12.7.08

Having it All-The Perfect Day Ends with The Perfect Evening

Its very rare to have the 'Perfect' day, but thats what I did have yesterday, when I met up with my gorgeous blogger friends Wendy Brandes and Times of Glory, then onto the 'Perfect' evening with Wendys gorgeous husband Paul, taking us lucky ladies out for dinner!!
The day started with myself and Wendy meeting outside her London hotel-we then decided to get a cab to check out the designer sale 'Mrs Sting' was having-a recommendation from Red Carpet Fashion Awards that eagle eye Wendy had spotted before meeting me!!
To say there were designer bargains is an understatement-you name a designer, their clothes were there, at totally rock bottom prices, with all proceeds going to UNICEF-what could be better!!


Myself and Wendy with our haul of designer goodies!!
I bagged a Chanel jacket for £100(!!!), a Roberto Cavalli top, a Pucci top, a Jean Paul Gaultier top, a Versace day dress and a Burberry blazer-all for a total of less than £200!!!
Well Wendy and I were shopped out, so we staggered a few steps onwards to a lovely little pub, for a liquid lunch and flowing conversation! Times of Glory rang about 3.30, to check our whereabouts and of course wanted to check out the designer sale too!!


Our 2nd visit and Wendy looks stunning in this McQueen jacket, which she didn't purchase, as she had already bagged a totally gorgeous white crochet Dolce and Gabbana summer coat, a Zac Posen exquisite evening gown, a Versace black top and a totally gorgeous buttersoft leather Christian Dior jacket!!!

Well, onwards to Harvey Nichols, where Wendy bagged another superb bargain-some L'Wren Scott black sequin trousers that are totally and utterly divine!!! Another pitstop required, so we retired to the 5th floor at Harvey Nicks for a pitcher of Pimms-oh, how decadent of us!!!
Time was marching on, so a cab took us back to Wendy's hotel, where her wonderful husband Paul was ready to take us for dinner-but not before I captured some shots of Wendy in her stunning new Ossie purchase!!!
Wendy looking divine in her newest Ossie Clark purchase!!
Wendy and Paul-Wendy looks fabulous in this Zac Posen gown-what a stunning find!!
Dinner was exquisite-I had smoked salmon for starters, veal for main course and coffee brulee and espresso ice cream for dessert-oh what luxury and decadence to end the evening!!!
A big, big thank you to Wendy and Paul for such a special evening and I've met a special friend in Wendy-our pub chat was a lovely way of getting to know each other more and also our mutual love of Ossie Clark ensured we had plenty to talk about! Times of Glory is another wonderful, sweet girl-another good friend and it was a pleasure to meet her-we all had a fantastic day-one I won't forget in a hurry!!

10.7.08

Favourite Colour+Favourite Vintage

With all the excitement of seeing gorgeous blogger friends Wendy Brandes and Times of Glory tomorrow, I've overlooked the other major happening for me this week-the purchase of my gorgeous vintage red Chanel bag!! I did have a scare as it should have arrived by next day delivery and it didn't!! I thought it had got lost-oh dear, I was having kittens, to say the least! Thankfully it arrived a day later and I'm soo pleased with it!!!
I previously had a Chanel bag, but I sold it about 3 years ago-it was too big really-this one is soo cute, it fits right under my arm!! When the weather is really nice, I will use it and show you it in action-I daren't get it out in the weather we are having-the rain will stain it terribly!!

9.7.08

DIY job number 2-Chain Bag shortened

My husband Chris is fantastic at DIY, so last week I was so happy to say, oh shorten the chain on my Tula bag please, thinking it would be no problem for him at all!! Uh-oh, a big mistake-he gave it back and the chain was horribly twisted and deformed!! Haha, I'm laughing now-I wasn't then! To say I sulked was an understatement and also rather over the top by me. Because I then actually realised, if I had asked him to shorten the chain at the joins, rather than the middle (as requested by me) then the chain wouldn't be deformed looking! So back to square one, the piece of chain that was to go in the bin, was now going to be the new strap! So out came the pliers and Chris was back on the job!! yay, with better results-I just had to add some of the leather thonging through part of the strap and glue it-but voila ---

AFTER- a new style, more versatile and wearable with a shorter strap!!

BEFORE-The bag before it was reworked. I already have a long chain strap bag (well 3 others actually) so I could afford to play about with this one!!

So if any of you lovely ladies attempt a strap shortening job, start at the joins-not in the middle of the strap, like me-doh!!

8.7.08

Viva La Vintage!!

As you are aware from my header title, I really love vintage!! I have 50s dresses from my mum, 70s Ossie Clark dresses, 80s wear and although too young to be called vintage, pieces from the 90s too!! SATC ran from 1999 to 2004, with Carrie showcasing numerous times, vintage pieces that look totally timeless-here are some of my favourites :-)

A beautiful white vintage sundress-totally timeless!!

Another lovely vintage, my dear!!


A gorgeous vintage skirt!!

Vivienne Westwood vintage-I want it!!

7.7.08

DIY job number 1-Cut Offs - plus tagged!

Now summers here, I love wearing cut offs-at this length they are cool enough and comfy enough to wear in hot weather. My first pair that I did myself, my 7 for all mankind black jeans, are soo comfy that I really needed another pair on the go too.

7 for all mankind cut offs


So, last week I thought I would do the same to my Victoria Beckham rock & republic jeans, as I felt they were a little too short as jeans anyway, plus I wanted some blue cut offs.

This is the result-I'm really pleased as I have 2 pairs on the go now, plus a white pair which were already bought this length from Dorothy Perkins a couple of years ago.

I did some Levi's a couple of months ago, but on hindsight they were 'short' cut offs, meant for the beach, but really at that length I felt outside my comfort zone in them, so the charity shop and hopefully a new home has benefited from those ones!! I like the on the knee length as these can be worn anywhere, anytime.

I've been tagged by the gorgeous fashion chalet, to who I relay my sincerest apologies-I'm a complete technophobe, so was rather wary when I saw I had to do things with flickr (?) I'm definitely up for the tag but by question and answer format only-sorry for being such a donut!!

Here goes! 1. What is your first name? Sharon

2.What is your favourite food? An authentic indian curry-chicken dansak, preferably!!

3.What high school did you go to? Mayfield High School, Dagenham

4.What is your favourite colour? Currently red!

5.Who is your celebrity crush? Angelina Jolie, she is totally gorgeous!! I'd love her lips and figure!

6. Favourite drink? Gin & tonic

7. Dream vacation-any of the caribbean islands!

8. Favourite dessert-Flavoured ice cream-any is fine!!

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? haha, well I'm there already! I'm a high school catering assistant, a part time job I really love!

10. What do I love most in life? My husband, my boys, my mum and my wardrobe-haha!!

11. One word to describe me-Tolerant

12. My flickr name-Pass-sorry!!

A great tag-consider yourself tagged any of you who fancy doing this

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