Tickled Pink

 

It's peeing it down here today and not a chance of a car boot sale but there's still plenty to smile about including the arrival of our Glastonbury tickets.

Time to start sorting out the festival wardrobe in readiness for the season of all day drinking and dancing till dawn. I've got enough Boots' Advantage card points saved up for a splurge on Barry M's neon pink lipstick and blue nail polish.

Vintage kid's maxi dress (eBay 2006, approx £10), Shelley's shoes (Jumble sale, 20p), Pink tote (Courtesy of the divine Sarah Misfit), Hair flower (made by me)

Continuing with the excitement, we're just back from the monthly jumble sale, the one where we get a pre-sale invite along with the priviledged few from the upper echelons of jumble sale society. My fellow rummagers call me "the Sixties lady" and if they spot anything psychedelic, crimplene or just plain crazy they'll chuck it in my direction and I, of course, return the favour, throwing Per Una and Next back at them.

Here's some of today's 40p apiece haul.

 A pile of vintage frocks, mostly handmade, ranging from the 1950's to the late 1960's. Some are in the washing machine already.

These wiggle dresses are rather splendid on especially the aqua and black crimplene ones with the huge collars.

This 1930's rayon wrap is handmade and has horsehair shoulder pads.

This rainbow of 1960's Bri-nylon slips are mostly from St Michael and Dorothy Perkins. You'll often see me queuing for the campsite portaloo first thing in the morning wearing one of these, a pair of wellies, false eyelashes and my trusty leopard skin coat.

 A typically 1950's glazed cotton floral frock and a 1960's crimplene orange leopard print kaftan. Guess which one I prefer?

Some pretty handmade cotton voille summer shifts. The paisley one buttons up at the back with the most gorgeous blue bakelite buttons.

Some floral frockery. The turquoise and black cotton shift on the left fits like a glove. The navy daisy print dress is by Peter Baron of London.

My top three picks are this fabulous 1960's scalloped silver lurex and black lace blouse, the tricel psychedelic shift (such a timeless cut and print that it almost looks like a contemporary piece) and the trumpet sleeved crimplene kaftan.

Have a fabulous Thursday, I think I'm going to be surgically attached to the washing machine for the rest of the day.