The joys of shopping at Holister

Today's blog is actually about Tilly, my daughter.

Tilly has absolutely no interest in shopping or clothes which I blame myself for, as I don't think she appreciated being dragged around the shops as a toddler! If she could live in velour tracksuits she would, much to my disappointment.

So last Sunday I took upon myself to go visit Holister, because if my daughter insists on wearing "trackie bums" and "hoodies" she is going to be wearing smart ones!! Well, was I in for a shock. Do you remember as a teenager having to queue to get into nightclubs, well it was just like that except I was queuing with hundreds of teenagers to get into a shop!!! Half an hour it took me to get inside the dimly lit rooms of Holister and a further fifteen minutes to pay for the goods once I had chosen them. I am not sure what all the fuss is about other than the fact that they have some great colours, reminds me really of the Gap trend many years ago and the Jack Wills trend more recently.

Anyway to cut a long and very boring story short, while I was in there I bought her next year's Easter present and next Christmas' present, as I do not intend to repeat the experience in a hurry!

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High Vs Low

As the day of the Park Hill School Christmas Party looms, the talk at the school gates seems to focus entirely on what we are wearing. Some of the ladies are wearing short, short dresses and others are opting for full length party frocks. Whatever the dress, the general consensus is that you can either wear a short, short hem and high neck or a long dress with plunging neckline but not both! At the end of the day it is whichever asset you wish to flaunt.

The other day I decided to try on my small collection of long dresses, two to be exact, and realised no assets at all were on display. Just two very wobbly arms, obvious lumps and bumps where they shouldn't be and a drooping cleavage! So, and this is where you will be proud of me, I decided to save money and buy some black lace to sew in to one of the dresses and thus hide the drooping cleavage. Off I trundled to Kingston and John Lewis, only to get side-tracked by TK Maxx!!! They had a huge selection of evening dresses and amongst them all I found "the one". More flattering than the clinging dresses I had in my wardrobe but not as racy, this little "all-in-one" ticks all my boxes except for the colour, black, but we can''t have everything!!