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Parklife
I took baba to the park today with my sister-in-law and niece. The weather report had promised a sunny day, but it was dull,dull,dull again with the sun making just a fleeting appearance. As much as I love spending time with baba, I find days at the park quite difficult from a dressing point of view. The reason for this is I just can’t do casual. Don’t get me wrong, I like jeans as much as the next woman, but I just can’t live in them. My sister-in-law is style supreme in casual dress, avoiding excessive black for softer charcoals, with fab La redoute silver leather sandals and just a…
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Wednesbury wears
I spent today in Wednesbury. For those who don’t know it, Wednesbury is a small, market town in the Black Country. I go there for two main reasons. My mom lives and works there. It has five great charity shops with rich pickings – the missoni dress mentioned in my first blog unbelievably came from there. I love Wednesbury for many reasons, its two great churches perched majestically on a hill named after a genuine Mercian heroine.(Queen Ethelfleda), the unusual Masonic Hall that lies hidden behind some trees and for the bargains you can find amongst the array of hardware and greetings card shops that somewhat clutter what I find…
