2012...In Outfits

I love doing this annual post.

I have a fairly good idea of what's in my wardrobe at any given time because it's not big enough that I can lose things in there. The ironing pile is a different matter though. Things can be in there for months because ironing is a complete and utter bore and I only do it when strictly necessary. So when I go through all my outfit posts from the past year, I end up marvelling at all the nice tights and cute frocks that I'd completely forgotten about. I may even iron some of them now.

Here are some of my favourite outfits of 2012:

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

What's your favourite? 

I think I love the May check dress and November cape best but don't ask me to narrow it down any further than that!

The Best Bits of 2012

2012, on the whole, was a good year.  I was rifling back through the past 365 days worth of diary entries yesterday and although according to that I spent a fair proportion of the year being cross (this is the problem when you use your diary as a venting space), I spent much more of it having a lot of fun.

Here is a random selection of some of the best bits. I'm sure I've forgotten something...

- Went to the Olympics!  Also became, as per usual, massively obsessed with the Olympics and Paralympics and did little else except watch sport and cheer madly all summer.

- Watched 35 films at the cinema.  And interestingly, I didn't see a really bad one (although Anna Karenina was Not Good). J. Edgar was definitely the dullest but the homoerotic subplot saved it slightly.  Even more interestingly, James Nesbitt (who I loathe) was in two of my top films of the year: Coriolanus and The Hobbit.  I think The Artist just about wins the award for my favourite film of the year (to the extent that I don't really want to watch it again in case it's not as good second time round) but The Raid and Looper deserve honourable mentions too, just for being different.

- Started up A Blogging Good Read which has been wonderful fun and has really expanded my reading horizons.  Thank you so much to everyone that has taken part so far.  I need more contributors for this year so do please let me know if you're interested, even if you've done it before!

- Holidayed in Wales:

Edinburgh:

Yorkshire:

Belfast:

And Derbyshire:

- Got new specs:

- Had a truly amazing time at Bestival:

- Took up fence judging at British Eventing competitions. Definitely one of the best things I did during 2012.

- Went to the zoo for the first time!

- Had the best pre-Christmas treat ever at Olympia.  Amongst many amazing things, I finally got to see the Shetland Pony Grand National!

- Bought my first pair of Converse.  Am now a total convert and own a bright green pair and a tweed pair as well!

And here are some of my favourite photos from the year.  Cos it turns out that things are better when I smile instead of looking at the floor!