Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you're having/have had a lovely day. We don't tend to go in much for Easter gifts in this house but a couple of lovely friends gave me presents. The book turned up unexpectedly courtesy of my friend Lee and the utterly adorable Peter Rabbit glove puppet was from Lisa. And yes, I did immediately put it on and start acting that I was in Mr McGregor's garden. The egg is courtesy of my Dad - bless him, he knows I'm still struggling with the diet so this has 3 champagne truffles (dairy free of course) inside. I've had one and I'll ration out the others. Plus the everso pretty egg is actually a little storage pot!




I've got the rare treat of having the house to myself today so have enjoyed a bit of an indulgent morning. A leisurely read through the Sunday paper, a homemade Easter scone and a lovely cup of tea, ahhhh bliss! The rest of the day has been far more dull as I've slogged through 3 hours worth of ironing but it needed doing so I feel fairly pleased with myself now.

And as I did promise the pics, here is the new blazer. I've been on the hunt for a jersey blazer for ages but I've never found one that's quite right as they tended to be a bit shapeless. This is such a great cut and looks fab on, even if I do say so myself! I think I've just about got over the shopping guilt. It wasn't expensive as such (£35) but that was about all the money I had free to spend on clothes this month and I hadn't planned to blue it all on one thing. Ah well, I plan on getting a fair bit of wear out of it.

It's part of my races outfit, to go over the blue and cream polka dot dress I bought on the big March shopping trip. Other parts of the outfit - shoes and cute hairband - were an early birthday present from my best friend and the timing couldn't have been better as it had completely escaped my memory that I actually needed to put together a nice outfit. I don't usually dress up for the races as we don't go on Ladies Day (the clothes/hair/makeup then has to be seen to be believed!) but I am full of body confidence this year and I want to wear something pretty! Pics of the whole outfit up on Thurs/Fri this week. Any idea about what to wear on my legs? I don't want the outfit to be unrelentingly navy, much as I love it...