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Hushistas keep on keeping on!

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ilovecherries · 09/07/2019 15:34

Couldn't think of any sort of creative title, I'm afraid! Link to old thread

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neveradullmoment99 · 21/07/2019 21:52

tbh, I just don't love them. I suppose its because I bought quite a lot of novista trainers Blush I have them now in the khaki, natural and the bright blue! Don't even want to calculate the price of that!!!

twosoups1972 · 21/07/2019 22:07

@Ninkaninus I actually meant a huge 60L rucksack Grin We got a Trespass one from a great independent outdoors shop. She’s going for 2.5 weeks, she’ll have a great time. Love the Aspinal bag, have you also looked at their sale? Wink

neveradullmoment99 · 21/07/2019 23:01

So ordered the pinwheel dress just to see! I actually ordered it in both a 10 and a 12 as I want to lose some weight and it says it comes up generous. So it was expensive but with 15% off more reasonable.

ilovecherries · 22/07/2019 08:47

The weather is so miserable today :(

Hope you are doing ok, len, and we always miss you when you are away :)

laska, can’t wait for your flat bed lorry to arrive so I can live vicariously!

I’m trying to talk myself into going for a run, or alternatively, justify not going by listing all the work I need to do today - but actually, all I really fancy is snuggling on sofa with dog, a good book, and comfy clothes.

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neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 09:14

Absolutely nothing wrong with hibernating @cherries. I am just up!

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 10:10

Looking forward to seeing your haul
@Laska2Meryls 😀

justilou1 · 22/07/2019 10:58

Sending you a great, big hug, @ilovecherries!!! And these, too 💐🍷!!! I feel like that about my “apron”. Suspect I should have a tummy tuck one faux but it’s SOOOOOOO expensive and so violent. Unfortunately hot & humid environments and folds of skin lead to icky problems....

justilou1 · 22/07/2019 11:00

*day, not faux!!!
Btw-I have cried when describing my tummy as resembling a giant scrotum. I get it. Nothing fits me there, either.

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 11:25

So 2 toast blouses in sale. The paisley one is a little large but its oos now. I love both!

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Ninkaninus · 22/07/2019 11:30

Haha soups I remember those from my daughters’ DofE awards days... my eldest is very tall but my youngest really isn’t and when she went on her expedition the rucksack was seriously almost as big as her! 😆 did you go for the blue bag in the end? The blue and the gold were my favourites.

never I love the espadrilles! Shame about the price. I tend to keep shoes like that for occasional use in the summer so I wouldn’t be so worried about wear and tear, but I’d you're going to use them a lot then I can see that it’s probably not worth the money. OH NO about the earrings, that sucks. 😟😟

Huff good choice with the red on the kimono and I think the shape is great! I like it when there’s something slightly unusual or unexpected in fashion.

Thank you for thinking of me, soy, yes I’m back on top now and feeling positive.

cherries hugs, I can totally understand that it must be really quite frustrating in practical terms and also upsetting to have to need further work done. An impromptu holiday is the perfect solution though and I hope you have a lovely time looking forward to it and having the time away. I think you should have a cosy sofa day today, there is nothing wrong with taking some time out to just rest and relax and recharge. 🌷

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 11:30

And the toast simple striped vest

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Ninkaninus · 22/07/2019 11:34

soups I had a quick look at the Aspinal sale, but prudently decided to RUN AWAY QUICKLY!!

I’m so tempted by the Toast reductions but I don’t want to spend right now. Really not doing much looking because I don’t want to tempt myself!

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 11:35

They are nice but not bothered about returning them. I am actually quite surprised about how other people love them so much. Maybe I have talked myself out of them because they are pricey?
Anyway, have to return ALL the things I have decided against today. sigh Such a chore! the rain/wind doesn't help

ilovecherries · 22/07/2019 11:38

I love that shirt never, I stalked JL and Toast for ages for it, but never managed to get a return. Good catch :)

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Ninkaninus · 22/07/2019 11:38

I think if you don’t love them then it’s so much money and really not worth keeping, plus Scotland = rain...

The tops all look lovely! 👍👍

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 11:45

Sadly didn't manage to catch the paisley shirt on the JL website as it was sold out too quickly [ no wonder] but got it on the toast website albeit dearer. The wrap over one I just adore the print. Was a little unsure of the style but its actually very very flattering even with the peplum. I think it will look good with lots of things. People were complaining about it being small but I actually find it a good fit on me. Maybe they sized down in it. It would be very small for me then in a 10.

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 11:46

Thanks for the thumbs up :)

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 11:48

and the vest was down so cheap. Its such a gorgeous plain top but pure cotton and the most gorgeous colours. I preferred the other colour way [black and ecru] and had taken a punt on the large but it was huge so I returned it. The striped version in this colourway was much slower to sell. It might even still be on the website.

NotAnActualSheep · 22/07/2019 12:26

Oh yes - that leaf print wrap top is lovely never - really suits you! I'm always put off wrap tops as I can never get the ties to tie so they look nice and I'm paranoid they will untie at an inopportune moment (see also wrap skirts...) but I confess I have kept looking at that one just for the lovely fabric. Also the toast pinwheel dress and espadrilles are beautiful. (Know what you mean about the espadrilles though! Still quite expensive and probably not durable. Gorgeous shape and pattern, though). That toast chevron skirt seems to be back on the website this morning in most sizes if you are still interested? not that I've been looking or anything . It is a really good price now.

Also whisky's wafts uniqlo dress, nink's rose scarf and binky's boden cuff are lovely too.

Aaaargh. Someone stick me to the no-spend bench please.

huff -yy the Gudrun tunic is amazing and so unusual. It would definitely be better quality than the Zara one too - and with the discount probably not too much more ££? Was it today you were off to the V&A? Still v jealous of you being able to pop in there before work!

Beautiful toast jumper too - though annoying about the hole. ella I love the one you are thinking of and agree a S should generally be fine for you (I would take an M there and am easily 1or 2 sizes larger than you & huff - though the "look" varies quite a lot depending on the style - some are a lot neater than others, though still not "clingy' as such - though you get a feel from the descriptions & reviews) . As the reviews on that one do seem to comment on the sleeves being very tight, that may be sorted by a larger size if that would bother you?

cherries - poor you @ bravissimo Flowers . Hope you're feeling better today. I agree that a day of slobbing on the sofa self-care is justified! (Glad the MN man is out of the grump with you! Grin ) Also len -sorry to hear you're feeling out of sorts Sad . Would love to see some of your holiday purchases when you're up to it!

soy - Beautiful Norfolk beach, and totally crazy clouds! Glad you had a lovely weekend. Am so impressed with your approach to the diet. Balancing healthy eating but not being unreasonably restrictive. I'm loving lentils too ATM. We're working our way through our "Brexit lentils" that DH bought as a stockpile, and then realised that we actually didn't really use all that much - so we're practising with lentil recipes before needing to restock for October.

soups - how was the lion king? Fancy going to see that, and I don't think DS would object for once. Stockholm sounds so exciting. Would love to go there. nink - didn't realise you hailed from there! Good suggestions.

just - hope your blanket is working! I understand the airflow vs insulation issues...obviously we're the opposite...houses built to trap as much heat as possible and then we whinge during the 3 warm days in the Summer when it is too warm and stuffy. Never ever happy...

Welcome back laska! I did wonder if you would go for the olive chamonix! They look nice - and hopefully they haven't totally changed the cut on the different colour (like I think cherries said they had on the Moritz?). I think we are all waiting on tenterhooks for your postman Grin .

Ellapaella · 22/07/2019 12:47

I've ordered the Toast jumper worn by @Huffthepuff. Fingers crossed it's a good fit.

justilou1 · 22/07/2019 12:47

@Sheep - we used to joke that Summer in the Netherlands was the best day of the year. Oh how I miss that!!! It’s supposed to be mid-Winter and it was 24’C today. The weirdest part about the weather isn’t so much the temperature, but the utter predictability. “Oh, another bloody nice day again.... boring!” When it rains, people panic! They go weird, like small kids or horses on a windy day. (They certainly don’t know how to drive in it!) It gets chilly at night, (By chilly, I mean, I’m considering putting a cardigan over my t-shirt.) and then gets freezing before dawn. Guess when I have to get up tomorrow? Sparrow’s fart. I’d better stop procrastinating and get back to my medications homework. (First time I’ve done maths since the 80’s. OMG!!!)

neveradullmoment99 · 22/07/2019 12:56

@NotAnActualSheep do you have the skirt? Not sure its really me tbh.

Ninkaninus · 22/07/2019 13:15

I love the Toast ‘chevron’ skirt! But I’d need to be a 10 not a 12 as I know from experience that a skirt like that does not look right on my very hippy hips unless I’m on the skimmer side.

Good thing otherwise I would have had to buy it.

NotAnActualSheep · 22/07/2019 13:17

Yay ella - hope you love it! As usual, it looks lovely on huff . And they are (generally - holes notwithstanding) really good quality and fabulous wool that will last for years.

Haha just ! Yy - predictable weather is Just Not On. If you don't go out to visit your parents in your shirt sleeves and end up getting soaked to the bone in a freak hailstorm and having to borrow your mum's clothes to replace yours that are sodden and dripping on the carpet you're not living I say (yes, this may have happened to me at the weekend). Good luck with the homework...I felt like that, having to do an undergrad statistics module after having taken maths to the dizzy heights of GCSE. I just stopped being able to cope once the numbers disappeared and started being replaced with xs and ys. Had to replace the numbers back in in my head.

No, I don't have that one never - just thought that was the one you had tried but found too big! I may have misunderstood. I do like the look of it, but I had something similar years ago (in more pastel colours) and I just felt a bit deckchair-y - so it seldom got worn. I think I was just a bit self conscious of the chevron stripes. Could be tempted to try again, but I'm not seriously needing anything else...need to start wearing some of the lovely things i do have!

NotAnActualSheep · 22/07/2019 13:18

Yes - i think that was my problem with the one i had nink - though even when I was a 10 I still had the hippy issue.