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Winter outfit for over 40 fashion blog

Styling a khaki jumper and mini rara skirt for winter

February 26, 2019

Forever 21 seems to be very hit or miss as to its quality of clothing. Considering it’s remarkably cheap prices, you wouldn’t expect much, but on this trip to America, I found it to be quite impressive.

Black Joe Browns Mix it up tunic

Styling the Joe Browns Mix It Up tunic

February 18, 2019

This particular style of tunic has been a welcome return in the Joe Brown’s catalogue for years and years. They change the colours and they change the fabrics slightly, but the style is the same, and I love it! I also own this tunic in dark red, but for this blog post, I thought I’d show you how I wore my black and grey one….

bullet journal inspiration

Starting to bullet journal

February 13, 2019

Bullet journalling has been around for a while, but to be honest, I didn’t particularly feel I had a need for it. Until now…

Joe Browns blue coat

Styling my new cute Joe Browns winter coat

February 8, 2019

You need a different coat for different occasions and different types of outfit don’t you? You do, don’t you?! So I refuse to feel guilty about the fact that I have purchased THREE new coats this winter!!

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A photography trip to Wistman’s Wood, Dartmoor, Devon

February 5, 2019

Chris bought himself a new lens recently, and his place of choice to try it out for the first time was a photography trip to Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor. Full of myth and legend and being the place of many a fairy sighting, I was pretty keen to go as well…

When I Grow Up blog

Welcome to the new When I Grow Up blog design!

February 1, 2019

Ok, so the eagle eyed regular readers probably noticed that this actually happened in the middle of December, but it was too busy a time of year for me to fanfare about it then! I didn’t think it should pass us by being completely ignored though, so here it is; my new blog design!

how to style lagenlook

How to style Lagenlook clothing

January 18, 2019

Winter is the perfect time of year to experiment with Lagenlook, as in this weather, layering is what we have to do anyway! For this outfit I wore a loose-fitting long-sleeved top underneath, then a pinafore type dress and then a waterfall cardigan.

Styling a fifties dress in winter

Blogging problems and Making blog plans for 2019

January 9, 2019

Happy New Year! I cannot believe we are welcoming in a new year already! Anyway, it’s time for me to sit down with my blogging notebook and make some plans for 2019. A little bit of your help would be really appreciated 🙂

If you don't love yourself

If you don’t love yourself, don’t panic! My problem with “inspirational” quotes & musings on self-esteem

December 20, 2018

I don’t often use this blog as a platform for a rant, but I’m going to on this occasion! There was one particular so-called “inspirational” quote that really got me riled up enough to write about it. This is what it said: “If you don’t love yourself, how can you expect anyone else to love you?”

winter party outfit

A Christmas Party Outfit – Styling a black tutu skirt

December 18, 2018

Styling a black tutu tulle midi skirt with a silver crushed velvet cami vest top and maroon cropped cardigan…

a vintage style floral dress

A 1970’s Vintage-style dress

December 11, 2018

I’ll be honest, I totally forgot about this photo-shoot we did back at the end of summer! What with our month in America and week in the Canary Islands, I’m afraid I’m a bit all over the place! I bought this ditsy floral dress from Zara back in the January sales and I’d been saving it for autumn as the colours and pattern are just perfect….

Beach holiday in Lanzarote

A week in Lanzarote for a Canary Islands winter sun holiday

December 7, 2018

The all-round plan for this holiday was to do as little as possible. Everyone in the family agreed, but admittedly, all had slightly different versions in our minds of what ‘doing nothing’ actually meant! We have never had a holiday like this. In the past it’s all been road trips and busy sight-seeing adventures and after an exhausting week exploring Rome and Venice earlier in the year, we thought we were due a relaxing time away for a change….