Monkey Business

So much for a weekend of gardening, it rained for most of it! 

To walk down to the corner shop on Saturday morning I wore my Vinted Free people flares, a vintage Oasis Trading blouse (a £1.24 eBay find in 2017) and one of my many vintage Indian quilted waistcoats. 

I'd originally intended to wear this Cowgirl teeshirt with my jeans but it no longer fitted my shoulders. 

I'd originally intended to wear this Cowgirl teeshirt with my jeans but it didn't fit like it did last year, swimming between 3 to 4 miles a week has changed my body shape - no hips, massive shoulders (I'm still exactly the same weight, though!) 

So I got my scissors out and refashioned my 99p charity shopped teeshirt into a halterneck.

Michael Dobbs wrote the marvellous political thriller, House of Cards which was serialised by the BBC in the 1990s (and also remade fr Netflix) which I was obsessed with. I read Churchill's Triumph a couple of months ago and loved it and this, Winston's War, proved to be even better. Based on real-life events, this is the fictionised account of the friendship between Churchill & the traitor, Guy Burgess in the months leading up him becoming Prime Minister. It blew my mind. 

Saturday night's entertainment was Sunlight, a fabulously odd British-made film from 2024 about a woman in a monkey costume taking a roadtrip around America with a suicidal radio presenter to dig up his dead father's body whilst escaping a controlling relationship with her late mother's lover. If, like us, you enjoy weird you'll love it!

Sunday started off sunny and again we walked down to the parcel shop to pick up a couple of Vinted parcels without the need for a brolly. I'd not worn this Naked Generation dress in a while. I'd bought it from eBay for an absolute pittance as the seller has chopped off the tassels and sewn the bodice opening times the neck. A couple of minutes with the seam ripper and a visit to Mrs Kaur for two 75p tassel ties and the dress was as good as new. 

Here's what was in my parcels...fingers crossed it won't be long until I can wear them!

After a day of off and on showers, by 3.30 the sun made an appearance and I sat on the lawn with my book with William cuddled on my lap. It wasn't long before I beat a hasty retreat as we were hammered by yet a other thunderstorm.

Not sure what the watch next, we decided to give Broadchurch a go despite my David Tennant phobia. Yes, he's still annoyingly twitchy and shouty but the plot's gripping and there's a great cast.

It was cowgirl chic on Monday when I wore the skirt I'd made from a historical dressmaking pattern along with  vintage Indian blouse and another quilted Indian waistcoat.  

The pool was virtually empty so I was able to do backcrawl for a third of my mile swim without knocking anyone out. 

Cats know things and taking a cue from William who was basking outside when we got home, I spent an hour or so in the garden, doing a bit of weeding before burying my nose in my book.

It's all looking very pretty!

I'm off to meet Nikki shortly, I'll be back to share what we got up to later in the week! 

See you soon!