Monday Mode, Belatedly

Yesterday was my last play date of the school hols.  The weather was glorious.  I went to the beach and frolicked the day away in the sea and the rocks and the sand.

Then, after a shower to rid my hair of the salt water and sand, I went out to dinner with girlfriends.  It was the perfect ending to a perfect day.

So please don't judge me for missing a post yesterday, I had lots of fun and I feel refreshed and I'm sure that is what you and I want for our Pout, eh?


And now, as you know why I was AWOL yesterday, I give you Monday's post, but on a Tuesday.

I've had a couple of outings with The Photographer lately and I was determined that, as we are having a return of glorious summer weather, dresses were going to be an absolute must for date nights.

I bought this Next dress a few years ago.  I liked its pink grey and black print and knew it would be perfectly wearable for posher nights out.  So then why oh why didn't I wear it?!

I think it was something to do with the length which I found a tad on the short side.  Fast forward a couple of years on this blog and wa-heey, I find that I've experienced hemline-creep.  This length is now perfectly acceptable, IMHO.

Another reason for this slow-starter was cardiganage.  What to wear with it?

So when I decided to bite the bullet and pull this dress out of the bag (quite literally!) I immediately thought of my little grey shortie as a perfect partner to the dress.  A shorter length balances the fitted style of the dress.  IMHO.

Cardi - Woolovers summer sale, 2017, grey,  £12. 



With a bold statement print, very little jewellery is called for.  A Wink leather bracelet, Claudia Bradby double pearl earrings, both in grey, and Bob's your uncle!  The shoes can be taupe, can be grey, it all depends on the outfit I wear them with and where my head is at.  Today, my Adesso heels were grey.

A little clutch/cross body in taupe from TK Maxx completed my date night outfit.

And there you have it.  Nothing wrong with the dress.  All it took was a little training via this blog to prepare my mind for this hemline.  And when I wore, I thought "Hemline too short?  Pahh, stuff and nonsense!".

Do you find sometimes that clothing plays mind games?  That your perception of an item of clothing changes over a while, so that when you decide to give it another whirl, magically if feels just right?  It's like hanging around in the archives for a few years somehow changes the piece's attitude?  Or those few years change YOUR attitude?

This little outfit was taken to La Reunion, probably TP's fave restaurant.

 

Sancerre, bien sur.

This tomato salad deserves a mention.  Delicious!  The dressing was laced with pesto which created a truly full flavour.  The miniscule cubes of feta created an acidic bite against the sweetness of the tomatoes.

Chicken with broad beans;

 turbot with samphire;

Pout with empty glass!

A la perchoine.