Flip-side Smiling in Transitional Stone

 Hi lovely peoples.  How's your summer progressing?  Or winter, for those down-under?
To my dear American readers, I wish you a very Happy 4th of July.  And I hope that my lovely Canadian readers enjoyed a super day on the 1st.


I'm been continuing on my quest, making the most of the summer that's being thrown our way.
It probably would have been an OK-summer if that heatwave hadn't rather ruined it for us.

As the lovely Anna commented, we did seem to miss out on spring.  We missed all those fab transitional dressing opportunities it normally brings.

So, I'm turning this hopefully temporary coolness into an opportunity to wear some cooler weather OOTDs.

I'm enjoying the flip-side, as sweet Dan commented.

Like this stone coloured linen jacket bought in last year's BHS closing down sale.

With White Company taupe modal l/sl top, M&S 501s and Clarks metallic toe flatties.

Oh and a Peacocks thong necklace, recently acquired.

Oh dear, what's that?

A wet patch on my top.  Must have splashed myself when rinsing our late brunch dishes.

Brunch being ...

Delish! Mmm-mnn.

Yes, I'm a water-everywhere cleaner-upper, as TP often points out.

Ah well, maybe nobody will notice ...

... Just Keep Smiling and Carry On!

  

And you will not believe where I wore this outfit.  On a Friday afternoon!

B&Q and Waitrose.

(that's Home De-pot and a posh-end supermarket for my 4th of July readers).

OK, a bit Pout-smart for domestic and diy shopping (and the patch had dried by then!) but the intention was that we would go out for a late afternoon bistro meal after our shopping. 

But, you know, I was so excited with the brochures I picked up on garden furniture paint colours and pergola fence panels, that we didn't.  Instead we decided to just go home to enjoy chicken pittas and aperos out on the patio whilst I battled through the decision quagmire that is outdoor paint colour.

And this was a Friday!  Your weekend-starts-here-TGIF-Friday.

Yes peeps,  B&Q and Waitrose - that's where my partying is done these days.

Tell me, have you become a bit stay-at-homey too as you drift through retirement?  

Is Friday the time for fredags mys, or a trigger to hit the town?

And are you excited to be switching back to cooler summer weather?

Perhaps you'd thought up a few looks to try out, then abandoned them when things got hot.

A la perchoine.



The Perfect Spring Jacket, #3 - The More Casual End

I've completed the testing.  As before, these jackets are not worn with anything in particular, they are not intended to be "styled"  or "modelled" by me!

 

The Casual End

No 2, from Next here.  This is how it's meant to look.

And here's how it looks on me ...

The bunting?  It's Guernsey's flag - yesterday was our Liberation Day.  The flags went up, back of the house here and a giant one out of the front bedroom window.

Pretty colour, lots of pockets for bunging stuff.  It's a bit warmer than I'd imagined, but overall it looks pretty useful.  Besides, this was La Duchesse's choice in the beauty parade here so it would be rude not to call this a keeper!

The In-The-Middle Contender

Stone linen jacket from BHS here, price discounted.

How it looks on the slim model..

And on me!

This one's more lightweight, something that could be worn a lot. A serious contender, for sure.

So where am I?  It's clear that like their white shirt counterparts, fitted jackets look better on ladies with more boyish figures.  They look different on me, they hang differently.  Though I understand from one "in the know" that a lot of pinning work goes on behind the outfits in the website/cataloue photo shoots!

But, worts and all, there is no doubt that a lightweight jacket is a key item in a spring wardrobe, whichever end of smart casual it lies.  I like all three, so maybe a 100% Keeper result - a first!

My only problem is that I am eating spring's dust as it gallops off into the distance - the temperature has hotted up in the past week and summer is probably here. 

Too warm for jackets?

Aaah, the procrastinator's lot is not an easy one :-).

And Finally.  I just had to show you a close-up pic of the ceanothus.  It's in full bloom right now.

I love these little periwinkle blue fluff-balls.  So pretty.

I've had a bit of a thing going for this shrub for over 30 years.

 So, are spring/summer jackets for you?

What do you wear with yours?  I'd love to hear (a.k.a. have some help!).

And have your seasons switched from spring to summer with lightening speed too?

A La perchoine.