Hello all - sounds like you had a lovely (if chilly/ bracing) bank holiday. Glad ella's DS is recovering and enjoyed his birthday - and soup's DD and the spa day (really glad she is sounding so much happier, and feeling able to put in the hard work for the exams)!
Sounds like there are lots of v chic fellow hushistas around!! Love laska's scarf (plus yesterday's French style!), and the sound of granny's monochrome outfit. Also a huge fan of navy and yellow len (and glad your boat party went off well - sounds like you made a great outfit decision for a chilly evening)! And never's jacket - so glad you kept it in the end. It looked great on you, and really spring-like. justilou - that "australian hush" looks great..sound like you've got loads of lovely clothes from there already!
I'm still giggling at laska's summer jacket hunt...it is the meryls all over again.. (though I agree if you are keeping the blue wren, some other style in khaki would probably be more versatile. Like the look of the military one.) And on jackets, ella's bomber looked fab, and not at all menacing-puffin-like (lol @ libby 
). And i still think huff looks like the epitome of "slouchy and cool" like the hush model in the Wren. It is big, but I agree it looks fab like that.
soy - thanks for your comments! I have had a v busy time (I'm self employed, which is great in terms of flexibility, but not so great when All The Work comes at once, and projects that have been sitting dormant for ages spring to life...) so yy, I thought I deserved some treats... It's better now, though and I had a relaxed weekend, and am doing not as much as i probably should be today (hence spending ages catching up on the thread..). I think you're wise waiting for a bit of non-travel time to start hard-core dieting...it is so difficult to stick to anything with working lunches/ dinners! And also having your DH doing the same must be good support.
fuzzy - [waves] Hope you and your DH are recovering (mentally and physically..how is you DH?) - it must be a difficult time. Probably quite cathartic to have a good old wardrobe clear-out, though. I know what you mean about having clothes from a past "life"...seems a shame to throw them out, but also they are taking up space . I need a DD like cherries so we can swap clothes!
I've been having a bit of a tidy of wardrobes too and several bags to take to a charity shop when I can be bothered to lug them on the bus.... I now have a System (dresses and jackets/ cardigans in one cupboard, trousers, skirts and hanging tops in another, and I've done that folding thing for drawers, so you can actually see everything at once rather than having them laying on top of each other. Game Changer). Unfortunately, I also have too many clothes - so not everything strictly fits in my System...so I have an overflow of jeans on top of my pyjama basket, and I have to have some things In The Wash at all times. Anyway, we'll see how long it lasts. I was definitely in the Zone yesterday. I was even sorting DH's pant drawer - until he told me to "leave my sodding socks alone and come and have a drink"...
I'm wearing a blue and white stripey jersey dress which I found in my wardrobe audit, and those new veja/ toast trainers which arrived at the weekend, and are beautiful. But the leather is quite hard so i'm wearing them around the house to try and soften them a bit which seems to be working. I also decided I was actually freezing, so have the green hush oakland sweatshirt on top, which probably doesn't go, but i don't think is too bad. I hope I'm channelling "nonchalant strolling along a Cornish beach" - though am probably more "only got out of her pyjamas under duress".