My secret love

Guys, I have something to tell you; please don't judge me - just hear me out....As you may already know, my husband is away at the moment. He has started a new job in London and I have found myself lonely and with time on my hands. I'm afraid that this has caused me to stray and I don't know what to do about it. I blame some of you ladies out there (and you know who you are) you showed me pictures and it was love at first sight. I dreamed about being formally intruduced, about the first time, and how I would feel afterwards. I teased myself with the possibilities. But I knew it was just a dream; my love was far away... in America. Then I heard last week that my hearts desire was coming to town; to my town! I prepared myself. I planned the day. I dropped the kids at school, put my best dress on (even though I knew I wouldn't be wearing it for very long) and I drove to meet my new love and it was all that I dreamed it would be - and more!



My heart belongs to ANTHROPOLOGIE!



Please keep this to yourselves; if Chris finds out it could mean the end of my marriage.

Thanks!

B x

How old is too old?

Guys, I need your help and your honesty. I am a 'fashion conscious mother' with a teenage daughter, in my mid (to late) thirties and I have a dilemma. How old is too old to wear clothes like this...

...and if my daughter is starting to wear this kind of thing does that mean I should stop? The problem I have is that in my head I am still 19...23 at the oldest...and with a 17 year old of my own we are at that stage where we are very likely to go out in virtually the same outfit. I have seen those women out there who look like mutton dressed as lamb and I really don’t think I’m being like that. I don’t wear miniskirts; I couldn’t if I tried- unless I wanted to be arrested for indecent exposure. But I think I’ve still got ‘it’ and I don’t want to be old before my time. However, I don’t want to look like one of those Mums who is trying to compete with her own child! It makes me mad that I feel like I can’t wear funky stuff for fear of what others might think. What makes things worse is that I have friends who don’t have children (or their kids are still very young) and it’s totally ok for them to still be hip, but having a child who will soon be going to uni (yikes!) I kind of wonder if people think I look a bit sad dressing like my daughter.

So my question to you is; how old is too old AND does it make a difference what age your children are?

Go on, sock it to me- I can take it!
B

My dirty secret.

I have a confession to make. I feel that now is the time to come clean. This is something that only people extremely close to me will know and as my blog is supposed to be 'Simply B' I feel it would be incredibly deceptive of me to try and hide this any longer. As you may remember from my previous post; 25 random things about me, I stated that 'I love shoes' and attached a photo of my most recent purchase- a pair of patent shoes which I bought on my last trip to London. However, truth be known I have actually only worn those shoes once since I've had them. Generally, at this time of year, I spend my days walking the dog, schlepping to the shops and getting in and out of the car in sludge and snow. Which would be impossible in anything with a remote heel. I now have to reveal that my usual choice of footwear is far less glamorous and that... in actual fact... I own (and wear on a daily basis) the worlds ugliest shoes.








There, I've done it. Now that I have that out in the open I feel so much better. It's actually quite cathartic! So if you own an item of clothing that's not quite as cool as you'd like, but a necessary part of your wardrobe, wear it with pride and tell me about it here. Go on, I dare you!