Second Garden Party – and my newest item of clothing
Checked linen dress from Toast (2010)
Today dawned dark and cloudy – and my heart sank. We were hosting the 2nd garden party. I walked to church with the boys and tried to pretend it wasn’t raining.
In church I pondered the ethics of praying for the rain to stop, but in the end I did just follow the service and listen to the sermon.
Back home, it was still cloudy.
I put on my Toast dress (purchased this year) and gold gladiator sandals.
gold gladiator sandals from Toast shop in Llandeilo
Clearly, I was not going to be warm enough if I ever got a chance to leave the kitchen and join the guests in the garden.
I opened my wardrobe for inspiration, and remembered that I had bought a cream-coloured cardigan only a few days ago.
This cardigan is by American Vintage, and I bought it from a shop in Lewes called “Delilah”. (I can’t walk past that shop without singing a few bars of the Tom Jones song).
When I saw it I knew that I would wear it all the time, but hadn’t really planned to start wearing it so soon.
I am sure I shall remember buying it for a long time, because of a bit of an embarrassing brain slip. The shop proprietor and I engaged in a long conversation while I was looking at everything in the shop, and eventually choosing the cardigan. While I was driving home it occurred to me that I couldn’t remember paying for the cardigan. Then my mobile phone rang…. Shop lady was equally embarrassed, as she had neglected to ask me for any money.
Here’s my prize cardigan (now paid for):
cream cardigan by American Vintage (purchased Lewes 2010)
