Being ... Swedish; Blonde on Blonde

Hi darlings.  It's still a bit blowy, but the sun is shining and the temps about 16-17, so it's all good. 

I was just saying to The Photographer today, that even if we could get the outdoor lighting right on the camera so that I don't look bleached white, there'd still be the wind to contend with on most days.

We live on an island.  Coastal = windy.  So most days we do indoor shots.  Hey ho.

And now here's a little story.

Let's go back to 2011.  North coast of Sjaelland, Denmark.  A super restaurant.  A nice lunch.  All of that is committed to memory.  But why I remember this restaurant so vividly is that in walked a super-stylish Swedish lady of similar age wearing white jeans, flatties and a long pale jumper that is best described as blonde.  Her top matched her Scandi blonde hair.  I want that look, I whispered to myself.

It took me 6 years to find the right shade and shape of blonde jumper, making one slightly erroneous purchase along the way.  I am dedicated to the cause.  And so it was that this spring I spotted a sweater in the Next sale which looked like it fitted the bill, so I swooped.  At £6 reduced from £35, of course I was going to swoop!

With apologies for the (blonde?) filter I accidentally pressed, here's the laced bit at the back.

I finally have my Swedish Lady look.  My blonde on blonde.  Or Blonde on grey as during the 6 years it's taken to find the top, my hair has greyed!  As I say, I'm dedicated to the cause.

The jumper is just perfect for a day like today, sunny but with a slight wind chill.

And another day. another look.

The blonde jumper goes well with other bottoms too, like the jeans I wore recently.

It's a nice, easy, sloppy joe sort of jumper that's perfect for transitional seasons.

And from the photos, I can see that I instinctively go to the same shoes to match to the jumper, my Clarks metallic toe flatties.

Do you ever commit a look to your memory bank and finally roll it out a long time later?

And does it work out just as you imagined it would?

Maybe some of you out there are just as dedicated to the cause as me!

A la perchoine.