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    Introducing the 2021 Shoe Challenge!

    January 26, 2021February 8, 2021by Steph4 Comments on Introducing the 2021 Shoe Challenge!
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    A Letter To Bailey…

    August 19, 2020November 8, 2020by StephLeave a Comment on A Letter To Bailey…
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    Pubs – A Love Letter

    March 21, 2020July 29, 2020by Steph6 Comments on Pubs – A Love Letter
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    Holiday People I Hate

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    Winter Fashion Problems

    February 15, 2018February 8, 2021by Steph2 Comments on Winter Fashion Problems
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Why I Just Don’t Care If My Skinny Jeans Aren’t ‘Cool’ Anymore…

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021by StephLeave a Comment on Why I Just Don’t Care If My Skinny Jeans Aren’t ‘Cool’ Anymore…
Why I Just Don’t Care If My Skinny Jeans Aren’t ‘Cool’ Anymore…

...and neither should you!

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Birthday Musings 2021

February 18, 2021by StephLeave a Comment on Birthday Musings 2021
Birthday Musings 2021

If the year never really happened, surely I can't have got another year older, right..?

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Why We Need To Stop Comparing Birth Stories

February 11, 2021by StephLeave a Comment on Why We Need To Stop Comparing Birth Stories
Why We Need To Stop Comparing Birth Stories

Please stop telling me my birth was easy...

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Reasons to be Cheerful – Snow Days

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021by StephLeave a Comment on Reasons to be Cheerful – Snow Days
Reasons to be Cheerful – Snow Days

How a little snow saved lockdown...

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Comfy and casual for a day in the park (where else?!) I was tempted to go for a two save day and change into some heels when I got home, but turns out I couldn’t be bothered so it’s a boring one today - just my everyday white trainers for save 48/181. Until a few years ago trainers were a purely functional item, but these days I have succumbed to their charms and have three pairs, plus a willingness to add more at some point! You may have noticed my total to save has gone up by one - I got new shoes! They’ll be debuting tomorrow but you can catch them on my stories for now!
It’s a gorgeously sunny and mild day here today, but despite my constant moaning about the cold I find myself suddenly feeling wistful for wintery snowy days... sorry, Mother Nature, seems you can’t win with me!
It was SO WARM today!! It felt so good to feel the sun on my face while Bailey played in the park, life felt a lot less bleak. Having said that, the sky has just gotten suspiciously dark just as we prepare to head out for the dog walk, so looks like I’ll be changing out of shoe save 47/180 - my second pair of Boden ‘Florence’ flats - in favour of wellies again. Oh well, at least my skirt is splash proof...
Lots of you have noticed that we have a rather large gin and rum collection! What you probably don’t know is that a lot of them are souvenirs from holidays and trips! Even when we’ve finished them we like to repurpose the special ones as reminders of happy times - we’ve made bottles into lamps, vases, candle holders - anything goes! This gorgeous bottle of @bvigin will definitely be sticking around long after it’s contents have gone, but for now we’re enjoying drinking it and thinking of our amazing trip there 2 years ago!
Scuse the fluffy hair, it air dried and honestly I just couldn’t be arsed to style it. Ah, remember the days before straighteners? When you could just have hair and that be ok? I think I might start a revolution. I’m bringing fluffy back... Anyway, the weather was positively spring like today! So much so I saved my first pair of flats (apart from the Dune ones I kinda cheated with...) Save 47/180 is one of two pairs of Boden ‘Florence’ flats. I have a bit of a thing for lace up flares in case you hadn’t noticed from my posts today...
SHOE SWAP - when I started my challenge to wear all my shoes in a year it was in part a way of taking a look at my collection and making sure it worked for me. I always knew there were a few pairs that I really wanted to upgrade and here’s the first! I’ve had these tatty old leopard flats on the right for an absolute age, but despite leopard being a favourites mine for statement accessories I never felt excited about adding them to an outfit. They’re just a bit blah. So I’ve been searching for a replacement pair for a while and finally settled on these lace up flats from Zara which I scored for a bargain £4 on eBay because the laces had frayed. A new pair of laces only cost me a couple of quid and now I have a pair I’m really happy with so the old ones are getting retired! They won’t be getting chucked though, they still have some mileage left in them so they’re going to go in the boot of the car for emergencies! The total to save for the year still stands at 180 for now, though I may have a birthday pair on the way to me, so watch this space...
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