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

Grrrr Bloody J Crew! So cross. Placed an order for this sweatshirt 2nd Dec. Order finally arrived today (WTF!) and they've sent the wrong sweatshirt, so now I have to stay in for them to do a DHL collection, and the replacement will be another 8-10 days. Rubbish. Wanted to wear it on Christmas Day - doubt that's going to happen.....

Santa that bag is so cute! I love bonpoint but definitely better for girls.

Lib have just been in tk maxx and they had the grey cashmere coatigan we both liked a while back in clearance for half price. I didn't get it though as picked up a theory jumper instead. Grey cashmere v-neck, very classic. Love the quality of theory knitwear.

amber you are hardcore.
shop what a pain as its a great jumper for Christmas day.
New lipstick purchase cassis passion. It was recommended on the winter thread. I really like it, shop you may too, as its just a bit less intense than full on fuschia.

What a shame Shop I bet you'd look fab in it too

amber dontcha know that sparkly things make every girl look like a princess enjoy your celebrations btw

Lovely links queenc

I'm still pushing through, really hoping i don't get any sicker, pretty certain i've got both infected cut and a water infection plus my chest still isnt right. Ahhh, I hate this time of year purely because of how ill I always seem to get. Anyway, one composition down, one half finished, one two thirds finished and i've got all the physical books I need to start making up my presentation. Very kindly one of the librarians helped me get the books off the shelves and to the desk so I wasn't struggling with them. Got a room reserved for tomorrow to get the rest of the compositions finsihed so that's alright.

Clothes wise, my most used item this winter has been my red cashmere cardigan, how about you lovely ladies?

Grrrrr for you Shop how annoying!
QueenC they're dropping like flies...hope your dd gets better so she can enjoy the few last days of school DVD watching
Amber go for it and goid for you. If I had invitations every night I'd give it a go and deal with feeling awful after I will never give in to age!

Mothers and daughters night out tonight. At 14 they are wuite good fun at the other end of the table .

I really don't know why I can't link from Pinterest any more. Driving me bonkers!

Shop that's rubbish service and surprisingly bad for a big US company. Nice sweatshirt as well so hope you get it sorted.

Got the email earlier from Outnet about extra 20% off & ordered this sweater dress to wear on Christmas Day. Not sure about the black sleeve but do have issues with asymmetry. With the discount and free shipping it's worth a try though.

lordy

for Novice

love Novice?

ooh Oscar stop it!

LINUS!!

The yellow Oscar looks like a parakeet.

love this but Chloe at my work .... Am looking for a black pinafore type dress like this

Yes santa, a dead one.

Have made the mistake of sitting down after running around like a maniac all day. I may never get up.

Black Chloé dress is gorgeous Dry but you're right would be less so covered in paint, snot etc...

Alas poor Oscar is no longer here to defend himself but would love to know the thinking behind the yellow monstrosity. Venetian carnival?!

That's rubbish from J Crew. I know it's not the same but I picked this up on Saturday. It's surprisingly nice and not as cropped as the photo. (search in clearance sequin star sweater £9 if this doesn't work) www.next.co.uk/clearance/?r=cs#%2Fsearch%3Fp%3DQ%26ts%3Dvision%26w%3D*%26cnt%3D16%26nxti%3D0%26nxtv%3D000%26isort%3Dbst%26sale%3DOFFERSNEW%26pfg%3D0FF3R5001%26images%3Don%26af%3Dcat%3Awomenswear+sub%3Atops%26div%3Dwomenswear%26group%3Dtops%26size%3D%26price%3D

dry www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33053&storeId=12552&productId=17903937&langId=-1&categoryId=&parent_category_rn=&searchTerm=DP07263210&resultCount=1

I beg you someone tell me how to do the links properly again

Thank you for your helpful comments about APrime. Have Netflix at the moment so may just stick with that for a while. to Fedup for offering to loan HOC, it's on Netflix so I think I can access Series 2 on there.

QueenC hope ds is feeling better, bless him, I'm closely following the bags link as I think I could be tempted by a black cross body bag although I have to say the grey BV you linked was gorgeous, plus a few others too.

Dry the black Chloe pinafore is very nice.

this JCrew jumper arrived today it arrived pretty quickly considering the time of year but alas it has to go back, it's too big. Hope my Tippis fare better, went for charcoal and black although was very tempted by the yellow one. Shop I like your jumper btw PITA that it won't arrive for Christmas.

Awks

Links are converted automatically. You can also use the following:
www.mumsnet.com gives www.mumsnet.com
Mumsnet gives Mumsnet

Follow the 2nd example to have words rather than the link showing.

Awks Bummer that wasn't supposed to happen I copied and pasted from where it says links below. Page down a bit and you'll find it

Awks I saw that dress on DP website. Exactly what I'm looking for. Looks a bit short though. BUT I'm a lot shorter than the model, so have given it a go, for that price it's worth a try.

Right.....for short links just do and with the copy and pasted link but put a word after, so.....
www.cartier.co.uk/collections/watches/womens-watches/tank/tank-francaise/w51007q4-tank-francaise-watch-small-model

Becomes my dream watch just Incase DH is reading

Awks, took me ages ages to do links properly; hope you've got it now.

Dry, that yellow dress is a bit, um, much. The ODLR navy dress however, is lovely.

Love the jumper Betty, shame it is too big. at the delivery time Shop. Worse than my recent BR order.

Which reminds me - am keeping this jumper. Also this
silk shirt which I also have in cream.

Queen hope your dc feels better soon as do you One.

Amber, enjoy your 6 nights of partying.

I was heavily pregnant with ds2 on my 30th so no alcohol was involved. Dh did take me away for a couple of nights though.

How did you all celebrate your 30th?

Thanks for all the bag links QueenC. I like the Marc Jacobs Natasha a lot and the Fossil Riley is lovely in the pink as you say. And thanks for reminding me about Longchamp - I like the understated look. I'm still deliberating but I really do like the Mulberry Lilly...bear with me folks, a decision will take me a long time. I don't know if anyone remembers how long I spent hunting for a work bag but it took me about 4 months!!

Mara I must keep an eye out for that coatigan. Is your Theory jumper one with a ribbed front? If so, snap, I have the same one! Bought it a few weeks ago and have worn it a lot. I brought it with me on hols and used it for the flights and as a warm layer every evening.

Really like that BR jumper Fedup and the silk shirt looks very useful.

Any purchases in the Matches sale? Nothing there for me

Betty for my 30th I had the following:
Party in London
Party in Dublin
Party in home town
A week long drive around Ireland which involved meeting people from uni, travelling days etc in various places every evening and drinking a lot!

Those were the days....