This Week

I have been

Buying:

Quite a few skater dresses as I needed some more wardrobe basics and I've established this is one of the shapes that suits me best. Bravo H&M for stocking a basic dress in lots of colours at a very reasonable price.

And this Pearl Lowe for Peacocks beauty which was in the sale. It's far bolder than anything I'd usually go for and the sleeves are somewhat impractical but isn't it beautiful? Not impressed with any of the other dresses though - the cut and patterns might be nice but the fabrics feel utterly cheap and vile.

Taking:

it easy. This is the first weekend in about 3 months where I haven't had any real plans and it's been lovely to just doss around the house and do what I wanted.

Watching:

Lots and lots of World Equestrian Games coverage. God bless the BBC. I may be a little miffed that they showed all of the first two sections of dressage and not the dressage to music which I was dying to watch, and that they ballsed up about the start time of the cross country which meant I missed the first hour of it but really I shouldn't moan. I know equestrian sports are a niche interest and they've shown about 15 hours of coverage of it this week which is just brilliant.

And we've done really well! Team silver in the dressage and two individual silvers for Laura Bechtolsheimer which is stunningly good news. Holland have a wonder horse who no-one is ever going to beat so we didn't expect gold but she was so, so good. There's a video of her test here and even if you don't quite get the technical skill involved, it's still beautiful to watch. Then today we won team gold in the three day eventing and individual silver for William Fox-Pitt. I met him when I was at an impressionable age and I think he started off my love for tall posh men. He's such a lovely man.

Making:

Pom-pom necklaces! They really are so easy to make and I'm having much fun playing around with different colour combinations. I've done another two and a half since my post about them, and am planning a funky headband type one next.

Trying:

To work out how to use the self timer feature on my new camera and keep things in focus. Not having much luck so far, hence the lack of outfit posts! I doubt photos like this one would be much use. I don't know why I'm posing so weirdly either...

Wishing:

I was still on holiday. I do love my job but I feel really tired at the moment and in need of more time off. Unlikely that'll be happening any time soon though.

Liking:

The John Lewis autumn/winter fashion mag thing. Who'd have thought it? Almost everything is out of my price range but I can look at the Celia Birtwell silk dresses and the lovely boots and wish for a lottery win or a sugar daddy or something...

Wondering:

Why I have such an enormous capacity for making a mess? I try and give my room a quick tidy-up at the end of the day but it always ends up a huge tip again by the next evening. I just don't think I'll ever be a tidy person.