What would you wear ...wise & avid girls?

[blossoming]

In reference to a question by ltec the other day.

Totally forgot to fish for compliments - spent about 7 hours yesterday making fabulous lined curtain. Can't believe I've still got to do the other one today . Tbh I can't pretend that they wouldn't have looked nicer from the shop, but am v.pleased to have 12sqm of nice, black-out lined curtains for 150 euros all-in.

Spent the whole of Saturday at the beach in Cadzand in Holland which was lovely. But the dog appears to be suffering from having spent the day eating sand. And has diarrhoea. Truly gross.

Morning. Grey day here so back in jeans - still wearing fliflops tho. DH is clearing out our shed & workshop (guy who owned house previously was an artist so we have a glass sided studio shed. He is huffing and puffing about doing it tho so I am hiding with laptop as supposed to be packing for holiday!
Bunjies the Okaidi shop I linked to has really good sales eg buy one tshirt, get one free. Last year it started in France around June 24th (we were on holiday at the time). The Dutch one starts today tho. Sizes come up pretty small but really nice stuff.
Blossoming - glad you all had such a lovely day yesterday and for all the compliments you received.
Completely forgotten what else I was going to say so will pop off now!

The choos are lovely! And you've convinced me to try the carol vorderman detox, I've got a feeling it'll be tough at first but worth it.

The last thread also put me off houlihans and wearing a maxi dress to my brother's wedding so thanks wise ladies!

oww I bought the laura Ashley tunic and white m&s indigo jeans after you linked to them on an earlier thread and I'm v pleased with both so thanks v much

Oh Vin, so sorry about your friend.

Cakey - nice shoes!

Morning all!

Excellent work on the curtains, Roman. That would have cost you a fortune from a shop-think what you can buy with the money you have saved!

Am very pleased half term is over .

DD is wonderful, but vexing at present and it's nice to have some peace with her at school and DS asleep. Have got a house and garden full of workmen though, so not as quiet as I would like. Three more weeks though, and we will have a spectacular garden and a master bedroom that I actually want to go into.

Am off to see an osteopath this afternoon, to see if he can fix muy shoulder, and hopefully help me ditch the headache that I have had for 8 days. My Mum will have DS and do school pick up, so may meander home via a shop or two if I can swing it.

First day of Dukan. Prawn, anyone?

Hey Plum! Ds1 back at school too, nice to see the nice faces at the school again (children and parents!).

Welcome to the Dukan diet. I just need to finish the load of spinach and beansprouts in fridge and then I'm there. Just got to cut out milk, bananas and chickpeas.

Has anyone heard of Psyllium Husks? (my friend used to eat them at school way back then, not sure if they clash with the Dukans).

Red floral Tibi skirt arrived (theoutnet). It is pretty and sooo close. But it is silk, high-waisted and a bit flared. And has lining, I can't bear (synthetic) lining. I am more a slouchy on hip type person. So back it goes!

TraceyB how was your lovely Chloe blouse?

Vin, so sorry about your friend.

Blossoming, glad you had a nice day for your DD's christening. I love christenings.

I wore the UO combats yesterday for the first time and they kept slipping down and driving me crazy, they are now on probation and may end up being given away.

LTEC, lovely shoes.

Plum, hope you feel better soon.

Vin I am sorry about your friend too, very sad

I have to smile at combats on probation- I have sooo many things on probation!

Speaking of which I am clearing out looads of things at present, I have given up on ebay as seller fees and postage and blabla have made it a bit pointless, so charity shop it is OR a freebie A&W giveaway.. lots of stuff but wondering if anyone would like (for free)
a khaki silk jigsaw maxi dress- size 8 (or 10), still has plastic label in. You would need to have d/c cup or less norkage. When I say maxi dress it falls mid calf .. no way it will ever fit me
erm, some nudie jeans size 28, worn once briefly, way too big- I'd say they're a 12 but would stretch to a bit more than a 12

thanks for your kind thoughts about my friend. I am just really shocked, she sent me an email literally 4 or 5 days ago, and I didn't reply, and she kept asking for pics of DS which I never got around to posting. I went a bit quiet on her recently in the past year after DD had been ill etc. I just feel terribly guilty for not being there for her when she clearly needed a friend. I was just so absorbed by my own circumstances that I wasn't really able to be nice, does that make sense, but of course I didn't realise she would have gone downhill so fast. whelk it is a crappy coincidence isn't it.. in my last email to her she had been asking aout where she could go to get away for a bit and I wrote , genuinely, that she could come and stay with me for a while, have a spare room, blabla.. then I realised DP wouldn't get on too well with that and I deleted it. She kept asking for my advice and for help. Eugh.

Vin terribly sad about your friend. But nothing you could have done to change the outcome. It's a serious illness.
Blossoming glad the christening went well. It rained solidly here all day. The bouncy castle was inflated for about 20 mins. Still everyone had a great time, and bedtime was very easy indeed. Annoyingly it is a lovely day today. (Damn you weather forecast people)
LTEC hope you got those shoes, think they are lovely.
Must have a look at the Dukan site, but as going on hols tomorrow, will probably have to defer until return. Although ever tend to eat bread when on hols, as there's no lovely salty Irish butter! Just doesn't taste the same.
Well done on the curtains Roman. Am always at the price of getting curtains made up.
Can't remember who had their hair cut like early Twiggy, but that's how I want my hair. Do you think it would look the same if dark haired? While I like my fringe, I think my hair needs to be longer or shorter. Think I look too staid at the moment.

As a totally inappropriate aside Dukan sounds like it really works. Prawns for breakfast- yuck though!! I shall give it a miss as I am too carb dependent at present but for meat free suggestions can you have this yoghurt? hardly any carbs but high protein. Also sugar free jelly is carb free. And spinach and watercress are both suprisingly high in protein. I guess any type of fish etc would be OK. Gosh I no longer have the willpower for that, I just had coffee and bahlsen dark choc biscuits for breakfast [oink!]

yes LTEC get the shoes!

rufus I think twiggy cut would look great with dark hair.. My hair is just a mess! Saw a friend the other day (she looks her age, ie young, unlike me) who peered at my head and said ''oooh I can see those white hairs you mentioned!'' I was like 'gee thanks' and she said ' Oh I can only see a few' (in that very small section of hair, ergo there are loads of them all over my head!)

this dress is tiptoeing into my basket, have ideas of wandering about all tanned somewhere hot and lovely. Not sure if it's a bit sack-like though!

oh and does anyone who's a size 8 want this black jersey dress by velvet in a size small with tags? Totally free, just want to get rid of stuff.

Romana your new au pair sounds like she could be fun, but may spend most of her time in your fantastic wardrobe

Yes but vin, she can make clothes.

I have looked through, can't find cake's shoes that everyone's talking about. So sorry about your friend vin, but don't beat yourself up, you couldn't have made a difference.

I like the pink and orange dress. It's not sack-like, but def for hot climes and holidays.

I like the black size 8 dress a lot - would even buy it. Why are you getting rid? Yes please to me!

Why do you get thinner on this dukan thing without eating veg? It's mysterious to my why just prawns would be better than, say, prawns and spinach.

Vin quick post as on lunch break at work, I would love the black jersey dress to wear to work, but would pay you something for it. I'm only 5ft tall do you think it would be too long ? - I can't do longer than knee length without looking like a total frump.

Roman these are the shoes cake is lusting over

vin I'm currently wearing size 12 marthas; do you think the nudie jeans would fit me? If so, and if nobody else wants them, would be delighted to free up some wardrobe space for you

Vin I'm a 12 (again) and a big fan of nudie jeans. Would have to give you something though or at least make a donation to charity.

I remember seeing a BBC documentary about Atkins roman which said that essentially if you limit your diet you cut down on calories and so lose weight. So I guess, at some fundamental level, just prawns is better than prawns and spinach because there are less calories! I also suspect that prawns and spinach is more palatable than just prawns and so you eat more.

vin ignore me - sounds like the jeans would be ideal for mm

Re the UO combats carciofi the pull in thingy to make the waist fit is crap, isn't it? I've put a stitch in mine to stop it slipping and hence keep the waist smaller. Might be worth a try?

Marsha & Plum - please remember (I know I keep saying this)...that it didn't work at all for me until about day 5 (despite the website suggesting I needed just 2 days on the attack phase).

LTEC - I'm on the brink of 10 stone...depending on where I put my scales on the bathroom floor.

Roman - not sure why it works better with just meat. There is a long bit in the book about it but I have forgotten skipped it. But the main driving force seems to be overloading on protein which helps adjust the hunger pangs. I have found myself far less hungry on this than I was on south beach (which was less strict and did allow veg...which makes no sense to me!)

And well done on the curtains. You are such a renaissance woman with your skills! However I am less of your beautiful au pair. I am too low in confidence to have a beautiful 20 year old wafting around!

Vinau - you would be allowed that fat free yog but none of the other things you mention!

No exciting S&B news I'm afraid - other than my UO combats are getting a little loose - I may have to order a small - yippee!

sorry - that should have read 'just protein' not 'just meat'.

Hi everyone, just marking my place as trying to do a quick clean while DD is asleep.
Vin - so sorry to hear about your friend and that you're feeling guilty about it - please don't
Blossoming - glad you had such a lovely time at the christening.
Tracey - I really feel for you wrt the hayfever - mine kicked in big time when P was a week old and the pharmacist said I couldn't take anything until she was at least 6 weeks old so spent the first few weeks of her life feeling like absolute crapola.
Durkan - sounds great. I did the first 2 weeks of the atkins diet a few times before my wedding 6 years ago and it was very effective but def not sustainable - I got so sick of boiled eggs.

I don't know what the matter with me is at the moment - I have managed to control my greedy ways for a few months now thinking about sisters wedding this weekend but the last week I have completely lost it - cakes, chips, takeaways - aghhh. If I start durkan tomorrow I should be ok for the weekend though right?