Good evening ladies
Thank you all for your kind words. It's an incredibly hard time. Your thoughts really do mean a lot to me.
Shopping has as ever proved a good escape.
The best purchase has been these mid wedge Ash "trainers" I've had my eye on them for ages but ended up letting my sisters' opinions reason get the better of me and got some flat ones. I've now ebayed those and love the new ones. They are very comfortable and go well with all my kind-of-harems and skinny jeans.
I have several pairs of Houlialikes. The most recent pair were from Joy and are a bit higher waisted (without being high waist) and grey and I love them. Not bad for £40. Am now thinking of getting these real navy J Brands. I recall Hells has some - are they really low rise? I wonder if they'll look dated too soon as I am getting them so late to justify the price tag.
I have bought this black light sweatshirt which is a kind of suedy material and I love. I've been asked three times if it is a Micky Mouse jumper 
though!? I've not worn this Velvet top yet & may return it as it isn't entirely compatible with my life and I already have lots of things I can only wear when I go out without dd twice a year. I also let dd guide me into purchasing a grey sweatshirt with an abstract polar bear on the front and a grey and cream lace one from Topshop which is surprisingly flattering.
I bought these Bloches in red and these in sable though now think I should've headed to TKMaxx first. I am not sure about the red ones but the grey ones are lovely. I was planning on wearing the red ones with jeans in spring and they are very comfortable. Dd loves them too so they will probably stay.
I got a lot in the Reiss sale including this grey sweatshirt (am I only to wear grey sweatshirts from now on ?),this lovely simple dress for holidays, this top for over skinnies but may well return, this navy plain jumper which looks great with last year's M&S red and navy animal print scarf. I also got these blue flares and sent them back and then reordered them. I really like them and even if they won't get much wear I like looking at them (and fit in a size 10 
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Warehouse have also done me proud. This is grey and animal print so very me, this gold warrior dress was in the sale and I'll wear it in Italy, this is thin but nice over a cream lace vest and these trousers are great for every day wear. These are nice too for any other harem wearers.
I am not normally a big fan of sequins but I keep looking at this sparkly number longingly. I also like this though I own a similar Primark one . This is so beautiful but not in my price range.
I've realised I've missed out all my asos and All Saints gear but this is already a mammoth post 
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Reine I hope tomorrow goes well.
Finally, Roma I saw this in Warehouse while looking on line for links. It's orangey coral.