Denim Dress from Bonmarche - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Hello everyone.

How are you?

With rain yesterday it’s been quite dismal here!  I managed to get some lovely photos outside on Monday but yesterday I resigned myself to having to take photos inside in my dressing room. They’ve turned out quite well and I’ll be sharing them on IG and here next week. 

Although the weather has been pants here, as I mentioned above I’ve managed to take some super photos outside at the beginning part of the week. It was a bit windy and I’m sad to say the tripod fell over and has marked my screen protector! Fortunately as you know that can be changed but it’s got a nice little spider mark on the front which gets right in the way!  Need to get a new protector ordered and get my son to put it on!

So back to the shots, I’ve been thinking about Spring and the type of things I’d like to incorporate in my outfits. This dress gets a big tick from me as it’s going to be a brilliant addition when it’s a bit warmer. Who else loves a denim dress?

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

 

Style Not Age - Lovely Leather.

Good morning.

How are you?

I've had a lovely weekend, although I've not done much!  Friday evening, as usual, I went dancing and revelled in learning the jive!  I've learnt this one before but it's always nice to revisit an old friend like that dance.  We bopped, swayed and jived all rather basic really but I picked up the routine quite quickly.  We tend to learn a dance for 2 to 3 sessions and by the end of the last session I can normally blast through the dance quite well.  I just need an occasion to try this out now, however I'll be on my own as I don't have a partner!

Saturday was spent in the garden tackling the dreaded hedge!  David decided to chop some of the hedge down to the ground as most was being strangled by ivy and wasn't in particularly good condition - we plan to add a fence and cover the area with a hard standing rather than ground where weeds can grow. This is in anticipation of the new house build being started - the scaffolding will need to be put where the hedge was, AND it looks much tidier.  As you can imagine both David and I were exhausted after all the work so we just had a takeaway and watched a film with a couple of g & t's.

On Sunday, David had another morning in the garden trimming one of the cherry plum trees that is on our boundary, that too is encased in ivy, so I set about trying to untangle and cut the branches - it's an ongoing story and I plan on 'attacking' it again next weekend! David decided to cut the grass.  It has grown so long and looked a state so he put the height up on the mower and ran over it without collecting the grass cuttings.  We've done that before and it dries up and blows away fairly quickly and it's a good way to get the grass under control without too much effort.  When the weather improves I'll be back to cutting it once a week, that’ll be good for my getting my steps in eh!

Now I've told you about my weekend, let's get down to the nitty-gritty of today's post.  Today I share the post with my three friends from the Style not Age collective.  This month our prompt was set by Hilda and she chose the fabulous title of .....

Lovely Leather.

Metallic Blue Maxi Dress - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Hi there,

Welcome to my blog. 

I hope I find you well and enjoying February. 

The weather has improved over the past week or so and it’s been lovely to actually venture outside to take photos. If you follow me on Instagram you’ll see I’ve taken full advantage of the Winter sun and taken some lovely shots in the road outside my house. It’s always a tad embarrassing doing this isn’t it. I either get lots of questions, funny looks or get ignored! lol!

On Monday’s post I mentioned I’d been to a surprise birthday party and promised to share the dress I wore. Today I’m keeping that promise and showing off a stunning maxi I’d been kindly sent by Izabel London.

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

Black & White Shirt Dress for Shopping.

Hi my friends, how are you all?

I’ve had a great weekend starting on Friday when I went to my usual ballroom class. We finished off learning the Rumba and I have to say it’s another wonderful dance that’s quite hard to get right as the technique is rather tricky. It’s been a three wheeler, although I missed the second installment when I was at a party for my friends 60th last week! 

On Saturday after a few hours in the garden - tackling the dreaded hedge again, we were out for my BIL’s surprise 60th party. His daughter put on an amazing evening with some delicious picky food and plenty of drinks. You’d have thought I’d have learned my lesson from the previous weeks party but yet again I had a few too many and felt really tired on Sunday morning, so much so I didn’t get up until 11 and even then it was a slow day ending with dinner at my daughters! Her husband cooked a tasty roast lamb dinner with trimmings. I’ve started a keto diet again (I lost two stone before Covid hit, but it’s slowly piled on again!) so I enjoyed the meat and veg with one small roast potato! I’m only a week in but so far it’s going well! I’ll be sharing the maxi dress I wore on Thursday, you can tell me if you think it might need shortening!

I thought I’d show an outfit I wore shopping last week, I knew I’d be trying stuff on so wanted an easy-to-change-in-and-out-of outfit. Do you like what I picked?

Chanel Style Cardigan - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Hello and welcome to Mummabstylish. 

How’s your week going?

Out shopping later and I’m excited to see what the stores are offering now. Is there going to be any Spring styles I wonder. I’ve not bought much over the past few weeks but the couple of bits I have found have been great additions. My leopard coat has been a wonderful choice, did you see it here? These boots have been incredibly versatile, because they have a low heel which makes them comfortable to wear, so my skirts and dresses have been making an early comeback since I bought them in the sale for £12!!

Now for some of you tomorrow might be a special day. If you don’t know it’s Valentine’s Day. A day of declaring your love for someone and giving gifts and cards to prove that!  I must say it’s not a day David and I celebrate, I rather think it’s a money making hype that the industry takes full advantage of! We treat every day as a special day and don’t need one particular day to prove how much we love each other. It’s the little things that mean more in my mind, the cup of tea in bed, the cooked dinners, getting up for work each day when I spend the day at home, the list goes on. So don’t feel bad if you don’t enjoy the day, likewise if you do participate I hope you have a wonderful day with your loved one. ❤️

Here’s my casual outfit I wore yesterday and I hope you enjoy the twist!

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

Weekend Wear.

Hello and welcome to the blog.

Hoping you've had a super weekend, what did you get up to?

Mine has been a very busy one, with me going out on both Friday and Saturday night.

Friday instead of dancing I went to a friends 60th birthday party.  I was unusual to venture out on a Friday evening but it was very much enjoyed.  It was held in a restaurant in my local city.  Canterbury is just a 15 minute car journey and we were lucky enough to be dropped off by my daughter.  Drinks flowed and little sushi offerings were served by the waitresses and they were all so very tempting I had to try all of them! The singer offered brilliant music to dance the night away and as you all know I love to dance I took full advantage and didn't sit down!  Having had such a fantastic night the following morning was errr … a bit challenging, especially as I'd agreed to take my grandson to his football match at 10 in the morning!  I really didn't feel like going out and would have loved to roll over and pull the duvet over me!  I'd never let the kids down so pulled myself together and headed out to the local school playing field where the match was being played.  I can honestly say I felt so much better after being out in the fresh air, albeit very chilly - but it really did wake me up!  The rest of the day was spent on the sofa with a furry throw over me.  I had to get myself re-charged for the night out with my daughter and son-in-law!

So Saturday night we went out to have a few drinks and eat at the local tapas.  Four of us spent a wonderful few hours enjoying delicious dishes including garlic prawns, tortilla, chorizo in spicy honey to name but a few.  We'd also enjoyed a G & T in a local micro pub and a glass of English sparkling wine in a new little wine bar before having the tapas and after that we popped into our local for a couple of drinks to finish the night off!  They had a band playing and it was a fantastic atmosphere as the pub was full to the brim of dancers, singers and drinkers all enjoying the night.  It wasn't a late night as we were home by midnight but after the previous evenings partying I did feel a bit jaded yesterday.  We still managed to prepare and cook a roast chicken which went down very well.  All in all the weekend has been one to remember!

I'm sad to say I didn't get any photographs of my outfits, but might try and take some to share with you a bit later on! Watch out for a late edit. 

Pearls with a cream outfit - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Good morning my friends. 

How’s it going for you? Is February treating you kindly?

I’ve been making good use of my extra time and space since my daughter moved out. I’ve taken photos in the dressing room and a few outside when the weather was nice, today’s shot shows the clear sunny weather we had yesterday when I styled this new jumper * from Bonmarche. 

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

January Review.

Morning all. 

How are you. 

How did January fair for you? Didn’t it go slowly! I think that’s because of the cold weather which, at times, was extremely cold! January is always a long month being the middle of Winter when most of your money has been spent over Christmas so there’s not much shopping etc. with that being said I did purchase a couple of items, including these trousers and long boots. (Both featured below).

I’m excited to see what’s going to be in favour this month which will depend on the weather I think, but Spring is on its way and there’s sure to be some pretty colours and outfits to dream about & work out how to incorporate them into my already quite extensive wardrobe!

So let’s take a look at some of those new bits I was telling you about in the …

January Review. 

My first post featured what I wore for NYE and doesn’t that seem a long time ago!  This sparkly top might not be restricted to the festive period and I might have to incorporate it into everyday wear like I did with this sparkly jumper last week!