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MN Vogue - volume 56

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shopafrolic · 17/03/2015 14:20

Spring is a springing, Blair is getting married, Shop is heading to sunnier shores. Will Linus find the perfect black flat shoe? Will Marsha's kitchen ever be finished? Join the hundreds (make that handful) of delurkers who have joined the fun recently and come and join us for random fashion and beauty chat. All budgets welcome, bring links.... :)
Continuing on from here

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LinusDKD · 31/03/2015 09:16

The pink Warehouse shirt from Asos arrived and I love it.

The pink is quite a bit brighter than in the picture but I like it and will be great to wear once the weather heats up a bit.

I might actually take it on holiday to wear underneath one op my Tippi jumpers, otherwise I wouldn't have taken if off (always a good sign)

Hope it washes well as I have no idea about Warehouse quality.

Did you get yours bernice?

MarshaBrady · 31/03/2015 09:25

Other agency are back in touch. A great reference means they are keen.

Contract in front of me, a new email from other. I might just go into hiding.

LinusDKD · 31/03/2015 09:32

Wow marsha! How wonderful you are so in demand!

I realise it doesn't make you decision any easier though, but it must be good for your ego and validates all your hard work.

Drywhiteplease · 31/03/2015 09:34

Well deserved Marsha , hope you decide soon.

my house nearly blew away last night Sad

shopafrolic · 31/03/2015 09:43

Marsha remember our conversation....... of course they're keen. Stick with it kid.
Are everyone's kids already off? DS is still at school until Thursday.
Linus you made me Grin with your DM prune story. I go the other way. Thought I had food poisoning for the first five days of my last holiday abroad but was just stress Hmm

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shopafrolic · 31/03/2015 09:44

How good does Clémence look?
and here

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MarshaBrady · 31/03/2015 09:48

Love Clemence. She looks great.

I might pull the big guns out and say I'm stay freelance and you can both book me. won't work

MarshaBrady · 31/03/2015 09:50

staying

And I just need £ to finish everything to sell and buy SS wardrobe. Wasn't meant to be this hard!

OneLittleLady · 31/03/2015 10:15

its 5.15am here,still dark and im sat in the quiet by the pool with a coffee.

i have caught the sun even through factor 50 but luckily havent actually burned.

going for breqkfast in cinderellas castle in a little while Grin Grin Grin

libertychick · 31/03/2015 10:58

Do you know Marsha when you said the other agency had come back again my first thought was stay freelance and up your day rate - make it work for you!

Sounds great one Smile

MarshaBrady · 31/03/2015 11:02

Oh Lib I think so, I can do it much more efficiently when not tied to a desk for long days. Fly in and out for meetings, much better

Sounds great One

libertychick · 31/03/2015 11:09

Yes. You also avoid all the office politics, commuting at rush hour, needing lots of office clothes. There are downsides to freelance too but my sense is for you a bit of personal freedom is more important than the job security.

maradesbois · 31/03/2015 11:27

Morning,

Oh Marsha I completely agree with lib. Freelance with 2 big clients and your freedom sounds so much more you. Is it a real possibility do you think? Once you've worked for yourself I think it's very hard to go back.

shopafrolic · 31/03/2015 11:31

YY to freelance but you need the digital stuff first?

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Karbea · 31/03/2015 11:56

Hello All,

Day 5 from my death bed! I actually feel slightly better. Terrible cough, exhausted, stomach ache, feel like I could be sick at any mo. lib my mum has just told me my aunty and uncle had it for three weeks!

santa I've had two mih Paris jeans and really didn't like them, I ended up ebaying them, they seemed to go baggy really quickly. I think my issue is I loved my Acne ones I can't believe i bl**dy lost them!

MarshaBrady · 31/03/2015 12:17

Shop you are brill thanks Flowers am staying on path as have nanny booked in. For a while anyway. It looks good where I'm going.

I have drum roll made a decision! And it is set, no changes, no more emails.

No more kitchen or job crises (?) for a while, big mwah to you all for putting up with it listening.

Karbea have you been to the GP? I know a few people who were very ill with a chest infection and couldn't shake it without antibiotic.

libertychick · 31/03/2015 12:41

Well done Marsha. Raises a Wine to your continued success Smile

libertychick · 31/03/2015 12:43

karbea I am hoping my bug isn't that bad. I felt dreadful this morning but ok now that I am out and about and dosed up with lempsip max

Karbea · 31/03/2015 12:47

marsha I'm pretty sure it's flu or a bad cold but I need to keep an eye on my cough as I definitely don't want that hanging around. I haven't bothered with the doctor, I did end up making an appointment for my back but it was a week away and by the time the day came around my back was much better.

Karbea · 31/03/2015 12:48

And well done marsha everything seems so much better when things are resolved in your own mind.

LinusDKD · 31/03/2015 13:07

Well done marsha!

karbea when we all had the flu we were properly ill for a week and then it took at least another week to feel completely back to normal.

I lost my sense of smell and taste for at least 2 weeks. Shock

bettykt · 31/03/2015 13:38

Well done Marsha decision made raise a toast [bubbles] to you.

Chino shorts from Boden arrived and they are super flattering, I highly recommend them and may want more pairs.

Very blowy here, as it everywhere I think, OOTD Boden yellow stripe Breton, skinny indgo jeans and tan suede Pettys.

Off to play Jenga with dc, oh the glamour!

QueenCardigan · 31/03/2015 13:58

marsha Glad you've made a decision that you're happy with.
betty jenga is more glam than dragging the dc to buy paint (we're painting ds room at weekend)
karbea sounds like flu if you're feeling so awful. Hopefully the worse should pass soon.
one sounds great

QueenCardigan · 31/03/2015 14:17

Im drooling over these in grazia.

Ellisisland · 31/03/2015 14:19

linus glad you like your warehouse shirt I ordered one the other day as well

Marsha glad you have made a decision you are happy with. Congratulation Wine

one sounds a fab holiday

Karbea hope you feel better soon. Last time I had flu I hallucinated that there was a tortoise on my bed and kept shouting at DH for sitting on it Blush

Ordered a new pair of wellies as wrecked my other ones last week. Not very exciting! We are going back to Inverness in a few months for a weekend with friends and I need to get a warm jacket as I was not prepared enough for the Scottish wind last week!