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

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In reference to a question by ltec the other day.

Can't imagine waxing my arms in fact I quite like it when the hairs go all blonde in the summer
But I have discovered that I actually have very freckly arms - why have I not noticed this before and added it to my list of bodily paranoia?

Like the black dress roma - v chic.

I have just done some ironing and realised that most of my primarni clothes have got holes in - I know I shouldn't expect much when they are so cheap but some have only been worn and washed a couple of times - I feel like a tramp

ABO - love the idea of clothes swaps but can't imagine anyone would want my holey cast offs . My firend and I measured ourselves prior to starting the shred and were amazed to find that we are exactly the same size all over excpet for my calves which are nearly 2 inches bigger than her sparrow legs!

Aghh - rogue smileys and typos everywhere - sorry.

Sorry - meant to type owner and make clear I luv (in a purely admiring way!) Mary - NOT the bakery owner!

I am such a woss re pain that I only have ever had my eyebrows waxed! Helps I am very fair tho!

Tracey - I hope Bea gives you some rest tonight.

Roma - love the dress.

Another hairy armed one here. I have light olive skin and very dark hair....so I guess it was a given.

We are about mid way through the last series. I'm going to be so sad. The first few got me through quite a bit of bedrest and now DH and I are really enjoying them together. Has anyone tried prison break? I've been told it's almost as good as 24!

Oh and can I dare to ask some non A&W advice? I am taking my Mother for a meal the night before her wedding. I want to go to a really good Italian place. I was thinking Locanda Locatelli but to be honest the few times I've been there the few times I've been before it's never been perfect. Can you think of anywhere better (central london!)

hf my curtains are not very good, but I'm proud that I actually made them . Right, I'll think I'll get that dress as everyone likes it and it's not too terrifyingly exxy.

Tracey what a drag. We move all the time and always live in rental houses. We do actually own 2 houses but they're rented to other people! Hence me making curtains. What's the point spending 2000 euros on lovely curtains made-to-measure for these windows? Sometimes I think it would be lovely just to decide on somewhere and stay there. But then I also like fantasising about the new places we could go to live.

hells here?

Someone told me Cecconis was nice.

Roman As a Forces wife with umpteen moves unde rmy belt I feel the same! The only problem is that I now have numerous pairs of spare curtains secreted in various cupboards.

hf me too, but they're rarely right for the new house. I keep them all just in case!

speaking of curtains, I find myself strangely drawn to this

My boden bag post was deleted just in case!

Tracey, could you please link to the sweatshirt? Hope you get more sleep tonight.

I am also fed up renting, but will have to put up with it for a while longer.

Hells, is the River Cafe too far out for you? Or Signor Sassi in Knightsbridge is good.

I had my legs waxed once, ah the pain, never again.

LTEC I like a lot of her stuff as it's quite 'simple' (wrong word I'm sure). The colour would be good for you - and it has pockets!

LTEC, that would be lovely on you.

I can't bear to think about the colder weather yet but when I do, it will be with these boots in mind.

and for anyone who can't quite stretch to the Houlis but can't quite go as low as River Island - these??

Still packing! Love that dress Roma, you never know the sale will start in a couple of weeks and you could bag yourself a bargain!
Me likey the DKNY bags! Wish I wasn't going away, can't order anything. I'll be in withdrawal!
Also fret about the hairy arms, and indeed considered the IPL, but feared it wouldn't work completely so I'd look patchy! Love the summer when they go fair. Am so hairy though (or was before the IPL). Never told DH I got it done, and he's never commented! Often wonder how he hasn't noticed that everything is so well maintained now! It was a full time job previously, and then if I was going somewhere or on holiday, I might put off waxing for a week or 2 so that it would be perfect for the event! He'd faint if he knew how much it cost!
Anyway big wave from me. You never know I might bump into NY! I'll be looking out for those stylish maxis!

Am being driven mad.

Glasses arrived. They're not the right ones! I'm almost £300 down and very upset. They're almost right but the not limited edition smaller frame. Big disappointment. I cried and I never cry.

I'm such a wuss today now. Not helped that one of my closest mates who has a ds2 same age as dd and ds1 same age as dd1 should've been next month is moving from 10 mins walk away to 2hrs at least drive away on Friday. I am not good at the whole mummy friend malarky so will miss her even more than most would iyswim.

Now to make matters worse I'm at mum's as can't stay at home because of all the work & there are road resurfacing works going on outside the window from 20:00-02:00.

Ah. I'm going to start my new Walter Mosley and ignore everything else.

The clothes swap thing works really well if you're all having babies at different times - so you can share each other's larger, post-baby sized stuff! And you can always include accessories/bags etc for which "size doesn't matter"

Love those boots LTEC

Re mothers and style - I love mine to bits, but style is not her thing! I'm taking her with me on Friday to have her colours done as birthday present, and I hope it will help to give her confidence to buy. She's hopeless at spending money, and hopeless at making decisions! I think I learnt a lot from my paternal grandmother who was Italian and a dress maker. She made almost everything I wore as a child, up to and including my wedding dress.

Sympathies about DH and business plans tracey. Altough my DH's entrepreneurial exploits haven't stopped us buying property, they have meant many a month of not knowing how we are going to pay for it

Morning all. Tipping it down with rain here!

Tracey glad I could be of help and Mrsjuan sorry you had a bad p'cist experience, all p'cists are not the same you know .

Yes Cake hirsutism is the price we have to pay for having youthful looking skin. Notice the two things I listed as changing my life were both hair removal related (IPL and threading). Rufus my DH doesn't know I've had IPL either, it was all done and dusted before I met him. He thinks he's married to a naturally hair free lovely! And, being tres shallow I had it done on my arms as well.

MM what a complete bummer! I think I would cry too.

Have a good day everyone, off to get ready (in A/W gear) for work!

Hola!

My headache is still gone! Hurrah, the osteo is a miracle worker.

2nd day of Dukan, weirdly no hunger pangs, just greed, which has me longing for a slice of toast.

MM, I'm so sorry to hear about yr friend. My 'mummy friend' who lived 2 mins round the corner moved about 18 months ago to a 4 hour drive away. We still see each other when we can, she's godmother to DS and DD and her DS are still best buddies but it's not teh same as seeing each other almost daily. I feel yr sorrow-still have a little weep sometimes after a visit-but have finally met a new set of local mummy friends now that DD has started pre-school. Some of them are and some are fab!

Roman, Tracey and other renters, I really admire you all for making a home for your families in a house that isn't your own. We always rented in London, and one of the reasons we moved out was so we could buy a house rather than a flat. I got so fed up with decorating/planning/shopping for new homes, knowing that they were only for 12 months at a time. Having to do that, and deal with constantly moving DCs schools etc would just about finish me off!

thanks for all the restaurant ideas. I'm going to do some google mapping to work out which ones are near enough and go from there!

LTEC - will you please stop linking. I can't stop thinking about those boots now.

Tracey - I'm hoping this weather means you are getting some respite.

Plum- well done! Greed does start subsiding - although I always had a lot of chewing gum. So I suspect I looked very common.

I'm now under 10 stone. But my drinking legs are ruined. I have a big night out on Saturday so realised I better start drinking a little so I didn't fall under the table....one small glass each night over the last 2 nights. I've woken up feeling terrible each time!

Morning!

Yeay - definitely getting respite from hayfever but what grotty weather.

Am wearing my new new look top which I can't find on their site (sorry carciofi) with zara skinny khakis.

MarshaB - see by chloe top really lovely so a very good buy.

Oh and lulumaam mentioned on another thread that she'd bought a lightweight scarf in h&m for £5 - zebra print with hot pink trim - sounds good so may investigate later.

Plum - glad your headaches gone!

Oh the weather here is grim - grey skies and rain about to bucket down any minute. Sigh.... Where is summer, have you seen it? Its meant to be here but only briefly appeared, then ran off. Am off to Westfield this afternoon so may take DD for a spin around New Look and Zara.

I am not influenced by my mother when it comes to style or weight. Neither are commendable. Her strengths lie elsewhere. But since DD is only almost 1 I dominate influence her style. I shudder to think what lies ahead when she demands to dress herself.

We always rent where we live - in the 10 years we have been together DH has not once thought it was a good time to buy, so on and on we rent. I dream of a terrace in Paddington, Sydney, which is the plan for when it actually is the right time to buy (prob when we move back, whenever that will be).

Roma - black dress is beautiful. Buy buy buy.

Cakey - not sure about that orange and white dress.

Roman, got your email! monkeys drop me a line and I shall send you jeans!

I have been wallowing in self pity so much that I have forgotten to send friend's family a card/flowers or anything.. just ordered some on serenata but they're a bit icky white. I know flowers have never helped me but I guess they are appreciated by some people. It's so hard to know what to do. I (possibly irrationally) worry that her family will dislike me because I didn't help her! Of course some people who have had anorexia just egg each other on and I truly hope they don't think that of me, it can be a very bad influence to have a friend of similar disposition. I don't even know if they know I have recovered and am most giant of arse now.. Just had a search through the cards I have at home and sadly they are totally inappropriate to send as sympathy- eg. 'All I want out of life is as much cake as possible without getting fat', and a mexican card showing lots of skeletons...argh!

cain no still no sign of jacket- AS customer services are a bit rubbish I have to say (3 calls later) and the delivery company have said it was signed for.. but no sign at the address. I have left a note there now!

You know when you think 'god everything is going wrong it couldn't possibly get any worse' and then it does! that's me!

my mother? No. Not a style inspiration, or maybe she is in her own way, in that I am so horrified by her that I have gone out of my way to be the opposite. She's got very very fat, we've never had a good relationship. On a style note we were in C London once when I was 10 and she was stopped by a TV crew called 'the style police' as she was wearing shiny red puffa jacket over a turquoise linen skirt, orthopaedic shoes, one of those free bags from a magazine with the mag name on. Was hilarious.

By the way carciofi your link episode is making me chuckle! Boden porn indeed!!!

Morning all.

After demanding that dc1 leave dh alone before 6am this morning here's me jumping out of bed and into the shower at quarter past only to get out and realise I got the hour wrong and it was still only 5.30. What a (tired) fool.

Have made chocolate cupcakes and bought sandwich stuff and curry ingredients.
Dh looks lovely in his Crew clothing new clothes. I love seeing him in holiday casual wear. Seems to be a good make for him so my chance paid off.

allbuggiedout, are you having your colours done too?I said I'd treat my mum for her bday but she wasn't keen. Doesn't like being told what to do my mum! And she's a pear who wears tank tops so I don't follow her. She looked amazing in my wedding though in dark red and black with flattering make up so she can get it right. She just doesn't see the point of looking her best every day which I do.