Cue trumpet fanfare....it's MN VOGUE Vol 50, yes, it's that old. Come and celebrate with us and wave your handbags in support [fgrin]

[Drywhiteplease]

Ok, Voguettes. Gather round. Hands out of pockets. No fiddling. Stand still. Look forward. Loud voices please.

"On the first day of Christmas Santa gave to me an exploding Chanel bag for liberty
On the 2nd day of Chrismas santa gave to me a tin of tuna in spring water for marsha and an exploding Chanel bag for liberty
On the 3rd day of Xmas Santa gave to me a red non Christmassy lipstick for the newly wintered Shop and an exploding Chanel bag for liberty"

sleep face front! One get back in the front row I can't see you. Betty stop using your sleeve! here's a tissue .

"On the 4th day of Xmas Santa gave to me some blue nail varnish for linus to piss her mother up how common and an exploding Chanel bag for liberty
On the 5th day of Xmas Santa gave to me a blingy ring and a security man to make sure she doesn't loose it for Novice and an EX CH bag for Lib
On the 6th day of Xmas Santa gave to me an exercise DVD and an S Club 7 album for Sleep because she's just too cool musically and an EX Ch Bag for liberty"

WILL you PLEASE stand up AWks!!!!

"On the 8th day of Xmas santa gave to me an AW Rocco for Amber to add to the collection and an EXP Ch Bag for liberty
On the 9th day of Xmas Santa gave to me some yellow Boden trousers that are very useful for being spotted by strangers at Kings Cross for FedUp and an Exp CH Bag for liberty
On the 10th day of Xmas Santa gave to me an enormous bag of Dairy Milk for the old times for QueenC and an exp Ch bag for liberty
On the 11th day of Christmas Santa helped me break into mara's house and steal her Hermes black wrap bracelet because they bloody won't answer the sodding phone and let me buy one for myself, and an Exploding Chanel bag for liberty

Altogether now Shop put your crown straight and stop pulling Marsha's hair!!

On the 12th day of Christmas Santa gave to me.......50 bottles of fizz to celebrate Blair's forthcoming nuptials and the fact that our lovely thread has been going for so long............and an Exploding bag for liberty

new people always welcome to this thread where we ramble on about clothes and life generally. We are friendly. Happy Christmas everyone

Wikihow says use Baking Soda on oil stains on suede........
Karbea have you missed your Pistols? If not, don't repeat buy.

Apparently you can also sand down nubuck with a pumice stone? Who knew?!

shopafrolic I've definitely missed a smart, lowish heeled boot, which is why I've ended up in my uggs a lot - which has just made me feel,scruffy!
I'd really like create myself a little capsule wardrobe that I can just keep adding to.
I'm thinking, black boots, black jeans (would love leather (or faux) but can't see any I really like that aren't £1k+!), white/cream/black blouse, black blazer... I'm slightly worried I'd freeze my arse off in this at the mo tho. Any idea how to winterise it?
I feel like I need a little uniform to give my style a little confidence boost... Anyone have an inspired suggestions?

I've just spent TWENTY WHOLE ENGLISH POUNDS on these black beauties www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=12556&catalogId=33057&productId=16080644&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=#BVRRWidgetID remind you of any others?

Merry Christmas everyone

topshop

I just bought a cook book :/

so did I moro

Karbea Uniqlo Hitech vest......Mine goes on in Nov, comes off in April! So thin you can wear under anything.
Then a scarf....cashmere pref.

This www.amazon.co.uk/The-Eating-Well-Jasmine-Hemsley/dp/0091958326/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZPB7TEYTHP7NMRBB275

The hitech vests look amazing!

I am living in heat tech long sleeved t under everything at the mo too, fantastic.

Karbea I have Hemsley Hemsley, brilliant book, I love their approach to food/eating well.

Hi back ladies :)

Lovely sweater, Liberty, please report back.

Dh checks the credit card bill weekly online, Sleep. Always fun!! Hope ds gets better soon.
Argh, Stokey, I"d stick to vodka for a while.
Shop ... we should meet in Westfield and do a mass try on of otk boots. The Dune ones were a little short on me. Turquoise had 5050s and said they did slip down but this was after a couple of years.

Liberty, lovely top.

I hate my phone. Can only see my mistakes after I post!

Another heat tech fan here. I need to get another. The scoop neck are fab for putting under anything.

You lot would have laughed at me last night, I tried out the very red new Rimmel lipstick I bought for nye Morticia outfit in the bathroom. It looked crazy, but wouldn't bloody come off (bearing in mind I am a sheer lipstick person). Micellaire water turned it purple! Eventually managed to shift it with Vaseline but it was a panic...so if any of you are looking for a long stay lippie, this is it

Eek Sleep I'll be staying well away from that!!!

blimey sleep! that reminds me of that lipstick you paint on and then put the gloss over. very drying. whats that one called again? how is ds?

There is a topcoat with it Novice, not that I even got that far . DS1 slept all night and is loads better this morning thank you, hurrah ! How about you?

I am better but still not well. I did get up to make the dcs breakfast but have slinked back to bed. Thanks for asking.

The lipstick I was thinking of was lipfinity by max factor - you have to use oil based make up remover to shift it!

Sorry meant to say that's v good about ds. are they back at school next week?

Ds was awake crying in the night as his leg hurt. It happens every so often, does anyone else's dc randomly get this?

Novice hope you feel better soon.

Sleep sounds v strong!

Shop those Matches buys are lovely.

I could get some heat tech, esp if they are long enough to tuck in.

Sorel boots here today, not quite in time for Berlin ;

Hello Voguettes,

Commiserations to all of you fellow sufferers of the Christmas lurgy, novice, shop and various dh/dc iirc. I have been feeling rotten since boxing night, have existed solely on sips of lemonade for 48hrs but finally starting to feel a bit better.

We are in the mountains & going to the coast tomorrow to start the NY celebrations. Big party for the adults at friends' house and separate dc party organised including sleepover. An excellent idea! Going to wear my plum Zarita with choo patent heels. Will be nice to get dressed up for a change.

Cranagh great to hear from you. Did you get the 5050s?

Stokey all wines need some sulphites as I think sleep already said but organic/biodynamic producers keep it to a minimum. We went on a champagne tour where a producer explained that people think sulphite free is desirable but in reality the wine would be completely unpalatable.

Marsha the pain in legs thing could be growing pains. It used to happen to some dc I babysat for when I was a teenager. At first the parents thought they were playing up re bedtime but turned out that it was due to growth spurts.

Btw I did chuckle at Dry's advice re potential wine allergy; 'have you tried gin?'

Hello all

Hope those feeling ill are better soon, still feeling a bit under the weather myself but a lot better than i was last week

Hello stylish ones.

Thoughts on these trousers please.... Menopausal madness or rather nice? Would wear with a lightweight knit I think...

TIA.

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Totally depends on your body shape Queenie. I think they could look good on a boyish straight up and down type figure. I think there is a camel toe risk if they cling on hips or thighs. Welcome BTW