Monday 11 August 2014

Monday link-up

I'm linking up with Patti at Not Dead Yet Style to show you my latest purchase. This was supposed to be a year of buying no clothing but a few exceptions have been made and on Saturday a new sunhat became one of them. (It's been raining ever since!) I've had my old cotton sunhat hat for so many years that the colour has faded to a rather useful 'no' shade that goes with anything. It's 100% cotton and can be crammed into a pocket without difficulty. If you look inside you can see that it started out a muted pink.
The new hat, a fair-trade product, is similarly made but with a bigger brim (I'll need larger pockets!) and a much bolder colour, although I imagine that it also will fade over time.
This is how the old one looks.
And here's the new version.
I'm wearing a Boden linen shirtdress today, a sale purchase from a year or so ago, with an amber necklace, a present from Russia from my elder daughter.
Come on, sunshine, I'm ready for you!

10 comments:

  1. Looking fabulous.
    I have just spotted you on Patti´s link up
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    1. Thank you for the compliment Ms Papelicos - I always look at your outfits and think how joyful you look.

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  2. Love the new hat - come on, sunshine! Thanks for sharing with Visible Monday and have a wonderful week.

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    1. I hardly like to write it, Patti, but it's starting to feel a bit like autumn already! But the hat will cram easily into a drawer and come out whenever needed.

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    1. I had a dithery few moments in the shop, Wendy, deciding which colour to buy!

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  4. Excellent! We all need a great new hat from time to time. You look great in yours. So happy to see you out and about!

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    1. Oh, I agree. What's the expression, 'get ahead, get a hat!'

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  5. Nope -- you're not dead yet!

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    1. Patti's title is good, why not join in? Next Monday is a not dead yet day.

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