I confess

It all went wrong. My smug satisfaction, being on track all culminated in a seismic fall. There are no admissions at the Priory yet for blogging dysfunction. I blame it all on the pleated skirt. I just got carried away in my head with newness and things. Then a dear friend posted this in my facebook comments page - rules are meant to be broken you know......and life is forever changing, which is why us humans are so adaptable......so review your decision and see if it is still valid, if yes, then you are on the right track, but personally, being too s...trict with anything only makes life more difficult! lol! xxxPS lovely skirt and you will look fab in it. x

So seed planted but my good voice kept me in check... and then I meet the lovely Sharon Rose of MyStyle, Thrifting, Fashion and Me.. for our planned lunch at the cafe in Harvey Nicks. Well we had a good old natter and a catch up on all things.

Sharon

Me - looking quite serious but actually the picture below is more like the day we had, lots of laughs.

Then after our nosh up we went to Topshop! To try on the pleated skirt!!
On route to my downfall we stopped to admire my high street pick of the week. The Sharon insisted I tried on the pleated skirt. Of which there were none available - phew! Yet my very own Mrs Doyle (Father Ted) with her go on attitude found the black pleated skirt in the petite range. Well you can guess what happened next - actually all hell broke lose and I tried on a few things and saw lots to like. Sharon and I had such fun in the changing rooms with our flowing wide leg trousers and floppy seventies hats. A pleated skirt, then a H&M chiffon blouse later we also popped into Zara. All I can say is I'm lucky I didn't have any more funds as it was like a sweetie shop in there too! I did complete the look with a lucky find of shoes on sale at £14 down from £65. We also spotted a leopard print dress for Mrs Fab but the picture I took didn't save to my iphone.

The bargain Zara shoes with hidden platform and the beautiful addition of a padded insole bit for the ball of your feet


It felt proper to put the bag on the head in a reverse of Victoria Becham's ad for Marc Jacobs and yes I did the walk of shame in it.

The H&M blouse

The Zara shoe - you can just spy the padded bit, so comfy!

The complete look delivered aka WendyB style without the winning red lippy smile mainly because Mr MDS is so dreadful at taking photos. Oh and those bags next to my foot are old ones which I found stuffed in a draw, so I was clearing up as well as posing



And the wonderful Sharon Rose brought me a booty bag from all her car booting and charity shops. A canvas Temperley had a white Jil Sander shirt, a necklace which I was wearing in earlier Harvey Nicks photos, a stripy tee, a pretty blue Boden top, (yes we had the Boden conversation but it is a top top for holidays) a wide studded belt, a faux leopard print stole and a Prada catalogue. It was a lovely thoughtful gift and it was so nice for me to actually shop and have fun with someone rather than it being work.

I think I'm stuffed on my style challenge now...