Butterflies and Bows

Out comes the sun, out come the summer frocks.

Poor things, they live in a blanket chest for most of the year. I layer up with tights and cardis for as long as possible but there does come a time when they have to be packed away. It's always fun digging them out again though!



I bought this beaut on one of my very first shopping trips after losing all the weight and for that reason alone, it has a special little place in my heart. Also it's very pretty. If you hadn't already guessed from the blog title, I do enjoy a pretty frock.



The one bad thing about it is that I always, always forget how short it is. I spend the entire day reminding myself NOT to bend over. If only it were this long!



Ah well. Shall attempt not to scandalise people whilst wearing it.  And if I accidentally do, I can always distract them with the beauty of my pretty new heels!


Dress - Primark
Cardi - H&M
Heels - Irregular Choice 'Secret Pair'

New Sandals

Usually I moan a bit when it starts to get hot.  I am fairly rubbish in the heat: I don't like getting hot and sweaty, I burn and freckle rather than going lovely and brown, my upper arms aren't fit for human gaze, that sort of thing.

At the moment I am a big fan of the warm weather.  I have no time for anything right now. Work is insanely busy and when I'm not there, I'm trying to project manage about 8 different contractors who are fixing the house for me, looking after Monty three days a week and trying to have some form of social life as well.  Picking out pretty outfits is kinda low on the priority list at the mo, therefore summer is pleasing me greatly.

Dress, cardi, sandals and I'm good to go!

On a side note, I am loving these pretty sandals. Toe posts make my feet bleed and Birkenstocks make my eyes bleed. Trying to find sandals with a flat bar across the foot that aren't either massively strappy gladiator style things or frumpy old-lady shoes can sometimes be tricky but the Les Tropeziennes range is fab for me! Very glad I discovered them.

Pretty sole too! (or at least it was until I wore most of the pattern off...)

Dress - Dorothy Perkins sale
Cardi _ H&M
Sandals - Les Tropeziennes

I Bought A Pencil Skirt

I did it. Woooooooo.  Thanks for the encouragement on my last post - you spurred me on into buying the beautiful skirt after all.

Hark at me wearing the heck out of a pencil skirt.



Well, hmmm. Ish?

To be fair to the skirt, it's not that part of the outfit that made me censor 88 of the 93 photos I took of it. It's my face and torso I hate today instead. FUN.  The back view is fine though!



I have never been one of those "does my bum look big in this?" people. My arse is fine, thank you very much. Even if it wasn't, I can't see it, so I don't really care.

Now to try and spread that attitude towards the rest of my bod...


Skirt - George
Top - H&M
Cardi - Gap
Heels - Dorothy Perkins

Just to further prove I'm not the naturally glamorous type and to partly explain the veto-ing of the majority of today's pics, most of them looked somewhat like this:



I don't know what I'm doing either.

A Skirt Called Paddington

I MADE A SKIRT.

Look!

It took an extreme amount of faffing but this is par for the course where me and crafty things are concerned. I spent most of Sunday blankly staring at some pattern pieces on the floor and trying to get my head round how it would work. I failed. The fabric wasn't the right shape and size and it was all far too difficult. So I went rogue, ditched that pattern, made up the skirt from my favourite Simplicity 2444 frock and attached it to the waistband of the skirt pattern I was considering originally. It all worked out rather well in the end. And this was the first time I've ever done a proper waistband or mixed two patterns together so yay me!

I feel like I've done the marvellous fabric a little bit of justice. It totally deserved to be turned into something excellent. Do you want to see some closeups? Of course you do!

Artist Paddington!

Cake sniffing Paddington!

Cricketing Paddington!

Table hurdling Paddington!

Chimney Sweep Paddington!

Tisn't Paddington without marmalade, so I had a marmalade sandwich to celebrate finishing it.

Red shoes make me happy.

Jumper - H&M
Skirt - handmade
Awesome Mary Janes - Dorothy Perkins sale