June Review.

Hello my friends.

I hope everything is good in your life. 

All okay for me. It’s been really quite hectic. I think that’s because of the impending hen weekend, a trip to Sicily for my 40th anniversary and the wedding at the end of August which is over the bank holiday. I’m starting to get excited for the next few weeks. There’s lots to do and get sorted but sometimes when you’re busy you can get everything done and enjoy it!

I’ve had a great weekend. Saturday was spent in the garden. I’ve been weeding and trimming with David doing the harder jobs. We’re getting it ready for the wedding so it’s going to be full on at every opportunity. I need to keep on top of the weeds and grass cutting. 

We had a 40th birthday party to attend on Sat evening. It was my twin nephew’s birthday along with one of their wife’s! All the family went except for my mum, and it was good to see them all enjoying themselves, and I even joined in with a few dance moves too - the grandkids liked that! It ended up a late night so I felt really flat yesterday. Fortunately there wasn’t anything to do so I had a relaxing day watching the F1 and debating whether to watch the football which was scheduled for 1am! I’ll add an edit to let you know if I watched it or not! 

**Late Edit ** I didn’t watch the footy but loved seeing the result when I woke up this morning! 3 - 2 to England!!

To start the new month it’s time to look back on the June for the review. 

Welcome to the June Review. 

I started the month off sharing some stunning shoes from Paradox. These pink beauties are extremely comfortable on the feet and don’t you think they look great? You can see them & the matching bag here too!

What to wear to a Garden Centre - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Hello and welcome to Mummabstylish. 

How are you all on the 2nd July?

I can’t believe how fast this year is going. I think it’s because I’m so busy with wedding planning, Airbnb work and going to the gym along with family life. It’s never a boring day at Mummabstylish’s house!

David is back from the stag weekend in Tenerife. They all had a good time and everything went smoothly - phew. It’ll soon be the hens turn, woohoo! We’re visiting Salou in Spain, and I’m getting very excited now. The outfits are coming together and I plan to add each one to a packing cube so I’ll know exactly where they are in the case. I’ll be sharing a case, so it’ll make life easier for whoever gets the short straw! ( I like to take a lot with me. 😬)

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Summer Loving having a Blast with Style not Age.

Morning my friends. 

Well that was a scorcher! With not a lot of actual sunshine on Sunday  

David has been away on the stag weekend and he’s not back until tomorrow. For me it’s been hard as we’re ALWAYS together. I’ve been with my daughters and the grandkids so it’s been fun but I hate not having him around!

I’ve went to the Ashford outlet yesterday, but came home with nothing but a sports bra! The shops are dire and I’m going to have to resort to shopping online! I need some summer flats to take away, but didn’t see any I really liked so I’ve been doing the thing I hate … scrolling the web. It’s so boring and I get so annoyed, anyone else have that problem? I’ll just have to do little and often, and fingers crossed I find what I want. 🤞

My post today features three of my lovely friends from the Style not Age gang and this month we’re 

Summer Loving and having a blast with our favourite Summer outfits that have been on repeat over the past few weeks. Stay tuned to find out what my three friends have been reaching for. 

The Lucky Cat - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Morning all. 

How are you all doing?

Ooh it’s been hot here in the UK with temperatures registering the highest ever in June! It’s has been almost unbearable but I still managed to do two gym classes yesterday and did a clean at the AirBnb which was extremely hot! Home to get a bit cooler, by doing the ironing lol. The evening was better after a cold bath and a glass of fizz!

It’s been way too hot for me to take any photos over the past couple of days - so today I’ll share an insight into my Saturday night which was spent in London at Gordon Ramsey’s Lucky Cat restaurant in Bishopsgate. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Balloon Trousers with Flats.

Hello and welcome to my blog. 

For any new followers I’d like to tell you a bit about myself. I started blogging a few years ago when my youngest started work. He’s the youngest of five children and with him at work I felt very redundant. I’d become very forgetful and had almost lost my way with fashion and how I should be dressing. So I looked for inspiration on other blogs and found there’s not a rule of what I should and shouldn’t wear - and everyone should wear what they want at any age. So Mummabstylish was born and I’ve loved the whole journey. I’ve made lots of new friends, even meeting some IRL which is so much fun, almost like meeting a celebrity! To date I’ve published over a thousand posts! It’s something I’m incredibly proud of what with having to learn nearly everything along the way. I’ll continue to do so and find it really therapeutic, it’s kind of like writing a diary and it’s been fun to look back on previous posts to see what I’ve been doing! lol. 

I thank you for your continued support and hope one day I can meet some of my American friends across the pond. 

Anyway that’s enough about me, now I’d like to show what I wore last week, more importantly the new balloon trousers I’ve been having a friendship with. 

Items marked with an * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Styling Balloon Jeans - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Morning my friends. 

Hope your week is going well. 

Are you watching the football? It’s the World Cup which is being played in America. I normally dislike watching games on telly but have revelled in these. I’m fully supporting England, but I’m not holding my breath for them to do well. Yesterday’s game was alright, with the 4.2 win against Croatia going down very well with the fans. They played really well in the second half but the first wasn’t what I expected professional players to be like. So let’s see how the next games go. 

I’m excited for the weekend or more importantly Saturday night. For my birthday last month David arranged a table at Gordon Ramsey’s London restaurant The Lucky Cat in Bishopsgate. I watched the documentary about how it was put together and fancied going and now I am. I think his advertising company is spot on. What better way to attract customers than do a television program about the adventure. It seems to have really taken off and is hard to get booked in. We went on the waiting list and fortunately it came up after a few days. I so excited to go there and can’t wait to see the setting, it overlooks London, and enjoy the atmosphere of the Asian inspired restaurant. I wonder if Mr Ramsey will be there! I’ve not planned my outfit but will do a post and possible Instagram story sharing my evening. 

Items marked with an * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

White Wide Leg Trousers With a Yellow Top.

Happy new week to you all. 

Did you have a good weekend?

Mine went well with lots done. Friday was the first dancing in a few weeks. We started the foxtrot and I picked all the step up quite well. I’ll try to download the video so you can see how I did. 

Saturday was a busy one. I took the car to be cleaned before returning home to mow the lawn. With perfect conditions the grass had grown long, however it was that straggly stuff that didn’t have much to it so I’d got it finished in no time. I then did an Airbnb clean and came home to address the strimming. I’d been putting this off for a while because I needed to roll new cord onto the spool. After three attempts (it kept unraveling at the last minute) David came to the rescue and did it for me (it took him a couple of go’s too) I did all the edges and marvelled at how neat and tidy it looked. I’d cleared and tidied a few bits in the garden so felt very pleased with my efforts. 

David and I were in the new build chatting about the bathroom fittings and how the layout would be. We’ve more or less got that sorted so will be checking out bathrooms & showers in the next week. I’m starting to get very excited because the pipe work is nearly finished on the top and middle floor. David has been doing it, which I’m so impressed with. He really can turn his hand to anything. We’re getting a plumber to fit the boiler and connect the pipes up but it certainly saved us a bit of money. I’ve helped out where I can, pulling pipes and holding tools, so feel every little bit helps!

The girls came round in late afternoon to try on bridesmaid dresses, which was lovely. They’re all still undecided on a style but Sophie has the colour she wants which is a start! I need to get looking for mine, I’ve seen a couple of dresses online but need to find out where I can actually try some on. I’ll keep you posted my friends. 

Read on to find out how the rest of my Saturday night and Sunday went, this was the outfit I wore. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Halara Wid Leg Jeans - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Morning all. 

Hope this post finds you well. 

It’s been a relaxed week so far. I even felt a tad lost on Tuesday because there wasn’t much to do! I got lots of washing done and even did some clearing out and adding bits to Vinted. My balance is looking rather good at the moment as I’ve been adding a couple of items every so often and they seem to be popular. There’s no rhyme or reason as to what’s going to sell so it’s just a matter of adding stuff and seeing how it goes. I’ve bought a dress on there recently which I’m waiting to see what it’s like when it arrives, it for the hen weekend so colour and style is under wraps at the moment!

I took a trip up to Westwood Cross on Tuesday, I wanted to get some shorts for David in TK Maxx and found just the ones he wanted. You might know they sell designer clothing at a fraction of the original price and I bagged two pairs of Polo Ralph Lauren shorts for just under £50 each!! I also had a wander around River Island and came home with a lovely pair of white wide leg trousers that were on the sale rail. The price tag if £29 was very appealing so I sealed the deal and purchased them immediately. I’ll style them soon so you can see the white beauties. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

My Weeknd in Keswick, Lake District.

Hi there,

How you doing so far. 

My weekend went really well, but the week went really quickly. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was up in the Lake District enjoying time away in Keswick with David just having a really nice time wandering around the lake, catching the water boat, lounging around the hotel and eating gorgeous food whilst enjoying lots of fizz. 

Our weekend break started on Saturday morning. Quite an early start as we wanted to get the most out of our time away. The journey tool roughly 6 1/2 hours so not too bad. We didn’t even need to stop en route which I’m actually quite proud of. You see for years I’ve suffered from irritable bladder and am always in need of the loo, or so I thought. It seems it’s mind over matter, as when I’m sitting down or in a different situation my mind is occupied elsewhere and I don’t even need the loo! I was the same for the return journey on Monday, so I’m trying to practise not going to the loo unless I REALLY need to go. 

So back to Saturday morning. We left home at 7am with a car packed up with everything we’d need for our two night stay (yes I know I packed for a week in all honesty).

David had studied the route and worked out we’d be passing Appleby, which is the well known gathering point for gypsies and travellers to gather for the annual horse fair. It’s got more personal meanings for David as his Dad had many friends that went there and as he’d visited a few times in his later life meant it was a bit of a holy grail for David to go to. We dropped in that afternoon. With lovely hot weather and a quiet setting we spent a wonderful hour wandering the riverside and pathways which, I’m sure, David’s dad had walked. We saw horses being washed in the river, horse deals being struck and horses with carts being run up and down the little roadways. It was quite a spectacle and very humbling. It turned out to be really emotional and a big reminder of my beloved father-in-law and his exciting excursions. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Paradox Shoes & Bag - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Good morning my friends. 

Hope June is going well. 

Since getting back from The Lake District I’ve been a bit blue! I keep telling myself I’m lucky to have been away but I find it so hard to get back to normal duties. Do you ever feel like that? I seem to feel like it every time I go away nowadays!

Wedding preparations are in full swing with bouquets being put together and some more bridesmaid sample dresses being sorted. I’ve seen a few MOTB dresses but haven’t committed to anything yet! Sophie has got everything under control and I’m so proud of everything she’s done so far, she definitely knows what she wants and deserves the best. 

I’m working on a post about my weekend in Keswick soon and will publish that asap, but today I’ll show you my new shoes and bag. They’re from a company called Paradox London, and I can confirm they’re extra comfy, made with exceptional fabrics and their website has loads of pretty choices, I’ll keep them in mind for wedding shoes once I’ve got the dress. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me however these are 100% my own honest comments.