Hushistas getting themselves summer ready!

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I have two pairs that are chunkier than that, laska (and cheaper). One pair are Pumas, the other Nike. I am SO happy about trainers being acceptable with any clothing atm, my injury finally means I am leading the curve :). I just give mine a wipe with a damp cloth with a scoot of fairy liquid on it a few times a week.

Ithink what I like about those is that they are notchunky, Stan Smith's look good also but don't really like the branding.. I JUST WANT A RUDDY CODE !!.. Stamps feet

Me too laska. They are quite stingy with discount codes and I’m sure it’s not good for business. Boden have regular 15/20% off. Come on Hush!

soy what’s the best milk chocolate at Aldi? Has your marina skirt arrived yet? Looking forward to hearing your review of it.

Thanks Laska. Emailed, they responded and confirmed all sold out . I'll end up ordering the khaki!

@soups it’s their “moser Roth” range of fine chocolates, many flavours. Dark chocolate and Milk too. My favourite is the dark chilli chocolate. The ginger is great too but difficult to find. The orange one is good too...shall I go on? Also their chunkier fruit and nut milk chocolate huge bars (can’t remember name but all Aldi’s stock it) is very naughty and nice
DH is a chocoholic so he’ll eat anything covered in chocolate including their cheapie bars/dupes for snickers and twix but they’re too sweet for me whereas the moser Roth dark choc range is just right imho

Not expecting Hush delivery till tomorrow as I placed the order after 4pm yesterday. Will report back!

Ok, I have officially gone mad. As I’ve spoken about before, I’ve been really struggling with the whole retirement and personal identity thing. Having been doing things like coaching/branding/consultancy etc for years, throwing the entire baby out seemed a bit daft, but at the same time, I felt that I just didn’t want to carry on on that corporate treadmill much longer. So I’ve been looking around, stalking courses etc that interested me. I nearly signed up for a creative writing course, but it somehow felt too solitary. So today I enrolled on a course at the London college of Fashion to do personal styling. I am literally on the verge of hyperventialting with fright (meet stylish new people - argh, go to big scary city without back up - double argh), but at the same time I feel exhilarated. Even if I don’t make a huge business of it, I have enough contacts that it could be a really fun, very part time, career. Plus it will shove me very firmly right out of my comfort zone. And I need/want something that’s fun, and happy, and feels good. I’ve been in such a mire for such a long time with my own health, plus 20 plus years of fretting about DD’s health, that this is truly the most selfish and self centred thing I have ever done. And surely I’m not unique - there must be other older women who want help to negotiate the next phase of their lives. So...I’m bonkers, aren’t I? :) :). If I’d ever had to guess my most likely retirement gig, this would have been below opera singer, and above pole dancer in the likelihood stakes. Even if I never earn a penny from it, I think it will be amazing for me in any case. #OldLadyHasTeenageRebellion

Wow!! go Cherries😀That's utterly, utterly brilliant and yes, fab business idea. When do you start?

🤣at Pole dancer!!

And I know I’m not ‘stylish’ (yet!), and certainly not effortlessly so, but it fascinates me why somethings work, and others don’t, and I want to understand why that is.

Pre work should arrive this week, course is in August.

I see it as much more than ‘having your colours done’ - more about an entire personal rebrand for how a woman wants to feel/do at a transitional point in her life. I already have all these skills, the piece that is missing for me is the visual bit of how they want to look.

cherries that is amazing go you!! Ikwym about why doesn’t/does certain things work, would be fascinating to find out the ‘science’ behind it all & if the rules do generally work.
Definitely not bonkers, imho.
#OldLadyHasTeenageRebellion that could be the strap line on your blog.

You Are Awesome Cherries 👏👏

Can we Hushistas be your guinea pigs?

Well, I will certainly need guinea pigs, laska, and don’t particularly want to get them from within my network, as these people will be potential clients and I don’t want to give them an ’im new and just finding my feet’ vibe.

Yup, reporting for Guinea Pig duty😍

cherries that sounds fantastic! When does the course start and how long does it take? And laska beat me to it to say can we be your first clients?

I’m volunteering as guinea pig too 🙋🏻‍♀️

I don’t have a guinea pig emoji so form an orderly queue of badgers ->🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡🦡

Glad you don’t think that my menopausal madness has segued seamlessly into early onset dementia. The actual contact time is only one week, then various follow up days and assignments. Estimate three months.

how about creatures who coul do with a transformation,? 👾..

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cherries they look like a queue of sand timers to me

All this talk of guinea pigs has made me think of our actual guinea pigs.....must clean them out

@ilovecherries that sounds very exciting! I'd love to do the same... could quite happily spend my days doing something similar. Maybe one day...
@Laska2Meryls those trainers are very nice and suitably chunk and on trend. Have you ordered?

I have the Cupar trainers laska They are fine but a little bit rubby (is that a word) on my little toe - but I have very difficult feet and need them to be both wide and with a high toe box These are wide enough but the toe box is not quite right for me. I do wear them but I wouldn't wear them to walk miles in

@cherries adding myself to the 'styled by cherries' Guinea pig list! 🍒