High Street Outlet - DKNY Dress.

Hi everyone.

Hope you are all doing okay. 

Well we're moving through March at a pace aren't we!

April is on the horizon and that means lots of birthday celebrations for me. 

With warmer weather over the weekend I decided it was time to trim the hedge! The cherry plum bushes haven’t had a chance to grow that much so although the job was hard it wasn’t as bad as it has been. It took me a good few hours to trim it as I had to move the aluminium podium every so often as I moved along. That was hard as was leaning over to make sure I’d got all the branches! Once I’d done the top and side I decided to call it a day on that and set about tackling the grass verge where the spoil had fallen. I went up and down a few times to not only collect the twigs but cut the grass and weeds too. Once that was finished I set about the back and front grass, collecting all the cuttings this time instead of leaving them on the ground. I had to empty the box every so often and fortunately had a skip to put it in! By the end of the day I was exhausted! I had an early night after having a takeaway curry. Cooking was the last thing I felt like doing! So my garden is looking much tidier now, & I plan to keep on top of the mowing so it’s stays like that!

Today I thought you’d like to see my new dress and this cute colour mix with my dress from High Street Outlet. 

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

Barrel Leg Jeans from Blue Vanilla - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Morning all.

Sorry no post again on Monday, after getting back to a busy household on Sunday (I've been skiing) it didn't leave much time for blogging and I felt so tired after the early morning - we got up at 3.15 am!!

It's also been a busy week, so much so I've not been to my usual gym classes.  There's so much to catch up on after a week away.  I'd missed a couple of birthdays, so had to drop cards and gifts off, along with doing the washing, ironing etc and yesterday I was in London to view the Summer collection from Damart.  It wasn't really a long day, but lots of walking and plenty of talking - I was quite worn out last night!

With better weather on the horizon I'm really looking forward to getting into Spring clothes.  I'm planning on going through my wardrobe's again. I've got so much stuff it's often hard to find just what I want, sometimes forgetting just what I have. I need to get it into more of an orderly fashion so wish me luck for that one! Lol. 

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

Skiing in Andorra - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Hiya. 

How are you?

Sorry there was no post on Monday, I’m away skiing and as you can imagine the first day is rather busy!

I’m in Andorra which is a new place for me to try and having never skied here before it’s been wonderful. 

The transfer was quite long as we flew into Barcelona, the other airport in France wasn’t an option because apparently the road from there had been damaged by an avalanche! Scary to think that could happen!

The hotel is in the town of Arinsal which is about 5 mins bus transfer to the gondola and then a ten minute journey up the mountain to the lockers where we kept our skies etc  

It’s been a new concept for us as we normally opt for a ski in ski out hotel, but this hasn’t t been a problem and has also given us the opportunity to visit some of the local pubs. I must say everyone we’ve met so far has been so friendly and welcoming - the hotel restaurant manager even gave us a lift up to the gondola on the first day!

Luxurious Yellow Midi - Chic & Stylish Linkup.

Good morning everyone. 

What have you been up to since we last spoke?

A busy week for me and I'm away on Sunday for a week skiing with David.  Since 2001 we've gone skiing with the kids and good friends with our group booking reaching nearly 30 people!  It's just David and me this year so it's going to be very different.  Many of the kids have now either got families of their own or have just bought new houses or are saving for weddings!  A couple of our older friends have health issues or family commitments!  It's hard to see the group so small now, but I'm hoping it will improve over the next few years - that's until David and I may be too old or infirm to go!!!

Today I thought I'd share a recent addition to my dress section.  This pretty midi has been a welcomed addition as I know it will be worn time and time again!

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

February Review.

Hello my friends. 

Hope to find you well. 

How did your weekend fair? Mine went by in the flash of an eye. I was looking forward to a lovely weekend and then found myself on Sunday evening frantically writing this blog post!

Friday evening was spent learning the second part of the ballroom dance at my weekly class. We continued learning the foxtrot, the social dance that’s full of fast and slow movements which twist and turn at a fairly fast pace. I managed to grasp all the moves and as usual throughly enjoyed the whole dance. We generally learn a dance in two to three weeks and then move onto a new routine. The dance club also arranges dance events every month, but I never join them because they’re at the weekend - I don’t like to leave the family as my weekends with them and David are so precious. Do you like to spend all your weekends with the family?

Sunday, after helping Sophie at a cake sale for a well deserving cause, was spent with some of the kids and grandkids for a chicken roast. I’d prepared most of the vegetables before leaving and upon returning home, in the afternoon, I helped David complete the dinner. We had roast chicken and potatoes, with cauliflower cheese, carrots, swede, roasted parsnips and Yorkshire puddings, accompanied by stuffing and bread sauce. Do you have to have all the accompaniments when you have a roast?

As it’s the beginning of a new month I always have a post that looks back on the previous month and I like to share what I got up to. So welcome to the …

February Review. 

Such a short month it seems like only yesterday i shared this gorgeous co-ord from Marks & Spencer. I’ve heard it’s in demand so I’m pleased I managed to find this outfit. 

Do let me know if you preferred it together or separately!

Another Beautiful Bag - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Hello and I must say lovely to have you join me today. 

Do add to the linkup below ⬇️ 

How’s your week going?

We had a marvellous day yesterday with temps in the mid 20’s! I even went out without a jacket or coat! I hope this milder weather sticks around as I want to trim the hedge at the weekend! If not I’ll be inside helping David in the house. 

Today’s outfit features my latest bag from Elie Beaumont, I’m so pleased to continue my affiliation with them, my personal discount code is still running so please do take advantage of 10% off your order using the code JQ10!

I’m hopefully heading over to Matalan today, so have a look on TikTok to see if I add any purchases!

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

Style not Age Go Red for Feb.

Welcome to the blog. 

How are you my friends?

Did you have a good weekend? I was out to dinner on Saturday night, we had a wonderful evening at our daughters with a private chef preparing and cooking our dinner and I must say it was delicious. 

If you’re like me and have only a few favourite restaurants that you like to frequent and are a bit dismayed with the restaurant chains, then maybe having a private chef cooking for you might be the answer. Six of us dined on a superb three course meal complete with canapés. We’d pre-booked our dishes which he’d suggested, leaving the choice of canapés to my daughter and her husband, although we had all given our preferences. In the end we had chorizo which had been marinated in Worcester sauce and had a sticky glaze over it. The king prawn option was divine too, that was covered in a fresh salsa of sweet chilli and lime. The other option was delicious and I could have eaten all the portions! It was a crispy pork belly covered in soy sauce, honey glaze and chilli. Yes they were all as tasty as they sound. X 

I’ll continue to tease you later in the post but until then let me tempt you with the Style not Age collection who’re sharing their red outfits for the monthly challenge based on the prompt …

Go Red for Feb!

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

Navy & White with a Padded Jacket - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Hi there everyone. 

How are you?

Another busy week with Shrove Tuesday in the middle of it. We had to have pancakes on Tuesday, so some of the kids came round to enjoy them too. Sophie made a huge pot of batter and after our dinner of spicy meatballs and pasta David set about making them. He made probably about 20! We all had different toppings but can you guess what I had? My favourite additions are banana and caramel which was divine. I only had one even though he’d made so many but to be honest that one was enough. We had other options like chocolate sauce, biscoff, kinder chocolate along with the basic favourite lemon and sugar. What’s your topping of choice?

I took a trip into town too. My eldest granddaughter came with me, she loves having a wander around the shops, just like me, including New Look, Primark, Boots and Superdrug. It’s actually a shame there aren’t many stores suitable for an 11 year old but she did find a pretty long sleeve top that came home with her. I heard in the news the re-opening of Top Shop. I’m thrilled that an old favourite is returning to the high street and pray many others will follow. I also asked Amelia if she preferred shopping in shops or online and she said the former. I’m excited as that’s what I would choose. Let’s hope high street shops continue to return so that buying online won’t be the norm! How do you like to shop?

My Weekend - Argyle Sweater.

Morning all. 

Hope you’re well and have had a super weekend. 

Another wonderful one for me. Dancing on Friday for which we completed the Rumba. It’s a lovely dance and I throughly enjoyed the twists and turns, trying hard to use my feet in the right way, apparently you have to glide across the floor sliding your feet without lifting them too much! You have to imagine having paper money under the balls of your feet and not letting it go! I won’t literally try this as I might end up doing the splits!😱

Saturday, after looking after Kimberley and Jack, my grandkids, I helped David with the plasterboard. I managed to cover a wall upstairs, albeit with some help from him and the new plasterboard drill bit he bought has been so helpful. It stops you drilling the screw in too far. I’m very proud of my achievements and I’m really pleased to be able to help. I was also on tea/coffee duty - I’m brilliant at that! 😂

Saturday evening we were at friends for a dinner party. It was lovely to catch up with some of our friends over a few drinks and delicious food. Both David and I can’t wait to have dinner parties in our new house. Ours doesn’t lend itself well to hosting, it’s rather small and really old! I know it’s not about the surroundings but more the company but it’s just doesn’t feel right. Do you understand how I feel about this? Our friends served a tasty salmon fillet which was accompanied by a creamy sauce, dauphinois potatoes and veg. We also had canapés of home made sausage rolls and breaded king prawns with spicy chilli jam. All of which we devoured by me and the other guests.  She’d also made a delicious Bakewell tart. Really was a super evening and I throughly enjoyed it even though it was a late night with a few too many glasses of fizz!

Sunday was a cold and wet day. After the AirBnb clean I came home to warm up. You know when you get so cold it takes ages to get warm! I stayed under the furry throw for a few hours before helping David prepare and cook steak with a Gorgonzola sauce over pasta. I did have a cheeky glass of white wine though, just to complete the dish you understand! 😆

Can’t believe I forgot to share this jumper with you, what do you think of this argyle beauty and what’s your favourite outfit?

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

Chat GPT - Chic & Stylish Linkup

Morning all. 

What have you been up to since we last spoke?

You can let me know by adding your posts to the linkup below. I love to hear what you’ve been up to!

I’ve been busy with the family and gym/dance classes. I’ve also been helping in the new house and it’s coming along nicely. We’re almost ready to welcome the plasterers to work on the top two floors which is so exciting. 

I’ve yet to buy anything for Spring. I’m waiting until the shops have an abundance to new stuff before I venture in. Have you bought anything new yet?

I’ve been having a play around with Chat GPT and got involved the latest craze. Have you heard of the app and have you used it?