Bowing Out - My Final Outfit Post

This will be my final outfit post until July next year.
This week my full-time PGCE course begins and while I will continue to blog about my experiences here I will no longer post daily outfits.
I can hardly believe that I have managed to keep up for the past two years and I thank you all for your comments, inspiration and support during that time.
I will continue to keep up with you all whenever I can and I do hope to be back next year.
Until then, farewell.

Today I wore:

Dress: Local shop
Shoes: Fitflops

Holiday Wardrobe

Before I left for Barcelona this year I read a holiday commandment which I found brief yet brilliant.
"Take half the clothes you think you'll need and twice the money."
As we were limited to weight on the plane I decided to travel light. Very light.
I didn't take many outift pictures but I can tell you this denim skirt and grey top have earned their place as this year's holiday heroes.
My course will begin soon and I can't promise daily outfit posts but I have set up a new blog to track my PGCE course and hopefully normal service will resume when the course ends.

I'm Back!

I'm back.
After a much needed long break including a two week break in Barcelona I am feeling refreshed and ready to go.
It will be a busy year for me.
On September 6th I begin a year-long PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education )to retrain as an English teacher working with 11 to 18-year-olds.
I am looking forward to the course but apprehensive too.
It means that work, together with family pressures, may mean sporadic absences from the blog, but I will do my best to keep posting.
Another piece of news is that I have lost 10 pounds with Weight Watchers since June and here's the reward I motivated myself with - a Butter dress.
It's good to be back.

Today I wore:
Shoes - TK Maxx
Dress- Butter by Nadia

Bye Bye For July

Here's my last post for a while.
I will be taking July off blogging to get some work done ready for my course in September.
I need to do it now as once the school summer holidays begin at the end of July I won't have a minute to myself.
I will be popping up to take a look at your blogs from time to time but for now farewell.

Today I wore:

Dress - Ciel
Shoes - Clarks

Book Launch

Just one more week to go at the school where I have been working as a writer in residence with poet, Norman Warwick.
This is just one of the four classes we have worked with every week.
Norman and I were asked to create a project to help raise vocabulary standards across the school.
Way back in March when we were first asked to work with the pupils I was reading Studs Terkel's book Working.
I love the way Studs Terkel captures an era by interviewing people and suggested that we collect the voices of the pupils before the school closes in two years time.
Each week Norman and I have delivered a fast-paced workshop which has resulted in some fresh new writing that has been collated into a book called Voices Of Beardwood.
The end of the project next week will culminate in a celebratory book launch with all the parents invited.
If you are interested you can buy a copy or get a free download here.

Here Comes The Rain

I love the simplicity of this dress.
It is super cool and loose yet there is still a shape to it.
It rained today and for the first time for a long, long time I welcomed the rain as my plum trees were looking a bit parched.

Today I wore:

Shoes - Clarks
Dress- Gap

The Agony And The Ecstasy

We had friends round to watch the World Cup match.
England faced their old foes Germany.
And lost.
Badly.
On the upside we had a lovely barbecue.
The sun shone.
And it's still shining today.
What's there to be miserable about?

I wore:
Sandals - Clarks
Skirt and t-shirt - Gap