A Week in OOTDs



Hi maties, hope you are well and enjoying your summer. 

I guess it's fair to say that we have been reeling from the unfolding news of the terrible tower block fire in London which has caused unimaginable pain and suffering to so many.  Words have failed me.  My heart goes out to all of those poor families.

Needless to say, I've kept off your screens for a few days.

I threw myself into something physical and the garden benefitted from my labours.  Other than gardening and day to day life, I've been meeting up with family and friends and frolicking around in rock pools and the cooling sea  For it has been hot! 

Each day was structured somewhat differently, depending on what was on the agenda.  Some days I had to dress for my gallivanting, then change into shorts or swimsuit for garden or beach.  On other days, the tidy up happened later in the day.  It's fair to say that each day involved some form of shortage, either with a camisole for gardening or popped over the swimsuit for the beach.  As you can imagine, both of these types of outfit are best kept off your screens, as me in working clothes or swimsuit is definitely categorised at the higher end of health risk to readers.

Do you find that a hot summer totally changes your approach to dressing?
I tend to change at least once during the day, as events unfold.

So, as I didn't feel much like posting OOTDs as the week took its course, I'm doing things a tad differently and giving you a recap of OOTDs - that were photographable!  The main thrust of what I wore was in some way working around my little white skirt, with a bit of variation, as per my intentions here. 



The week started quite tidily in red, white and blue.  My little white skirt with a Primark stripey top.  And off I went pressi shopping. 

By the time I got back,  it was much hotter so after all my rushing around I changed into a short sleeved t shirt (which I think is from Peacocks) and decided to have a bit of fun with the headscarf, go a bit ooh la la!  And yet even later, I changed into shorts and birkies and went off to work on the grape-vined pergola.  Lots of cutting back and stringing up.

For another day, I gave "whitey" a break and donned this stone linen skirt from M and Co.  Topped with a Peacocks khaki split shoulder top.

Here more casually with Peacocks cropped jeans and Birkies.  Looking at this pic, I  wonder why I thought it was a good idea to wear this necklace with the Birkies!

Here I decided to wear my £4 Primark Greenery top I recently bought in Southampton with DoubleCuz (she bought one too).  It was cool for the warm day.  Can't remember which shoes I wore - TP was in a rush!  That must have been a golf day.

This little cropped Woolovers silk and cotton grey cardi is already coming into its own in my summer wardrobe.  It's an ideal little summer cardi for taking out as a light layer.  Here I wore it with a Peacocks cold shoulder pink print top which I showed you some weeks ago.  I didn't take a shot without the cardi.  Another golf day, maybe?  Oh yes, I was meeting him for lunch later!

(I've attempted to shift location but I am finding it difficult to find a spot in the house which is uncluttered!  Outside is either too sunny or too windy)



A Next top, which I do so like wearing these past few summers.

I tried to identify shoes and accessories when I threw the capsule on my bed at the start of this little exercise and this helped enormously with daily dressing, especially when I was in and out of gardening or beach clothes.  I only went off message a few times with the odd scarf, jewellery or shoes as I dressed reactively to the warming weather.



Here I was wearing a long grey cami and shorts.  I shoved on the cardi and necklace, changed the shoes and I was good to nip out to the Post Office.  What a turnaround!

A pink modal top from Peacocks was added to the little white skirt and some pink Clarks sandals.

I think I chose this for a trip into town when TP was jeans-hunting.  The scarf never even got out of the house.  Sooo hot.  Do you find you're ditching even the flimsiest of scarves now?

And that's what I made out of the little capsule I threw on the bed when I heard that the sun was going to be shining.  And shine it has.  I find wearing little skirts, shorts or crops ideal for this time of the year, when a slight wind can make such a difference to the temperature on a little island like ours.  But what I did find was that by deciding on mainly white bottoms, with the stone exception, it gave me a good base to work from.  It also helped with shoe selection.

Now let's have a bit of fun.  We went out last night for a bite to eat with The Sibs.   I let TP determine what I would wearing by choosing his fave outfit from this draft post.  Can you guess which one it was that I left the house wearing?  Please leave your answer in the comments box below!

A la perchoine.