So now it’s time to start getting up early of a Sunday morning literally ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ and inhale deeply…(which I definitely need to do to get going as not naturally a morning person…) so rather a sacrifice of a lazy Sunday morning in bed, but well if you’re looking for bargains Read More
Down with love! Is there a film called that? (think there is…though never watched it maybe I should…?). Well it’s June that traditional month of weddings and whatnot, so no I’m not going to be a June bride this year…Or next year by the look of it…but who knows…? A miracle may happen! (think it Read More
I was surprised (and pleasantly) to see that tie-dye and batik are ‘big’ this season appearing all over summer clothes and accessories. Although synonymous with the flower power era and the 1970’s, I think looking at what the design houses have come up with it looks like an interesting and invigorating take on these most Read More
So it’s not only High Street shops that are dwindling fast, but markets too. Some are still there but most are not in their original form, diminished, reduced and ‘sanitized’ in a way, at least that is what I am seeing. I know of at least five markets that have been closed and reopened only Read More
So if I buy a bag that says ‘Fashion’ does that mean I’m in ‘Fashion’ or not? I suspect not…more likely if it was to say ‘it’s not Fashion’ I might have more of a chance..? My favourite of these fashion bags is the one with the tantalizing encrusted lips and nails, I think that Read More
With Easter just passing and Easter Bonnet’s not really ‘the thing’ any more…also with the Wedding and Ascot season not too far off, I thought it was time to take a look at hats..or rather they were just like there…like ‘in my face’ wherever I went…Of course the ones I’ve captured here are all ‘cast Read More
It’s a fashion style that doesn’t disappear forever (what does??) in fact if I think about it is always on something even if it’s only just a trim…or more appropriately a ‘glimmer’ it has that ‘other world’ space age quality and I rather love it. As a child growing up with 1970’s Sci-Fi, I felt Read More
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
