Ciao belle
Haven't read through the hundred posts I have missed but did see Tracey can't make meet up which has made me a bit 
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I am back from my travels and am drowning under the pile of washing and unpacking from 2 weeks in Greece and a long weekend in Italia.
I am only popping in quickly but had to share a few purchases with you all from Bologna (perfect for a weekend's shopping) I bought these while dp engaged in some serious shopping in Belstaff and came away with a jacket, coat, boots and a weekend bag 
. They are really comfortable and feel more special than the others I'd been looking at. While in the shop I fell head over heels in love with these. In rl they are actually a really dark blue colour. They fit my calves perfectly and I tried them with dark skinnies and they looked great. I went back and tried them 4 times 
and did think of swapping the motorbike boots for them but they're nowhere near as practical. I am half thinking about abandoning my search for black boots and getting them for Christmas. Should I?
I still need some long flat black boots though I think. I tried these on in Italy and they looked lovely but didn't have my size in the black and now I can't find them anywhere. I've had a look at the Ash remix studded boots instead but am not as smitten and now must track these down.
Got dd some lovely bits in Petit Bateau including a cool bright yellow mac which she won't take off. I got a beautiful dark navy cashmere dress with an envelope neck with a few buttons either side. It's so soft and I think it will be a wardrobe staple this winter. I can't find it on their website to link to. What colour tights should I wear with it? Is it ok to wear a navy dress with black tights or boots or should I go for navy tights (spied some nice Falke ones)?
Are any of you familar with Carla G? I got some lovely bits in there including some beautiful grey soft trousers and a dove grey cashmere roll neck.
Sisley always has some good basics and I got some great dark beige/camel skinny combats, a grey wool button roll neck dress/jumper and few plain roll necks.
Max & Co had some beautiful "pieces" including this coat was stunning in rl and made me stop in my tracks when I walked into the shop. I didn't get it (I am not a fur fan) but looked so lovely.
I tried on a lovely blouse in Max Mara in a kind of gingery colour but they didn't go up to a size big enough for my post bf chest . They have some beautiful things in and the stunning shop assistants played with dd while I sipped a glass of prosecco and browsed. Pretty close to my idea of heaven.
Right, off to look at some of the links.