Thanks all for the sympathy! It’s been so full on lately. I have been on the road this week as I cover a big area in my new job so was away overnight as distances are too long to drive in one day. DD is not impressed with this element of my new role! The hockey thing is still bugging me as the entire year group parents were emailed to inform them that a team had been put at risk due to ‘a child pulling out of their commitment to play’ 
. I’m going to book an appointment with the head teacher as I am absolutely raging about it. NZ schools do take sport quite seriously but I’ve asked a few colleagues and they have confirmed this is over the top even by NZ sporting standards (and yes, for the record the age group here is 7/8).
And breath… our new house needs a full rewire which we’re having done before we move in. I am so looking forward to the end of a long period of living out of boxes.
One your housemate sounds like a complete and utter arse. Silent contempt is the way to go (or failing that use Amber’s line).
Blair I really feel for you – SPD and uncomfortable boobs, it will all be worth it when baby arrives but I feel it’s only fair to warn you that the boobs probably will get bigger at least initially!
Mara your post made me teary – I would so love a natter and a wine with you and your post just gave me a flashback to that lovely evening out we had before I left. Best of luck with the interview.
Shop and QueenC I am the same with too much flesh on display – again I am romantic classic so maybe it’s the classic bit but I feel all wrong in anything too revealing. And Amber I am with you with tights at work, it has to be v v hot for me to go bare legged at work. Though that said I’m having a nightmare tracking down decent nude tights over here. So far all the ones I have tried have been way too Nora Batty and I’ve had several days of feeling self-conscious in nude tights that just don’t work.
Marsha how are things with DD? Have been thinking about you.
Everyone I hope you feel better today. I loved the Kylie reference too and those sequin shorts you linked were fantastic – oh to have the legs (and ass and tummy) to even attempt them 
. Love your new slides.
I rarely do trousers at work QueenC. I had some navy Uniqlo culottes which I wore to death last summer in London. I can’t quite see you in culottes though. What about something with a stripe down the side like these Me & Em ones? So still black/navy but a slightly different look to just plain ones?
Shop I am really tempted by the flamingo print Hobbs shirt you linked. Is the white soft / creamy enough for me do you think?