Toasties - always here for the clothes and breadboard chat, (with fond memories of the dibber!)

[IlovePond]

Here’s a new thread!

Oh thanks so much @IlovePond , going to take a close look at these now. Thanks for remembering!

@ScottishMouse i have a steamer but its not great. My previous one was a cheap Homeeasy one from Amazon and it was much better. Pros for me is that it doesn’t make white streaks in dark clothes like an iron (I may be a bad ironer!) also it’s portable and takes up less space and cons are that it’s really hard to do then hems of cotton/linen shirts if they are a bit twisted, and you have to hang things somewhere suitable which isn’t always easy.

Thanks all for the steamer thoughts. I’m putting it on the back burner for now. I don’t think it is going to make my life better 🤣🤣

@IlovePondooh I want to go back!!

@Bimblesalong will get on and order from a shop! It’s such a nice and versatile skirt. Good luck with the weight loss!

Thanks @shrinkingthiswinter ! I need to get back into my favourite clothes which feel a little stretched, as well as boosting my health (chemo has left me still within my bmi but it’s higher and I’m stouter!). More fitted Toast dresses from a couple of years ago are a good incentive to work on things.

Looking forward to hearing how you get on with the different size.

You are most welcome @ScottishMouse

@mizu - today they had kept two rails of sample clothes left over from the sale on the shop floor. Some of it was further reduced from last week - e.g. the gold coat was down to £100.

I hope this marks a return to the outlet having a few sample items for sale on a permanent basis, but I suspect it’s a one off to clear last week’s stock.

We have just got back after a ten hour drive from Cornwall via KC - the stretch to Somerset was achingly slow and the driving conditions were horrendous in driving rain.

I only went back to KC to pick up the outlet blanket I missed out on last weekend. It’s lovely and I am about to collapse on the sofa wrapped in it!

Thank you…I have been looking at and sorely tempted but I am in NZ and delivery costs are horrendous! .. will now happily defer.
it looks gorgeous on the model.

Lovely Toast ladies - you helped me once before - now I’m wondering about the Japanese denim coat - has anybody got it?

I have it @hattymattie and I love it!

I wore my new Flower Mountain trainers today and they were very comfy - I am pleased I got them!

@IlovePond - I was wondering about those again the other day . I don't suppose you have wide feet? I've seen some reviews about the toe box being quite narrow

Faustina - I am between a size 10 and 12 - does it size big - I feel it will swamp me. Would you play a photo of yourself wearing it?

Post a photo that should say

@IlovePond and did you take your usual size? There’s a pair on Vinted size 7. I can be a 7 but depends on the shoe……

@hattymattie I will try to do a photo but it's a bit busy here. I actually have it in a large and it's surprisingly not large and doesn't swamp me at all. I'm an 8 and 5'4. I do like my coats to be oversized but there is a line between nicely oversized and swamping, and in my opinion the denim coat doesn't cross that line. I have had compliments when wearing too!

Thanks Faustina - maybe I should go for medium then. Can’t believe you’re rocking a large and you’re size 8😃

It was a Vinted gamble which paid off @hattymattie !

Hi @ScottishMouse - my feet are maybe very slightly narrower than average width. (Zara shoes fit me very well, if that’s any use to you as a guide.)

The pair I tried on in the Bath store the day before the sample sale were too wide for me, (they looked a bit unflattering, tbh). Weirdly, however, they were also catching on my right little toe, (which has never been quite the same since I broke it - for the fourth time 🙈)

By contrast, the sample pair fitted perfectly - not wide and with no impact on my sensitive little tootsie at all. They are very flattering on my feet - even DH said so, and he dislikes 99% of Toast purchases on general principles.

Whether this is because the shoes tend to have some width/toe box discrepancy between pairs, or because mine are samples, I couldn’t say.

Both pairs were the blue/grey blue colour way that I couldn’t see on the website the other day when I looked, but are in store.

@mizu - both pairs were what I would describe as tts lengthwise- the discrepancies were in the width across the foot and space in the toe box.

Next time I wear them, I will take a pic of them in action, so to speak!

@mizu I think this was meant for you.

Ah sorry @ScottishMouse - it was for @faustina and @mizu

No worries @IlovePond. I can add that I have quite wide feet but when I tried the Flower Mountain trainers I found they could accommodate my feet well. I like how they look on others but just not on me.

Ah thanks both, bit of a risk to buy on Vinted I think. I have wide-ish feet and depending on the brand, can be a 6, 6.5 or 7!

@mizu I am between a 5, 5.5, and 6 depending on brand/type of shoe, and I found the 5 plenty big, so the 7 might be too big for you.

Thank you @IlovePond and @ScottishMouse . I think you and I are looking at the same pair @mizu and It sounds like too much of a gamble for me size-wise. I wish brands would have consistent sizing!