Whew, that was a long old week into a long weekend! And I still have a few more days of work before my boss (that’d be me) has generously given me a day off to recharge my batteries. Don’t worry, I’m not going to bore you with all of my long week/weekend, because much of
That’s Prints of Animals, not Animal Prints. Today Retro Chick is going a bit twee, because there’s nothing I like better than a frock with a cute print* Elephants, cats, dogs, birds bees and butterflies all make excellent novelty prints and I’ve been searching out the best ones I can find. I know his is
Spring is on its way! The sky might still be a little grey right now, and I’m still in my big winter coat, but there have been glimpses of blue skies and daffodils and I am totally ready to start planning for spring and even *whispers* Summer. I’ve been pinning a few things to my
Today I’ve tried to save you from yet more photos of me in front of my fireplace. Roll on summer when I can go and find an interesting variety of places to prance around outside in daylight when I want to show off my frock before I go out for the evening. Initially I did
I remember the first time I realised I was a “weird” shape. Except I didn’t really realise it at all at first. It was around 2001, I was shopping for a pair of black trousers and couldn’t get a pair to fit in a single shop. Some wouldn’t go over my thighs at all, and
“Vintage Inspired” is a funny old phrase. Sometimes I’m not sure exactly what it means anymore, but it’s still a phrase I use to describe my wardrobe. I take my outfit inspiration mostly from the elegant styles of the 30s and 40s, the feminine fancy of the 1950s and the youthful fun of the 1960s.
Paperself, my favourite place for random eye decorations, have a new design of eyelashes out! I first tried them out last year and totally fell in love. I’d seen papercut lashes before but never really thought of them as practical, or something I could make work. They seemed sort of extreme, and while I’m not
I do love a bit of fantasy shopping. It’s like real shopping but without any of the “Oh I can’t afford to pay my bills” guilt at the end. Here in Norwich we have a pretty amazing independent local department store called Jarrold, and they asked me to do just that, a bit of fantasy
One way of getting over some dissatisfaction with your wardrobe is to buy more stuff. There are cheaper ways, but while doing very important research for We Want All the Dresses (read: Window shopping for frocks) I found one on BooHoo.com that was cheap enough to suit my current meagre budget, and I thought it