Colour me orange

Hello lovelies! This was my favourite outfit from last week - the one that seemed to garner the most attention and compliments. A beautiful spring day with a fabulous blue sky deserved an equally fabulous outfit.

Fabulous, but nothing new here. I'm gradually culling my wardrobe, keeping only these hardworking pieces that I know I love and will continue to wear often. After gathering clothes for goodness knows how long, I'm on the big dejunk that happens later on in life (yes, this applies to me as I knock on the door of my 70's).

Orange is such a happy colour, a true burst of joy for me. The jacket was a Vinted find, the dress was from New Look many moons ago, belt was from Amazon and baseball boots were from Primark. If you happen to visit Tresco this summer then it's highly likely you'll see me wearing this as it's a real feel-good outfit.

The jacket is one of my truly interactive pieces, prompting lots of comments. Mostly it's referred to as my Sargeant Pepper jacket or my Freddy Mercury jacket - I'm perfectly happy with either of these.

The orange perpex rings are indeed old, but are perfect pairing for this look.

The chunky necklace always gets me compliments and suprises people when they hear it was a buy from TopShop when they were trading. (Boo hoo, I do miss TopShop!) My sunglasses are from Quay Australia and really are ancient.

The cream woven baseball boots look deceptively smart and yet come from Primark. A flat shoe is always all-day comfortable and this was a long day, ending with a drinks party at work.

I do rememeber watching a programme over 10 years ago, called the Fabulous Fashionistas which definitely impacted on me and the idea of creating my own fashion blog. One of the ladies spoke about her outfits saying if she had a favourite that she would often wear it for several days consecutively, up to a whole week in fact. This is one of those outfits that I could wear on repeat without tiring of it.

Thanks for joining me and I hope you have a lovely week!

                                                                    Anna x

Bank holiday weekend

Hi there! How's your Bank holiday going?This is me on our fine Bank holiday Monday taking a breather on the quay at New Grimsby. At last we have some fine weather here after an entire weekend of fog. It's been the World Pilot Gig Championship festival on the Isles of Scilly this weekend and some of the races have been affected by poor visibility. The event finished on Sunday meaning today will be a leisure day before the crews all start to disperse and make their way home. I personally haven't been involved but the vibe is always a positive one over these weekends.

I've had a week off work to play at my sewing machine, although it's not been fun and games all the time. I'm a bit held up while I wait for supplies to come through the post which is painfully slow. I've started sewing dress number two despite dress number one still needing adjustments around the neck. I think I need to replace the interfacing as it's too heavy. This is all very hit and miss, but is a very good learning curve for me.

Apart from sewing, my other tasks were to defrost the freezer (done, tick) and make a batch of soup for my lunches (two week's portions, done, tick) and then to undertake the bi-annual clothes changeover (done, tick). Which is where today's outfit comes from. The gingham seersucker shirt was new from TK Maxx last summer, but this is the first time I've worn it. In addition, the gingham baseball boots were a new purchase also last summer from Primark but never worn. It was great to discover them when I opened one of the suitcases; in fact I've come across a few other things that still have labels on them that were packed away at the end of the season. My jeans are by Curve Appeal (old) and are uber comfy with lots of stretch.

I do love filling my wardrobe with all of my colourful summer clothes! I can't wait to get back to work now. One of the other things I've done in the midst of this changeover is a big dejunk. I've thrown out 22 pairs of shoes that were truly sad and worn through - much loved to the point of being worn out so off they go to the bin. In addition I've filled an entire holdall with shoes and anther with clothes that I'll be selling on Vinted over the next few months. I've been quite honest with myself and decided that these will never be worn by me again, so off they go!

The 60's necklace and bracelet were both charity shop finds as was the funky ring. Sunglasses are by Radley London.

I'll probably nip out later to swim on the high tide this afternoon and then I'll spend another couple of hours at my sewing machine before dinner. My week off has been lovely, very restorative and just what I needed. 

                                                                                          Anna x