Topshop from Sense

I haven't been thrifting as regularly as usual or doing outfit posts, so I thought I should pull my finger out now its the summer holidays!!

One of my favourite charity shops in a neighbouring town is Sense-it generally has a great range of dresses. This green sundress by Topshop was my most recent purchase and its quite humid and hot enough to wear right now:

This one replaces another 'Topshop from Sense' dress, this one now belongs to the lovely Kate at Make Do Style, who gave hers away whilst moving house-so now she's got a replacement!!

Bye bye dress-your home is with Kate now!!


I also scored a United Colours of Benetton black wool body con asymetrical style dress, this was only £4.25 and I will aim to show it soon!!

Award-Its All About Me!! And Scrap too!!

I've updated this post as I've received an award from the adorable Anika-thanks so much my dear!!!

And of course-Its an 'All about Me' award!!

Thanks so much to the lovely Gemma of Shopping in Suffolk for this award!!

Here are 7 facts 'All about Me!'

I love to sleep and relax, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be enough hours for me at night, LOL!

If I was rich, I think the majority of my money would be spent on dining out-I love food, but unfortunately I don't have a passion to cook it!!

My hobby is Thrifting-If you didn't know that about me, you do now!! I enjoy the boot sales and charity shops and adore a designer bargain!!

I love listening to music-world music, classical and Ibiza chill sounds are my current favourites

I love London with a passion-I've not been outside Europe (except to Africa) and London remains my most favourite city-each time I go I experience something new or different and I'm privileged to live only 30 minutes away from it!

Speaking of past places, I adored Marrakesh in Morrocco-its definitely a place which I would love to go back to again-a very gorgeous place indeed!!

Future places I would love to go to-Istanbul in Turkey, Florence in Italy and New York.

I give this 'MeMe' award to:

Emma-All in your innerspace

Ellie and Friends

Kate-Make Do Style

Sam-Everybody Says Don't

WendyB

Vintage A Peel

Yaay, Summer Holidays!!

Hi everyone!! I'm so excited, as the boys have finished school and we are all out for a whole six weeks-Result, LOL!!!

I love Summer and the holidays, just so I can do what I want, when I want to and most importantly, take each day as it comes, for trips and chilling out time too!

Here are some of my favourite outfits and memories of this time last year-I love to be able to put on a summer dress and enjoy the day ahead!!

See By Chloe floral dress, £2.75, Charity Shop

New Look white summer dress, £2, Boot Sale and red Chanel bag, Always Authentic

Ossie Clark for Radley floral tiered dress

Gianni Versace dress, Mrs Stings Designer Sale, £10

To all my lovely followers and those on my blogroll, those who lurk, those who leave comments and those who don't-A big Thank You for visiting and taking time out to read my blog.

Its very much appreciated and I do wish you all-wherever you are and whatever you will be doing-a fabulous summer.

Just to let you know, I may be around less regularly than usual. I'l be doing posts on a 'when I feel like it' basis, but please do still check me out though, I love each and every one of your visits and comments!!

Dress + Jacket = Dilemma!!

Hi everyone!!

In my wardrobe I have quite a few dresses. I've a great selection, including vintage 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s dresses, 90s dresses, summer dresses and modern dresses.

Its obvious that I have a love of dresses, both vintage and modern, but they are my 'repeat buy'-Old habits die hard-'thanks Kate!' and thats why I do have a cull of them every now and then.

Having a 'dress up' session recently, something I very rarely do-I generally just put an outfit on and hope for the best, LOL!- I swiftly discovered that the majority of my dresses DO NOT go with virtually any of my smart jackets.

Now, if I'm aiming for a casual look, then a denim jacket, leather cropped jacket, woollen shrug or a cardigan is an ideal partner for a dress.

However, going for a more smarter, formal look left me flummoxed.

So, feeling rather dejected and thinking I must be going wrong in the style stakes, I decided to google 'What jacket goes with a dress?'

I was very pleased to see that 7,210,000 people prior to me had enquired the very same thing, so this made me feel a lot better.

The best answer I could see was via this link on the purse forum, general opinion being that long line jackets and summer coats or trenches are a great pairing for a dress for a smart or formal look.

Another fabulous alternative is a dressy shrug and Thanks to the lovely Kate, I now have an adorable sequinned one which will go with a lot of my dresses now, including the gorgeous silk and beaded dress she so kindly gave to me as well!

I don't currently own a summer coat or trench, but I do have a long line jacket and I will also try wearing pashminas sometimes too.

Have any of you had this dilemma?

Net-A-Porter New In, For Right Now

Predictably its raining in supposedly the heart of summer and will continue for a few days more. This would be my outfit of choice from Net-A-Porter, these pieces are new in for Autumn, but ideal for right now-so casual chic for a stylish R&R vibe.

APC dress, £165
Christian Louboutin, Mamimo 140 shoes, £655

Fendi cardigan, £605