I recently came across some old photos from way back when I bought a Lomo camera in the late 1990’s, they were like ‘all the rage’ and became very trendy…I remember Jarvis Cocker having one so I thought why not have a change from the normal 35mm? The results were mixed but generally not ‘boring’ Read More
It seems as if I ‘can’t escape’ from Audrey Hepburn at the moment, whether in a Charity Shop (as usual…) or in a ‘normal shop’ (not many of those left …) that demure icon of the silver screen is gracing either a bag, purse or pillow! She is there! Either as most famously Holly Golightly Read More
Well the outside stall that offered the Chanel tea set (covered here https://philippanestie.com/it-aint-chanelbut-what-the-hell/) was now selling Versace! Yep…you can buy a mug/plate or a bathroom set…though I had to laugh at the famous Medusa logo because on close inspection she looks rather…cross eyed ahhhh! Then! I notice on a quick browse around the shops ‘Versace’ Read More
On flicking through an old crochet magazine I picked up at the Charity Shop, I was struck by the huge multicoloured crochet bag talk about big! Talk about ambitious! So I searched further and I found a large shopper both you can make, though for me the shopper would be a lot easier as I Read More
So finally after watching my Bloody Valentine last year (a real hoot…) and not receiving any offers on a Valentine pasty meal at Gregg’s (still waiting on that one…) and facing yet another Valentine’s alone (apart from my dog who doesn’t give a s***…) What can I do to compensate…? Well…maybe buy a pink faded Read More
Now been ill for a week have to say getting rather bored of it…got some horrible bout of the flu and I’m also fed up now with drinking Lemslip but it does help, so no energy at all until now to do anything…though have enjoyed quite a few TVM’s especially last night’s ‘Nightmare Nurse’! How Read More
As my Charity Shop visit’s after the New Year was so overwhelming I have to follow up with a ‘part two’, namely to mention my total amazing bargain of a full and sealed bottle of Croft Original Sherry, yes obviously somebody did not like their Christmas present and I gained big time! As a Sherry Read More
The good thing about New Year is the amount of new stuff arriving in the Charity Shop’s after the Christmas ‘mayhem’ = Christmas castoffs = unwanted gifts…you know the story…In fact there was so much going on I can’t even fit it into one blog post! Part two will follow…with a report of my ‘amazing Read More
It was the appealing advert of McDonald’s ‘Millionaire’s Latte’ that drew me in, I never usually frequent McDonald’s but I love latte’s so I thought why not give it a try? The name ‘Millionaire’s’ also got my imagination going, living very close to my ‘version’ of not only Monte Carlo but Las Vegas too, I Read More
It’s good to know that another ‘trend’ is widely available locally, that somehow I’m not being ‘shortchanged’, and to even suggest that there could possibly be a lack of choice…er no! Therefore I can’t complain (dam…as I do like a bit of a grumble…) but to be perfectly frank regarding the availability of scarf’s near Read More
I was recently reading about how one of Primark’s make up kit’s has been a complete sell-out, not really ‘news’ except it’s a dupe for a higher end make up brand, that’s why it’s sold out…Which made me think of a number of items I’ve spotted recently where instead of being just a ‘dupe’ in Read More
It’s been impossible to ignore…even though I’ve been trying to avoid it, and that is the 1980’s influence on fashion near me. Try as I might I have not been able to ‘escape’…I’m not inherently against the whole of the 1980’s…but seriously it’s been tipped as the ‘next big trend’ for at least the past Read More
It’s a print that never goes out of fashion ever, its eternal and you can mix and match it with almost anything, it is of course and needs ‘no introduction’ Animal Print. Yes that ‘ol chestnut’ is in fashion again (though most will be ‘bewildered’ by this as it never really goes ‘out’) it’s always Read More
Whilst browsing the latest Hello Fashion Magazine in their section ‘New Fashion Hacks‘ (wow this word is really been ‘bandied’ around at the minute…) I came across a look called ‘Cuff it’ in relation to wearing bangles and bracelets high on the arm (well not that high by looking at this picture…) but what immediately Read More
Ever since I spotted the Blondie vest in a Charity Shop earlier this year, I’ve been searching for any ‘rock inspired’ fashion only to find no other T-shirt to ‘match’ it for ages and ages. Until just the other week I came across a long black and white top with a ‘mysterious woman’ on it Read More
There’s a ‘drought’ on (well as far as I’m concerned) a drought of what exactly? Well only my favourite aperitif and tipple Sherry, but not just any Sherry in fact its ‘Nobleman’ from Lidl, it’s not the best at all but it’s very cheap at £2.99 a bottle. Though on my recent visit (yesterday) there was Read More
