Scarlett and Jo skirt - OOTD

Hello there,

It may be September, but I'm determined not to put away my summer skirts and sandals just yet (remind me of this next time it's raining though).

I recently purchased this Scarlett and Jo skirt from the Evans sale. I haven't owned a flowery mid-length skirt like this for years. Cue a fair bit of twirling and flouncing around when I first put it on.

Top - F&F Tesco (22) - old
Shoes - Primark

Now I normally take a 20/22 in a skirt and I ordered a 22 here. But to be honest, I would have been better to have gone for a 24. The waist band is elastic but is quite unforgiving! I'll remember to size up next time.

Thanks for reading

Cathy

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End of Outfit August - at the top of Portsdown Hill

Hi everyone,

Confession time - life overtook me during the last few weeks so I fell off the Outfit August project (sorry!). But in between the horrendous weather and all other things, I squeezed in one last post before September starts and Autumn hits (anyone else excited at the thought of Halloween this year?).

Near to where I live is Portsdown Hill. It's famous locally for the views, for bikers, for being an MOD base and for being a dodgy area at night (I won't elaborate on that...). Another thing it's famous for is the burger van at the top of the hill. So on a rare sunny day and needing a some fresh air, we drove to the top to have a well needed burger.

I called this my budget outfit, the skirt was from Marks and Spencer sale (£7) and the top is from Primark (£4) (notice hands in pockets - I do love my pockets).

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed Outfit August. These are the other lovely ladies who took part this month:

Leah
Harriet
Emma
Veronika
Nikki
Woosang
Christy
Charli
Mookie
Lucy
Steph
Natalie
Meshel
Jane

Thanks for reading

Cathy
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Elvis at the O2, London

Hi everyone,

It's been 38 years since Elvis Presley died and I still remember that day as if it was yesterday (yep, I am that old). The O2 arena in London are currently hosting the exhibition Elvis at the O2 which runs until January 2016 and a couple of weeks ago, I went with my Mother to have a look around.

Now I haven't been to the O2 since it was know as the Millennium Dome (yep, still that old) so I was interested to see how much I'd remember if any. The answer was not a lot. The inside has been totally transformed with plenty of restaurants, cinema and of course the famous arena for live music.

We booked for a 1.00pm slot which gave us plenty of time to get across London on the tube while avoiding the expensive rush hour. Once we got out of the tube station at Greenwich, it was literally a few minutes walk away.

Trying to choose where to eat!

I think that if you're an Elvis fan (which my mother certainly is) then this is a must see exhibition. There probably wasn't as much there as we were expecting and it only took a couple of hours to see it all. We've been to Graceland in America a few times, so this probably raised our expectations higher than they should have been. But overall, it was great day out with non-stop Elvis music and would we go again? Yes - because you can never have too much Elvis!

Thanks for reading

Cathy

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Simply Be dark denim dress OOTD

Hi everyone,

I've had this post sat in my drafts folder - but never published it, oops.

I saw a number of bloggers earlier this year wearing a bleach wash denim dress from Simply Be.

I loved the dress, but not the colour. When I was in Simply Be's Exeter store I saw the dark denim version and that was it - I had to have it.

Definitely a theme of hands in pockets here...

I added this bracelet from Primark - perfect colours to match dark denim. Plus the dress (in both colours) is reduced now on Simply Be if you love it as much as I do

Thanks for reading

Cathy
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