July Review.

Good morning everyone. 

Hope to find you well. 

Another brilliant weekend for me, at home too!

I was out for a girls lunch on Friday. Three friends and I went to a lovely restaurant near me which overlooked the Estuary and a pretty bay. We went to FinBars which is located in Westgate which is near Margate. It’s a lovely menu which included a  blend of locally sourced ingredients with meat & fish mixed in. The food was stunning. I enjoyed a Caesar salad which had all the usual ingredients along with a tasty crispy boiled egg which had just the right amount of runny yolk. Some of the other choices looked just as delicious. One friend had chorizo scotch egg with fries and another had sautéed shell on king prawns with chillie oil and saffron aioli. We shared a cheeky bottle of yummy rose wine too. 

Saturday was a busy one. I helped Sophie set up her bake stall. She’d booked a two day event and did quite well. It's nice to be able to help her in her baking business, she loves what she does and I'm so proud of how far she's come. I returned home around lunch time and set about cutting the grass, well I say grass it's looking very brown and almost dead as we're having a drought here in the UK in places.  The garden is suffering and I'm just about managing to keep the pots & hanging baskets going with a daily water from the near empty rain butt.  We need water in Kent fast and it's possibly coming in the week but that remains to be seen!

Finishing the garden I took a well earned shower and washed my hair before getting ready to go to a friends beach hut for her birthday.  It really has been an amazing Summer and at times it's been like living abroad.  The evenings have been dreamy to walk about in and sit outside in restaurants and in the garden, It's almost made me feel like who needs to go abroad for a holiday!  Have you enjoyed some hot weather? I opted for casual wear and donned a black jumpsuit that I bought for the hen week. It's a boob tube style with a fancy peplum detail that sits over the bust.  It was a perfect outfit that I wore with basic gold jewellery and my flat sandals. 

It's the first Monday of August, that's crazy isn't it.  It's the wedding month so I'll be a very busy lady for the next few weeks and I'm sure it'll come round really quickly. Anyway welcome to Mummabstylish, it's time to look back at the month of July for the ...

July Review.

At the beginning of the month I was sorting flowers for some the pots and hanging baskets, so I took a trip to the garden centre. It was a hot afternoon and even hotter under the plastic coverings and even though this outfit was kind of cool, I still felt so very sticky and hot!

Dressing for Sicily - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Hello and welcome to Mummabstylish. 

Hope your week is going well. 

It’s been another crazy hot week, I almost don’t know what to do with myself! It’s not the same when you’re on holiday is it. When it’s hot and you’re abroad you can take a dip in the pool or sea and order another cocktail. When you’ve got chores or work to do it’s much harder isn’t it!

I’ve been home for a couple of weeks since celebrating my 40th wedding anniversary in Sicily, with the hen weekend in-between. Today’s post is all about what I wore. 

We’d decided it would be wonderful to spend our special day in Savoca a while back, so David put the wheels in motion booking flights, accommodation and car hire and before I knew it we’d arrived on the magical island of Sicily even though Mount Etna had other ideas. We did think our flight would be diverted of even cancelled but fortunately luck was on our side and the flights and subsequent holiday went ahead. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

 

Style not Age show off their Wedding Wears.

Hi there ladies. 

How’s it going 

I’ve been such a busy lady recently. Weekends away with wedding prep has made getting posts out hard work if  not non existent. So this post has been a bit rushed even though the challenge, which was set by me, was made weeks ago!

It’s been all about weddings in the Mummabstylish household so it was an easy choice to include Wedding Wear for the Style not Age prompt this month. Do scroll to see what my three friends picked for their choices. 

Hen Weeken - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Good morning my friends. 

Wow, what a busy few weeks that’s been!

I vastly underestimated how busy my weeks would be. I thought I’d have plenty of time to blog, but unfortunately having fun with family & friends took over! 😉 So there’s been no Link up for a week or so. 

Since my last post on the 7th July, I’ve been to Sicily with David to celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary and the following weekend I’ve spent in Salou for my youngest daughter’s hen weekend. 

Mink Polka Dots from M&Co - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Hello and welcome. 

How’s your week going?

I’m very excited as I’m away tomorrow. David and I are going back to Sicily for a long weekend which will include our 40th wedding anniversary. I wasn’t sure I’d get away as Mount Etna has been erupting (how rude eh) and some flights were cancelled. It’s looking okay now, so I’ll be on my way early tomorrow morning. I’ll be sharing my trip on instagram, so do follow along. 

Wedding preparations are in full swing and not only is it nerve racking, but exciting and emotional at the same time. I’m still looking for my dress and have had plenty of obstacles so far but I’m out today looking so fingers crossed I find ‘my dress’ today! ❤️

I’ve got weddings on the brain for sure,  so I thought as I can’t show you my Mother of the Bride dress yet, but I can show you this one from M&Co which could easily be a guest dress option. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments.

 

June Review.

Hello my friends.

I hope everything is good in your life. 

All okay for me. It’s been really quite hectic. I think that’s because of the impending hen weekend, a trip to Sicily for my 40th anniversary and the wedding at the end of August which is over the bank holiday. I’m starting to get excited for the next few weeks. There’s lots to do and get sorted but sometimes when you’re busy you can get everything done and enjoy it!

I’ve had a great weekend. Saturday was spent in the garden. I’ve been weeding and trimming with David doing the harder jobs. We’re getting it ready for the wedding so it’s going to be full on at every opportunity. I need to keep on top of the weeds and grass cutting. 

We had a 40th birthday party to attend on Sat evening. It was my twin nephew’s birthday along with one of their wife’s! All the family went except for my mum, and it was good to see them all enjoying themselves, and I even joined in with a few dance moves too - the grandkids liked that! It ended up a late night so I felt really flat yesterday. Fortunately there wasn’t anything to do so I had a relaxing day watching the F1 and debating whether to watch the football which was scheduled for 1am! I’ll add an edit to let you know if I watched it or not! 

**Late Edit ** I didn’t watch the footy but loved seeing the result when I woke up this morning! 3 - 2 to England!!

To start the new month it’s time to look back on the June for the review. 

Welcome to the June Review. 

I started the month off sharing some stunning shoes from Paradox. These pink beauties are extremely comfortable on the feet and don’t you think they look great? You can see them & the matching bag here too!

What to wear to a Garden Centre - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Hello and welcome to Mummabstylish. 

How are you all on the 2nd July?

I can’t believe how fast this year is going. I think it’s because I’m so busy with wedding planning, Airbnb work and going to the gym along with family life. It’s never a boring day at Mummabstylish’s house!

David is back from the stag weekend in Tenerife. They all had a good time and everything went smoothly - phew. It’ll soon be the hens turn, woohoo! We’re visiting Salou in Spain, and I’m getting very excited now. The outfits are coming together and I plan to add each one to a packing cube so I’ll know exactly where they are in the case. I’ll be sharing a case, so it’ll make life easier for whoever gets the short straw! ( I like to take a lot with me. 😬)

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Summer Loving having a Blast with Style not Age.

Morning my friends. 

Well that was a scorcher! With not a lot of actual sunshine on Sunday  

David has been away on the stag weekend and he’s not back until tomorrow. For me it’s been hard as we’re ALWAYS together. I’ve been with my daughters and the grandkids so it’s been fun but I hate not having him around!

I’ve went to the Ashford outlet yesterday, but came home with nothing but a sports bra! The shops are dire and I’m going to have to resort to shopping online! I need some summer flats to take away, but didn’t see any I really liked so I’ve been doing the thing I hate … scrolling the web. It’s so boring and I get so annoyed, anyone else have that problem? I’ll just have to do little and often, and fingers crossed I find what I want. 🤞

My post today features three of my lovely friends from the Style not Age gang and this month we’re 

Summer Loving and having a blast with our favourite Summer outfits that have been on repeat over the past few weeks. Stay tuned to find out what my three friends have been reaching for. 

The Lucky Cat - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Morning all. 

How are you all doing?

Ooh it’s been hot here in the UK with temperatures registering the highest ever in June! It’s has been almost unbearable but I still managed to do two gym classes yesterday and did a clean at the AirBnb which was extremely hot! Home to get a bit cooler, by doing the ironing lol. The evening was better after a cold bath and a glass of fizz!

It’s been way too hot for me to take any photos over the past couple of days - so today I’ll share an insight into my Saturday night which was spent in London at Gordon Ramsey’s Lucky Cat restaurant in Bishopsgate. 

Items marked with * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments. 

Balloon Trousers with Flats.

Hello and welcome to my blog. 

For any new followers I’d like to tell you a bit about myself. I started blogging a few years ago when my youngest started work. He’s the youngest of five children and with him at work I felt very redundant. I’d become very forgetful and had almost lost my way with fashion and how I should be dressing. So I looked for inspiration on other blogs and found there’s not a rule of what I should and shouldn’t wear - and everyone should wear what they want at any age. So Mummabstylish was born and I’ve loved the whole journey. I’ve made lots of new friends, even meeting some IRL which is so much fun, almost like meeting a celebrity! To date I’ve published over a thousand posts! It’s something I’m incredibly proud of what with having to learn nearly everything along the way. I’ll continue to do so and find it really therapeutic, it’s kind of like writing a diary and it’s been fun to look back on previous posts to see what I’ve been doing! lol. 

I thank you for your continued support and hope one day I can meet some of my American friends across the pond. 

Anyway that’s enough about me, now I’d like to show what I wore last week, more importantly the new balloon trousers I’ve been having a friendship with. 

Items marked with an * have been gifted to me, however these are 100% my own honest comments.