Dress Of The Day with Angela

I prefer drinking water and milk, to avoid staining my teeth and clothes.  No need for me to mess about making strong coffee. I can enjoy milky coffee or milk and still enjoy the aroma of coffee. I can light a coffee candle to spread a delightful coffee smell.  Photo by Angela Lansbury Behind this lady assistant, I discovered a shelf of jewellery. I bought clay jewellery, a pendant and a matching brooch. I could have bought ear-rings. But they were the slot through or stud type. I should have bought them to make a complete set. You can buy clip on backs to which you can attach other ear-rings. Sometimes you can stick on the decorative part, after removing the hooks or studs. Sometimes you can hook the hook through the clip-on part. If anything is ugly and showing, you can cover it with nail varnish, or sequins, or stick on or sew on tiny ribbons or fabric bows or a tiny piece of fabric cut from the him or inside seam of the garment you wear most often to make a match.. I liked...

 Delicate eyelets and lace may have hanging threads or missing sections. Repair needed for damaged hem on blue skirt. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. The Blue Linen Skirt The skirt has the label Minuet. the fabric is linen with a cotton liner. The colour is blue.The skirt has an invisible nylon zip. The Repair Needed I bought this from the Cancer Research shop in Ilkley, Derbyshire, England. The skirt wasn't marked as damaged, nor 'as seen'.  Sometimes, if the assistant is benevolent, and you are buying several items, the assistant might make a reduction if you point out a fault. However, once I was at the large Tesco supermarket in Borehamwood, north west London, when I pointed out a fault at checkout, the assistant snatched the beloved item away and said, 'We can't sell it to you'.  I was upset. I asked, 'What are you going to do with it?'. She said the supermarket would give it to a charity shop.  So, in a charity shop I have the same fear, that ...