I am momentarily coming out of shopping retirement ...

[LetThemEatCake]

to buy an apron. To preserve the life of the clothes I have, you see, and to remove the necessity for constant outfit changes, for which I no longer have time. I can't bear to tell you how many clothes have been relegated to the ragbag due to oil splatters/ toothpaste stains/ face paint accidents

I find myself strangely drawn to this but am open to ideas (and think £40 is a bit much of an apron tbh!) Nothing too boring or ordinary though... and please god, no Kidston....

these are absolute treats

quite nice but maybe too kidston-esque?

unusual print

fiftie style and maybe over budget?

oooh, I like those last 2 ShutUp - thanks!!

LOL Verity with your co-ordinated under-apron outfit!! And fab news on your coat. Hope it's there when you go to buy it

nevergoogle - yes, that's right - shopping retirement!! no new purchases until have had ebay clearout, paid off credit card and shed this stone of baby weight.

So watch out January sales!!!!

thanks all for apron advice

ooh LTEC, anything in a size 14 in your ebay clearout pile? CAT me your ebay seller name if there is.
I'm assuming not. Your fat clothes are probably a 10.

congratulations on the arrival of your baby.

you kept that quiet.

I did not!! I was shouting about it all over S&B!!!

I gave birth in the middle of this thread, it's a long read but mildly amusing

will have a sort-through and see if there's anything you might fancy. Have you had the wedding yet?

Oh, now i started following that thread but as I'd look positively awful in a pink dress, i lost interest.

Congrats (again) and great name. Lovely.

The wedding was hilarious and i'm I was so worried about what to wear after seeing everybody else! The guy serving the tea was wearing a halterneck skinny mini dress. Most were too stoned to notice my co-ordinating tights. I switched to biker boots and my kookai cardi after dinner and sat by the fire with a bottle of pinot grigio under my arm and a glass of wine in the other.

Accessory regret: Wish i'd remembered to pack my head torch to find the composting toilets at night.

Only you could give birth on a S&B thread! Well done.

thanks google!!

btw, how does one CAT? what is it?

I think I need to see photos of this wedding LOL

CAT is the contact a mumsnetter facility.

It costs £5 a year to use it, but in my mind, as there's no membership fee for mumsnet, i don't mind paying it.

You can send a message to another mumsnetter and exchange email addresses or facebook names etc.

I think the other mnetter needs to have signed up to the facility to recieve a message though.

If you scroll to the bottom of the page it's under membership.

this is quite nice, and also sweet or how about this little number

I always put an apron on when cooking or doing mucky jobs around the house. Makes me wonder where I do get the stains on my clothes...

Any of these? Not very stylish but made me smile! I like the Calm Down and Cook one or the Born to Shop Not Cook one!
here

Oh - meant to say I have this one which I got from a garden centre - wipe clean so maybe not what you are looking for and agree it may be a bit twee for some but v cheap!
here

Bless my dh.

He took dcs 1&2 to sainsbo's this morning and bought me not one,but two aprons. One red & White polkas, one black & White stripe.

With....get this.... A matching double-ended oven mitt for each.

So coordinated!! So conscientious!!!

And a total spend of less than half a Posh Pinny