Monday, 30 May 2016
Hola from Segovia!
Just a few snapshots for you from lovely Segovia, our first leg of Big Goddaughter's 18th birthday trip. Yup, it was very rainy, with dramatic skies, when we arrived.
Friday, 27 May 2016
Some day my prints will come
While packing for my holiday, I noticed how many printed fabrics I wear nowadays. Prints are funny things. Somehow, the prints we choose are even more personal than our choice of colour. While there are colours I'm not fond of wearing myself, there are people who can wear them or use them in a way that makes me look at those colours afresh. There's room for every colour in a wardrobe. I can't say the same for prints. There are plenty of prints that I just don't like. I often get frustrated as repro firms sell clothes in silhouettes I love, then pick a print I'd never wear in my life. (Though I may well like them on you, because we are different people and what looks dreadful on me might just be perfect on you!)
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Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Four Mysteries
When I saw that 4160 Tuesdays were fundraising via Indiegogo to create four new perfumes, all inspired by 1930s murder mysteries, I was intrigued. I love perfume, I love vintage crime novels, and I try to fund kickstarters every once in a while because I believe in giving people the chance to create beautiful things and follow their dreams – we all need dreams. I joined in, and received my four spray vials recently. I'll be getting a book to go with the perfumes, but that's being shipped later than the scents. This is a good thing, as it meant I could try each perfume on with no preconceptions, then look up the notes the perfume company says it has, and I guess I'll see if it goes with the story when the book turns up.
Sunday, 22 May 2016
Bathroom complete - after a horrible week!
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Pair of wonks |
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Sod it, I'm shopping
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I went to see Vix; a new dress was a bonus! |
Friday, 13 May 2016
Cancelled costume drama!
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So long, Peggy and Jarvis... |
Most of my favourites could be described as 'genre' shows, but now it seems even straight dramas aren't immune to the curse of cancellation. According to an article in The Guardian, Channel 4 recently revealed there would be no third series of Indian Summers. That announcement seems to have sneaked out under most people's radars, but when ITV announced the cancellation of Home Fires earlier this week, people were annoyed enough to start a petition for the decision to be reversed. (You can sign the Home Fires petition here.)
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television
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Good post day
The weather may have turned horrible - we're on a Yellow weather warning for rain down here in the south-west of England - but the postman brightened my day up no end. Today I had two parcels waiting for me when I got home.
Monday, 9 May 2016
Shorter hair, don't care
Shoulder-length hair often seems like a bit of a no-man's-land, not as sassy as a bob and not as eyecatching as long hair. I dunno, though, it seems to suit me better. I did trim it off a bit a couple of weeks ago, so it was shorter in my most recent outfit post, but over the weekend I really decided to go for it.
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hair
Saturday, 7 May 2016
Bobby Darin Swings [CD]
Where we got this CD is an absolute mystery to me. I think we must have inherited it from Mr Robot's mum, because I'd have been playing it much more if I'd known we had it.
We already own a CD called Sinatra Swings, and were a little disappointed in that. I have reviewed it (here), but in short, it wasn't as upbeat as we'd hoped for. This Bobby Darin CD has all the swing we wanted, the cheek and confidence of 1960s Las Vegas.
Friday, 6 May 2016
Something steamy for the weekend
Atelier Fabry-Perot: things made of NOM |
There should be lots of clothing to buy from a range of manufacturers. Laserists Atelier Fabry-Perot will be there with their wares - they make lovely stuff; Pippin ate a few of their Christmas decorations back in December, but she hasn't trashed the vase engraved with cog-fossils that I got from them. There will be lots of accessories on sale too. Several of the stalls are offering hats, and Skewwers, who I bought my excellent rocketship brooch from, are going to be vending.
All in all, should be great. I won't be able to make it, but if you're in south Wales it would make a fun excursion - and you can dress as vintage as you like without getting funny looks!
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Crinoline Robot's vintage week
My boy has been poorly but is all better now |
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vintage week
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Direct Hit: The Blitz Detective [book]
Foyle's War has been one of my favourite things on telly in recent years, and I'm going to miss not having more programmes starring Foyle and Sam, so when I spotted this 1940s-set crime novel in the Oxfam bookshop in Bath, I pounced. Could it fill in the gap?
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