Dress Of The Day with Angela

  Here I am with a Champagne bottle. The Background You have to be very careful when taking photos in ooh la la venues. Some stately homes forbid photos. Either they want to charge you money. Or they want to check who is taking photos so that if they are burgled they can guess who was the culprit or where the photos were published to attract unwanted attention. I would not want to be blamed, or censured, or feel guilty. So I reckoned a photo of a Champagne bottle which will be emptied and thrown away could not attract any anxious attention from the building's security team. What you can see is that the curtains and carpet have a co-ordinating pattern.  Accessories and Props The staff have supplied buckets for the Champagne starter drink for our lunch. It was a bring your own bottle lunch. My husband Trevor had chosen the menu from the club choices. He matched the style of drink to the food. Champagne, with almonds and cashew nuts for the pre-lunch chat, white wine with the sta...