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Outfit: Classics

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Dress and gloves - vintage Bag - 1950s vintage | Hat - Asos  Coat, umbrella and scarf - Primark  I went briefly into town earlier but I am spending the rest of the day working on my thesis. Nearly there! A couple of people commented on my outfit, which is always nice. I...

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Outfit: a sky of white has frozen time

08:50
I was at work today so thankfully didn't have to deal much with the snow you can see in the above picture. It did make a pretty backdrop for a few photos before I left the house this morning, though. My outfit today was an attempt to be both warm and relatively smart,...

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Shiver

20:40
I've got a problem with my wardrobe which I've known about for a while but never properly got around to addressing... I am really short of clothes that are appropriate for cold weather. In fact, the colder the weather gets, the more chance I have of being dressed in completely modern (not even...

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Outfit: I don't play poker, sir. I play chess.

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Late 40s/early 50s dress - Friendly Fox Vintage Cardigan - gift | Shoes - Dorothy Perkins I wore this dress to work yesterday - it's a heavier fabric than a lot of my other dresses so it's perfect for the grey drizzly weather we're having at the moment. It's another of my checked/plaid...

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The Third Woman

19:02
These are four of the best photos taken of me at Chesterfield. Unfortunately it was really cold that day, and it shows a lot on some of the photos... these are the ones where I look a bit less frozen!  Someone on Flikr said this a spy-like feel, "a touch of Harry Lime"....

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Miss Marina Mae

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During my lovely day out at Chesterfield 1940s, I was lucky enough to have a chat with the beautiful and talented Miss Marina Mae, a singer on the 1940s circuit who performs at many of the reenactment events I like to attend throughout the year. via Marina's Facebook fan page We talked about...

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Outfit: Checkmate

20:06
The weather today was pretty rubbishy, but I couldn't pass up the chance to wear one of my new dresses from last weekend. This style of dress is my favourite - so easy to wear and I'm a sucker for check patterns besides.  I tried on several pairs of shoes before I settled...

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

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Today when I got home there was a lovely parcel waiting for me. It was full of beautiful hat pins which I won in the Flashback Summer Valentine's giveaway. I have been a very lucky girl recently! I love getting packages from people who wrap them nicely - it was hard to get...

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Chesterfield 1940s and Vintage Weekend

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Saturday saw me at Chesterfield 1940s and Vintage Weekend, my first event of this year. It was smaller than some of the other reenactment events that I've been to in the past, as most of it was happening indoors and there wasn't the space to have the army camps etc set up like...

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