQ_rPryCB0NEQge9gIXOR1uMhxrh2YUIweEHboIm4nLvbZNi3cNiTYEw/s320/606F8853-EA5F-4128-A29D-06EDEDC13520.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">. Amidst the work in progress on the old patio I do frolick, </p><p style="text-align: center;">My heart ♥️ pounds excitedly, it’s positively systolic. </p><p style="text-align: center;">As, for first time this spring, I’m with an old friend,</p><p style="text-align: center;">This gypsy top from Primark, and to the The Captains I did wend. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNwAvv_4KT_uva4aeVtfSszbL2s2MS4yzxB_391qgPjaj-SfGOz6YPB3ZsnhnL7pR-NaHwoKHl325nwGggvmNVnlSnEc8M-Nt6Wg6t6280vEhP-6eXwmSBtKtp1DWlMtrXb68NpQDufXE-dgOrcE7KIn5nfwiUB2_zkP66r27qwouiWax-1XpbLyaMg/s1800/9824B056-93DA-4FB2-94DB-E2BBC7F8A500.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNwAvv_4KT_uva4aeVtfSszbL2s2MS4yzxB_391qgPjaj-SfGOz6YPB3ZsnhnL7pR-NaHwoKHl325nwGggvmNVnlSnEc8M-Nt6Wg6t6280vEhP-6eXwmSBtKtp1DWlMtrXb68NpQDufXE-dgOrcE7KIn5nfwiUB2_zkP66r27qwouiWax-1XpbLyaMg/s320/9824B056-93DA-4FB2-94DB-E2BBC7F8A500.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div>.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I thought I’d challenge myself with some rhyming words, apropos of nothing. I found the above to be quite Bacharach-esque</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And here’s an example of Burt’s poetic genius:</p><p style="text-align: center;">🎶 What to you get when you kiss a guy, </p><p style="text-align: center;">you get enough germs to catch pneumonia, </p><p style="text-align: center;">after you do he’ll never phone ya,</p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ll never fall in love again. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Poetry at its BEST !!!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg435vG7bI4gDDi7yMBHBOc-zPqW6g0Z0DX1lVXgc0rzjmzHOMkh_X4S5jPQ9MH9xMZX9Mnhh6G0iXyusA-wCqzNSVKToFKT3CDOV9vG-AGXzC-iVOXd4RHluxG8VAUgo0D0bYzxp0hfYRPiN1tEr7P5YDephDZDVy3V-qdurADpTsr6Eukzk9Vjy2ljQ/s1800/624E83E2-0C74-45D4-9598-80E8948B0048.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg435vG7bI4gDDi7yMBHBOc-zPqW6g0Z0DX1lVXgc0rzjmzHOMkh_X4S5jPQ9MH9xMZX9Mnhh6G0iXyusA-wCqzNSVKToFKT3CDOV9vG-AGXzC-iVOXd4RHluxG8VAUgo0D0bYzxp0hfYRPiN1tEr7P5YDephDZDVy3V-qdurADpTsr6Eukzk9Vjy2ljQ/s320/624E83E2-0C74-45D4-9598-80E8948B0048.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The outfit is everyday, </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcqXmHdQ9A2wOWL4xZ9BYUY25X5K4vzsYqPfTs0-wbSOebhIAsN5leXoVp4aTeZvjgp99HZ9eR8uLpyoGBqZSsWhyG31jea99sk2QdQcbi-WpV4wM1KW_rQtXZ_jIOyDXoxJChKCiELZmb4xEx-4RboX36320QzFI-yjY6OeNFu-aRnX3qjhFHB0QSQ/s1800/3EE79E71-EE61-400B-8F4E-B55A88CF9068.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcqXmHdQ9A2wOWL4xZ9BYUY25X5K4vzsYqPfTs0-wbSOebhIAsN5leXoVp4aTeZvjgp99HZ9eR8uLpyoGBqZSsWhyG31jea99sk2QdQcbi-WpV4wM1KW_rQtXZ_jIOyDXoxJChKCiELZmb4xEx-4RboX36320QzFI-yjY6OeNFu-aRnX3qjhFHB0QSQ/s320/3EE79E71-EE61-400B-8F4E-B55A88CF9068.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">the old patio has seen it’s day, but I’m here promoting real life outfits, yet again. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I’ll post on the #patio-renovation soon. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVS6ZfdFCAqqKqJqy-Qxuhgydri44HeDoo1HAn5j5_8aNgt71CwP-2xAuJs2BjGKt63vbQmLTyG9cJKuLDto29KuzZWqqiiIpgJLlSw3XyvGT_oHv6OyBFb4f6bbu7qOQ50QKBkuv3bsrbhZCyyYIVQOivvFe9vUVHeGFuFayaY_SVAd9pEjf5AueZnw/s1800/16B02387-6C9F-462F-A011-044E2D05D7AE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVS6ZfdFCAqqKqJqy-Qxuhgydri44HeDoo1HAn5j5_8aNgt71CwP-2xAuJs2BjGKt63vbQmLTyG9cJKuLDto29KuzZWqqiiIpgJLlSw3XyvGT_oHv6OyBFb4f6bbu7qOQ50QKBkuv3bsrbhZCyyYIVQOivvFe9vUVHeGFuFayaY_SVAd9pEjf5AueZnw/s320/16B02387-6C9F-462F-A011-044E2D05D7AE.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The reference to the Captains is a small hotel that has a popular bar which does excellent pub grub.</p><p style="text-align: center;">In the pic above, I’ve just started tucking into my tasty fish cakes. </p><p style="text-align: center;">@the.captains.hotel #guernsey #guernseypubs #Guernseylife</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So ladies , my dressing mojo is coming back in very small baby steps. I’m hoping summer will give me a boost. This weekend I’ve been washing all the summer clothes taken out of winter storage. There’s rather a lot to go through if I am to wear every single item this summer!</p><p style="text-align: center;">That’s my challenge to self. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I noted that last year and the year before I was wearing summer clothes in April, a month earlier. This year has been colder and summer slower to fire up. Maybe we’re heading for the summers of yore when our mums would abide by the old adage “never cast a clout till May is out”</p><p style="text-align: center;">. I wasn’t allowed out of my liberty bodice till June!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine ,</p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-4433772218326854152022-05-06T23:52:00.000+01:002022-05-06T23:52:25.684+01:00Poshing it up<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Today I give you a lady who lunched, and with a handbag!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcoffu2EbcW1Gw3XAEfufs0XvkK_2zWANKezT6IJ6o0SfG-5rAnfBuYW4urgCfosDaCZG_fAh7uEV79v6ZtJeuxdxf2KdIJVx29gy7yaQXMB6G4ecuez8Qab3c1tbchbjj-O9TJaj735jTJbLkDW_NlFUNrIOQLjpjORZ1x-5MGHNzSbn3jS7HFshsw/s1800/4067F2BB-259B-4F67-92F3-2737D5E467B5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcoffu2EbcW1Gw3XAEfufs0XvkK_2zWANKezT6IJ6o0SfG-5rAnfBuYW4urgCfosDaCZG_fAh7uEV79v6ZtJeuxdxf2KdIJVx29gy7yaQXMB6G4ecuez8Qab3c1tbchbjj-O9TJaj735jTJbLkDW_NlFUNrIOQLjpjORZ1x-5MGHNzSbn3jS7HFshsw/s320/4067F2BB-259B-4F67-92F3-2737D5E467B5.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I continue to up my dressing (IMHO) in baby steps. But a birthday lunch with a friend saw me escalating the ladder SEVERAL steps with blazer, posh pearly jumper, jewellery and a proper handbag! That’s FOUR whole rungs of that ladder!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinyszSedjXKWH_MANUPxqP1PD2zi0EqmETapEEWOGuHiRopEN1fxXCLE49zbrQz_ZDV0rZ8mSNsMkI93jRNDZPvvPjXEXi7_KEyDfb_HU1MaoMQEhGP7lP_fYIjUBKx7idcNzxEPcW9WJRux7fk_0T2teZvZoJpQKNwRv_DVkGKgDsfiJcAsz9Bd04Q/s1799/3E404208-69B4-457F-ABC1-91ACB00DAE72.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinyszSedjXKWH_MANUPxqP1PD2zi0EqmETapEEWOGuHiRopEN1fxXCLE49zbrQz_ZDV0rZ8mSNsMkI93jRNDZPvvPjXEXi7_KEyDfb_HU1MaoMQEhGP7lP_fYIjUBKx7idcNzxEPcW9WJRux7fk_0T2teZvZoJpQKNwRv_DVkGKgDsfiJcAsz9Bd04Q/s320/3E404208-69B4-457F-ABC1-91ACB00DAE72.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And yes peeps, I finally withdrew momentarily from the security of the cross body. It’s an age thing. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeTffAyoGSE0H0lt2ZRmXDAvrYXMZMpndIxE-ga_7ysgNRztfgkezp42lf7Xq74uLZ6Kbo6A7O9HGMCGJWAytFuwKgWhqEeVKz2PWaQ07TuMpUnYDJetZxSwKu1Is77P03UN7NHUkRslme6RgGNOYBu8Hngdj5usM1qs0B7Dai2nHCC-xdY8ZvegxfA/s1800/57A86647-FED4-413B-99FB-1F1E4836BD85.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeTffAyoGSE0H0lt2ZRmXDAvrYXMZMpndIxE-ga_7ysgNRztfgkezp42lf7Xq74uLZ6Kbo6A7O9HGMCGJWAytFuwKgWhqEeVKz2PWaQ07TuMpUnYDJetZxSwKu1Is77P03UN7NHUkRslme6RgGNOYBu8Hngdj5usM1qs0B7Dai2nHCC-xdY8ZvegxfA/s320/57A86647-FED4-413B-99FB-1F1E4836BD85.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> When I was younger I partied till the cows came home with a handbag and it always returned home with me. These days an attached crossbody has a greater chance of making it home with this dizzy old pensioner. I’m comforted by its tethering. So being left in charge of a loose handbag was quite a risk!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8W7e_pUsHmwDwKuTR8KPoLRYJgZneAsgmS1xyyberItpyUw64dMlQbCFIIANJWoutsR233751QJVZOrsaWF8cj9p41oiDcAnz1qcul4XAKI8HiowQhH2PAmtLqOLl1H5aNCkDWvWgj6Kl2rsGcsgv-1l1K7lpD7VercEACGVCJhLMtoru0djHQtRKA/s1800/32FABD01-2719-4265-AB54-849447F36AF9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8W7e_pUsHmwDwKuTR8KPoLRYJgZneAsgmS1xyyberItpyUw64dMlQbCFIIANJWoutsR233751QJVZOrsaWF8cj9p41oiDcAnz1qcul4XAKI8HiowQhH2PAmtLqOLl1H5aNCkDWvWgj6Kl2rsGcsgv-1l1K7lpD7VercEACGVCJhLMtoru0djHQtRKA/s320/32FABD01-2719-4265-AB54-849447F36AF9.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Do YOU feel that way about handbags now that crossbodys have made it a doddle to get the bag safely home? Or is it just doddery old me?</p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;">@marksandspencer blazer</p><p style="text-align: center;">@zara pearl jumper</p><p style="text-align: center;">@guernseypearljewellery string of pearls @claudiabradby double pearl earrings</p><p style="text-align: center;">@jonesbootmaker handbag</p><p style="text-align: center;">@marksandspencer cream/gold flat tied</p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Hubs was so impressed with my poshed up look that he said my next outing would probably be in a BALLGOWN!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Watch this space!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBcHMYVW_OhA3UEJlnHD7vyKgFmzQCIcrkTde0_arH4toC-UPCSw7JKXrfMYcwfWcrHx7hG7uLB9eppP0fCvz-cjNyN5zJcvNyYJziNBBpHAZbznB013M2Bc3OucsljNoy6JA3EYIjpMdndJMydXIv-LBDADt6h9GicKnVrOfNKYl8hrSjWPAwJCxxw/s1800/2350130C-DDD8-43E5-B679-36B1BCE8F3CC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBcHMYVW_OhA3UEJlnHD7vyKgFmzQCIcrkTde0_arH4toC-UPCSw7JKXrfMYcwfWcrHx7hG7uLB9eppP0fCvz-cjNyN5zJcvNyYJziNBBpHAZbznB013M2Bc3OucsljNoy6JA3EYIjpMdndJMydXIv-LBDADt6h9GicKnVrOfNKYl8hrSjWPAwJCxxw/s320/2350130C-DDD8-43E5-B679-36B1BCE8F3CC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And here’s a summary of my dressing up journey to date. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine , </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3385292529998118275.post-7459797814198468972022-04-30T11:00:00.000+01:002022-04-30T11:00:02.942+01:00My New Whizzy Gadget<p style="text-align: center;"> Hello my lovelies. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I’m super excited to release this post on my blog today!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Firstly, let me tell you that I’m busy right now, so posts have been a bit sparse if late. </p><p style="text-align: center;">A big part of my busyness is revamping the kitchen and utility room (more on that soon!)</p><p style="text-align: center;">But then along comes a gadget in your life that momentarily takes your focus away from your revamp . A gadget that is so simple yet makes such a big difference that you think, duhh, why on earth didn’t I search out one of these whizzy gadgets before. But it seems I’m not alone in this as I’ve already got friends and family rushing to buy this godsend of a gadget. And they’re loving it too. </p><p style="text-align: center;">This life changing gadget is this … tadahh!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1Al5z3gQC0cPEP3bfvRDuZepVsWpsX91gdVOG4wxAsUnQbbjrG0euJem_xD-U_1mu9Pm4lHzJyVcRJ89K55Ui4Oo3vpSXwh7XI3VSAMi1NSnD-v8dqVU6UUJvtpnTah5-dWwc5k1aPS8j4eDdNksk7h7RdD5E--q0mvya9M3zAQU7_KeF1-TeTT1Vw/s1170/86165FF1-96B4-464F-8F23-8A3041DC45AF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1170" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1Al5z3gQC0cPEP3bfvRDuZepVsWpsX91gdVOG4wxAsUnQbbjrG0euJem_xD-U_1mu9Pm4lHzJyVcRJ89K55Ui4Oo3vpSXwh7XI3VSAMi1NSnD-v8dqVU6UUJvtpnTah5-dWwc5k1aPS8j4eDdNksk7h7RdD5E--q0mvya9M3zAQU7_KeF1-TeTT1Vw/s320/86165FF1-96B4-464F-8F23-8A3041DC45AF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vMiAAP">https://amzn.to/3vMiAAP</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It’s a mop. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">But not just any old mop!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Here’s why. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">1. This one has an integrated refillable bottle that dispenses a mix of water and cleaning solution via a mophead.. </p><p style="text-align: center;">(I’ve been clearing out my utility room and have found various bottles of floor cleaner (some unused) so there is a beauteous synergy in finding the mop at the exact same time I found my cleaning fluid bounty!)</p><p style="text-align: center;">2. It’s compact, light and easy to use and has an articulated mop head which allows you to get into the nooks and crannies of any room. </p><p style="text-align: center;">3. The kit comes with three velcro’ed pads which are dead easy to place on the gadget. and they are so easy to throw into the washing machine to keep clean. </p><p style="text-align: center;">So no costly and environmentally-unfriendly disposable mop pads. </p><p style="text-align: center;">4. And this is the biggie - it is manual (not electric). No faff with trailing cables and being restricted by socket positions. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Which means that you can whisk this baby out at the drop of a hat, swish it around any floor anywhere, then pop it back in its cupboard in the blink of an eye. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Keeping the kitchen floor clean and sparkly is now the work of moments!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Yes that last point is re the biggie for me. At the end of a cooking day it’s weirdly FUN to clean the kitchen floor. And using a good cleaning product that nourishes the floor at the same time is a double whammy. My wooden kitchen floor actually looks cared for now, as well as looking super clean. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">You’ll be pleased to hear that I eventually calmed down from the excitement of this mop sent from heaven, and am getting back on track with my revamp project. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3fgqI23viwE" width="320" youtube-src-id="3fgqI23viwE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about watching my short and very amateur video for a demo? </div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So on to cleaning products to add to the fluids bottle. I’m using this cleaning product (below) from my recently found stash. It was unopened 😞. Oops. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30FlrzFf7WccBjhCYaqtfqf_2N7lSeUXItUQJklWFMy0OL46GZqEm2QMdKix744YzYl1x05AbtpNpNTg9EYxyTLk1upVLYEhidLANxN_TzA9vtVIctFT6fGQc-B_tZQo-eRYGXXS2jVDnAX0i-IGF0QzRzrlKcjisGMRa9mKikkeMVBHn14IV5MdNyA/s1576/00F025CD-B6E8-4C83-AD9E-FE04A93FA688.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30FlrzFf7WccBjhCYaqtfqf_2N7lSeUXItUQJklWFMy0OL46GZqEm2QMdKix744YzYl1x05AbtpNpNTg9EYxyTLk1upVLYEhidLANxN_TzA9vtVIctFT6fGQc-B_tZQo-eRYGXXS2jVDnAX0i-IGF0QzRzrlKcjisGMRa9mKikkeMVBHn14IV5MdNyA/s320/00F025CD-B6E8-4C83-AD9E-FE04A93FA688.jpeg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">To buy, click the link here</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Lzbc27">https://amzn.to/3Lzbc27</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This product leaves my wooden floor looking nourished, and I give the impression that I’m a domestic goddess who spends hours on her knees nurturing her floorboards. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which I definitely DON’T! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It’s not expensive. I use this on all floor surfaces, wood, laminate and tiles, and it gives a great finish on all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bit embarrassing really that I haven’t used this cleaning product before but there was always that faff, the dilemma of mop bucket and sloshy water versus long cabled electric steamer So often I chose just doing nothing 😱!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_ZUPBG-VB0G1_1oJjZH12j6ibW9GeKFwkKKoVJifPN_lcHSFCRmGNe9_Yb81RDAkwRpwUEuhYsgytVJguhoCnngEgYv_UyjLTgTOqXVzJ7V7mRPASQkq9iJtoVmc39QxxeJ_s5A3TEwr_19y32s0G_6IBi9JmbahFhx6JZB7L1mMmFoX4YmrbWJglg/s1170/89A7CC2F-5316-4861-82DC-20F3A31C9A6C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="1170" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_ZUPBG-VB0G1_1oJjZH12j6ibW9GeKFwkKKoVJifPN_lcHSFCRmGNe9_Yb81RDAkwRpwUEuhYsgytVJguhoCnngEgYv_UyjLTgTOqXVzJ7V7mRPASQkq9iJtoVmc39QxxeJ_s5A3TEwr_19y32s0G_6IBi9JmbahFhx6JZB7L1mMmFoX4YmrbWJglg/s320/89A7CC2F-5316-4861-82DC-20F3A31C9A6C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">But let’s get quickly back to this godsend of a mop. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Here’s the link</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3vskKX3" style="text-align: left;">https://amzn.to/3vskKX3</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The price varies and is around the £20 mark - one friend bagged hers for £17 (about $22)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Finding my whizzy mop has revolutionized my cleaning routine. Now I just whip the filled spray mop off its hinge and clean the kitchen floor in just one minute. Just one minute. I can’t stress that enough!</p><p style="text-align: center;">And I find myself <i>keen </i>to mop my floor. Excited even!</p><p style="text-align: center;">So my floor is looking clean and nourished and as good as the day it was born (laid).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So please dear reader, I suggest you be kind to yourself - make your cleaning easier and quicker by treating yourself to one of these spray mops today. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Literally EVERY family member and friend I’ve introduced this to has bought one and is so very satisfied by (and excited with!) this product!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And as you are aware, my blog is not one that encourages wanton buying, but this little gadget is such a game changer that I thought I should share it’s magic with you. </p><p style="text-align: center;">You’re welcome!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">A la perchoine, </p><p style="text-align: center;">Mary xxx. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>thepoutingpensionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484934089759704702noreply@blogger.com4