It's fabulous Dress Up Friday!


Welcome to another edition of Dress Up Friday!

Yes, it's that time again. The joy of dressing up has been a saviour for me this week as I've been a bit washed out. My behind the scenes hobby of late is the reclamation of a piece of land within our garden that hasn't been touched for over 50 years. Totally overgrown with brambles and bracken, I thought it might be a good idea to try to clear a patch for us to grow some veg. I'm an absolute novice at gardening and OMG, I didn't realise what this would mean! Steve broke the ground for me, but I've been in charge of digging and getting rid of the network of roots and weeds some 12 inches deep. The past month has been particularly exhausting, but we've got some plants in now and the tiny allotment is shaping up. Anyway, I think I kinda overdid it recently and have been paying the price this week. 




My Friday frock was a TK Maxx buy from a couple of summer's ago. The brand is Never Fully Dressed, is 100% polyester and yet moves like silk. I've only worn it once to a Gallery exhibition and this time I swapped the self tie belt for this charity shop black stretch belt. The plastic D rings are to make it adjustable.




The statement necklace is from Topshop, £10 in the sale (not this year).




I'm pleased to showcase these yellow and black snakeskin print sandals here - don't they match the dress so well? From New Look, again a sale item for £6.




Perhaps I need to do a bit of weeding before we do another photo shoot here next time?




This will be another everyday work frock when I get back to the Gallery in due course (although the shoes may be a bit high). I'll probably opt for some wedge sandals for height and comfort. Many thanks to The Brand Ambassadors Agency for creating the Dress Up Friday campaign.

Wishing you a lovely weekend!

Anna x

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  1. Lovely summery outfit, and all that gardening has helped keep you fit. By the way, the Scilly Isles feature in the latest Walk magazine - its the magazine for members of The Ramblers. Here's a link to the article : https://www.ramblers.org.uk/news/walk-magazine/current-issue/2020/june/summer-2020/scilly.aspx . Hope you get some more visitors if possible later this year.

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    1. So kind of you. Thanks too for the link - it's a lovely piece, and yes, hopefully we'll get some visitors back again soon.

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  2. anna! what a fun fun fun outfit! and the unintentional matching shoes? brilliant!
    xo Eva

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    1. Cheers. The shoes and dress teamed up well, didn't they?

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  3. I love that belt! The sunny dress is a joy to see. I tried to grow herbs and found that pretty lots of work, ha ha, nothing compared to your job.

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    1. The belt was a great find and only £1! Oh how I love a bargain x

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  4. I adore the style of your dress Anna, the sleeves are a beautiful shape and the colour is gorgeous.
    You look very well with all of that gardening exercise; it will be worth it when you reap the rewards with homegrown vegetables.
    Wishing you a happy weekend. X

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    1. The sleeves are very flattering aren't they? I'm really pleased to have rediscovered this dress and look forward to wearing it again to work sometime soon.

      The gardening has turned out to be a bigger task than we realised!

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  5. That's a beautiful dress, Anna. You've styled it very cleverly with the black belt. I know what you mean about dressing up. It gives us all a lift. I put some nice clothes on yesterday to have a socially distanced garden coffee with a great friend and I really felt the better for it.
    Have a lovely weekend!

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    1. I'm a huge fan of dressing up, mainly because it does make you feel better. Such a simple thing to do, but easy to forget in the current circumstances.

      Wishing you a lovely weekend too!

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  6. Gardening isn't for the faint hearted :-)) What a gorgeous dress this is, Anna, and I'm swooning over that belt. Here's to hoping you've got some sunshine this weekend. It's cold and dreary here in Belgium. xxx

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    1. Oh my goodness - you're so right! I've been exhausted by all that digging, but am nearly through the worst of it now, hurrah.

      It's a grey old day here today, so no photoshoot as planned :(

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  7. Ooh, I love this black and yellow outfit, Anna! It's smashing! Those heels are amazing, and what a deal on them. I would trim off the belt loops (no one tells me where to put my belt!), but that's just a fussy "me" thing. :)

    See, this is why I don't garden. It's always more work than you think it'll be!

    I hope your week ahead goes well, my dear!

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  8. Impressive! _ I'm going to try and get in on the act at some time Anna! Love the dress and the shoes really make it standout don't they! Jacqui x

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