Monday 16 August 2010

Sunshine, Tags and General Loveliness!

It's summer again! If only it could stay like this for another week so I don't have to endure a wet festival weekend in Wales I'd be a happy Vix.
My lovely friend, Reva tagged me with the following questions:  
1. If you won a free vacation, would you choose Mountains or the Beach ? and of course, Why ? I'm a beach babe but I've always wanted to trek the Himalayas so if it's free I'd do that.
2. What is your favorite Movie of all time ? Monsoon Wedding
3. Sent to a desert island for a whole month ! What 3 things must you take? Bikini's not allowed ;) A barrel of rum, A suitable Boy as it's a really gripping (and long) read and my man.
4. I just gave you 500 bucks to shop with!  Which store and why ? The local Salvation Army Charity Shop because it's full of cheap vintage goodies and serves chip butties and mugs of tea, too.
5. What would your life's theme song be ? Why ? Wild Thing by the Troggs, it was playing when my Mum gave birth to me and sums me up.
6. If you could teach a child one thing you've learned, what would it be ? Love yourself, no-one else will if you don't.
7. Who is your Hero ? Michael Lang for organising Woodstock and being a thoroughly nice guy with bang-on hippie credentials
8. And last but not least! If you could ask God one question, what would it be ? Can you make the British Summer hot and sunny and 12 months long, please? 
And an extra, though you don't have to answer. Shaving or waxing ? Shaving because it's cheap and quick and I can do it myself. 


 The equally lovely Vicki tagged me with these questions:


1. What is your dream job? Quality testing the sand on Arambol beach, Goa.
2. What is your favourite item of clothing? My 1970's leather jacket I bought 18 years ago on my first charity shop date with Jon.
3. Where do you see yourself in 5 years time? Still alive, dressed to the nines and having fun.
4. Who is your celebrity crush? Changes on a regular basis but Jarvis Cocker's a long-time favourite.
5. If you could go on holiday anywhere in the world where would you go? India
6. What made you start blogging? I'd run out of real-life friends to bore about shopping.
7. If you had unlimited funds and could splurge on one item what would it be? A flight to New Zealand so's I can go play with Helga.
8. What never fails to make you smile? I'm always grinning insanely, complete strangers call me "smiler".



Still awake? Any blogger who I follow in my sidebar is tagged in return and if you fancy answering these questions yourself, please do. I only follow blogs I'm interested in and love finding out more about my cyber-friends.


Vintage lime green cheesecloth shirt (Salvation Army £1.25), Kate Moss@Topshop shorts (Car Boot Sale £1), Italian suede & leather boots (British Heart Foundation £4.99), Retro Pendants (Salvation Army 99p and 50p), Bangles and rings (India), Vintage YSL sunglasses (Car Boot Sale 50p)


Whilst on the subject of tags, a massive thank you to:





Lovely Lydia at Hooking With LaLa 



The awesomely talented, Sangu  

The cute and fabulous Vintage Birdy and the wondrous and inspiring, Dusk

Ladies, you all rock! 


48 comments:

  1. That's a particularly delightful green. I wonder if our local Sally Army shop does chip butties. Not that they'd do me any good but you can't help your appetites. ;o)
    If I didn't like you so much I think I'd hate you for having such gorgeous pins when I've got table-legs . And where's the cellulite? You don't have any! You are SO lucky. Tell us you work really hard down the gym to look the way you do.

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  2. uhuh sister... YOU rock!!! LOVE love love love love LOVE this look, LOVE this apple green on you, wow and damn Vix... your legs...

    "quality testing the sand..." hahahahahaha!!!!

    Coincidentally I just recommended A Suitable Boy to someone who wanted a loooong and gripping read!!!

    Thank you for your answers, I love finding out more about my favourite bloggers and hmm...I just may do this too!! xoxo

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  3. Jaljen's right you have a fabulous figure and make everything you wear look great - I too am sooo jealous. I love your advice to a child to always love themselves, working as I do with children with special needs it's such a good philosophy, I sometimes think I could do with heeding that bit of advice too. xxx

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  4. Chip butties and Tea at the Sally Army - oh man, I wish we had one! That is just my idea of heaven...
    Kandi x

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  5. Ah, those shorts are so sexy and playful.
    I might have to pinch that green blouse off you when next in England. I see you have shorts weather after all that rain;-)
    Ah, to look as gorgeous as you do - am still working on it. lol. Thank you, my sweet friend, for the nice mention and award.

    XOXO

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  6. A charity shop where you can have a chip butty and a cup of tea? That is my idea of heaven!!

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  7. Just stumbled upon your blog , you say in your profile that you love India , how nice :) have you been here anytime ?
    P.S i'm loving it here , your style and energy :)

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  8. You rock yourself, Vix. Love your answers (Wild Thing by the Troggs is on my playlist too and I'll always say YES to sun and beach.) I had a moment of 'this girl really knows how to enjoy herself' when I read: 'a suitable boy and my man' - but oh hey, it's a book, dah!

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  9. I love the color of ur top and ur dream job description:-)

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  10. I'm glad you read my comment yesterday about getting your pins out! You look fab in shorts.

    I saw Jarvis Cocker on the Eurostar in April. He is so cool it's not fair!

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  11. Dear Vix, I love your outfit, that green is gorgeous! The glasses are great too! xx

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  12. Love this outfit, this is one of my favorites! Gorgeous, hope it stays sunny for the festival! XX!

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  13. Rocking those shorts and boots! I too ran out today in short shorts to grab some badly needed vitamin D. I read all your answers - they were very funny - please keep the pressure up on God!

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  14. This green outfit is triggering my green eyed monster. I don't know how many times I have commented on this but your legs...! One day you'll have to share your secret to those pins with us all

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  15. Green suits you so much, what a summery outfit, you look great.
    Those Kate Moss Topshop shorts are adorable, there’s a Kate Moss embroidered jacket I've been after for a few years now, but it's never turned up on my travels...yet!

    And I just heart your sunnies. YSL for 50p! Now that is something to smile about :)xx

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  16. I love this look! You are cuter than cute! And those sunnies are fabulous!

    Oh, and I ADORE the reason you started blogging! LOL! Ah, and now I must put my baby to bed...he is up past naptime and thus is entertaining himself by looking at picture books...it's very cute. But still, it's nap time!!!

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  17. Great answers - haven't got round to reading A Suitable Boy yet, but one of these days...
    Love the colour of your shirt and you got those Kate Moss shorts at an amazing price, well done. xx
    http://www.weshopthereforeweare.co.uk/

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  18. OMG,you hot tamale,you!!!PHWOAR!!!!
    Looking superb,m'darling!
    Great questionaire,I'll be keen to tackle one of those!
    I'm impressed that your local Sallies serve chip butties!Yummo!

    LOVE Helga xxxXXXxxx

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  19. Another stunning outfit! I love the way you've teamed up the necklaces with the deep 'v' of the shirt. Sexy, but subtle.

    Look out for my answered questions appearing on my blog soon - I love these sort of things.

    P.S. YSL @ 50p? - You're a complete bargain magnet, Vix

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  20. I love your dream job. And you look amazing.

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  21. Oh Vix! You never disappoint! Those answers were great and this outfit is one of my fav.s so far!
    The shorts are killer and the blouse is perfet with them. I hope my letter to Anonymous wasn't "bitchy", I really didn't intend it to be. I have seem so many sweet bloggers get smacked by someone for no reason, and it can really be hurtful, but then I decided to stop editing my own blog for lack of approval from others ;) and wrote what was in my heart. Now I am kinda wishing I'd kept it to myself. Some anonymous comments are sweet :)
    I'm heading to the library site to see if Monsoon Wedding is there, and I too am a beach babe all the way. I think if I could do either, I'd still hit the beach ;)

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  22. Excellent outfit and excellent answers too! Top notch stuff as usual =) xx

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  23. You look like a dream, Vix! Love the short shorts - your legs are killer. xx

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  24. 'twas really fun to read your answers. I love what you'd do with $500! And I'd love to go with you and watch you spend it. You come out with the best stuff.

    The sunglasses are cool; and you wear short shorts like no other blogging friend!

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  25. Dear Vix,
    big YAY for those fantabulous shades!
    I really enjoy reading other peeps random Q&As.
    We both opted for green in our outfits today :)
    ...xXx

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  26. Your such a stylish woman Vix! You have lovely long pins too. I love how you put colour in your outfits. I need to follow you in the colour department.
    Great tags too. I love how you and John went on a charity shop date..so sweet. I think that's probably the only time Ben will go into a shop with me..a second hand/thrift store. He likes finding old school jackets...he really thinks he was part of the early hip hop era :)
    xx

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  27. Loved reading your answers :)
    Awh shucks, just noticed now that I'm linked in your sidebar. If/when I got a 'blogs i heart' sidebar thing I would link to your blog. (I read every post hah)
    x x x

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  28. I think there's a bunch of us that would like to hang out with you at your dream job, Vix! Great legs btw, and I love that green blouse. Fab finds!xxx

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  29. You are rocking this look. I love shorts and they look smashing on you! The shirt is awesome too.

    Always fun to learn about my fav. bloggers! :)

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  30. Love the shorts, they really suit you! Thanks for the tag, it's my first ever.x.

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  31. great Q&A and i love your sunglasses!

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  32. What a brilliant posting...and how fab are your legs?! You are the business, Vix. x

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  33. i totally adore the green blouse plus the shorts the boots...you make it look wonderful.

    thyaudaciousness.blogspot.com/

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  34. Gorgeous as always!

    Your posts brighten my day and I always look forward to teatime. I think I'm living a fashion life vicariously through you!

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  35. I responded re. Eat,Pray,Love under your comment following my post. (Should have just copied and pasted it here, but didn't think of it till I arrived...)

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  36. Lovee the rings ;-)

    http://julia-fister.blogspot.com

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  37. Those are gorgeous shorts... and you certainly have the legs for them. You look great. I hope that the weather is great for Wales... especially since I'm off camping this week too! xx

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  38. I can't get over how fab your legs are!!! Gorgeous outfit, and fab answers!

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  39. Oh you sassy minx! I would probably kill (well at least commit GBH) for legs like yours. Gah, if only I wasn't so short and stumpy.

    And just to catch up on the posts I missed - I am still drooling over your new pendants. What unbelievable bargains! The Georgian style one is just stunning. Envy!!

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  40. I love this outfit Vix, your shorts are gorgeous! Have a great day! xxx

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  41. That is such a great outfit, Vix! I love how you've balanced the short length of the shorts with the shirt to make it classy and cool.

    I fear the summer's pretty much over in East Anglia :-(

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  42. Luuuurvely sunglasses, hope the weather perks up for this weekend!

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  43. Vix you look fab I love the whole outfit. Really wish I could get away with something like that. Boots and shorts are such a fab combination.
    Dx

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  44. This is my favourite outfit! Love everything about it! You look so sharp! :)

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  45. Had to come back a post and see what I had been missing and woweee! How hot are you!?! Nice shorts, even nicer stems. x

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  46. Whitwoo look at you in those shorts .. you look fan bloody tastic m'dear :D

    Sal xXx

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Lots of love, Vix