Anyone else given up even thinking of buying summer clothes?

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Forecast of rain till end of month. That leaves 2 months. 8 weeks.
Why do we even bother? And will the sales be huge ?

Pinot is that shoreline jacket waterproof?

jacket? not me, guv

Gah... I meant pesto

2003 also very hot. Was on beach at easter

aha!

2003 I vaguely recall. I was knee deep in babies. Had my 3rd son in 3 years that spring. It's all a blur tbh.

I am 36 weeks pregnant and have nothing to wear! I had stupidly planned on wafting around in maxi dresses and sandals- am now trying to squash myself into winter coats and wearing the new boots I bought for pushing the pram in the autumn!

What a drag, I agree.

Last week I went to one of those open air film screenings (Grease) on the beach. I wore my knee length puffa coat with hood and fur, and ugg boots. Didnt look very glam. Yesterday I had my central heating on. THIS IS SUMMER FFS!

Loving this opportunity to openly whinge and moan

Ah, 2003, I was 18 and doing a poxy summer job where I had to wear tights as part of the uniform. It was 37 degrees, I was 18 and I spent that summer clad in tights and a tabard. I should have been washing cars provocatively in hot pants like Jessica Simpson. Sigh.

No, not at all. It's not been that cold! We've been able to swim outdoors this spring and had lots of days where the kids didn't need anything more than crop trousers, t-shirt and pumps. It's not summer yet - give it a chance - we've had a lovely spring, most days since Easter have been hot, it's just this last week or so that's been wet and we did need the rain.

TheNightSky yes it is.

I tested it on the undercliff walk last week and in spite of the waves crashing over the top of me, I managed to stay dry

I have also been out in it twice today and it keeps me nice & dry. I do hang it in the airing cupboard after a soaking though, just to dry it out properly.

Most days since Easterhave been hot

It's pissed down here practically everyday since Easter apart from brief hot spell at end of May.

And all the winters with the exception of last winter have been in -10's at least for weeks on end here

It's my fault OrangesandLemons,

I foolishly ordered a couple of bikinis and a nice pair of sandals online when the weather was hot....

should have known that would scupper any chance of Summery weather

sorry its my fault too, we have had solar panels fitted and since the day they went up there has been nothing but grey skies and rain.

We have also had lots of hot days!! At least three weeks in all of playing out all day, padddling pool and factor 50.

Im a sahm though so i can make the most of every good day.

Tonight the fire is on though and washing on a maiden. :-(

Can we not all collectively pray to the sun gods, sacrafice a glass of red each or something???

Or we could all treat ourselves to posh new wellies and brollies and fully-fledged wet-weather sailing gear and then see whether the weather gods take the bait.....

Waterproof jackets be damned, I can't believe MNers have missed Napdamnyou's post about a house swap in Grand Cayman in the school summer hols! If I was either in Norwich or London would be snapping up such an offer

You'd think the shops would learn. My 18-month old DS has grown out of his long sleeve tops and every shop I go into has bloody t-shirts but no long sleeve tops. So annoying.

ReportMeNow My sister lives in Cayman islands and comes here for the summer hols for the reason that it's too bloody hot and humid in Cayman!! She obviously (and understandably) moans about the crap weather here but it beats being baked with tired, sweaty and moaning children are too darned hot. She goes back for September. Can't win it seems!!

I thought it was just Switzerland where it has been soooo cold and rainy and yuck. I see people elsewhere aren't doing so good either.

I bet we'll all be eating our words when we have a flaming hot July

Today I'm wearing dark skinny jeans, tucked into my cowboy style boots with a shirt - so basically, my winter / early spring stuff. This weather is sooo depressing. I can't even be bothered to look at summer stuff
My best buys this year have proven to be:
Orla Kiely brolly
Lands End Waterproof parka (with HUGE hood)
Ash wedge trainers (who needs sandals)
Kew159 scarf (toasty)

So a brolly, parka, wedge trainers and scarf then. The brand is irrelevant surely?

Orangesandlemons, where do you live?

My DS is already tanned despite sun cream - and yes, we do live in England.
As is DD, and she doesn't normally tan.

"And all the winters with the exception of last winter have been in -10's at least for weeks on end here"

That's cold. We've not needed the heating on since the end of January. Looking at the heating thermostat tonight (after a cold, wet day), it's still 18 in here.