What A Difference A GHD Makes!

I've smartened up my act.  Just a bit.  I went to the hairdresser yesterday.

Tadaah!!!

I spent a pleasant hour in here, flipping through Hello mags (gotta be done!) ...

... whilst Nikki at Tinas-Hair-Studio chopped my hair in at the sides, took a fair bit off the bottom and tidied up my messy fringe.  All long-overdue, judging from recent pics on this blog! I think she did a good job, considering what she has to work with.  Me.  I just need to mess it up a bit now!  

What about you - has your hair gone shorter, longer or stayed the same?

Have you let your hair go au naturel or do you have some whizzy colour treatments?

I'm intrigued to know how others deal with hair "of a certain age".

For the auspicious occasion I wore taupe 7/8ths chinos and some v. old metallic flatties, both M&S. 

 And I topped these with, well, not so much A Sleeper but more a Snoozer. 

I bought the Next  black metallic bead-trimmed shown above about a year ago.  And I didn't feel inspired to wear it,  just like the metallic sweater I wore recently here.

 

So my black metallic sweater hung in the wardrobe, dormant.  Then yesterday, just like with its taupe mate, I realised that metallic knits actually work well for cool summer days.  Because they are thin and tend to be long and slouchy. 

So the black beady knit has now been kissed out of its dormant state by a handsome prince (poetic embellishment) and has been brought to useful life in my wardrobe.  First stop, the hairdresser.

Now peeps, must dash as I'm off to see my Great Niece.  It's her 1st birthday soon so I'm popping round with her pressie whilst she's at Granny and Pop's.  I'll show you what I've got her, but please don't spill the beans if you see her before the big day!

It's from Next.  It's it cute?! She is going to look gorgeous in this little outfit.

Oh dear.  This was going to be a quick dive post today.  Look where it's led me.  Showing you toddler's dresses! 

Trouble is, when I start chatting with you guys, I just loose all sense of time and focus!

A la perchoine.

The Sleeper (a.k.a. The Post That Got Away)

Dear Friends, here follows the Disappearing Post.  The Post That Got Away.
Keypads are just too bloomin' sensitive these days!  One press and pooofff!  The whole post disappeared!

Here it is, re-worked.  For your delectation and delight!



Do you have Sleepers in your wardrobe?  Things you buy but then find you don't like?  Things that don't get consigned to the charity shop bag?  Even though year after year, you still don't like them, they still haven't been worn and they still have the tags on?

I call these Sleepers.  And I've had a few! 

I keep them because I think, well, maybe one day ...

Then one day you try on The Sleeper, maybe with different clothes, with some nice accessories, you try using it a different way, or maybe one day you just try it on with a different attitude! 

And magically, you like it!

My H+M denim shirt is my longest-sleeping beauty. 

I must have had it for about 15 years.  Still with its size sellotape intact.  I tried countless times to give it another try.  Each time it was returned to the black plastic bag, shoved in the archive cupboard.  Because I felt like a sergeant major in it.  I'm too busty for fitted shirts.  They look good on a man's torso.  Or a well-proportioned lady's.  Just not on mine.  

For the same reason I've given up trying to work the Crisp White Shirt.

Then a year or so ago I tried it on.  Again.  This time... unbuttoned, as ... a jacket.  Duh ! And I loved it.

Ok, it's not rocket science, not ground-breaking.

But to those of you who know me, this saga will come as NO surprise.

Our first summer together was fun and it didn't take long for us to become best buddies.  NBFs.

But this spring, we are inseparable.  We can't keep apart.  Its kinda embarrassing ...

I've also found that it works as an under-layer too, as the army-like torso isn't visible, but it provides some warmth.  Another Duh!  OK, OK, I may possibly be the last person to get the memo about layering items.  Under and Over.  But I got there.  Finally!!!!!!!

So my advice to you today is to think twice, thrice, maybe 20 times before consigning mistake-purchases to the charity shop - IF you have the archive space, of course, otherwise it just gets messy.  Because you never know if you have a Sleeper lurking ...

STOP PRESS: I flew over to the UK for the first leg of my holiday.  Guess what I wore as my over-layer.  Yup, my NBF!

A la perchoine.