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Odd Socks and Pretty Frocks
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Life is too short for matching socks. As for the frocks, my collection is slowly growing...
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An Irregular Collection

Irregular Choice shoes.  My one weakness.  Well, other than books, mini Party Rings, green hoodies, oh the list is actually quite long, isnt it?  Let me try again...Irregular...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

Fond of a Bargain

Sometimes its not until I get to the end of an outfit post and list where everything is from that I realise quite how much I shop in sales.  Its not because I actively like sales shopping - far ...

6 days ago

Petticoat...Check

I believe I may have mentioned my loathing of ironing a time or two.  It therefore wont come as a surprise when I confess that this rather cute shirt dress has been languishing at the bottom of ...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

Bored of Rain

I thought it was meant to be April showers, May flowers, not April floods, May hailstorms...Im fed up with rain. Fed up of damp feet and frizzy hair and still having to wear winter woolly tights.&nbs...

15 may 12

Handmade Perfection

This time, a fortnight ago, I was a little bit narked.  See, I had this amazing Beatrix Potter duvet cover.  Char had a pattern for a frock that we knew fitted me and looked nice.  Ide...

12 may 12 1 person likes this

Self-Editing

For my last outfit post I took ... *counts* .... 92 photos.  Partly cos the multishot setting on my camera makes life easy, partly because I like lots of choice.  Whilst this was a rar...

08 may 12

Green Spots

Ever put on an outfit that just makes you smile? This one had me in a good mood all day yesterday.  I just had to look down at my legs and I was happy.  Great big polka dots = fun...

04 may 12 2 people like this

Once Upon A Time...

...There was a girl named Alex. She found a rather amazing Beatrix Potter duvet cover (originally a curtain from the looks of things) in a charity shop. She wanted to make it into a frock but alas sh...

02 may 12 1 person likes this

April Scavenger Hunt

Last day of the month is Scavenger Hunt day! Thanks as always to Kathy for organising it. If anyone wants to join in during May Id love to see your photos. My April efforts are as follows:On the move...

30 apr 12 1 person likes this

New Things

I hate the run up to payday.  Now I should point out that I am not the sort of person who massively overspends on a post-payday binge and then has to live off beans for half the month, but I do ...

25 apr 12 1 person likes this

Alex in Aquascutum

Youve probably all heard this week about Aquascutum going into administration and closing its main factory.  Ill leave it to the business and fashion analysts to properly assess the whole sorry ...

21 apr 12 1 person likes this

Miaow

I think I am having a bit of a clothes crisis. Well, perhaps not a crisis exactly. That makes it sound awfully dramatic. But I dont have anything new, and in the land of the fashion/style blog this i...

17 apr 12

What I Wore...To The Races

Ah.  Its Aintree time again and that means its time for tons of patronising Southern bile in the media mocking Scouse women for daring to make an effort when they go to the r...

13 apr 12

I Dont Do Beaches

I like my holidays a bit more full of interest than lying on the sand looking at the sea.  Heres what I got up in Wales last week:SaturdayArrived at the cottage and flopped in a tired heap. ...

10 apr 12 1 person likes this

Books and Reading

I was wondering if anyone would like to take part in a blog version of A Good Read? For those of you not familiar with it, its a Radio 4 show where the host and two guests pick a favourite book each ...

03 apr 12 1 person likes this

March Scavenger Hunt

So its the end of March.  I am currently in the wilds of Welshest Wales but I have astounded myself by actually scheduling some posts.  Well, I couldnt miss the monthly scavenger hunt, coul...

31 mar 12

More Tweed

Scroll back through my outfit posts and youll notice a pretty obvious trend - theres usually at least one, if not more, component of my outfit thats second-hand (whether that be ebay, vintage, charit...

30 mar 12 1 person likes this

50 Shades of Green

Woe is me.  Alack and alas. Boo McHoo  Etc.No, thats not my reaction to being told that I look like a leprechaun (which did actually happen today).I am sad because they have moved my picnic...

27 mar 12

A (sort of) Thrifty Tale

The moral of this outfit is: be patient. It will save you money.I have wanted a proper tweedy coat for years.  Years and years.  Im positive Ive talked about it on here before.  So las...

21 mar 12 1 person likes this

How To Outfit Post, Odd Socks Style

The night before, have a mildly angsty rifle through my wardrobe trying to find something blog-worthy that you havent already seen before. Decide that I dont own any nice clothes. Give up and go to b...

15 mar 12

What I Did On Saturday

I ticked one of the things off my "Want to do in 2012" list and went to Somerford Park for a thoroughly horsey day out. We were volunteering at a British Eventing competition for the very fir...

12 mar 12

Mad As A March Hare

Is this frock hare print? Is it bunnies*? Am I mad? Is it March? To the last two questions, the answer is yes. To the two others, I dunno. Its a cute print though, no?*And is it a sign that Ive watch...

06 mar 12

February Scavenger Hunt

Note to self for March - try and remember to look at Kathys list of scavenger hunt items more than 3 days before the end of the month. I have taken rather a lot of these today.Black and whiteAt least...

29 feb 12

Back To Basics

Im back! Not that youll have missed me, but I have really felt the lack of bloggage recently and Im sorry for it. February is always a fully ridiculous month in terms of work/life balance though and ...

27 feb 12 1 person likes this

Tagtastic

I am not generally fond of the awards and tags that consist of listing things about yourself. I dunno, they just seem a bit lacking in imagination. I make an exception for this one because, yes, I ha...

16 feb 12

No Hearts and Flowers Here

As per my very own single girl tradition, implemented last year, I mark this day not with gnashing of teeth and wailing about the lack of tacky flowers and gifts in my life, but with a blog post full...

14 feb 12 2 people like this

Altering Vintage

Do we? Dont we? Should we? Shouldnt we?On the whole, I think go for it. Not with anything precious or very old but alas, life being what it is, I am not likely to own anything like that.I do often ha...

08 feb 12

Its a Birthday Kind of Day

My blog is two years old today!Happy birthday blog. I remember those early days when I disgraced you by posting outfit photos that were tiny and too dark to even see the clothes. It all got better wh...

06 feb 12 1 person likes this

Crowning Glory

I am rubbish with hair. Ive never dyed mine, I dont know how to style it other than straight down or up in a topknot and the only type of hair-related gadget I own is a hairdryer.Hairdressers will pr...

04 feb 12 1 person likes this

Maman

Today is my Mums birthday.Cross-stitcher and crafter extraordinaire, amazingly fast hiker, lover of American crime shows, excellent holiday and road trip companion, full of all sorts of esoteric know...

30 jan 12 1 person likes this

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