Dear friends. Just like that, the year draws to a close. The weather in December was mostly mild, except at the start, with a few blustery and showery spells. I saw Madness in Bournemouth, had a girls' night out, a couple of museum trips, lots of walks and of course we celebrated Christmas.
Dear friends. Hope you all had a suitably festive and enjoyable break. I'm always glad when it's all over, but I expect that's a minority view!
I am always looking for a gold skirt and sequins in "my" spring colours, so I was thrilled to find this faux leather skirt from Never Fully Dressed. It has a tie belt which is useful for pulling the waist in, as this type of material can be a bit rigid.
I found the lime sequin top back in the summer at M&S and knew it would be pressed into service over Christmas!
The boots are also a current season purchase from Oliver Bonas. The bag is an old purchase from New Look. I use it on our summer holiday because it's quite spacious!
I'm not wearing this outfit today, Christmas Day. It's just me and hubs today and he would think I'd gone mad if I appeared wearing this. Tomorrow there will be 8 of us for Boxing Day and I'll probably wear a (tasteful) Christmas jumper.
Let's see how the other members of the Style Not Age collective got on. Anna from Anna's Island Style is wearing a Christmas present from her son, a silver and gold trouser suit by Lavish Alice. Boots are old, silver and white sequin top is a charity shop find and all jewellery is old.
This is what Hilda from Over the Hilda is wearing today. A stylish but comfortable co-ords set from FRNCH, current.
Jacqui from Mummabstylish has a splash of festive red with trousers from Tu via Vinted, shirt borrowed from her daughter, shoes New Look and beads a present from one of the children when they were at school.
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Dear friends. Our final Tell Us About prompt for 2023 is in the hands of Debbie from Deb's World and it's Celebration.
Let's get in my time machine and go back to the 60s and 70s for a typical birthday and Christmas celebration.
Dear friends. 2023 was the year I got shirty. In the UK, if you're shirty, you're fed up. But I'm using it in the sense of.....wearing shirts.
I have had a few shirts in my life of course, but in the last 10 years I stopped wearing them because they did me no favours. It turned out I was missing out, because shirts and blouses in soft and flowing fabrics are my friend.
First, let's discuss the difference between a shirt and a blouse.
#WhatsBeenOnYourBookshelf
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Dear friends. We're nearly at the end of 2023 so I thought it a good time to assess my book blogging year and favourite reads, plus a preview of what's coming in 2024.
But first, let's look at what I read in December. Not many books come out in December, so although I've read several this month, I'll be talking about them next year. Asterisk indicates books I bought myself. Others were given to me by NetGalley and publishers in return for an honest review.
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I'm sure you'll agree that seeing 10 women aged from 39 to 77 in skirts of all descriptions shows how universal fashion and style really are.
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Dear friends. Would you like to get your hands on over £150 worth of beauty treats, some full size, and all brand new? It's very easy.
