Cat In A Hat

 

What a washout. Our Bank Holiday festival fun's been halted after water from today's torrential downpour got into the electrics and caused the sound system to blown up. Unless it's repaired in the next couple of hours it looks like I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go. Luckily we can hear proceedings from our garden so we can dash off the minute we hear a bhangra beat.

Vintage leopard coat (£3, Church sale), 1980's velvet shorts (60p, car boot sale with lace added by me), Wide brimmed felt hat (50p, car boot sale), 1960's lace blouse (40p, jumble sale), Suedette boots (£5, local boutique)

Despite leopard print becoming a bit commonplace of late my trusty Astraka coat continues to make a reappearance come the festival season. It's warm and cosy and I've even treated it with water-proofing tent spray to help keep me dry.

I bought these 1980's high-waisted velvet shorts from a car boot sale last week and pimped them up with some old lace. Jon reckons I've made them look like knickers but if underwear as outerwear is good enough for my style icon, Desiree, then it's good enough for me.

Here's the secret to Saturday night's curls, my Adee & Paul hot sticks which were a quid from a car boot sale last summer. I leave them to heat up whilst I'm having a bath and then wind them into my hair stopping at just below jaw level, removing them when they've cooled down (usually around 15 minutes). The same effect as sleeping in rags minus the passion-killing bedtime look.

Butler & Wilson cat brooch (courtesy of the gorgeous Sharon), Floral bangle (courtesy of the beautiful Sarah Misfit) and heart-shaped turquoise ring (my darling Helga), Blueberry Ice polish by Barry M.

Despite the rubbish weather I've still managed to have a brilliant weekend and there's sewing circle, a charity shop adventure and a pub lunch scheduled for the rest of the week. My eyebrows have completely healed too, hooray!