Rachel the Hat

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Crazy Horses

I bought this wonderful shirt dress just after Christmas and this is actually the first time i have worn it. I think i was waiting for a nice occasion, like a meal with hubby or out for drinks or something but nothing came up and it was starring at me longingly just wanting to be worn, so i happily obliged and put it on for its maiden outing.

AND i just love it, the fit was just perfect and i absolutely loved how it felt on. The funky horse print is so eye catching and i have nothing like this in my wardrobe so it was definitely a good purchase. I actually cyber stalked this dress for weeks online and my size went pretty quickly, but when flicking back to Dorothy Perkins one of my size was available, so into the little online shopping cart it went.

It was a fate i tells ya!

Even hubby mentioned how lovely the dress was (a rarity in itself, maybe he has a secret penchant for horseys)

And Neo kept repeatedly shouting at me "HORSEY'S, MUMMY, HORSESY'S) at the top of his voice (the boy has one volume right now, LOUD...:-/ someone please tell me these kids have a volume switch somewhere??) then proceeded to neigh and canter about on all fours like a horse.

So yes, an all round good response to my crazy horses dress. When i say crazy horses what i should actually say is crazy colourful horses. Actual crazy horses probably wouldn't look so good.....but i digress.

Please do excuse the tired eyes. I think the immense pressure/stress of the past few weeks is taking its toll on this ladies peepers, plus these were taken at 4.30pm, the time when little to no make-up is left and i'm already dreaming of hitting the sack to throw some zee's. Zzzzzz....

That's the great thing about blogs, it literally is keeping it real(which sounds so not cool in my English accent by the way) Bags and all, no air-burshing just real life, wrinkles and grey hairs the lot. I much prefer blogging land to magazine glossy, is-any-of-it-actually-real-land.

You girls are the best inspiration.

Every day i read blogs and feel inspired by real women.

You ladies keep me going....

And so do pretty horse print dresses :-)

Dress: Dorothy Perkins

Shoes: Poetic Licence

Tights: Old

Hat: next

Who inspires you ladies?

Sunday Dress

Sundays have always been about chilling out and having that one day a week to do what you want to do. No work, just play. But as a mama with kiddos its not normally completely the case, but i make do with snagging an hour here or there to just read my kindle or write a blog post, or drag them along to Starbucks which we all enjoy and have cake and coffees. Yep Sunday i like you.. a lot!

And with that an easy-peasy outfit is required for an easy relaxed day. My mum and i both saw this dress in Matalan when we were not shopping together and when we saw each other both spoke about this gorgeous navy dress we'd seen. Thrifty mama bear said wait as the sales are imminent, so i listened to wise old mama bear and got this lovely number for half off at £12. Its so light and comfy to wear that its the perfect Sunday dress. Add a hat to cover 2 day old hair and i was good to go (don't you just love hats, they cover a multitude of sins!)

On the front of these cream tights I have 2 h-uge dirt patches. I have said it before and it never changes, I can not be trusted with white :( im just too clumsy. Getting the pram out of the car and fighting with it to put it up with a toddler and bags meant my poor tights got all dirty. I dont even remember doing it. All i know is i have dirty wheel marks down one leg... not cool. Hubby has good skills though as he's cut off my legs in most of the photos and aimed the right angle to avoid said dirt patches. (Good work babe heehee!!)

Dresses with sleeves and pockets are my favourite. As much as i am happy for slightly warmer weather and Spring, i shall miss my thick cable knit tights and slouchy beanies...

Will you miss anything about winter?

Dress & Hat: Matalan

Boots: New Look

Tights: Old

Bag: Next

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Casual Friday

Happy Weekend folks!

Friday is here and i am so glad of that! Its a weekend with my kiddos and looking forward to Hubby returning from working away. I see lots of yummy food in the not so distant future and maybe a few sneaky glasses of wine (after the kids have gone to bed of course!)

I wondered whether to post this outfit as its just a simple errands running, casual outfit. It got me wondering, do i only post the outfits that i feel will get the most hits/comments/nods of approval? Natural thought progression then went down that whole road of self wondering, why do i blog, am i staying true to myself, who do i blog for etc etc. Any blogger who has been doing this a while gets to theses questions every once in a while (i think?). Right now there is so so much change happening in my life i'm starting to question everything. We are currently in a huge transitional period. A fresh start for me and my family is just around the corner and i am embracing the mind set of out with all things negative, false and unnecessary and onwards and upwards with all things positive and good.

That doesn't mean i'm through with blogging, heck no! I absolutely love this wonderful community and all you lovely ladies. It just means that going forth i am going to use this little web space as a diary, a style diary yes, but it will hopefully document casual days, fancy-pants days and everything in-between. Reading back through the past years posts it made me realise this really is a little on-line diary (that i share with just a few people,lol!) and that through my outfits and small writings it has done well as a documented reminder of how i was doing at that specific point in time, a time i will never get back but it sure is good to look back on and see how far/what direction i have gone in.

Sometimes i get so consumed with blogging a certain type of outfit that is in my mind (normally pretty dresses with lovely shoes) that i don't end up posting other outfits like this one. I love my dresses and shoes and skirts etc but sometimes practicality (especially right now) overrules. This outfits not ground-breaking,it 'aint nothing special but i love it! Its comfy cosy casualness is just what i need with lots of packing up boxes for moving, running around after my monkey of a son (we're potty trainin eeek), school runs and shopping.

I will miss the views at each end of my street when we move, but i am soooo looking forward to a more central location that is a lot easier to get to work/school/step kiddos.

Cardigan: Gift from Hubby 2 years ago

Breton top & Necklace(this spiky necklace is a current fav!): Matalan

Moccasins: Minnetonka (my bestest thrift buy from Ebay, i luff them!)

Jeans: (old reliable's) Next

Do you have a favourite casual outfit ?

Do you blog about it?

Ps i forgot to mention, i have been nominated for The Mad Blog Awards 2013 ! Thank you kindly to whoever that lovely nominator was! You can still nominate now and i believe the more the better, so if you feel so inclined and would like to nominate Rachel The Hat in the fashion catagory, well that would be pretty wonderful!! all you have to do is click on the badge on the side bar or below :)