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
Last year it was Unicorns now it’s Mermaids I’m seeing everywhere, in fact there are still numerous Unicorns about…and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere, so demand is obviously still very high. Mermaids take me back to my favourite tale of Han’s Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid from my childhood. How my heart ached Read More
Have to say I was surprised to see bum bags available near me…why ‘surprised’? Well when they first appeared in ‘fashion’ in the 1980’s…they were definitely a ‘fashion no no’ along with shellsuits (ahhhh!). Although bumbag’s are very practical they were laughed at and included in numerous comedy sketches of the time representing the opposite of Read More
I nearly tripped up the other day over some ‘gold’ and ‘silver’ plated ‘Chanel’ tea sets (not an everyday occurrence I can assure you). I had to take a few shots ASAP (I have to be super quick as a lot of people don’t like me taking photos sometimes…Or rather ask ‘awkward’ questions that I don’t Read More
It’s round and fluffy and usually very colourful it’s the Pom-Pom! Now ‘everyone’ knows Pom-Poms have been very big in fashion recently so the fact that they are on beach bags (now reduced by the way) is not that surprising. We are now use to seeing Pom-Poms on winter wear and accessories, but my recent search shows there is no Read More
Browsing through one of those free fashion magazines I came across a trend that I have not seen before ‘missed a bit lips’ I’m like…what? Though it immediately brought to mind various mannequins I’ve spotted with a very similar though unintentional look (also nowhere near as neat…more ‘edgy’ and ‘crooked’ shall we say…) more scratched on and Read More
Baseball hats? No…not in my ‘normal’ fashion repertoire, I have never worn one ever. Never even thought of wearing one and my goodness it just wouldn’t suit me…but that does not stop me noticing a good number of mannequins donning a baseball hat recently, including one rather rude one…They have had some bad reputation in the Read More
With the ever hot weather the Boot sale season is in full swing and I’ve been gadding about ‘Boot fair country’ (I know it’s not a place it just feels like it…) I just love…never knowing what you might come across will it be ‘treasure’ or trash? I certainly don’t go there expecting to unearth a lost Turner, Read More
There is a catchall that has been prevalent and pervasive across all media, that has been grating on me excruciatingly, and that is when ‘We are’ is put in front of everything and infuriatingly states and insists ‘We are train’ (how…exactly?) ‘We are festival’ again how? ‘We are tombola?!’…etc and so on…of course once one company Read More
I’ve been rather delayed getting my web hosting sorted, I had no idea it would be so complicated, time-consuming and to be honest rather painful…And I’ve still not got to the bottom what happened to my last blog post…that is still a real mystery! Anyway ‘back to business’ Straw Hats they are everywhere near me…and with the very warm and Read More
seems i’ve ‘gone down the caf’ well my very recent published blog post has disappeared…down some web ‘worm-hole’ I guess so under investigation….back soon hopefully (I mean it’s not like I’ve got millions of fans or anything – I wish…] guess it’s just a web related mystery at the minute I mean you can’t ‘steal’ Read More
I just wonder whether the messages on a coaster and purse I spotted in a Charity Shop recently will in the future be made totally redundant? Maybe not in the sense of ‘Shop A Lot’ lady, as she can still shop a lot online, but for ‘one more shopping day till tomorrow’ that does not Read More
With the aftermath of the Royal wedding starting to ‘calm down’ it was very good news to see Stephanie the Charity Shop mannequin dressed ‘fit’ for a Royal event albeit with no shoes and er…no bag…oh well…not all the boxes can be ticked all of the time! Though with a very bright cerise feathered hat Read More
My natural nails have been suffering they peel, they crack and constantly break, they are weak and look well…not that ‘great’. I apply nail polish that ‘guarantees 7 day wear’ only to chip almost immediately, and rather fed up with this dilemma, I thought what about trying some false nails? Aka ‘falsies’, so that’s exactly what Read More
I can’t say I’m really the one for high heels or whether they’re ‘trending’ right now, but it’s not escaped my notice shoes and boots of very high heels have made a strong appearance in most of the Charity Shops near me. Also most of them are in very good condition probably been worn only a Read More
