It's that time of year again. The trees are in bloom, the blackbirds are singing down by The Chanonry, it's warm enough to go out without a jacket - all of this only means one thing:  WARDROBE OVERHAUL!!!   I have shedloads of clothes, and none of them actually go together, but yet I still seem to have great difficulty bringing myself to get rid of ( Read more... )

1. Songs From the Floodplain, by Jon Boden. Normally I run screaming from concept albums. But this one's by Jon Boden. Who is one-half of Spiers and Boden, and who is the singer for Bellowhead, and who is splendidly geeky and gangly on-stage, and who I heart very much. And he's written (and sung and played all the instruments on), a really good ( Read more... )

Is it wrong to want every single t-shirt at www.topatoco.com ?

My new suit arrived from ebay this morning! And it fits! I modeled it along with my 40s high heels and my new Art Deco bag for C. She wolf-whistled at me, so I'm assuming that it works (we don't have a full length mirror; I took the bathrooom mirror down off the wall and maneuvered around with it.) The suit's a wee bit big on top and just fits ( Read more... )